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Environmental Monitoring

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0989/01
Abbreviation MSŽP
Course title Environmental Monitoring
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Eva Pertile, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Introduction; environmental monitoring concept.
Inputs and outputs of pollutants into individual components of the environment, their influence on the environment.
Global monitoring - principles, methods and systems; GMES project.
Air monitoring - principles of air monitoring.
The most important air contaminants in connection with the anthropogenic activity, their risks and the possibility of elimination;
Water monitoring - principles of water monitoring.
The most important contaminants in water in connection with the anthropogenic activity, their risks and possibility of elimination.
Soil and biota monitoring - principles of soil monitoring.
The most important contaminants in soil and biota in connection with the anthropogenic activity, their risks and possibility of elimination.
Radiation monitoring - radiation monitoring network; radiation monitoring in connection with mining activities.

Literature

FRANCIS, B. M. Toxic substances in the environment. New York: J. Wiley, c1994. ISBN 978-0471507819 .
EVANGELOU, V. P. Environmental soil and water chemistry: principles and applications. New York: John Wiley, c1998. ISBN 978-0471165156 .
BURDEN, F. R. Environmental monitoring handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2002. ISBN 9780071351768 .

Advised literature

COCKERHAM, L. G. a Barbara S. SHANE. Basic environmental toxicology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, c1994. ISBN 9780849388514 .
Magazines, e.g. Earth System Monitoring (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).