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ENVS3102 - Urban Climate and Air Quality

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Project description

More than half of the world's population lives in urban areas, and virtually all countries are becoming increasingly urbanised. Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world, with about 90% of our pollution living in urban areas. For these reasons, urban climate and air quality are extremely important, directly influencing the health and wellbeing of billions of people around the world. This unit explores urban climate and air quality through detailed study of interactions between the atmosphere and the Earth's surface in the relatively thin veneer of air that we live in known as the planetary boundary layer. The unit will be of interest to all students in science and engineering and more generally any student with an interest in the environment, and provides knowledge and skills that will be of value for a range of careers and employers, ranging from environmental consultancy and local and state government, to private industry.

Year 2022

Location Australia

Organization Macquarie University

Project aims

Project outcome

1. describe urban climate and air quality, including the physical, chemical and biological processes operating to produce or change the state of the urban atmosphere. 2. demonstrate knowledge and conceptual understanding of the dispersive capabilities of the atmospheric environment near the surface of the earth, how pollutants emitted into the atmospheric environment move and interact with the surface. 3. examine and integrate scientific information from various primary and secondary sources. 4. apply practical knowledge to undertake analysis of climate and air quality data. 5. demonstrate practical laboratory and field based skills associated with typical measurement problems in the field of climate science.