Climatology - air pollution and protection

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Course ID:	1300-OKLL401
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.204 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Climatology - air pollution and protection
Name in Polish:	Klimatologia, zanieczyszczenia i ochrona powietrza
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	Knowledge of the physical fundamentals in geography, and/or physics and chemistry at a secondary school level
Short description:	Objective: To acquire basic knowledge on the atmosphere and its weather- and climate-forming processes in relation to air pollution. Recognition of meteorological phenomena and processes in conjunction with the state of the natural environment; identification of threats to the atmosphere.
Full description:	Paleoclimatology and methods used for the recognition of past climatic conditions. Major climatic events in Earth’s history: Hypothetical glaciations in the late Precambrian: "Snowball Earth" Events with climatic effects ate the Cretaceous/Palaeogene boundary Global climate cooling at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary, deepened during the Miocene Quaternary climatic fluctuations recorded in glaciers and marine sediments Climate changes during the Holocene. Structure, evolution and composition of the atmosphere. Climate-forming processes: - heat balance - water cycle - atmospheric circulation Geographic and circulation climate factors Local climate factors Classification of climate Climate – plant zonation Factors of climate change Atmosphere – physical structure and chemical properties, anthropogenic changes in air composition. Major weather-climate processes. Solar and atmospheric radiation, radiation from Earth's surface; thermal relationships; water in the atmosphere; atmospheric circulation; influence of topographic conditions and land cover on the development of meteorological elements and dispersion of pollutants; methods of determining the dispersion of air pollution; principles of meteorological measurements and field observations, basic climatological research for spatial planning, sanitary engineering and environmental protection.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Dworak T.Z., 1994, Fizyka środowiska atmosferycznego. Wyd. AGH, Kraków. Falkowska L., Korzeniewski K., 1995, Chemia atmosfery. WUG, Gdańsk. Flemming G., 1983, Klimat - środowisko - człowiek. PWRiL, Warszawa. Juda J., Chróściel S., 1974, Ochrona powietrza atmosferycznego. WNT, Warszawa. Kossowska-Cezak U., Martyn D., Olszewski K., 2000, Meteorologia i Klimatologia - pomiary - obserwacje - opracowania, PWN, Warszawa. Kożuchowski K., Przybylak R., 1995, Efekt cieplarniany. PW WP, Warszawa. Kulisz I., 1989, Kwaśne opady i ich wpływ na środowisko. IOŚ, Wyd. Geolog, Warszawa. Meteorologia i klimatologia, 2005, Kożuchowski K. (red.), PWN, Warszawa. Olszewski K., 1995, Meteorologia zanieczyszczeń - wybrane zagadnienia. WUW, Warszawa. Olszewski K., 1991, Wpływ zjawisk meteorologicznych i warunków topograficznych na rozprzestrzenianie się zanieczyszczeń atmosferycznych. Centralny Ośrodek Doskonalenia Kadr Ochrony środowiska i Gospodarki Wodnej w Dębem. Parczewski W., 1969, Pogoda a zanieczyszczenia przemysłowe atmosfery. WKiŁ, Warszawa. Sadowski M., Olecka A., 1993, Efekt cieplarniany a zmiany klimatu. PIOŚ, Warszawa. Siemiński M., 1994, Fizyka zagrożeń atmosfery. PWN, Warszawa. Strauch E., 1975, Meteorologia a środowisko. PWN, Warszawa. Wojciechowski K., 1976, Metody obliczania stopnia zanieczyszczenia powietrza. Acta Univ. Wratislav. nr 312, Wrocław. Wytyczne obliczania stanu zanieczyszczeń powietrza atmosferycznego - Rozporządzenie Ministra Środowiska z dnia 5 grudnia 2002 r. (Dz.U. nr 1 z 2003 r. poz. 12)
Learning outcomes:	On completion of the course, the student: - knows the physical fundamentals of atmospheric processes, - knows the fundamentals of atmospheric pollution and risks and methods of protection.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Final written examination

This course is not currently offered.

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