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ENVS3102 – Urban Climate and Air Quality
2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde
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General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Paul Beggs
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Lecturer
Vladimir Strezov
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(130cp at 1000 level or above) including (ENVE216 or ENVS216 or ENVS2116 or GEOS216)
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit 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. |
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: describe urban climate and air quality, including the physical, chemical and biological processes operating to produce or change the state of the urban atmosphere.
- ULO2: 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.
- ULO3: examine and integrate scientific information from various primary and secondary sources.
- ULO4: apply practical knowledge to undertake analysis of climate and air quality data.
- ULO5: demonstrate practical laboratory and field based skills associated with typical measurement problems in the field of climate science.
Assessment Tasks
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Delivery and Resources
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Required Text
The required text for this unit is:
Oke TR, Mills G, Christen A, Voogt JA (2017) Urban climates. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
There may be copies in the Co-op Bookshop for you to purchase a copy. The Library provides online access [QC981.7.U7 O34 2017].
Also highly recommended:
Oke TR (1987) Boundary layer climates (2nd ed). Routledge, London. [QC981.7.M5.O34/1987]
Recommended Texts
• Arya SPS (2001) Introduction to micrometeorology (2nd ed). Academic Press, San Diego. [QC883.8.A79/2001]
• Foken T (2008) Micrometeorology. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, [QC883.8]
• Hewitt CN, Jackson AV (2009) Atmospheric science for environmental scientists. Wiley-Blackwell UK. [QC861.3 AB66]
• Monteith JL, Unsworth MH (2008) Principles of environmental physics (3rd ed). Edward Arnold, Melbourne. [QH505.M58/1990]
• Scorer RS (2002) Air pollution meteorology. Horwood, Chichester. [QC882.S35]
Recommended Journals
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [S600.A35 and Electronic journal]
Atmospheric Environment [TD881.A8 and Electronic journal]
Boundary-Layer Meteorology [QC851.B6 and Electronic journal]
Energy and Buildings [TJ163.5.B84.E523 and Electronic journal]
International Journal of Biometeorology [QH543.I5 and Electronic journal]
Journal of Applied Meteorology [QC851.A66 and Electronic journal]
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology [QC851.A66 and Electronic journal]
Journal of Geophysical Research [QC811.J6]
Meteorological Applications [QC851.M15]
Technical Note / World Meteorological Organization [QC851.W6444]
Theoretical and Applied Climatology [QC851.A732 and Electronic journal]
Urban Climate [Online access]
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Changes since First Published
| Date | Description |
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| 20/02/2020 | Assessment due dates and delivery and resources information has been added. |