Air Quality Models

Course Information
TitleΜοντέλα Ποιότητας Αέρα / Air Quality Models
CodeΦΠΒ203
FacultySciences
SchoolPhysics
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorCharikleia Meleti
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600022912

Programme of Study: PMS FYSIKĪ ATMOSFAIRIKOU PERIVALLONTOS KAI PAGKOSMIŌN METAVOLŌN

Registered students: 3
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSBasic Election219
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours4
Total Hours52
Class ID
600286452
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon succesful completion of the course, the students will deepen their knowledge of atmospheric mechanisms causing and affecting air pollution dispersion get familiar with the mathematical equations that describe these mechanisms and the assumptions/ways to solve them gain satisfactory theoretical background about air dispersion modeling gain experience in using the dispersion models FLEXPART, CALINE και HYSPLIT
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Respect natural environment
Course Content (Syllabus)
Definition of air quality models, Applications, types, structure and development of photochemical air quality models, Fundamentals of atmospheric dispersion cycle, Accuracy and equations of a photochemical air quality model, Analytical form of dispersion equation, Eulerian photochemical models and examples, Lagrangian photochemical models and examples, Calculation of forward and backward trajectories of air parcels, Trajectory models, Application of air quality models
Keywords
air pollution, air quality, dispersion, photochemical model
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures1044.2
Reading Assigment230.9
Written assigments953.8
Exams30.1
Total2259
Student Assessment
Description
Written exams in the theoretical part of the course - Weight 35% Assignments of dispersion simulations using the air quality models FLEXPART, CALINE and HYSPLIT - Weight 50% Presentation of simulations' assignments - Weight 15%
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Στ. Καραθανάσης, Ατμοσφαιρική ρύπανση- φωτοχημικά μοντέλα ποιότητας του αέρα, Εκδ.: Τζιόλα
Additional bibliography for study
Δ. Μελάς, Σημειώσεις στην Ατμοσφαιρική Διάχυση και Διασπορά Arya S. Pal, Air Pollution Meteorology and Dispersion, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, USA, 1999. Seinfeld John. H. and Spyros N. Pandis , Αtmοsheric Chemistry and Physics of Air Pollution, from Pollution to Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. USA., 1998. http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/env/air/documents/CL4Guide.pdf http://www.arl.noaa.gov/documents/reports/hysplit_user_guide.pdf
Last Update
24-01-2024