Academic Catalog

MASC526 ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY

Course Code:	9500526
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	8.0
Department:	Graduate School Of Marine Sciences
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Graduate
Course Coordinator:	Assoc.Prof.Dr. MUSTAFA KOÇAK
Offered Semester:	Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The goal of this course is to lay out a frame work of principles that can be used to understand air pollution and global change problems. It will start with defining the basic physical and chemical principles governing the natural and polluted atmosphere. Then they will be applied to specific problems related to pollution and global change such as indoor pollution, urban photochemical smog, acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion, greenhouse warming and climate forcing due to atmospheric aerosols. The course will also include some elements of air pollution statistics and introduction to the atmospheric chemical transport models.