ES 407: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AST)
|
Course Title |
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques |
||||||
|
Course Code |
ES 407 |
||||||
|
Course Type |
Track Mandatory (Atmospheric Sciences Track) |
||||||
|
Level |
Master’s |
||||||
|
Year / Semester |
1st / 2nd (Subject to change) |
||||||
|
Instructor’s Name |
Efstratios Bourtsoukidis (Lead Instructor), Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Jean Sciare, George Biskos, Mihalis Vrekoussis, Franco Marenco, Charbel Afif, Minas Iakovides, Michael Pikridas, Spyros Bezantakos, Maria Kezoudi, Konstantia Oikonomou |
||||||
|
ECTS |
10 |
Lectures / week |
1 (1h) |
Laboratories / week |
1 (2h) |
||
|
Course Purpose and Objectives |
The course aims to provide: Scientific and Technical knowledge applied to the experimental characterization of the atmosphere. Air quality instrumentation; on-line in-situ atmospheric sensors for aerosol chemical/physical/optical properties; Laboratory techniques for environmental analyses of trace elements (ions, carbon, trace metals, trace organics). Hands-on training in the CyI analytical and instrumentation laboratories and at the Cyprus Atmospheric Observatory at Agia Marina Xyliatou (calibration, operation); data processing and interpretation. |
||||||
|
Learning Outcomes |
At the end of the course students should be competent in: understanding fundamental techniques used in atmospheric sciences for in-situ characterization of gaseous and aerosol pollutants; operating/calibrating (as end-user) a range of in-situ atmospheric instrumentation; have basic knowledge on the principles and technical skills related to the chemical analysis of trace elements. |
||||||
|
Prerequisites |
None |
||||||
|
Course Content |
1. Air Pollution Sources and Properties, Fundamental (Lecture) 2. Air Quality Measurement Techniques, Fundamental (Lecture) 3. Aerosol & Gas Measurement Techniques, Fundamental Part I (Lecture) 4. Aerosol & Gas Measurement Techniques, Fundamental Part II (Lecture) 5. Aerosol Measurement Techniques, Hands-on Part I (Field) 6. Aerosol Measurement Techniques, Hands-on Part II (Field) 7. Gas Measurement Techniques, Hands-on (Field) 8. Miniaturized Aerosol Instrumentation, Hands-on (Lab) 9. Miniaturized Aerosol Instrumentation, Hands-on (Field, UAV) 10. Analytical Techniques in Environ. Chem., Part I (Fundamental, Lecture) 11. Analytical Techniques in Environ. Chem., Part II (Fundamental, Lecture) 12. Analytical Techniques in Environ. Chem., Part III (Fundamental, Lecture) 13. Ion Chromatography (Hands-on, Lab) 14. GC-MS, Part I, Sample Preparation (Hands-on, Lab) 15. GC-MS, Part II, Analysis and Interpretation (Hands-on, Lab) |
||||||
|
Teaching Methodology |
Lectures. Seminars. Laboratory courses. Field studies. Literature Reviews. Computing (data processing) |
||||||
|
Bibliography |
Seinfeld, J. and Pandis, S. 1998, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change, Wiley Interscience, New York. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Harris Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry by Skoog |
||||||
|
Assessment |
Coursework and exam |
||||||
|
Language |
English |
||||||