Subject Code: CL5L415 Subject Name: Air Quality Modelling L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Introduction; air pollutants; Effects on Human and Ecosystem: Epidemiology, chronic and acute effects on human and ecosystem, industrialization. Regulations: Regulatory, political and economic controls, air pollution laws. Emission Factors: Toxic release inventories, sampling and measurements. Modeling theory: Diffusion based models, receptor and source apportionment models and atmospheric residence times; Gaussian Plume and Modification/Applications; Particle Dynamics: Settling and drag forces, Stokes law, particle size distributions; Control of particulates; Control of gaseous pollutants: Behavior and control of volatile organics, sulfur and nitrogen oxides; Control of mobile source emissions.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Michael S Feldman. Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing Data for Regional Air Quality ModelingUMI Dissertation Publishing
  2. Wayne Richard P. Chemistry Of Atmosphere 3 Revised Edition,  Oxford University Press
  3. Alexander Baklano. Meteorological and Air Quality Models for Urban Areas, Springer