COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR YETKIN DUMANOĞLU

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to introduce the basics of atmospheric chemistry to the student.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing the earth's atmosphere, its formation and development, climates, layers of the atmosphere, changes in pressure-temperature, humidity and altitude, and the effects of physical events in the atmosphere on pollutant behavior.
2   Understanding chemical and photochemical reactions in the atmosphere.
3   Having knowledge about global issues such as climate change, greenhouse gases and acid precipitation.
4   Knowing air pollutants and their effects on human health, plants, materials and atmosphere.
5   Knowing the mechanisms of removing pollutants from the atmosphere and the interactions between the atmosphere and other environmental environments.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
5 ENTRANCE MOVIE SCREENING SCIENCE ITSELF, THE EAST OF THE WORLD
6 FORMATION OF EARTH AND ATMOSPHERE
7 SOLAR RADIATION ATMOSPHERE AND ITS LAYERS
8 AIR POLLUTANTS
9 BASIC PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GASES
10 ORGANIC AIR POLLUTANTS-01
11 ORGANIC AIR POLLUTANTS-02
12 CIRCULATION OF POLLUTANTS AND REMOVE MECHANISMS FROM THE ATMOSPHERE
13 CHEMICAL AND PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE-1
14 CHEMICAL AND PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE-2
15 CHEMICAL AND PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE-3
16 BASIC METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS
17 DISTRIBUTION OF POLLUTANTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE (DISPERSION)
18 DISPERSION CALCULATION METHODS (MODELS)

Recomended or Required Reading

Müezzinoğlu, Aysen, 2003. Atmosfer Kimyası, Izmir, DEU.
Kaynaklar (Kitaplar ve on line veri tabanları)
1. Hobbs, P.V., 2000. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry : a Companion Text to Basic
Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences.
2. Seinfeld, J.H., Pandis S.N., 2006. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics-From Air
Pollution to Climate Change.
3. Finlayson-Pitts, B.J., and James N. Pitts, Jr., J.N., 2000. Chemistry of the Upper
and Lower Atmosphere Theory, Experiments, and Applications.
4. Warneck, P. 2000. Chemistry of the Natural Atmosphere.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Exams, application

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Continuation of students.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümü Tınaztepe
Yerleşkesi
35160 Buca/Izmir
Tel : 0 232 3017122
Faks : 0 232 4530922
E-mail: mustafa.odabasi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 5-8

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Final 1 5 5
Midterm 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.113
LO.2123
LO.3331
LO.424
LO.544444444444

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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