Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Atmosfärskemi och -fysik

FKFF01F, 4 högskolepoäng

Gäller från och med: Spring 2014
Beslutad av: FN1/Björn Regnell
Datum för fastställande: 2013-11-08

Allmänna uppgifter

Avdelning: Nuclear Physics
Kurstyp: Gemensam kurs, avancerad nivå och forskarnivå
Kursen ges även på avancerad nivå med kurskod: FKFF01
Undervisningsspråk: English

Syfte

The course should provide understanding of physical, chemical and meteorological processes in the atmosphere as well as environmental concequences of changes of atmospheric composition caused by human activities, such as climate change and destruction of stratospheric ozone. The course should also provide a capability to assess and discuss environmental issues within the working life and societal debate from a natural science perspective.

Mål

Kunskap och förståelse

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• * be able to undertake physical and chemical calculations for the atmosphere based on presented methodology and modelling tools, such as meteorological box models and simple climate models, and to interpret the results from atmospheric and environmental perspectives
• * be able to describe and understand the role of atmospheric processes in important environmental issues from a narural science perspective
• * know how to explain qualitatively and in some cases quantitatively the impact of human activities on the atmosphere, and in a wider perspective, the conditions for life

Färdighet och förmåga

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• * be able to integrate material on the atmosphere from several disciplines
• * acquire knowledge to integrate material from text books and simpler scientific literature
• * carry out project work and plan a presentation
• * increased ability to present a project and discuss their results with the teachers and course participants

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• * have increased capability to assess and discuss environmental issues
• within the working life and societal debate from a natural science
• perspective

Kursinnehåll

Atmospheric composition and thermodynamical properties, meteorology, meteorological models, geochemical cycles, climate, greenhouse gases, aerosol, chemical kinetics, stratospheric ozone, oxidising power of the atmosphere, tropospheric ozone and acid rain.

Kurslitteratur

Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry. 1999. ISBN 9780691001852.

Kursens undervisningsformer

Undervisningsformer: Föreläsningar, övningar, projekt. The project comprises studies of a scintific paper, follow-up and presentation during a mini symposium. The project can be extended to a more comprehensive project (focusing on a special topic). The course then gives 7,5 hp.

Kursens examination

Examinationsformer: Skriftlig tentamen, skriftlig rapport. The examination consists of a written exam where the student individually answers questions of both calculation and descriptive character, and a project.
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:

Antagningsuppgifter

Kurstillfällesinformation

Kontaktinformation och övrigt

Kursansvarig: Bengt Martinsson <bengt.martinsson@fysik.lu.se>