This course is designed to provide some fundamentals of meteorological phenomena and chemical processes that affect urban air quality and global climate, with a focus on coastal environment where anthropogenic emissions and marine air masses interact substantially. It deals with the horizontal and vertical dynamics of air in a global to regional scale, as well as the chemistry occurring during transport of air pollutants. Specifically, the basics of atmospheric radiation and subsequent dynamics for air motion in general and in typical coastal regions will be introduced, as related to air pollution dispersion and the air pollution issues in recent decades.

CILO-1: Apply knowledge of air pollution and atmospheric chemistry. CILO-2: Interpret how the air pollution transport phenomena occurs in a meteorological context. CILO-3: Identify fundamental chemistry happening in the atmosphere.