Unit information: Atmospheric Processes in 2008/09

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Unit name Atmospheric Processes
Unit code EASC20027
Credit points 10
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2D (weeks 19 - 24)
Unit director Professor. Nick Teanby
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Successful completion of Level C Environmental Geoscience year

Co-requisites

None

School/department School of Earth Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Science and Engineering

Description including Unit Aims

This unit gives an overview of the principal physical processes in the atmosphere, and what controls them; the effect of transport and transformation on the chemistry of the atmosphere; and the role of the atmosphere in the biogeochemical cycling of key elements.