Unit name | Atmospheric Processes |
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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 |
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.