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

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.