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Courses - Fall 2026
AOSC
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
AOSC434
Air Pollution and Environmental Justice
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: CHEM131 and MATH241; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed with: CHEM434.
Credit only granted for: AOSC434 or CHEM434.
Basic concepts in physics and chemistry of the atmosphere as applied to air pollution and environmental justice. Production, transformation, spatial scales, transport, and removal of air pollutants. The problems of photochemical smog, the greenhouse effect & climate change, stratospheric ozone, visibility. Numerical simulation of air pollution. Health and environmental effects of air pollution in the developed and developing world; why some communities suffer disproportionately
Cross-listed with CHEM434. Credit only granted for CHEM434 or AOSC434.