Environmental Monitoring and Audit

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. know the general principles of environmental monitoring; 2. acquire the skills of organizing auditing and monitoring programme; 3. know the mechanism of pollutant interaction with soil and vegetation; and 4. know the general principles of bio-testing, aquatic toxicity, types, bio, assays, data analysis and interpretation.

Definition and general principles of environmental monitoring. Organisation of auditing and monitoring programmes for site and resource specific strategies. Classification of monitoring techniques and use (physical, chemical, biological radioactive) global sources, sinks and transport (mass balance) of both man-made and natural atmospheric trace components, Ocean- atmosphere interactions, reversible effect of human activities on the global environment such as effect, climate change, depletion of stratosphere ozone layer, acid rain. Air pollution meteorology, chemistry and biology. Atmosphere dispersion models. Elements of air pollution control. Sampling and air monitoring techniques. Mechanism of pollutant interaction with soil and vegetation. General principles of bio testing, aquatic toxicity, types, bio, assays, data analysis and interpretation.