Professional course Air Quality Modelling

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC) in the School of Architecture and Environment is pleased to offer an exciting suite of Air Quality short courses. This new suite consists of five distinct courses covering the following topics with an online (Distance Learning) option for each:

• Air Quality Management
• Air Quality Management (Distance Learning)
• Air Quality Monitoring
• Air Quality Monitoring (Distance Learning)
• Air Quality Modelling
• Air Quality Modelling (Distance Learning)
• Air Quality Assessment
• Air Quality Assessment (Distance Learning)
• Air Quality Action Planning 
• Air Quality Action Planning (Distance Learning)

Delivered as self-learning (materials access only) or blended learning (materials + live session), where each topic will provide you with a set of interactive web-based materials to work through in advance of a live online session with the course leaders and your peers, which will provide an opportunity to discuss the materials in more depth and undertake related activities to that topic.

Individuals are invited to book on as many or few of the days as they wish.

For this specific topic, temporary access to dispersion modelling and mapping software will also be provided.

"I can use what I learnt all week to improve my Councils' AQ arrangements, write accurate review and assessment reports, review 3rd party reports and attract developer contributions to air quality via CIL and S106." Mike Jephcott, Senior Environmental Health Officer

What does it cover?

This course provides an understanding of the theory and practice of using dispersion models to replicate the behaviour of pollution in the atmosphere. The course will explain the rationale behind air quality modelling using examples of particular models to describe the ways in which they are used and highlight some of the potential limitations and problems associated with them.

The course also provides a basic introduction to model input data, the basic principles and assumptions involved and the concepts of model validation, verification and adjustment, including worked examples of a modelling scenario in ADMS-Roads and the verification and adjustment process.

This course would be of value to anyone interested or involved in the use of local-scale atmospheric dispersion modelling.

Who is it for?

"I would like to use this opportunity to thank your team for the amazing course on AQ Modelling at UWE. I have found its content really useful and really enjoyed the afternoon session where we were allowed to play with the ADMS Roads Model and test different scenarios." Pedro Rocha e Abreu, Air Quality Officer (MIAQM), Oxford City Council

The courses will be of interest to students, practitioners and policy makers involved in air quality management in:

• Environmental health/protection
• Public health
• Transport
• Land-use planning

Entry requirements

There are no formal entry requirements to join this course.

A good level of English language is required to be able to follow the content.