Introduction to quantitative methods in environmental monitoring; types of environmental impacts; populations and sampling. Statistics for monitoring. Biological monitoring. Origins, types of measurement of chemical pollution. Manual and automated sampling and in-situ analysis techniques. Quality assurance issues. Introduction to spatial databases and techniques. Micro-meteorological measurements. Gaseous and particulate matter in the atmosphere. Batch sampling and continuous methods of air quality monitoring. Soils and sediments. Surface and groundwater hydrochemistry. Surface water hydrology. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Kirsti Abbott
