2020 National Air Quality Workshop
27 - 30 September 2020
Announcement and Call for Participation
Theme:
Air Pollution and Mortality in Africa
Featuring a special
Hands-on School on Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling from Industrial Point Sources
Venue
Department of Physics, University of Ilorin, ILORIN, Nigeria
Background
The Centre for Atmospheric Research in Collaboration with the Department of Physics, University of Ilorin hereby announce and call for applications from interested individuals to participate in the 2020 National Air Quality Workshop. The workshop which will feature a special hands-on school will be held from Monday 28 - Wednesday 30 September 2020. The overall goal of the workshop is to improve the understanding of participants on global air pollution challenge and develop their capacity to identify hotspot emission sources and predict ambient concentrations of pollutants using freely available atmospheric dispersion models.
The School will offer theoretical classes and practical activities during which participants will be exposed to scientific knowledge and hands-on experience in the following areas:
- Background knowledge on air pollution history, sources, and effects;
- Key elements of air quality measurement and assessment;
- Hands-on on the concept of meteorological preprocessing pollutants;
- Hands-on session on atmospheric dispersion modelling of pollutants
Special Features
The workshop is scheduled to celebrate the exit of Professor Clement O Akoshile from active service as he clocks 70 years on 1st October. Professor Akoshile is a strong collaborator with our Centre for Atmospheric Research and has contributed immensely to the development of atmospheric science at global levels. He has, for many years, been the Scientist-in-charge of the functional AERONET and SPARTAN stations in West Africa.
Online participation shall also be arranged for those who may not be able to physically attend the meeting