Environmental Monitoring
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Course code
MLG6028.LT
old course code
MLG6028
Course title in Estonian
Keskkonnamonitooringu alused
Course title in English
Environmental Monitoring
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Major subject, aim of which is to give an overview of terminology and tasks of environmental monitoring.

Brief description of the course
Definition of environmental monitoring, targets and organisation. Covered types of environmental monitoring one as follows: geophysical (meteorological, hydrological, radiation atc.), geochemical (air pollution, chemical content of forecipitation and inland waters, soils), biological (plant cover and fauna) and integrated monitoring. Existing monitoring systems in Estonia, their tasks, networks of observation stations and useage of data are discussed in more details.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Knowledges about the environmental monitoring methods.
Estonian Republic environmental monitoring systems.
Overwiev of imoprtant in Estonia provable environmental monitoring.


Teacher
Jaan Jõgi, geogr. kand, lektor
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