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--- Last updated 06/23/2008 --- |
| Tuesday Lecture | Thursday Lecture |
| Week 1 | June 24 Syllabus Air pollution and chemical terms History of air pollution Chemical reactions, lifetimes The Sun and Earth and radiation emission |
June 27 Primordial evolution of the Earth and atmosphere Atmospheric structure: pressure, density, temperature Atmospheric composition Lecture Quiz #1 |
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| Week 2 | July 1 Steady-state box model Air pollution dispersion processes (pp. 111-118) Atmospheric stability and convective dispersion (pp. 42-45, sect. 5.3.1-5.3.2) Lecture Quiz #2 |
July 3 Convective dispersion cont. Temperature inversions (pp. 125-128) Chimney plumes (pp. 128-135) Lecture Quiz #3 Take-home Quiz #1 distributed |
| Week 3 | July 8 Air pollution toxicity ( sect. 4.1.2, 7.1.2-7.2.4, 7.4-7.4.3; pp. 205-211) Take-home Quiz #1 due |
July 10 Urban photochemical smog: history, chemistry (pp. 68-80, 136-143) EXAM #1 |
| Week 4 | July 15 Los Angeles smog distribution and trends (pp. 130-135, 148-158) Aerosols: sizes, formation |
July 17 Aerosols: composition, health effects Air quality regulation and management (sect. 6.2.2, 6.6) Lecture Quiz #4 |
| Week 5 | July 22 Indoor air pollution cont. (sect. 8.2-8.2.2) Lecture Quiz #5 |
July 24 Stratospheric ozone layer (pp. 78-79, 407-427) Lecture Quiz #6 Take-home Quiz #2 distributed |
| Week 6 | July 29 Greenhouse Effect Greenhouse gases Global temperature trends (pp. 307-316, sect. 12.2.2-12.3.4, pp. 397-402) Global climate feedbacks and consequences Take-home Quiz #2 due |
July 31 Global change feedbacks cont. Global change abatement and regulation EXAM #2 |