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Tuesday Lecture Thursday Lecture

Week 1 June 23
Syllabus
Air pollution and chemical terms
History of air pollution
Chemical reactions, lifetimes
The Sun and Earth and radiation emission
June 25
Primordial evolution of the Earth and atmosphere
Atmospheric structure: pressure, density, temperature
Atmospheric composition
Lecture Quiz #1
Week 2 June 30
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 2
Convective dispersion cont.
Temperature inversions (pp. 125-128)
Chimney plumes (pp. 128-135)
Lecture Quiz #3
Take-home Quiz #1 distributed
Week 3 July 7
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 9
Urban photochemical smog: history, chemistry (pp. 68-80, 136-143)
EXAM #1
Week 4 July 14
Los Angeles smog distribution and trends (pp. 130-135, 148-158)
Aerosols: sizes, formation
July 16
Aerosols: composition, health effects
Air quality regulation and management (sect. 6.2.2, 6.6)
Lecture Quiz #4
Week 5 July 21
Indoor air pollution cont. (sect. 8.2-8.2.2)
Lecture Quiz #5
July 23
Stratospheric ozone layer (pp. 78-79, 407-427)
Lecture Quiz #6
Take-home Quiz #2 distributed
Week 6 July 28
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 30
Global change feedbacks cont.
Global change abatement and regulation
EXAM #2