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| Tuesday Lecture | Thursday Lecture | Discussion Section |
| Week 1 | January 6 Syllabus Air pollution and chemical terms History of air pollution |
January 8 History cont. Chemical reactions, lifetimes The Sun and Earth and radiation emission Lecture Quiz #1 |
Introduction
of TA; policies; definitions |
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| Week 2 | January 13 Primordial evolution of the Earth and atmosphere Atmospheric structure: pressure, density, temperature |
January 15 Atmospheric composition Steady-state box model |
Review of atmospheric composition, structure and evolution Discussion Quiz #1 |
| Week 3 | January 20 Air pollution dispersion processes (pp. 111-118) Atmospheric stability and convective dispersion (pp. 42-45, sect. 5.3.1-5.3.2) |
January 22 Temperature inversions (pp. 125-128) Chimney plumes (pp. 128-135) Lecture Quiz #2 |
Review
of pollution dispersion and atmospheric stability |
| Week 4 | January 27 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 |
January 29 Pollution toxicity cont. |
Review of toxicity Discussion Quiz #2 |
| Week 5 | February 3 Urban photochemical smog: history, chemistry (pp. 68-80, 136-143) |
February 5 Los Angeles smog distribution and trends (pp. 130-135, 148-158) Aerosols: sizes, formation Lecture Quiz #3 |
Review photochemical smog and exam review |
| Week 6 | February 10 Exam #1 |
February 12 Aerosols: composition, health effects Air quality regulation and management (sect. 6.2.2, 6.6) |
Review
of smog and aerosols Discussion Quiz #3 |
| Week 7 | February 17 Air quality management cont. Indoor air pollution (pp. 223-226, sect. 8.3-8.3.2, 8.4-8.4.2) Take-home Quiz #2 due |
February 19 Indoor air pollution cont. (sect. 8.2-8.2.2) Lecture Quiz #4 |
Review of aerosols and air quality management |
| Week 8 | February 24 Indoor air pollution abatement Acid deposition: history, causes, chemistry |
February 26 Acid deposition: effects, abatement |
Review of indoor air pollution |
| Week 9 | March 3 Stratospheric ozone layer (pp. 78-79, 407-427) |
March 5 Ozone layer cont. Ozone Hole, chlorofluorocarbon regulation Lecture Quiz #5 |
Review of acid deposition Discussion Quiz #4 |
| Week 10 | March 10 Professor Evaluations Greenhouse Effect Greenhouse gases Global temperature trends (pp. 307-316, sect. 12.2.2-12.3.4, pp. 397-402) Take-home Quiz #3 due |
March 12 Global climate feedbacks and consequences Global change regulation |
TA
Evaluations Review for Exam #2 |
| Finals Week | Thursday,
March 19, 2008 EXAM #2 12:00-2:00 pm Room(s) TBD |