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Date |
Lecture
topic |
Required reading
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Assignt.
due |
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PART I. INTRODUCTION TO AIR POLLUTION AND THE
COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE |
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(LJ) |
WEEK 1: What is air
pollution?
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Chap. 1 |
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W 09/28 |
Introduction
and course overview |
Preface
(ix-x) |
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Th 09/29 |
Chap 4,
p. 82-92 |
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F 09/30 |
Basic
concepts and definitions |
Chap 1,
p. 2-4 |
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(BA) |
WEEK
2: The natural composition of the atmosphere |
Chap.
2; Chap. 3 |
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M 10/03 |
Section
2.2: p. 33-36 |
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Tu 10/04 |
Sections
2.3.3-2.3.7: p. 40-47 |
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W 10/05 |
Sections
3.1- 3.3: p. 50-58 |
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Th 10/06 |
Composition
of the present day atmosphere
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Sections
3.5-3.6: p. 62-79 |
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Fr 10/07 |
Discussion
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PART
II. LOCAL AND REGIONAL POLLUTION ISSUES |
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(LJ) |
WEEK
3: Sources and fate of pollutants |
Ch. 6 |
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M 10/10 |
Sources
of pollutants |
Chap 6
(146-159) |
#1 |
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Tu 10/11 |
Dispersion
of pollutants; effect of
meteorology on pollution |
Chap 6
(165-167; 174-176) |
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W 10/12 |
Vertical
transport of pollution: lapse rates |
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Th 10/13 |
No class
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Fr 10/14 |
Discussion
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(LJ) |
WEEK
4: Urban smog |
Ch. 4 |
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| M
10/17 |
Box
model; chemical transformation of pollutants |
Chap 1 (p. 24-26) | |
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Tu 10/18 |
LA Smog
and London Smog; The
ingredients of smog |
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W 10/19 |
Daily/seasonal
variations in smog |
Chap 4
(p. 85-92; 93-96; 99-103; 111-112) |
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Th 10/20 |
Urban smog in
the U.S. (megacities around the world)
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Fr 10/21 |
Discussion
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#2 |
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(BA) |
WEEK
5: Aerosols and acid rain |
Ch. 5;
Ch. 10 |
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M 10/24 |
Midterm review session
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Tu 10/25 |
Midterm
#1 (covers weeks 1-4) |
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W 10/26 |
Section
5.2: p. 118-128 |
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Th 10/27 |
Section
5.1, 5.3: p. 116-118; 128-139 |
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Fr 10/28 |
Discussion |
Reading: Clean
School Bus Program |
Project topic |
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(BA) |
WEEK
6: Visibility and radiation; Indoor air
pollution |
Ch. 7,
Ch. 9 |
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M 10/31 |
Effects
of acid deposition and regulatory control |
Section
10.5; 10.7: Pages 263-266; 270-271 |
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Tu 11/01 |
Processes
affecting solar radiation in the atmosphere |
Section
7.1: p. 180-187; 190-195 |
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W 11/02 |
Section
7.2-7.3: p. 197-198; 202-205 |
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Th 11/03 |
Indoor
air pollution
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Section
9.1: p. 242-250 |
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Fr 11/04 |
Discussion
– visibility
and our National Parks; EPA’s regional haze rule |
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#3 |
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(LJ) |
WEEK
7: Health and environmental effects |
Ch. 7 from Turco textbook (handout) |
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M 11/07 |
Guest
lecture: Dr. Joel Kaufman, Department of
Environmental Health and Occupational Sciences, UW |
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Tu 11/08 |
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W 11/09 |
Assessment
of health risks/ US air quality regulation |
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Th 11/10 |
Discussion
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Fr 11/11 |
VETERANS
DAY - NO CLASS |
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(LJ) |
WEEK
8: Controlling pollution |
Ch. 8 |
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M 11/14 |
U.S.
air quality regulation/ air quality
trends |
Ch.
8 p. 210-225 |
#4 |
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Tu 11/15 |
International
pollution regulations and air pollution regulation outside the US;
pollution in megacities
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W 11/16 |
National
Air quality Regulation
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Guest Lecture: Dr. Dave Seuss,
Epsilon Associates, Boston |
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Th 11/17 |
Midterm review
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Fr 11/18 |
Midterm #2 (covers weeks 5-8)
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PART
III. GLOBAL SCALE POLLUTION ISSUES |
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(LJ) |
WEEK
9: Pollution of the stratosphere – the ozone hole |
Ch. 11 |
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M 11/21 |
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Tu 11/22 |
The
ozone hole |
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W 11/23 |
The
ozone hole, continued; Regulation of CFCs
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Th 11/24 |
THANKSGIVING
- NO CLASS |
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Fr 11/25 |
THANKSGIVING
- NO CLASS |
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(BA) |
WEEK
10: Pollutants and climate change |
Ch.
12 |
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M 11/28 |
Local
air quality and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency: |
Guest Lecture: Dennis McLerran, Executive Director, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency |
Project paper |
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Tu 11/29 |
The
Greenhouse Effect; Recent
and historical temperature trend |
Section
12.1: p. 310-316; Section
12.2.4; 12.3.1: p. 319-322; 323-326 |
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W 11/30 |
Feedbacks
and possible consequences of global warming |
Section
12.4-12.5: p. 337-339; 342-344 |
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Th 12/01 |
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Fr 12/02 |
Regulatory control of global warming |
Section 12.6: p. 345-349 |
#5 |
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(BA) |
WEEK
11: A cleaner future? |
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M
12/05 |
Project
poster presentations |
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Tu
12/06 |
Project
poster presentations |
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W 12/07 |
Projections
of future emissions; Global air quality and pollution |
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Th 12/08 |
Air
quality in the 21st century |
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F 12/09 |
Discussion and review for final exam
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W paper |
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Mon
12/12 |
FINAL
EXAM 8:30-10:20 am |
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Last Updated:
10/14/2005