Links to class notes will be inserted below after lectures.

Week 1
Sept. 28: History of Air Pollution
Sept. 29: Basic concepts and definitions

Week 2
Oct. 3: Ingredients and properties of the atmosphere
Oct. 4: Evolution of the atmosphere
Oct. 5: Radiation

Week 3
Oct. 9: Sources of pollutants
Oct. 10: Box model; effects of meteorology on pollution
Oct. 11 and 12: Vertical transport of pollution and inversions: notes + slides

Week 4
Oct. 18: Air quality
Oct. 19: Particles and Visibility

Week 5
See textbook, Chapter 7

Week 6
Oct. 30: US Air Quality Regulation
Oct. 31: Air quality trends
Nov. 1: Energy and air pollution; Pollution in megacities
Nov. 2: Dr. Dave Suess guest lecture

Week 7
Nov. 7: Sources of Acid rain
Nov. 8: Effects of Acid rain

Week 8 & 9
Nov. 13: Mercury
Nov. 16, 17, 20, 21: Stratospheric ozone (Black and white slides)
                             Stratospheric ozone (Color slides)
Week 10
Nov. 27: Climate and the greenhouse effect
Nov. 28: Climate change in the past
Nov. 29: Current Climate Change
Nov. 30: Future Climate Change

 Last Updated:
12/01/2006