Air Pollution Meteorology
 Lecture Notes


Week
Date (Monday)
Topic



1
Jan 2
Introduction
History of Air Pollution, Sources/scales etc



2
Jan 7
Health and vegetation impacts
Preparing for assignment (Excel tricks)



3
Jan 14
Boundary Layer Processes1.
BLP II



4
Jan 21
Mesoscale Processes and Complex terrain
Boundary layer Free troposphere paper - description of 11 processes
Assignment 1 workshop in Friday lecture time



5
Jan 28
Synoptic scale Processes
Ozone climatology of the LFV - Mckendry et al. Paper
VISIT TO LIDAR - complete lidar module
LIDAR CORALNET WEBSITE
McKendry et al. Atmosphere Ocean - Lidar paper



6
Feb 4
Hemispheric scale transport
1998 Asian dust event
hemispheric transport paper from WMO
READING: Kawasaki Disease paper



7
Feb 11
Quiz 1 - FEB15
transpacific Saharan Dust transport
2009 Notes
Modelling - Gaussian Plume Modelling



8
Feb 18
MIDTERM BREAK              *******2005 Midterm Exam*********




9 Feb 25 Gaussian Modelling



10
March 4 Gaussian Plume Modelling continued
Visual Air Quality Lecture - review paper to read
Preparation Assignment 3: Gaussian Modelling / Organisation - Project



11
March 11
Climate Change and Air quality
Indoor air Pollution
Poster preparation



12
March 18
Measurement Techniques and Networks (1)
Measurement Techniques and Networks (2)
 
Quiz 2 - MAR 22                                       *****2008 Midterm Exam*****



13


14
Mar 25

Mar 27

Mar 29 and April 1

April 3



Air quality in the LFV

Poster Prep

EASTER BREAK

Poster Symposium (hand in writeup APRIL 5)  
(1 min presentation from each group)




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