EARTHSCI 3230:  Air Quality

Fall 2023

Professor Alan Czarnetzki

 


 

General Resources

 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards                              

 

The Federal Register                                       Code of Federal Regulations – Title 40 Protection of the Environment   the NAAQS are covered in Part 50

 

CAMEO Online                                                                      NWS Air Quality Forecast System                 Global Ozone Monitoring

 

EPA Clean Air Market           National Atmospheric Deposition Program    Air Resources Lab - READY (HYSPLIT model, mixed layer forecasts, wind rose forecasts)

The Clean Air Act          History of the Clean Air Act                       Richardson Number:  Plots at 12 UTC                      

Iowa’s State Implementation Plan (SIP)          EPA site on SIPs                               IA Mesonet

 

ThetaV Profiles:    Text     Plots at 00 UTC     Plots at 12 UTC     UNI’s Radiometer

 

Emission Factors          Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

 

 

Air Quality Agencies                                                                                                                                      

Iowa's Air Quality Bureau                                                                                   

Polk County Air Quality Division                                      

Linn County Air Quality Division                                      

University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory

 

US EPA

 


Professional Organizations                                                                    Job Listings                         Internship Opportunities

Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)                               State of Iowa                                  P2 Intern Program

            Journal of the AWMA

          Midwest Section of the AWMA

          Iowa Chapter of the AWMA    (not working in Aug. 2021)                            Related Industries/Employers

The American Meteorological Society                                                                       NextEra Analytics Inc.

The National Weather Association

Central Iowa Chapter of the National Weather Association


Graduate Programs in Air Quality

               Institute for Environmental Studies


Air Quality Models

EPA Support Center for Regulatory Atmospheric  Modeling

Air Resources Laboratory – Atmospheric Dispersion