870:123  Air Quality

Spring 2008

Professor Alan Czarnetzki


 

Review Sheet for Exam 1          Review Sheet for Exam 2          Review Sheet for Exam 3

 


 

Homework 1 Resource:

            EPA AirData


Homework 3 Resource:

            Operating Permit for CFU Power Plant


Homework 8 Resources:

            NCEP Daily Weather Maps 2003 to Present

            FSL's Radiosonde Archive    


Homework 10 Resources:

           

            Emission Factors from the EPA

           

            Wind Roses


Dispersion Modeling

 

Dispersion Basics Training Module

 

CAMEO/HYSPLIT Training Module  

 

CAMEO Home            MARPLOT Maps        Online version of CAMEO Chemicals   CLEER Impact

 

HYSPLIT

            AERMOD online documentation


Air Quality Criteria

            For Ozone

            For PM     …more


 

General Resources

 

B.S. Air Quality Major at UNI                                                  Global Ozone Monitoring

 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards                                    ThetaV Profiles:    Text     Plots at 00 UTC     Plots at 12 UTC

 

CAMEO Online                                                                       NWS Air Quality Forecast System

 

EPA Clean Air Market – Allowance Trading                             Air Resources Lab - READY (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)

 

 

Air Quality Agencies                                                                 US EPA's Office of Air and Radiation                                                                          

Iowa's Air Quality Bureau                                                                                   

Polk County Air Quality Division                                          University of Wyoming  - Surface Observations

Linn County Air Quality Division                                           GOES Soundings

University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory

 


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                                                                  Related Industries/Employers

The American Meteorological Society                                                               WindLogics

The National Weather Association

Central Iowa Chapter of the National Weather Association

Eastern Iowa/Northwest Illinois Chapter of the National Weather Association


University of Michigan – Air Quality Laboratory

Graduate Programs in Air Quality

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

               Institute for Environmental Studies

               Air Resources Management


Air Quality Models

EPA Support Center for Regulatory Air Models

Air Resources Laboratory - Real Time Dispersion Model