EARTHSCI 3230: Air Quality
Spring 2012
Professor Alan Czarnetzki
Health Study 1 – reading assigned on Jan. 25 Health Study 2 – reading assigned on Jan. 25
Mercury Rain – reading assigned on Feb. 6 Tradable Allowances – assigned on Feb. 6
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program – Feb. 8
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Fact Sheet – Feb. 8
Interface to GHG Data – Feb. 8
Nonlocal Approach to Determining Atmospheric Stability – assigned on Feb. 15
Homework 1 and 2 Resources:
EPA AirData EPA Interface to the Code of Federal Regulations
Pre-Homework 3 Resources:
Current Weather Conditions at UNI – includes Solar Radiation
Historic Weather Conditions at UNI – Solar Radiation data available since June 5, 2009
Column labeled ‘Solar Rad.’ is the solar radiation intensity, in W/m2, at the time of observation
Column labeled ‘Solar
Energy’ is the amount of accumulated solar radiation energy, in
Multiply
value in
Historic Solar Radiation Data for Iowa – set ‘Plot Variable’ to ‘Solar Radiation’, select your date, and then ‘Make Plot’
Multiply value
in
Cedar Falls Utilities – Residential Electric Rates
Homework 3 Resource:
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Dispersion Modeling
Dispersion Basics Training Module
CAMEO Home MARPLOT Maps Online version of CAMEO Chemicals
AERMOD online documentation
Air Quality Criteria
General Resources
National Ambient Air Quality Standards ThetaV Profiles: Text Plots at 00 UTC Plots at 12 UTC
CAMEO Online NWS Air Quality Forecast System Global Ozone Monitoring
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
Iowa’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) IA Mesonet
Air Quality Agencies US EPA's Office of Air and Radiation
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
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
Institute for Environmental Studies
Air Quality Models