870:123 Air Quality

Spring 2008

Review Sheet – Exam 1

Lecture Topics

The history of air pollution

A Brief history of energy use

Clean air legislation

Criteria pollutants

Review of atmospheric structure

Some terms

Scales of air pollution

Primary and secondary pollutants

Guest speaker: Dr. Lynn Brant

Hazardous air pollutants

Aerosol in the atmosphere

Sources of air pollution

Effects on human health

CAMEO

Effects on vegetation, animals, materials, and structures

Effects on the atmosphere

Acid deposition

Tradeable pollution allowances

Methylmercury

Global climate change

Stratospheric ozone depletion

Urban air quality

Reading

Chaps. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, pp. 263, 268-269

Various handouts