Recommended Readings from Moran and Morgan (1997):
pages 403-422.
Objectives:
To explain the role of wind speed and atmospheric stability in the rate
of dilution of air pollution.
To consider the meteorological factors involved in air pollution episodes.
To identify several of the effects of air pollution upon the weather and
climate.
To identify the various types of temperature inversions that induce air
pollution and explain how these inversions are formed.
To identify the natural cleansing processes operating in the troposphere.
To describe some special characteristics of urban weather that influence
air quality.
To evaluate the impact of polluted air on precipitation processes.
To explain how certain air pollutants might be influencing the concentrations
of stratospheric ozone.
To summarize briefly the causes and possible effects of acid precipitation.
Outline:
A. INTRODUCTION
Definition of Pollution
Types of Pollution
Thermal Pollution
Noise Pollution
Air Pollution
Major Air Pollution Sources
Kinds of Air Pollution
Smog
B. THE METEOROLOGY OF AIR POLLUTION
Concentration of Pollutants
Dilution of Pollutants
Weather Conditions for Persistence of Pollution Episodes
C. THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTED AIR
Polluted Air: A Glossary of Anthropogenic Gases & Particulates
Polluted Air: Its Effect on the Weather
Polluted Air: Its Effect on the Climate
Polluted Air: Its Effect on the Biosphere
D. REMOVAL OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS
Particulate Matter
Gaseous Constituents
Distance Scales of Deposition
E. SPECIAL TOPICS
Acid Rain or Acid Precipitation
Hole in Ozone Layer
Nuclear Winter
Greenhouse Effect
F. MONITORING AIR POLLUTION & AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS
Air Quality Standards
Air Pollution Monitoring Efforts
Reducing Air Pollution
Last revision: 27 May 1999
Produced by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706
hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu