ATM OCN 100

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ATM OCN 100 Summer 2002 LECTURE 37A

• AIR POLLUTION
• A. INTRODUCTION
• What is pollution?

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B. METEOROLOGY of AIR POLLUTION

• Concentration of Pollutants
• Dilution of Pollutants
• Weather Conditions for Pollution Episodes

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C. EFFECTS of POLLUTED AIR

• Polluted Air
• A Glossary of Anthropogenic Gases Particulates
• Its effect upon weather climate
• Its effect on biosphere

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D. REMOVAL of AIR POLLUTANTS

• Particulate Matter
• Gaseous Constituents
• Distance Scales of Deposition

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E. SPECIAL TOPICS

• Acid Precipitation
• Hole in Ozone Layer
• Nuclear Winter
• Enhanced Greenhouse Effect

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F. MONITORING AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION
CONTROLS

• Air Quality Standards
• Air Pollution Monitoring Efforts
• Reducing Air Pollution