EAS6792/CEE6792 Air Pollution Meteorology

Instructor: Professor Yuhang Wang, ES&T 3254, phone: (404) 894-3995, email: yuhang.wang@eas.gatech.edu

References: Air pollution meteorology and dispersion, by S. Pal Arya, Oxford University Press, 1999.

Atmospheric chemistry and physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change 3rd Edition, by J. H. Seinfeld and S. N. Pandis, John Wiley & Sons, 2016;

An introduction to boundary layer meteorology, Roland B. Stull, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988.

Web: http://apollo.eas.gatech.edu/EAS6792

Class: Clough UG Learning Commons 125, Tuesday/Thursday 12:30-1:45 pm

Office hours: T/Th 4:50-6:00 pm

	Assignment date	Due date
#1	Jan 16	Jan 30

Syllabus:

Date	Topics	Chapters (Arya)
	Part I: Air pollution and boundary layer
Jan 7, 9	Introduction to air pollution	1
Jan 14, 16	Key parameters affecting urban air quality	2
Jan 21, 23	Heat balance, vertical stability and boundary layer characteristics	2, Stull (Chap 1)
Jan 28, 30	Turbulence and its statistics, surface energy budget	4, Stull (Chap 2)
Feb 4, 6	Similarity theory and Monon-Obukov surface layer	4, 8, Stull (Chap 5)
Feb 11, 13	Vertical transport by diffusion	6, 8, Stull (Chap 6)
Feb 18, 20	Turbulent dispersion and Gaussian plumes	9
Feb 25, 27	Plume rise and settling; Deposition	10, 11
Mar 4, 6	Dispersion and air quality modeling (group assignment due), Exam	11
Mar 11, 13	Air quality modeling; Exam	12
	Part II: Air pollution and climate change
Mar 25, 27	Impacts of climate change on air pollution (term paper topics due)
Apr 1, 3	Impacts of megacities on air pollution
Apr 8, 10	Climate extreme events and air pollution
Apr 15, 17	Wildfire and its impacts
Apr 22	Term paper presentation

Grade:

Term papers:

2021

	Topics
Mark Delago	Comparison of ozone concentrations
Shengjun Xi	Long-term surface ozone trends in northern China during 2014-2017
Zhenyu You	The impact of winter cyclones on PM2.5 distribution over East China
Fanghe Zhao	Vertical profiles of aromatics in DISCOVER-AQ 2014

2019

	Topics
Kezhen Chong	NO₂: comparison between simulations and observations
Young Ro Lee	Ozone Production Efficiency
Seungchan Kim	Relationship between change in column density and the change in rate of emission of CO from wildfire
Justin Min	New Particle Formation in Southern Great Plains during HISCALE 2016 with Model and Observed Measurements
Kevin Whitmore	Estimate Arctic Sea Ice Coverage Using VLF Radio Waves
Yuhan Yang	How does Kung Pao Chicken affect indoor air quality?

2015

	Topics
Jessica Belle	Modelling exposure to Chlorpyrifos in Merida, Mexico
Ye Chen	Contributions from different sources to regional relationship of O₃ and CO/CH₂O
Jianfeng Li	Diurnal Variation of Nitrogen Dioxide
Taylor Maxfield	Influence of Driving Restrictions on Pollution Reduction
Qu Hang	Ambient Flux: Simulation and Observation
Zimming Ke	Wildfire Plume Height Simulations
Yanqing Su	Numerical study of volcanic plume height in Pinatubo 1991 eruption
Ruixiong Zhang	A Journey to Heaven: Evidence of Inter-Himalaya Transport of Pollutants

2013

	Topics
Michael Mckenzie	Effects on Indoor Air Quality of Outgassing of Household Materials
Chris Forchand	Meteorological Effects on Morning Rush Hour Air Pollution
Sean Miller	Smoke Transport during the Georgia/Florida Fires of 2007
Tianlin Chang	Effects of Fireworks on Ambient Air Quality
Lucus Henneman	Investigating the long- and short-term variations in meteorology in Atlanta
Rawan El-Afihi	Urban vs. Rural Atlanta
Benpei Cao	Impacts of BC from fire emission on air quality ---- case study in 2010
Ting Fang	Contrasting Profiles of Oxidative Potential of Ambient Aerosols Collected from Urban and Rural Environments in Atlanta
Tom Loadholt	Analysis of Extreme Ozone Episodes
Chao Wu	Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon in Atlanta Area
Yufei Zou	East Asia Winter Monsoon System (EAWM) and Regional Air Pollution ---A Case Study
Yuzhong Zhang	Surface Ozone during Fall in the Southeastern United States

2009

	Topics
Colin Boswell	Calculation of Background PM 2.5 Values
Kim Brady	Alternative Fuels and Air Pollution
Kate Cerully	The Effect of Aerosols on Precipitation ï¿½ Suppression or Enhancement
Sunny Choi	Effect of BrO Mixing Height to Ozone Depletion Events
Radihka Dhingra	Wind Speed and Sulfur Dioxide during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
Ana Garcia	Analysis of meteorological conditions enhancing high particulate matter episodes in Monterrey, Mexico
David Gray	Mechanisms contributing to the Spring ozone maximum in the Northern Hemisphere
Dasa Gu	Vertical distribution of HOx and O₃ in the tropical marine boundary layer during PASE
Ja-Ho Koo	Properties of observed Arctic ozone and bromine compound based on the back trajectory analysis
Zhen Liu	Characteristics of Urban Ozone Formation During CAREBEIJING-2007 Experiment
Sean Ryan	PM2.5 Transport From Wildfires
Wenxian Zhang	Gas and Aerosol Partitioning Over the Equatorial Pacific

2007

	Topics
Sivaihm Balachandra	Impact of air pollution on the South Asian monsoon
Chandra Sherhar	Inferring CALIPSO backscattering data over Antarctica during spring
Xueyuan Deng	Convection over China -- ISCCP DX data analysis results
Bo Yao	Plume rise from free burning fires
Chun Zhao	Does uncertainty of soil NOx emission explain the bias of modeling tropospheric NO₂ columns?

2004

	Topics
Burton Gray	Tracking DMS in Antarctica
Burï¿½ak Kaynak	Diurnal vertical concentration profile of CO in an urban environment
Khara Lombardi	A Sensitivity Analysis of Fluxes Between the Atmosphere-Ocean Interface Using the Kantha ï¿½ Clayson Ocean Model
Dana Lowes	Changes in Concentration of Chemical Species using Back-Trajectory Analysis: Atlantaï¿½s Emissions Affecting its surroundings
Grant Michalski	Source Apportionment of PM2.5 With CMB8

2003

	Topics
Mohammad Arhami	Effect of Wind Speed and Direction on Atlanta PM2.5
Paola Augelo	Turbulence, Intermittency and Chaos in High-Resolution Data, Collected At The Amazon Forest
Farhan Auhtar	Ozone trends over the Fourth of July
Jaemeem Baek	The Change of Meteorological Parameters with Land Use in MM5
Rosa Chi	NONROAD Model Sensitivity to Temperature
Chris Henningan	Measurement of inorganic aerosol species ï¿½ results from DICE
Carlos Hoyos	Air-Sea fluxes over the bay of Bengal during summer 1999
Monique Latalladi	The Vieques Problem
Sangil Lee	Source Apportionment of VOCs in Pensacola, FL 2003
Rick Peltier	PERCH: Implications of A Spatial Assessment of PM Variability
Benton Whilesides	Convective Roll Effects on Sea Breeze Fronts
Bo Yan	Calculation of wildfire Plume Rise
Seungju Yoon	A Heavy-Duty Vehicle Visual Classification Scheme: Heavy-Duty Vehicle Reclassification Method for Mobile Source Emissions Inventory Development