Reading to be done before Class: ESBS Chapter 17
Come to class with a basic familiarity with the following concepts and ideas: We won't have much time in lecture to cover the structure of the atmosphere so be sure to take good notes from your book. To aid in your reading and studying you might want to create a chart that lists each major pollutant below, its characteristics, its sources, and its effects. The following are concepts you should be familiar with: Troposphere, stratosphere, ozone, mesosphere, thermosphere, connection between temperature and pressure, climate, weather, temperature inversion/thermal inversion, air pollutants, indoor and outdoor air pollution, aerosols, prmary and secondary pollutants. Sources and effects of the following air pollutants: carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, tropospheric ozone, particulate matter, lead. volatile organic compounds. photochemical smog, acidic deposition (acid rain)

Structure of the Earth's Atmosphere

• Troposphere
  • Negative lapse rate
• Stratosphere

Atmospheric inversions
(diagram for Denver)

Examples

• Denver's Brown Cloud (live view, today's advisory)
• Beijing

Major Pollutants

• Primary and Secondary Pollutants
• Particulate Matter
• Sulfur Dioxide
• Nitrogen oxides
• Carbon monoxide
• Metals
• Photochemical smog and Ozone

Acid Rain

Pollution patterns in cities

Long Range Transport