Al Stamm's Air Pollution Class

Fall 1996

• Meteorology 340 - MWF 12:40
• Office: Room 333 Piez
• Office Hours: MWF 2:00 - 2:45, TT 4:00 - 5:00, other times by appointment. Also, I am usually in late afternoons.
• Course Web Page: http://www.oswego.edu/~stamm/m340/met340.html
• Objective of Course: To familiarize student with the problems of and some of the solutions to air pollution and especially its relationship to meteorological phenomena. Use of dispersion equations and numerical models will be covered.
• Text:
  • Fundamentals of Air Pollution by Boubel, Fox, Turner and Stern
• On Reserve:
  • Handbook on Atmospheric Diffusion by Hanna, Briggs and Hosker
  • Atmospheric Dispersion Estimates by Turner
  • Meteorology and Atomic Energy by Slade
  • Plume Rise by Briggs
  • Recommended Guide for the Prediction of the Dispersion of Airborne Effluents by Martin
• Attendance: Zero non-excused absences will add 2 points to final grade and one will add 1 point. One point will be subtracted from final grade for each non-excused absence over 2. Absences will be excused by written note from a doctor, or the student advisement center. If you must leave class early, you must get permission. There will be no class Tue Sep 14 (a Monday). It will be reassigned to an evening for a guest speaker.
• Exams: Makeups require same type of note as excused absences. If makeups are not arranged before the next class, a harder discussion question type of exam may be substituted.
• Grades: [Plus-minus grading system will not be used.]
  • Exam #1 Wednesday October 23, 1996 20%
  • Exam #2 Wednesday December 4, 1996 20%
  • Final Exam (comprehensive) Monday Dec 16, 1996, 10:30 25%
  • Homework 20%
  • Modeling Project -- due Monday November 25, 1996 15%
• Modeling Project: Working in assigned teams of 2 or 3, set up and run the EPA numerical dispersion model ISC3, including digitizing terrain, loading meteorological data and running the model. Karen Kowalewski, CCM will give an evening lecture discussing the model.