Monitoring
Air Quality - Wildfire Smoke
Multiple U.S. government agencies have set up web-based monitoring tools for wildfire smoke so that users can determine the impact to their location. The AirNow Fire and Smoke Map is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
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Remote Sensing - Air Pollution from Satellites
A set of slides (Part 1) plus a video lesson (Part 2) on Satellite Detection of Air Pollution has been provided, courtesy of Dr. Frank R. Freedman, Course Instructor (SJSU Fall Semester 2020).
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Remote Sensing - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are useful tools for large-scale, real-time, and intelligent disaster responses, in particular for wildfires and the toxic plumes they produce.
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Tracer Studies
The use of tracer studies can be a very valuable tool when establishing a model for atmospheric dispersion assessment. Tracer studies are the best and most accurate way to validate and/or verify existing models as well as support the design of a new model.
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Odor Emissions
Approaches for measuring odorous emissions are described in Appendix B (page 386) of the International Handbook on the Assessment of Odour Exposure using Dispersion Modelling.
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Air Quality - Dry and Wet Deposition
Acid rain is one of the important environmental threats and occurs due to the presence of certain acids in the atmosphere. Acidification of the rainwater is identified by the presence of sulphuric and nitric acids. Interaction of acid rain with environmental components results in their degradation.
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Ancient Atmospheric Measurements
This Note presents a set of articles prepared by Prof. Dario Camuffo who has studied ancient records of atmospheric measurements.
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Ancient Meteorological Instruments
This Note presents a set of articles prepared by Prof. Dario Camuffo who has studied ancient meteorological instruments.
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Air Quality - Design of Monitoring Networks
The implementation and maintenance of an air pollution monitoring program can be expensive and time consuming, especially when the aim is for long-term monitoring over a significant area. Consequently, it is essential that sites are optimized to provide the best representative cover while minimizing costs.
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