Air pollution

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Course book. https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/air-pollution-ENV-409

Modality. 

  • Lectures: Wednesdays 9h15-11h00, room GCB330.
  • Assignments: Thursdays 13h15-16h00, room GRB001.
  • Field trip: meet at the federal monitoring station at Lausanne Bibliomedia on 27.03.2025 (13h00-15h00; times to be assigned by group).
  • Online communication: Ed Discussion forum. General questions about the course, assignment, and exam should be directed to Satoshi Takahama via Ed Discussion (no emails please). For specific lectures, contact the appropriate instructor. 

Assessment.

  • Data analysis assignment: 40% of final grade due 09.05.2025 23h55 (part 1) and 30.05.2025 23h55 (part 2). 50% reduction of graded score thereafter.
  • Exam: 60% of final grade. Based on lectures and data analysis questions. You will be able to bring 2 sheets of A4 paper (front and back) of notes and a calculator to the exam. No electronic devices except dedicated calculators (not phones) will be allowed. Friday 20.06.2025 from 09h15 to 12h15 (AAC 1 37).

Textbook. The course will bring together a lot of material so there is no single textbook for the course. Material necessary for assignments are available through slides and handouts. For reference, two comprehensive and excellent textbooks are

  • Seinfeld, J. H. & Pandis, S. N. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2nd edition, 2016.
  • Jacob, D. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry. Princeton University Press, 1999. Available online: http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/djj/book/

Other useful references:

  • Atkins, Peter, and Julio de Paula. Physical Chemistry. W. H. Freeman, 2006.
  • Cooper, C. David, and F. C. Alley. Air Pollution Control: A Design Approach. Waveland PressInc, 2011.
  • Denbigh, Kenneth George. The Principles of Chemical Equilibrium: With Applications in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Cambridge University Press, 1981.
  • Devore, J. L. and Berk, K. N. Modern Mathematical Statistics with Applications, Springer, 2012.
  • Finlayson-Pitts, Barbara J., and James N. Pitts Jr. Chemistry of the Upper and Lower Atmosphere: Theory, Experiments, and Applications. Academic Press, 1999.
  • Flagan, R. C and Seinfeld, J. H. Fundamentals of Air Pollution Engineering, Prentice Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1988. Available online: http://authors.library.caltech.edu/25069/
  • Friedlander, Sheldon Kay. Smoke, Dust, and Haze: Fundamentals of Aerosol Dynamics. Oxford University Press, 2000.
  • Hinds, William C. Aerosol Technology: Properties, Behavior, and Measurement of Airborne Particles. Wiley, 1999.
  • Kulkarni, Pramod, Paul A. Baron, and Klaus Willeke. Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
  • Prausnitz, John M., Rudiger N. Lichtenthaler, and Edmundo Gomes de Azevedo. Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid-Phase Equilibria. Pearson Education, 1998.
  • Wark, Kenneth, Cecil Francis Warner, and Wayne T. Davis. Air Pollution: Its Origin and Control. Addison-Wesley, 3rd ed., 1998.



First lecture - meet in GCB330.

Exercise session - meet in GRB001. First hour will be introduction to assignment.  See instructions here and download demo files here.

GCB330 - Lecture by Stefan Reimann. Exercises are ungraded. 

Thursday is in GCA330


Lecture - meet in GCB330.

Exercise session - meet in GRB001. First hour will be introduction to assignment. 

Lecture - meet in GCB330. Topic - emissions lecture and climate engineering (continuation of weeks 1 and 3); transport.

Exercise session - meet in GRB001. First hour will be assignment module.

Lecture - meet in GCB330. Topic - continuation of transport; ozone chemistry.

Exercise session - meet in GRB001. First hour will be assignment module.

Sign up for NABEL visit here. Can some of you move from first slot to second slot?

Lecture (26.03.2025) - meet in GCB330. Topic - modeling.

27.03.2025 Lausanne Bibliomedia NABEL station tour.  Sign up for a 30-minute time slot between 13h15-14h45 in the table below.

Lecture - meet in GCB330. Topic - aerosol chemistry.

Exercise session - meet in GRB001. First hour will be assignment module.

Lecture by Kalliopi Violaki - meet in GCB330. Topic - dust particles.

Exercise session - meet in GRB001. First hour will be assignment module.

Lecture - meet in GCB330. Topic - aerosol physics.

Exercise session - GRB001.

Easter holiday

Lecture - meet in GCB330. Topic - radiative transfer.

Exercise session - GRB001.

Lecture - meet in GCB330. Topic - aerosol chemical anlaysis.
 
Exercise session - GRB001.

Kalliopi Violaki.

Dear Students,

In tomorrow’s session, we will work on the second exercise related to PMF 5.0. The relevant file is titled Dataset-Baltimore_Exercise-2, which corresponds to the example provided in the EPA PMF 5.0 User Guide.

Please note that the lecture will not be recorded.

Students who are unable to attend in person are encouraged to consult the EPA PMF 5.0 User Guide (PDF file) for detailed instructions related to this exercise (up to page 51).

Important Note: The lecture will be in the room GRB001.

Dear Students,

Tomorrow will be Exercise session - GRB001.

Best Regards

Kalliopi