air pollution meteorology Air Quality

what affects air quality

Emissions, Weather/meterology

weather and meterology factors that effect air quality

temperature, pressure, wind, precipitation, humidity, clouds

2003 heat wave of europe what was the ozone exceedeces and how many deaths

35,000 deaths, over 90 ppb

earths atmosphere thickness

60 miles / 100 km

diamater of earth

8000 miles

coriolis effect

what determines wind and how

north hemisphere wind rules

to the right of the direction of motion

coriolis acceleration equation

a = 2 v w sin(latitude) w=2pi/day

geostrophy

the balance between coriolis force and horzontal pressure gradient

wind always goes from _____ pressure to _________ pressure

high, low

vertical structure of atmosphere from low altitude to high

trophosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere

lapse rate constant

9.8 K/km

environmental lapse rate

v = DTatm/Dz

env lapse rate > constant lapse rate

unstable

env lapse rate = constant lapse rate

neutral

env lapse rate < constant lapse rate

stable

env lapse rate < 0

very sable or inversion layer

the __________ of the atmosphere against ______ _________ is solely determined by its _________ __________

stability, vertical mixing, lapse rate