Course Description

Pollutants, Meteorological Factors, Chemistry and Air Pollution History
Course ID: 
AIR-201
Category: 
Air
Continuing Education Units: 
1.30CEUs
Description: 

This course provides a broad overview of air quality analysis as practiced in the US. After completing the course, participants will have gained an understanding of the basic terminology used in air quality analyses, will be familiar with the various interrelated aspects of air pollution control, and will have an excellent foundation for future endeavors in the air quality field. Topics covered include:

• Earth’s atmosphere and meteorological factors that influence ambient concentrations
• Sources of pollutants
• Regulatory efforts of federal, state, and local jurisdictions
• Measurement of pollutant emissions and concentrations
• Hands-on instruction on various California-based models used in air quality analyses, e.g. URBEMIS, CalEEMod, CALINE
• Cross-media pollutants and their health effects

The instructor will use a combination of techniques to present the information: classroom lecture, discussion of relevant case studies, and hands-on instruction on various models used in air quality analysis modeling.

Registration: *Reduced tuition is available for Native American tribes, government employees, nonprofits, students and NAEP, NEBC, NWAEP members. You may register online or by calling the Northwest Environmental Training Center at (425) 270-3274.

Please wait to receive a course confirmation email, roughly one month prior to the class, before making any travel arrangements.
 

Attendees will receive a course manual containing workshop proceedings and reference material.

Intended Audience: 

This course is designed for professionals or interested citizens seeking a greater understanding of the complex arena of air quality, including sources, influences, impacts, regulations, and implications.  

Environmental professionals, planners, technicians, engineers, consultants, public officials, decision-makers, and others responsible for understanding and interpreting effects and implications of air quality impacts will benefit from this course, as will members of citizen's organizations who want to gain an in-depth understanding of air quality in order to develop technical skills necessary to review air quality reports.

Once your order has been placed, you are subject to our cancellation policy regardless of the status of your invoice.

  • 31 days prior to training -> 100% refund
  • 30-16 days prior to training -> 50% refund
  • 15 - start of course -> No refund available


Attendee replacement acceptable at anytime.

Course registration fees and cancellation policy are subject to change without notice.

More Information

Course Topics

(a) General Background – including a discussion of pollutants, meteorological factors, chemistry, and air pollution history

  • (1) Criteria pollutants discussed will be ozone, particulate matter , carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, sulfates, hydrogen sulfide, vinyl chloride, and visibility reducing particles
  • (2) Meteorological factors discussed will be wind speed & direction, atmospheric stability, turbulence, solar and terrestrial radiation, and topography
  • (3) Chemistry discussion will include local versus regional, primary versus secondary, and chemical formation of ozone and particulate matter

(b) Discussion of regulatory efforts of federal, state, and local jurisdictions

(c) Discussion of inventories of emissions and monitoring and modeling of ambient concentrations

(d) How to present information for decision makers and the public in an environmental document.

  • (1) Real-world examples of what goes in to an air quality analysis, including background search, data gathering, determination of effects, significance standards, mitigations, cumulative effects, and special studies
  • (2) Hands-on instruction on various California-based models used in air quality analyses, e.g. URBEMIS, CalEEMod, CALINE
          

What to Bring

Please bring a pen or pencil, and notepad if you would like to take notes (you may also choose to take notes in your book). Lunch will be on your own, but drinks and snacks will be provided throughout the day.

Billing Information

In order to guarantee a space in a course, the tuition must be paid in full TWO WEEKS before the first day of the course by either check or credit card. State and government agencies paying with a purchase order are allowed payment under the two-week time frame if a copy of the purchase order is received by NWETC.

If You Need to Cancel

Cancellations*

  • With 31 or more days notice, we will offer a 100% refund or credit towards a future course. The credit is good for one year and may be applied to any course.
  • With 30-8 days notice, we will offer a course credit towards a future course. The credit is good for one year and may be applied to any course.
  • With fewer than 8 days notice, there is no course credit available


*Please note that attendee replacement is welcome at any time

Disability Accommodations

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