AT 560 (2 Credits)
Air Pollution Measurement
Spring 2007
Instructor: Jeff Collett (491-8697), ACB 123
Office Hours: By Arrangement
http://www.atmos.colostate.edu/chemistry/classes/AT560/2007/AT560_Syllabus_2007.htm
 
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Objectives:
1. Gain experience in several techniques commonly used in experimental air quality research.
 
2. Become familiar with the process of designing, proposing, conducting, and reporting on independent research projects.
 
3. Learn to work with colleagues in conducting experiments and interpreting experimental data.

Text:
Readings will be provided by the instructor from various sources. These are intended to provide background for the experiments we will conduct. Additional handouts will be provided detailing procedures for each experiment.

Course Structure and Grading Criteria:
The course is offered for two credits. The class is conducted in a lecture/discussion and lab format and will meet Mondays and Wednesdays.
 
Students will work in groups to conduct the assigned experiments. Each student is expected to provide a brief written summary and analysis of each experiment and to turn in a copy of records kept during the conduct of each experiment. Each student will be responsible for leading an oral discussion of one experiment following its completion.
 
sample lab report

 Each student is responsible for proposing and completing an independent, individual or group research project. Each student will orally present project findings to the class. Students will also serve as reviewers of proposals submitted by their peers.

Lab reports are due on the discussion date indicated below.

Grades will be weighted as follows:
Lab write-ups: 50% Project proposal: 10%
Oral Discussion: 10% Project and report: 30%


AT 560 - Air Pollution Measurement
Spring 2007
Tentative Schedule
Week
Date(s)
Lecture
Experiment
Materials
1
 January 15, 17
Holiday
Introduction,
Safety
2
 January 22, 24
Statistics and
pH measurement
3
 January 29, 31
Statistics (cont’d)
4
 February 5, 7
Atmospheric Aerosols/Sampling
Lab #3, Aerosol and trace gas sampling
5
 February 12, 14
Aerosol size distributions and impactor theory
Lab #4: Cascade Impactor Aerosol sampling
6
 February 19, 21
Project Intro
Lab 3/4 Sample extraction and analysis
7
 February 26, 28
Ion Chromatography
Lab #5,
IC Calibration
8
 March 5, 7
Particle size distribution measurement
(McMeeking & Kreidenweis)
Lab #6,
Particle size distributions

SPRING BREAK – March 12-16
9
 March 19, 21
Carbonaceous aerosols
(Lynn Rinehart-Mazzoleni)
Lab #7,
OC/EC Analysis
10
 March 26, 28
Lab #5 Discussion
Project
11
 April 2, 4
Wet Deposition
Lab #3/4 Discussion/Project


12
 April 9, 11
U.S. Air Quality Management
Field Trip to NCAR RAF
13
 April 16, 18
Aerosol
Mass Spectrometry
Lab #8, Aerosol
Mass Spectrometer
lab #8 handout presentation tips
14
 April 23, 25
Lab #2 Discussion
Project


15
 April 30, May 2
Presentations
Presentations



Useful references:
Hering, S. V (Editor).
Air Sampling Instruments, 7th Edition.
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1989.

Lodge, J. P. Jr. (Editor).
Methods of Air Sampling and Analysis.
Lewis Publishers, Inc, Chelsea, Michigan, 1989.

Newman, Leonard (Editor).
Measurement Challenges in Atmospheric Chemistry.
American Chemical Society; 1993.

Skoog, D. A.; D. M. West, and F. J. Holler.
Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry. Sixth ed.,
Saunders College Publishing; 1992.

Willeke, K. and P. A. Baron (Editors).
Aerosol Measurement.
Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1993.

Lab/Lecture 7 reading:
"Methods of Observation of Carbonaceous Aerosol", chapter 2, In: Carbonaceous Aerosol, Andras Gelencser (2004) pp. 7-44.