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PHYS 650 –
Special Topics in Experimental Atmospheric Physics Spring 2009 Links, Programs, and Web Resources Here you will find several important web pages, presentations, programs and references that will be used during this course. This page will be updated as needed. |
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Nice presentation on Aerosol Properties and measurement methods. http://www.epa.gov/ies/pdf/sourceapportionment/2005Workshop/HYD2_Aerosol_Measurement_Methods.pdf
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Fact Sheet on EPA’s Particulate Matter
Standard 3 –
Air Quality Index
Reporting and Significant Harm Level for Fine Particulate Matter 4- Very Nice link on Aerosol Science
and Technology. 5- NASA AERONET Sunphotometer
Network – A must site to check out and use. 6- Guidelines and Recommendations
for Aerosol Measurement Procedures from the WMO Global Atmospheric Watch
(GAW) Network. 7- Example of free PDF Writer (any other
PDF writer can be used) – This is an example of a free PDF write that you can
use to produce your weekly report. In order to assure portability between
platforms (PC, Mac, Linux, etc) we require your weekly report to be sent in
PDF format. 8 –
SBDART – A nice Atmospheric Radiative Transfer Code
with the solar input, aerosols, clouds, and gases: ·
Full SBDART code ·
Paul Schou(UMBC)
Web tool for SBDART ·
Introduction
to SBDART (the links inside the file may not work any more) 9-
Web Page of the Haze Span Network:
this link has very nice discussion on the construction, calibration and use
of the LED sunphotometer. In particular, look at
the chapters related to the |