Air Quality Modeling for Teachers
About the Shodor Education Foundation
About Shodor
Overview of Workshop
Why this workshop?
Overview of Workshop
Part One: Introduction to Computational Science
SCIENCE: the study of how nature behaves
Computational Science: A Tripartite Approach
What is Computational Science?
Applications
Algorithms
Architecture
Simple Example: Tying your shoe
Computational Science Tools
A Sample Problem: Behavior of Gases (Chemistry)
Van der Waals equation
Spreadsheet Implementation
Fortran Implementation
STELLA Implementation
MathCAD Implementation
BUT!! Why do we need this?
What Computational Science is NOT!
Who Cares?
PPT Slide
Part Two: The Atmosphere and Tropospheric Chemistry
The Atmosphere
Ozone in the Earth’s Atmosphere
Ozone Production
Photochemical Smog
Photochemical Smog
Chemistry of Photochemical Smog
Tropospheric Ozone Production
NOx Emissions Sources
VOC Emissions Sources
CO Emissions Sources
Lagrangian Transport Schematic
The Air Pollution System
Generalized AQM
Box Model
EKMA/OZIP
OZIP: Ozone Isopleth Plotting Program
Shodor’s Approach to EKMA/OZIP
Sample Isopleth Chart
Sample Isopleth Chart
Sample Isopleth Chart
Activity One: Using Ozone Isopleths
Activity Two: Controlling Ozone
Controlling Ozone Protocol
Activity Three: Team-based Problem
Interactive Scenario
Scenario Logistics