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