Practice - Modeling Pollutant Transport
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Practice Questions
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What is advection?
💡 Hint: Think about how air moves and carries things with it.
Define mixing height.
💡 Hint: Look at where temperatures stabilize in the atmosphere.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What process describes the movement of pollutants due to wind?
💡 Hint: Think about how air movement affects pollution.
True or False: Potential temperature is the temperature of an air parcel corrected for pressure.
💡 Hint: Remember the definition related to pressure differences.
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Challenge Problems
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A pollutant is released in a stable atmosphere. What factors might influence its dispersion and how would you model this in a box model?
💡 Hint: Consider how stability and wind interact to affect pollutant behavior.
Compare the concentration predictions for an area under an inversion layer to those on a clear day. What would the differences indicate for air quality?
💡 Hint: Focus on how temperature layers influence dispersion.
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