Links

University of California, Irvine

• UCI Home Page

• Chemistry Department

• Atmospheric Chemistry Program

      For links to AirUCI individual PIs, see the People page.

National Laboratories

• Pacific Northwest National Lab

• Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

• Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Government Agencies

• National Science Foundation

• Department of Energy

• California EPA

• California Air Resources Board

• National Research Council

• National Academy of Sciences

• South Coast Air Quality Management District

• U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

• Health and Clean Air Newsletter

• Air Now

International Agencies

   Czech Republic

Other Organizations

• NARSTO, North American Consortium for Atmospheric Research in Support of Air-Quality Management

• Clean Air Coalition

• International Panel on Climate Change, established by WMO and UN to publish reports on the science of climate change

• National Resources Defense Council

Publications and Web Sites for Air Quality and Health Effects

• CARB article on recent change in state-allowed level of the pollutant, NO₂ associated with asthma and cardiovascular disease

• NASA movie illustrating “good and bad” O₃ levels in the atmosphere and the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer used to measure gases

• South Coast AQMD report on The Health Effects of Air Pollution on Children

• South Coast AQMD briefer discussion of health effects of ozone, carbon monoxides, and particulate matter, designed for students

• South Coast AQMD publication with history of efforts in Southern California to clean the air

• CARB fact sheet showing dangers of ozone-generating air purifiers and a list of hazardous ozone generators sold as air purifiers

• Health and Clean Air newsletter examining air pollution implications for public health 

•  Information from CARB and American Lung Association of California

• AQMD brochure referring to recent medical studies linking air pollutants to adverse effects in children

• Air Now short exercise in seasonal ozone levels.  Choose July 22 (or other summer date), make sure only the box “8-hour AQI loop” is checked, and click “Display maps below”.  Scroll down to see the hourly change in ozone levels during a typical summer day, noting highest levels are usually near San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains.  A date in wintertime shows much better air quality throughout the Southern California air basin.

Publications and Web Sites for Climate Change

• EPA report on climate changes over the last 400 thousand years

• National Academy of Sciences report on Understanding and Responding to Climate Change, an excellent overview of aspects of past and recent climate change

• IPCC report on climate change 2007 summary for policymakers

•  Climate of Change details University of California initiatives to reduce global warming

• Our Changing Climate assesses risks and possible effects of global warming in California

•  NASA animations showing changes in global temperatures since 1880

• EPA online calculators estimating personal or a family’s greenhouse gas emissions

Assembly Bill 32—California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

• CARB Fact Sheet on California Global Warming Solutions Act

• Timeline for California Global Warming Solutions Act

• Conversion of 1 MMT CO₂ to familiar equivalents