1. EXPLAIN WHY AIR QUALITY MODELING IS CONDUCTED (FOUNDATIONAL)
2. DESCRIBE UNDERLYING ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES (FOUNDATIONAL)
Meteorology and the Atmosphere
Transport and Fate of Air Pollutants
3. DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIR QUALITY MODELS (FOUNDATIONAL)
Plume Dispersion and Air Quality Modeling
4. OUTLINE A MODELING PROTOCOL THAT DEFINES A MODELING PLATFORM (E.G., MODEL INPUTS, MODEL SELECTION, OUTPUT POST-PROCESSING) (FOUNDATIONAL)
5. EXPLAIN A MODEL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (FOUNDATIONAL)
6. DESCRIBE THE USES OF AIR QUALITY MODELS TO INFORM CAA PROGRAMS (INTERMEDIATE)
7. OUTLINE EPA'S GUIDELINE ON AIR QUALITY MODELS (PUBLISHED AS APPENDIX W TO 40 CFR PART 51) (INTERMEDIATE)
8. LOCATE INFORMATION ON MODELING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT(INTERMEDIATE)
9. DEFINE GAUSSIAN DISPERSION MODELING: MODEL PLATFORM FOR CAA APPLICATIONS (INTERMEDIATE)
10. DEFINE PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELS: MODEL PLATFORM FOR CAA APPLICATIONS (INTERMEDIATE)
11. NEW SOURCE PERMIT MODELING: CASE STUDIES/DESIGN AND CONDUCT AIR QUALITY MODELING, AS PART OF THE REQUIRED AIR QUALITY ANALYSIS, FOR PERMITTING COMPLIANCE DEMONSTRATION FOR STATIONARY SOURCES (ADVANCED)
12. SIP AND RELATED IMPLEMENTATION MODELING: CASE STUDIES/DESIGN AND CONDUCT AIR QUALITY MODELING TO INFORM IMPLEMENTATION NEEDS UNDER CAA FOR CRITERIA POLLUTANTS AND REGIONAL HAZE WITH EXAMPLES AND REFERENCES TO APPROPRIATE GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS (ADVANCED)
13. CONDUCT AERMOD MODELING FOR VARIOUS CAA PROGRAMS (ADVANCED)