CE 543: Science and Public Policy
Spring 2009

Professor Bill Budd, Andy Ford and Brian Lamb
Class Schedule

Down Loads

from Bill Budd 1-22-09:
Climate Change 2007 IPCC Synthesis Report.pdf

from Bill Budd 1-22-09
Meeting the Challenges of Policy-Relevant Science.pdf

from Paul Higgins (for the Feb. 9th meeting):
A Year to Solve the Climate Problem

Bridge Over a Philosophical Divide
A Mitigation Framework for Maximum Climate Protection

from Brian Lamb (for the Feb 23rd visit by Linda Geiser)
1st Paper on Nitrogen: Emissions, Deposition and Monitoring in the Western US
2nd Paper on Nitrogen: Ecological Effects of Nitrogen Deposition in the Western US

from Brian Lamb (for the March 2nd visit by Brian Mader -- see Flyer)
EPA Website: http://www.epa.gov/stateply/
IPCC website: http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/
Papadimitriou et al. Experimental Theoretical Study of the Atmospheric Chermistry and Global Warming Potential of SO2F2.
J. Phys. Chem A. 2008. 112, 12657-1266.

from Andy Ford (for the March 9th seminar on energy sysytem modeling)
1st Paper: Boom & Bust in Power Plant Construction: Lessons from the California Electricity Crisis
2nd Paper: Scenarios for Rapid Reduction in Carbon Dioxoide Emissions in the Western Electricity System
Stern Review Summary: This report prepared for the UK Government compares the cost of taking action to lower CO2 emissions
with the costs of dealing with climate change if we do not take action.

from Brian Lamb (for the March 23rd visit by Peter Adams)
1st Paper on ammonia: Emission inventory for dairy cows in the US
2nd Paper on emission controls: as a cost-effect strategy for reducing atmospheric particulate matter
3rd Paper on ammonia emission inventories: 2006 article
4th Paper on ammonia emissions from dairy cows: a process-based model

from Asmeret Bier and Andy Ford: Introduction to the Game
(for the Thermal Trading Classroom Simulation experiment on March 30th)

from Brian Lamb, link to an editorial in Science magazine on career paths for scientists:

from Andy Ford, for the April 6th meeting on a classroom simulation of a Feebate Policy
background reading -- chapter 16 from the 2nd edition of Modeling the Environment (in press)
link to a netsim version of the feebate model (for ESRP 550 students to refresh your memory)

from Professor Jon Yoder, School of Economic Sciences,
for the April 13th seminar, background on the biofuels study for the State of Washington
power point slides from Prof. Yoder's April 13th presentation

from Andy Ford for the April 20th presentation by
Dr. Allyson Beall
-Instructor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University
-Researcher, Program in Waters of the West, University of Idaho
Website for the Army Corps of Engineers use of models for Shared Vision Planning,
Website for the Palouse Basin Participatory Water Modeling project, and
Article on participatory modeling of the land-use and the Sage Grouse population in Central Washington