Air Quality
暫譯: 空氣品質

第六版的暢銷書《空氣品質》為學生提供了全面的空氣品質概述，這門科學持續增進對大氣化學及其對公共健康和環境影響的理解，以及在實現空氣品質目標中所採用的監管和技術管理實踐。保持了使前幾版受歡迎的實用方法，章節已重新組織，新增了材料，刪除了不太相關的內容，並添加了新的圖片，特別是來自地球衛星的圖片。

第六版的新內容

- 新的圖形、圖片，以及附加的單位轉換列表
- 新的問題和題目
- 提供有關空氣品質監測狀況的全新資訊
- 提供美國空氣品質立法的最新更新
- 更新空氣污染和二氧化碳對氣候變化的影響
- 檢視能源生產及相關排放和污染物的最新變化影響
- 提供全球背景下的空氣污染物排放和空氣品質的擴展覆蓋

這一新版闡明了我們在保護和提升國家空氣品質方面所面臨的挑戰。它還突顯了全球對空氣品質問題、氣候變化和發展中國家公共健康關注的日益重視。廣泛的內容覆蓋、每章結尾的回顧問題、詳盡的詞彙表和閱讀清單，將理解的工具放在學生的手中。

Wayne T. Davis is the Emeritus Chancellor and Emeritus Dean of the Tickle College of Engineering at University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) and retired in 2019. He served as the Associate Dean for research and technology in the college from 2003 to 2008. He is also an Emeritus Professor of civil and environmental engineering. He earned an AB in physics at Pfeiffer University (1969), an MS in physics at Clemson (1971), and an MS in environmental engineering and a PhD in civil engineering at UTK (1973 and 1975, respectively). He has conducted research and teaching in the area of air quality management and pollution control for more than 45 years at UTK, and is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous research publications, including the Air Pollution Control Engineering Manual (published by John Wiley Publishers) and the graduate textbook Air Pollution: Its Origin and Control (published by Elsevier). He has been involved in numerous projects funded by the US EPA, DOE, ORNL, NSF, DOT, and various state agencies and industrial companies, particularly as related to the monitoring and control of sulfur dioxide, ozone/precursors, and particulate matter. Dr. Davis is a recipient of the Lyman Ripperton Outstanding Professor Award presented by the International Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA), where he is a fellow member; he also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute of Professional and Environmental Practice (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) in 2007. He is also a Board Certified Environmental Engineering Member (BCEEM) of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. Dr. Davis served as chair of the Knox County (Tennessee) Air Pollution Control Board for more than 22 years and served on the State of Tennessee's Air Pollution Control Board for nine years.

Joshua S. Fu is the Tickle Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK). He was a scientific applications analyst and software engineer at Lockheed Martin/EPA before he moved to UTK in 2000. He earned a BS in environmental engineering at National Cheng Kung University (1986), an MS in environmental engineering and water resources at UCLA (1994), and a PhD in civil engineering at North Carolina State University (2000). The focus of his research includes air benefit and attainment assessment, emission estimations, climate change impacts on air quality, energy infrastructure and human health, ozone and particulate matter modeling, and international air quality modeling assessment. Additional focus is to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) and data mining techniques on climate change, human health, and mapping global total atmospheric deposition. He has taught courses in the area of air quality management, climate change, and pollution control at UTK, and is the author of numerous research publications and serves as a journal co-editor for the Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, a journal editor for the Aerosol and Air Quality Research, and served as a journal associate editor for the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. He has published more than 150 referred journal articles. One of his publications on air quality has been recognized by Elsevier as one of the most cited articles in Atmospheric Environment from 2007 to 2012. He has been a principal investigator and coinvestigator for numerous projects funded by the CDC, DHS, DOE, US DOT, LLNL, NASA, NOAA, NSF, ORNL, US EPA, USDA, various state agencies, and industrial companies. He is a recipient of the Lyman Ripperton Outstanding Professor Award presented by the International Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA). He has received numerous research awards from the Chancellor, College of Engineering, and his department at UTK and ORNL. He is also a Board Certified Environmental Engineering Member (BCEEM) of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. He is vice chair of the WMO's MMF-GTAD Initiative Steering Committee. He is actively involved in the UN ECE Task Force Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution, Model Intercomparison Study in Asia, and is a member of the Arctic Council's Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCF) Expert Group. He also serves on the Knox County (Tennessee) Air Pollution Control Board and the State of Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board.

Thad Godish, PhD, CIH, was a professor of natural resources and environmental management at Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA, and a certified industrial hygienist. He received his PhD at Penn State University, State College, PA, USA, in 1969. He was the author or coauthor of Air Quality, 1st-4th eds. (2003), Indoor Environmental Quality (2000), Sick Buildings: Definition and Diagnosis (1995), and Indoor Air Pollution Control (1989). His academic and research focus was hazardous materials/environments health and safety issues. As an industrial hygienist, his primary concern was to protect workers who must respond to a variety of hazardous materials issues.

Professor Godish died on June 20, 2009, at the age of 67, prior to initiation of preparation for the fifth and later editions of Air Quality.

韋恩·T·戴維斯是田納西州大學諾克斯維爾分校（UTK）蒂克爾工程學院的名譽校長及名譽院長，於2019年退休。他於2003年至2008年間擔任該學院的研究與技術副院長。他也是土木與環境工程的名譽教授。他在Pfeiffer大學獲得物理學學士學位（1969年），在克萊姆森大學獲得物理學碩士學位（1971年），並在UTK獲得環境工程碩士學位及土木工程博士學位（分別為1973年和1975年）。他在UTK從事空氣品質管理和污染控制的研究和教學已超過45年，並且是多部研究出版物的作者、合著者或編輯，包括由約翰·威利出版社出版的《空氣污染控制工程手冊》（Air Pollution Control Engineering Manual）和由愛思唯爾出版的研究生教科書《空氣污染：其來源與控制》（Air Pollution: Its Origin and Control）。他參與了多個由美國環保署（EPA）、能源部（DOE）、橡樹嶺國家實驗室（ORNL）、國家科學基金會（NSF）、交通部（DOT）及各州機構和工業公司資助的項目，特別是與二氧化硫、臭氧/前驅物及懸浮微粒的監測和控制相關的項目。戴維斯博士是國際空氣與廢物管理協會（AWMA）頒發的萊曼·里珀頓傑出教授獎的獲得者，並且是該協會的院士；他於2007年獲得來自專業與環境實踐學會（位於賓夕法尼亞州匹茲堡）的終身成就獎。他也是美國環境工程師與科學家學會的認證環境工程成員（BCEEM）。戴維斯博士擔任田納西州克諾克斯縣空氣污染控制委員會主席超過22年，並在田納西州空氣污染控制委員會任職九年。

喬舒亞·S·傅是田納西州大學諾克斯維爾分校（UTK）土木與環境工程系的蒂克爾教授。他在2000年加入UTK之前，曾在洛克希德·馬丁公司/EPA擔任科學應用分析師和軟體工程師。他在國立成功大學獲得環境工程學士學位（1986年），在加州大學洛杉磯分校獲得環境工程及水資源碩士學位（1994年），並在北卡羅來納州立大學獲得土木工程博士學位（2000年）。他的研究重點包括空氣效益與達標評估、排放估算、氣候變遷對空氣品質的影響、能源基礎設施與人類健康、臭氧及懸浮微粒建模，以及國際空氣品質建模評估。額外的重點是利用人工智慧（AI）和數據挖掘技術研究氣候變遷、人類健康及全球總大氣沉降的映射。他在UTK教授空氣品質管理、氣候變遷和污染控制等課程，並且是多部研究出版物的作者，擔任《大氣化學與物理》（Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics）的期刊共同編輯、《氣溶膠與空氣品質研究》（Aerosol and Air Quality Research）的期刊編輯，以及《空氣與廢物管理協會期刊》（Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association）的期刊副編輯。他已發表超過150篇經審查的期刊文章。其中一篇關於空氣品質的出版物被愛思唯爾認定為2007年至2012年間《大氣環境》（Atmospheric Environment）中被引用最多的文章之一。他是多個由疾病控制與預防中心（CDC）、國土安全部（DHS）、能源部（DOE）、美國交通部（US DOT）、洛斯阿拉莫斯國家實驗室（LLNL）、美國國家航空暨太空總署（NASA）、國家海洋暨大氣管理局（NOAA）、國家科學基金會（NSF）、橡樹嶺國家實驗室（ORNL）、美國環保署（US EPA）、美國農業部（USDA）、各州機構及工業公司資助的項目的主要研究者和共同研究者。他是國際空氣與廢物管理協會（AWMA）頒發的萊曼·里珀頓傑出教授獎的獲得者，並且獲得UTK及ORNL的校長、工程學院及其系所的多項研究獎。他也是美國環境工程師與科學家學會的認證環境工程成員（BCEEM）。他是世界氣象組織（WMO）MMF-GTAD倡議指導委員會的副主席。他積極參與聯合國歐洲經濟委員會的空氣污染半球運輸工作組、亞洲的模型比較研究，並且是北極理事會的北極監測與評估計畫（AMAP）短壽命氣候強迫物（SLCF）專家小組的成員。他還擔任田納西州克諾克斯縣空氣污染控制委員會及田納西州空氣污染控制委員會的成員。

薇德·戈迪什，博士，CIH，曾是美國印第安納州芒西的巴爾州立大學自然資源與環境管理教授，並且是一名認證的工業衛生學家。他於1969年在賓州州立大學獲得博士學位。他是《空氣品質》（Air Quality）第一至第四版（2003年）、《室內環境品質》（Indoor Environmental Quality，2000年）、《病態建築：定義與診斷》（Sick Buildings: Definition and Diagnosis，1995年）及《室內空氣污染控制》（Indoor Air Pollution Control，1989年）的作者或合著者。他的學術和研究重點是危險材料/環境健康與安全問題。作為一名工業衛生學家，他的主要關注是保護必須應對各種危險材料問題的工人。

戈迪什教授於2009年6月20日去世，享年67歲，未能開始第五版及後續版本《空氣品質》的準備工作。