The document summarizes an air and waste management professional development course on satellite detection of aerosols. The course syllabus covers topics like satellite types and usage, detection of events like fires, dust storms and haze from satellites, and using satellite data in air quality management. It also discusses several case studies of dust and smoke transport events detected by satellites, including Asian dust storms in 1998, Central American forest fire smoke in 1998, and smoke transported from Quebec fires to the eastern US in 2002.