CHEM-5151 / ATOC-5151 - Atmospheric Chemistry Graduate Course - Spring 2005
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Lecture Notes for Spring 2005
- Syllabus
- Course Organization
- Lecture 1: Introduction I
- Lecture 2: Introduction II
- Lecture 3: The Global Atmospheric Circulation (Brian Toon)
- Lecture 4: Atmospheric Chemical Transport (Brian Toon)
- Lecture 5: Spectroscopy & Photochemistry I
- Lecture 6: Spectroscopy & Photochemistry II
- Lecture 7: Photochemistry of Important Atmospheric Molecules
- Lectures 8-10: Chemical Kinetics I-III (Ed Dunlea)
- Lecture 12: Gas Phase Organic + NOx + UV Reactions I
- Lecture 13: Gas Phase Organic + NOx + UV Reactions II
- Additional Reading on NOx-Organic Chemistry (suggested)
- Lecture 14: Inorganic Nitrogen Chemistry (Ed Dunlea)
- Lectures 13-15: Aerosols I-III (Qi Zhang)
- Lecture 16: Aerosol Light Scattering and Cloud Nucleation
- Lecture 17: Stratospheric Ozone Chemistry I (Darin Toohey)
- Lecture 18: Stratospheric Ozone Chemistry II (Darin Toohey)
- Lectures 19-20: Acid Deposition
- Lecture 21: Instrumentation (Jessica Gilman)
- Lecture 22: Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate
Additional reading (suggested):
- Jacob's chapter 7 on the Greenhouse effect
- Brasseur et al.'s Chapter on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Climate
- IPCC Report - Climate Change 2001
- Climate Change 2001. Report of Working Group 1: The Scientific Basis
- Aerosols and Climate Change: A Tutorial. Schwartz S. E., American Association for Aerosol Research, 23rd Annual Conference, Atlanta, October 4, 2004. (11 MB file)
- Uncertainty requirements in radiative forcing of climate change, S. E. Schwartz, J. Air Waste Management Assoc. 54, No. 11, (November, 2004)
Other Reference Materials
Homeworks for Spring 2005
Homework #1: Introduction and Transport
Homework #2: Spectroscopy and Photochemistry
Homework #3: Chemical Kinetics
Homework #4: Organic + NOx + UV Chemistry
Homework #5: Aerosols
Homework #6: Acid Rain, Instrumentation, and Stratospheric Chemistry
Journals that Focus on / Include Papers on Atmospheric Chemistry