AtmChem-5151

This is the new web home page for the graduate course CHEM-5151 / ATOC-5151: Atmospheric Chemistry, when taught by Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez. Prof. Jimenez will offer this course in Spring 2013.

• A shortcut to this page is http://tinyurl.com/AtmChem

General Information

• Lectures: Tue & Thu, 9:30-10:45, Ekeley M203
• Office hours: immediately after class Tue & Thu
• Syllabus to be posted here

Igor Software

• We will use the Igor software package as the common language for calculations and programs in the course. We strongly recommend donwloading a demo version of Igor and going through the Getting Started section of the manual and the Video tutorials before the class starts.
  • A License Key will be provided via email to the class list

Textbooks

• Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry by Daniel Jacob, 1999. (see errata)
• Chemistry of the Upper and Lower Atmosphere: Theory, Experiments, and Applications by Barbara Finlayson-Pitts and James Pitts

Course Materials

Resources

• Max Planck UV-Vis absorption database
• Interactive TUV Model for photolysis rate calculations
• Leeds Master Chemical Mechanism for chemical kinetics calculations
• Mixed-Layer model for approximate boundary layer calculations
• How an O3 Detector Works (intro video)

Reference Materials

Atmospheric Chemistry Courses at Other Universities

• by Prof. Maggie Tolbert @ CU-Boulder (Spring 2011)
• by Prof. Daniel Jacob @ Harvard
• by Prof. Wayne @ Oxford
• by Prof. Russ Dickerson, Univ. of Maryland
• by Prof. Peter Briblecombe @ Univ. East Anglia, UK
• by Prof. Colette Heald @ Colorado State Univ.

Other References

• WHO guidelines on Air Pollution
• List of scientists active in Atmospheric Chemistry and/or Aerosols
• The Ozone Hole Tour from Cambridge Univ.
• AtmoChem.com website