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This is the new web home page for the graduate course CHEM-5151 / ATOC-5151: Atmospheric Chemistry, when taught by [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/ Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez]. Prof. Jimenez will offer this course in Spring 2013.
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This is the new web home page for the graduate course CHEM-5151 / ATOC-5151: Atmospheric Chemistry, when taught by [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/ Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez]. Prof. Jimenez has offered this course in Spring 2005 and Spring 2013.
  
 
* ''A shortcut to this page is [http://tinyurl.com/AtmChem http://tinyurl.com/AtmChem]''
 
* ''A shortcut to this page is [http://tinyurl.com/AtmChem http://tinyurl.com/AtmChem]''
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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dd3K-p6-1ZeUOprERoduJmpzp2CuzzbJuBkXA7ztMiY/pub Syllabus for Spring 2013]
 
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dd3K-p6-1ZeUOprERoduJmpzp2CuzzbJuBkXA7ztMiY/pub Syllabus for Spring 2013]
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* Course Schedule: [http://tinyurl.com/Sched-5151 http://tinyurl.com/Sched-5151]
 
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dElIaC1lNW9vSlZnYnlwNFdrMzZtMnc6MQ Pre-course questionnaire for Spring 2013]
 
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dElIaC1lNW9vSlZnYnlwNFdrMzZtMnc6MQ Pre-course questionnaire for Spring 2013]
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/ Notes from 2005 offering of this class]
 
* Office Hours:
 
* Office Hours:
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** Please let us know in advance (at least 1.5 hrs before the start of the office hrs period) if you are coming. We may be elsewhere if we don't know of anyone coming
 
 
** Jose (Ekeley M329, 303-492-3557): Mondays 4:00-5:30 pm and Wednesdays 9:30-11 am  
 
** Jose (Ekeley M329, 303-492-3557): Mondays 4:00-5:30 pm and Wednesdays 9:30-11 am  
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*** Exceptions: Wed 1/23 4:30-6 pm.  
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*** <span style="color:#ff0000">Please let Jose know in advance (at least 1.5 hrs before the start of the office hrs period) if you are coming. He may be elsewhere if not knowing that you are coming.</span>
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** Jordan (location TBD): Mondays 9:30-11 am and Wednesdays 12:15-1:45 pm
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*** Future Exceptions: See announcements in [https://piazza.com/class#spring2013/atocchem5151 Piazza]
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** Jordan (Ekeley M132): Mondays 9:30-11 am and Wednesdays 12:15-1:45 pm (no advance notice needed for Jordan)
 
** [http://doodle.com/h8z2qx4zgwu6xcfc Doodle Poll for selecting office hours]
 
** [http://doodle.com/h8z2qx4zgwu6xcfc Doodle Poll for selecting office hours]
  
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* We will use the Igor software package as the common language for calculations and programs in the course. We strongly recommend donwloading a [http://www.wavemetrics.com/support/demos.htm demo version of Igor] and going through the [http://www.wavemetrics.com/products/igorpro/manual.htm Getting Started section of the manual] and the [http://www.wavemetrics.com/products/igorpro/videotutorials.htm Video tutorials] before the class starts.
 
* We will use the Igor software package as the common language for calculations and programs in the course. We strongly recommend donwloading a [http://www.wavemetrics.com/support/demos.htm demo version of Igor] and going through the [http://www.wavemetrics.com/products/igorpro/manual.htm Getting Started section of the manual] and the [http://www.wavemetrics.com/products/igorpro/videotutorials.htm Video tutorials] before the class starts.
 
** A License Key will be provided via email to the class list
 
** A License Key will be provided via email to the class list
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* We will use these [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/IgorProgrammingConventions_v3.ipf Igor Programming Conventions] to facilitate communication and improve clarity of programs]
  
 
=== Textbooks ===
 
=== Textbooks ===
  
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* [http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/faculty/djj/book/index.html Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry] by Daniel Jacob, 1999. (see [http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/faculty/djj/book/errata.print.html errata])
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* [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/index.html Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry] by Daniel Jacob, 1999. (see [http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/faculty/djj/book/errata.print.html errata] & [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/education/eps133/Jacob_atmchem_problems_aug12.pdf Supp. Problems])
 
* Optional: [http://www.amazon.com/Chemistry-Upper-Lower-Atmosphere-Applications/dp/012257060X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 Chemistry of the Upper and Lower Atmosphere: Theory, Experiments, and Applications] by Barbara Finlayson-Pitts and James Pitts
 
* Optional: [http://www.amazon.com/Chemistry-Upper-Lower-Atmosphere-Applications/dp/012257060X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 Chemistry of the Upper and Lower Atmosphere: Theory, Experiments, and Applications] by Barbara Finlayson-Pitts and James Pitts
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* Optional: [http://www.amazon.com/Atmospheric-Chemistry-Physics-Pollution-Climate/dp/0471720186/ Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: from Air Pollution to Climate Change] by John Seinfeld and Spyros Pandis
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=== Homeworks ===
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* Homeworks and instructions will be posted at [http://tinyurl.com/hw-5151 http://tinyurl.com/hw-5151]
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** [https://piazza.com/class#spring2013/atocchem5151 Piazza system for Q&A]
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** Solutions: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/AtmChem/2013/Homework_1_Solutions.pxp HW1],  [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/AtmChem/2013/Homework_2_Solutions.pxp HW2], [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/AtmChem/2013/Homework3_Solutions.pxp HW3], [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/AtmChem/2013/Homework4_solutions.pxp HW4], [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/AtmChem/2013/Homework5_solutions.pxp HW5],[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/AtmChem/2013/Homework6_solutions.pxp HW6],[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/AtmChem/2013/Homework7_solutions.pxp HW7]
  
 
== Lectures, Reading, and Homeworks ==
 
== Lectures, Reading, and Homeworks ==
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_1_Org_Intro.pdf Introduction to the Course]'''
 
* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_1_Org_Intro.pdf Introduction to the Course]'''
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* '''Review of Chemistry'''
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** ''Suggested reading:
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*** Chapter 1 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
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*** [http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18707 Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals] (this is one of 16 reports by NAS on this subject)
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_2_Review_Chem.pdf Review of Chemistry + Chemical Kinetics]'''
 
** ''Required reading: sections of [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/General_Chemistry General Chemistry Wikibook] or [http://www.smallscalechemistry.colostate.edu/PowerfulPictures/ This alternative resource] or equivalent resources, if you don't have background or are not sure if you remember those sections: Atomic Structure, Compounds & Bonding, Chemical Reactions, Aqueous Solutions, Phases of Matter, Chemical Equilibria, Chemical Kinetics, and Thermodynamics. (NOT "Chemistry of the Various Elements")''
 
** ''Required reading: sections of [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/General_Chemistry General Chemistry Wikibook] or [http://www.smallscalechemistry.colostate.edu/PowerfulPictures/ This alternative resource] or equivalent resources, if you don't have background or are not sure if you remember those sections: Atomic Structure, Compounds & Bonding, Chemical Reactions, Aqueous Solutions, Phases of Matter, Chemical Equilibria, Chemical Kinetics, and Thermodynamics. (NOT "Chemistry of the Various Elements")''
 
** ''Required reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap9.pdf Chapter 9 of Jacob]''
 
** ''Required reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap9.pdf Chapter 9 of Jacob]''
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** ''Required browsing: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/Jacobson_Table_B.pdf Table of molecular structures] (for future reference in the course)
 
** ''Required simulation: [http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gas-properties PHET Gases]''
 
** ''Required simulation: [http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gas-properties PHET Gases]''
 
** Suggested reading: [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/kinthe.html#c1 Kinetic Theory of Gases]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_theory More kinetic theory]
 
** Suggested reading: [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/kinthe.html#c1 Kinetic Theory of Gases]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_theory More kinetic theory]
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** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 5A of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
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** Resources: [http://jpldataeval.jpl.nasa.gov/ JPL Evaluation], [http://iupac.pole-ether.fr/ IUPAC Evaluations], [http://kinetics.nist.gov/kinetics/index.jsp NIST Database], [http://mcm.leeds.ac.uk/MCM/ Leeds MCM], [http://www.era-orleans.org/eradb/index.php?fonctionnalite=database OVOC database]
  
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* '''Introduction to Igor Pro'''
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_4_Intro_2_Igor.pdf Introduction to Igor Pro]'''
 
** ''Required reading: [http://www.wavemetrics.net/doc/igorman/I-01%20Intro.pdf Getting Started in Igor]''
 
** ''Required reading: [http://www.wavemetrics.net/doc/igorman/I-01%20Intro.pdf Getting Started in Igor]''
 
** Suggested viewing: [http://www.wavemetrics.com/products/igorpro/videotutorials.htm Video Tutorials]
 
** Suggested viewing: [http://www.wavemetrics.com/products/igorpro/videotutorials.htm Video Tutorials]
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** ''Required reading and use: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/IgorProgrammingConventions_v3.ipf Igor Programming Conventions]''
  
 
=== Fundamentals ===
 
=== Fundamentals ===
  
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* '''Measures of Atmospheric Composition & Atmospheric Pressure'''
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_3_Measures.pdf Measures of Atmospheric Composition]'''  
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** ''Required reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap1.pdf Chapter 1] and [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap2.pdf Chapter 2] of Jacob''
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** ''Required reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap1.pdf Chapter 1] of Jacob''
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_5_Structure.pdf Atmospheric Structure]'''
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** ''Required reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap2.pdf Chapter 2] & Section 4.3 of Jacob''
  
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* '''Simple models'''
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/20130205_CU_CHEM5151models_printout.pdf Atmospheric Chemistry Models]'''
 
** ''Required reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap3.pdf Chapter 3 of Jacob]''
 
** ''Required reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap3.pdf Chapter 3 of Jacob]''
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** ''Suggested reading: Chapter 25 of Seinfeld & Pandis''
  
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* '''Spectroscopy and Photochemistry'''
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_6_Spectroscopy_Photochem.pdf Spectroscopy and Photochemistry]'''
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** ''Reading: Finlayson-Pitts TBD''
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** ''Required Reading: Chapters 3B, 3C, and 4 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/Restricted/Finlayson-Pitts_Pitts_3_4_hr.pdf Hi-Res scan] & [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/Restricted/Finlayson-Pitts_Pitts_3_4.pdf Lower-Res scan] ''
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** Resources: [http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/2295 Max Planck UV-Vis database] & [http://cprm.acd.ucar.edu/Models/TUV/Interactive_TUV/ TUV Model]
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** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap7.pdf Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.6 of Jacob]  
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** Resources: [http://www.uv-vis-spectral-atlas-mainz.org/ Max Planck UV-Vis database] & [http://cprm.acd.ucar.edu/Models/TUV/Interactive_TUV/ TUV Model]
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* '''Chemical Kinetics'''
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** Intro Simulation: [http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/blackbody-spectrum PhET Blackbody]
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** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap9.pdf Chapter 9 of Jacob]''
 
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** Resources: [http://jpldataeval.jpl.nasa.gov/ JPL Evaluation], [http://kinetics.nist.gov/kinetics/index.jsp NIST Database], [http://mcm.leeds.ac.uk/MCM/ Leeds MCM]
 
  
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* '''Atmospheric Transport'''
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* '''Atmospheric Transport''' (Probably won't cover in 2013)
 
** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap4.pdf Chapter 4] and [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap5.pdf Chapter 5] of Jacob''
 
** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap4.pdf Chapter 4] and [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap5.pdf Chapter 5] of Jacob''
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** Resources: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgFSpHL2k8I NASA aerosol simulation], [http://atmochem.socialengine.com/post/5151/global-transport-of-black-carbon-hd-youtube Animation of Transport of BC in SE Asia], [http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kim68/Home/SEAC4RS.html SEAC4RS CO Movies]
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** Resources: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgFSpHL2k8I NASA aerosol simulation], [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/ARI-Detling-w-AQUM-Partial.mov Transport to Detling ground site] (Credit: Dr. Scott Herndon, ARI),[http://atmochem.socialengine.com/post/5151/global-transport-of-black-carbon-hd-youtube Animation of Transport of BC in SE Asia], [http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kim68/Home/SEAC4RS.html SEAC4RS CO Movies], [http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/dv/iadv/graph.php?code=MLO&program=traj&type=traj Back Trajectories for Mauna Loa]
 
*** Visit to NOAA "Science on a Sphere"
 
*** Visit to NOAA "Science on a Sphere"
  
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=== Applications ===
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=== Specific Areas ===
  
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* '''Geochemical Cycles and the Carbon Cycle'''
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_7_Trop_Oxidation.pdf Tropospheric Oxidation and Ozone Formation]'''
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** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap6.pdf Chapter 6] of Jacob''
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** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap11.pdf Chapter 11] and [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap12.pdf Chapter 12] of Jacob''
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** ''Resource for class: [http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/dv/iadv/ Atmos. gases database from NOAA]''
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** ''Suggested Reading: Chapters 6 & 7 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
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** ''Suggested Reading; A. Haagen-Smit, [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/Haagen-Smit_1952_IndEngChem_LA_smog_paper.pdf Chemistry and Physiology of Los Angeles Smog], 1952.''
  
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* '''Gas-Phase Organic + NOx Chemistry'''
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* '''Atmospheric Effects of Oil and Gas Production''' (invited lecturer: Dr. Jessica Gilman from NOAA) (Slides won't be posted for now as they contain unpublished material)
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** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap11.pdf Chapter 11] and [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap12.pdf Chapter 12] of Jacob''
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** ''Required Reading: [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es304119a Gilman et al. ES&T]''
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** ''Suggested Reading: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/DOE_shale_gas_primer_2009.pdf DOE Shale Gas Primer]''
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** ''Suggested Reading: Petron et al., [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/2012_JGR_Petron_HCs_Front_Range.pdf Hydrocarbon emissions characterization in the Colorado Front Range: A pilot study], ''J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 2012.''
  
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* '''Aerosols'''
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_8_Aerosols.pdf Aerosols]'''
 
** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap8.pdf Chapter 8 of Jacob]''
 
** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap8.pdf Chapter 8 of Jacob]''
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** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 8 of Seinfeld & Pandis''
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** Resource: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/Aerocalc_Original.xls Aerosol Calculator] from Willeke and Baron
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** Resource: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgFSpHL2k8I Video of NASA GEOS-5 high-resolution aerosol simulation]
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** Resource: [http://www.ipen.org/index.html Info on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)]
  
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* '''The Greenhouse Effect'''
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_9_Comp_Climate.pdf Atmospheric Composition & Climate]'''
 
** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap7.pdf Chapter 7 of Jacob]''
 
** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap7.pdf Chapter 7 of Jacob]''
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** ''Suggested Reading: Chapters 23 & 24 of Seinfeld & Pandis''
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** ''Suggested Reading: [http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/contents.html IPCC 2007 WG1 Report]
  
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* '''Stratospheric Chemistry'''
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_10_Biogeo_C_Cycles.pdf Biogeochemical Cycles and the Carbon Cycle]'''
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** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap6.pdf Chapter 6] of Jacob''
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** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 22 of Seinfeld & Pandis''
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** Resource: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbgUE04Y-Xg Time history of atmospheric CO2]
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* '''Atmospheric Instrumentation'''
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** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_Inst_Demo_Final.docx Instrument demonstration in Lab]
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** [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ac1010603 Real Time Atmospheric Chemistry Field Instrumentation], ''Anal. Chem.'', 2010.
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* '''Stratospheric Chemistry''' (won't cover in 2013 due to lack of time & student preference)
 
** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap10.pdf Chapter 10 of Jacob]''
 
** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap10.pdf Chapter 10 of Jacob]''
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** ''Suggested Reading: Chapters 12 & 13 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
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* '''Acid Deposition''' (won't cover explicitly in 2013, some of it covered in aerosol lecture)
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** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap13.pdf Chapter 13 of Jacob]''
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** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 8 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts
  
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* '''Acid Deposition'''
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* '''Upper Atmosphere: Ionosphere and Thermosphere''' (not covered in Spring 2013)
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** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap13.pdf Chapter 13 of Jacob]''
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** [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cr60286a003 The Chemistry of Metallic Elements in the Ionosphere and Mesosphere], ''Chem. Rev.'' 1973.
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** [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0021916979901260 Chemistry of the Thermosphere and Ionosphere], ''J. Atmos. Terr. Physics'', 1973.
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** [http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10712-012-9189-8 Ion Chemistry of the Ionosphere at E- and F-Region Altitudes: A Review], ''Surveys in Geophysics'', 2012.
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* '''Planetary Atmospheres''' (not covered in Spring 2013)
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere#Others Planetary Atmospheres in Wikipedia]
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** [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed053p204 The Chemistry of Planetary Atmospheres], ''J. Chem. Ed.'', 1976.
  
 
=== Resources ===
 
=== Resources ===
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* [http://www.atmos.colostate.edu/~heald/teaching.html by Prof. Colette Heald @ Colorado State Univ.]
 
* [http://www.atmos.colostate.edu/~heald/teaching.html by Prof. Colette Heald @ Colorado State Univ.]
 
* [https://eee.uci.edu/13w/41490/ by Prof. Sergey Nidkorodov, UC Irvine]
 
* [https://eee.uci.edu/13w/41490/ by Prof. Sergey Nidkorodov, UC Irvine]
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* [http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/chem5151/ by Prof. Maggie Tolbert @ CU-Boulder] (Spring 2011)
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* [http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/chem5151/ by Prof. Maggie Tolbert @ CU-Boulder] (Spring 2012)
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* [http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/faculty/djj/book/powerpoints/ by Prof. Daniel Jacob @ Harvard]
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* [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/education/#graduate_ac by Prof. Daniel Jacob @ Harvard]
 
* [http://rpw.chem.ox.ac.uk/atmos.html by Prof. Wayne @ Oxford]
 
* [http://rpw.chem.ox.ac.uk/atmos.html by Prof. Wayne @ Oxford]
 
* [http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~russ/syllabus637.html by Prof. Russ Dickerson, Univ. of Maryland]
 
* [http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~russ/syllabus637.html by Prof. Russ Dickerson, Univ. of Maryland]
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* [http://www.who.int/topics/air_pollution/en/ WHO guidelines on Air Pollution]
 
* [http://www.who.int/topics/air_pollution/en/ WHO guidelines on Air Pollution]
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* [http://imk-aida.fzk.de/persons/ List of scientists active in Atmospheric Chemistry and/or Aerosols]
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* [http://www.imk-aaf.kit.edu/152.php List of scientists active in Atmospheric Chemistry and/or Aerosols]
 
* [http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/ The Ozone Hole Tour] from Cambridge Univ.
 
* [http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/tour/ The Ozone Hole Tour] from Cambridge Univ.
 
* [http://atmochem.socialengine.com/ AtmoChem.com website]
 
* [http://atmochem.socialengine.com/ AtmoChem.com website]
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== Best Grades in Past Offerings ==
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* Spring 2013: Josh Aikins (ATOC)
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* Spring 2005: Ingrid Ulbrich (CHEM)

Latest revision as of 15:37, 17 January 2015

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 has offered this course in Spring 2005 and Spring 2013.

General Information

Igor Software

Textbooks

Homeworks

Lectures, Reading, and Homeworks

These lectures are updated every year that the course is offered, so you should not print them ahead of time as they will likely change for the present year. Relevant printouts will be distributed at the start of every lecture.

Introduction

Fundamentals

Specific Areas

  • Stratospheric Chemistry (won't cover in 2013 due to lack of time & student preference)
    • Required Reading: Chapter 10 of Jacob
    • Suggested Reading: Chapters 12 & 13 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts
  • Acid Deposition (won't cover explicitly in 2013, some of it covered in aerosol lecture)

Resources

Reference Materials

Atmospheric Chemistry Courses at Other Universities

Other References

Best Grades in Past Offerings

  • Spring 2013: Josh Aikins (ATOC)
  • Spring 2005: Ingrid Ulbrich (CHEM)
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