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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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* Course Schedule: [http://tinyurl.com/Sched-5151 http://tinyurl.com/Sched-5151]
 
* 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:
 
** 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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* '''[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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** ''Suggested reading: Chapter 1 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
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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)
 
* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_2_Review_Chem.pdf Review of Chemistry + Chemical Kinetics]'''
 
* '''[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")''
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** 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]
 
** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 5A of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
 
** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 5A of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
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** Resources: [http://jpldataeval.jpl.nasa.gov/ JPL Evaluation], [http://www.iupac-kinetic.ch.cam.ac.uk/ IUPAC Evaluations], [http://kinetics.nist.gov/kinetics/index.jsp NIST Database], [http://mcm.leeds.ac.uk/MCM/ Leeds MCM]
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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]
  
 
* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_4_Intro_2_Igor.pdf Introduction to Igor Pro]'''
 
* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_4_Intro_2_Igor.pdf Introduction to Igor Pro]'''
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** Resource: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgFSpHL2k8I Video of NASA GEOS-5 high-resolution aerosol simulation]
 
** Resource: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgFSpHL2k8I Video of NASA GEOS-5 high-resolution aerosol simulation]
 
** Resource: [http://www.ipen.org/index.html Info on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)]
 
** Resource: [http://www.ipen.org/index.html Info on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)]
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_Inst_Demo_Final.docx Instrument demonstration in Lab]
 
  
 
* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_9_Comp_Climate.pdf Atmospheric Composition & Climate]'''
 
* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_9_Comp_Climate.pdf Atmospheric Composition & Climate]'''
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** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 22 of Seinfeld & Pandis''
 
** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 22 of Seinfeld & Pandis''
 
** Resource: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbgUE04Y-Xg Time history of atmospheric CO2]
 
** 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.
  
 
* '''Stratospheric Chemistry''' (won't cover in 2013 due to lack of time & student preference)
 
* '''Stratospheric Chemistry''' (won't cover in 2013 due to lack of time & student preference)
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* '''Planetary Atmospheres''' (not covered in Spring 2013)
 
* '''Planetary Atmospheres''' (not covered in Spring 2013)
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere#Others Planetary Atmospheres in Wikipedia]
 
** [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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* [https://eee.uci.edu/13w/41490/ by Prof. Sergey Nidkorodov, UC Irvine]
 
* [https://eee.uci.edu/13w/41490/ by Prof. Sergey Nidkorodov, UC Irvine]
 
* [http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/chem5151/ by Prof. Maggie Tolbert @ CU-Boulder] (Spring 2012)
 
* [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]

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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