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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
| − | * Introduction to the Course | + | * '''Introduction to the Course''' |
| + | ** 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 simulations: [http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gas-properties PHET Gases I]; [http://celiah.usc.edu/collide/1/ Gases II] | ||
* Introduction to Igor Pro | * Introduction to Igor Pro | ||
| + | ** 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] | ||
=== Fundamentals === | === Fundamentals === | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 14 January 2013
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
Contents
General Information
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
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
- Introduction to the Course
- Suggested reading: Kinetic Theory of Gases; More kinetic theory
- Suggested simulations: PHET Gases I; Gases II
- Introduction to Igor Pro
- Required reading: Getting Started in Igor
- Suggested viewing: Video Tutorials
Fundamentals
- Measures of Atmospheric Composition & Atmospheric Pressure
- Simple models
- Required reading: Chapter 3 of Jacob
- Spectroscopy and Photochemistry
- Reading: Finlayson-Pitts TBD
- Resources: Max Planck UV-Vis database & TUV Model
- Chemical Kinetics
- Required Reading: Chapter 9 of Jacob
- Resources: JPL Evaluation, NIST Database, Leeds MCM
- Atmospheric Transport
- Required Reading: Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of Jacob
- Resources: NASA aerosol simulation, Animation of Transport of BC in SE Asia, SEAC4RS CO Movies
- Visit to NOAA "Science on a Sphere"
Applications
- Geochemical Cycles and the Carbon Cycle
- Required Reading: Chapter 6 of Jacob
- Gas-Phase Organic + NOx Chemistry
- Required Reading: Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 of Jacob
- Aerosols
- Required Reading: Chapter 8 of Jacob
- The Greenhouse Effect
- Required Reading: Chapter 7 of Jacob
- Stratospheric Chemistry
- Required Reading: Chapter 10 of Jacob
- Acid Deposition
- Required Reading: Chapter 13 of Jacob
Resources
- 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.
- by Prof. Sergey Nidkorodov, UC Irvine
