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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'' | ** ''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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** 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. | ** 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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** ''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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* '''Stratospheric Chemistry''' | * '''Stratospheric Chemistry''' | ||
** ''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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* '''Acid Deposition''' | * '''Acid Deposition''' | ||
** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap13.pdf Chapter 13 of Jacob]'' | ** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap13.pdf Chapter 13 of Jacob]'' | ||
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=== Resources === | === Resources === | ||
Revision as of 22:23, 29 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
- Syllabus for Spring 2013
- Course Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/Sched-5151
- Pre-course questionnaire for Spring 2013
- Office Hours:
- 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
- Future Exceptions: Jose can't do Mon 1/28, changed to Tue 1/29 12-1:30 pm
- Jordan (Ekeley M132): Mondays 9:30-11 am and Wednesdays 12:15-1:45 pm
- Doodle Poll for selecting office hours
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
- We will use these Igor Programming Conventions to facilitate communication and improve clarity of programs]
Textbooks
- Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry by Daniel Jacob, 1999. (see errata)
- Optional: Chemistry of the Upper and Lower Atmosphere: Theory, Experiments, and Applications by Barbara Finlayson-Pitts and James Pitts
- Optional: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: from Air Pollution to Climate Change by John Seinfeld and Spyros Pandis
Homeworks
- Homeworks and instructions will be posted at http://tinyurl.com/hw-5151
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: Chapter 1 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts
- Review of Chemistry
- Required reading: sections of General Chemistry Wikibook or 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: Chapter 9 of Jacob
- Required simulation: PHET Gases
- Suggested reading: Kinetic Theory of Gases; More kinetic theory
- Introduction to Igor Pro
- Required reading: Getting Started in Igor
- Suggested viewing: Video Tutorials
Fundamentals
- Measures of Atmospheric Composition
- Required reading: Chapter 1 of Jacob
- Atmospheric Pressure
- Required reading: Chapter 2 of Jacob
- Simple models
- Required reading: Chapter 3 of Jacob
- Spectroscopy and Photochemistry
- Reading: Finlayson-Pitts Chapters 3B, 3C, and 4
- Resources: Max Planck UV-Vis database & TUV Model
- Chemical Kinetics
- Required Reading: Chapter 9 of Jacob
- Resources: JPL Evaluation, IUPAC Evaluations, NIST Database, Leeds MCM
- Atmospheric Transport
- Required Reading: Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of Jacob
- Resources: NASA aerosol simulation, Transport to Detling ground site (Credit: Dr. Scott Herndon, ARI),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
- Suggested Reading: Chapters 6 & 7 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts
- Suggested Reading; A. Haagen-Smit, Chemistry and Physiology of Los Angeles Smog, 1952.
- Atmospheric Effects of Oil and Gas Production (invited lecturer: Dr. Jessica Gilman from NOAA)
- Suggested Reading: DOE Shale Gas Primer
- Suggested Reading: Petron et al., Hydrocarbon emissions characterization in the Colorado Front Range: A pilot study, J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 2012.
- Aerosols
- Required Reading: Chapter 8 of Jacob
- Required Reading: Chapter 8 of Seinfeld & Pandis
- The Greenhouse Effect
- Required Reading: Chapter 7 of Jacob
- Stratospheric Chemistry
- Required Reading: Chapter 10 of Jacob
- Suggested Reading: Chapters 12 & 13 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts
- Acid Deposition
- Required Reading: Chapter 13 of Jacob
- Suggested Reading: Chapter 8 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts
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. Colette Heald @ Colorado State Univ.
- by Prof. Sergey Nidkorodov, UC Irvine
- 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
