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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]'''
 
** ''Suggested reading: Chapter 1 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
 
** ''Suggested reading: Chapter 1 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
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* '''[http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_2_Review_Chem.pdf Review of Chemistry]'''
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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 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://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]
  
 
* '''[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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** Resources: [http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/2295 Max Planck UV-Vis database] & [http://cprm.acd.ucar.edu/Models/TUV/Interactive_TUV/ TUV Model]
 
** Resources: [http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/2295 Max Planck UV-Vis database] & [http://cprm.acd.ucar.edu/Models/TUV/Interactive_TUV/ TUV Model]
 
** Intro Simulation: [http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/blackbody-spectrum PhET Blackbody]
 
** Intro Simulation: [http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/blackbody-spectrum PhET Blackbody]
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* '''Chemical Kinetics'''
 
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** ''Required Reading: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap9.pdf Chapter 9 of Jacob]''
 
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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://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]
 
  
 
* '''Atmospheric Transport''' (Probably won't cover in 2013)
 
* '''Atmospheric Transport''' (Probably won't cover in 2013)
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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.''
 
** ''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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** ''Required Reading: Chapter 8 of Seinfeld & Pandis''
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** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 8 of Seinfeld & Pandis''
 
** Resource: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/Aerocalc_Original.xls Aerosol Calculator] from Willeke and Baron
 
** 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 NASA high-resolution aerosol simulation]
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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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* '''The Greenhouse Effect'''
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** ''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''
  
 
* '''Geochemical Cycles and the Carbon Cycle'''
 
* '''Geochemical Cycles and the Carbon Cycle'''
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** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 22 of Seinfeld & Pandis''
 
** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 22 of Seinfeld & Pandis''
  
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* '''The Greenhouse Effect'''
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* '''Stratospheric Chemistry''' (won't cover in 2013 due to lack of time)
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** ''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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* '''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]''
 
** ''Suggested Reading: Chapters 12 & 13 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
 
** ''Suggested Reading: Chapters 12 & 13 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts''
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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* '''Acid Deposition'''
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* '''Acid Deposition''' (won't covered explicitly in 2013, some of it covered in aerosol lecture)
 
** ''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]''
 
** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 8 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts
 
** ''Suggested Reading: Chapter 8 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts

Revision as of 11:11, 16 April 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.

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

Applications

  • The Greenhouse Effect
    • Required Reading: Chapter 7 of Jacob
    • Suggested Reading: Chapters 23 & 24 of Seinfeld & Pandis
  • Geochemical Cycles and the Carbon Cycle
    • Required Reading: Chapter 6 of Jacob
    • Suggested Reading: Chapter 22 of Seinfeld & Pandis
  • Stratospheric Chemistry (won't cover in 2013 due to lack of time)
    • Required Reading: Chapter 10 of Jacob
    • Suggested Reading: Chapters 12 & 13 of Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts
  • Acid Deposition (won't covered explicitly in 2013, some of it covered in aerosol lecture)

Resources

Reference Materials

Atmospheric Chemistry Courses at Other Universities

Other References

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