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| + | * Reading: [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v533/n7604/abs/nature18271.html Trostl et al., 2016] | ||
=== Introduction to Chambers and Reactors === | === Introduction to Chambers and Reactors === | ||
Revision as of 12:58, 10 May 2017
This is the web page for the Atmospheric Chemistry II Course at CU-Boulder (CHEM/ATOC-5152). It was first offered in Spring 2015. So far it has been taught by Profs. Paul Ziemann, Joost de Gouw, and Jose-Luis Jimenez.
Contents
- 1 Organizational Info for Spring 2017
- 2 Topics, Lecture Notes, and Readings
- 2.1 Introductory Material
- 2.2 Box models and Kinetics
- 2.3 Radical Chemistry and Tropospheric O3 Formation
- 2.4 VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms
- 2.5 Aerosol mechanics
- 2.6 Nucleation
- 2.7 Introduction to Chambers and Reactors
- 2.8 Introduction to Aerosol Instrumentation
- 2.9 Introduction to Gas-Phase Instrumentation
- 2.10 Other possible topics
- 3 Award for Best Grade in the Course
Organizational Info for Spring 2017
- The class meets Tue & Thu 9:30-10:45 am
- Syllabus & Course Schedule
- Suggested textbooks: Jacob, Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts, Seinfeld & Pandis
- Igor 7 installation & KinSim
- Homeworks & Atm. Chem. Cheat Sheet
- Piazza system for Q&A
- Office Hrs: 15 min before and after each lecture (in the classroom or Jose's Office), or by appointment
Topics, Lecture Notes, and Readings
Note: this list contains material from several course offerings and several professors. There could be some redundancy, and not all topics are covered at the same depth every year.
Introductory Material
Box models and Kinetics
Radical Chemistry and Tropospheric O3 Formation
- Reading (required unless marked otherwise):
- Chapter 3: Simple Models from Jacob
- Chapter 9: Chemical Kinetics from Jacob
- Chapter 11: Oxidizing Power of the Troposphere from Jacob (Read from start till end of section 11.3.2.)
- Tool: KinSim v3.0 kinetics simulator & KinSim help file
- RSC Report on O3 formation (some sections suggested)
- Other References (not required)
VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms
- Reading: Atkinson & Ziemann SOA review
- References for material discussed in class
Aerosol mechanics
- Aerosol loss mechanisms and inlets
- Aerosol Calculator
- Knopf et al., 2015
Nucleation
- Lecture notes (guest lecture from Alessandro Franchin, NOAA)
- Reading: Trostl et al., 2016
Introduction to Chambers and Reactors
- Large Environmental Chambers
- Introduction to Flow Reactors
Introduction to Aerosol Instrumentation
- SMPS and CPC
- Aerosol Mass Spectrometry
- Reading: HR-ToF-AMS paper
- Thermal Desorption Particle Beam Mass Spectrometry
- Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (CIMS) (Jose)
- Reading: I- ToF-CIMS paper
Introduction to Gas-Phase Instrumentation
- CIMS
- Fundamentals and reaction mechanisms
- Predicting reaction rates
- Properties of key CIMS systems: H3O+, acetate, I-, NO3-
- PTRMS (Joost de Gouw)
- Fundamentals and reaction mechanisms
Other possible topics
- Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) and use of the PET and/or ME-2 software tools
- Introduction to analysis of actual data from instruments (e.g. AMS or CIMS with Igor packages)
- Other topics of direct research-related interest to students and their advisors
Award for Best Grade in the Course
- Spring 2017: TBD
- Spring 2015: Demetrios Pagonis (CHEM, Ziemann group)
