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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rWqZT3yNyzOHqJ41QXhY4MkLz10nyVlf4zsOJTVFc1o/pub Syllabus] & [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i5b3HAA2wM7XxJdOVVDG_DLPjdknWnfRHWf7cQspynU/pubhtml Course Schedule] | * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rWqZT3yNyzOHqJ41QXhY4MkLz10nyVlf4zsOJTVFc1o/pub Syllabus] & [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i5b3HAA2wM7XxJdOVVDG_DLPjdknWnfRHWf7cQspynU/pubhtml Course Schedule] | ||
* Suggested textbooks: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/index.html Jacob], Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts, Seinfeld & Pandis | * Suggested textbooks: [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/index.html Jacob], Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts, Seinfeld & Pandis | ||
| + | * [http://tinyurl.com/hw-5152 Homeworks] | ||
| + | * [https://piazza.com/class/i42at7qjf0r5zl?cid=14 Piazza system for Q&A] | ||
== Topics for Spring 2015 (Ongoing and Already Covered) == | == Topics for Spring 2015 (Ongoing and Already Covered) == | ||
Revision as of 20:05, 13 January 2015
This is the web page for the Atmospheric Chemistry II Course at CU-Boulder (CHEM/ATOC-5152). It will be co-taught by Profs. Paul Ziemann and Jose-Luis Jimenez in Spring 2015 under the name CHEM-6111 (Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry), while the formal course will be created later.
Contents
Organizational Info for Spring 2015
- We will meet in Ekeley W165, Tue & Thu 9:30-10:45 am
- Syllabus & Course Schedule
- Suggested textbooks: Jacob, Finlayson-Pitts & Pitts, Seinfeld & Pandis
- Homeworks
- Piazza system for Q&A
Topics for Spring 2015 (Ongoing and Already Covered)
- Box models, O3 formation in the troposphere, and radical chemistry (Jose)
- Reading (required unless marked otherwise):
- Chapter 3: Simple Models from Jacob
- Chapter 9: Chemical Kinetics from Jacob
- Tool: KinSim v3.0 kinetics simulator & KinSim help file
- For your review, if needed:
- Chapter 1: Measures of Atmospheric Composition from Jacob
- Other References (not required)
Topics for Spring 2015 (Future)
- VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms (Paul)
- Reading: Atkinson & Ziemann SOA review
- Aerosol mechanics
- Size distributions
- Condensation / evaporation and coagulation
- Gas/particle partitioning and VBS
- Diffusion and in-particle reactions
- Aerosol loss mechanisms and inlets
- Introduction to Chambers and Reactors
- Large Environmental Chambers
- Oxidation Flow Reactors
- Introduction to Aerosol Instrumentation
- SMPS and CPC
- AMS and TDPBMS
- Reading: HR-ToF-AMS paper & TDPBMS paper
- Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (CIMS) (Jose)
- Fundamentals and reaction mechanisms
- Predicting reaction rates
- Properties of key CIMS systems: H3O+, acetate, I-, NO3-
- PTRMS (Joost de Gouw)
- Reading: I- ToF-CIMS paper
- 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
