AtmChem-5151
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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
- Lectures: Tue & Thu, 9:30-10:45, Ekeley M203
- Office hours: immediately after class Tue & Thu
- Syllabus to be posted here
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
Course Materials
Resources
- Max Planck UV-Vis absorption database
- Interactive TUV Model for photolysis rate calculations
- Leeds Master Chemical Mechanism for chemical kinetics calculations
- 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.
