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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.
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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.
  
 
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* Office Hrs: 15 min before and after each lecture (in the classroom or Jose's Office), or by appointment
 
* Office Hrs: 15 min before and after each lecture (in the classroom or Jose's Office), or by appointment
  
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== Topics for Spring 2017 (Ongoing and Already Covered) ==
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== Topics, Lecture Notes, and Readings ==
  
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== Topics from Past Course Offerings (for reference) ==
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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.
  
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* Box models, O3 formation in the troposphere, radical chemistry, intro to chamber experiments (Jose)
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=== Introductory Material ===
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* Reading:
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** [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap1.pdf Chapter 1: Measures of Atmospheric Composition from Jacob]
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=== Box models and Kinetics ===
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Intro_1.pdf Lecture Notes]
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Intro_1.pdf Lecture Notes]
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** [https://royalsociety.org/policy/publications/2008/ground-level-ozone/ RSC Report on O3 formation] (some sections suggested)
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=== Radical Chemistry and Tropospheric O3 Formation ===
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* Reading (required unless marked otherwise):  
 
* Reading (required unless marked otherwise):  
 
**[http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap3.pdf Chapter 3: Simple Models from Jacob]
 
**[http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap3.pdf Chapter 3: Simple Models from Jacob]
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**[http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap11.pdf Chapter 11: Oxidizing Power of the Troposphere from Jacob] (Read from start till end of section 11.3.2.)
 
**[http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap11.pdf Chapter 11: Oxidizing Power of the Troposphere from Jacob] (Read from start till end of section 11.3.2.)
 
** Tool: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/software/KinSim/KinSim_v3.0.ipf KinSim v3.0 kinetics simulator] & [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/software/KinSim/KinSim_v3.0_help.ifn KinSim help file]
 
** Tool: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/software/KinSim/KinSim_v3.0.ipf KinSim v3.0 kinetics simulator] & [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/software/KinSim/KinSim_v3.0_help.ifn KinSim help file]
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** For your review, if needed:
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** [https://royalsociety.org/policy/publications/2008/ground-level-ozone/ RSC Report on O3 formation] (some sections suggested)
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*** [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap1.pdf Chapter 1: Measures of Atmospheric Composition from Jacob]
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** Other References (not required)
 
** Other References (not required)
 
*** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_7_Trop_Oxidation.pdf Notes on trop. O3 formation from 5151]
 
*** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_7_Trop_Oxidation.pdf Notes on trop. O3 formation from 5151]
  
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* VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms (Paul)
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=== VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms ===
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** Reading: [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/CS/c2cs35122f Atkinson & Ziemann SOA review]
 
** Reading: [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/CS/c2cs35122f Atkinson & Ziemann SOA review]
 
** References for material discussed in class
 
** References for material discussed in class
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*** [http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/2773/2008/acp-8-2773-2008.html Pankow & Asher 2008: SIMPOL structure-volatility relationships]
 
*** [http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/2773/2008/acp-8-2773-2008.html Pankow & Asher 2008: SIMPOL structure-volatility relationships]
  
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* Aerosol mechanics
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=== Aerosol mechanics ===
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Condensation_Part.pdf Size distributions, condensation / evaporation, gas/particle partitioning and VBS]
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Condensation_Part.pdf Size distributions, condensation / evaporation, gas/particle partitioning and VBS]
 
** Diffusion and in-particle reactions
 
** Diffusion and in-particle reactions
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*** [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ac5042395 Knopf et al., 2015]
 
*** [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ac5042395 Knopf et al., 2015]
  
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* Introduction to Chambers and Reactors
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=== Introduction to Chambers and Reactors ===
 
** Large Environmental Chambers
 
** Large Environmental Chambers
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Flow_Reactors.pdf Introduction to Flow Reactors]
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Flow_Reactors.pdf Introduction to Flow Reactors]
  
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* Introduction to Aerosol Instrumentation
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=== Introduction to Aerosol Instrumentation ===
 
** SMPS and CPC
 
** SMPS and CPC
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Aerosol_MS.pdf Aerosol Mass Spectrometry]
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Aerosol_MS.pdf Aerosol Mass Spectrometry]
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*** Reading: [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es500362a I- ToF-CIMS paper]
 
*** Reading: [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es500362a I- ToF-CIMS paper]
  
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== Possible Topics for Future Offerings ==
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=== Introduction to Gas-Phase Instrumentation ===
  
 
* CIMS
 
* CIMS
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** PTRMS (Joost de Gouw)
 
** PTRMS (Joost de Gouw)
  
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* Other possible topics
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=== Other possible topics ===
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** Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) and use of the PET and/or ME-2 software tools
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* Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) and use of the PET and/or ME-2 software tools
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** Introduction to analysis of actual data from instruments (e.g. AMS or CIMS with Igor packages)
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* Introduction to analysis of actual data from instruments (e.g. AMS or CIMS with Igor packages)
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** Other topics of direct research-related interest to students and their advisors
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* Other topics of direct research-related interest to students and their advisors
  
 
== Award for Best Grade in the Course ==
 
== Award for Best Grade in the Course ==
  
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* Spring 2017: TBD
 
* Spring 2015: Demetrios Pagonis (CHEM, Ziemann group)
 
* Spring 2015: Demetrios Pagonis (CHEM, Ziemann group)

Revision as of 13:55, 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.

Organizational Info for Spring 2017

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

VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms

Aerosol mechanics

Introduction to Chambers and Reactors

Introduction to Aerosol Instrumentation

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)

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)
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