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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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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jWlD5_B85l4HT-fGU7FfbGj3amDlkPLjIV1ENf83nY0/pub Syllabus] & [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i5b3HAA2wM7XxJdOVVDG_DLPjdknWnfRHWf7cQspynU/pubhtml?gid=353274601&single=true Course Schedule]
 
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jWlD5_B85l4HT-fGU7FfbGj3amDlkPLjIV1ENf83nY0/pub Syllabus] & [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i5b3HAA2wM7XxJdOVVDG_DLPjdknWnfRHWf7cQspynU/pubhtml?gid=353274601&single=true 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]
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* [https://www.wavemetrics.com/support/demos.htm Igor 7 installation] & [http://tinyurl.com/kinsim-help KinSim]
* [piazza.com/colorado/spring2017/chem5152atoc5152/home Piazza system for Q&A]
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* [http://tinyurl.com/CHEM-5152-hw Homeworks] & [http://tinyurl.com/ac-cheat2 Atm. Chem. Cheat Sheet]
* Office Hrs: 30 min after each lecture (in the classroom or Jose's Office
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* [https://piazza.com/colorado/spring2017/chem5152atoc5152/home Piazza system for Q&A]
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* Office Hrs: 15 min before and after each lecture (in the classroom or Jose's Office), or by appointment
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** [http://tinyurl.com/j-class-sched Spreadsheet to find best times for office hours or additional meetings]
  
== Topics for Spring 2017 (Ongoing and Already Covered) ==
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== Topics, Lecture Notes, and Readings ==
  
== 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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=== 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 & Kinetics, Radical Chemistry, Tropospheric O3 Formation ===
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/1_Intro_BoxMod_O3_OH.pdf Lecture Notes]
  
* Box models, O3 formation in the troposphere, radical chemistry, intro to chamber experiments (Jose)
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Intro_1.pdf Lecture Notes]
 
** [https://royalsociety.org/policy/publications/2008/ground-level-ozone/ RSC Report on O3 formation] (some sections suggested)
 
 
* 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]
 
**[http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap9.pdf Chapter 9: Chemical Kinetics from Jacob]
 
**[http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap9.pdf Chapter 9: Chemical Kinetics from Jacob]
 
**[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]
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**[http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap11.pdf Chapter 12: Ozone Air Pollution from Jacob]
** 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)
*** [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap1.pdf Chapter 1: Measures of Atmospheric Composition from Jacob]
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**[http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2012/cs/c2cs35181a Brown and Stutz Review on Nighttime Chemistry]
** Other References (not required)
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*** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/2013/L5151_7_Trop_Oxidation.pdf Notes on trop. O3 formation from 5151]
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* 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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=== Photolysis ===
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/2_Photolysis.pdf Lecture Notes]
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* Reading:
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** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Read/FP_Ch3_spec_photochem.pdf FP Chapter 3: Spectroscopy and Photochemistry]
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** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Read/FP_Ch4_Photochem.pdf FP Chapter 4: Photochemistry of Important Atmos. Molec.]
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=== VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms ===
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/3_Organic.pdf Lecture Notes]
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* Reading:
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** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Read/FP_Ch6_Organic_Chem.pdf FP Chapter 6 on Organic Atmospheric Chemistry]
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** [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/CS/c2cs35122f Atkinson & Ziemann SOA review]
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** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/Jacobson_Table_B.pdf Table of Relevant Chemical Structures] (From [http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Atmospheric-Modeling-Professor-Jacobson/dp/0521548659 Jacobson])
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=== Aerosols, Condensation, Partitioning ===
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/4_Condensation_Part.pdf Lect. notes]
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* Aerosol loss mechanisms and inlets
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** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Code/Aerocalc_Original.xls Aerosol Calculator] by Paul Baron
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** [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ac5042395 Knopf et al., 2015]: "Radial Diffusion and Penetration of Gas Molecules and Aerosol Particles through Laminar Flow Reactors, Denuders, and Sampling Tubes"
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* Reading
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** [http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap8.pdf Ch. 8: Aerosols] from Jacob
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** [http://cires1.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/SP_7.pdf S&P Chapter 7 on size distributions]
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* Reading on Organic Partitioning
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** [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/1352231094900930 Pankow 1994 on Absorptive Partitioning Theory]
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** [http://user.engineering.uiowa.edu/~cs_proj/publications/donahue_coupled_dilution_as_published.pdf Donahue 2006 on Volatility Basis Set for Partitioning]
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** [http://cires1.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Read/DonahueAAARTutorial.2007.pdf Donahue 2007 AAAR Tutorial on VBS]
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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]
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=== Nucleation ===
  
* VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms (Paul)
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Nucleation.pdf Lecture notes on nucleation] (guest lecture from Alessandro Franchin, NOAA)
** Reading: [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/CS/c2cs35122f Atkinson & Ziemann SOA review]
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* Reading: [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v533/n7604/abs/nature18271.html Trostl et al., 2016]
** References for material discussed in class
 
*** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AtmChem/Jacobson_Table_B.pdf Table of Relevant Chemical Structures] (From [http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Atmospheric-Modeling-Professor-Jacobson/dp/0521548659 Jacobson])
 
*** [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/1352231094900930 Pankow 1994 on Absorptive Partitioning Theory]
 
*** [http://user.engineering.uiowa.edu/~cs_proj/publications/donahue_coupled_dilution_as_published.pdf Donahue 2006 on Volatility Basis Set for Partitioning]
 
*** [http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/2773/2008/acp-8-2773-2008.html Pankow & Asher 2008: SIMPOL structure-volatility relationships]
 
  
* Aerosol mechanics
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=== Chambers and Reactors ===
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Condensation_Part.pdf Size distributions, condensation / evaporation, gas/particle partitioning and VBS]
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* Large Environmental Chambers
** Diffusion and in-particle reactions
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Flow_Reactors.pdf Introduction to Flow Reactors]
** Aerosol loss mechanisms and inlets
 
*** [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ac5042395 Knopf et al., 2015]
 
  
* Introduction to Chambers and Reactors
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* Reading:
** Large Environmental Chambers
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** [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02786826.2013.804621 Aimamant and Ziemann (2013)] on SOA formation from Pentadecane + OH
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Flow_Reactors.pdf Introduction to Flow Reactors]
 
  
* Introduction to Aerosol Instrumentation
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=== Key Instrumentation ===
** SMPS and CPC
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* SMPS and CPC
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Aerosol_MS.pdf Aerosol Mass Spectrometry]
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/Aerosol_MS.pdf Aerosol Mass Spectrometry]
*** Reading: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/Papers/DeCarlo_HRToFAMS_complete_published.pdf HR-ToF-AMS paper]
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** Reading: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/Papers/DeCarlo_HRToFAMS_complete_published.pdf HR-ToF-AMS paper]
** Thermal Desorption Particle Beam Mass Spectrometry
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/CIMS.pdf Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (CIMS)] (Jose)
 
*** Reading: [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es500362a I- ToF-CIMS paper]
 
  
== Possible Topics for Future Offerings ==
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* Thermal Desorption Particle Beam Mass Spectrometry
  
* CIMS
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/CIMS.pdf Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (CIMS)] (Jose)
** Fundamentals and reaction mechanisms
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** Reading: [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es500362a I- ToF-CIMS paper]
*** Predicting reaction rates
 
** Properties of key CIMS systems: H3O+, acetate, I-, NO3-
 
** PTRMS (Joost de Gouw)
 
  
* Other possible topics
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=== Other possible topics ===
** 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
** 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)
** 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: Benjamin Demming (CHEM, Ziemann group)
 
* Spring 2015: Demetrios Pagonis (CHEM, Ziemann group)
 
* Spring 2015: Demetrios Pagonis (CHEM, Ziemann group)

Latest revision as of 11:40, 11 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 & Kinetics, Radical Chemistry, Tropospheric O3 Formation

Photolysis

VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms

Aerosols, Condensation, Partitioning

  • Aerosol loss mechanisms and inlets
    • Aerosol Calculator by Paul Baron
    • Knopf et al., 2015: "Radial Diffusion and Penetration of Gas Molecules and Aerosol Particles through Laminar Flow Reactors, Denuders, and Sampling Tubes"

Nucleation

Chambers and Reactors

Key Instrumentation

  • Thermal Desorption Particle Beam Mass Spectrometry

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: Benjamin Demming (CHEM, Ziemann group)
  • Spring 2015: Demetrios Pagonis (CHEM, Ziemann group)