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**[http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap11.pdf Chapter 12: Ozone Air Pollution from Jacob] | **[http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/publications/jacobbook/bookchap11.pdf Chapter 12: Ozone Air Pollution from Jacob] | ||
**[https://royalsociety.org/policy/publications/2008/ground-level-ozone/ RSC Report on O3 formation] (some sections suggested) | **[https://royalsociety.org/policy/publications/2008/ground-level-ozone/ RSC Report on O3 formation] (some sections suggested) | ||
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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] | * 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://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/4_Condensation_Part.pdf Lect. notes | + | * [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/CHEM-5152/Lect/4_Condensation_Part.pdf Lect. notes] |
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== Award for Best Grade in the Course == | == Award for Best Grade in the Course == | ||
| − | * Spring 2017: | + | * 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.
Contents
- 1 Organizational Info for Spring 2017
- 2 Topics, Lecture Notes, and Readings
- 2.1 Introductory Material
- 2.2 Box models & Kinetics, Radical Chemistry, Tropospheric O3 Formation
- 2.3 Photolysis
- 2.4 VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms
- 2.5 Aerosols, Condensation, Partitioning
- 2.6 Nucleation
- 2.7 Chambers and Reactors
- 2.8 Key Instrumentation
- 2.9 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 & Kinetics, Radical Chemistry, 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.)
- Chapter 12: Ozone Air Pollution from Jacob
- RSC Report on O3 formation (some sections suggested)
- Brown and Stutz Review on Nighttime Chemistry
Photolysis
- Reading:
VOC oxidation & Secondary Organic Aerosol formation mechanisms
- Reading:
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"
- Reading
- Reading on Organic Partitioning
Nucleation
- Lecture notes on nucleation (guest lecture from Alessandro Franchin, NOAA)
- Reading: Trostl et al., 2016
Chambers and Reactors
- Large Environmental Chambers
- Introduction to Flow Reactors
- Reading:
- Aimamant and Ziemann (2013) on SOA formation from Pentadecane + OH
Key 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
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)
