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Current CSU Course Schedules are available
here
ATS621: Atmospheric Chemistry
FALL 2008
Objectives:
To provide students with a familiarity of the basic concepts of tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry
To provide an overview of current topics in atmospheric chemistry research
Course Outline:
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Project Guidelines:
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Text:
Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry
, by Daniel J. Jacob.
Instructor:
Colette Heald (
heald@atmos.colostate.edu
)
TA:
Mandy Holden (
aholden@atmos.colostate.edu
)
Lecture Notes:
To be posted the night before each class. Note that these notes are INCOMPLETE. If you miss a class, you can request a complete set of notes from Colette.
Lecture 1: Introduction
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Lecture 2: Chemistry Review
[ppt]
Lecture 3: Atmospheric Pressure
[ppt]
Lecture 4: Models
[ppt]
Lecture 5: Biogeochemistry
[ppt]
Lecture 6: Carbon Cycle
[pdf]
(given by Scott Denning)
Lecture 7: Atmospheric Transport I
[ppt]
Lecture 8: Atmospheric Transport II
[ppt]
Lecture 9: Radiation
[ppt]
Lecture 10: Photochemistry
[ppt]
Lecture 11: Stratospheric Chemistry I
[ppt]
Lecture 12: Stratospheric Chemistry II
[ppt]
Lecture 13: Tropospheric Chemistry I
[ppt]
Review for midterm
[pdf]
Lecture 14: Tropospheric Chemistry II
[ppt]
Lecture 15: Air Quality I
[ppt]
Lecture 16: Air Quality II
[ppt]
Lecture 17: Aerosols I
[ppt]
Lecture 18: Aerosols II
[ppt]
Lecture 19: Aqueous Phase Chemistry
[ppt]
Lecture 20: Aqueous Phase / Acid Rain
[ppt]
Lecture 21: Atmospheric Observation Platforms
[ppt]
Lecture 22: Chemical Transport Models
[ppt]
Acknowledgements to Daniel Jacob and Sonia Kreidenweis for class material.
Homework Assignments (with due dates):
HW1
(Sept 9)
HW2
(Sept 16, note will be accepted on Sept 18 due to unavailability of TA/prof from Sept 10-15)
HW3
(Sept 23)
HW4
(Sept 30)
HW5
(Oct 7)
HW6
(Oct 28)
HW7
(Nov 11)
HW8
(Nov 20)
ATS762: Biosphere-Chemistry-Climate Interactions
SPRING 2009
Objectives:
Explore the sensitivity of the climate system to the chemical composition of the atmosphere and the connections to land processes and feedbacks.
Course Outline:
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Text:
IPCC WG1 AR4 Report
, papers from the recent literature
Instructor:
Colette Heald (
heald@atmos.colostate.edu
)
ATS Informal Programming Short Course
SPRING 2009
Objectives:
To strengthen the programming backgrounds of first-year (and in some cases post-first-year) graduate students in the department.
Provide a general overview of programming concepts, and specific introduction to Matlab, IDL and FORTRAN.
Course Outline:
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Faculty Coordinator:
Colette Heald (
heald@atmos.colostate.edu
)
Additional Lectures
ATS737: Guest Lecture on Observations of Atmospheric Composition from Space
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