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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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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 [ppt]
  • 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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