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The current Course Schedule for the Department of Atmospheric Science is available here

ATS621: Atmospheric Chemistry

FALL 2009

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
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Text: Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, by Daniel J. Jacob.

Instructor:Colette Heald (heald@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
  • Lecture 2: Chemistry Basics
  • Lecture 3: Atmospheric Pressure
  • Lecture 4: Simple Models
  • Lecture 5: Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Lecture 6: Carbon Cycle
  • Lecture 7: Atmospheric Transport
  • Lecture 8: Radiation and the Greenhouse Effect
  • Lecture 9: Photochemistry
  • Lecture 10: Stratospheric Chemistry
  • Lecture 11: Stratospheric Chemistry II
  • Lecture 12: Midterm Review
  • Lecture 13: Tropospheric Chemistry I
  • Lecture 14: Tropospheric Chemistry II
  • Lecture 15: Air Quality I
  • Lecture 16: Air Qaulity II
  • Lecture 17: Atmospheric Aerosols I
  • Lecture 18: Atmospheric Aerosols II
  • Lecture 19: Aqueous Chemistry I
  • Lecture 20: Aqueous Chemistry II
  • Lecture 21: Acid Rain
  • Lecture 22: Composition Observations
  • Lecture 23: Chemical Transport Models
Acknowledgements to Daniel Jacob and Sonia Kreidenweis for class material.

Homework Assignments (with due dates):
  • Homework #1 (due Sept 10)
  • Homework #2 (due Sept 17)
  • Homework #3 (due Sept 24)
  • Homework #4 (due Oct 1)
  • Homework #5 (due Oct 8)
  • Homework #6 (due Oct 29)
  • Homework #7 (due Nov 12)
  • Homework #8 (due Nov 19)


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.
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Text: IPCC WG1 AR4 Report, papers from the recent literature

Instructor:Colette Heald (heald@atmos.colostate.edu)

Lecture Notes: posted by noon on Tuesday
  • Introduction to ATS762
  • Lecture 1: Setting the stage..
  • Lecture 2: BVOC
  • Lecture 3: SOA/PBAP
  • Lecture 4: Nitrogen
  • Lecture 5: Wildfires, deforestation and land use change
  • Lecture 6: Carbon cycle (Guest: Scott Denning)
  • Lecture 7: Ocean biogeochemistry (Guest: Taka Ito)
  • Lecture 8: Sulfate, DMS and the CLAW hypothesis
  • Lecture 9: Methane
  • Lecture 10: Air quality and climate
  • Lecture 11: Stratospheric chemistry
  • Lecture 12: Atmospheric transport
  • Lecture 13: Hydrological cycle (Guest: Chris Kummerow)
  • Week 14: Geoengineering (no slides)
Final Bibliography of Literature Read in Class:


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.
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Faculty Coordinator: Colette Heald (heald@atmos.colostate.edu)

Course Website: www.atmos.colostate.edu/programming


Additional Lectures

ATS737: Guest Lecture on Observations of Atmospheric Composition from Space