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AOSC 637 Atmospheric Chemistry Department of |
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Course Web Page, Spring 2011Prof. Russell Dickerson Course
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Application of the techniques of
thermodynamics, kinetics, spectroscopy, and photochemistry to atmospheric gases
and particles. Investigation of the global cycles of C, H, O, N, and S species;
the use of laboratory and field measurements in computer models of the
atmosphere. Prerequisites: CHEM 481 or AOSC 620 (Thermodynamics). Students may
not take both AOSC and CHEM 637 for credit.
Homework #1.
Homework #2. Homework #2 data.
Homework #3 (2011).
Homework #4 (2011)
Lecture notes:
Lecture #1 (rtf)
Lecture #1/2 (ppt)
Lecture #2 (rtf)
Lecture #2 (ppt)
Lecture #2a (ppt)
Lecture #3 (rtf)
Lectures #3 (ppt)
Lecture #3 (htm)
Lecture #4 (rtf)
Lecture #4 (ppt)
Lecture #5 (rtf)
Lecture #5 (ppt)
Lecture #6 (ppt)
Lecture #7 (ppt)
Lecture #7 (pdf)
Lecture #8 (ppt)
Lecture #9 (ppt)
Internal Combustion/Zeldovich (ppt)
Lecture Strat Ozone (ppt)
Lecture Anthropocene (ppt)
The N Cycle part 1
The N Cycle part 2
Lecture Trop Ozone 2011(ppt)
Lecture #13 (ppt) Carbon Monoxide
Lecture #14 (ppt) Methane
Lecture #16 (ppt) Aerosol Basics
Lecture #17 (ppt) Sufur
Lecture #18 (ppt) Halogens
Lecture #19 (ppt) Acid Rain
Lecture #20 (ppt) Odd Hydrogen, HOx
Lecture #21 (ppt) Biogenic hydrocarbons
Lecture #22 (ppt) Vertical Flux
Old Exam (txt)
BATTING ORDER 2011
EPA Integrated Science Assessment, NOx
EPA SAB Integrated Nitrogen Committee Report
Nice Herry's Law Page from MPI (watch out for the sign error)
REQUIRED TEXT:
[FP] Atmospheric Chemistry: Fundamentals and Experimental Techniques
B.J. Finlayson-Pitts and J.N. Pitts, Jr. , Wiley-Interscience. (ISBN
0-471-88227-5)
Current journal articles will be handed out where appropriate.
RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
[S] Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
J. H. Seinfeld and S. N. Pandis, Wiley-Interscience, 1998. (ISBN 0-471-17816-0)
[J] Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry,
Daniel J. Jacob,
[WW] Air Pollution: Its Origin and Control
K. Wark and C.F. Warner, Harper & Row. (ISBN 0-007-22534-X)
[GC] Atmospheric Change: An Earth
System Perspective
T. Graedel & P. Crutzen.
Rethinking The Ozone Problem in Urban and
Regional Air Pollution Committee on Tropospheric Ozone Formation and
Measurement National Research
Council,
COURSE CREDIT :
Problem Sets (4 x 5 = 20%): There will be four (4) problem sets
- as homework - worth a total of 20% credit toward your final course grade. You
are encouraged to use all resources available to you to solve these problems,
including books, journals, fellow students (discussion only - no plagiarism,
please!) and your instructor.
Examinations (2 x 25 = 50%): There will be two (2) closed-book examinations
based on the factual material and general concepts from the course lectures and
reading materials. Each exam is worth 25% credit. If an exam is missed without
prior excuse of a doctor's note, a grade of zero (0) will be recorded.
Research Project (30%): The remainder, 30%, will be obtained from a
research project. Students are required to present their research as a
lecture of 20 minutes maximum duration (17 minutes +3 minutes for questions)
and to be prepared to answer questions from the class and be graded by the
class. The objective is to inform an audience of knowledgeable scientists and
engineers whose specialty lies outside the area of your research, i.e. your
fellow students. Your grade for the research project and presentation will be
assessed (out of the possible 30%) as follows:
· Instructor assessment (written paper): 10%
· Student assessment (oral presentation): 20%
All students must attend mandatory class meetings.
RESEARCH PROJECT SEMINAR :
A brief written report must be submitted to the course instructor two weeks
prior to your lecture. This should include all salient points of the lecture
and copies of all the figures to be shown. A detailed outline is adequate. A
good 20-minute (inclusive of question period) seminar should have no more than
eight figures unless they are very simple. All major contentions of the
research should be referenced in the style of the American Geophysical Union -
see a copy of J. Geophys. Res. I will grade the written report and it
will count for 5 out of the 30% credit for this section. Seminars will be given
in the order of the last three digits of your student number (SSN).
The seminar will be graded by the instructor and the rest of the class, as
detailed above. Attendance is mandatory during this phase of the class.
Factors influencing the grade include:
· 1. Approach to the problem
· 2. Originality
· 3. Clarity (not showmanship)
· 4. Completeness of research
· 5. Discrimination of opinion from fact
· 6. Capable responses to questions
(student evaluations only)
Factors not influencing the grade include:
· 1. Length of written report
· 2. Artwork
· 3. Number
of references, unless you forget some important ones
SUGGESTED TOPICS - Research Project Seminar:
I have suggested some topics (in no particular order) here to get you started
with your literature research, but you are encouraged to seek out a problem of
special interest to you. Do not be afraid to choose an interdisciplinary,
offbeat, or controversial topic, but subject your paper to your best scientific
scrutiny and be prepared to defend your contentions to me, and to the class.
· History of atmospheric chemistry
· Atmospheric chemistry of other planets
· Evolution of the Earth's atmosphere
· Upper atmosphere physics and chemistry
· Atmospheric radioactivity
· Biosphere-atmosphere interactions
· Radiative transfer
· Combustion chemistry
· Biogenic hydrocarbons and ozone
formation
· Alternatives to fossil fuels
· Lightning as a natural source of NOx
· Industrial air pollution abatement
technology
· Coupling atmospheric transport and
chemistry
· Human health effects of atmospheric
pollution
· Cloud chemistry
· Heterogeneous chemistry
· Ocean-atmosphere interactions
· Atmospheric composition and climate
Please e-mail me your seminar subject and tentative title (you can
change the title up to the day of your presentation, but must see k approval
from me before you change your seminar subject) .
CODE OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY : Be aware of your formal obligation as
students at UMCP to be aware of, and abide by, the UMCPCode of Academic
Integrity (see UMCP Schedule of Classes) and to conduct yourself with
high academic (and personal) integrity at all times.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Class Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-3:15 pm
Room 1158
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Lecture |
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Topic |
Reading/Comments |
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1 |
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Introduction: Take Home exam |
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Tropospheric ozone and smog: Classic Papers Chameides and Walker, 1973; Chatfield and Harrison, 1976; Crutzen, 1974 Junge,
1962] |
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2 |
date |
NEW |
F-P. & P Ch. 2; S. & P. Ch. 1 & 14; |
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3 |
date |
Biogeochemical Cycles and Atmospheric Budgets;
THERMODYNAMICS: Enthalpy - Formation and Combustion |
S. & P. Ch. 2; |
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4 |
date |
Free Energy, Equilibrium; KINETICS Rates, Rate
Constants, Order |
F-P. & P Ch. 5; S. & P. Ch. ; |
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5 |
date |
Lifetimes, Half Life, Activation Energy, Arrhenius
Expressions, Kinetic Theory, Calculations of Rate Const. w/ Collision Theory |
F-P. & P Ch. 5; S. & P. Ch. ; |
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6 |
date |
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F-P. & P Ch. 5&6; |
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7 |
date |
Steady State Analysis |
F-P. & P Ch. 5&6; S. & P. Ch. 1; |
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8 |
date |
PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND SPECTROSCOPY; Absorption Spectra,
Term Symbols and Selection Rules, Photolysis |
F-P. & P Ch. 3&6; S. & P. Ch. 4; |
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9 |
date |
Layers in the Atmosphere |
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Exam I |
March 17 |
Exam I |
Closed Book |
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10 |
date |
ATMOSPHERIC BUDGETS & EXPERIMENTAL METHODS: The
Ox Family, Stratosphere |
F-P. & P Ch. 12; S. & P. Ch. 4; |
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11 |
date |
The Ox Family, Troposphere |
F-P. & P Ch. ; S. & P. Ch. 5; |
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12 |
date |
The NOx Family |
F-P. & P Ch. 7 |
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13 |
date |
Other N Compounds |
F-P. & P |
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14 |
date |
The HOx Family |
F-P. & P |
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15 |
date |
Methane, CO, and other Volatile Organic Compounds |
F-P. & P |
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16 |
date |
The SOx Family |
F-P. & P |
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17 |
date |
Halogens |
F-P. & P |
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18 |
date |
Particles |
F-P. & P |
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19 |
date |
Heterogeneous Chemistry |
F-P. & P Ch. 5&12; S. & P. Ch. 11; |
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20 |
date |
Models |
F-P. & P Ch. ; S. & P. Ch. ; |
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21 |
date |
Remote Sensing: Environmental Satellites (Dr.
Hudson) |
Class Notes |
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Break |
date |
No Class, Thanksgiving Break |
Enjoy! |
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Projects I |
date |
Research Seminars, Students: |
Mandatory Attendance |
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Projects II |
date |
Research Seminars, Students |
Graded By Class |
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Projects III |
date |
Research Seminars, Students: |
Graded By Class |
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Projects IV |
date |
Research Seminars, Students |
Graded By Class |
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Projects V |
date |
Research Seminars, Students |
Graded By Class |
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Exam II |
Tues 5/18 |
Final Examination 1:30 pm |
Closed-Book |
F-P. & P. is Fanlayson-Pittts & Pitts; S. & P.
is Seinfeld and Pandis; W. is
You can email me
here: russ@atmos.umd.edu
Last updated May 16, 2010.