Course schedule
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Date |
Lecture topic
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Required reading |
Assignt. Due |
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WEEK 1 |
Chapters 1, 3, 9 |
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M 3/29 |
Introduction and course
overview |
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W 3/31 |
Analysis of reaction
mechanisms; box models; lifetimes and transport timescales. |
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WEEK 2 |
Chapter 10 |
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M 4/05 |
Stratospheric
chemistry. Ozone and the Chapman mechanism; Catalytic loss cycles:
HOx chemistry |
lecture notes (pdf) |
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W 4/07 |
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#1 |
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WEEK 3 |
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M 4/12 |
How do we test photochemical models? | lecture notes (pdf) |
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W 4/14 |
paper discussion |
review
by S. Solomon |
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WEEK 4 |
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M 4/19 |
Ozone depletion: Polar ozone loss |
lecture notes (pdf) |
#2 |
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W 4/21 |
Mid-latitude ozone loss; role of aerosol chemistry in the stratosphere |
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WEEK 5 |
Chapter 11 |
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M 4/26 |
Tropospheric Chemistry. Oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere: the hydroxyl radical |
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#3 |
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W 4/28 |
The Global budgets of CO and CH4 |
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WEEK 6 |
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M 5/03 |
Tropospheric ozone |
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W 5/05 |
Paper discussion |
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WEEK 7
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Chapter 12 |
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M 5/10 |
Tropospheric NOx; Tropospheric VOCs |
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W 5/12 |
Air pollution and ozone smog |
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#4 |
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WEEK 8 |
Chapter 8 |
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M 5/17 |
Aerosols. Sources and sinks of aerosols. Sulfate aerosols. |
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W 5/19 |
aerosols
- cont./paper discussion |
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WEEK 9 |
Chapter 13 |
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M 5/24 |
Special
topic |
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#5 |
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W 5/26 |
Special topic |
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WEEK 10 |
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M 5/31 |
MEMORIAL DAY- NO CLASS |
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W 6/02 |
Special
topic. |
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paper due |
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W 6/09 |
Paper presentations. |
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Last Updated:
03/29/2004