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Class Meeting Times and Location: Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00 to 10:15 am in Room 610 in the Atmospheric Sciences Building
Instructor:Lyatt Jaeglé
e-mail: jaegle@atmos.washington.edu
Phone: (206) 685-2679
Office: Room 306 in the Atmospheric
Sciences Building
Graduate course providing an introduction to the physical and chemical processes determining the composition of the atmosphere and its implications for climate, ecosystems, and human welfare. We will look at the science behind several important global environmental problems: Stratospheric ozone depletion, tropospheric ozone and photochemical smog, oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere, and acid rain.
Office hours: Tuesdays and Fridays 2-3 pm, or send me e-mail to set up a time.
Prerequisites: ATM S 501 or permission of instructor.Grading policy:
Homeworks, 60%; Project paper, 30%; Class participation, 10%.Textbook: Introduction
to Atmospheric Chemistry, by D.J. Jacob, Princeton University
Press, 1999. lectures will largely follow this textbook.
Other useful textbooks:
Chemistry of the Lower and Upper Atmosphere , by Finlayson-Pitts and Pitts, Academic Press, 1999.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: from Air pollution to Climate change , by J.H. Seinfeld and S.N. Pandis, Wiley, 1998.Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change, G.P. Brasseur, J.J. Orlando, and G.S.
Tyndall (eds.), Oxford University Press, 1999.
Chemistry of the Natural Atmosphere, P. Warneck, Academic Press, 1999.
Atmospheric Change, T.E.
Graedel & P.J. Crutzen, Freeman, 1992.
Chemistry of Atmospheres:
An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Atmospheres of Earth, the
Planets, and their Satellites, R.P.
Wayne, Oxford University Press, 2000.
Topics covered:
1) Fundamentals (1 week). Photochemistry; Theory of gas-phase
reaction rates; Multiphase chemistry; Analysis of reaction mechanisms;
Timescales.
2) Stratospheric chemistry (3 weeks). Stratospheric ozone and the Chapman
mechanism; Catalytic loss cycles (HOx, NOy and
halogen chemistry); Polar and mid-latitude ozone depletion; Role of
aerosol chemistry in the stratosphere.
3) Tropospheric Chemistry (3 weeks). Oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere;
Tropospheric ozone; Tropospheric NOx and hydrocarbons; Air
pollution and ozone smog.
4) Aerosols (1 week). Sources and transformations of tropospheric and stratospheric aerosols; Sulfur chemistry;
5) Topic(s) chosen by students (1-2
weeks). Based on class interest, students will decide on
1-3 of the following topics: Global warming and atmospheric chemistry;
Air quality regulation; Acid rain; Intercontinental
transport of air pollutants; Use of
isotopes in atmospheric chemistry; Persistant
pollutants, and heavy metals; Biomass burning; Cloud chemistry;
Atmospheric chemistry models; Atmospheric
chemistry observations (in-situ/satellite
instruments); other?
Last Updated:
03/29/2004