| Discussion
Board |
Syllabus |
Textbook
Errata |
Course Meeting Times and Locations |
|
|
MWF 9:30 AM –
10:20 AM Room: 310c ATG |
|
Calendar of Problem Sets and Exams |
|
| Grading | |
| In-class Exams (4, every other Friday, 30 minutes in length) Final Exam (see myuw for date/time/location) |
10% 60% 30% |
| Textbook
(Required) |
|
| Introduction
to Atmospheric Chemistry, D.J. Jacob |
|
| Topic Schedule |
Week |
| Measures
of Composition, Pressure, and Temperature (Chapters 1-2, DJJ) |
1 |
| Mass Balance, Lifetime, Steady-State (Chapter 3, DJJ) | 2
- 3 |
| Chemical Kinetics and Photochemistry (Chapter 9, DJJ + lecture only) | 4
- 5 |
| Mean
Horizontal and Vertical Transport (Chapter 4, DJJ +) |
5 |
| Stratospheric
Ozone Chemistry (Chapter 11, DJJ +) |
6
- 7 |
| Tropospheric
Chemistry: Natural, Surface Air Pollution, Acid
Precipitation (Chapters 12 - 13, DJJ +) |
8
- 10 |
