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First Half of 2016 Class - Basics of Atmospheric Chemistry

Week 6 - where we left off...
       Lecture on lifetimes, variability, and models (including steady state)
       Chapman Chemistry
     
Week 7 - Midterm (October 6) (midterm answer key)
       In-class "Examples" for the midterm (with answers) - Problem 1, Short answers
       Stratospheric Chemistry - Catalytic Cycles and Ozone Loss
       Jacob's Chapter 3 (on Models)

Second Half of Class - Exploring applications in more detail

Week 8 - The Ozone Hole (with more on photolysis, equilibrium chemistry, and heterogeneous chemistry)
    Part 1 of "More detailed description of photolysis" (with some overlap to previous material)
    Part 2 of "More detailed description of photolysis"
    Jacob's Chapter 10 (Review of Stratospheric Basics)
    A bridge lecture (see section on Catalytic Cycles)
    Discovery of the ozone hole (video)
    ATOC 3500 Lecture on Ozone Hole Chemistry
    A previous ATOC 5151 Version of "ozone hole" lecture (from 2008)

    See these links for help on  Problem 17
          From ATOC 3500 (super simple treatment of NO2 photolysis rate coefficient)
          From ATOC 3500 lecture introducing NO2 photolysis (see bottom section)

Week 9 - Building a Model, Partitioning, Rate-determining Steps, Heterogeneous Chemistry
       What are HFCs?
         Important News!!

New international agreement on HFCs
A greener replacement?

Week 10 - Start of Discussion of Project Ideas,
Overview of Aerosols, Overview of Tropospheric Ozone

Aerosol Properties (including Scattering) from  Jacob, Chapter 8
Tropospheric Ozone Basics (from 2008 ATOC 5151)
Hydroxyl Radical Basics (from 2008 ATOC 5151)

Items in the news

Isoprene and Aerosols
Particle composition and Clouds in the Amazon
Are stock prices affected by air pollution?
Scientists fly high to study air pollution
Air pollution and blood vessel damage

Week 11 - Urban Air Quality

Items in the news

Fireworks choke air in New Delhi
Madrid to restrict cars in city center
Observation of HOCO at CU Boulder!
Air Pollution Links to Cardiovascular Disease

Introduction to Smog Chemistry (from 2008 ATOC 5151)
Lecture on EKMA Diagrams (from 2008 ATOC 5151)
Atmospheric Oxidation (from Jacob, Chapter 11)
Urban Air Pollution (from Jacob, Chapter 12)

Week 12 - Biogeochemical Cycles and Acid Rain

Biogeochemical Cycles (from Jacob, Chapter 6)
Acid Rain (from Jacob, Chapter 13)

Items in the news

Gone too soon
Johns Hopkins U. Atmospheric Chemistry (by Richard Stolarski)
Sea Smell (dimethyl Sulfide)
Climate Policy 2017 and Beyond (Brookings)

Week 14 - Tying up Loose Ends - See Previous notes on Acid Rain

Items in the news

Future PM2.5 Over China

Week 15 - Some Old Materials for Review

Kinetics Summary (from UC Irvine Notes)
Sample Model Problem from 2014 Final

Items in the news

Smog Shuts Down Airports in China
London Experiencing Extreme Smog
Four Cities to Ban Diesels by 2025

Final Exam 2016 (corrected)

Materials Available on Atmospheric Chemistry and Related
Materials covered in 2014

Ongoing, In-Class exercise - building a chemistry model
Part 1 - Reaction Schemes
Standard Enthalpies

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