ATOC 3500 - Air Chemistry and Pollution
Spring 2016

Syllabus
Class email archive
Problem Archive (Problems 1-19)
Guidelines for 10 minute video projects (new!)
Midterm topic summary (Note - Midterm will be Tuesday, March 1 - open notes)
Midterm key

For March 29/March 31 (due Friday, April 8)
Problem 20 (answers)
Problem 21 (answers)
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For April 5/7 (due Tuesday, April 12)
Problem 22 (answers)
Problem 23 (answers)

Last few problems, for completeness (practice for final) - answers provided
Problem 24 (answers)

New - Video projects!!
Mitchell - Biomass Burning (from March 29)
My - Acid Rain in Sweden (from March 31)
Jason - Acid Rain in U.S. (from April 5)
Lindsey - Aerosol Indirect Effects (from April 5)
Meg - Biofuels (from April 7)
Dillon - Chemistry of Mars (from April 7)
Colin - Aviation Emissions (from April 7)
Jessica - Carbon dioxide and ocean chemistry (from April 14)
Chris and Hillary - Methane (from April 19)
Madeline - Volcanoes (from April 19)
Morgan - Mining and Solar Panels (from April 21)
Jordan - Atmospheric Dust (from April 21)
Jessa - Agriculture and air composition (from April 26)
Young - Radioactivity (from April 28)

Materials to review for class
Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
(for week 4 - "snow week")
Video on atmospheric chemistry (slides from video available here)
Lecture 5
Week 6
Lecture 6a
Lecture 7a (Weeks 6 and 7)
Lecture 7b (Week 7)
Lecture 7c (Week 7, and help for Problem 15)

Midterm - March 1, 2016
Lecture 8 (Week 8)
Video (Prof. Toohey lecture on Stratospheric Ozone at the State Dept., 2012)
Lecture 9a (Week 9) (on the ozone hole)
Lecture 9b (Week 9) (on aerosols, haze, and visibility)
Lecture 10a (Week 10) (on urban air pollution control strategies)
Lecture 12 (Week 12) (old lecture on acid rain)

Additional reading material by subject/week
On mixing ratios (Week 1)
Impacts of Air Pollution (throughout semester)
On pressure and temperature (Week 2)
On stability and transport/circulation (Week 3)
News story on air pollution in Europe (Week 4)
U.S. Supreme Court holds up new EPA carbon rule (Week 5)
Chemical Kinetics (Jacob)
New High Court Dynamic for EPA carbon rule (Week 6)
Simple Models (Jacob) (for Problem 14)
Oxidation in the atmosphere (Jacob) (Week 6)
On methane, box models, and OH (Weeks 5 and 6, additional material)
Stratospheric Ozone (Jacob) (Week 8)
Aerosols (Jacob) (Week 9)
Ozone Pollution and Control (Week 10)
Acid Rain (Week 11/12 - projects)

Background


Excellent videos from previous students
London Smog
Climate Change and Aerosols
Methane and Colorado Regulations
Polar Stratospheric Clouds
 



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