ATOC 3500/CHEM 3151 - Air Chemistry and Pollution
Spring 2018
 Syllabus
 
Final Key
 
Topical guide to homework problems
 
Topical guide to lecture notes
 
Additional points raised during presentations
 
 
 
 
 
Project One Pagers - for Final Exam review!

Instructions for Semester "Projects"

Sample project "one pager"

Reading summary (will be updated as necessary)

In the news!

Surface Levels of Ozone

Role of atmospheric aerosols in climate change (Feb 8)

Urban smog isn't just about cars (Feb 15)

Who's next, BMW? (March 21)

EPA rolls back vehicle efficiency standards (April 2)

Materials to review for class

Lecture 1

For Thursday, January 18 - Video and Response Assignment

Lecture 2

Lecture 3

Week 3 - February 1

Atmospheric Circulation Basics (Thursday, Feb 1, Aleya Kaushik)

Week 4 - February 6, 8

Lecture 4 - Particulate matter (aerosols)

Background

 

Week 5 - February 13, 15

On Equations

Lecture 5 - Particulate matter and visibility

 

Week 6 - February 20, 22 (note, class was cancelled on Tuesday due to snow, so this will drag into week 7)

Lecture 6 - Kinetics, rates, and lifetimes

Here is a nice (but technical at times!) summary;

And, here is a VERY technical summary of how bimolecular and termolecular "elementary" reactions really work!

Lecture 7 - Photolysis (we talked about this during weeks 5 and 6 - these are the details!)

For Week 6 - February 20, 22 - Video and Response Assignment
 

Week 7 - An application - Upper atmospheric ozone

Lecture 8

 

Week 8-9 - Catalytic cycles, ozone depletion, and the ozone hole

Lecture 9

 

Week 10 - Tropospheric Pollution, Acid Rain and Urban Smog

Lecture 10a

Lecture 10b

 

 

For Week 1 (January 16-19, 2018)
Problem 1 (answers)

Problem 2 (answers)

Problem 3 (answers)

Problem 4 (answers)

For Week 3 (due Tuesday, February 6, 2018)

Problem 5 (answers)
Problem 6 (answers)

Problem 7 (answers)

 For Week 5

Problem 8 (answers)

Problem 9 (answers)

For Week 6

Problem 10 (answers)

Problem 11 (answers)

For Week 7

Problem 12 (answers)

Problem 13 (answers)

For Week 9

Problem 14 (answers) -If you missed class on March 15, please submit using D2L

For Week 10

Problem 15 (answers)

Problem 16 (answers)

 

For Weeks 11/12

Problem 17 (answers)

Problem 18 (answers)

Problem 19 (answers)

 

For Week 13

Problem 20 (answers)

For Week 14

Problem 21 (answers)

For Final Exam Review

Problem Final-1 (answers)

Problem Final-2 (answers)

 
This page was last updated on May 8, 2018

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