| Date | Lecture topic | Required reading | Assignt. due |
| WEEK 1 | Chapter 1, 2, 3 | ||
| M 1/07 | Introduction and course overview | ||
| W 1/09 | Atmospheric Radiation | ||
| WEEK 2 | Chapter 7, 8, 9 | ||
| M 1/14 | Principles of Chemistry; Theory of gas-phase reaction rates; Multiphase chemistry | ||
| W 1/16 | Analysis of reaction mechanisms; Timescales | #1 | |
| WEEK 3 | Chapter 4, 5 | ||
| M 1/21 | MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY - NO CLASS | ||
| W 1/23 | Stratospheric chemistry: Chapman mechanism and HOx chemistry | #2 | |
| WEEK 4 | Chapter 10 | ||
| M 1/28 | Catalytic loss cycles: NOy and Cly chemistry | ||
| W 1/30 | How do we test photochemical models? | #3 | |
| WEEK 5 | Review by S. Solomon | ||
| M 2/04 | Ozone depletion: Polar ozone loss | ||
| W 2/06 | Ozone depletion: Mid-latitude ozone loss | #4 | |
| WEEK 6 | |||
| M 2/11 | Role of aerosol chemistry in the stratosphere | ||
| W 2/13 | Tropospheric Chemistry: Oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere | ||
| WEEK 7 | Chapter 11 | ||
| M 2/18 | PRESIDENTS DAY - NO CLASS | ||
| W 2/20 | Oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere | #5 | |
| WEEK 8 | |||
| M 2/25 | Tropospheric ozone | ||
| W 2/27 | Tropospheric NOx | #6 | |
| WEEK 9 | Chapter 12 | ||
| M 3/04 | Air pollution and ozone smog | ||
| W 3/06 | Current Topics in atmospheric chemistry - topics to be decided on the basis of class interest | ||
| WEEK 10 | TBD | ||
| M 3/11 | Current Topics | Term paper | |
| W 3/13 | Current Topics | ||
| M 3/18 | FINAL EXAM 8:30-10:20 am |
Last Updated:
02/20/2001
Contact
the instructor at: jaegle@atmos.washington.edu