EAS6410 ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY

Instructor: Professor Yuhang Wang

Office: ES&T 3254, phone: (404) 894-3995, email: yuhang.wang@eas.gatech.edu

TA: Shengjun Xi, MSE 3231, email: xishj@gatech.edu

Required textbooks: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change, by J. H. Seinfeld and S. N. Pandis, Wiley-Interscience 2016,

Or Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change, ed. by G. P. Brasseur, J. J. Orlando, and G. S. Tyndall, Oxford University Press, 1999.

Supplement textbook: Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, by D. J. Jacob, Princeton University Press, 2012.

(http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/djj/book/index.html)

Class: ES&T L1105, Monday/Wednesday 12:30-1:45 pm

Office hours: Monday/Wednesday 1:50-2:50 pm

Web: http://apollo.eas.gatech.edu/EAS6410

Homework (http://canvas.gatech.edu):

	Assignment date	Due date
#1	Jan 11	Jan 25

Syllabus:

Date	Topics
Jan 9, 11	The earth system; atmospheric composition and structure
Jan 18	Tropospheric circulation and transport
Jan 23, 25	stratospheric circulation and transport; The carbon cycle
Jan 31, Feb 2	Equilibrium reactions, chemical kinetics and catalysis
Feb 6, 8	Aqueous phase partition, reactions in droplets, secondary organic and inorganic aerosols
Feb 13, 15	Radiation, greenhouse effects, and global warming potential; Photolysis
Feb 20, 22	Numerical methods; Odd-oxygen chemistry
Feb 27, Mar 1	Odd-hydrogen and odd-nitrogen chemistry
Mar 6, 8	Halogen chemistry; Polar ozone depletion
Mar 13, 15	Distribution of tropospheric trace gases and aerosols; Oxidizing power of the atmosphere
Mar 20, 22	Spring recess
Mar 27, 29	Tropospheric ozone and pollution chemistry (Group assignment and term paper topics due)
Apr 3, 5	Tropospheric reactive nitrogen and hydrocarbons
Apr 10, 12	Exam; Extreme air quality events
Apr 17, 19	Group projects
Apr 24	Term paper presentation

Grade:

Homework	35%
Exam	30%
Group projects	10%
Term paper	25%

Group projects:

2020

· Reactive Organic Carbon: The Fuel of Atmospheric Chemistry

· Trans-Pacific transport of air pollutants

· pH of Atmospheric Particles

· Biomass Burning Impact on New Delhi Pollution

· Antarctic Ozone Hole Recovery

· Halide chemistry

· PM2.5 in China

· Source and influencing factors of indoor air pollution

· Lightning and NOx Emission

2018

· Bromine and Chlorine Chemistry in the Troposphere

· Secondary Organic Aerosols Enhancement by Sulfuric Dioxide

· Oxygen Chemistry in Europa’s Exosphere

2016

· Air Pollution Effects on Rice Yields in South Asia

· Biomass Burning Effects on Clouds

· Haze in China

· Impacts of Land Use/Cover Change on Air Quality and Climate

2014

· Wildfires and Climate - Interactions and Variations

· Ice Nucleation Activity of Bacteria

· Oceanic Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (Bvocs): Formation Processes and Ocean-Atmosphere Exchange

2012

· Long Term Trends of Surface Ozone Level

· Geoengineering

· Wild fires, Climate, and Air quality

2010

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