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METO 434
Air Pollution
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[J] Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry,
Nice Herry's Law Page from MPI
Nice Planetary Atmos Physics Page from NASA
NASA Jet Prop Lab Kinetics and Photochem book.
Current journal articles will be handed out where appropriate.
RECOMMENDED TEXTS: [FP] Chemistry of the Upper and Lower Atmosphere
[WW] Air Pollution: Its Origin and Control Atmospheric Change: An Earth System Perspective Rethinking The Ozone Problem in Urban and Regional
Air Pollution Committee on Tropospheric Ozone Formation and
Measurement National Research Council, National Academy Press, 1991.
(ISBN 0-309-04631-9)
Basic concepts in physics and chemistry of the atmosphere. Production,
transformation, transport, and removal of air pollutants. The problems of
photochemical smog, the greenhouse effect & climate change, stratospheric
ozone, acid rain, and visibility. Analytical techniques for gases and
particles. Numerical simulation of air pollution. Health and environmental
effects of air pollution. Prerequisites: CHEM 115, MATH 241, or consent of the
instructor.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
[S&P] Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
J. H. Seinfeld and S. N. Pandis, Wiley-Interscience, 1998. (ISBN 0-471-17816-0)
Daniel J. Jacob, Princeton University Press, 1999.
B.J. Finlayson-Pitts and J.N. Pitts, Jr. ,
Wiley-Interscience, 1999. (ISBN 0-471-88227-5)
K. Wark and C.F.
Warner, Harper & Row. (ISBN 0-007-22534-X)
T.
Graedel & P. Crutzen.
Basic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences,
P. V. Hobbs, Cambridge University Press, 2000. (watch out for units on Keq)
COURSE CREDIT
:
Examinations (2 x 25 = 50%): There will be two (2) closed-book
examinations based on the factual material and general concepts from the
course lectures and reading materials. Each exam is worth 25% credit. If an
exam is missed without prior excuse of a doctor's note, a grade of zero (0) will
be recorded.
Research Project (30%): The remainder, 30%, will be obtained from
a research project. Students are required to present their research as a
lecture of 20 minutes maximum duration (17 minutes +3 minutes for questions) and
to be prepared to answer questions from the class and be graded by the class.
The objective is to inform an audience of knowledgeable scientists and engineers
whose specialty lies outside the area of your research, i.e. your fellow
students. Your grade for the research project and presentation will be assessed
(out of the possible 30%) as follows:
RESEARCH PROJECT SEMINAR
:
Class Meets Tue & Thr 2:00-3:15 pm
DATES NOT YET FINAL
Last updated January 26, 2005.
Problem Sets (4 x 5 = 20%): There will be four (4) problem sets - as homework - worth a
total of 20% credit toward your final course grade. You are encouraged to use all resources available to you
to solve these problems, including books, journals, fellow students (discussion only - no plagiarism,
please!)
and your instructor.
All students must attend mandatory class meetings.
A brief written report must be submitted to the course instructor two
weeks prior to your lecture. This should include all salient points of the
lecture and copies of all the figures to be shown. A detailed outline is
adequate. A good 20-minute (inclusive of question period) seminar should have no
more than eight figures unless they are very simple. All major contentions of
the research should be referenced in the style of the American Geophysical Union
- see a copy of J. Geophys. Res. I will grade the written report and it
will count for 5 out of the 30% credit for this section. Seminars will be given
in the order of the last three digits of your student number (SSN).
The seminar will be graded by the instructor and the rest of the class, as detailed
above. Attendance is mandatory during this phase of the class.
Factors influencing the grade include:
Factors not influencing the grade include:
SUGGESTED TOPICS - Research Project Seminar:
I have suggested some topics (in no particular order) here to get you started with your literature research,
but you are encouraged to seek
out a problem of special interest to you. Do not be afraid to choose an interdisciplinary, offbeat, or
controversial topic, but subject your paper to your best scientific scrutiny and be prepared to defend
your contentions to me, and to the class.
Please e-mail me your seminar subject and tentative title (you can
change the title up to the day of your presentation, but must seek approval
from me before you change your seminar subject) .
Lecture Date Topic Reading/Comments
1 Thr 1/25 Introduction,
Pollutant Species J Ch. 1; GC Ch. 1,3,4
2 Tue 1/30 Aqueous & Gas-phase
Chemistry FP Ch. 1
3 Thr 2/1 Atmospheric Physics;
Inversions
J Ch. 1,2; WW Ch. 1,3
4 Tue 2/6 EM Radiation, Thermodynamics S Ch. 3; WW Ch. 7,8
5 Thr 2/8 Thermodynamics of Combustion GC Ch. 7
6 Tue 2/ Combustion &
Equilibrium Class Notes
7 Thr 2/ Kinetics: Rates, Order, Lifetimes J Ch. 9; FP Ch. 4-8
8 Tue 2/ Activation E, Arrhenius, Steady State GC Ch. 7; WW Ch. 6,8
9 Thr 2/ Photocemical Smog, Ozone J Ch. 12; S Ch. 1-4; FP Chapt 9,10
10 Tue 3/ Internal Combustion Engines WW Ch. 8,9
11 Thr 3/ Zeldovich Mechanism & Photochemistry GC Ch. 8,16
12 Tue 3/ NMHC & Free Radical Reactions. Sinks of Air Pollutants Class Notes
Review Thr 3/ Course Review (Attendance Optional) Class Notes
Exam I Tue 3/ Mid-semester Examination Closed-Book
13 Thr 3/ Particulate Pollution S Ch. 7; FP Ch. 12; WW Ch. 5; GC Ch. 5,8
14 3/ & 24 Spring Break Miami Tourism Board
14 Tue 3/ Guest Lecturer; Particulate Pollution J. Ch. 8 etc.
15 Thr 3/ Guest Lecturer TBD
16 Tue 4/ Guest Lecturer; Pollution Effects & Control Class Notes
17 Thr 4/ The Stratosphere S Ch. 4
18 Tue 4/ Stratospheric Ozone Destruction J Ch. 10; S Ch. 4; FP Ch. 15
19 Thr 4/ Acid Deposition J Ch. 13; S Ch. 18; FP Ch. 11; GC Ch. 4,7,13
20 Tue 4/ Remote Sensing: Theory & Application Class Notes
21 Thr 4/ Remote Sensing: Environmental Satellites (Dr. Hudson) Class Notes
Projects I Tue 4/ Research Seminars, Students: Mandatory
Attendance
Projects II Thr 4/ Research
Seminars, Students: Graded By Class
Projects III Tue 5/ Research
Seminars, Students: Graded By Class
Projects IV Tue 5/ Research
Seminars, Students: Graded By Class
Projects V Thr 5/ TBD -
Review Tue 5/ Course
Review Class Notes
Exam II Thr 5/ Final
Examination 10:30 am Closed-Book