AOSC 2620: Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere I - Fall 2017
Teaching Assistant:Phillip Stratton
Email: [protected e-mail]
Office: 2107 Jull Hall
Office hours: Friday 11:00 - 12:00 or by appointment
Homepage: www.atmos.umd.edu/~pstratto/
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Class Schedule (may be subject to change): Last updated September 19, 2017
Date | Description | Assignments Due | Useful Documents |
08/29 | Thermodynamics of Dry Air | ||
08/31 | Thermodynamics of Moist Air | ||
09/05 | Chemical Thermodynamics | ||
09/07 | Chemical Thermodynamics and Clausius Clapeyron | ||
09/12 | Basic Ocean Chemistry | ||
09/14 | Thermodiagrams I | Homework #1 | Skew-T Mastery (MetED) Skew-T Mastery (module download) |
09/19 | Thermodiagrams II | ||
09/21 | Saturated Temperature Definitions | ||
09/26 | Stability | ||
09/28 | Homework #2 | ||
10/03 | |||
10/05 | |||
10/10 | Homework #3 Bibliography for Term Paper |
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10/12 | Exam #1 | ||
10/17 | Tropospheric Ozone | ||
10/19 | Kinetics I | ||
10/24 | Kinetics II Kinetics III |
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10/26 | Steady State | Homework #4 | |
10/31 | Spectroscopy & Photochemistry I | ||
11/02 | Stratospheric Ozone | ||
11/07 | Spectroscopy & Photochemistry II | ||
11/09 | |||
11/14 | |||
11/16 | Ozone Hole | Homework #5 NASA Chemical Kinetics |
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11/21 | Exam #2 | ||
11/23 | Thanksgiving Recess!! | ||
11/28 | N2O Ammonia and other Reactive N Compounds |
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11/30 | Aerosol Physics & Chemistry | ||
12/05 | |||
12/07 | |||
12/16 | Final Exam |