12.807
Atmospheric Chemistry
See description under subject 1.84[J] .
Fall 2013
Topics
- Introduction; atmospheric composition
- Chemical kinetics 1: Reaction rates
- Chemical kinetics 2: Reaction mechanisms
- Photochemistry and spectroscopy 1
- Photochemistry and spectroscopy 2
- Temperature, pressure, radiance
- Stratospheric chemistry 1: O X , HO X , NO X
- Stratospheric chemistry 2: ClO X , BrO X
- Guest lecture: Stratospheric geoengineering
- Tropospheric chemistry 1: NO X and HO X
- Tropospheric chemistry 2: CO and CH 4
- Atmospheric organic chemistry
- Reactive (oxidized) nitrogen chemistry
- Ozone Pollution
- Atmospheric aqueous chemistry
- Acid formation in droplets
- Atmospheric aerosol 1: Size, physics
- Atmospheric aerosol 2: Climate effects
- Aerosol chemistry (inorganic)
- Aerosol chemistry (organic)
- Atmospheric chemistry and climate 1
- Atmospheric chemistry and climate 2
- Final Project Presentations
Readings
- Seinfeld, John H., and Spyros N. Pandis. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change. 2nd ed. Wiley-Interscience, 2006. ISBN: 9780471720188. Students may also use the 1st edition; however, the page numbers of assigned readings may differ—students would need to cross-reference with 2nd edition.
Prerequisites & course information
Same subject as 1.84[J] , 10.817[J] Prereq: 5.601 and 5.602 G (Fall) 3-0-9 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2013
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.