Lecture 1: Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry

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1Required Reading: FP Chapter 1 & 2 Additional Reading: SP Chapter 1 & 2 Atmospheric Chemistry CHEM-5151 / ATOC-5151 Spring 2005 Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez Lecture 1: Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry Outline of Lecture 1 • Importance of atmospheric chemistry • Atmospheric composition: big picture, units • Atmospheric structure – Pressure profile – Temperature profile – Spatial and temporal scales • Air Pollution: – historical origin: AP deaths – Overview of problems: smog, acid rain, stratospheric O3, climate change, indoor pollution • Continue in Lecture 2

• shape of atmospheric temperature profile
• chemistry deals with “trace species
• atmospheric chemistry chem
• atmospheric structure
• approximate mass fraction of kr
• atmospheric mass
• air