701-0471-AAL Atmospheric Chemistry
Semester | Frühjahrssemester 2016 |
Dozierende | D. W. Brunner, M. Ammann |
Periodizität | jedes Semester wiederkehrende Veranstaltung |
Lehrsprache | Englisch |
Kommentar | Belegung ist NUR erlaubt für MSc Studierende, die diese Lerneinheit als Auflagenfach verfügt haben. Alle anderen Studierenden (u.a. auch Mobilitätsstudierende, Doktorierende) können diese Lerneinheit NICHT belegen. |
Kurzbeschreibung | This course provides a general introduction into atmospheric chemistry targeted at master students who did not follow the bachelor course "atmospheric chemistry" or equivalent. |
Lernziel | The learning target of this course is a general overview on the most important processes of atmospheric chemistry and the various problems of the anthropogenic impact on the chemical composition of the atmosphere and air quality. |
Inhalt | - Physical properties of the atmosphere: structure, large scale dynamics, UV radiation - Thermodynamics and kinetics of gas phase reactions: enthalpy and free energy of reactions, rate laws, mechanisms of bimolecular and termolecular reactions. - Photochemistry: Photolysis frequencies, O3 formation,... - Aerosols and clouds: chemical properties, primary and secondary aerosol sources - Multiphase chemistry: heterogeneous kinetics, solubility and hygroscopicity, N2O5 chemistry, SO2 oxidation, secondary organic aerosols - Deposition: dry and wet deposition, acid rain,... - Air quality: Environmental problems, legislation, sources, trends - Stratospheric chemistry: Chapman cycle, Brewer-Dobson circulation, catalytic ozone destruction cycles, polar ozone hole, Montreal protocol Global aspects: global budgets, air quality - climate interactions |