ATP3261 Atmospheric Chemistry

This course introduces students to the concept of atmospheric chemistry. Students learn different reaction mechanism in gas phase chemistry, processes affecting trace constituents  of the atmosphere as they relate to production and emission, transformation and removal.

The course is subdivised into general introduction of concept of atmospheric structure and constituents, expressing amount of substances in the atmosphere and the concept of lifetime. the course treats monomolecular, bi-molecular and termolecular reactions as well as chemical families.

A substantial part is dedicated to stratospheric chemistry, tropospheric chemistry and aerosol processess