Mar 28, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2021-22 [Archived Catalog]

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CHE 4610 - Atmospheric Chemistry


Fundamental chemistry of the troposphere and stratosphere. Emissions, transport, sources, and sinks of pollutants in the atmosphere. Air quality regulations and monitoring.

Requisites: CHEM 1520 and MATH 3400 and PHYS 2051
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to calculate pollutant concentrations and determine their lifetime.
  • Students will be able to construct one-box and multi-box models of the atmosphere, using zero and first order approximations of exchange and transformation process.
  • Students will be able to describe the structure of the atmosphere and the processes by which large and small-scale atmospheric transport occur.
  • Students will be able to construct and solve coupled rate expressions for gas phase reactions.
  • Students will be able to discuss the influence of important trace gases and particulates on the radiation budget of the Earth.
  • Students will be able to discuss the science of underlying issues such as the ban on chlorofluorocarbons, global warming, the ozone hole, and smog reduction with an informed layperson.



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