Department of Physics

19405  Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry  

Course Webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS354/      

Course Content

• Composition of the atmosphere: Sulfur containing compounds. Nitrogen containing compounds. Carbon containing compounds. Atmospheric ozone.
• Chemical kinetics – Atmospheric photochemistry.
• Chemistry of the troposphere: Cycle of NO₂, NO and Ο₃. Atmospheric chemistry of CO. Cycle of NOx, VOCs and Ο₃. Factors affecting ozone production.
• Atmospheric aerosols (introduction): Properties of the atmospheric aerosols. Chemical composition. Distribution.
• Atmospheric aerosols: Thermodynamics and dynamics of aerosols. Nucleation.
• Atmospheric aerosols: Optical properties. Aerosols and climate.
• Theory of atmospheric diffusion: Eulerian and Lagrangian approach. Instantaneous and continuous sources. Analytical solutions.
• Atmospheric chemical transport models (introduction): One-dimensional models.
• Three-dimensional models. Initial and boundary conditions. Anthropogenic and natural emission sources. Chemical mechanisms. Applications in one-dimensional model.