School of Science
Department of Physics
19405
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.