Atmospheric Chemistry

Atmospheric Science · Part 8

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.Chemical Kinetics: Rate Laws and Temperature Dependence
  2. 2.Three-Body Reactions and the Troe Formula
  3. 3.The Hydroxyl Radical: Detergent of the Atmosphere
  4. 4.Methane Oxidation Chain
  5. 5.NOx-VOC-O₃ Chemistry: Photostationary State and Isopleths
  6. 6.Tropospheric Ozone Budget
  7. 7.Sulfur and Nitrogen Cycles
  8. 8.Photolysis Rates and Actinic Flux
  9. 9.Chemical Transport Models (CTMs)
  10. 10.Fortran: Stiff ODE Chemical Kinetics Integrator

Key Equations

$$\frac{d[\text{A}]}{dt} = -k[\text{A}] \qquad \Rightarrow \qquad [\text{A}](t) = [\text{A}]_0\,e^{-kt} \qquad \tau = \frac{1}{k}$$
$$k_0(T) = k_0^{300}\left(\frac{T}{300}\right)^{-n} \qquad k_\infty(T) = k_\infty^{300}\left(\frac{T}{300}\right)^{-m}$$
$$\text{CH}_3 + \text{O}_2 + M \rightarrow \text{CH}_3\text{O}_2 + M$$
$$\text{CH}_3\text{O}_2 + \text{HO}_2 \rightarrow \text{CH}_3\text{OOH} + \text{O}_2 \quad \text{(chain termination, no O}_3\text{)}$$

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This PDF is part of the Atmospheric Science course on CoursesHub.World. Study the physics of weather and climate from atmospheric thermodynamics to planetary atmospheres. Covers atmospheric dynamics, synoptic meteorology, clouds and precipitation, radiation budgets, clima...

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