MAC 503, Introduction to Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry
Professors F. Millero, B. Taylor, J. Rodriguez
COURSE GOALS:
Introduction to Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry. The course will also introduce the basic physical and chemical processes important for the understanding of current global change issues.
MATERIAL:
1. Composition of Sea Water – Major Components
2. Composition of Seawater – Minor Components
3. Ionic Interactions in Seawater
4. Dissolved Gases-Air Sea Interactions
5. Carbonate System – CO2 in the Oceans – Methods
6. Carbonate System – Distribution – CaCO3
7. Nutrients
8. Primary Production and the Iron Hypothesis
9. Marine Photochemistry
10. Hydrothermal Vent Chemistry
11. Anoxic Water Chemistry
12. Nitrogen Cycle
13. Sulfur Cycle
14. Fe and Mn Cycles
15. Pollution Problems
16. Biochemical Methods in Oceanography
17. Coupling of Atmosphere and Ocean
18. Atmospheric Composition and Structure
19. Solar Spectrum and Its Absorption
20. Greenhouse Effect
21. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry
22. Ozone Pollution: Troposphere
23. Ozone Pollution: Boundary Layer
24. Atmospheric Sulfur
25. Stratospheric Ozone
ASSIGNMENTS: Literature Reading and Term Paper
GRADES: Based on Paper, and Problem Sets
TEXTBOOK: F.J. Millero, Chemical Oceanography, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., pp. 469, 1996.
D. J. Jacob, Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2000. (On reserve at the RSMAS Library)
CLASS SCHEDULE
MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY (503)
FALL 2001
Monday and
Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:00 am - SLAB236
DATE SUBJECT
I. Marine
Chemistry, Dr. Frank J. Millero, Tel.361
4707,
Email: fmillero@rsmas.miami.edu
1. Aug.
27 Composition
of Seawater - Major Components
2. Aug.
29 Composition
of Seawater - Minor Components
Sept.
3 Labor
Day
3. Sept.
5 Ionic
Interactions in Seawater
4. Sept.
10 Dissolved
Gases-Air Sea Interactions
5. Sept.
12 Carbonate
System-CO2 in the Oceans-Methods
6. Sept.
17 Carbonate
System-Distribution-CaCO3
7. Sept.
19 Nutrients
8. Sept.
24 Primary
Production and the Iron Hypothesis
9. Sept.
26 Marine
Photochemistry
10. Oct.
1 Hydrothermal
Vent Chemistry
11. Oct.
3 Anoxic
Water Chemistry
II. Biogeochemical,
Dr. Barrie Taylor, Tel.:
361 4728,
Email:
btaylor@rsmas.miami.edu
12. Oct.
8 Nitrogen
Cycle
13. Oct.
10 Sulfur
Cycle
14. Oct.
15 Fe
and Mn Cycles
15. Oct.17 Pollution
Problems
16. Oct.
22 Biochemical
Methods in Oceanography
III. Atmospheric,
Dr.
Jose Rodriguez, Tel.: 361 4156
Email:
jrodriguez@rsmas.miami.edu
17. Oct.
24 Coupling
of Atmosphere and Ocean
18. Oct.
29 Atmospheric
Composition and Structure
19. Oct.
31 Solar
Spectrum and Its Absorption
20. Nov.
5 Greenhouse
Effect
21. Nov.
1 Greenhouse
Effect
22. Nov.
12 Introduction
to Atmospheric Chemistry
23. Nov.
14 Ozone
Pollution: Troposphere
24. Nov.
19 Ozone
Pollution: Boundary Layer
25. Nov.
21 Atmospheric
Sulfur
26. Nov.
26 Stratospheric
Ozone
27. Nov.
28 Stratospheric
Ozone