Date

Class No.

Topics Covered and Class Activities

Readings

TU Aug 23

1

Intro to class, syllabus, course organization

TH Aug 25

2

Intro to aerosols

Chapt 1 pp 1-12

TU Aug 30

3

Mean free path, uniform particle motion, stoke’s law derivation

Chapt 2 pp 15-31

TH Sep 1

4

Gravitational settling, particle mobility, equivalent particle diameters, settling at high Re numbers, stirred settling

Chapt 3 pp. 42-55 App 3.10 pp 67-70

TU Sep 6

5

Problem solving session

TH Sep 8

6

Particle size distributions

Chapt 4 pp 75-82

TU Sep 13

7

Stopping distance, stokes number, inertial impaction, particle bounce, cascade impactors, time of flight instruments, inertial impaction for high local Re

Chapt 5 pp 117-138

TH Sep 15

8

Brownian motion of particles, deposition by diffusion, unsteady diffusion to a spherical sink

Chapt 7 pp 150-165

TU Sep 20

9

Field visit Toohey Lab, PAOS

TH Sep 22

10

Problem solving session

Take-home exam 1

(Covers topics from Classes 2-8)

TU Sep 27

11

Thermophoresis, general dynamic equation, continuity equation for particle transport, particle deposition by convective diffusion, similarity and dimensionless groups

Chapt 8 pp 171-176

Chapt 9 182-190

TH Sep 29

12

Convective diffusion, particle deposition onto cylinder crossflow

Chapt 9 pp 190-200

TU Oct 4

13

Deposition by convective diffusion of particles onto the inner surface of a circular tube, isokinetic sampling, sampling in still air

Chapt 10 pp 206-216

TH Oct 6

14

Problem solving session

TU Oct 11

15

Particle measuring instruments, gravimetric measurements, chemical composition, source sampling, optical particle counter, inversion of size dist data, test aerosol generation, respiratory system

Chapt 10 pp 217-228

Chapt 11 pp 233-242

TH Oct 13

16

NO CLASS FALL BREAK

TU Oct 18

17

NO CLASS AAAR ANNUAL MEETING

TH Oct 20

18

NO CLASS AAAR ANNUAL MEETING

TU Oct 25

19

Coagulation, collision frequency function, Brownian coagulation, collision frequency for laminar shear flow

Chapt 12 pp 260-275

TH Oct 27

20

Field visit Smith Lab, NCAR

TU Nov 1

21

Problem solving session

Take-home exam 2
(Covers topics from Classes 11-19)

TH Nov 3

22

Homogeneous nucleation, heterogeneous condensation, Kelvin effect, solute effect, Kohler curve, CNCs

Chapt 13 pp278-288, pp 292-293

TU Nov 8

23

Electric fields, electrical mobility, charging mechanisms, corona discharge, particle neutralization

Chapt 15 pp 316-333

TH Nov 10

24

Electrical measurement methods, optical properties

Chapt 15 pp 338-345

Chapt 16 pp 349-352

TU Nov 15

25

Problem solving session

TH Nov 17

26

Field visit to Brock Lab, NCAR

TU Nov 22

27

Light scattering, Rayleigh scattering, Mie scattering, extinction, volumetric scattering efficiency

Chapt 16 pp 352-364

TH Nov 24

28

NO CLASS THANKSGIVING

TU Nov 29

29

Guest Lecture

TH Dec 1

30

Problem solving session

TU Dec 6

31

Visibility, optical measurements

Chapt 16 pp 352-376

TH Dec 8

32

Atmospheric dry deposition processes

Seinfeld and Pandis Chapt 19 pp 958-965, 969-977 (handout)

Finals

Take-home exam 3
Covers topics from classes 22-32)