Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Summer School

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Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Summer School

Preliminary Lecture Programme

Monday, 07.10.2013

09:00am - 10:30am 1. Structure of the Atmosphere

 Layering (troposphere, stratosphere, ...)

 barometric formula, temperature gradient, potential temperature, isentropes

 water in the atmosphere

 ozone

Wahner

11:00am - 12:30pm 2. Atmospheric Chemistry I (part 1)

 atmospheric composition

 photochemically active radiation and its height dependence

 photochemistry, radicals, gas phase kinetics

 lifetime of molecules and molecule families

Benter, Kleffmann, Hofzumahaus

12:30am - 01:30pm lunch break (canteen)

01:30pm - 03:00pm 3. Dynamics of the Atmosphere I (part 1)

 transport and mixing in the atmosphere

 diffusion, advection, and turbulence

 Navier-Stokes equations and Ekman spiral

 atmospheric scales in time and space

 global circulation

Shao

03:30pm - 04:45pm 4. Atmospheric Chemistry I (part 2) Benter, Kleffmann, Hofzumahaus 05:00pm - 06:00pm 5. Dynamics of the Atmosphere I (part 2) Shao

from 06:00pm icebreaker und dinner

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Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Summer School

Preliminary Lecture Programme

Tuesday, 08.10.2013

09:00am - 10:30am 6. Tropospheric gas phase chemistry

 Loss of organic trace gases by OH, O₃ und NO₃ (reaction mechanisms)

 selected trace gas cycles

 anthropogenic impacts on tropospheric chemistry

Benter, Kleffmann

11:00am - 12:30pm 7. Aerosols: basics and measurment techniques Kiendler-Scharr

01:30pm - 03:00pm 8. Aerosols and clouds Krämer

03:30pm - 04:15pm 9. Modelling of Chemistry and Transport of Trace Gases in the Troposphere (part 1)

 basic equations (Navier-Stokes- and continuity equations)

 models (box, 1-3D chemistry and transport models)

 Reynolds averaging, Blackadar scheme

 Analysis of model results and sensitivity

 survey of existing chemistry-transport models

Elbern

04:30pm - 06:00pm 10. Clouds, precipitation, and their remote sensing Crewell

06:00pm - 07:00pm supper (IEK-8)

07:00pm - 08:00pm 11. Stratospheric dynamics and transport Konopka

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Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Summer School

Preliminary Lecture Programme

Wednesday, 09.10.2013

09:00am - 10:30am 12. Data Assimilation and Inversion of Chemistry- Transport Models

 objectives

 methods

 stratospheric chemistry DA

 tropospheric chemistry DA

 inversion

Elbern

11:00am - 12:30am 13. Stratospheric Chemistry

 Chapman cycle

 catalytic ozone destruction cycles, impact of NO_x, HO_x, ClO_x, and BrO_x

 polar ozone and Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSC)

 UV-B

 chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)

Müller

01:30pm - 03:00pm 14. Experimental methods for the analysis of atmospheric trace gases

 analysis of radicals OH, HO₂, NO₃

 measurements of VOC by gas chromatography

 selected further analysis methods

Fuchs, Koppmann

03:30pm - 06:00pm 15. Visitation of IEK-7: Stratosphere / IEK-8: Troposphere

07:00pm - 08:00pm 16. Volcanic ash dispersion Dr. Fred Prata NILU, Oslo

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Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Summer School

Preliminary Lecture Programme

Thursday, 10.10.2013

09:00am - 10:30am 17. Radiative Processes in the Atmosphere

 radiative transfer equation

 atmospheric dynamics versus radiative equilibrium

 radiative forcing

Konopka

11:00am - 12:30pm 18. Modelling of Chemistry and Transport of Trace Gases in the Troposphere (part 2)

Elbern

01:30pm - 03:00pm 19. Optical properties of aerosol particles – Basic principles and related measurement methods

Petzold

03:30pm - 05:00pm 20. exercises: Stratospheric chemistry and dynamics

Müller, Konopka

05:15pm - 06:00pm 21. Atmospheric Chemistry II (part 2)

 emissions (anthropogenic / biogenic)

 examples of global trace gas cycles

 dry deposition

 trace gas budgets

Schultz, Elbern

07:00pm - 08:00pm 22. The European way towards an Integrated Observing System for the Atmosphere

Petzold

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Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Summer School

Preliminary Lecture Programme

Friday, 11.10.2013

09:00am - 10:30am 23. Global Change of the Earth's Atmospheric Composition and Impact on Climate

 radiation budget of the earth

 greenhouse effect, impact of trace gases

 CO₂ cycle

 historical and future changes of climate parameters (using the example of surface temperature)

Wahner

11:00am - 12:30pm final discussion