Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group – Harvard University
Group Leaders Daniel J. Jacob and Loretta J. Mickley
Educational Materials in Atmospheric Chemistry
by Daniel J. Jacob, Harvard University
Here you will find links to my textbooks, lecture slides, and professional advice presentations.
- Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, 2nd edition (2024)
- Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, 1st edition (1999)
- Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry, 1st edition (2017)
- Lecture slides
- Professional advice presentations
Lecture slides
Below are powerpoint lecture slides for my undergraduate course in atmospheric chemistry and for my graduate course section on atmospheric chemistry modeling. The undergraduate course is supported by my Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry textbook. The modeling lectures are supported by my Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry textbook. Many of the slides have animations so you should download the files and view them in slide show mode.
Lecture slides for Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry
The slides follow the 2nd edition of my Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry textbook, and are a useful complement to the book.
- Chapter 1: Measures of atmospheric composition
- Chapter 2: Atmospheric pressure
- Chapter 3: Simple models
- Chapter 4: Atmospheric transport
- Chapter 5: Global geochemical cycles
- Chapter 6: Chemical forcing of climate change
- Chapter 7: Review of chemical kinetics
- Chapter 8: Stratospheric chemistry
- Chapter 9: Tropospheric oxidant chemistry
- Chapter 10: Aerosol chemistry
- Chapter 11: Mercury
Letcture slides for Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry
These slides cover a (small) part of my Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry textbook with Guy Brasseur.
- Simple models
- Eulerian and Lagrangian models
- Numerical methods for advection
- Numerical methods for chemistry
- Subgrid processes
- Inverse methods
Professional advice presentations
Below are professional advice presentations that I have given to Ph.D. students over the years.
- Time management and work-life balance (January 2023)
- Asking (and answering) questions at a research talk (December 2020)
- Preparing for an academic career (November 2020)
- How to write a scientific paper…and how to deal with the review process (January 2019)
- Preparing for a research career (February 2018)
- Managing your time and expectations (March 2014)
- Beyond the Ph.D. (November 2012)
- Builidng your career in atmospheric chemistry: be all you can be, presentation by Daniel J. Jacob to the IGAC Young Scientists Program, Beijing, September 18, 2012.
- The scientific literature and you (September 2011)
- Balancing work and play (March 2011)
- How to write a successful proposal (May 2008)
- Advising and mentoring (October 2007)
- Life after the Ph.D. (April 2007)
- How to give an effective presentation (November 2006)
