
Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group – Harvard University
Group Leaders Daniel J. Jacob and Loretta J. Mickley
Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, 2nd edition
by Daniel J. Jacob, Harvard University
This is the second edition of my Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry textbook. It covers the fundamentals of the field at a level suitable for advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students in science and engineering, The chapters are password-protected but I will give the password to instructors upon email request. My Lecture slides in atmospheric chemistry follow the individual chapters of the book and are a useful complement.
The manuscript has now been reviewed by Princeton University Press (many thanks to the six anonymous reviewers!) and I have been working on their and other comments. I expect the book to be published toward the end of 2026 at which point it will be available for personal and institutional purchase including in e-format. This post will remain active until then.
- Preface (July 2025)
- Chapter 1: Measures of atmospheric composition (October 6, 2025)
- Questions and problems for Chapter 1 (August 2025)
- Chapter 2: Atmospheric pressure (August 2025)
- Questions and problems for Chapter 2 (August 2025)
- Chapter 3: Simple models (August 2025)
- Questions and problems for Chapter 3 (August 2025)
- Chapter 4: Atmospheric transport (August 2025)
- Questions and problems for Chapter 4 (August 2025)
- Chapter 5: Global biogeochemical cycling: nitrogen, oxygen, carbon (August 2025)
- Questions and problems for Chapter 5 (October 6, 2025)
- Chapter 6: Chemical forcing of climate change (September 2025)
- Questions and problems for Chapter 6 (October 6, 2025)
- Chapter 7: Review of chemical kinetics (October 6, 2025)
- Chapter 8: Stratospheric chemistry (October 8, 2025)
- Questions and problems for Chapter 8 (October 8, 2025)
- Chapter 9: Tropospheric oxidant chemistry (October 10, 2025)
- Questions and problems for Chapter 9 (October 10, 2025)
- Chapter 10: Aerosol chemistry (July 2025)
- Questions and problems for Chapter 10 (July 2025)
- Chapter 11: Atmospheric mercury (July 2025)
- Questions and problems for Chapter 11 (July 2025)