Educational Materials in Atmospheric Chemistry

by Daniel J. Jacob, Harvard University

•  Draft 2nd edition of Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (updated September 2022)
• Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (textbook)
  • Lecture slides (updated August 2022)
  • Supplemental Problems (14th Edition) (updated August 2022)
• Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry (textbook)
  • Lecture slides (updated December 2021)
• Graduate atmospheric chemistry
  • Lecture slides (updated November 2021)
• Professional advice presentations

Lecture slides

Below are powerpoint lecture slides for my undergraduate course in atmospheric chemistry and for my lectures in graduate courses on atmospheric chemistry and modeling. The undergraduate course is supported by my Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry textbook along with Supplemental Problems. 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.

Atmospheric chemistry slides (undergraduate course)

These slides roughly follow the chapters of my Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry book. Some chapters are skipped or consolidated, and chapters 14-16 have been added.

• Chapter 1: Measures of atmospheric composition
• Chapter 2: Atmospheric pressure
• Chapter 3: Simple models
• Chapter 4: Atmospheric transport
• Chapter 6: Global geochemical cycles
• Chapter 7: Chemical forcing of climate change
• Chapter 9: Basic chemical kinetics
• Chapter 10: Stratospheric chemistry
• Chapter 11: Tropospheric oxidants
• Chapter 14: Aerosols
• Chapter 15: Mercury
• Chapter 16: Methane

Atmospheric chemistry slides (graduate course)

• Atmospheric structure, circulation, radiation
• Basic chemical concepts
• Stratospheric chemistry
• Tropospheric chemistry
• Air pollution: ozone
• Air pollution: inorganic aerosols and acid rain
• Air pollution: organic aerosols
• Nitrogen and oxygen biogeochemical cycles
• Mercury biogeochemical cycle
• Methane

Atmospheric chemistry modeling slides (graduate course)

• Simple models
• Eulerian and Lagrangian models
• Numerical methods for advection
• Numerical methods for chemistry
• Subgrid processes
• Inverse methods

Professional advice presentations

• 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. [PPT]
• 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)