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This course provides an introduction to the atmospheric chemistry involved in climate change, air pollution and biogeochemical cycles using a combination of hands-on laboratory, field studies, and simple computer models. Lectures will be accompanied by field trips to collect air samples for the analysis of gases, …
This course provides an introduction to the atmospheric chemistry involved in climate change, air pollution and biogeochemical cycles using a combination of hands-on laboratory, field studies, and simple computer models. Lectures will be accompanied by field trips to collect air samples for the analysis of gases, aerosols and clouds by the students.
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Instrument to measure isotopomer ratios of tropospheric nitrous oxide, showing Arerodyne’s mid-IR spectroscopy, and preconcentration module developed at MIT. (Image courtesy of Prof. Shuhei Ono.)