Nitrogen Compound in the Troposphere

Short Course

 

Instructor: Dr. Viney P. Aneja
                   Professor, Air Quality
Department of Marine, Earth and Atmosphereic Sciences
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC  27695-8208
(919) 515-7808    Telephone
(919) 515-7802     Fax
Viney_Aneja@NCSU.edu

Reading Material:1.  Lecture notes
                             2.  “Chemistry of the Natural Atmosphere”, Chapter 9,
                                 Academic Press, Peter Warneck, 1988.
3.  “Acidic Deposition:  State of Science and Technology”,
                                  Volume 1, Section 5 & 7, Ed. P.M. Irving, The U.S.
                                 National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, 1990
                             4.  Selected Research Articles

 

Course Description:

Nitrogen is an essential element in governing the development of living organisms and in determining the pollution climate of the earth.  Nitrogen in its various chemical forms play a major role in the great number of environmental issues.  It contributes to acidification/ eutroplication of the soil, groundwater and surface water, decreasing ecosystem vitality and biodiversity and affecting ground water pollution through nitrate and aluminum leaching.  Nitrogen potentially posing a threat to human and affecting visibility.  This course will provide the students with a background in the fundamentals of tropospheric nitrogen compounds, and their reaction rates.  Both anthropogenic and natural emissions of volatile nitrogen compounds will be discussed together with their role in ozone and photochemical oxidant/smog formation.  Also to be discussed will be reaction products of these compounds, and the recent enhancement of reduced nitrogen compounds in the atmosphere.
http://www.meas.ncsu.edu/airquality

 

SYLLABUS
Nitrogen Compounds in the Troposphere
Short Course