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12.338 Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics and Chemistry
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(Subject meets with 1.842[J], 12.814[J])
Prereq: 12.335, 12.336, or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR9-10.30 (54-1623)
Focuses on understanding how aerosol particles form droplets or ice crystals during several atmospheric processes: determining Earth's radiative balance; heterogeneous chemistry and acid rain; understanding where, when and how much precipitation occurs. Provides tools for understanding the physics of aerosol and cloud element motion; the interaction of particles with water vapor, including phase changes and droplet and ice nucleation; the chemical composition of particles and the effect on cloud formation processes; and the effect of cloud processing on aerosol chemistry. Discusses relevant topics of contemporary interest, e.g., geoengineering and weather modification and volcanic effects. Students taking the graduate version complete different assignments.
D. Cziczo
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