ATMS 449: Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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  • Syllabus

  • Aug  23 - Lecture 1   - Introduction / Course Outline (PDF)(PPT)
  • Aug  25 - Lecture 2 - (1) What is Biogeochemistry?; (2) GAIA Hypothesis (PDF)(PPT)
  • Aug  30 - Lecture 3 - An Introduction to Daisyworld (PDF)(PPT)
  • Sep   1 - Lecture 4 - General Concepts: Reservoirs, Fluxes, Residence Times, Lifetimes, (feedbacks) and Couplings, Simple Models (PDF)(PPT)
  • Sep   6 - Lecture 5 - (1) Class Research Project; (2) Residence Times, Lifetimes (PDF)(PPT)
  • Sep  8 - Lecture 6 - Origin of the Earth Atmosphere (PDF)(PPT)
  • Sep  13 - Lecture 7 - Oxygen and Ozone in the Atmosphere (PDF)(PPT)
  • Sep  15 - Lecture 8 - Photosynthesis and Respiration (PDF)(PPT)
  • Sep  22 - Lecture 9 - GPP, Respiration and NPP (PDF)(PPT)
  • Sep  26 - Lecture 10  - NPP and Remote Sensing and Vegetation Application of Electromagnetic Spectrum (PDF)(PPT)
  • Sep   27 - Lecture 11  - Feedbacks: CO2, Climate Change and CO2 Uptake by the terrestrial Ecosystems (PDF)(PPT)
  • Sep  29 - Lecture 12  - Ocean Structure and Circulation (PDF)(PPT)
  • Oct  4 - Lecture 13  - Ocean Salinity, Major Elements and NPP (PDF)(PPT)
  • Oct  6 - Lecture 14  - Ocean NPP and Nutrient Cycling (PDF)(PPT)
  • Oct  10 - Lecture 15  - Nitrogen Cycle (I) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Oct  11 - Lecture 16  - Nitrogen Cycle (II) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Oct  18 - Mid-Tern Exam
  • Oct  20 - Lecture 17  - Phosphorus Cycle (I) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Oct  24 - Lecture 18  - Phosphorus Cycle (II) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Oct  25 - Lecture 19  - Phosphorus Cycle (III) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Oct   27 - Lecture 20  - Global Methane Cycle (I) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Oct  31 - Lecture 21  - Global Methane Cycle (II) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Nov  1 - Lecture 22  - (1) Sulfur Cycle; (2) Carbon Cycle (I) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Nov  3 - Lecture 23  - Carbon Cycle (II) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Nov  15 - Lecture 24  - Carbon Cycle (III) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Nov  17 - Lecture 25  - Carbon Cycle (Ocean) (IV) (PDF)(PPT)
  • Nov  29 - Lecture 26  - Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle Interactions (PDF)(PPT)
  • Dec  6 - Final Exam
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