Call number:
AWI A12-02-0102
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface. - 1 Evolution of the earth's atmosphere. - 2 Half-life, residence time, and renewal time of chemicals in the atmosphere. - 3 Present chemical composition of the atmosphere. - 4 Interactions of solar and terrestrial radiation with atmospheric trace gases and aerosols. - 5 Sources, transformations, transport , and sinks of chemicals in the troposphere. - 6 Atmospheric aerosols. - 7 Cloud and precipitation chemistry. - 8 Tropospheric chemical cycles. - 9 Air pollution. - 10 Stratospheric chemistry. - Appendix. - Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction to atmospheric chemistry is a concise, clear review of the fundamentals of atmospheric chemistry. In ten relatively brief chapters, it reviews our basic understanding of the chemistry of the earth's atmosphere and some outstanding environmental issues, including air pollution, acid rain, the ozone hole, and global change. Peter Hobbs is an eminent atmospheric science teacher, researcher, and author of several well-known textbooks. This text and Hobbs' other Cambridge University Press book, Basic physical chemistry for the atmospheric sciences, form ideal companion volumes for a full course of atmospheric chemistry. Subjects covered include evolution of the earth's atmosphere; interactions between solar and terrestrial radiation and atmospheric chemical species; sources, transformations, transport, and sinks of chemicals in the atmosphere; atmospheric gases and particles; cloud and precipitation chemistry; biogeochemical cycling; air pollution; and stratospheric chemistry. Student exercises are provided at the end of each chapter. The book is designed to be a primary textbook for a first university course in atmospheric chemistry and will be adopted in departments of atmospheric science, meteorology, environmental science, geophysics, and chemistry. It is also eminently suitable for self-instruction.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
X, 262 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
052177800X
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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