Introduction to atmospheric chemistry : a companion text to Basic physical chemistry for the atmospheric sciences / Peter V. Hobbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hobbs, Peter Victor, 1936-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atmospheric chemistry.

Physical Description:

x, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Atmospheric chemistry

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Summary:

"Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry is a 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." "The book is designed to be a primary textbook for a first university course (undergraduate or graduate) 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."--Jacket.

Contents:

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

App. III. Atomic weights

App. IV. The International System of Units (SI).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521771439

9780521771436

052177800X

9780521778008

OCLC:

42682828

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