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The ozone layer : from discover to recovery / Guy P. Brasseur.
Van Pelt Library QC881.2.O9 B73 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brasseur, Guy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ozone layer.
- Ozone layer depletion.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 264 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Massachusetts : American Meterological Society, [2019]
- Contents:
- 1 The First Steps p. 9
- The Discovery of Ozone p. 9
- Identification of the Ozone Molecule p. 13
- The Chemical and Optical Properties of Ozone p. 21
- 2 The Presence of Ozone in the Atmosphere p. 27
- Early Measurements of Ozone in Air p. 27
- Systematic Surface Ozone Measurements p. 32
- Ozone and Health p. 40
- Attempts to Detect Antozone in the Atmosphere p. 44
- 3 Spectroscopic Determinations of Ozone p. 47
- Spectroscopic Properties of Ozone p. 47
- The Discovery of Ozone in the Stratosphere p. 51
- Optical Measurements of Surface Ozone p. 70
- 4 The First Theoretical Studies p. 73
- The First International Ozone Conference p. 73
- The First Photochemical Theory of Ozone p. 74
- The Following International Ozone Conferences p. 78
- 5 Determination of the Vertical Distribution of Ozone p. 85
- The Umkehreffekt p. 85
- The Pioneering Balloon Measurements p. 91
- Balloon Flights with Manned Gondolas p. 94
- Ozone Measurements from Rockets p. 111
- Satellite Measurements p. 113
- 6 Advances in Theory p. 119
- The First Mathematical Model of Stratospheric Ozone p. 119
- Ozone Production in the Stratosphere p. 123
- The Inadequacies of Theory p. 124
- Ozone Destruction by Hydrogenated Compounds p. 126
- Ozone Destruction by Nitrogen Compounds p. 130
- Ozone Destruction by Chlorinated and Brominated Compounds p. 136
- The Role of Atmospheric Dynamics and Ozone Transport p. 138
- Advanced Mathematical Models of Ozone p. 146
- 7 Ozone and Supersonic Aircraft p. 153
- The Effect of Water Released by Aircraft Engines p. 154
- The Effect of Nitrogen Oxides Released by Aircraft Engines p. 159
- 8 Ozone and Chlorofluorocarbons p. 167
- Ozone, Chlorine, Bromine, and the Cold War p. 168
- Effect of Chlorofluorocarbons p. 169
- 9 The Antarctic Ozone Hole p. 183
- The Discovery of the Ozone Hole p. 183
- Space Observations of Ozone Depletion p. 188
- Three Hypotheses to Explain the Formation of the Ozone Hole p. 195
- Explanation of the Causes of the Ozone Hole p. 199
- An Ozone Hole in the Arctic? p. 210
- 10 Ozone in the Troposphere p. 213
- Air Pollution p. 213
- Ozone Pollution p. 215
- Global Tropospheric Chemistry p. 221
- 11 A Success Story p. 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781944970543
- 1944970541
- OCLC:
- 1122799277
- Publisher Number:
- 99984226312
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