The ozone layer : from discover to recovery / Guy P. Brasseur.

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