Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 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 I Exercises
- Appendix II Answers to exercises in Appendix I and hints and solutions to the more difficult exercises
- Appendix III Atomic weights
- Appendix IV The International System of Units (SI)
- Appendix V Some useful numerical values
- Appendix VI Suggestions for further reading
- Index
Appendix VI - Suggestions for further reading
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- 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 I Exercises
- Appendix II Answers to exercises in Appendix I and hints and solutions to the more difficult exercises
- Appendix III Atomic weights
- Appendix IV The International System of Units (SI)
- Appendix V Some useful numerical values
- Appendix VI Suggestions for further reading
- Index
Summary
The following suggestions for further general readings in atmospheric chemistry are listed in approximately increasing order of difficulty and/or comprehensiveness.
Hobbs, P. V., Basic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2000.
Brimblecombe, P., Air Composition and Chemistry, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996.
Mészáros, E., Atmospheric Chemistry: Fundamental Aspects, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1981.
Harrison, R. M., S. J. de Mora, S. Rapsomanikis, and W. R. Johnston, Introductory Chemistry for the Environmental Sciences, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991.
Schlesinger, W. H., Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change, Academic Press, New York, 1997.
Wayne, R. P., Chemistry of Atmospheres, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991.
Warneck, P., Chemistry of the Natural Atmosphere, Academic Press, 1988.
Finlayson-Pitts, B. J., and J. N. Pitts, Jr., Atmospheric Chemistry, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1986.
Seinfeld, J. H., and S. N. Pandis, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1998.
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- Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry , pp. 241Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000