Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics From Air Pollution to Climate Change.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2016.
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Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Content
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Part I: The Atmosphere and Its Constituents
- Chapter 1: The Atmosphere
- 1.1 History and Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere
- 1.2 Climate
- 1.3 Layers of the Atmosphere
- 1.4 Pressure in the Atmosphere
- 1.4.1 Units of Pressure
- 1.4.2 Variation of Pressure with Height in the Atmosphere
- 1.5 Temperature in the Atmosphere
- 1.6 Expressing the Amount of a Substance in the Atmosphere
- 1.7 Airborne Particles
- 1.8 Spatial and Temporal Scales of Atmospheric Processes
- Problems
- References
- Chapter 2: Atmospheric Trace Constituents
- 2.1 Atmospheric Lifetime
- 2.2 Sulfur-Containing Compounds
- 2.2.1 Dimethyl Sulfide (CH3SCH3)
- 2.2.2 Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS)
- 2.2.3 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
- 2.3 Nitrogen-Containing Compounds
- 2.3.1 Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
- 2.3.2 Nitrogen Oxides (NOx = NO + NO2)
- 2.3.3 Reactive Odd Nitrogen (NOy)
- 2.3.4 Ammonia (NH3)
- 2.3.5 Amines
- 2.4 Carbon-Containing Compounds
- 2.4.1 Classification of Hydrocarbons
- 2.4.2 Methane
- 2.4.3 Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.4.4 Biogenic Hydrocarbons
- 2.4.5 Carbon Monoxide
- 2.4.6 Carbon Dioxide
- 2.5 Halogen-Containing Compounds
- 2.5.1 Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl)
- 2.5.2 Methyl Bromide (CH3Br)
- 2.6 Atmospheric Ozone
- 2.7 Particulate Matter (Aerosols)
- 2.7.1 Stratospheric Aerosol
- 2.7.2 Chemical Components of Tropospheric Aerosol
- 2.7.3 Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN)
- 2.7.4 Sizes of Atmospheric Particles
- 2.7.5 Carbonaceous Particles
- 2.7.6 Mineral Dust
- 2.7.7 Biomass Burning
- 2.7.8 Summary of Atmospheric Particulate Matter
- 2.8 Mercury
- 2.9 Emission Inventories
- Appendix 2.1 Us Air Pollution Legislation
- Appendix 2.2 Hazardous Air Pollutants (Air Toxics)
- Problems
- References
- Part II: Atmospheric Chemistry
- Chapter 3: Chemical Kinetics
- 3.1 Order of Reaction
- 3.2 Theories of Chemical Kinetics
- 3.2.1 Collision Theory
- 3.2.2 Transition State Theory
- 3.2.3 Potential Energy Surface for a Bimolecular Reaction
- 3.3 The Pseudo-Steady-State Approximation
- 3.4 Reactions of Excited Species
- 3.5 Termolecular Reactions
- 3.6 Chemical Families
- 3.7 Gas-Surface Reactions
- Problems
- References
- Chapter 4: Atmospheric Radiation and Photochemistry
- 4.1 Radiation
- 4.2 Radiative Flux in the Atmosphere
- 4.3 Beer-Lambert Law and Optical Depth
- 4.4 Actinic Flux
- 4.5 Atmospheric Photochemistry
- 4.6 Absorption of Radiation By Atmospheric Gases
- 4.7 Absorption By O2 and O3
- 4.8 Photolysis Rate As a Function of Altitude
- 4.9 Photodissociation of O3 to Produce O and O(D)
- 4.10 Photodissociation of No2
- Problems
- References
- Chapter 5: Chemistry of the Stratosphere
- 5.1 Chapman Mechanism
- 5.2 Nitrogen Oxide Cycles
- 5.2.1 Stratospheric Source of NOx from N2O