Expanded and updated with new findings and new features _ New chapter on Global Climate providing a self-contained treatment of climate forcing, feedbacks, and climate sensitivity _ New chapter on Atmospheric Organic Aerosols and new treatment of the statistical method of Positive Matrix Factorization _ Updated treatments of physical meteorology, atmospheric nucleation, aerosol-cloud relationships, chemistry of biogenic hydrocarbons _ Each topic developed from the fundamental science to the point of application to real-world problems _ New problems at an introductory level to aid in classroom teaching…mehr
Expanded and updated with new findings and new features _ New chapter on Global Climate providing a self-contained treatment of climate forcing, feedbacks, and climate sensitivity _ New chapter on Atmospheric Organic Aerosols and new treatment of the statistical method of Positive Matrix Factorization _ Updated treatments of physical meteorology, atmospheric nucleation, aerosol-cloud relationships, chemistry of biogenic hydrocarbons _ Each topic developed from the fundamental science to the point of application to real-world problems _ New problems at an introductory level to aid in classroom teachingHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John H. Seinfeld is Louis E. Nohl Professor at the California Institute of Technology. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology, the NASA Public Service Award, the Nevada Medal, the Fuchs Award, and the 2012 Tyler Prize. Spyros N. Pandis is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Patras, Greece, and Research Professor of Chemical Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the recipient of the Whitby Award by the American Association for Aerosol Research and the European Research Council Advanced Investigator IDEAS award. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Aerosol Research.
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Preface to the First Edition xxiii
Preface to the Third Edition xxv
PART I The Atmosphere and Its Constituents
Chapter 1 The Atmosphere 3
1.1 History and Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere 3
1.2 Climate 5
1.3 Layers of the Atmosphere 5
1.4 Pressure in the Atmosphere 7
1.5 Temperature in the Atmosphere 10
1.6 Expressing the Amount of a Substance in the Atmosphere 10
1.7 Airborne Particles 14
1.8 Spatial and Temporal Scales of Atmospheric Processes 14
Problems 16
References 17
Chapter 2 Atmospheric Trace Constituents 18
2.1 Atmospheric Lifetime 19
2.2 Sulfur-Containing Compounds 23
2.3 Nitrogen-Containing Compounds 27
2.4 Carbon-Containing Compounds 32
2.5 Halogen-Containing Compounds 40
2.6 Atmospheric Ozone 44
2.7 Particulate Matter (Aerosols) 47
2.8 Mercury 55
2.9 Emission Inventories 55
Appendix 2.1 US Air Pollution Legislation 56
Appendix 2.2 Hazardous Air Pollutants (Air Toxics) 57
Problems 59
References 61
PART II Atmospheric Chemistry
Chapter 3 Chemical Kinetics 69
3.1 Order of Reaction 69
3.2 Theories of Chemical Kinetics 71
3.3 The Pseudo-Steady-State Approximation 76
3.4 Reactions of Excited Species 77
3.5 Termolecular Reactions 78
3.6 Chemical Families 81
3.7 Gas-Surface Reactions 83
Problems 84
References 87
Chapter 4 Atmospheric Radiation and Photochemistry 88
4.1 Radiation 88
4.2 Radiative Flux in the Atmosphere 91
4.3 Beer . Lambert Law and Optical Depth 93
4.4 Actinic Flux 95
4.5 Atmospheric Photochemistry 97
4.6 Absorption of Radiation by Atmospheric Gases 100
4.7 Absorption by O2 and O3 105
4.8 Photolysis Rate as a Function of Altitude 109
4.9 Photodissociation of O3 to Produce O and O(1D) 112
4.10 Photodissociation of NO2 114
Problems 117
References 117
Chapter 5 Chemistry of the Stratosphere 119
5.1 Chapman Mechanism 122
5.2 Nitrogen Oxide Cycles 129
5.3 HOx Cycles 134
5.4 Halogen Cycles 139
5.5 Reservoir Species and Coupling of the Cycles 144
