Chemistry of atmospheres : an introduction to the chemistry of the atmospheres of earth, the planets, and their satellites / Richard P. Wayne

Author:: Wayne, Richard P. (Richard Peer)
Published:: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Edition:: 2nd ed.
Physical Description:: xvi, 447 : illustrations ; 25 cm

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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY: Earth's atmosphere in perspective -- Land, sea, and air -- Particles, aerosols, and clouds -- Ozone -- Cyclic processes -- Linking biosphere and atmosphere -- ATMOSPHERIC BEHAVIOUR AS INTERPRETED BY PHYSICS: Pressures -- Radiative heating -- Temperature profiles -- Winds -- Condensation and nucleation -- Light scattering -- PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND KINETICS APPLIED TO ATMOSPHERES: Photochemical change -- Photochemical primary processes -- Adiabatic processes and the correlation rules -- Chemical kinetics -- Multistep reaction schemes -- Models of atmospheric chemistry -- OZONE IN EARTH'S STRATOSPHERE: Observations -- Oxygen-only chemistry -- Influence of trace constituents -- Pollution of the stratosphere -- Ozone variations and trends -- The Antarctic ozone hole -- THE EARTH'S TROPOSPHERE: Sources, sinks, and transport -- Oxidation and transformation -- Observations and models -- Air pollution -- IONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE: Electrical charges in the atmosphere -- Ion chemistry in the atmosphere -- Ionization mechanisms -- Chemistry of specific regions -- Ions in the stratosphere and troposphere -- THE AIRGLOW: Optical emission from planetary atmospheres -- Excitation mechanisms -- Airglow intensities and altitude profiles -- Specific emission sources -- EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES: Venus -- Mars -- Jupiter and Saturn -- Titan and Io -- Uranus, Neptune, Triton, and Pluto -- Comets -- EVOLUTION AND CHANGE IN ATMOSPHERES AND CLIMATES: Sources of atmospheric constituents -- Noble gases and nitrogen in planetary atmospheres -- Isotopic enrichment -- Evolution of Earth's atmosphere -- Climates in the past -- Climates of the future -- A doomed biosphere?.

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0198555741 (hard)
0198555717 (pbk.)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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