Chemistry of the natural atmosphere

Book · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5843276

Warneck, P

The International Geophysics Series, of which this is Volume 41, was started nearly 30 years ago and has maintained a high standard ever since. This volume is a comprehensive review of tropospheric and stratospheric atmospheric chemistry up to about 1985. The general tone of this volume is descriptive, with great emphasis placed on presenting observational data. The description of concepts is relatively abbreviated, but useful; enough detail is presented for a student to follow an argument, but the details of derivations are omitted. The range of subjects covered in this review is extraordinary, but few subjects are covered with great depth, probably due to space limitations. Nonetheless, references to the literature are very extensive and thorough: the bibliography requires more than 80 pages and there appear to be nearly 2000 references. The book opens with a discussion of the physical properties of the atmosphere and a qualitative discussion of atmospheric circulation. Photochemistry and kinetics are covered in a cursory fashion, but in sufficient detail for a rudimentary understanding of atmospheric reactions. The chemistry of the stratosphere is described in an excellent chapter that includes a historical survey and very complete review of observational data on ozone and other trace species.

• OSTI ID: 5843276
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Atmospheric-- Basic Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOLS
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELEMENTS
HYDROCARBONS
KINETICS
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OZONE
PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS
PHOTOCHEMISTRY
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
REACTION KINETICS
REVIEWS
SMOG
SOLS
STRATOSPHERE
SULFUR
TROPOSPHERE