Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (eBook)

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.

Preface to the First Edition xxiii

Preface to the Third Edition xxv

PART I | The Atmosphere and Its Constituents

Chapter 1 | The Atmosphere 3

Chapter 2 | Atmospheric Trace Constituents 18

PART II | Atmospheric Chemistry

Chapter 3 | Chemical Kinetics 69

Chapter 4 | Atmospheric Radiation and Photochemistry 88

Chapter 5 | Chemistry of the Stratosphere 119

Chapter 6 | Chemistry of the Troposphere 175

Chapter 7 | Chemistry of the Atmospheric Aqueous Phase 265

PART III | Aerosols

Chapter 8 | Properties of the Atmospheric Aerosol 325

Chapter 9 | Dynamics of Single Aerosol Particles 362

Chapter 10 | Thermodynamics of Aerosols 396

Chapter 11 | Nucleation 448

Chapter 12 | Mass Transfer Aspects of Atmospheric Chemistry 493

Chapter 13 | Dynamics of Aerosol Populations 537

Chapter 14 | Atmospheric Organic Aerosols 573

PART IV | Physical and Dynamic Meteorology, Cloud Physics, and Atmospheric Diffusion

Chapter 16 | Physical and Dynamic Meteorology 661

Chapter 17 | Cloud Physics 708

Chapter 18 | Atmospheric Diffusion 763

PART V | Dry and Wet Deposition

Chapter 19 | Dry Deposition 829

PART VI | The Global Atmosphere, Biogeochemical Cycles, and Climate

Chapter 21 | General Circulation of the Atmosphere 891

Chapter 22 | Global Cycles: Sulfur and Carbon 908

Chapter 23 | Global Climate 931

Chapter 24 | Aerosols and Climate 970

PART VII | Chemical Transport Models and Statistical Models

Chapter 25 | Atmospheric Chemical Transport Models 1011

Chapter 26 | Statistical Models 1051