Handbook of Atmospheric Science (eBook)

Nick Hewitt is Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at Lancaster University, UK. His main research interests are in understanding how the biosphere and the atmosphere interact: how emissions of trace gases from the biosphere affect the atmosphere, and how the changing atmospheric environment affects the biosphere. Andrea Jackson is a senior lecturer of Atmospheric Chemistry within the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Leeds, UK. Her main research interests involve investigating the gas phase chemistry of oxidant species in the atmosphere and more recently the physics and chemistry of polar frost flowers and their resultant sea-salt aerosol in order to understand their impact on the atmospheric chemistry of these regions.

List of Contributors.

Preface.

Part 1: Principles of Atmospheric Science.

1. Chemical Evolution of the Atmosphere (Richard P. Wayne).

2. Atmospheric Energy and the Structure of the Atmosphere (Hugh
Coe and Ann R. Webb).

3. The Earth's Climates (John G. Lockwood).

4. Biogeochemical Cycles and Residence times (Dudley E.
Shallcross, Kuo-Ying Wang, and Claudia H. Dimmer).

5. Source of Air Pollution (Andrea V. Jackson).

6. Tropospheric Photochemistry (Paul S. Nonks).

7. Stratospheric Chemistry and Transport (A. Robert
Mackenzie).

8. Aqueous Phase Chemistry of The Troposphere (Peter
Brimblecombe).

9. Atmospheric Particulate Matter (Urs Baltensperger, Stefan
Nyeki, and Markus Kalberer).

10. Atmospheric Dispersion and Air Pollution Meteorology (David
Carruthers).

11. Synoptic-Scale Meteorology (Douglas J. Parker).

12. Atmospheric Removal Processes (Brad D. hall).

Part 2: Problems, Tools, and Applications.

13. Global Air Pollution Problems (Atul K. Jain and Katharine
A.S. Hayhoe).

14. Regional-Scale Pollution Problems (Crispin J. Halsall).

15. Urgan-Scale Air Pollution (Jes Fenger).

16. Atmospheric Monitoring Techniques (Rod Robinson).

17. Emission Inventories (David Hutchinson).

18. Pollutant Dispersion Modeling (Yasmin Vawda).

19. Climate Modeling ( William Lahoz).

20. Critical Levels and Critical Loads as a Tool for Air Quality
Mangement (Wim de Vries and Maximilian Posch).

21. The Practice of Air Quality Management (Bernard E.A.
Fisher).

Index.