Atmospheric chemistry and physics : from air pollution to climate change / John H. Seinfeld and Spyros N. Pandis

Part I: The Atmosphere and Its Constituents
Chapter 1: The Atmosphere
1.1 History and Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere
1.2 Climate
1.3 Layers of the Atmosphere
1.4 Pressure in the Atmosphere
1.4.1 Units of Pressure
1.4.2 Variation of Pressure with Height in the Atmosphere
1.5 Temperature in the Atmosphere
1.6 Expressing the Amount of a Substance in the Atmosphere
1.7 Airborne Particles 1.8 Spatial and Temporal Scales of Atmospheric Processes
Problems
References
Chapter 2: Atmospheric Trace Constituents
2.1 Atmospheric Lifetime
2.2 Sulfur-Containing Compounds
2.2.1 Dimethyl Sulfide (CH3SCH3)
2.2.2 Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS)
2.2.3 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
2.3 Nitrogen-Containing Compounds
2.3.1 Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
2.3.2 Nitrogen Oxides (NOx = NO + NO2)
2.3.3 Reactive Odd Nitrogen (NOy)
2.3.4 Ammonia (NH3)
2.3.5 Amines
2.4 Carbon-Containing Compounds
2.4.1 Classification of Hydrocarbons
2.4.2 Methane
2.4.3 Volatile Organic Compounds 2.4.4 Biogenic Hydrocarbons
2.4.5 Carbon Monoxide
2.4.6 Carbon Dioxide
2.5 Halogen-Containing Compounds
2.5.1 Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl)
2.5.2 Methyl Bromide (CH3Br)
2.6 Atmospheric Ozone
2.7 Particulate Matter (Aerosols)
2.7.1 Stratospheric Aerosol
2.7.2 Chemical Components of Tropospheric Aerosol
2.7.3 Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN)
2.7.4 Sizes of Atmospheric Particles
2.7.5 Carbonaceous Particles
2.7.6 Mineral Dust
2.7.7 Biomass Burning
2.7.8 Summary of Atmospheric Particulate Matter
2.8 Mercury
2.9 Emission Inventories Appendix 2.1 Us Air Pollution Legislation
Appendix 2.2 Hazardous Air Pollutants (Air Toxics)
Problems
References
Part II: Atmospheric Chemistry
Chapter 3: Chemical Kinetics
3.1 Order of Reaction
3.2 Theories of Chemical Kinetics
3.2.1 Collision Theory
3.2.2 Transition State Theory
3.2.3 Potential Energy Surface for a Bimolecular Reaction
3.3 The Pseudo-Steady-State Approximation
3.4 Reactions of Excited Species
3.5 Termolecular Reactions
3.6 Chemical Families
3.7 Gas-Surface Reactions
Problems
References Chapter 4: Atmospheric Radiation and Photochemistry
4.1 Radiation
4.2 Radiative Flux in the Atmosphere
4.3 Beer-Lambert Law and Optical Depth
4.4 Actinic Flux
4.5 Atmospheric Photochemistry
4.6 Absorption of Radiation By Atmospheric Gases
4.7 Absorption By O2 and O3
4.8 Photolysis Rate As a Function of Altitude
4.9 Photodissociation of O3 to Produce O and O(D)
4.10 Photodissociation of No2
Problems
References
Chapter 5: Chemistry of the Stratosphere
5.1 Chapman Mechanism
5.2 Nitrogen Oxide Cycles
5.2.1 Stratospheric Source of NOx from N2O