Atmospheric chemistry: Fundamental aspects
Abstract
The basic results and remaining problems in the study of the constituents of the atmosphere and their chemical and physical transformations are summarized. Following a brief review of the composition of the earth atmosphere, the formation and evolution of the atmosphere are discussed, and the chemistry of its major constituents is examined. Particular attention is given to the atmospheric cycles of atmospheric trace constituents, including hydrogen and helium, carbon compounds, ozone, nitrogen compounds and sulfur compounds, and to the origin, concentration, size distribution and chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols. The removal of trace substances from the atmosphere by dry deposition and by cloud and precipitation formation is examined, and connections between climatic variations and atmospheric composition are discussed with emphasis on the possible contributions of air pollution to climatic variations.
- Publication:
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Amsterdam
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981ses....11.....M
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Chemistry;
- Atmospheric Composition;
- Earth Atmosphere;
- Aerosols;
- Air Pollution;
- Atmospheric Physics;
- Carbon Dioxide;
- Chemical Composition;
- Climatology;
- Ozone;
- Stratosphere;
- Sulfur Compounds;
- Trace Contaminants;
- Troposphere;
- Geophysics