Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Content -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- 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.
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6.14.2 Tropospheric Chemistry of CFC Replacements: Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) -- 6.15 Atmospheric Chemistry of Mercury -- Appendix 6 Organic Functional Groups -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 7: Chemistry of the Atmospheric Aqueous Phase -- 7.1 Liquid Water in the Atmosphere -- 7.2 Absorption Equilibria and Henry's Law -- 7.3 Aqueous-Phase Chemical Equilibria -- 7.3.1 Water -- 7.3.2 Carbon Dioxide-Water Equilibrium -- 7.3.3 Sulfur Dioxide-Water Equilibrium -- 7.3.4 Ammonia-Water Equilibrium -- 7.3.5 Nitric Acid-Water Equilibrium -- 7.3.6 Equilibria of Other Important Atmospheric Gases -- 7.3.6.1 Hydrogen Peroxide -- 7.3.6.2 Ozone -- 7.3.6.3 Oxides of Nitrogen -- 7.3.6.4 Formaldehyde -- 7.3.6.5 Formic and Other Atmospheric Acids -- 7.3.6.6 OH and HO2 Radicals -- 7.4 Aqueous-Phase Reaction Rates -- 7.5 S(IV)-S(VI) Transformation and Sulfur Chemistry -- 7.5.1 Oxidation of S(IV) by Dissolved O3 -- 7.5.2 Oxidation of S(IV) by Hydrogen Peroxide -- 7.5.3 Oxidation of S(IV) by Organic Peroxides -- 7.5.4 Uncatalyzed Oxidation of S(IV) by O2 -- 7.5.5 Oxidation of S(IV) by O2 Catalyzed by Iron and Manganese -- 7.5.5.1 Iron Catalysis -- 7.5.5.2 Manganese Catalysis -- 7.5.5.3 Iron/Manganese Synergism -- 7.5.6 Comparison of Aqueous-Phase S(IV) Oxidation Paths -- 7.6 Dynamic Behavior of Solutions With Aqueous-Phase Chemical Reactions -- 7.6.1 Closed System -- 7.6.2 Calculation of Concentration Changes in a Droplet with Aqueous-Phase Reactions -- Appendix 7.1 Thermodynamic and Kinetic Data -- Appendix 7.2 Additional Aqueous-Phase Sulfur Chemistry -- 7A.1 S(IV) Oxidation by the OH Radical -- 7A.2 Oxidation of S(IV) by Oxides of Nitrogen -- 7A.3 Reaction of Dissolved SO2 with HCHO -- Appendix 7.3 Aqueous-Phase Nitrite and Nitrate Chemistry -- 7A.4 NOx Oxidation -- 7A.5 Nitrogen Radicals.
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6.3.1 Low-NOx Limit -- 6.3.2 High-NOx Limit -- 6.3.3 Ozone Production Efficiency -- 6.3.4 Theoretical Maximum Yield of Ozone from CO Oxidation -- 6.4 Atmospheric Chemistry of Methane -- 6.5 The Nox and Noy Families -- 6.5.1 Daytime Behavior -- 6.5.2 Nighttime Behavior -- 6.6 Ozone Budget of the Troposphere and Role of Nox -- 6.6.1 Ozone Budget of the Troposphere -- 6.6.2 Role of NOx -- 6.6.3 Global Hydroxyl Radical Budget -- 6.7 Tropospheric Reservoir Molecules -- 6.7.1 H2O2, CH3OOH, and Hydroperoxides -- 6.7.2 Nitrous Acid (HONO) -- 6.7.3 Peroxyacyl Nitrates (PANs) -- 6.8 Relative Roles of Voc and Nox in Ozone Formation -- 6.8.1 Importance of the VOC/NOx Ratio -- 6.8.2 Ozone Isopleth Plot -- 6.8.3 Weekend Ozone Effect -- 6.9 Simplified Organic/Nox Chemistry -- 6.10 Chemistry of Nonmethane Organic Compounds in the Troposphere -- 6.10.1 Alkanes -- 6.10.2 Alkenes -- 6.10.2.1 OH Reaction -- 6.10.2.2 NO3 Reaction -- 6.10.2.3 Ozone Reaction -- 6.10.3 Aromatics -- 6.10.4 Aldehydes -- 6.10.5 Ketones -- 6.10.6 Ethers -- 6.10.7 Alcohols -- 6.10.8 Tropospheric Lifetimes of Organic Compounds -- 6.11 Atmospheric Chemistry of Biogenic Hydrocarbons -- 6.11.1 Atmospheric Chemistry of Isoprene -- 6.11.1.1 Isoprene + OH -- 6.11.1.2 Isoprene + O3 -- 6.11.1.3 Isoprene + NO3 -- 6.11.1.4 Chemistry of Isoprene Oxidation Products: Methacrolein and Methyl Vinyl Ketone -- 6.11.2 Monoterpenes (α-Pinene) -- 6.11.2.1 α-Pinene + O3 -- 6.11.2.2 α-Pinene + OH -- 6.12 Atmospheric Chemistry of Reduced Nitrogen Compounds -- 6.12.1 Amines -- 6.12.2 Nitriles -- 6.12.3 Nitrites -- 6.13 Atmospheric Chemistry (Gas Phase) of Sulfur Compounds -- 6.13.1 Sulfur Oxides -- 6.13.2 Reduced Sulfur Compounds (Dimethyl Sulfide) -- 6.14 Tropospheric Chemistry of Halogen Compounds -- 6.14.1 Chemical Cycles of Halogen Species.
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Appendix 7.4 Aqueous-Phase Organic Chemistry -- Appendix 7.5 Oxygen and Hydrogen Chemistry -- Problems -- References -- Part III: Aerosols -- Chapter 8: Properties of the Atmospheric Aerosol -- 8.1 The Size Distribution Function -- 8.1.1 The Number Distribution nN(Dp) -- 8.1.2 The Surface Area, Volume, and Mass Distributions -- 8.1.3 Distributions Based on ln Dp and log Dp -- 8.1.4 Relating Size Distributions Based on Different Independent Variables -- 8.1.5 Properties of Size Distributions -- 8.1.6 Definition of the Lognormal Distribution -- 8.1.7 Plotting the Lognormal Distribution -- 8.1.8 Properties of the Lognormal Distribution -- 8.2 Ambient Aerosol Size Distributions -- 8.2.1 Urban Aerosols -- 8.2.2 Marine Aerosols -- 8.2.3 Rural Continental Aerosols -- 8.2.4 Remote Continental Aerosols -- 8.2.5 Free Tropospheric Aerosols -- 8.2.6 Polar Aerosols -- 8.2.7 Desert Aerosols -- 8.3 Aerosol Chemical Composition -- 8.4 Spatiotemporal Variation -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 9: Dynamics of Single Aerosol Particles -- 9.1 Continuum and Noncontinuum Dynamics: the Mean Free Path -- 9.1.1 Mean Free Path of a Pure Gas -- 9.1.2 Mean Free Path of a Gas in a Binary Mixture -- 9.2 The Drag on a Single Particle: Stokes' Law -- 9.2.1 Corrections to Stokes' Law: The Drag Coefficient -- 9.2.2 Stokes' Law and Noncontinuum Effects: Slip Correction Factor -- 9.3 Gravitational Settling of an Aerosol Particle -- 9.4 Motion of an Aerosol Particle in an External Force Field -- 9.5 Brownian Motion of Aerosol Particles -- 9.5.1 Particle Diffusion -- 9.5.2 Aerosol Mobility and Drift Velocity -- 9.5.3 Mean Free Path of an Aerosol Particle -- 9.6 Aerosol and Fluid Motion -- 9.6.1 Motion of a Particle in an Idealized Flow (90° Corner) -- 9.6.2 Stop Distance and Stokes Number -- 9.7 Equivalent Particle Diameters -- 9.7.1 Volume Equivalent Diameter.
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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 -- 5.2.2 NOx Cycles -- 5.3 Hox Cycles -- 5.4 Halogen Cycles -- 5.4.1 Chlorine Cycles -- 5.4.2 Bromine Cycles -- 5.5 Reservoir Species and Coupling of the Cycles -- 5.6 Ozone Hole -- 5.6.1 Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs) -- 5.6.2 PSCs and the Ozone Hole -- 5.6.3 Arctic Ozone Hole -- 5.7 Heterogeneous (Nonpolar) Stratospheric Chemistry -- 5.7.1 The Stratospheric Aerosol Layer -- 5.7.2 Heterogeneous Hydrolysis of N2O5 -- 5.7.3 Effect of Volcanoes on Stratospheric Ozone -- 5.8 Summary of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion -- 5.9 Transport and Mixing in the Stratosphere -- 5.10 Ozone Depletion Potential -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 6: Chemistry of the Troposphere -- 6.1 Production of Hydroxyl Radicals in the Troposphere -- 6.2 Basic Photochemical Cycle of No2, No, and O3 -- 6.3 Atmospheric Chemistry of Carbon Monoxide.
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