Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Evolution of the Earth's atmosphere
- 2 Half-life, residence time, and renewal time of chemicals in the atmosphere
- 3 Present chemical composition of the atmosphere
- 4 Interactions of solar and terrestrial radiation with atmospheric trace gases and aerosols
- 5 Sources, transformations, transport, and sinks of chemicals in the troposphere
- 6 Atmospheric aerosols
- 7 Cloud and precipitation chemistry
- 8 Tropospheric chemical cycles
- 9 Air pollution
- 10 Stratospheric chemistry
- Appendix I Exercises
- Appendix II Answers to exercises in Appendix I and hints and solutions to the more difficult exercises
- Appendix III Atomic weights
- Appendix IV The International System of Units (SI)
- Appendix V Some useful numerical values
- Appendix VI Suggestions for further reading
- Index
2 - Half-life, residence time, and renewal time of chemicals in the atmosphere
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Evolution of the Earth's atmosphere
- 2 Half-life, residence time, and renewal time of chemicals in the atmosphere
- 3 Present chemical composition of the atmosphere
- 4 Interactions of solar and terrestrial radiation with atmospheric trace gases and aerosols
- 5 Sources, transformations, transport, and sinks of chemicals in the troposphere
- 6 Atmospheric aerosols
- 7 Cloud and precipitation chemistry
- 8 Tropospheric chemical cycles
- 9 Air pollution
- 10 Stratospheric chemistry
- Appendix I Exercises
- Appendix II Answers to exercises in Appendix I and hints and solutions to the more difficult exercises
- Appendix III Atomic weights
- Appendix IV The International System of Units (SI)
- Appendix V Some useful numerical values
- Appendix VI Suggestions for further reading
- Index
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- Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry , pp. 13 - 20Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000