Publisher's Synopsis
Earth's atmosphere is a critical system for life on our planet. Atmospheric chemistry is a multidisciplinary research field with respect to emissions, interactions and physical and chemical transformation of chemical compounds in the atmosphere. It also investigates the key physical processes occurring in the atmosphere. Together with the oceans, the atmosphere shapes Earth's climate and weather patterns and makes some regions more habitable than others. But Earth's climate is not static. How variable is it, and how quickly does it change? What physical factors control climate, and how do they interact with one another? To see how and why climate fluctuates, we need to learn about the basic characteristics of the atmosphere and some physical concepts that help us understand weather and climate. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change brings together studies investigating the Earth's atmosphere and the underlying chemical and physical processes. The predictions of atmospheric chemical models are limited by the accuracy of our understanding of the basic physical and chemical processes that underlie the models. In this work we review the current state of our knowledge of the chemical processes that transform atmospheric mercury species via gas and aqueous phase reactions and the physical processes of deposition. It covers the altitude range from the land and ocean surface up to the turbopause, including the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere as well as content coverage on atmospheric modelling, field measurements, remote sensing, and laboratory studies of gases, aerosols, clouds and precipitation, isotopes, radiation, dynamics, biosphere interactions, and hydrosphere interactions. This volume serves as a useful resource to resolve some of the issues associated with the complex nature of the interaction between atmospheric aerosols and climatology.
