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The atmospheric environment : effects of human activity / Michael B. McElroy. - Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2002. - XVI, 326 stron : ilustracje ; 29 cm.
Problems of Global Scale: The Ozone Layer and Climate Change Problems of Regional and Local Scale Basic Physical Concepts. Length, Time, and Mass Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration Force Vectors Work and Energy Temperature Escape Velocity Pressure The Perfect Gas Law Angular Momentum More on Circular Motion Basic Chemical Concepts. Atoms and Molecules Chemical Bonds Acids and Bases Energy on the Molecular Level The Energetics of Reactions Properties of Water. Molecular Perspective Phase Diagrams Measuring the Abundance of H₂O in the Atmosphere Atmospheric History and Composition. Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Earth as a Planet The Early Evolution of Life on Earth and Its Atmospheric Consequences Perspectives on the Changes in Composition Associated with Human Activity Energy Budget of the Atmosphere. Electromagnetic Radiation Solar Radiation Terrestrial Radiation Global Energy Balance Layer Model for the Atmosphere Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere. The Barometric Law Layers of the Atmosphere Adiabatic Motion in the Vertical Vertical Motion Condensation, Clouds, and Precipitation Models for the Thermal Structure of the Atmosphere Radiative Balance as a Function of Latitude Modeling the Changing Climate Horizontal Motion of the Atmosphere. The Land-Sea Breeze Problem Hadley's Model for the General Circulation Angular Momentum and the West-East Coriolis Force Centrifugal Force and the North-South Component of the Coriolis Force Hadley's Circulation Revisited The Concept of Geostrophy Effects of Friction Further Perspectives on the General Circulation Transport by Eddies The Angular Momentum Budget of the Atmosphere The Origin of Eddies Dynamics of the Ocean. Surface Currents Vertical Structure of the Ocean and the Formation of Deep Water Vertical Motions Climate through the Ages. The Past 150 Years The Past 20,000 Years The Past 3 Million Years The Past 130 Million Years From Earliest Times to the Cretaceous The Carbon Cycle. Carbon Cycle The Capacity of the Ocean as a Sink for Industrial CO₂ The Contemporary Budget of Atmospheric CO₂ Projections for the Future Cycles of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur. The Nitrogen Cycle and the Budget of N₂O The Phosphorus Cycle The Sulfur Cycle Stratospheric Ozone (I): Chapman's Formulation for the Chemistry of an Oxygen-Nitrogen Atmosphere. Chapman's Treatment for the Photochemistry of an Oxygen-Nitrogen Atmosphere Evaluation of Rates for Photolytic Processes The Concept of Odd Oxygen and the Evaluation of Lifetimes for Chemical Species Stratospheric Ozone (II): The Role of Radicals. The Chemistry of an Oxygen-Nitrogen-Hydrogen Atmosphere The Chemistry of Chlorine The Chemistry of Bromine Stratospheric Ozone (III): Influence of Heterogeneous Chemistry. The Role of Polar Stratospheric Clouds The Chemistry of the Arctic Stratosphere The Role of Heterogeneous Chemistry at Mid- and Low Latitudes Stratospheric Ozone (IV): Influence of Dynamics. Stratospheric Dynamics The Distribution of Ozone with Latitude The Chemistry of the Troposphere. The Chemistry of Tropospheric OH The Chemistry of CO The Chemistry of CH₄ The Chemistry of Smog The Global Distribution of Tropospheric OH and the Oxidative Capacity of the Atmosphere The Budget of Tropospheric Ozone The Budget of Atmospheric Methane The Chemistry of Precipitation. The Solubility of Atmospheric Gases in the Liquid Phase The pH of Atmospheric Water in Equilibrium with CO₂ The Contribution of Nitrogen Oxides to the Acidity of Atmospheric Water Contribution of Sulfur to the Acidity of Atmospheric Water Neutralization of the Acidity of Atmospheric Water in the Presence of Ammonia Observations of the Chemistry of Precipitation Prospects for Climate Change. The Challenge for Models Results from the Hadley Centre Model Policy Responses to Climate Change. The Kyoto Protocol Prospects for Enhancement of the Protocol
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