Subsections
[Cr:4, Lc:3, Tt:1, Lb:0]
- Composition of Earth's Atmosphere, Temperature Structure and
Atmospheric Regions, Pressure, Density, and Mixing Ratios, Evolution
of the Atmosphere, Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen Cycles.
- Atmospheric Dynamics, Stability, Turbulence and Vertical Transport,
General Circulation, Water ( vapour, clouds and rain).
- Radiation, Black body, Ultraviolet, Infrared, Photochemical Processes,
Greenhouse Effect, Scattering by Aerosols and Clouds.
- Stratospheric Chemistry, Ozone Observations, Chapman Model, Catalytic
Loss Cycles, Antarctic Ozone Hole, Montreal Protocol.
- Chemical Kinetics, Methane Oxidation Cycle, Multi-Phase Processes
- Tropospheric Chemistry: Sources, Sinks, and Species, Hydroxyl Radical,
Volatile Organic Compounds and Aerosol, Tropospheric Ozone and Air
Quality, Photochemical Smog, Acid Rain, Air pollution to Climate
Change
- Analytical Techniques & Special Topics, Optical Methods, Mass
Spectrometric Methods
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University Press (1999).
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Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change, Wiley-Interscience
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- B. J. Finlayson-Pitts and J. N. Pitts Jr., Chemistry of the Upper
and Lower Atmosphere, Academic Press (2000).
- S. S. D. Qin et. al. (eds.), IPCC 2007 Fourth Assessment Report,
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of
Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press
(2007).
