Handbook of Atmospheric Science: Principles and Applications

This book of 21chapters, written by 28 experts, is divided into two sections. The first covers the principles, starting with the evolution of the atmosphere up to the beginning of the last ice age. Before the last ice age our understanding of the atmosphere is largely theoretical. Since then we have evidence from ice deposits and an existing atmosphere to study. Several of the chapters in the first section deal with aspects of the physics and chemistry of the current atmosphere. The second section of the book looks at practical aspects like air pollution, atmospheric monitoring and air quality management....