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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813286103321

Autore

Möller Detlev

Titolo

Chemistry of the climate system / / Detlev Möller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, c2010

ISBN

1-283-16521-X

9786613165213

3-11-022835-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (740 p.)

Classificazione

550

Disciplina

551.51/1

551.511

Soggetti

Atmospheric chemistry

Meteorology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Prologue -- Preface -- List of principal symbols -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Chemical evolution -- 3 Climate, climate change and the climate system -- 4 Fundamentals of physico-chemistry in the climate system -- 5 Substances and chemical reactions in the climate system -- 6 Final remark -- Appendix -- References -- Author index -- Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing the modern world. The chemistry of the air within the framework of the climate system forms the main focus of this monograph. This problem-based approach to presenting global atmospheric processes begins with the chemical evolution of the climate system in order to evaluate the effects of changing air composition as well as possibilities for interference within these processes. Chemical interactions of the atmosphere with the biosphere and hydrosphere are treated in the sense of a multi-phase chemistry. From the perspective of a ""chemical