Ozone in the Atmosphere Basic Principles, Natural and Human Impacts /

• Main Authors: Fabian, Peter (Author), Dameris, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Analytical chemistry.; Atmospheric sciences.; Air pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Analytical Chemistry.

Peter Fabian and Martin Dameris provide a concise yet comprehensive overview of established scientific knowledge about ozone in the atmosphere. They present both ozone changes and trends in the stratosphere, as well as the effects of overabundance in the troposphere including the phenomenon of photo...

Table of Contents:

• Discovery of ozone in the atmosphere
• The ozone layer: Photochemistry of  atmospheric ozone, global ozone distribution, UV radiation and ozone layer thickness, solar and cosmic effects, heavy ozone and isotope effects, measurement techniques
• Ozone in the troposphere: The natural troposphere, early ozone measurements, Stratospheric-tropospheric exchange, photochemistry of the troposphere, natural source gases
• Human impact: stratospheric ozone  depletion, tropospheric ozone increases
• International legislation: The Vienna convention and the Montreal protocol
• Historical highlights.