Koppmann Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-99415-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten, E-Book

Every day, large quantities of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)are emitted into the atmosphere from both anthropogenic and naturalsources. The formation of gaseous and particulate secondaryproducts caused by oxidation of VOCs is one of the largest unknownsin the quantitative prediction of the earth's climate on aregional and global scale, and on the understanding of local airquality. To be able to model and control their impact, it isessential to understand the sources of VOCs, their distribution inthe atmosphere and the chemical transformations which remove thesecompounds from the atmosphere.
In recent years techniques for the analysis of organic compoundsin the atmosphere have been developed to increase the spectrum ofdetectable compounds and their detection limits. New methods havebeen introduced to increase the time resolution of thosemeasurements and to resolve more complex mixtures of organiccompounds. Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmospheredescribes the current state of knowledge of the chemistry of VOCsas well as the methods and techniques to analyse gaseous andparticulate organic compounds in the atmosphere. The aim is toprovide an authoritative review to address the needs of bothgraduate students and active researchers in the field ofatmospheric chemistry research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koppmann, Ralf

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere: An overview.
2 Anthropogenic volatile organic compounds.
3 Biogenic volatile organic compounds.
4 Oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOC).
5 Halogenated volatile organic compounds.
6 Peroxyacetylnitrate (PAN) and related compounds.
7 Organic Nitrates.
8 High molecular weight carbonyls and carboxylic acids.
9 Organic Aerosols.
10 Gas chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry.
11 Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography

Über Autor(innen)

Ralf Koppmann was until recently deputy director of the Institutefor Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere, Institute II:Troposphere at the Research Centre Jülich, Germany and is nowProfessor of Physics and head of the Atmospheric Physics Departmentat the University of Wuppertal, Germany.
Contributors:
Dr Lucy J. Carpenter
Dr Paolo Ciccioli
Prof. Allen Goldstein
Dr. Jacqui F. Hamilton
Professor. Thorsten Hoffmann
Dr Alastair C. Lewis
Dr Michela Mannozzi
Dr Simon O'Doherty
Dr. Stefan Reimann
Dr James Roberts
Dr. Jochen Rudolph
Dr Paul Shepson
Dr. Allison Steiner
Dr Joerg Warnke
Dr. Jürgen Wildt
Dr. Jonathan Williams