Overview
- Provides the most up-to-date research information in the areas of nucleation systems and the formation, distribution and impacts of atmospheric aerosols, both from a theoretical and experimental perspective.
- Offers a unique and extensive collection of short, accessible, and concise papers summarising the key issues associated with aerosol research
- Brings together nano-scale aerosol formation processes from a physics and chemistry perspective through to global-scale implications of aerosols in terms of environment and climate change.
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Table of contents (245 papers)
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Front Matter
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Nucleation: Experiment and Theory
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About this book
Atmospheric particles are ubiquitous in the atmosphere: they form the seeds for cloud droplets and they form haze layers, blocking out incoming radiation and contributing to a partial cooling of our climate. They also contribute to poor air quality and health impacts. A large fraction of aerosols are formed from nucleation processes – that is a phase transition from vapour to liquid or solid particles. Examples are the formation of stable clusters about 1 nm in size from molecular collisions and these in turn can grow into larger (100 nm or more) haze particles via condensation to the formation of ice crystals in mixed phase or cold clouds. This book brings together the leading experts from the nucleation and atmospheric aerosols research communities to present the current state-of-the-art knowledge in these related fields. Topics covered are: Nucleation Experiment & Theory, Binary, Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation, Ion & Cluster Properties During Nucleation, Aerosol Characterisation & Properties, Aerosol Formation, Dynamics and Growth, Marine Aerosol Production, Aerosol-Cloud Interactions, Chemical Composition & Cloud Drop Activation, Remote Sensing of aerosol & clouds and Air Quality-Climate Interactions
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols
Book Subtitle: 17th International Conference, Galway, Ireland, 2007
Editors: Colin D. O'Dowd, Paul E. Wagner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6475-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6474-6Due: 15 October 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6475-3Published: 15 November 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 1256