Junge C.E. Air Chemistry and Radioactivity

International Geophysics Series, 1963, Volume 4. Academic Press, New York, London, 1963. – 385 pp.
Air chemistry is defined in this volume as the branch of atmospheric science concerned with the constituents and chemical processes of the atmosphere below the mesopeak, i.e., below about 50 km. It includes all gaseous, particulate, and radioactive substances and covers the altitude range of the stratosphere and mesosphere which can be probed with balloons and high altitude aircraft. The dynamics and composition of this region are still, though sometimes only loosely, associated with the troposphere. Above the mesopeak the composition of the atmosphere is dominated by phototochemical and corpuscular processes which are so specific that a special name for this field, aeronomy, seems to be justified. It represents the altitude range probed by rockets. The region around the mesopeak itself is difficult to explore and very little is known about it with respect to both meteorology and composition.Gases
Aerosols
Atmospheric radioactivity
Chemistry of precipitation
The role of air pollution in air chemistry
Author Index
Subject Index