文档介绍：The Atmospheric Chemist’panion
Peter Warneck • Jonathan Williams
The Atmospheric Chemist’s
Companion
Numerical Data for Use
in the Atmospheric Sciences
Dr. Peter Warneck Dr. Jonathan Williams
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Mainz Mainz
Germany Germany
ISBN 978-94-007-2274-3 e-ISBN 978-94-007-2275-0
DOI -94-007-2275-0
Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York
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Preface
A survey conducted several years ago within the local atmospheric science
community had indicated the need for prehensive reference book of atmo-
spheric chemistry and physics. The pilation of data has been prepared
in an attempt to fi ll this need.
While the subject, as a whole or in parts, has received an adequate treatment in
textbooks, encyclopedias, and in other overviews, these publications do not gener-
ally present numerical data but discuss important observations by way of illustra-
tions. Even the current scientifi c literature tends to display observations and results
graphically and often relegates numerical data, on which the results are based, to
unpublished supplements made available only upon request. Because of this prac-
tice the data are prone to sink into oblivion sooner or later. Yet, numerical data are
required whenever a quantitative assessment is to be made of the processes at work
in the atmosphere.
The aim o