Atmospheric aerosols : life cycles and effects on air quality and climate /: life cycles and effects on air quality and climate. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Claudio Tomasi, Sandro Fuzzi, Alexander Kokhanovsky.
• Authors: Tomasi, Claudio; Fuzzi, Sandro; Kokhanovsky, Alexander A
• Contents: PRIMARY SOURCES AND SECONDARY FORMATION PROCESSES OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; Introduction; A General Classification of Aerosol Sources; Primary Aerosols of Natural Origin; Secondary Aerosols of Natural Origin; Primary Anthropogenic Aerosols; Secondary Anthropogenic Aerosols; Global Annual Mass Emission Fluxes of Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosols; ; NUCLEATION OF ULTRAFINE PARTICLES; Introduction; Principles of New Atmospheric Particle Formation; Chemical and Physical Factors Driving or Inhibiting New-Particle Formation; Occurrence of New-Particle Formation in the Global Troposphere; Importance of Nucleation for the Production of Aerosols and Ccn at the Global Scale; ; ROLE OF COAGULATION, CONDENSATION, CLOUD FORMATION AND WET AND DRY REMOVAL PROCESSES IN THE ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL LIFE; Introduction; Physical Growth Processes; Formation of Cloud Particles; Aerosol Sinks (Removal Processes); ; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF AEROSOLS OF DIFFERENT ORIGINS; Introduction; Global Distributions and Climatologies of the Main Aerosol Chemical Constituents; Size-Distributions of Aerosol Chemical Compounds; Open Questions; ; MEASURING AEROSOL IN SITU AND REMOTE SENSING; Introduction; Characterization of Aerosol Variables with in-Situ Techniques; Detection of Aerosol Properties by Remote Sensing; Observing Climate Change; ; NUMBER, SURFACE AND VOLUME SIZE-DISTRIBUTIONS OF AEROSOL POLYDISPERSIONS OF DIFFERENT ORIGINS; Introduction; Concentration and Multimodal Characteristics of the Number, Surface and Volume Size-Distributions of Aerosol Polydispersions; Vertical Profiles of Aerosols from Lidar Measurements; Global Distributions of Aerosols from Satellite-Borne Images; ; AEROSOL OPTICS; Introduction; Maxwell Theory; Light Scattering and Absorption by Small Solid and Liquid Particles; IMAGE AND RADIATION TRANSFER THROUGH AEROSOL LAYERS; ; AEROSOL-INDUCED DIRECT FORCING EFFECTS BY NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOL; POLYDISPERSIONS; Introduction; Field Measurements of Aerosol Optical Thickness Aot; Characterization of the Aerosol Radiative Properties of Different Origins; Direct Aerosol-Induced Radiative Forcing for Different Particle Polydispersions; ; THE AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECTS ON CLIMATE; ; AEROSOL EFFECTS ON AIR QUALITY THROUGH IN-SITU AND REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; Pollution Due to Natural Sources (Pollen, Desert Dust); Anthropogenic Pollution; Aerosol Effects on Air Quality; Air Quality from in-Situ and Satellite-Based Measurements; EU and USA Limitations to the Aerosol Emissions and Rules for the Air Quality; ; IMPACT OF PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) ON THE HUMAN HEALTH; Introduction; Epidemiological Evidences; Toxicological Evidences; Mechanism of Effects; ; AEROSOL IMPACT ON CULTURAL HERITAGE: DETERIORATION PROCESSES AND STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION; Introduction; Damage Layers and Black Crusts on Building Materials (Stone-Mortars, Carbonate-Silicate); Bioaerosol Effects on Cultural Heritage; Monitoring for Cultural Heritage Conservation; Aesthetic Impact on Architectural Surfaces: Implications on Restoration and Maintenance Actions; Future Scenarios; Guidelines for the Preventive Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Urban Areas
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 551.5113; Atmospheric aerosols
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527336418; 9783527336432; 9783527336425
• Related ISBNs: 9783527336456
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