Research Catalog

Title

Atmospheric aerosols : characterization, chemistry, modeling, and climate / Kalliat T. Valsaraj, editor, Raghava R. Kommakapati, editor ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry, Inc.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; [Oxford, U.K.?] : Distributed by Oxford University Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

• Valsaraj, K. T. (Kalliat T.)
• Kommalapati, Raghava Rao, 1967-
• American Chemical Society. Division of Environmental Chemistry.
• American Chemical Society. Meeting (2007 : Boston, Mass.)
• American Geophysical Union. Meeting (2007 : Acapulco, Mexico)

Description

ix, 199 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

ACS symposium series ; 1005

Uniform Title

ACS symposium series ; 1005.

Subject

• Atmospheric aerosols > Congresses

Note

• "... the two symposia that we organized at the American Chemical Society Fall Meeting (August 17-21, 2007) and the American Geophysical Union (May 22-25, 2007) meetings from which this book orginiated."--P. ix.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Atmospheric aerosols and their importance / Raghava R. Kommalapati and Kalliat T. Valsaraj -- 2. The role of morphology on aerosol particle reactivity / Eva R. Garland, Elias P. Rosen and Tomas Baer -- 3. The characteristics and the cytotoxic effects of particulate matter in the ambient air of the Chiang Mai-Lamphun Basin in northern Thailand / Narongpan Chunram, Usanaee Vinitketkumnuen, Richard L. Deming and Richard M. Kamens -- 4. Toluene decomposition on water droplets in corona discharge / Ying Kang and Zucheng Wu -- 5. Surface activity of perfluorinated compounds at the air-water interface / Nabilah Rontu and Veronica Vaida -- 6. Atmospheric chemistry of urban surface films / D. J. Donaldson, T. F. Kahan, N.-O. A. Kwamena, S. R. Handley and C. Barbier -- 7. Photochemistry of secondary organic aerosol formed from oxidation of monoterpenes / Stephen A. Mang, Maggie L. Walser, Xiang Pan, Jia-Hua Xing, Adam P. Bateman, Joelle S. Underwood, Anthony L. Gomez, Jiho Park and Sergey A. Nizkorodov -- 8. Effect of highly concentrated dry (NH[subscript 4])[subscript 2]SO[subscript 4] seed aerosols on ozone and secondary organic aerosol formation in aromatic hydrocarbon/NO[subscript 1] photooxidation systems / Zifeng Lu, Jiming Hao, Junhua Li and Hideto Takekawa -- 9. Adsorption and UV photooxidation of gas-phase phenanthrene on atmospheric films / Jing Chen, Franz S. Ehrenhauser, Kalliat T. Valsaraj and Mary J. Wornat -- 10. Understanding climatic effects of aerosols : modeling radiative effects of aerosols / Tarek Ayash, Sunling Gong and Charles Q. Jia -- 11. Environmental effects to residential New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina : indoor sediment as well as vapor-phase and aerosolized contaminents / Nicholas A. Ashley, Kalliat T. Valsaraj and Louis J. Thibodeaux.

ISBN

• 9780841269736
• 0841269734

LCCN

99933316252

OCLC

• ocn277205292
• 277205292
• SCSB-5464760

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries