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Atmospheric Sources and Sinks of Volatile Organic Compounds

  • Book

  • October 2021
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 5315183
Atmospheric Sources and Sinks of Volatile Organic Compounds provides the reader with information in an adaptable form that covers a variety of needs, including emission factors, ways to estimate emissions as a function of appropriate variables, removal processes, etc. The research included is connected to topics covering a variety of fields, including land use, agriculture, measurement (analytical) and climate science. This comprehensive but concise book will be extremely important to groups in the field of atmospheric science but will also be ideal for a myriad of other groups such as climate scientists, analytical scientists, health professionals, agricultural and botanical related researchers, and many more.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. VOC measurement techniques
3. Isoprene
4. Monoterpenes
5. Other non-halogenated biogenic VOCs
6. Natural Halogenated VOCs; C1-C2
7. Natural halogenated VOCs; C4 and larger
8. Anthropogenic VOCs
9. Halogenated anthropogenic VOCs 1
10. Halogenated anthropogenic VOCs 2
11. Biomass burning emissions
12. Larger VOCs
13. Emission inventory construction
14. Satellite data
15. VOCs and health
16. Sulfur compounds
17. Nitrogen compounds
18. Future emissions and climate change

Authors

Dudley Shallcross University of Bristol, School of Chemistry, Bristol, UK. Dudley Shallcross has published over 300 peer reviewed publications, including papers, official reports, book chapters and commissioned reviews relating to atmospheric chemistry, science education and science communication. His group has developed and integrated atmospheric models on city, regional and global scales and developed and applied a variety of techniques to make measurements of VOCs on fixed and moving platforms. He has won over 20 national and international awards for his research in the area of the atmosphere, science education and science communication. Carl Percival Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK. Carl Percival has pioneered the measurement of VOCs in laboratory and field studies. He has led many multi-disciplinary field campaigns across the world and now leads several atmospheric science programmes at NASA JPL. He has published over 150 peer reviewed publications, including papers, official reports, book chapters and commissioned reviews relating to atmospheric chemistry.