This companion provides a collection of frequently needed
numerical data as a convenient desk-top or pocket reference for
atmospheric scientists as well as a concise source of information
for others interested in this matter. The material contained in
this book was extracted from the recent and the past scientific
literature; it covers essentially all aspects of atmospheric
chemistry. The data are presented primarily in the form of
annotated tables while any explanatory text is kept to a minimum.
In this condensed form of presentation, the volume may serve also
as a supplement to many textbooks used in teaching the subject at
various universities.
Peter Warneck, a physical chemist specializing in atmospheric
chemistry, received the diploma in 1954 and the doctorate in 1956
at the university in Bonn, Germany. In 1959, following several
postdoctoral assignments, he joined the GCA Corporation in Bedford,
Massachusetts, where he explored elementary processes in the
atmospheres of the earth and other planets. He returned to Germany
in 1970 to head the chemical kinetics group in the Air Chemistry
Division of the Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry in Mainz. In
1974 he also became professor of physical chemistry at the
university in Mainz. In 1991, following German reunification,
Warneck was appointed the founding director of the new Institute
for Tropospheric Research in Leipzig. He served in this position
parallel to his activities in Mainz until official retirement.
Warneck s research included laboratory studies of chemical
mechanisms and photochemistry as well as the development of
analytical techniques for field measurements. Since 1990, his
interests are focused on chemical reactions in clouds.
Jonathan Williams is an atmospheric chemist. He received his BSc
in Chemistry and French and his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from
the University of East Anglia, England. Between 1995-1997 he worked
as a postdoctoral researcher at the NOAA Aeronomy laboratory in
Boulder, USA, and from 1998 to present as a member of staff at the
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany. He has
participated in many international field measurement campaigns on
aircraft, ships and at ground stations. Dr Williams is currently an
editor on three atmospheric chemistry journals. His present
research involves investigating the chemistry of reactive organic
species in the atmosphere, in particular over forested ecosystems
and in the marine boundary layer. Dr Williams leads a research
group focussed specifically on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) at
the Max Planck Institute and in 2008 he was made an honorary Reader
at the University of East Anglia, UK."
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