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Viewed from space, the Earth appears as a globe without a beginning
or an end. Encompassing the globe is the atmosphere with its three
phases- gaseous, liquid, and solid--moving in directions influenced
by sunlight, gravity, and rotation. The chemical compositions of
these phases are determined by biogeochemical cycles. Over the past
hundred years, the processes governing the rates and reactions in
the atmospheric biogeochemical cycles have typically been studied
in regions where scientists lived. Hence, as time has gone by, the
advances in our knowledge of atmospheric chemical cycles in remote
areas have lagged substantially behind those for more populated
areas. Not only are the data less abundant, they are also
scattered. Therefore, we felt a workshop would be an excellent
mechanism to assess the state of-knowledge of the atmospheric
cycles of sulfur and nitrogen in remote areas and to make
recommendations for future research. Thus, a NATO Advanced Research
Workshop ' he Biogeochemical Cycling of Sulfur and Nitrogen in the
Remote Atmosphere" was held at the Bermuda Biological Station, St.
Georges, Bermuda, from 8-12 October 1984. The workshop was attended
by 24 international scientists known for their work in atmospheric
cycling in remote areas. This volume contains the back ground
papers and the discussions resulting from that workshop. The
workshop was organized along the lines of the atmospheric cycle.
There were working groups on emission, transport, transformation,
and deposi tion."
Over the last decade, the study of cycles as a model for the
earth's changing climate has become a new science. Earth Systems
Science is the basis for understanding all aspects of anthropogenic
global change, such as chemically forced global climate change. The
work is aimed at those students interested in the emerging
scientific discipline.
Earth Systems Science is an integrated discipline that has been
rapidly developing over the last two decades. New information is
included in this updated edition so that the text remains relevant.
This volume contains five new chapters, but of special importance
is the inclusion of an expanded set of student exercises.
The two senior authors are leading scientists in their fields and
have been awarded numerous prizes for their research efforts.
* First edition was widely adopted
* Authors are highly respected in their field
* Global climate change, integral to the book, is now one of the
most important issues in atmospheric sciences and oceanography
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