Welcome
to the web page site containing the overhead color slides corresponding
to the textbook, "Atmospheric Pollution: History, Science and Regulation,"
by M. Z. Jacobson, published
by Cambridge University Press, New York (2002).Welcome
to the web page site containing the overhead color slides corresponding
to the textbook, "Atmospheric Pollution: History, Science and Regulation,"
by M. Z. Jacobson, published
by Cambridge University Press, New York (2002).
This textbook provides an introduction to the history and science of major air pollution issues. The book begins with an introduction to the history of discovery of chemicals in the atmosphere, and then moves on to a discussion of the evolution of the earth's atmosphere, and the structure and composition of the present-day atmosphere. It then discusses five major atmospheric pollution topics: urban outdoor air pollution, indoor air pollution, acid deposition, stratospheric ozone depletion, and global climate change. The book contains numerous student examples and problems and over 200 color illustrations and photographs. It may serve as an introductory textbook for a range of undergraduate and graduate courses on atmospheric pollution. It also provides information for researchers and an introduction to the subject of air pollution for general audiences.
The text is 399 pages long and is now in print and available from the Cambridge
University Press website.
Solutions to the homework problems in the back of each chapter are available
by email from the author (jacobson@stanford.edu).
Corrections to date (click here).
Please submit any questions by email to jacobson@stanford.edu
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chapter
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Chapter 1 - Basics
and History of Discovery of Atmospheric Chemicals (Drag
here: 17.63MB)
Chapter 2 - The Sun, the Earth,
and the Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere (Drag here:
5.45MB)
Chapter 3 - Structure and Composition
of the Present-Day Atmosphere (Drag here:
11.91MB)
Chapter 4 - Urban Air Pollution
- (Drag here: 24.07MB)
Chapter 5 - Aerosol-Particles
in Smog and the Global Environment (Drag here:
12.26MB)
Chapter 6 - Effects of Meteorology
on Air Pollution (Drag here:
15.39MB)
Chapter 7 - Effects of Pollution
on Visibility, UV Radiation, and Atmospheric Optics (Drag
here: 13.29MB)
Chapter 8 - International Regulation
of Urban Smog Since the 1940's (Drag here: 8.48MB)
Chapter 9 - Indoor Air Pollution
(Drag here: 8.83MB)
Chapter 10 - Acid Deposition
(Drag
here: 6.70MB)
Chapter 11 - Global Stratospheric
Ozone Reduction (Drag here: 8.28MB)
Chapter 12 - The Greenhouse Effect
and Global Warming (Drag here:30.02MB)
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