Photochemistry of Planetary AtmospheresEleven planetary atmospheres are included for detailed study in this reference/text, four for the giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), four for the small bodies (Io, Titan, Triton, and Pluto), and three for the terrestrial planets (Mars, Venus, and Earth). The authors have carried out a comprehensive survey of the principal chemical cycles that control the present composition and past history of planetary atmospheres, using the database provided by recent spacecraft missions supplemented by Earth-based observations. |
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2 Solar Flux and Molecular Absorption | 17 |
3 Chemical Kinetics | 55 |
4 Origins | 77 |
5 Jovian Planets | 120 |
6 Satellites and Pluto | 189 |
7 Mars | 244 |
8 Venus | 282 |
Imprint of Life | 316 |
Human Impact | 357 |
Notes and Bibliography | 425 |
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absorption cross sections abundance aerosols ALTITUDE km atmosphere of Mars atmosphere of Venus biosphere C₂H C₂H₂ carbon CH₂ Chem chemical kinetics cited in section Climate Change cm² cm³ CO₂ composition compounds concentrations cycle Earth emission energy escape estimated evolution flux gases Geophys giant planets global H atoms H₂ H₂O HNO3 HO₂ hydrocarbons hydrogen Icarus important interstellar medium ionization ionosphere ions isotopic Jupiter kinetic lower atmosphere major Mars Martian atmosphere mbar meteorites mixing ratio molecules N₂ Neptune nitrogen NO₂ number density O₂ observed ocean odd nitrogen oxidation oxygen ozone photochemical photochemistry photolysis Phys planetary atmospheres Pluto polyynes pressure radiation radiative radicals rate coefficients Reaction rates result Saturn shown in figure solar nebula solar system species stratosphere sulfur surface Table temperature terrestrial planets thermal thermosphere Titan Triton tropopause troposphere ultraviolet upper atmosphere Uranus Voyager wavelengths Yung
References to this book
Observation, Theory and Modeling of Atmospheric Variability: Selected Papers ... Xun Zhu Limited preview - 2004 |