Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

A scientific study of the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets.

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Greenhouse gases

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Those atmospheric components that absorb strongly in the infrared region of the spectrum. Infrared radiation is reflected and emitted by the earth's surface as heat and causes a fairly large warming ...

Water vapour

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Water present in the atmosphere in gaseous form; the source of all forms of condensation and precipitation. Water vapor, clouds, and carbon dioxide are the main atmospheric components in the ...

Oleic acid

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

When released into the air from cooking, can react with other atmospheric compounds, such as ozone, and create byproducts that are hazardous to our health. Oleic acid is a fatty acid found in animal ...

Atmospheric chemistry

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The scientific study of the relationships and interactions of the substances in the gases around the earth. Examples would be determination of the concentrations, sources, and sinks of ozone in the ...

Radiation flux

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

This is defined as the way heat from the sun is absorbed, scattered, returned, or deposited around the earth and can be expressed as some radiation arrival rate per the unit of area of the surface. ...

Chloroethane

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

This manmade VOC is highly reactive in the atmosphere. It is a gas at room temperature and when released, it readily reacts with oxidising agents, most quickly with hydroxyl radical, half life.

Efflorescence

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

The reverse process of deliquescence; the drying of a salt solution when the vapour pressure of the saturated solution of a substance is greater than that of the ambient air.