Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

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

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Dioxins

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Family of 75 different toxic chlorinated hydrocarbons formed as by-products in chemical reactions involving chlorine and hydrocarbons, usually at high temperatures. The "premier" and probably most ...

Cap and trade

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

For carbon regulation, a method of decreasing carbon emissions by setting (annual) regulatory limits on large, industrial CO 2 emitters and fining them if they surpass that limit. Emitters that can ...

Infrared radiation (IR)

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Energy that is emitted in the form of electromagnetic waves at a wavelength greater than about 750 up to approximately 30,000 nanometers. Although the earth absorbs almost all the IR, UV, and ...

Black carbon

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Emitted during the burning of coal, diesel fuel, natural gas and biomass and is part of the composition of soot. Black Carbon can absorb and reflect sunlight cooling the Earth's surface, but also ...

UV radiation

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Energy that is emitted in the form of electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of 1-380nm, which is composed of UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C light; UV-A light being the longest wavelength and having the ...

Beer-lambert law

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

For monochromatic radiation, absorbance (A) is determined by the relationship: A = abc, with a = absorptivity, b = path length through the medium, and c = concentration of the ...

Droughts

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

Extensive periods of time where a region suffers from lack of rain, causing dehydration for animals and plants, often resulting in crop failure. Sequential droughts during the 1930s in the United ...