Overview

One challenge in atmospheric chemistry is understanding the intercontinental transport and transformation of gases and aerosols. This book describes observational and modeling techniques used to understand atmospheric composition from satellites, aircraft and ground based platforms. Common ideas presented throughout are the role of each component in an observing system for atmospheric composition, and advances necessary to improve understanding of atmospheric composition.

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Author:   Guido Visconti ,  Pietro Di Carlo ,  W. Brune ,  M. Schoeberl
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2007 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.200kg
ISBN:  

9780387307190

ISBN 10:   0387307192
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   27 November 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Observations by Satellites.- Air-Quality Study from Geostationary/High-Altitude Orbits.- Aerosol Forcing and the A-Train.- Total Ozone from Backscattered Ultraviolet Measurements.- The EOS Aura Mission.- MIPAS experiment aboard ENVISAT.- Aircraft and Ground-Based Intensive Campaigns.- Probing the Atmosphere with Research Aircraft-European Aircraft Campaigns.- MOZAIC -Measuring tropospheric constituents from commercial aircraft.- Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles: Current and Future Use.- U.S. Ground-Based Campaign -PM Supersite Program.- Ground-Based Networks.- Ozone from Soundings: A Vital Element of Regional and Global Measurement Strategies.- LIDAR Networks.- U.S. Federal and State Monitoring Networks.- Autonomous Systems and the Sensor Web.- Comparison of Measurements – Calibration and Validation.- Output of the Observational Web.- The Sensor Web: A Future Technique for Increasing Science Return.- Fundamentals of Modeling, Data Assimilation, and High-Performance Computing.- Inverse Modeling Techniques.

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From the reviews: This book covers the lectures given there by experts, presented as 17 chapters, and arranged in four parts which cover the ground specified in the book's sub-title. ! All in all, this is valuable and timely summary of the state of the art for observing and understanding the composition of the Earth's atmosphere, which is so precious a resource to us humans. (M. J. Rycroft, Surveys in Geophysics, Vol. 28, 2007)

Author Information

Dr. Guido Visconti is professor at the Department of Physcis at l'Aquila University, Italy. He is a leading scientist in the field of remote sensing and has written and edited several books, and made numerous other contributions to the field. The other editors with a wealth of knowledge and experience are affiliated to respectively l'Aqulia University (Dr. Di Carlo), Penn State University (Dr. Brune), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Dr. Schoeberl) and Forschungszentrum Julich (Dr. Wahner).

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