Handbook of Atmospheric Science
Subtitle: Principles and Applications
Contributors: U. Baltensperger (Contributor); Peter Brimblecombe (Contributor); D. Carruthers (Contributor); Hugh Coe (Contributor); J. Fenger (Contributor); B. Fisher (Contributor); B. Hall (Contributor); C. Halsall (Contributor); W. De Vries (Contributor); C. N. Hewitt (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: August 1, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 648
ISBN-13: 9780632052868
First sentence: This chapter is concerned with how the planet Earth comes to have an atmosphere, and how that atmosphere has been modified by chemical, physical, and biological processes to move toward its present-day composition.