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Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry. Peter V. Hobbs. 2000. 262 pp. $24.95. Paperbound. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-77800-X.
Atmospheric chemistry is a relatively new discipline that has become increasingly important in the last 20 years in studying a variety of environmental problems of interest to earth and environmental scientists. Air pollution, acid rain, the ozone hole, and the atmospheric portions of the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur are among the topics that have been the subjects of intense interest recently and that are discussed in this textbook.
Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry by Peter Hobbs briefly reviews the basic principles of atmospheric chemistry. This book is intended to be used accompanying Hobbs's other text, Basic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences (Cambridge University Press), but could be used by itself or as a supplement to another course by students who were familiar with physical chemistry. This new volume includes many student problems on the subject with worked solutions within the text and further exercises in an appendix. Hobbs is a professor at the University of Washington and a well-known researcher on various aspects of the atmosphere: clouds, aerosols, precipitation, storms, and climate. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry is very well written; the author has written several other texts, including Atmospheric Sciences: An Introductory Survey (Academic Press) and Ice Physics (Oxford...