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2003 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Atmospheric Photooxidants

verfasst von : Stuart A. Penkett, Kathy S. Law, Tony Cox, Prasad Kasibhatla, Hajime Akimoto, Cyndi Atherton, Elliot Atlas, Carl Brenninkmeijer, John Burrows, Nicola Carslaw, Richard G. Derwent, Fred Eisele, Louisa Emmons, Fred Fehsenfeld, Jack Fishman, Claire Granier, Dwayne Heard, Øystein Hov, Daniel J. Jacob, Patrick Jöckel, M. Koike, Yutaka Kondo, Jos Lelieveld, Jonathan I. Levy, Alain Marenco, Paul S. Monks, Steve Montzka, Jenny Moody, Fiona O’Connor, David Parrish, Ken Pickering, John Plane, Alex Pszenny, Geert-Jan Roelofs, Hans Schlager, Paul Seakins, Hanwant B. Singh, Andreas Stohl, Anne Thompson

Erschienen in: Atmospheric Chemistry in a Changing World

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Enthalten in: Professional Book Archive

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Earth’s atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen. It is therefore highly oxidising but the oxygen only acts as the main source of the more reactive molecules and free radicals that provide the atmosphere’s real oxidising power. These are formed almost entirely by photochemistry and many involve coupling between ozone and water vapour, the influence of which on the overall oxidising power is often underestimated. The oxidants to be dealt with here therefore include ozone (O₃), hydroxyl radicals (OH), peroxy radicals (both inorganic (HO₂) and organic (RO₂)), and peroxides (H₂O₂ and RO₂H). Other oxidants include nitrate radicals (NO₃) and halogen atoms; however, these play a subsidiary role and probably are unimportant over large parts of the atmosphere.

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