Fundamentals of Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere

From reviews of the 1st edition - "The book deserves a particularly positive appreciation in view not only of its inherent quality and scientific rigour, but also of the bright idea of the author to merge, into a unified context, the description of the laws of atmosphere as a result of otherwise inseparable elements... this book is deeply recommended as useful and all-embracing textbook of university courses of atmospheric physics and chemistry. Its original planning will certainly stimulate the attention of students and readers a ] ." (A. Longretto, Il Nuovo Cimento, January, 2003) "A large part of the text is dedicated to atmospheric dynamics. Radiation, climate and chemistry are treated each in two chapters. As given in the preface, the book originated from an 1989 Italian popular science book and was eventually rewritten as a textbook along the lectures of the author in Environmental Science... This book ... offers a grand tour through a complex field." (C. Kessler, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 12 (1), 2003)

• Characteristics of the Atmospheres.- Thermodynamics of the atmosphere.- Radiation: The First Steps.- The First Laws of Motion.- A Few Simple Applications.- The Atmospheric Motions.-  The Planetary Boundary Layer.- Aerosols and Clouds.- Waves in the Atmosphere.- The Data on the Atmospheric Circulation.- Theories on the General Circulation of the Atmosphere.- Radiation for Different Uses.- Simple Climate Models.- The Application of the Simple Climate Models.- Chemistry of the Troposphere.- Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere.- Stratospheric Chemistry.- Planetary Atmospheres.-Chaos in the Atmosphere.- Atmospheric Remote Sensing Principles and Techniques.- Passive Remote Sensing of the Atmospheres.- Active Remote Sensing of the Atmospheres.