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Atmospheric Photochemistry and Spectroscopy

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Low-Temperature Chemistry of the Atmosphere

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Photochemistry is the study of interactions between radiant energy and chemical species, and a fundamental understanding of photochemistry is essential for atmospheric chemists. All the chemistry that takes place in the atmosphere is in some form influenced by solar radiation, which initiates production of many key reactive species and loss of many otherwise stable molecules. Spectroscopy is the investigation of how strongly and at which wavelengths an atom or a molecule absorbs light. The spectroscopy of atmospheric molecules determines which molecule absorbs light in what region of the atmosphere, and hence influences the photochemistry of the atmosphere. Atmospheric photochemistry and spectroscopic detection of atmospheric species are the two main subjects of this paper.

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  1. Aeronomy Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 325 S. Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA

    A. Weaver & A. R. Ravishankara

  2. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

    A. Weaver & A. R. Ravishankara

  3. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

    A. R. Ravishankara

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  1. Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, D-55020, Mainz, Germany

    Geert K. Moortgat

  2. Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT, UK

    Austin J. Barnes

  3. Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes Réactifs, CNRS, F-45071, Orléans Cedex 2, France

    Georges Le Bras

  4. School of Chemical Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

    John R. Sodeau

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Weaver, A., Ravishankara, A.R. (1994). Atmospheric Photochemistry and Spectroscopy. In: Moortgat, G.K., Barnes, A.J., Le Bras, G., Sodeau, J.R. (eds) Low-Temperature Chemistry of the Atmosphere. NATO ASI Series, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79063-8_6

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