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Klimawandel ist eine der größten Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Schwerpunkt dieses integrativen Handbuchs ist die Luftchemie im Kontext des Klimasystems und seiner Veränderungen. Dieses Buch präsentiert einen problemorientierten Ansatz zur Darstellung atmosphärischer Prozesse und der möglichen Einfluss- und Änderungsfaktoren und somit auch zur Bewertung des Zustands des Klimasystems.

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Climate change is a major challenge facing the modern world. The chemistry of air and it´s influence on the climate system forms the main focus of this monograph. The book presents a problem-based approach to presenting global atmospheric processes, evaluating the effects of changing air composition as well as possibilities for interference within these processes and indicates ways for solving the problem of climate change through chemistry.

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Introduction; Chemical Evolution; Climate, Climate Change and the Climate System; Fundamentals of Air Chemistry; Substances and Chemical Reactions; Atmospheric Phenomena: Chemistry and Effects

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"One can see that Möller did an enormous piece of work. His efforts produced an important and wonderful result. I consider this volume as one of the best books in the field, if not the best one. Möller´s approach is unique in such a sense that he places atmospheric (and environmental) chemistry in the frame of the climate system. As Paul Crutzen notes in the Preface, it is also unusual that he treats the history of all the problems discussed. The structure of the book is also particular. So, the author is congratulated for preparing this nice book."Ern? Mészáros, Air Chemistry Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Prof. emer. University of Veszprém "Even at the first glance one can see that the book "Chemistry of the Climate System" represents an enormous piece of work. I think that Detlev Möller s efforts produced an important and wonderful result. I consider this volume as one of the best books in the field, if not the best one. The approach is unique in such a sense that he places atmospheric (and environmental) chemistry in the frame of the climate system. As Paul Crutzen notes in the Preface, it is also unusual that he treats the history of all the problems discussed. The structure of the book is also particular. So, I congratulate for preparing this nice book." Professor Ernö Mészáros (Academy of Sciences of Hungary)

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