Basics of Air Pollution

Sources and Monitoring

Kirpa Ram (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

350 Seiten

2026
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division (Verlag)
9780443189432 (ISBN)

Infos

Basics of Air Pollution: Sources and Monitoring delivers a comprehensive reference for those seeking understanding of air pollution basics, including sources, transformations, and effects. The book covers a full range of related topics—from the very basics to the advanced level—not typically found in other books on air pollution. The book explains concepts using case studies and offers good comprehensive understanding of air pollution sources, transformations and effects. The book offers relevant fundamental knowledge which can facilitate future in-depth studies aimed at solving real world problems.

Autor

Dr Kirpa Ram has a doctoral degree in Chemistry from Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad and has specializations the field of atmospheric physics, air pollution and atmospheric chemistry. He has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Tokyo, Japan. After a short period of stay at IIT Bhubaneshwar and NEERI, Nagpur, and has been an Assistant Professor since March 2014 where he has been teaching atmospheric physics, air pollution and atmospheric chemistry to post-graduate and PhD scholars. Dr Kirpa is not only involved in teaching and research but also has been giving popular lectures to various academic as well as non-academic Institutions.

Inhalt

Section A: The Earth and its atmosphere
1. The Earth and evolution of its atmosphere
2. The atmosphere and its composition

Section B: Air pollution
3. Pre industrial and present air quality comparison
4. Particulate air Pollutants
5. Gaseous air Pollutants

Section C: Atmospheric Chemistry, cloud, precipitation and climate
6. Atmospheric Chemistry
7. Impact of air pollution
8. Aerosol and cloud interaction
9. Air pollution and climate change

Section D: Monitoring and mitigation
10. Methods for measuring air pollution and mitigation
11. Mitigation of air pollution through technological advancement

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2026
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• ISBN-13: 9780443189432 / 9780443189432
• Zustand: Neuware