This monograph provides a unique and comprehensive coverage of the nature and atmospheric role of carbonaceous aerosol particles, these big unknowns of the global atmosphere. Even the concept of carbonaceous aerosol has just recently grown out of atmospheric pollution studies, without ever being anchored to solidified nomenclature and terminology. It is beyond any doubt that no major breakthrough can be expected in resolving climate issues without a better understanding of the role carbonaceous particles play in the global atmosphere.

This monograph may serve as an indispensable reference for all those interested in virtually any aspects of global atmospheric sciences, especially for those who are stakeholders in inadvertent climate modification. Thus atmospheric chemists, physicists, meteorologists, and modellers may well find this monograph a thought-inspiring and sometimes provocative overview of all global phenomena affected by or related to carbonaceous aerosol. An anticipated advantage of this monograph is that it brings together these diverse atmospheric phenomena under the umbrella of carbonaceous aerosol in an interdisciplinary way, which is a prerequisite of resolving global scientific issues.

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The concept of carbonaceous aerosol has only recently emerged from atmospheric pollution studies; even standard nomenclature and terminology are still unsettled. This monograph is the first to offer comprehensive coverage of the nature and atmospheric role of carbonaceous aerosol particles. Atmospheric chemists, physicists, meteorologists, and modellers will find this a thought-inspiring and sometimes provocative overview of all global phenomena affected by or related to carbonaceous aerosol.

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Preface.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Methods of Observation of Carbonaceous Aerosol.- 2.1 Sampling of Carbonaceous Aerosol.- 2.2 Methods for Determination of Main Carbonaceous Aerosol Components.- 3. Major Carbonaceous Particle Types and their Sources.- 3.1 Soot-Black Carbon (BC), Elemental Carbon (EC), Graphitic Carbon.- 3.2 Primary Organic Aerosol.- 3.3 Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA).- 4. Organic Chemistry of Aerosol.- 4.1 Chemical Properties of Bulk Organic Aerosol.- 4.2 Major Compound Classes and Atmospheric Tracer Compounds.- 4.3 Chemistry of Water-Soluble Organic Compounds (WSOC).- 5. Properties of Carbonaceous Aerosol and their Role in the Global Atmosphere.- 5.1 Optical Properties of Carbonaceous Particles and their Role in Radioactive Transfer in the Atmosphere.- 5.2 Hygroscopic Properties of Carbonaceous Particles and their Atmospheric Implications.- 5.3 Heterogeneous Reactions on Carbonaceous Aerosol in the Atmosphere. References.- Copyright Acknowledgements.- Index.- List of Abbreviations