Tropospheric air pollution

Finlayson-Pitts BJ, IN Pitts (1997) Tropospheric air pollution ozone, airborne toxics, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and particles. Science 276 1045-1052. 

Finlayson-Pitts, B. J., and J. N. Pitts, Jr., Tropospheric Air Pollution Ozone, Airborne Toxics, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Particles, Science, 27b, 1045-1052 (1997). 

Although chemical transformations in the troposphere may seem peripheral to this discussion, these reactions should be kept in mind since their products may subsequently enter the aquatic and terrestrial environments. The persistence and the toxicity of these secondary products are therefore directly relevant to this discussion. Details of the relevant principles and details of the methodology are covered in the comprehensive treatise by Finlay son-Pitts and Pitts (1986), and reference should be made to reviews on tropospheric air pollution (Finlayson-Pitts and Pitts 1997) and atmospheric aerosols (Andreae and Crutzen 1997). The reactions are dominated by those involving free radicals. 

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