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"This book aims to provide knowledge on multiphase chemical processes to graduate students and research scientists who wish to learn more about aerosol chemistry. It provides fundamentals on gas-liquid equilibrium, gas phase reactions, bulk aqueous phase reactions, gas-particle interface reactions related to formation of secondary aerosols. It also describes on new particle formation, and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activity. Field observations and modelling on secondary aerosols and PM2.5 are also described. Atmospheric aerosols (typified by PM2.5) play a critical role in air quality and climate change. There is growing evidence that the multiphase reactions involving heterogeneous reactions on the air-particle interface and the reactions in the bulk liquid phase of cloud/fog or wet aerosol droplets are important processes forming secondary aerosols in addition to gas-phase oxidation reactions to form low-volatile compounds. This area is closely related to the evolving interest in the air-water interface characterization and aqueous interface organic reactions in the physical chemistry community. The field is also related to reactions in biological cells and organisms"--

Transboundary transport of air pollution has been a topic of scientific research for several decades and has also been addressed already by environmental policies. However, the importance of air pollution transport on the largest - intercontinental - scales, has been recognized only recently. It was soon found that the meteorological and chemical processes involved in intercontinental pollution transport are distinctly different from those occurring during regional-scale transport, and thus new scientific methodologies are required for their study. In this book, leading scientists review the current state of knowledge in this emerging field of research, providing the reader with a process understanding of global-scale transport and its influence on the atmosphere's chemical composition. Long-range transport of anthropogenic pollution is contrasted with that of pollution produced by natural processes such as dust storms or forest fires. Furthermore, the prospects for international management of intercontinental transport of anthropogenic pollution are discussed