The vast family of volatile organic compounds plays a central role in the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere. Reactive Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere provides comprehensive and up-to-date reviews covering all aspects of the behavior, sources, occurrence, and chemistry of these compounds. The book considers both biogenic and anthropogenic sources, plus their effects in the atmosphere at local, regional, and global scales. Covers a major component of atmospheric chemistry and air pollution Considers both natural background chemistry and pollution processes Provides authoritative reviews for a wide range of audiences

V.1 - A review of the natural hydrocarbon issue; Testing of hydrocarbon emissions from vegetation and methodology for compiling biogenic emission inventories; Energy balance/Bowen ratio technique for estimating hydrocarbon fluxes; The effect of environmental factors on the enission of biogenic hydrocarbons from live oak and slash pine; Physiological effects of simulated environments on green plants; Mechanism of monoterpene volatilization from Salvia mellifera; Methods of estimating foliar biomass; Foliar biomass: data base of the International Biological Program and other sources; EPA data systems used to report anthropogenic hydrocarbon emissions data; v.2 - Non-urban hydrocarbon concentrations in ambient air North of Houston, Texas; Biogenic hydrocarbon measurements; Rural nonmethane hydrocarbon concentration and composition; Hydrocarbon samples from temperate glaciers of the North Cascade Mountains; Characterization of the haze in the Great Smoky and Abastumani Mountains; Photochemical oxidant potential of the biogenic hydrocarbons; Aerosols and carbon balance in the pinene-NOx photochemical system; Terpene ozonolysis products; The impact of alpha-pinene on urban smog formation: an outdoor smog chamber study.