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STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE: Physical characteristics -- Chemical composition -- Spectroscopy -- Meteors -- CHEMISTRY OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE: Neutral oxygen atmosphere -- Neutral oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere -- Oxygen-nitrogen-hydrogen atmosphere -- Carbon-hydrogen-oxygen cycle -- Perturbations -- THE IONOSPHERE: E and F1 positive-ion cycle -- N and NO chemistry -- D region -- ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS: CO and CO2 -- Hydrocarbons -- Oxides of nitrogen -- Oxidant -- Halogenated compounds -- Sulfur compounds -- Particulate matter -- HYDROCARBON OXIDATION: Slow combustion -- Rapid combustion -- PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG: Production -- Hydrocarbon reactivities -- Chemistry of the conversion of NO to N02 -- Initiation -- Termination -- Model calculation -- Oxidant dosage -- REACTIONS OF O8 AND SINGLET O2: NO2 photolysis -- Rate coefficients -- Reactions of ozone -- Singlet O2 -- SO2 CHEMISTRY: Photolysis of SO2 -- Free radical reactions -- Relative importance of homogeneous SO2 oxidation reactions -- Oxidation in H20 solution -- AEROSOL CHEMISTRY: Direct introduction -- Photochemical smog -- From SO2 -- Fog formation -- CONTROL METHODS: Stationary sources -- Motor vehicles -- Chemical control of the atmosphere -- Cost of air pollution.