1. Gaseous air pollutants : sources and control -- 1.1. Units for expressing pollutant concentration -- 1.2. The basic atmosphere -- 1.3. The vertical structure of the atmosphere -- 1.4. Anthropogenic emissions -- 1.5. Primary emission summary -- 1.6. Adsorption and absorption of gases -- 1.7. Incineration as a source of air pollutants -- 1.8. Secondary gaseous pollutants -- 1.9. Other air pollutants -- 1.10. Emission inventories -- 2. Airborne particles -- 2.1. Particle terminology -- 2.2. Particle size distributions -- 2.3. Aerosol mechanics -- 2.4. Particle sources -- 2.5. Reduction of primary particle emissions -- 2.6. Secondary particles -- 2.7. Trends in particle emissions -- 3. Mobile sources -- 3.1. Motor vehicle emissions -- 3.2. Trains -- 3.3. Shipping emissions -- 3.4. Aircraft emissions -- 3.5. Different modes of transport -- 4. measurement of gases and particles -- 4.1. Methods of describing pollutant concentration -- 4.2. Sampling requirements -- 4.3. Gas sampling -- 4.4. Gas concentration measurement -- 4.5. Quality control -- 4.6. Particle sampling -- 4.7. Particle measurement methods -- 4.8. Chemical composition of aerosol -- 4.9. Measurement of coarse particle deposition -- 4.10. Emission measurement from stationary sources -- 5. Concentrations and deposition -- 5.1. Gaseous pollutants -- 5.2. Patterns of occurrence -- 5.3. Particulate matter -- 5.4. Dry deposition of gases -- 5.5. Wet deposition -- 5.6. Total deposition and budgets -- 5.7. Analysis of an air pollution episode -- 6. Meteorology and modelling -- 6.1. Meteorological factors -- 6.2. Dispersion models -- 6.3. Gaussian dispersion theory -- 6.4. Dispersion theory in practice -- 6.5. Dispersion of vehicle emissions -- 6.6. Receptor models -- 6.7. Box models -- 6.8. Statistical models -- 7. Analysis of an air quality data set -- 7.1. The raw data set -- 7.2. Period averages -- 7.3. Roses -- 7.4. Diurnal variations -- 7.5. Short-term events -- 7.6. Frequency distributions -- 7.7. Further statistical analyses -- 8. Indoor air quality -- 8.1. Building ventilation -- 8.2. Combustion -- 8.3. Indoor organics sources -- 8.4. Bioaerosols -- 8.5. Sick building syndrome -- 8.6. Odour and ventilation -- 8.7. Clean rooms -- 9. Effects on plants, visual range and materials -- 9.1. Effects on plants -- 9.2. Visual range -- 9.3. Damage to materials -- 10. Responses of humans and other animals -- 10.1. Responses of people -- 10.2. Effects on other animals -- 11. Greenhouse gases and climate change -- 11.1. Our radiation environment -- 11.2. The role of gases -- 11.3. The role of aerosol -- 11.4. Gases and aerosol combined -- 11.5. Future scenarios -- 11.6. The main predictions -- 11.7. Feedbacks -- 11.8. Global responses -- 12. Ozone depletion and ultraviolet radiation -- 12.1. Ozone in the stratosphere -- 12.2. Destructive chemistry -- 12.3. The current situation -- 12.4. Ozone and ultraviolet -- 12.5. Clothing protection from UV -- 13. Standards and legislation -- 13.1. UK legislation -- 13.2. EU air quality legislation -- 13.3. UNECE -- 13.4. World Health Organisation -- 13.5. EU industrial emission legislation -- 13.6. EU vehicle emissions -- 13.7. US legislation -- 13.8. Air pollution indices.