Understanding the environmental impacts of atmospheric chemistry is essential when making observations and decisions. This comprehensive textbook adopts a holistic Earth systems perspective, explaining the interconnection between the chemistry and physics of the Earth's atmosphere with the complex changes that occur due to natural and anthropogenic activities. Providing a systematic foundation in theory, measurement, and modelling, along with recent data and numerical examples, it equips students with the essential background needed to understand and analyze atmospheric systems. Designed for advanced undergraduate and early graduate students, the textbook utilizes a step-by-step approach to equations and theoretical assumptions, allowing readers to better understand field research, laboratory measurements, and atmospheric modelling, and apply those lessons to real world problems. With interconnected concepts forming a comprehensive framework, end-of-chapter questions that encourage critical thinking, and an online solutions manual, this textbook is an invaluable resource for students of atmospheric chemistry.

‘This new textbook provides an engaging and well-balanced introduction to the field. It is the right length: concise without sacrificing technical depth or fundamentals. It integrates recent research advances and emerging topics that are shaping the field today. I especially appreciated the emphasis on measurement techniques, which are central to advancing both field and laboratory research in atmospheric chemistry.’

Lu Hu - University of Montana

‘A comprehensive and rigorous textbook that introduces students to all important aspects of atmospheric chemistry. Its accessibility and up-to-date information lay the foundational knowledge to proceed in studies relevant for the atmospheric, chemical, Earth, and health-related sciences. It makes for an ideal companion for undergraduate and early graduate studies.’

Daniel Knopf - Stony Brook University

‘A superb, integrated treatment of atmospheric chemistry. Francisco moves seamlessly from fundamentals to real-world impacts, covering atmospheric transport, measurement techniques, computational modeling, tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry, aerosols, and Earth system coupling with exceptional clarity. Well-designed problem sets effectively consolidate understanding, and as a modern teaching text it offers the coherent, up-to-date framework students need to understand how atmospheric chemistry shapes our planet.’

Paul I. Palmer - University of Edinburgh

‘Joe Francisco's book Atmospheric Chemistry is a superb textbook and reference work. Starting from a fundamental physical chemistry / chemical physics basis, it guides the reader through the complexities of the Earth's atmosphere in a clear and authoritative way. I will be using this text in my courses and will be directing students to the excellent worked example questions.’

Dudley Shallcross - University of Bristol

‘This textbook is comprehensive and systematic, while also offering a detailed, step-by-step treatment of atmospheric chemistry. It will prove to be an indispensable guide for students in the field.’

Jingsong Zhang - University of California, Riverside