The Chemistry and Chemical Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres

对其他行星大气层的研究作为基础研究具有相当大的兴趣。额外的兴趣来自这样一个事实，即这些研究往往被证明适用于地球大气层。这笔赠款用于对地球和其他行星大气的化学和化学演化进行理论和实验研究。该项目的目标是：(1)完成现有行星大气化学的理论和模拟研究；(2)实验研究地球大气的硫化学；(3)发展行星大气起源和化学演化的统一理论。这项工作将包括研究金星和地球大气中的硫循环，以及行星大气中的氮、磷和锗化学。随后的研究将针对火山和星云的非平衡化学，以及彗星和小行星撞击行星所产生的大气化学效应。

Studies of the atmospheres of other planets are of considerable interest as basic research. Additional interest results from the fact that these studies often turn out to have application to the earth's atmosphere. This grant funds a theoretical and experimental study of the chemistry and chemical evolution of the earth and other planetary atmospheres. The objectives of the project are: (1) to accomplish theoretical and modeling studies of the chemistry of existing planetary atmospheres; (2) to experimentally investigate the sulfur chemistry of the earth's atmosphere; (3) to develop a unified theory of the origin and chemical evolution of planetary atmospheres. This work will include studies of the sulfur cycles of Venus and the earth's atmospheres and the nitrogen, phosphorus and germanium chemistry in planetary atmospheres. Subsequent research will be directed at the non-equilbrium chemistry of volcanoes and nebula, and the atmospheric chemical effects resulting from the impact of comets and asteroids with planets.