A Double Portrait: The Contributions G.S. Golitsyn and P.J. Crutzen Made to Studying the Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere

K A M Brenninkmeijer,A S Ginzburg,N F Elansky,I I Mokhov

doi:10.1134/s0001433821010035

Abstract

This is the introductory article for the special issue of Izvestia, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics dedicated to the 2019 Lomonosov Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences awarded to Academician Georgy Golitsyn “for making an outstanding contribution to the study of atmospheric physics of the Earth and planets and the development of the theory of climate and its changes” and to foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Professor Paul Joseph Crutzen “for making an outstanding contribution to the chemistry of the atmosphere and assessing the role and biogeochemical cycles in climate formation.” This issue includes an article highlighting the contributions Golitsyn and Crutzen made to the study of physics and chemistry of the atmosphere, climate, and biogeochemical cycles, as well as articles written for this special issue with the participation or recommendation of the laureates.

Highlights

Portrait of the LaureatesThese photos of Golitsyn and Crutzen were taken Golitsyn was taken by his daughter Anna in the about ten years ago and clearly demonstrate the wise Golitsyn house near Moscow
Received September 30, 2020; revised October 12, 2020; accepted October 14, 2020. This is the introductory article for the special issue of Izvestia, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics dedicated to the 2019 Lomonosov Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences awarded to Academician Georgy Golitsyn “for making an outstanding contribution to the study of atmospheric physics of the Earth and planets and the development of the theory of climate and its changes” and to foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Professor Paul Joseph Crutzen “for making an outstanding contribution to the chemistry of the atmosphere and assessing the role and biogeochemical cycles in climate formation.”
This issue of the journal contains articles devoted to the development of the ideas of Academician Golitsyn and Professor Crutzen, including publications with the participation of the laureates themselves and authors invited by the laureates and the editorial board of the journal [103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112]

Summary

A Double Portrait

The Contributions G.S. Golitsyn and P.J. Crutzen Made to Studying the Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere. Received September 30, 2020; revised October 12, 2020; accepted October 14, 2020 Abstract—This is the introductory article for the special issue of Izvestia, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics dedicated to the 2019 Lomonosov Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences awarded to Academician Georgy Golitsyn “for making an outstanding contribution to the study of atmospheric physics of the Earth and planets and the development of the theory of climate and its changes” and to foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Professor Paul Joseph Crutzen “for making an outstanding contribution to the chemistry of the atmosphere and assessing the role and biogeochemical cycles in climate formation.”.

INTRODUCTION

A DOUBLE PORTRAIT

CONCLUSIONS

Formation of the Earth’s twilight limb coloration and radiance