ABSTRACT
There has been increasing interest in the photochemical processes that occur in the surface waters of the oceans and other natural waters. Much of this work has been stimulated by the pioneering work of Zika and coworkers (at the University of Miami, 1981, 1982, 1985), Zafiriou (at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution [WHOI], 1983, 1990), and Zepp (at the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA]), who applied state-of-the-art photochemistry to ocean systems. This chapter briefly discusses the principles of photochemistry and the application of these principles to some ocean systems.
