Global Warming Potential: The ratio of the warming caused by a substance to the warming caused by a similar mass of carbon dioxide. CFC-12, for example, has a GWP of 8,500, while water has a GWP of zero.
Global Warming Potential (GWP): is defined as the cumulative radiative forcing effects of a gas over a specified time horizon resulting from the emission of a unit mass of gas relative to a reference gas.
Global warming potential (GWP): A measure of how much heat a substance can trap in the atmosphere. GWP can be used to compare the effects of different greenhouse gases.
global warming potential (GWP) = the effect on global warming of an GhG when compared to the emission of CO2 = 1 GMT = Generic Mapping Tools GPS = Global Positioning System ...
Geothermal Energy Global Carbon Budget Global Dimming Global Energy Balance Global Environment Monitoring System or GEMS Global Footprint Network Global Hectare or GHA Global Warming Global Warming Potential or GWP ...
Experts say they possess global warming potentials that are thousands of times greater than CO2. Hydrophilic Having a strong affinity for water; attracting, dissolving in or absorbing water.
A metric measure used to compare the emissions from various greenhouse gases based upon their global warming potential (GWP). Carbon dioxide equivalents are commonly expressed as 'million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMTCDE)'.
Methane is a hydrocarbon that is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential most recently estimated at 23 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2).
Global Warming Potential (GWP) is the index used to translate the level of emissions of various gases into a common measure in order to compare the relative radiative forcing of different gases without directly calculating the changes in atmospheric ...
A substance with an ozone depletion potential of less than 0.2. All HCFCs are currently included in this classification. (See Global warming potential.) Source: Terms of the Environment ...
hydrofluorocarbons - used as solvents and cleaners in the semiconductor industry, among others; experts say that they possess global warming potentials that are thousands of times greater than CO2.
Class II Substance: A substance with an ozone depletion potential of less than 0.2. All HCFCs are currently included in this classification. (see Global Warming Potential) ...
It is the principal anthropogenic greenhouse gas that affects the Earth's radiative balance. It is the reference gas against which other greenhouse gases are measured and therefore has a Global Warming Potential of 1.
See also: Global warming, Air, Water, Environment, Climate change
 
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