Global warming potential, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 68 relations: Atmosphere, Carbon accounting, Carbon dioxide, Carbon footprint, Carbon tetrafluoride, Chlorodifluoromethane, Chlorofluorocarbon, Climate change, Climate variability and change, Cooling tower, Denitrification, Dichlorodifluoromethane, Difluoromethane, Earth's energy budget, Effects of climate change, Emission intensity, Energy flux, Fluorocarbon, Fluoroform, Fluoromethane, Fugitive gas emissions, Gas, Greenhouse gas, Hexafluoroethane, Hydrofluorocarbon, Hydrofluoroether, Hydrogen, Infrared, Infrared spectroscopy, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, IPCC Second Assessment Report, IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Irrigation, Kyoto Protocol, Mass, Methane, Methane emissions, Nitrogen cycle, Nitrogen trifluoride, Nitrous oxide, Octafluorocyclobutane, Octafluoropropane, Pentafluoroethane, Perfluorobutane, Perfluorodecalin, Perfluorohexane, Perfluoropentane, Perfluoropolyether, ... Expand index (18 more) »

2. Carbon dioxide
3. Climate forcing
4. Equivalent units
5. Infrared spectroscopy

Atmosphere

An atmosphere is a layer of gasses that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object.

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Carbon accounting

Carbon accounting (or greenhouse gas accounting) is a framework of methods to measure and track how much greenhouse gas (GHG) an organization emits.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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A carbon footprint (or greenhouse gas footprint) is a calculated value or index that makes it possible to compare the total amount of greenhouse gases that an activity, product, company or country adds to the atmosphere. Global warming potential and carbon footprint are greenhouse gas emissions.

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Carbon tetrafluoride

Tetrafluoromethane, also known as carbon tetrafluoride or R-14, is the simplest perfluorocarbon (CF4).

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Chlorodifluoromethane

Chlorodifluoromethane or difluoromonochloromethane is a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC).

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Chlorofluorocarbon

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are fully or partly halogenated hydrocarbons that contain carbon (C), hydrogen (H), chlorine (Cl), and fluorine (F), produced as volatile derivatives of methane, ethane, and propane.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Climate variability and change

Climate variability includes all the variations in the climate that last longer than individual weather events, whereas the term climate change only refers to those variations that persist for a longer period of time, typically decades or more.

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Cooling tower

A cooling tower is a device that rejects waste heat to the atmosphere through the cooling of a coolant stream, usually a water stream, to a lower temperature.

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Denitrification

Denitrification is a microbially facilitated process where nitrate (NO3−) is reduced and ultimately produces molecular nitrogen (N2) through a series of intermediate gaseous nitrogen oxide products.

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Dichlorodifluoromethane

Dichlorodifluoromethane (R-12) is a colorless gas usually sold under the brand name Freon-12, and a chlorofluorocarbon halomethane (CFC) used as a refrigerant and aerosol spray propellant.

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Difluoromethane

Difluoromethane, also called difluoromethylene, HFC-32 Methylene Fluoride or R-32, is an organic compound of the dihalogenoalkane variety.

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Earth's energy budget

Earth's energy budget (or Earth's energy balance) accounts for the balance between the energy that Earth receives from the Sun and the energy the Earth loses back into outer space. Global warming potential and Earth's energy budget are climate forcing.

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Effects of climate change

Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies.

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Emission intensity

An emission intensity (also carbon intensity or C.I.) is the emission rate of a given pollutant relative to the intensity of a specific activity, or an industrial production process; for example grams of carbon dioxide released per megajoule of energy produced, or the ratio of greenhouse gas emissions produced to gross domestic product (GDP). Global warming potential and emission intensity are greenhouse gas emissions.

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Energy flux

Energy flux is the rate of transfer of energy through a surface.

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Fluorocarbon

Fluorocarbons are chemical compounds with carbon-fluorine bonds.

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Fluoroform

Fluoroform, or trifluoromethane, is the chemical compound with the formula.

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Fluoromethane

Fluoromethane, also known as methyl fluoride, Freon 41, Halocarbon-41 and HFC-41, is a non-toxic, liquefiable, and flammable gas at standard temperature and pressure.

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Fugitive gas emissions

Fugitive gas emissions are emissions of gas (typically natural gas, which contains methane) to atmosphere or groundwater which result from oil and gas or coal mining activity. Global warming potential and Fugitive gas emissions are greenhouse gas emissions.

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Gas

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter.

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Greenhouse gas

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth. Global warming potential and Greenhouse gas are climate forcing.

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Hexafluoroethane

Hexafluoroethane is the perfluorocarbon counterpart to the hydrocarbon ethane.

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Hydrofluorocarbon

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are synthetic organic compounds that contain fluorine and hydrogen atoms, and are the most common type of organofluorine compounds.

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Hydrofluoroether

Hydrofluoroethers (HFE) are a class of organic solvents.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Infrared

Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.

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Infrared spectroscopy

Infrared spectroscopy (IR spectroscopy or vibrational spectroscopy) is the measurement of the interaction of infrared radiation with matter by absorption, emission, or reflection.

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations.

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IPCC Fifth Assessment Report

The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the fifth in a series of such reports and was completed in 2014.

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IPCC Fourth Assessment Report

Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was published in 2007 and is the fourth in a series of reports intended to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information concerning climate change, its potential effects, and options for adaptation and mitigation.

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IPCC Second Assessment Report

The Second Assessment Report (SAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in 1995, is an assessment of the then available scientific and socio-economic information on climate change.

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IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the sixth in a series of reports which assess the available scientific information on climate change.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Kyoto Protocol

The was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO2 emissions are driving it. Global warming potential and Kyoto Protocol are carbon dioxide.

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Mass

Mass is an intrinsic property of a body.

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Methane

Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms).

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Methane emissions

Increasing methane emissions are a major contributor to the rising concentration of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere, and are responsible for up to one-third of near-term global heating. Global warming potential and methane emissions are greenhouse gas emissions.

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Nitrogen cycle

The nitrogen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into multiple chemical forms as it circulates among atmospheric, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems.

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Nitrogen trifluoride

Nitrogen trifluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula.

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Nitrous oxide

Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, nitro, or nos, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula.

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Octafluorocyclobutane

Octafluorocyclobutane, or perfluorocyclobutane, C4F8, is an organofluorine compound which enjoys several niche applications.

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Octafluoropropane

Octafluoropropane (C3F8) is the perfluorocarbon counterpart to the hydrocarbon propane.

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Pentafluoroethane

Pentafluoroethane is a fluorocarbon with the formula CF3CHF2.

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Perfluorobutane

Perfluorobutane (PFB) is an inert, high-density colorless gas.

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Perfluorodecalin

Perfluorodecalin is a fluorocarbon, a derivative of decalin in which all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by fluorine atoms.

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Perfluorohexane

Perfluorohexane, or tetradecafluorohexane, is a fluorocarbon.

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Perfluoropentane

Perfluoropentane (PFP) or dodecafluoropentane; also known as Perflenapent (INN/USAN) is a fluorocarbon, the fluorinated analogue of pentane.

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Perfluoropolyether

Perfluoropolyethers (PFPEs) are a class of organofluorine compound.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.

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Radiative forcing

Radiative forcing (or climate forcing) is a concept used in climate science to quantify the change in energy balance in Earth's atmosphere. Global warming potential and Radiative forcing are climate forcing.

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Reciprocal length

Reciprocal length or inverse length is a quantity or measurement used in several branches of science and mathematics, defined as the reciprocal of length.

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Rutgers University

Rutgers University, officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey.

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Sulfur hexafluoride

Sulfur hexafluoride or sulphur hexafluoride (British spelling) is an inorganic compound with the formula SF6.

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Thermal radiation

Thermal radiation is electromagnetic radiation emitted by the thermal motion of particles in matter.

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Tonne

The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

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Trichlorofluoromethane

Trichlorofluoromethane, also called freon-11, CFC-11, or R-11, is a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC).

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Trifluoromethylsulfur pentafluoride

Trifluoromethylsulfur pentafluoride, CF3SF5, is a rarely used industrial greenhouse gas.

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Unit of measurement

A unit of measurement, or unit of measure, is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity.

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.

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Water vapor

Water vapor, water vapour or aqueous vapor is the gaseous phase of water.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.

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Wavenumber

In the physical sciences, the wavenumber (or wave number), also known as repetency, is the spatial frequency of a wave, measured in cycles per unit distance (ordinary wavenumber) or radians per unit distance (angular wavenumber).

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1,1,1,2,3,3,3-Heptafluoropropane

1,1,1,2,3,3,3-Heptafluoropropane, also called heptafluoropropane, HFC-227ea (ISO name), HFC-227 or FM-200, as well as apaflurane (INN), is a colourless, odourless gaseous halocarbon commonly used as a gaseous fire suppression agent.

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1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane

1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (also known as norflurane (INN), R-134a, Klea 134a, Freon 134a, Forane 134a, Genetron 134a, Green Gas, Florasol 134a, Suva 134a, HFA-134a, or HFC-134a) is a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) and haloalkane refrigerant with thermodynamic properties similar to R-12 (dichlorodifluoromethane) but with insignificant ozone depletion potential and a lower 100-year global warming potential (1,430, compared to R-12's GWP of 10,900).

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1,1,1-Trifluoroethane

1,1,1-Trifluoroethane, or R-143a or simply trifluoroethane, is a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) compound that is a colorless gas.

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See also

Carbon dioxide

• Abano Mineral Lake Natural Monument
• Afterdamp
• Amorphous carbonia
• Blackdamp
• CO2 fertilization effect
• Capnophiles
• Carbacid Investments
• Carbon capture and storage
• Carbon carousel
• Carbon dioxide
• Carbon dioxide (data page)
• Carbon dioxide angiography
• Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere
• Carbon dioxide recorder
• Carbon dioxide scrubber
• Carbon dioxide sensor
• Carbon profiling
• Carbon sink
• Carbon-neutral fuel
• Cave of Dogs
• Clumped isotopes
• Dioxide Materials
• Direct air capture
• Dry ice
• Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide
• Global warming potential
• Greenhouse gas monitoring
• Illustrative model of greenhouse effect on climate change
• Keeling Curve
• Kyoto Protocol
• Kyoto Protocol and government action
• Limnic eruption
• Liquid carbon dioxide
• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
• Mars carbon dioxide ice cloud
• Mazuku
• Moustafa T. Chahine
• Photochemical reduction of carbon dioxide
• Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide
• Revelle factor
• Sarco pod
• Space-based measurements of carbon dioxide
• Supercritical carbon dioxide
• Supercritical carbon dioxide blend
• TanSat
• Total Carbon Column Observing Network
• Views on the Kyoto Protocol
• XCO2

Climate forcing

• Air pollution
• Albedo
• Assarting
• Black carbon
• Carbonate–silicate cycle
• Cement clinker
• Climate change mitigation
• Cloud feedback
• Contrail
• Deforestation and climate change
• Earth's energy budget
• Fixed anvil temperature hypothesis
• General circulation model
• Global warming potential
• Greenhouse effect
• Greenhouse gas
• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Greenhouse gases
• Hemispherical photography
• Impact event
• Impact winter
• Land surface effects on climate
• Large igneous province
• Milankovitch cycles
• Nuclear winter
• Orbital forcing
• Particulates
• Radiative forcing
• Runaway greenhouse effect
• Ship tracks
• Solar activity and climate
• Sunlight
• Twomey effect
• Urban heat inequity
• Urban heat island
• Very short-lived substances
• Waste heat
• Weathering
• Wildland fire emission

Equivalent units

• Album-equivalent unit
• Background radiation equivalent time
• Banana equivalent dose
• Barrel of oil equivalent
• Bioanalytical equivalent
• Committed dose equivalent
• Deep-dose equivalent
• Dry Sheep Equivalent
• Effective input noise temperature
• Equivalent carbon content
• Equivalent noise resistance
• Equivalent potential temperature
• Equivalent weight
• Flight-time equivalent dose
• Full-time equivalent
• Gasoline gallon equivalent
• Gate equivalent
• Global warming potential
• HABU equivalent
• Human equivalent
• Livestock grazing comparison
• Metabolic equivalent of task
• Meter water equivalent
• Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent
• Milk equivalent
• Moisture equivalent
• Noise-equivalent power
• Noise-equivalent temperature
• Oxygen equivalent
• Passenger car equivalent
• Population equivalent
• Röntgen equivalent physical
• Residential Customer Equivalent
• Ringer equivalence number
• Roentgen equivalent man
• Salt equivalent
• TNT equivalent
• Tonne of oil equivalent
• Toxic equivalency factor
• Twenty-foot equivalent unit

Infrared spectroscopy

• Attenuated total reflectance
• Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy
• Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
• GEISA
• Geology applications of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
• Global warming potential
• Golay cell
• Hagen–Rubens relation
• Hyperspectral imaging
• Infrared Nanospectroscopy (AFM-IR)
• Infrared spectroscopy
• Infrared spectroscopy correlation table
• Libration (molecule)
• Liquid droplet radiator
• Microfluidic modulation spectroscopy
• Mulling (spectroscopy)
• Nano-FTIR
• Nondispersive infrared sensor
• Normalized difference water index
• Nujol
• Overtone band
• Project 1640
• Rule of mutual exclusion
• Snapshot hyperspectral imaging
• Spatiospectral scanning
• Spectral Database for Organic Compounds
• Spectro-Polarimetric High-Contrast Exoplanet Research
• Thermal infrared spectroscopy
• Tolman electronic parameter
• Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy
• Vibrational Spectroscopy
• Vibrational circular dichroism
• Vibrational solvatochromism

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming_potential

Also known as CO2 equivalent, CO2-eq, CO2-equivalent, CO2e, CO2e-emissions, CO2eq, Carbon Dioxide Equivalent, Carbon dioxide-equivalent, Equivalent CO2, GCDE, GCDE/km, Global-warming potential, Grams per mile average CO2-equivalent value, Greenhouse warming potential, GtCO2, GtCO2e, GtCO2eq, MMTCDE, TCO2e.

, Precipitation, Radiative forcing, Reciprocal length, Rutgers University, Sulfur hexafluoride, Thermal radiation, Tonne, Trichlorofluoromethane, Trifluoromethylsulfur pentafluoride, Unit of measurement, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Water vapor, Watt, Wavenumber, 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-Heptafluoropropane, 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1-Trifluoroethane.