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greenhouse gases — Gases that absorb the sun s infrared radiation and trap its heat in the earth s atmosphere. Common greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide and methane. Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill,… … Law dictionary
Greenhouse gases — in the gas industry are gases formed as a result of the industry production activity that contribute to the greenhouse effect in the gas industry. Carbon dioxide and methane are of the highest significance. In comparison with other energy sources … Glossary of Oil and Gas
greenhouse gases — Gases released from the earth s surface through chemical and biological processes that interact with the chemicals in the stratosphere to decrease the release of radiation from the earth. It is believed that this leads to global warming … Dictionary of microbiology
Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ibuki (homonymie). Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite Caractéristiques Organisation JAXA Domaine Détection des gaz à effet de serre Masse … Wikipédia en Français
Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite — The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (sometimes capitalized as Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite ) (GOSAT) is an Earth observation satellite which will be used to monitor the level of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, in Earth s… … Wikipedia
Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite — GOSAT Typ: Erdbeobachtungssatellit Land: Japan Behörde: JAXA NSSDC ID: 2009 002A Missionsdaten Masse: 1 … Deutsch Wikipedia
Greenhouse Gases — Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride, that are transparent to solar (short wave) radiation but opaque to long wave (infrared)… … Energy terms
greenhouse gases — (GHGs) Group of gases which individually act to trap solar energy near the earth. GHGs for which emission levels have been estimated are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), carbon tetrafluoride… … Dictionary of automotive terms
IPCC list of greenhouse gases — This is a list of LLGHG (long lived greenhouse gases) greenhouse gases as used by the IPCC TAR. Contents 1 Gases relevant to radiative forcing only (per IPCC documentation) 2 Gases relevant to radiative forcing and ozone depletion (per IPCC… … Wikipedia
Greenhouse gas remediation — projects are a type of geoengineering and seek to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, and thus tackle the root cause of global warming. These techniques either directly remove greenhouse gases, or alternatively seek to influence natural… … Wikipedia
