Global warming potential
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Description
The term describes the radiative forcing potential of a greenhouse gas in promoting an increase of air temperature due to it absorbing long-wave infra-red radiation from the earth's surface. It is numerised as an index relating to the effect of carbon dioxide = 1.
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