GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL


Meaning of GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL in English

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. (See: Class I Substance and Class II Substance .)

Environmental engineering English vocabulary.      Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга.