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'''Global warming potential''' (GWP) is a measure of how much a given mass of [[greenhouse gas]] is estimated to contribute to [[global warming]]. It is a relative scale which compares the [[gas]] in question to that of the same mass of [[carbon dioxide]] whose GWP is one. |
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GWP is based on a number of factors, including the radiative efficiency (heat-absorbing ability) of each gas relative to that of carbon dioxide, as well as the decay rate of each gas (the amount removed from the atmosphere over a given number of years) relative to that of carbon dioxide [http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/gwp.html]. The [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC) provides the generally accepted values for GWP, which changed slightly between 1996 and 2001 (eg methane was assessed a value of 21 in 1996). An exact definition of how GWP is calculated is to be found in the IPCC's [http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/247.htm 2001 Third Assessment Report]. |
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'''Examples:''' |
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*[[carbon dioxide]] has a GWP of exactly 1 (since it is the baseline unit to which all other greenhouse gases are compared.) |
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*[[methane]] has a GWP of 23. |
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*[[nitrogen dioxide]] has a GWP of 296 |
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*the [[hydrofluorocarbon]] [[HFC-23]] has a GWP of 12,000 |
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* trifluoromethyl sulfur pentafluoride has a GWP of 18,000 recently dubbed a '''super greenhouse gas'''<sup>[1]</sup>. The source is [[anthropogenic]] but the research shows the source is '''not''' sulfur hexafluoride. |
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*[[sulfur hexafluoride]] (SF<sub>6</sub>) has the highest charted GWP of 22,200, used as high voltage insulator. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.epa.gov/nonco2/econ-inv/table.html List of Global Warming Potentials and Atmospheric Lifetimes] from the U.S. [[EPA]] |
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*[http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/247.htm IPCC 2001 Third Assessment Report page on Global Warming Potentials] |
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* <sup>[1]</sup> Federico Pepi, Andreina Ricci, Marco Di Stefano and Marzio Rosi. 2005. Gas phase protonation of trifluoromethyl sulfur pentafluoride. ''Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.'' 7 (6): 1181-1186 [http://www.rsc.org/CFmuscat/intermediate_abstract.cfm?FURL=/ej/CP/2005/b416945j.PDF] |
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[[Category:Climate change]] |
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[[Category:Greenhouse gases]] |
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[[Category:Climate forcing]] |
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Revision as of 03:19, 7 September 2005
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