global warming potential

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global warming potential [¦glō·bəl ′wȯrm·iŋ pə‚ten·chəl]

(meteorology)

The ratio of global warming or radiative forcing from 1 kilogram of a greenhouse gas to 1 kilogram of carbon dioxide over 100 years, expressed per mole or per kilogram; it provides a way to calculate the contribution of each greenhouse gas to the annual increase in radiative forcing.

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