Global Warming Potential

Global warming potential (GWP) is defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as "an index representing the combined effect of the differing times greenhouse gases remain in the atmosphere and their relative effectiveness in absorbing outgoing infrared radiation."

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