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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > environmental science > environmental management > environmental indicators > global warming potential
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > environmental science > environmental management > environmental indicators > global warming potential
Preferred Term:

global warming potential

Definition:
A measure of how much heat a substance can trap in the atmosphere. GWP can be used to compare the effects of different greenhouse gases. For example, methane has a GWP of 21, which means over a period of 100 years, 1 pound of methane will trap 21 times more heat than 1 pound of carbon dioxide (which has a GWP of 1).
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
environmental indicators
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/144635
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RDF/XMLCreated 2011-04-18, last modified 2018-11-14