Lifetime - Lifetime is a general term used for various time scales characterizing the rate of processes affecting the concentration of trace gases. (climatehotmap.org)
Inoue, K. & Back, L. Column - integrated moist static energy budget analysis on various time scales during TOGA COARE. (nature.com)
Research at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) emphasizes a broad study of global change, which is an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man - made changes in our environment that occur on various time scales — from one - time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal and annual effects such as El Niño, and on up to the millennia of ice ages — and that affect the habitability of our planet. (giss.nasa.gov)