Sentences with phrase «upon radiative properties»
Global Warming Potential (GWP)- An index, based upon radiative properties of well - mixed heat - trapping gases (greenhouse gases), measuring the radiative forcing of a unit mass of a given well - mixed greenhouse gas in the present - day atmosphere integrated over a chosen time horizon, relative to that of carbon dioxide.
http://www.climatehotmap.org/ Not exact matches
Our understanding of things like the greenhouse effect and the radiative properties of CO2 are observable properties of the atmosphere and CO2 that do not depend upon computer models.