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Potential heat absorbed by a greenhouse gas
Global warming potential (GWP) is a measure of how much heat a greenhouse gas (GHG) traps in the atmosphere over a specific time period, relative to carbon dioxide. It is a dimensionless quantity expressed as a multiple of warming caused by the same mass of CO2. Therefore, by definition CO2 has a GWP of 1. For other gases, it depends on how strongly the gas absorbs thermal radiation, how quickly it leaves the atmosphere, and the time frame considered. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Global warming potentialA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A multi-model assessment of the Global Warming Potential of hydrogenInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Aviation and the environmentThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Limited options for low-global-warming-potential refrigerantsCited 510 times
- Go sideways: Greenhouse gasA closely related topic
- Go sideways: List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capitaA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Limited options for low-global-warming-potential refrigerants
Minimising the global warming potential of clay based geopolymers
Global Warming Potential of Inhaled Anesthetics
The indirect global warming potential and global temperature change potential due to methane oxidation
Potential Use of Chat GPT in Global Warming
Global warming potential of pavements
Potential Effect of Global Warming on Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses
Measurement of Net Global Warming Potential in Three Agroecosystems
🆕 Influential since 2022
A multi-model assessment of the Global Warming Potential of hydrogen
Global warming potential (GWP) for hydrogen: Sensitivities, uncertainties and meta-analysis
Nanoplastics alter ecosystem multifunctionality and may increase global warming potential
Global warming potential of recycled aggregate concrete with supplementary cementitious materials
Updating the limited options for low-global-warming-potential refrigerants
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Aviation and the environmentUnited States. General Accounting Office · 2000
Changing by DegreesJim Kersey, Rob Wilby · 2001
Global warmingShuzo Nishioka · 1998- 📕Potential regional impacts of global warming on precipitation in the western United StatesVerne Leverson · 1997
The Potential effects of global climate change on the United StatesJoel B. Smith, Dennis A. Tirpak · 1989
Potential impacts of climate change in the United StatesRobert Shackleton · 2009- 📕Sea-level risePat Marx Washburn · 1991
- 📕Potential impacts of global warming on salmon production in the Fraser River watershedLevy, David A. · 1992
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