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POTENTIAL GREENHOUSE GAS [1 record]

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Record 1 1991-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climate Change
  • Climatology
CONT

Other gases of potential significance. Other potential greenhouse gases include methyl chloroform, methylene chloride, Halon-1301, CFC-13, CFC-14, carbon tetrachloride, peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), sulfur hexafluoride, and stratospheric water vapor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Changements climatiques
  • Climatologie
DEF

Gaz atmosphériques dont l'effet de serre a été démontré en théorie mais dont l'importance réelle, dans le bilan radiatif, n'a jamais été établie avec certitude.

OBS

Dans cette catégorie de gaz, on peut ranger les gaz dont les quantités en présence ont peu d'impact sur le bilan radiatif, ceux qui sont éliminés par des puits troposphériques avant d'exercer un effet radiatif, etc.

Spanish

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