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CONTAMINANTE CLIMATICO VIDA CORTA [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollutants
  • Climate Change
DEF

[A] compound whose impact on climate occurs primarily within the first decade after [its] emission.

CONT

This set of compounds is primarily composed of those with short lifetimes in the atmosphere compared to well-mixed greenhouse gases, and has been sometimes referred to as short lived climate forcers or short-lived climate pollutants.

OBS

Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) are the subset of NTCFs that have a warming influence on the climate system.

OBS

short-lived climate pollutant; SLCP: term and abbreviation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents de pollution
  • Changements climatiques
DEF

Composé gazeux qui influe sur le climat principalement au cours des dix premières années qui suivent [son] émission.

OBS

Il s'agit avant tout de composés dont la durée de vie dans l'atmosphère est courte à comparer à celle des gaz à effet de serre au mélange homogène, et qu'on appelle parfois facteurs de forçage du climat de courte durée ou polluants climatiques de courte durée.

OBS

polluant climatique de courte durée de vie; PCDV : terme et abréviation normalisés par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Agentes contaminantes
  • Cambio climático
CONT

Los contaminantes climáticos de vida corta (CCVC) son agentes con una vida relativamente corta en la atmósfera, de unos días a unas décadas, que pueden ser extremadamente perjudiciales para la salud humana, la agricultura, el calentamiento global y los ecosistemas.

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