Gases that provide an insulating effect in the earth's atmosphere, potentially leading to global climate change. These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapour.
Greenhouse gases are constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation. Greenhouse gas emissions covered by the emissions limitation commitments of the Kyoto Protocol are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).
a series of gases known to trap the sun's heat in the earth's atmosphere, the chief among which are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and certain man-made fluorocarbons.
Substances that are transparent to shortwave (solar) radiation but absorb longwave (terrestrial) radiation and thus contribute to warming of the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, methane, and water vapor are important greenhouse gases.
Gases that may affect the temperature of the Earth's surface and have a large bearing on the Earth's climate. They include water vapour, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. The 'enhanced greenhouse effect' refers to possible climate change as a result of increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere due to human activity. Forest Management
several gases that allow Earth's atmosphere to hold solar radiation by absorbing heat radiated back from Earth's surface. These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor and nitrous oxide.
atmospheric gases, primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide restricting some heat-energy from escaping directly back into space
The gases that together produce the Greenhouse effect. They include carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour.
Gases in the atmosphere that absorb infrared energy and contribute to the air temperature. These gases are like a heat blanket and are important in insulating Earth¡¦s surface. They include carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons and other halocarbons.
A basket of 6 gases, Carbondioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Dinitrogenoxide (N2O), HFCs, PFCs and Sulfurhexafluoride (SF6) which have a Global Warming Potential (GWP) and therefore have an impact on Climate Change
Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and CFCs, that are relatively transparent to the higher-energy sunlight, but trap lower-energy infrared radiation.
atmospheric gases which have the capacity to retain heat. The main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and water vapour.
Naturally occurring gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane and o-zone, and man-made gases like chlorofluorocarbons.
Airborne water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases that trap the sun's heat in the atmosphere. Increasing volumes of grenhouse gases in the atmosphere are through to be causing a rise in average global temperatures.
Gases, primarily water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone, nitrous oxide, and methane, which increase global temperatures by absorbing outgoing radiation emitted by the Earth's surface. Also called GHGs.
The blanket of gases covering the Earth that traps radiation and maintains the Earth's surface temperature at a level necessary to support life. The most common greenhouse gas is water vapour, however, human activities have little direct impact on its concentration. The main greenhouse gases that are increasing in concentration due to human activities are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
Approx. 30 gasses produced by human activity, the main ones being carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and nitrous oxide, contribute to the greenhouse effect. They are transparent to direct sunlight but absorb the longer wavelength radiation which is reflected from the earth thus leading to an increase in the temperature of the earth.
Gases which trap solar radiation. Of the solar energy entering the earth's atmosphere a portion is reflected back and a portion penetrates onto the earth's surface. The portion reflected back from the earth's surface is at a different wavelength that when it entered. Carbon dioxide and other gases, which pass solar radiation, absorb this reflected radiation, increasing the earth's temperature. This is much like a greenhouse, hence the name.
Gases in the atmosphere which play an important role in the thermodynamics of the atmosphere by trapping long-wave terrestrial re-radiation and, thus, producing the greenhouse effect. These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons and, the major one, water vapor.
carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), Nitrous Oxide (N2O), and Chlorofluorocarbons.
Greenhouse gases means those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation. Atmospheric gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, CFCs and ozone which have the ability to trap heat at the Earth's surface. Greenhouse gases contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
gases associated with the greenhouse effect including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
oxides of nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon as well as CFC compounds which absorb infrared radiation from the earth, causing global warming.
gases in the Earths atmosphere that let sunlight through but absorb the outgoing infrared radiation (heat) as it is radiated back towards space, trapping the heat in the atmosphere
Gases responsible for the greenhouse effect. These gases include: carbon dioxide (CO2); methane (CH4); nitrous oxide (N2O); chlorofluorocarbons (CFxClx); and tropospheric ozone (O3).
the gases responsible for the greenhouse effect such as carbon dioxide and methane.
are any manmade gaseous emission that contributes to a rise in the average temperature of the earth, a phenomenon known as global warming, by trapping the heat of the sun in the earth's atmosphere.
(GHG) are those gases contributing to the greenhouse effect and are carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), nitrous oxides, and methane. Global Warming Potential (GWP) is the index used to translate the level of emissions of various gases into a common measure in order to compare the relative radiative forcing of different gases without directly calculating the changes in atmospheric concentrations.
The major GHGs responsible for causing climate change are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N20).
gases present in the earth's atmosphere, including water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (NO2), and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), that cause the greenhouse effect.
Gases including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide that have a high potential for trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere.
Gases which absorb some of the sun’s rays and redistribute them: this radiation in turn meets other gas molecules and the process is repeated, creating a greenhouse effect, trapping heat. Gases causing the greenhouse effect, which is due to human activity, include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), tropospheric ozone (O3), CFCs and HCFCs, compounds which attack the ozone layer.
Atmospheric gases, mostly carbon dioxide and water vapor, that trap the warmth from the sun, just as glass traps warmth in a greenhouse. The principal greenhouse gases are: CO2, CH4, N2O, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, HFC-134a, CCl4, CHCl3, CH3CCl3.
trace gases in the atmosphere which absorb and then emit infrared radiation in all directions including downward to the Earth's surface thus warming the lower atmosphere (see definition). The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, ozone, and water vapor.
Gases in the earth's atmosphere that absorb and re-emit infra-red (heat) radiation. Many greenhouse gases occur naturally in the atmosphere, but concentrations of some (such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) have increased above natural levels because of anthropogenic emissions.
Gases such as water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, that allow incoming solar radiation to pass through the Earth's atmosphere, but prevent most of the outgoing infrared (heat) radiation from the surface and lower atmosphere from escaping into outer space. See also "GHG emissions."
Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide and methane that are transparent to solar radiation but opaque to long-wave radiation, thus preventing long wave radiation energy from leaving the atmosphere. The greenhouse gases covered by the Voluntary Reporting Program are (1) carbon dioxide (CO2), (2) methane (CH4), (3) nitrous oxide (N20) and (4) halogenated substances. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may contribute to an increase in average global temperature, resulting in adverse climate changes.
Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons and aerosols. Of these, carbon dioxide is the most abundant and important of the greenhouse gases generated by human activity. GHGs function like a “greenhouse” by trapping some of the sun's energy that reaches the earth, preventing it from being reflected back out of the earth's atmosphere, and thereby warming the earth's climate.
Carbon dioxide, methane, or ozone. These gases form a sort of clear film around the earth that traps heat from the sun, known as the greenhouse effect.
those gases that, by affecting the radiation transfer through the atmosphere, contribute to the greenhouse effect
The most prominent greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (mainly from the burning of fossil fuels and land clearing), methane and nitrous oxide.
Gases that alter thermal properties of atmosphere (for example, water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, CFCs, halons and ozone).
the gases responsible for the greenhouse effect i.e. water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxides and CFC's.
gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. The most abundant greenhouse gases are water vapor and carbon dioxide. Others include methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons.
Gases that trap the heat of the sun in the Earth's atmosphere, producing the greenhouse effect; greenhouse gases are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, and nitrogen oxides.
these are gases, such as carbon dioxide, which build up in the upper atmosphere and increase air temperature. This is contributing to polar ice cap melt and rising sea levels.
Those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and artificial, that absorb and reemit infrared radiation and that are responsible for global warming. The most potent greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, is rapidly accumulating in the atmosphere due to human activities.
Heat-trapping gases that are increasingly present in the Earth’s atmosphere, creating a warming of the planet. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main greenhouse gas but others include methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorcarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). Water vapor also is an important greenhouse gas.
Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the earth's atmosphere. Common greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ozone (O3), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halogenated fluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorinated carbons (PFCs), hydrofluoro-carbons (HFCs) and Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6). Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen oxides are of particular concern due to their long residence time in the atmosphere.
GHG Those gases capable of absorbing radiation emitted from the Earth. With respect to their influence on climate, the main greenhouse gases are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons.
Go to Environmental Molecules Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide, ozone and halocarbons in the atmosphere that trap heat from the sun and warm the earth.
Carbon dioxide and other gases that reportedly contribute to the warming of the Earth's atmosphere.
Gases emitted into the atmosphere that cause global climate change ("the greenhouse effect"), the most important of which is carbon dioxide.
Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide, methane, and CFCs, that are largely transparent to solar radiation but opaque to outgoing longwave radiation. Their action is similar to that of glass in a greenhouse. Some of the longwave (infrared) radiation is absorbed and reemitted by the greenhouse gases. The effect of this is to warm the surface and the lower atmosphere of the earth. Source: EPO.
carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). These gases together absorb the earth's radiation and warm the atmosphere. Some greenhouse gases occur naturally but are also produced by human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels. When greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere, they have an impact on climate and weather patterns. They are usually measured in carbon dioxide equivalents. The United Nations says the GHGs mostly responsible for causing climate change are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O).
Gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming. The most significant are carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor, methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)
Any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect in the Earth's atmosphere.
Any of various gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect.
Substances that can adversely effect human health and the environment when they accumulate in the atmosphere and trap radiant energy. Greenhouse gases include sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide.
Although greenhouse gases are a natural part of the atmosphere, human activity is increasing them mostly through increases in carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Emissions from water recycling are usually presented as carbon dioxide equivalent units (CO2-e) calculated using Australian Greenhouse Office methodologies.
Natural and anthropogenic gases in the atmosphere that absorb and emit infrared or heat radiation , causing the greenhouse effect. The main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide and methane.
These are gaseous elements that contribute in the process in which an atmosphere warms a planet.
While gases like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapor naturally occur in earth’s atmosphere, human activities can artificially increase concentrations, notably through fossil fuel combustion to produce heat and electricity. These gases are dubbed greenhouse gases because they remain in the atmosphere and intensify the sun’s heat as it radiates to the earth, similar to a greenhouse’s glass walls heating and moisturizing the air inside of it. Greenhouse gases are the primary source of global climate change (GCC). Learn more about greenhouse gases and GCC.
Some gases, like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, & CFC's, trap heat in the atmosphere by absorbing long wave radiation while letting the Sun's energy pass through. The transparent roof and walls of a greenhouse allow the sunlight in while trapping the heat. Since these gases work similarly in the atmosphere, we call them greenhouse gases.
any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. Includes carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide
Those gases present in the atmosphere that trap heat from the sun and warm the earth. Such gases include carbon dioxide, methane, water vapour, nitrous oxide, ozone and halocarbons.
Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. They include water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide.
Gases that trap the heat of the sun in the Earth's atmosphere, producing the greenhouse effect. The two major greenhouse gases are water vapor and carbon dioxide. Other greenhouse gases include methane, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, and nitrous oxide.
Greenhouse gases are gases that absorb and trap heat in the atmosphere and cause a warming effect on earth. Some occur naturally in the atmosphere, while others result from human activities. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons.
Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide, and methane, that are transparent to solar radiation but opaque to longwave radiation. Their action is similar to that of glass in a greenhouse. Also see greenhouse effect and trace gas.
Greenhouse gases cause and accelerate the greenhouse effect (see). Key gases are carbon dioxide (produced by combustion) and methane (often produced by anaerobic digestion such as occurs in landfill sites, and from the guts of cattle and termites), but also Nitrous Oxide (N2O) in vehicle exhaust fumes, PFCs (perfluorocarbons), SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) and HFC (hydrofluorocarbons) in refrigerants.
Principally carbon dioxide (CO2). Other gases are methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorcarbons (HFCs), perfluorcarbons (PFCs), and sulphurhexafluoride (SF6).
The group of gases which contribute to atmospheric warming, and the greenhouse effect: carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6). perfluorocarbons, and hydrofluorocarbons
Gases that trap the sun's heat within the earth's atmosphere, creating a greenhouse effect that may dangerously raise temperatures around the globe. Greenhouse gases include ozone, methane, water vapor, nitrousoxide, carbon dioxide, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
These are gases (CO2 , methane, CFC alternatives and others) that absorb the heat (infrared rays) released by the sun-warmed surface of the earth and cause global warming. Greenhouse gases absorb heat and warm the air, but as their density increases, more heat is absorbed, and the air temperature rises, resulting in global warming.
Vapours, including water, in the lower atmosphere, which reflect solar radiation back to earth.
compounds such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, sulfur hexafluoride (SF), nitrous oxides (N O), ozone (O), and several classed of halogenated hydrocarbons that trap heat in the atmosphere.
certain gases in the Earth's atmosphere that absorb some of the outgoing long wave radiation, or heat energy (see greenhouse effect). These gases include carbon dioxide (CO), methane (CH), and nitrous oxide (N
gases that contribute to global warming by enhancing the Earthâ€(tm)s natural greenhouse effect.
Carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other trace gases in our planet's atmosphere that absorb and reradiate infrared wavelengths.
gases that trap heat in the atmosphere above the Earth.
A term for a gas such as carbon dioxide or methanol that increases global temperatures by trapping solar electromagnetic radiation.
Gases that trap heat near the Earth’s surface. These include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and water vapor. These gases occur through natural processes (such as ocean currents, cloud cover, volcanoes) and human activities (such as the burning of fossil fuels).
Gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and low-level ozone that are transparent to solar radiation, but opaque to long wave radiation. These gases contribute to the greenhouse effect.
gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and tropospheric ozone in the atmosphere which absorb (trap) long-wave infrared radiation
gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, which act as a 'blanket' in the atmosphere, keeping in more outgoing radiation than there would otherwise have been, maintaining higher temperatures in the lower atmosphere and at the surface of the land and oceans
the gases that absorb terrestrial radiation and contribute to the greenhouse effect; the main greenhouse gasses are water vapor, methane, CO2 and ozone.
are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide, CFCs, and other gases which absorb some of the long wave thermal radiation emitted from Earth's surface, thereby warming the atmosphere. With the exception of water vapor, these are also called "trace gases" since they total less than 1% of the atmosphere.
Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluoride, that are transparent to solar (short-wave) radiation but opaque to long-wave (infrared) radiation, thus preventing long-wave radiant energy from leaving Earth's atmosphere. The net effect is a trapping of absorbed radiation and a tendency to warm the planet's surface.
(GHG) – Gases in the Earth's atmosphere that produce the greenhouse effect. Changes in the concentration of certain greenhouse gases, due to human activity such as fossil fuel burning, increase the risk of global climate change. Greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, halogenated fluorocarbons, ozone, perfluorinated carbons, and hydrofluorocarbons.
Any one of the gases found in the atmosphere (including CO2, H2O, CH4) that act to allow short wave radiation from the sun to reach the earth, but which absorbs outgoing long wave radiation from the earth surface.
Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide, and methane, that are transparent to solar radiation but opaque to outgoing longwave radiation. Their action is similar to that of glass in a greenhouse. (Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center)
Gases in the earths atmosphere, either naturally or from anthropogenic sources, which contribute to the greenhouse effect. That is, they trap solar radiation that has penetrated the atmosphere and reflected back off the earth. Examples include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor
a group of gases, including carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons, ozone, and nitrous oxide that are radiatively active, i.e., they absorb longwave radiation in the atmosphere.
The major greenhouse gases considered to be responsible for causing climate change are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). The Kyoto Protocol on climate change also addresses hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).
gases released through combustion of fossil fuels releases gases like carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrous oxides (NOx); commonly referred to as such because they allow the sun's radiation to pass through but block the radiation of the earth's heat back into space (also see Combustion, products of; Emissions; Global warming).
Gases which trap the sun's heat in the atmosphere, producing the 'greenhouse effect'. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).
Gases in the lower atmosphere that cause the greenhouse effect. Water vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane and ozone are the primary greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere. If the atmospheric concentrations of these greenhouse gases rise and are not removed by other natural processes, the average temperature of the lower atmosphere will gradually increase.
Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide, and methane that are transparent to solar radiation but opaque to long–wave radiation, thus preventing long–wave radiation energy from leaving the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases, found in trace quantities in the atmosphere, absorb infrared energy and prevent it from leaving the atmosphere. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may contribute to an increase in average global temperatures resulting in adverse climate changes. Although many gases found in the atmosphere exhibit these properties, Energy Information Administration's voluntary reporting program focuses on the gases most affected by human activity: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), halogenated substances, and other radiatively enhancing gases [carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOX), and nonmethane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs)].
Molecules in the Earth's atmosphere such a carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and CFCs which warm the atmosphere because they absorb some of the thermal radiation emitted from the earth's surface.
Certain gases, such as carbon dioxide, that hold the heat from the sun in close to the Earth's surface. Without any greenhouse gases, the Earth's surface would be about 33 degrees Celsius colder. However, with an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, temperatures rise. This leads to global warming and climate change.
Naturally occurring examples include water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone. Some human activities increase these gases, including fossil fuel combustion within motor vehicles and some power stations.
Gases that promote heating of the atmosphere, the most important of which are carbon dioxide, methane and laughing gas (nitrous oxide). up
gases in the Earth's atmosphere that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation. These gases occur both through natural and human influenced processes. The main GHGs include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone and CFCs/HCFCs.
The six primary greenhouse gases are: Carbon dioxide (CO2), Nitrous Oxide (N2O), Methane (CH4), Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), Perfluorocarbons (PFC), and Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6).
These gases -- primarily water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide, methane, and ozone -- are believed to be the main culprit behind global warming. While they occur naturally in the environment, they are also caused by human activity, including emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels. The accumulation of these gases in the atmosphere creates a "greenhouse effect" that does not allow heat to escape properly into space.
are water vapour, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide and methane. Greenhouse gases are transparent to solar radiation but opaque to long wave radiation and contribute to global warming.
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are those that contribute to the 'greenhouse effect', trapping heat from the sun in the earth's atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is the main greenhouse gas, but there are a number of others including methane (CH4) and Nitrous Oxide (N20).
Gases in the atmosphere that trap some of the heat transmitted by the Earth towards space. Greenhouse gases include water vapour, carbon dioxide, ozone, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons.
Greenhouse gases are those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and emit radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of infrared radiation emitted by the Earth's surface, the atmosphere and clouds. This property causes the greenhouse effect. Water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4) and ozone (O3) are the primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Moreover there are a number of entirely human-made greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as the halocarbons and other chlorine and bromine containing substances, dealt with under the Montreal Protocol. Beside CO2, N2O and CH4, the Kyoto Protocol deals with the greenhouse gases sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs). ()
Those gases, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide, and methane, that are transparent to solar radiation but opaque to longwave radiation, thus preventing longwave radiation energy from leaving the atmosphere. The net effect is a trapping of absorbed radiation and a tendency to warm the planet's surface.
The gases responsible for trapping heat from the sun within the Earth's atmosphere. i.e. water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, and nitrogen oxides.
gases that increase the temperature of the earth's surface. They include water vapour, tropospheric ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane and nitrous oxide
Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), halogenated fluorocarbons (HCFCs), ozone (O3), perfluorinated carbons (PFCs), and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
Radiative gases in the earth's atmosphere which absorb long-wave heat radiation from the earth's surface and re-radiate it, thereby warming the earth. Carbon dioxide and water vapour are the main ones.
A number of gases in the atmosphere that are responsible for the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse gases are: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O),chlorofluorocarbons (HFC, PFC), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and ozone (O3).
gases in earth's atmosphere that trap the heat that forms when radiant energy from the sun reaches earth's surface; water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen oxide are all greenhouse gases
gases which absorb infra-red radiation reflected from the earth's surface. HCFCs (Hydrochlorofluorocarbons): halogenated hydrocarbons containing chlorine and fluorine. They are less ozone depleting than CFCs and will probably be used as a transitional substitute during the CFC phase out period. HCFCs are greenhouse gases.
(gaz à effet de serre) Gases in the atmosphere that trap energy from the sun. Naturally occurring greenhouse gases include water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. Without them, the Earth's average temperature would be about 33°C lower than it is, making the climate too cold to support life. While these naturally occurring gases are what make life possible, a serious concern today is the enhanced effect on the climate system of increased levels of some of these gases in the atmosphere, due mainly to human activities. Schneider, S.H., "The changing climate," Scientific American, 261(3), September 1989
Atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapor that slow the passage of re-radiated heat through the Earth's atmosphere.
Gases in the atmosphere that trap the sun's energy and thereby contribute to rising surface temperatures. The main greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change is carbon dioxide (CO2), a byproduct of burning fossil fuels. Other greenhouse gases include methane (from agricultural sources) and nitrous oxide (from industrial sources). Ground-Level Ozone: Ozone (O3) that occurs near the surface of the earth and is injurious to health. Its toxic effects make this pollutant a major component of smog.
A collective term for following gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).
gases, principally water vapor and carbon dioxide that trap surface heat, thereby warming the earthâ€(tm)s atmosphere.
(GHGs) Group of gases which individually act to trap solar energy near the earth. GHGs for which emission levels have been estimated are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), carbon tetrafluoride (CF4), carbon hexafluoride (C2F6) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
n: Gases in the earth's lower atmosphere (troposphere) that cause the greenhouse effect. Examples are carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, ozone, methane, water vapor, and nitrous oxide.