atmospheric lifetime

collocation in English

meaningsofatmosphericandlifetime

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atmospheric
adjective
uk
/ˌæt.məsˈfer.ɪk/us
/ˌæt.məsˈfer.ɪk/
relating to the air or to ...
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lifetime
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/us
/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/
the period of time during which someone lives or ...
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(Definition ofatmosphericandlifetimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Nevertheless, their potential for global warming is considerable, because many of them have a longatmosphericlifetime(up to fifteen years).
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Differences in concentration,atmosphericlifetimeand secondary effects on the concentration of other gases are also important.
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Because of the longatmosphericlifetimeof chlorofluorocarbons, however, chlorine concentrations would not return to their 1975 levels until the second half of the next century.
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Itsatmosphericlifetimeis approximated between 31 and 42 years.
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A calculatedatmosphericlifetimerange of 500 to 10,000 years has been reported.
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Carbon dioxide has a variableatmosphericlifetime, and can not be specified precisely.
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Theatmosphericlifetimeof is estimated of the order of 3095 years.
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Radiative forcing due to particulates is temporally limited due to wet deposition which causes them to have anatmosphericlifetimeof one week.
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Effectively, methane increases its ownatmosphericlifetimeand therefore its overall radiative effect.
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Despite itsatmosphericlifetimeof around 12 years, it has a global warming potential of 72 over 20 years, 25 over 100 years, and 33 when accounted for aerosol interactions.
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As an alternative to chlorofluorocarbons, it has an ozone depletion potential of zero, a lower global warming potential (120) and a shorteratmosphericlifetime(1.4 years).
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Correspondingly, sea salt aerosols have a wide range of atmospheric lifetimes.
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