Total equivalent warming impact

Total equivalent warming impact

Total equivalent warming impact or TEWI is besides global warming potential measure used to express contributions to global warming.

It is defined as sum of the direct (chemical emissions) and indirect (energy use) emissions of greenhouse gases. [ [http://www.afeas.org/tewi.html TEWI ] ]

References

*cite journal | author = Reiss M. | date = March 1996 | title = Total equivalent warming impact of refrigerants | journal = Fuel and Energy Abstracts | volume = 37 | issue = 2 | pages = 147–147(1) | doi = 10.1016/0140-6701(96)88188-4 | url = http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/01406701/1996/00000037/00000002/art88188 | accessdate = 2007-06-02


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