AAU |
Assigned amount unit |
AMO |
Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation |
AO |
Arctic oscillation |
CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
CDR |
Carbon dioxide removal |
CER |
Certified emission reductions |
CFC |
Chlorofluorocarbon |
CF4 |
Tetrafluoromethane |
CH4 |
Methane |
COP |
Conference of the Parties |
CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
C2F6 |
Hexafluoroethane |
ENSO |
El Niño-Southern Oscillation |
GCM |
General Circulation Model or global climate model |
GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
GHG |
Greenhouse gas |
GWP |
Global-warming potential |
HCFC |
Hydrochlorofluorocarbon |
HFC |
Hydrofluorocarbon |
H2O |
Water vapor |
IPO |
Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation |
NAPA |
National Adaptation Programme of Action. |
NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research |
NF3 |
Nitrogen trifluoride |
N20 |
Nitrous oxide |
OHC |
Ocean heat content |
O3 |
(Tropospheric) Ozone |
PDO |
Pacific decadal oscillation |
REDD |
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation mechanisms use market/financial incentives to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases from deforestation and forest degradation. |
SST |
Sea surface temperature |
SF6 |
Sulfur hexafluoride |
TEWI |
Total equivalent warming impact |
UHI |
Urban heat island |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |