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The Environmental Glossary. Letter G +++ Popular Articles: 'Ground', 'Groundwater', 'Ground water recharge'

Greenhouse gases

Deutsch: Treibhausgase / Español: Gases de efecto invernadero / Português: Gases de estufa / Français: Gaz à effet de serre / Italiano: Gas serra /

Greenhouse gases are the gases in the earth"s lower atmosphere (troposphere) that cause the greenhouse effect.

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Greenland

Deutsch: Grönland / Español: Groenlandia / Português: Gronelândia / Français: Groenland / Italiano: Groenlandia

Greenland in the environmental context refers to the world's largest non-continental island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is predominantly covered by the Greenland Ice Sheet, which has profound implications for global climate and sea-level rise due to its substantial ice mass.

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Greenway

A greenway is undeveloped land usually in cities, set aside or used for recreation or conservation.

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Grey Water

A Grey Water is Non-drinkable water that can be reused for irrigation, flushing toilets, and other purposes.

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Greywater

A greywater is wastewater from clothes washing machines, showers, bathtubs, hand washing, lavatories and sinks.

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Grid

Deutsch: Raster / Español: Cuadrícula / Português: Grade / Français: Grille / Italiano: Griglia /

A grid is a data structure commonly used to represent map features. A cellular-based data structure composed of Cells or pixels arranged in rows and columns (also called a "raster"). Grid means A geographical zone for reporting and displaying emissions information. Grid sizes vary depending on their use. For example 100 km has been used for displaying emissions maps of Canada, but for ambient air quality modeling, grid sizes of 4 km or even 1 km may be used.

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Grid enhancement

A grid enhancement is Increasing the grid density, a method for augmenting the sample.

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Grid randomization

A grid randomization is the process of randomly positioning the grid so that each (discrete) unit of area of fixed size is equally likely to contain a grid point. This process is the

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Grid Sampling

Grid Sampling is a statistical method for determining collection sites for subsets of a population where the sites are located at the nodes or interior of all or some of delineated pattern.

Grid-connected

A Grid-connected is a power system interconnected with the grid (or mains) of the local electric utility. Also referred to as utility-interactive

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