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abatement
absorber
absorption
absorption line
absorption spectrum
accommodation coefficient
accretion
accuracy
accuracy
acid deposition
acid rain
actinic flux
active transport
activity coefficient
adiabatic lapse rate
adsorbate
adsorbent
adsorber
adsorption
advection
aeration
aerobe
aerobic conditions
aerometer
aerometric measurement
agglutination
air contaminant
air mass
air monitoring station
air pollutant
air pollution
air pollution index
air pollution survey
air quality characteristic
air resource management
air sampling network
air-lift bioreactor
Aitken particles
albedo
alert levels
aliquot
allele
allosteric enzymes
altocumulus cloud
altostratus cloud
ambient air
ambient air quality
Ames/salmonella test
amperometric detection method
anabolism
anaerobe
analytical function
analytical unit
aneroid barometer
antibody
anticodon
anticyclone
antigen
appearance energy
arrester
Arrhenius equation
ash
aspirator
atmosphere
atmosphere
atomize
auxotrophy
background concentration
baffle chamber
bag filter
baghouse
base
base pairing
baseline concentration
bioassay
biocatalyst
biochemical (biological) oxygen demand
biochip
bioconversion
biodegradation
bioelectronics
biomass
biopolymers
bioreactor
biosensor
biosphere
biosynthesis
biotechnology
biotransformation
bivane
blank value
blotting
blowdown
bond-dissociation energy
boundary layer
breeching
breeze
Brownian motion
bubble column
bubbler
calibration component
calibration gas mixture
calibration mixture
capacitance hygrometer
carbon black
carrier gas
cascade impactor
catabolism
catabolite repression
catalytic cracking
cDNA
ceilometer
ceramic filter
channel black
chemical ionization
chemical oxygen demand
chemiluminescence analyser
chemisorption
chemostat
chimney effect
chromatogram
chromatography
chromosome
clone
cloud
codon
coefficient of haze
cofactors
collection efficiency
collector
colorimeter
combustion gas
communities
complementary DNA
composition of pure air
condensation
condensation nuclei
conjugation
constitutive enzymes
continuous analyser
continuous indication analyser
continuous measuring cell
controlled atmosphere
convection (as applied to air motion)
cooperativity
copy number
correlation coefficient
coulometric detection method
cracking
critical point
critical temperature
cross-flow filtration
crossing over
cryogenic
cryogenic sampling
cumulative sample
cumulonimbus cloud
cumulus cloud
cupola
cut off
cyclone (collector)
cytochromes
dark reaction
dead time
decay rate
deliquescence
demister
denaturation
denitrification
denuder system (tube or assembly)
deodorizer
deoxyribonucleic acids
deposition
deposition velocity
desulfurization
dew point hygrometer (cooled surface condensation)
dew point
dichotomous sampler
differential scanning calorimetry
diffraction
diffraction analysis
diffuser
diffusion
diffusion battery
diluent gas
dilution rate
dioxin
discomfort threshold
discontinuous analyser
discontinuous indication
discontinuous measuring cell
dispersion
diurnal variation
DNA probe
Dobson unit
dosage
doubling time
downwash
droplet
dry bulb temperature
drying agent
dust collector
dust fall
dust
dynamic range
eddy
eddy dispersion
effective chimney height
effector
efflorescence
effluent
electrical hygrometer
electrochemical detector
electrochemical method of detection
electrolytic hygrometer
electron capture detector
electron charge
electrostatic filter
electrostatic precipitator
elute
elutriation
emanation thermal analysis
emission control equipment
emission flux
emission
endoenzymes
enthalpy
entrainment
entropy
enzyme induction
enzyme repression
enzymes
epigenetic
epitope
equivalent diameter
evaporation
exoenzymes
exon
explosivity limits
expression
extremophiles
fabric filter
fallout
fanning
feed-back inhibition
fermentation
fermenter
filter
filtration
flame ionization detector
flame photometric detector
flame photometry
flammable limits
flash point
floccule
flow analysis
flue gas
flue gas scrubber
fluorimeter
fly ash
fog
fog horizon
fossil fuel
fragment ion
frame-shift mutation
free energy
free radical
freezing out
frequency distribution
frost point hygrometer
fume
fumes
fumigation
fusion
gas analysis installation
gas black
gas chromatography
gaseous diffusion separator
gene
gene amplification
gene library
gene manipulation
generation time
genetic code
genome
genotype
Gibbs energy (function)
grab sampling
gradient
Gram stain
gravimetric method
greenhouse effect
grit
ground level concentration
ground level inversion
growth rate
gustiness
halophiles
hapten
haze horizon
haze
helium ionization detector
heterotrophic (organisms)
histones
host
host-vector system
humidity
hybridization
hybridoma
hydrocracking unit
hydrolases
hydrometeor
hydrosphere
hygrometer
hygrometry (moisture analysis)
hysteresis
immission dose
immission flux
immission
immission rate
immobilization
immunization
immunoassay
immunogen
immunoglobulin
impaction
impingement
impinger
incinerator
individual perception threshold
inducer
induction
inert gas
inertial separator
inoculation
insert
instability (with reference to instrumentation)
instantaneous sampling
interferons
intron
inversion height
ion collector
ion source
isobar
isoenzyme
isokinetic line
isokinetic sampling
isomerases
isotherm
isotope pattern
isotropic
j
-value
lachrymator
lag phase
lapse rate
leader sequence
lectins
LIDAR
ligases
light scattering
limiting condition of operation
linear range
lithometeor
lithosphere
log-normal distribution
luminance
lyases
macrometeorology
mapping
marker
mass balance
mass peak
mass range
mass spectrometer focusing system (deflection system)
mass spectrometric detector
mass transfer
matrix isolation
maximum allowable concentration
maximum emission concentration
maximum storage life
mean free path
measurement resolution
measurement threshold
mechanical hygrometer
meiosis
memory effect
mesopause
mesophiles
mesoscale
mesosphere
messenger RNA
metabolism
metabolite
methanogens
methylotrophic microorganisms
microbial leaching
microcarrier
microclimatology
micrometeorology
middle atmosphere
Mie scattering
mist
mitochondria
mitosis
mixing height
mixing ratio
mobile phase
mobility
mode
monoclonal antibodies
mutagenesis
mutation
mutation rate
nephelometry
neutrophilic organisms
nimbostratus cloud
nitrogen fixation
normal distribution
nucleotide bases
nuisance threshold
number density
odour threshold
open hearth furnace
operator gene
operon
organelles
origin of replication
oxidant
oxidation state
oxidized species
oxidoreductases
ozone hole
particle concentration
particle size distribution
particle size
particulate matter
passive sampler
peak concentration (trace atmospheric component)
permeation tube
phenotype
phosphine oxides
photoionization detector
photometry
photophoresis
photophosphorylation
photosynthesis
phytotoxicant
plasmid
pleiotropic gene
ploidy
plume
pollution (pollutant)
potential temperature
potentiometer
potentiometric detection method
precipitation
primary mixture
primary pollutant
probe
productivity
promoter (gene technology)
prophage
prosthetic group
proteases
protein engineering
protoplast
prototrophs
psychrometric hygrometer
psychrometry
quality assurance
quality control
radiometry
radiosonde
rain out
range of measurement
Rayleigh scattering
recognition site
recombinant DNA technology
reduced species
reference material
reference procedure
regulator gene
relative density
relative humidity
replication
repression
residence time
residence time
residual fuel/oil
residual spectrum/background spectrum
resolution
response time
restriction enzymes
retention efficiency
reverse transcriptases
ribosomal RNA
ribosomes
Ringelmann chart
rise time
rotometer
sanitary land fill
saprophyte
saturation vapour pressure
scanning method
scattering
scattering angle
scattering cross-section
scavenging
scrubber
scrubbing
secondary metabolites
secondary pollution (emissions)
sedimentation
selection
sensitivity
sequencing (proteins, nucleic acids)
sequential analyser
sequential indication
sequential measuring cell
settling chamber
settling velocity
shear rate
shuttle vector
single cell protein
sink
smog chamber
smog
smog index
soiling
solar flare
solar radiation
solution
soot
sorption
species (taxonomic)
specific gravity
spectral spheradiance
splicing
stagnant inversion
standard conditions for gases
static pressure
static stability
stationary phase (fermentation)
sticky ends
stochastic sampling
stoichiometric
Stokes law
Stokes number
STP
stratocumulus cloud
stratopause
stratosphere
stratus cloud
substrate
supersaturation
suspended matter
synoptic scale
temperature inversion
temperature lapse rate
template
terminator
thermal conductivity detector
thermoacoustimetry
thermoelectrometry
thermogravimetry
thermomagnetometry
thermomechanical measurement
thermoparticulate analysis
thermophile
thermoptometry
thermosonimetry
thermosphere
tracer
transcription
transduction
transfer line
transfer RNA
transferases
transformation
transition coordinate
translation
transposon
Troe expression
tropopause
troposphere
ultrafiltration
ultrasonic detector
upper limit of measurement
vaccine
variance
vector
visibility
wash out
wet bulb temperature
wind rose
yield
zygote