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abatement
absorbance
absorber
absorption
absorption coefficient
absorption cross-section
absorption line
absorption spectrum
accommodation coefficient
accretion
accuracy
accuracy
acid
acid deposition
acid rain
actinic flux
active site
active transport
activity coefficient
adiabatic lapse rate
adsorbate
adsorbent
adsorber
adsorption
advection
aeration
aerobe
aerobic conditions
aerometer
aerometric measurement
affinity chromatography
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
aldehydes
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
Beer–Lambert law
bioassay
biocatalyst
biochemical oxygen demand
biochip
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 function
calibration gas mixture
calibration mixture
capacitance hygrometer
carrier gas
cascade impactor
catabolism
catabolite repression
catalyst
ceilometer
ceramic filter
chain reaction
chemical ionization
chemical oxygen demand
chemiluminescence analyser
chemiluminescent methods of detection
chemisorption
chemostat
chimney effect
chromatogram
chromatography
chromosome
clone
cloud
coagulation
codon
coefficient of haze
coenzyme
cofactors
collection efficiency
collector
collision number
colorimeter
combustion gas
communities
complementary DNA
composition of pure air
concentration
condensation
condensation nuclei
conjugation
constitutive enzymes
continuous analyser
continuous indication analyser
continuous measuring cell
controlled atmosphere
convection
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
deodorizer
deoxyribonucleic acids
deposition
deposition velocity
desorption
desulfurization
dew point
dew point hygrometer
dichotomous sampler
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
dust collector
dust fall
dynamic range
eddy
eddy dispersion
effective chimney height
effector
efflorescence
effluent
einstein
electrical hygrometer
electrochemical detector
electrochemical method of detection
electrolytic hygrometer
electron capture detector
electron charge
electrostatic filter
electrostatic precipitator
elute
elutriation
emission
emission control equipment
emission flux
endoenzymes
enthalpy
entrainment
entropy
enzyme induction
enzyme repression
enzymes
epigenetic
epitope
equilibrium constant
equivalent diameter
evaporation
exoenzymes
exon
explosivity limits
expression
extremophiles
fallout
fanning
feed-back inhibition
fermentation
fermenter
filter
filtration
flame ionization detector
flame photometric detector
flame photometry
flash point
floccule
flow analysis
flue gas
flue gas scrubber
fluorimeter
fly ash
fog
fog horizon
fossil fuel
fragment ion
frame-shift mutation
freezing out
frequency distribution
frost point hygrometer
fume
fumes
fumigation
fusion
gas analysis installation
gas black
gas chromatography
gaseous diffusion separator
Gaussian band shape
gene
gene amplification
gene library
gene manipulation
generation time
genetic code
genome
genotype
Gibbs energy
grab sampling
gradient
Gram stain
gravimetric method
greenhouse effect
grit
ground level concentration
ground level inversion
growth rate
gustiness
halophiles
hapten
haze
haze horizon
helium ionization detector
Henry's law
heterotrophic
histones
host-vector system
humidity
hybridoma
hydrocracking unit
hydrolases
hydrometeor
hydrosphere
hygrometer
hygrometry
hysteresis
ideal gas
illuminance
immission
immission dose
immission flux
immission rate
immobilization
immunization
immunoassay
immunogen
immunoglobulin
impaction
impingement
impinger
incinerator
individual perception threshold
inducer
induction
inert gas
inertial separator
inhibition
inoculation
insert
instability
instantaneous sampling
intensity
interferons
intron
inversion height
ion collector
ion source
isobar
isoenzyme
isokinetic line
isokinetic sampling
isomerases
isotherm
isotope pattern
isotropic
j
-value
LIDAR
lachrymator
lag phase
lapse rate
leader sequence
lectins
ligases
light scattering
limiting condition of operation
linear range
lithometeor
lithosphere
log-normal distribution
luminance
luminescence
lyases
macrometeorology
mapping
marker
mass balance
mass peak
mass range
mass spectrometer
mass spectrometer focusing system
mass spectrometric detector
mass spectrum
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
nucleic acids
nucleosides
nucleotide bases
nucleotides
nuisance threshold
number density
odour threshold
open hearth furnace
operon
organelles
origin of replication
oxidant
oxidation state
oxidized species
oxidoreductases
ozone hole
particle concentration
particle size
particle size distribution
particulate matter
passive sampler
peak concentration
permeation tube
pH
phenotype
phosphine oxides
photochemistry
photoionization detector
photolysis
photometry
photophoresis
photophosphorylation
photostationary state
photosynthesis
phytotoxicant
plasmid
pleiotropic gene
ploidy
plume
potential temperature
potentiometer
potentiometric detection method
precipitation
precision
primary mixture
primary pollutant
probe
productivity
promoter
prophage
prosthetic group
proteases
protein engineering
protoplast
prototrophs
psychrometric hygrometer
psychrometry
quality assurance
quality control
radical
radiometry
radiosonde
rain out
range of measurement
Rayleigh scattering
recognition site
reduced species
reference material
reference procedure
regulator gene
relative density
relative humidity
repeatability
replication
repression
reproducibility
residence time
residence time
residual fuel/oil
residual spectrum/background spectrum
resolution
response time
restriction enzymes
retention efficiency
reverse transcriptases
ribonucleic acids
ribosomal RNA
ribosomes
Ringelmann chart
rise time
rotometer
sanitary land fill
saprophyte
saturation vapour pressure
scanning method
scattering
scattering angle
scattering cross-section
scrubber
secondary metabolites
secondary pollution
sedimentation
selection
selectivity
sensitivity
sequencing
sequential analyser
sequential indication
sequential measuring cell
settling chamber
settling velocity
shear rate
shuttle vector
single cell protein
sink
smog
smog chamber
smog index
smoke
soiling
solar flare
solar radiation
solubility
solution
soot
sorption
species
spectral irradiance
spectral spheradiance
splicing
standard conditions for gases
standard deviation
static pressure
static stability
stationary phase
steady state
steric factor
sticky ends
stochastic sampling
stoichiometric
stoichiometric number
Stokes law
Stokes number
STP
stratocumulus cloud
stratopause
stratosphere
stratus cloud
substrate
supersaturation
suspended matter
synoptic scale
systematic error
temperature inversion
temperature lapse rate
template
terminator
thermal conductivity detector
thermodynamic temperature
thermophile
thermosphere
titration
tracer
transcription
transduction
transfer line
transfer RNA
transferases
transformation
translation
transposon
Troe expression
tropopause
troposphere
turbidity
ultrafiltration
ultrasonic detector
upper limit of measurement
vaccine
variance
vector
visibility
wash out
wet bulb temperature
wind rose
yield
zygote