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Architectural Coatings are Coverings such as paint and roof tar that are used on exteriors of buildings.

Deutsch: Arktis / Español: Ártico / Português: Ártico / Français: Arctique / Italiano: Artico

In the environmental context, the Arctic refers to the northernmost region of the Earth, characterized by its cold climate, ice-covered seas, distinct ecosystems, and unique biodiversity. This region includes the Arctic Ocean, parts of Canada, Greenland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The Arctic plays a crucial role in the global climate system and is experiencing rapid environmental changes due to global warming, with significant implications for its ice cover, ecosystems, and Indigenous communities.

Deutsch: ArcView-Softwareerweiterung / Español: Extensión de software ArcView / Português: Extensão de software ArcView / Français: Extension du logiciel ArcView / Italiano: Estensione software ArcView

ArcView software extension refers to add-ons or plugins designed to enhance the functionality of ArcView, which is a widely used geographic information system (GIS) software developed by Esri. These extensions provide specialized tools and features that allow users to perform advanced spatial analysis, data visualization, and environmental modeling.

Deutsch: Fläche / Español: Area / Português: Area / Français: Aire / Italiano: Area
Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape, or planar lamina, in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat. It is the two-dimensional analog of the length of a curve (a one-dimensional concept) or the volume of a solid (a three-dimensional concept).

An Area and other sources: is Include sources that generally have smaller emissions on an individual basis than "major sources" and are often too small or ubiquitous in nature to be inventoried as individual sources.

An area frame is a sampling frame obtained by dividing a region into well -defined, identifiable subregions that in aggregate comprise the total area of the region of interest.

An Area of Contamination (AOC) Policy is EPA interprets RCRA to allow certain discrete areas of generally dispersed Contamination to be considered RCRA units. Therefore consolidation

An Area of Review is In the UIC program, the area surrounding an injection Well that is reviewed during the permitting process to determine if flow between aquifers will be induced by

An area sample is the units selected for measurements from an area frame.

An Area Source is any source of Air Pollution that is released over a relatively small area but which cannot be classified as a point source.