TRANSPORTATION AND GLOBAL WARMING. Because of its near-total dependence on petroleum fuels, the U.S. transportation sector is responsible for about a third of our countryâs climate-changing emissions. Globally, about 15 percent of manmade carbon dioxide comes from cars, trucks, airplanes, ships and other vehicles. Reducing transportation emissions is one of the most vital steps in fighting global warming â and solutions to the transportation problem are already available.
spectro-. 1. a combining form representing spectrum, in compound words: spectrometer. British Dictionary definitions for spectro-. spectro-. combining form.
Grating spectrometer schematic. An optical spectrometer (spectrophotometer, spectrograph or spectroscope) is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify materials.pectrometers are used in many fields. For example, they are used in astronomy to analyze the radiation from astronomical objects and deduce chemical composition. The spectrometer uses a prism or a grating to spread the light from a distant object into a spectrum.