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• IGO — Intergovernmental Organization
• ACGIH — American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc.
• DEROG — derogatory
• LAN — Local Area Network
• F.2D — Federal Reporter, 2nd Series
• ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival
• DR — Discrepancy Report
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• E-LIDAR — Experimental LIDAR
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• XXN — Cross examination
• ABSOL — absolute
• DRSS — Data Relay Satellite System
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• MM — Millimeter
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• U.S.S.R — Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• N2O-N — Nitrous oxide nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• INC — Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
• ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
• N.W.2D — North Western Reporter, 2nd Series
• F.3D — Federal Reporter, 3rd Series
• UCMJ — Uniform Code of Military Justice
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• L.ED.2D — Lawyers 2nd Edition
• F.SUPP.2D — Federal Supplement, 2nd Series
• H2O2 — Hydrogen Peroxide
• AIAA — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• AEEI — Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• RF — Radio Frequency
• WWW — World Wide Web
• WHO — World Health Organization
• H-1211 — Halon 1211; CBrClF2
• ABOL — abolition
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• H-1301 — Halon 1301; CBrF3
• QC — Quality Control
• PM-2.5 — particulate matter of diameter less than 2.5 micrometers
• MMAD — Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter (aerosol)
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• IP — Internet Protocol
• EDI — Electronic Data Interchange
• S.E.2D — South Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
• BFP — Bona Fide Purchaser
• GDP — Gross Domestic Product
• W — Watt
• S.W.2D — South Western Reporter, 2nd Series

• ASL — Above Sea Level
• ESA — European Space Agency
• CY — Calendar Year
• MOA — Memorandum Of Agreement
• CCB — Configuration Control Board
• CPI — Consumer Price Index
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• CD — Compact Disc
• ELV — Expendable Launch Vehicle
• N.E.2D — North Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
• PPM — parts per million
• RPI — Retail Price Index
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• U.S.S.R. — Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• FR — Federal Register
• BOD — Biochemical Oxygen Demand
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• RFP — Request For Proposal
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• NFS — Network File System
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• F.O.B. — free on board
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• ALT — Alteration
• LLC — Limited Liability Company
• DFD — Data Flow Diagram
• ADDIT — addition
• LRR — Launch Readiness Review
• ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• USAF — United States Air Force
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• E.D.D — English Dialect Dictionary
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• R&D — Research & Development
• AGA — American Gas Association
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• UCC — Uniform Commercial Code
• DVP — Delivery Versus Payment
• A.2D — Atlantic Reporter 2nd Series
• CEP — Circular Error Probable
• GNP — gross national product (economics)
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• P.2D — Pacific Reporter, 2nd Series
• N2O5 — nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride

• ALARA — As Low As Reasonably Achievable
• ASU — Air Separation Unit
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• AFEAS — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• A.L.R.2D — American Law Reports, 2nd Series
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• ADP — Automated Data Processing
• LLP — Limited Liability Partnership
• A.L.R.3D — American Law Reports, 3rd Series
• ICAO — International Civil Aviation Organization
• COMMUNIC — communication
• C.F.R. — Code of Federal Regulations
• AERI — Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• A.D — Anno Domini
• B.A.U. — business as usual (scenario)
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• OTC — Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
• R.C.CHURCH — Roman Catholic Church
• AAS — American Astronomical Society
• A.L.R. FED. — American Law Reports, Federal
• LNG — Liquefied Natural Gas
• NSO — National Solar Observatory
• E.E.T.S — Early English Text Society
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• R J — Recurring Judgement
• SMS — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• FX — Foreign Exchange
• SIO3 — silicate
• AMS — American Mathematical Society
• E/GDP — Ratio of energy consumption to gross domestic product
• SN — Space Network
• E/GNP — Ratio of energy consumption to gross national product
• ADM — Admiral
• CBA — Cost Benefit Analysis
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• C-MACCS — Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• A.L.R.6TH — American Law Reports, 6th Series
• N.E.D — New English Dictionary

• RAM — random-access memory
• A.L.R.4TH — American Law Reports, 4th Series
• CCAQ — Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions
• METAMORPH — metamorphosis
• PROVIS — provisional
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• SD — Standard Deviation
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• TSS — Total Suspended Solids
• A.L.R. — American Law Reports
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• I&TRR — Integration and Test Readiness Review
• CPM — Critical Path Method
• ICSI — International Commission on Snow and Ice (IAHS)
• RPC — Remote Procedure Call
• S.W.3D — South Western Reporter, 3rd Series
• DDT — dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (insecticide)
• KG — Kilogram
• W. VA. CODE — West Virginia Code
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• QDRO — Qualified Domestic Relations Order
• A.L.R.5TH — American Law Reports, 5th Series
• CIS — Commonwealth of Independent States
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• ZEPH — Zephaniah
• ATS — Advanced Technology Satellite
• B.A.P. — Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
• ESSENT — essential
• I/O — Input/Output
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• ACCT — Account
• GLOBE — Global Land One kilometer Base Elevation (DIS)
• § — Section
• AL — Aluminium
• USMAB — United States Man and the Biosphere
• SEBI — Securities and Exchange Board of India
• AIT — Asian Institute of Technology
• A.V — Authorized Version
• RLU — Relative Light Unit
• CM — Centimeter
• ENTHUS — enthusiasm
• MP&A — Mission Planning and Analysis Area
• ¶ — (Pilcrow) Paragraph
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• © — Copyright
• O3 — Ozone
• F.O.R. — free on rail
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System

• ABA — American Bar Association
• §§ — Sections
• R.E. — Real Estate
• L.ED — Lawyers Edition
• HAEMATOL — haematology
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• ASC — American Society of Cinematographers
• F.APP'X — Federal Appendix
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• BALTEX — Baltic Sea Experiment
• RA IV — Regional Association IV - North and Central America (WMO)
• ANNEX I — Countries committed to a quantified CO2 target (OECD, EU, Central and Eastern European countries)
• HIBOR — Hong Kong interbank offered rate
• U.K. — United Kingdom (preferred over "UK"; use as
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• NM — Nanometer
• LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
• B%T — Animal population ratio living in temperate climate region
• EODC — Earth Observing Data Center (U.K.)
• S. CT. — Supreme Court Reporter
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• USU — Usually
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• ISRO — Indian Space Research Organisation
• A%C — Animal population ratio living in cool climate region
• MS — Mass Spectrometer
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• T.D. — Treasury Decision
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• W.AFR — West Africa
• FORTRAN — FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• S.CAROLINA — South Carolina
• O.T — Old Testament
• AERODYNAM — aerodynamic
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• GLRC — Great Lakes Research Center (LSC and NOAA)
• UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• AABW — Antarctic Bottom Water
• M — Meter
• FAS — Free Alongside Ship
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• AAS — atomic absorption spectrometry (spectrometer, spectroscopy)
• ART — Article (part of speech)
• GC — General Counsel
• D.C — District of Columbia
• AFBC — Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustor
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)

• S.T.S — Scottish Text Society
• S.V — sub verbo
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• APR — April River Airport, April River, Papua New Guinea
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• F.CAS. — Federal Cases 1789–1880
• I.L.M. — International Legal Materials
• MOS — Model Output Statistics
• CDF — Common Data Format
• FDDI — Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• R.N — Royal Navy
• IRC — Internal Revenue Code of 1986
• F.SUPP. — Federal Supplement
• IMF — International Monetary Fund
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• UNU — United Nations University
• V/W — Vaporware
• W.INDIES — West Indies
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• AAIW — Antarctic Intermediate Water
• IEE — Institution of Electrical Engineers
• NOV — November
• KANEX — Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange
• W.VA — West Virginia
• ML — milliliter; 1/1000 liter
• L — Liter
• FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• M&CD — Metals and Ceramics Division (ORNL)
• N.S.WALES — New South Wales
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• W.IND — West India
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• S.DAKOTA — South Dakota
• AFSCN — Air Force Satellite Control Network
• U.S.A.F — United States Air Force
• KWH — Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)
• GIGO — Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
• GASTRON — gastronomy
• E.ANGL — East Anglia
• CW — Continuous Wave
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• U.S.A. — United States of America
• E.ANGLIAN — East Anglian
• R.A.F — Royal Air Force
• FE — Fossil Energy
• U.S — United States

• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• FY — Fiscal Year
• ANON — Anonymous
• E.AFR — East Africa
• N.Y — New York
• E.IND — East India
• DURH — Durham
• ACH4 — Annual methane (CH4) emission from enteric fermentation
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• P.3D — Pacific Reporter, 3rd Series
• BCD — Binary-Coded Decimal
• MHS — Message Handling System (electronic)
• R.C — Roman Catholic
• PL — Public Law
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• C&F — Cost and Freight
• ZEITSCHR — Zeitschrift
• ECOM. — EOS communications
• ER — Energy Research
• RA I — Regional Association I - Africa (WMO)
• E.MIDL — east midland
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• ANAL — Analyst
• S.AFR — South Africa
• ATM — Atmosphere
• U.K — United Kingdom
• HRSG — Heat Recovery Steam Generator
• LES — Lincoln Experimental Satellite
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• N.AMER — North America
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• O&M — Operation and Maintenance
• DMA — direct memory access (computer term)
• DIV — Division
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• WWF — World Wildlife Fund
• N.Z — New Zealand
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• BP — Before Present
• T/P SWT — TOPEX/Poseidon Science Working Team
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• WB — World Bank
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• ACS — Attitude Control System
• AIHA — American Industrial Hygiene Association
• N.T — New Testament
• N.DAKOTA — North Dakota

• GB — Gigabyte
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• TM — Trademark
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• ASCE — l'American Society of Civil Engineers
• BER — Bit-Error Rate
• CENTO — Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• S&P100,500 — stock indices
• NAD 27 — North American Datum of 1927
• EM — Electromagnetic
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• ESMC — Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
• N.CAROLINA — North Carolina
• STC — Satellite Test Center
• M-REGION — Maunder region
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• P.R — public records
• RA-2 — POEM altimeter (ESA)
• JAN — January
• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• N.AFR — North Africa
• Q.V — quod vide
• FIPS — Federal Information Processing Standard
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• W3C — World Wide Web Consortium
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• IBM — International Business Machines Corporation
• ALEXIS — Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
• TEC — Total Electron Content
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• COM — Common
• CONST — Under Construction
• CIA — Central Intelligence Agency
• N.S.W — New South Wales
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• GOI — Government Of India
• MSR — Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• N.IR — Northern Irish
• TOC — Total Organic Carbon
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• UL — Uplink
• Q.ELIZ — Queen Elizabeth
• AFSCF — Air Force Satellite Control Facility
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• EE — Employee
• RS — Remote Sensing
• RA II — Regional Association II - Asia (WMO)

• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• MOT — Ministry of Transport
• O.E.D — Oxford English Dictionary
• LP — Low Pressure
• R&SSD — Radiation and Safety Surveys Department (ORNL)
• UIC — Underground Injection Control
• JTU — Jackson Turbidity Unit
• CM3 — cubic centimeter (milliliter)
• GSA — Geological Society of America
• GSA — U.S. General Services Administration
• SA90 — IPCC Scenario A, 1990
• BOJ — Bank Of Japan
• ECA — Economic Commission for Africa
• NADP/NTN — National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network
• IR — Infrared
• WG — Working Group
• SAGE III — Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III
• N.IREL — Northern Ireland
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• MODNET — MO&DSD Operational/Development Network
• NDA — Non-Disclosure Agreement
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• NAAQ — National Ambient Air Quality
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ADC — Analog-Digital Converter
• SAFARI-92 — South African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• UAOB — Upper Air Observation
• WATFLOOD — University of Waterloo Flood Forecasting System
• VALEDICT — valediction
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• DCF — discounted cash flow rate
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• RH — Relative Humidity
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• TWT — Traveling Wave Tube
• SO — Southern Oscillation
• ECAFE — Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
• IO — Input/Output
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• NMFS — National Marine Fisheries Services
• OCT — October
• COL — Colonel
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• GPO — Government Printing Office
• PA.T — past tense

• HQ — Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• AR — Argon
• SWT — Science Working Team
• SOL — Statute of Limitations
• ABR — Abridged
• HAP — Hazardous Air Pollutant
• HK — Housekeeping
• TLA — Three Letter Abbreviation
• OAS — Organization of American States
• ERS — Economic Research Service
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• MSS — Multispectral Scanner System
• DEPT — Department
• TEAM — Technology Base Enhancement for Autonomous Machines
• OTT — Over The Top
• DE/DT — rate of evaporation (moisture loss from soil)
• LEPO — Low Exercise Price Option
• PPI — Producer Price Index
• IMO — International Maritime Organization
• HCFC-22 — hydrochloroflourocarbon-22 (CHClF2,
• CAPT — Captain
• NAD 83 — North American Datum of 1983
• OPM — Office of Personnel Management
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• AUG — August
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• MX — Merry Christmas
• GEN — General Motors
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• CIF — Cost, Insurance, Freight
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• PSI — Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
• FCC — Federal Communications Commission (US)
• ASE — Airborne Support Equipment
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• KPA — kiloPascal (pressure above ambient (100 kPa = 1 atmosphere excess))
• JECOR — U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation
• DOST — Department of Science and Technology
• VIBOR — Vienna Interbank Offered Rate
• ATP — Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
• WATSTORE — Water Data Storage and Retrieval System
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• IC — Ion Chromatography

• CONTRADICT — contradiction
• MCL — Maximum Contaminant Level
• RAE — Royal Aircraft Establishment
• CEC — Cation Exchange Capacity
• VBL.N — verbal noun
• NA — North America
• CRC — Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
• RRN SAF — RRN Southern and Eastern Africa
• VAD — Velocity-Azimuth Display
• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• PW — Precipitable Water
• ER — Employer
• SPM — Suspended Particulate Matter
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• PACORII — Packet Processor Data Capture Facility II
• SCOTUS — Supreme Court of the United States
• WCE — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
• ERB — Earth Radiation Budget
• MCS — Mesoscale Convective System
• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• IACGEC — Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• CFO — Cancel Former Order
• MAG — Magazine
• ISMA — International Securities Market Association
• ESA — Endangered Species Act of 1973
• CAC-40 — Compagnie des Agents de Change-40
• MP — Medium Pressure
• ESP — Especially
• SUBSCR — subscription
• FO — Furnace Oil
• PALAEONT — palaeontology
• CA # — Court of Appeals
• LAGCM — general circulation model at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• VC — Virtual Channel
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• MIPS — Millions of Instructions Per Second
• AIT — Assembly, Integration, and Test
• DI — Directorate of Intelligence
• KSC — John F. Kennedy Space Center
• CC — Combined Cycle
• SO. 2D — Southern Reporter, 2nd Series
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• DPC — Domestic Policy Council
• WATOX — Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment
• EAS — Environmental Analyses Section (ORNL)
• DOL — United States Department of Labor

• O2 — Oxygen
• ESCAP — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• GIF — Graphic Interchange Format
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• IATA — International Air Transport Association
• OPC — Ordinary Portland Cement
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• UPU — Universal Postal Union
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• REV. RUL. — Revenue Ruling
• TEAMA — Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia
• VBL.NS — verbal nouns
• IUCN — International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• ARCH — Architect
• OCCURR — occurrence
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• CPD — Compound
• FAR — Flight Analysis Review
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• DIC — Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
• LANCS — Lancashire
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• ADV — Advance
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• POD — Precision Orbit Determination
• UN — United Narions
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• REV. PROC. — Revenue Procedure
• PMP — Probable Maximum Precipitation
• OAXTC — Ocean/Atmosphere Exchange of Trace Compounds
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• BACTERIOL — bacteriology
• EP — Earth Probe
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• CH4-C — Methane-carbon ratio
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• ERA — Exchange Rate Agreement
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• TCS — Thermal Control Subsystem
• ASA — American Statistical Association
• NOX-N — Nitrogen oxides nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• HUD — Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
• NYMEX — New York Mercantile Exchange

• FRA — Forward Rate Agreement
• ESA — Ecological Society of America
• DB — Direct Broadcast
• HAPEX-MOBILHY — HAPEX-MOdelisation du BILan Hydrique
• ACAD — Academy
• FAREW — farewell
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• AICHE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• RTU — Remote Terminal Unit
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• C3AT — Ch3 Albedo Test (AVHRR)
• UC — University of California
• TRS — Trade Registration System
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• ANNIV — Anniversary
• API — American Petroleum Institute (oil)
• AFF — Affairs
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• ARINC — Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
• DHS — Department of Human Services
• BAPDE — chemically reactive diolepoxides
• PCM — Pulse-Code Modulation
• IRU — Inertial Reference Unit
• NASM — National Air and Space Museum
• ECDIS — Electronic Chart Display and Information System
• IBRD — International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
• RADPATH — Biochemical Pathways of Artificial Radionuclides (CEC)
• ISDA — International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
• WET — Waste Extraction Test
• OBSERV — observation
• RAWG/HYDROLOGY — Regional Associations'Working Groups on Hydrology
• AT — Acceptance Test
• UNIFEM — United Nations Development Fund for Women
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• ESF — European Science Foundation
• YEARBK — yearbook
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• GE — General Electric American Communications Inc.
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• BK — Book
• DS — Data Set
• WARWICKSH — Warwickshire
• BFI — Baltic Freight Index
• UNHCR — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Program
• EIS — Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• IOP — Intensive Observing Period
• LANGS — languages
• BAHC-SSC — BAHC Scientific Steering Committee
• GCM — General Court-Martial

• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• TOS — TIROS Observational System
• OBSTETR.MED — obstetric medicine
• IDA — International Development Agency
• ATT — Attic
• SI — Statutory Instrument
• CMD — Command
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• C — Carbone
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• PDF — Probability Density Function
• FDM — Finite-Difference Method
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• IGS — International Glaciological Society
• LANL/ACL — Los Alamos National Laboratory's Advanced Computing Laboratory
• UW/UD — University of Wisconsin/University of Denver
• 1-D RCM — one-dimensional radiative-convective model
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• AON — All or None
• USC — United States Code (book of laws)
• BIS — Bank of International Settlements
• NEP — Noise Equivalent Power
• ABST — Abstract
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• ADJ — Adjective
• WI — When Issued
• PALAEONTOL — palaeontology
• CATECH — catechism
• TMS — Thematic Mapper Simulator
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• PAGES-SSC — PAGES Scientific Steering Committee
• AUX — Auxiliary
• ESA — Entomological Society of America
• CAT — Cataract
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• AFS — American Fisheries Society
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• APA — Alkaline Phosphatase Activity
• INS — Inertial Navigation System
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• IMD — India Meteorological Department
• OBSTETR — obstetric
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• WIPO — World Intellectual Property Organization
• HAMPSH — Hampshire
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• LME — London Metal Exchange
• ABP — Archbishop
• LANCASH — Lancashire

• CH3CCL3 — methylchloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane)
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• 2-D RCAM — two-dimensional radiative-advective-convective equilibrium model
• CTU — Central Terminal Unit
• HANDBK — handbook
• MAN — Manual
• FAO — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• ADJ.PHR — adjectival phrase
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• APA — Adirondack Park Agency
• PALAEOBOT — palaeobotany
• CX — Cross-Examination
• CHAS — Charles
• PAGES-EXCOMM — PAGES Executive Committee
• ICP-OES — inductively coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
• ECE — Economische Commissie voor Europa (United Nations) (Dutch: Economic Commission for Europe)
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• ISC — International Seismological Centre
• LEX — Lexicon
• HP — High Pass
• MIN — Minute
• GIT — Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
• JAHRB — Jahrbuch
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• REVOL — revolution
• JOSH — Joshua
• MLR — Multiple Linear Regression
• IAMAP-IAHS — IAMAP-International Association of Hydrological Sciences
• OBSTET — obstetric
• DOM — Dissolved Organic Matter
• SELPER — Society of Latin American Remote Sensing Specialists
• DIE — Designated Investment Exchange
• OBS — Obsolete
• FEP — Front-End Processor
• NAL — National Agricultural Library
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• WFF — Wallops Flight Facility
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• PALAEOGR — palaeography
• MW — Megawatt (one million watts)
• AGAGE — Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• CAN — Canberra
• FOT — Flight Operation Trainer
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• TLV — Threshold Limit Value

• DPI — Data Processing Installation
• TIFFE — Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange
• USEPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency
• L/C — Letter of Credit
• RD — Reference Document
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
• CIDA — Canadian International Development Agency
• CBOT — Chicago Board of Trade
• ADMC — Agri-residue dry matter content
• AOD — Aerosol Optical Depth
• GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association
• UT — Universal Time
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• PLO — Public Limit Order
• L — Literature
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• EXCH — Exchange
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handling
• PB — Playback
• JST — Japan Standard Time
• APP — Appendix
• VID — Vehicle Identification Number
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• LST — Local Standard Time
• WS — Wind Speed
• NYU — New York University
• IASI — Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• G — Gram (g)
• UT — University of Tennessee
• WTO — World Trade Organisation
• GMDSS — Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• HOSP — Hospital
• SEHK — Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
• APP — Apparently
• JX — Jurisdiction
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• CBOE — Chicago Board Options Exchange's
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• CT. CL. — the United States Court of Federal Claims Reporter
• HIBID — Hong Kong interbank bid rate
• EC — European Community
• RAPD — Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
• BDR — Battery Discharge Regulator
• UNGA — United Nations General Assembly

• MCC — Mesoscale Convective Complex
• FERC — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• PPFD — Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density
• VMS — Virtual Memory System
• MG — milligram; 1/1000 gram
• MDI — Michelson Doppler Imager
• IFAD — International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• RFLP — Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
• GPI — GOES Precipitation Index
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• DOS — United States Department of State
• SSM — Special Sensor Microwave
• ISU — International Space University
• LCH — London Clearing House
• EIA — Environmental impact assessment (international)
• 18O — oxygen-18 (oxygen isotope with atomic weight of 18)
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• WMC — World Meteorological Center
• MMSCMD — million metric standard cubic metre per day
• EDS — Environmental Data Service
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• HA — Hectare
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• MWR — Microwave Radiometer
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• ESOC — European Space Operations Center
• ICIMOD — International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• TEESE — TERI Energy Economy Simulation Evaluation
• MACS — Modular Attitude Control System
• CAM — Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway)
• SAIL — Steel Authority of India Limited
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• DBH — Diameter at Breast Height
• AEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• FSI — Forest Survey of India
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• AASP — American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
• NCSA — National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• CRM — Certified Reference Material
• FRD — Flight Requirements Document
• TL — Team Leader

• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• LHV — lower heating value
• R — Rex
• PORT — Portuguese
• DQO — Data Quality Objective
• M — micrometer
• ARIZ. REV. STAT. — Arizona Revised Statutes
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• EP — Extraction Procedure
• S&R — Search & Rescue
• TKE — Turbulent Kinetic Energy
• TWRA — Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
• CMO — Configuration Management Office
• MSB — Most Significant Bit
• AMMS — Advanced Multichannel Microwave Sensor
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• TAPPI — Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Inc.
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• DMSO — Dimethyl Sulfoxide
• DICT — Dictionary
• ANN — Annual
• BUR — Bureau
• ISO — International Standard Organisation
• COE — Creek Corps of Engineers
• ARC/INFO — GIS software
• I — Injection
• 4DDA — Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• MBS — mortgage backed security
• WEC — World Energy Council
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• ART — Arctica
• RCS — Radar Cross Section
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• USCCAN — United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
• CONV — Convention
• ACABQ — Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• GOVT — Government
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• WFC — World Food Council
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• SRR — System Requirements Review
• IMM — International Monetary Market
• FCV — Flow Control Valve
• EXP — Experiment
• MPL — Marine Physical Laboratory
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics

• MHA — million hectare
• AA — Atomic Absorption
• DND — Department of National Defense (Canada)
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• MOM — Modular Ocean Model
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• FRN — Floating Rate Note
• BQ — Becquerel
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• IDEOL — ideology
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• MJ — Megajoule
• ANC — Ancient
• LWC — Liquid Water Content
• ICICI — Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
• PDI — Payload Data Interleaver
• JERS — Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
• EDSP — Exchange Delivery Settlement Price
• KSE — Korea Stock Exchange
• UNTAB — United Nations Technical Assistance Board
• CEA — Central Electricity Authority
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• BNA — block numbering area
• AM/FM — Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society)
• POC — Particulate Organic Carbon
• NASCOM — NASA Communications System
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• V — Verb
• MANCH — Manchester
• OWS — Ocean Weather Station
• HWRP — Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
• LANG — language
• ANT — Antarctica
• ACU — Attitude Control Unit
• BFE — Baltic Futures Exchange
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• BUBOR — Budapest Interbank Offered Rate
• ABL — Atmospheric Boundary Layer
• PAD — Program Approval Document
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• STAT — Statistical
• PMF — Probable Maximum Flood
• SNL — Sandia National Laboratories
• TC — Telecommand
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• UNCTAD — United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• JUD — Judges

• SLA — Special Libraries Association
• NUM — Number
• ASSAS — Advanced Solid State Array Sensor
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• LEV — Leviticus
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• IAF — International Astronautical Federation
• AO — Atmosphere-Ocean
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• SOFFEX — Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange
• FID — Flame Ionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• APHET — aphetic
• UNSO — United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office
• ICSC — International Civil Service Commission
• IDNDR — International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
• CHAPS — Clearing House Automated Payment System
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• ILO — International Labor Organization (UN)
• P&S — Purchase and Sale
• R — Regina
• GSMNP — Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• CEA — Council of Economic Advisors
• STRI — Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• EVAL — evaluation
• GEF — Global Environmental Facility (environment)
• DAC — Days After Contract
• IPS — Inter Press Service
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• IUFRO — International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• GTOS — Global Terrestrial Observing System
• ACC — Account
• ALM — Almanac
• CCIR — International Radio Consultative Committee (French Acronym)
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• PRN — Pseudo-Random Noise
• YRS — Years
• LDR — Linear Depolarization Ratio
• ASAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar 
• MILA — Merritt Island Launch Area
• HP — Health Physics
• HHV — Higher Heating Value (thermal efficiency basis)
• ENT — Entomology (code)
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatories (Tucson, AZ)
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• AET — Actual Evapotranspiration
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nuclei
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)

• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• VSE — Vancouver Stock Exchange
• NMI — NASA Management Instruction
• IBSRAM — International Board for Soil Research and Management
• ACC — Air Combat Command (formerly TAC)
• EEZ — Exclusive Economic Zone
• RPB — Recognised Professional Body
• COP — Conference of the Parties
• BIA — Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• USCA — United States Code Annotated
• PSYCHOL — Psychological
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• AI — Associate Investigator
• UNJSPF — United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• GN — Ground Network
• MIC — Micah
• LSD — Least Significant Difference
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• ADVOC — advocate
• ST — Steam Turbine
• NAPAP — National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• CV — Calorific Value
• MTMC — Military Traffic Management Command
• COLA — Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
• ACTM — Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model
• VIC — Victoria
• RARR — Range and Range Rate
• FR — French Republic
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• VENET — Venetian
• UNIV — University
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• HST — Hawaii Standard Time
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• TROP — Tropical
• UNKN — Unknown
• DOY — Day of Year
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• STMW — Sub-Tropical Mode Water
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• OFT — Office of Fair Trading
• B.C — British Columbia
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• MISC — Miscellany
• INC. — Incorporated

• ACCTS — Accounts
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• WARC — World Administrative Radio Conference
• K — Kilogram
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• EOM — End of Mission
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• B.C — Before Christ
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• LTOM — London Traded Options Market
• FIBOR — Frankfurt Interbank Offered Rate
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• NYBOR — New York Interbank Offered Rate
• TIT — Titus
• CEQ — Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
• INTERL — interlude
• NSSFC — National Severe Storms Forecast Center
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• HVS — high-volume sampler
• CL — Common Law
• 1-D — one-dimensional
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• GAW — Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO)
• U.S. — United States
• N2 — Nitrogen
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• QAE — Quality Assurance Engineer
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• EXCOMM — Executive Committee
• SM — Structural Model
• SMJ — subject matter jurisdiction
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• JASON — Scientific panel (MITRE Corporation
• MIMD — multiple instruction, multiple data (system)
• CONF — Conference
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• RECOLL — recollection
• IQSY — International Quiet Sun Year
• WD — Wind Direction
• BCF — Bio-Concentration Factor
• IFMK — Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany
• AWWA — American Water Works Association (Denver)
• WKLY — Weekly
• BOC — Bureau of Census
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• WCP — World Climate Programme (WMO/ICSU)

• HLW — high-level waste
• MSS — Mission Support System
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• NDIR — non-dispersive infrared gas analyzer
• FTU — Formazin Turbidity Unit
• IRB — Internal Revenue Bulletin
• GL — Geophysics Laboratory
• IAEG — International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
• USN — United States Navy
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• NREN — National Research and Education Network
• TLM — Telemetry
• CTV — Compatibility Test Van
• CLO2 — chlorine dioxide
• CDS — Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer
• GS — Ground System
• CPO — Core Project Office
• RX — Receive
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• MPC — Model Penal Code
• LBLRTM — Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• ASCHE — American Society of Chemical Engineers
• LSB — least-significant byte
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• AAWORD — Association of African Women for Research and Development
• TT&C — Telemetry, Tracking and Command
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• HEREFORD — Herefordshire
• PHOTOG — photography
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• OIE — Overseas Investment Exchange
• ANU — Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
• HP — Hewlett-Packard Development Company
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• IRRI — International Rice Research Institute
• YR — Year
• DAS — Data Acquisition System
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• FURNIT — furniture
• MEA — Monoethanolamine
• SCULPT — sculpture

• AODC — Acridine Orange Direct Count [of Bacteria]
• S/W — Software
• TOCOM — Tokyo Commodity Exchange
• HFO — Heavy Fuel Oil
• KLOFFE — Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange
• CNR — Committee on Natural Resources
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• CPS — Certified Professional Secretary
• ACE — Advisory Committee on the Environment
• EPRI — Electric Power Research Institute (US)
• AD — Acronym Dictionary
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• FWPCA — Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
• SIFE — Second ISCCP Field Experiment
• EMPH — emphatic
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• STAT. — United States Statutes At Large
• SGR — Specific Growth Rate
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• DIST — District
• ADDR — Address
• IDB — Inter-American Development Bank
• AFGWC — Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
• MORFLOT — Ministry of the Merchant Marine of the Soviet Union
• DEIS — Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• CERCLA — Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• AIT — Atomic International Time
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• 3-D — Three-Dimensional
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• LONGLINES — Long Hydrographic Sections Programme
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• GISP2 — Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• FEIS — Final Environmental impact statement (US)
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• GARD — garden
• BATS — Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
• HASP — High Altitude Sampling Program

• BOL — Beginning of Life
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• MIF — Mercato Italiano Futures
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• TSCA — Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
• TCP/IP — Transmission Control/Internet Protocol
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• ENEA — Comitato Nazionale Per La Ricerca E Lo Sviluppo Dell' Energia Nucleare E Delle Energie Alternative
• UNIDO — United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• 14C — carbon-14 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 14)
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• CLONO2 — chlorine nitrate
• BAO — Boulder Atmospheric Observatory
• HCFC-141B — hydrochlorofluorocarbon-141b
• TCDC — Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries
• MONEX — Monsoon Experiment
• CJS — Corpus Juris Secundum
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• OCN — Oceania
• CCC — Canadian Climate Centre
• UVR — Ultraviolet Radiation
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• MB — Millibar(s)
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• GCC — Global Change Category
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• GS&M — Modeling (task team)
• FE — Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'')
• YR — Years old
• MI — Mode Indicator
• RPA — Remotely Piloted Aircraft
• MAGIC — Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchment
• COMMEND — commendation
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• ESRC — Economic and Social Research Council
• ERDAS — Earth Resources Data Analysis System
• MPC — Massively Parallel Computer
• HDC — Holder in Due Course
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• PMB — Potato Marketing Board
• CBS — Commission for Basic Systems
• SHAKS — Shakespeare
• ECOWARM — European Committee for Water Resources Management (IAHS)
• PSP — Precision Spectral Pyranometer
• FS — Forest Service (USDA)

• ESR — Emergency Sun Reacquisition
• URL — Upper Range Limit
• IFO — Intensive Field Observation
• CSD — Commission on Sustainable Development's
• E.G. — Exempli Gratia (for example)
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• NO. — Number
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• RFD — Royal Forestry Department
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• ATA — Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• IOS — Institute of Ocean Sciences
• ARPA — Advanced Research Project Agency's
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• ETC. — and others especially of the same kind; and so forth
• MAFF — Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (U.K.)
• DEW — distant early warning (radar)
• AGSS — Attitude Ground Support System
• CEN — The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers.
• ADDNET — Acid Deposition Data Network (EPA)
• JUDG — Judges
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• SIDS — Small Island Developing States
• NH4 — ammonium
• TDS — Total Dissolved Solids
• AIS — Automated Information Security
• DCP-OES — direct coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
• VAS — VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• SEV — several
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• RW — Reaction Wheel
• TIGGER — Earth sciences dimension to TIGER
• IRREG — Irregular
• VISSR — visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
• HOUSEK — housekeeping
• MFO — mixed-function oxidase (enzyme system)
• NFA — National Futures Association
• TRANSUBSTANT — transubstantiation
• APM — Antenna Pointing Mechanism
• LIS — Land Information System
• GT — Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
• DL — Downlink Message
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• DIF — Data Interchange Format
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer

• HSIO — High Speed Input/Output
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• CAEM — Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (WMO)
• DISTRIB — distribution
• IHO — International Hydrographic Organization
• RAOB — Radiosonde Observation
• TRAD — traditional
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade and Industry
• IGFA — International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• COMM — Common
• PSS — Portable Spacecraft Simulator
• INDIR — indirect
• KERFIX — Kerguelen fixed station (France) (JGOFS)
• HDTV — High-Definition Television
• CDDIS — Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• FTA — Financiele Termijnmarket Amsterdam
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• EEI — Edison Electric Institute
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• EPSRC — l'Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• MPC — Maximum Permissible Concentration
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• NGVD 29 — National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
• CDC — Control Data Corporation, Incorporated
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
• FSL — Forecast Systems Laboratory (a NOAA ERL)
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• HMW — High Molecular Weight
• CNEG — Contributory negligence
• MWH — Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)
• SHPO — State Historic Preservation Office (US)
• RPR — Remote Procedure Request
• ALA. CODE — Code of Alabama 1975
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• PPBV — parts per billion (109) by volume
• RAES — Retail Automated Execution System
• CMM — Commission for Marine Meteorology
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• ROPME — Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• IOC — International Ozone Commission
• FTS — File Transfer System
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• HAE — Height Above Ellipsoid
• COMB — Combination

• FEM — Finite Element Method
• JUL — July
• PWD — Public Works Department
• SS — Stainless Steel
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• EVEN — evening
• CORES — Computer Assisted Order Routing and Execution System
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• WPL — Wave Propagation Laboratory
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• FAM — Family
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• FEB — February
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• RIE — Recognised Investment Exchange
• AGCM — Atmospheric General Circulation Model
• DEM — Digital Elevation Model
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• ITB — Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
• GTDS — Goddard Trajectory Determination System
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• CNES — Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• 2-D — a.k.a. 2D, two-dimension, two-dimensional
• BETW — between
• DOT — Deployment Operations Team
• CDDI — Copper Distributed Data Interface
• GHG — Green House Gas
• RBV — return-beam Vidicon
• AMEDAS — Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
• AAD — Attitude Anomaly Detector
• ATTRIB — Attribute
• AGWAT — Agriculture and Water Project (JECOR)
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• FRCP — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• BCP1 — Broadcast Pulse 1
• BEL-20 — stock index
• CLIMAP — Climate Long-Range Investigation Mapping and Prediction (project)
• SCF — Scientific Computing Facility
• DMI — Direct Member Input

• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• IGT — Institute of Gas Technology (Chicago)
• BAPMON — Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
• GLRD — Great Lakes Research Division
• ANNEX II — OECD countries and EU
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• CHY — Commission for Hydrology
• DOI — United States Department of Interior
• S/C — Spacecraft
• BBF — Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros
• CHIPS — Clearing House Interbank Payments System
• INTRANS — intransitive
• ACCOMM — accommodation
• ISA — Israel Space Agency
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• PSK — Phase Shift Key
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• ENQ — Enquiry
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• NAIC — Newly Agro-Industrialized Country
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• MONUM — monument
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• HCFC — Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• GF3 — General Format No 3
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• GBRS — Generic Block Recording System
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• 13C — carbon-13 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 13)
• ASOEN — ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• ISLN — International Standards Lawyer Number
• BPA — Bonneville Power Administration (US)
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• PWV — Precipitable Water Vapor
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)

• CAL — Calendar
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• IHB — International Hydrographic Bureau
• CD-ROM — compact disc-read only memory
• ALLIT — alliterative
• XPNDR — Transponder
• 4-D — four-dimensional
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• COMB.FORM — combining form
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• GCV — Gross Calorific Value
• MIDAM — Midamerica Commodity Exchange
• VIS — Visible
• DMS — Dimethyl Sulfide
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• AOGCM — Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model
• ITPR — Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• MDSRS — Morphology-Dependent Stimulated Raman Scattering
• FSSP — Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe
• EMEP-CCC — EMEP-Chemical Coordination Centre
• FEHEM — Front-End Hardware Emulator
• RGS — Royal Geographic Society
• POLAR — Polar Plasma Laboratory
• DED — Dedicated
• A.D. — anno domini (latin)
• FUA — The Fuel Use Act (US)
• ITC — International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• MIBOR — Madrid Interbank Offered Rate
• GLIS — Global Land Information System
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• NBRF — National Biomedical Research Foundation
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• DD — degree day
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• COMPAN — companion
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• EPHIN — Electron Proton Helium Instrument
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• IPE — International Petroleum Exchange
• TGE — Tokyo Grain Exchange

• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• RFT — Registered Floor Trader
• ESRI — Environmental Systems Research Institute (developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, Redlands, California)
• NSTC — National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
• IUR — International Union of Radioecologists
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• JRNL — Journalism
• BTP — Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali
• EVOL — Evolution
• FRTM — Functional Requirements Traceability Matrix
• PAN — Peroxyacetylnitrate
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• BOB — Bureau of the Budget
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• DOC — dissolved organic carbon
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• RFC — Registered Floor Clerk
• NSFNET — National Science Foundation Network
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• GLI — Global Imager
• REFASH — refashion
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• MARECO — Marine Radioecology Working Group (IUR)
• MOC — Memorandum Of Cooperation
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• (D)PR — dual precipitation radar
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• CODMAC — Committee On Data Management, Archiving, and Computation
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• ISE — International Stock Exchange
• NWWA — National Water Well Association
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• REGIST — register
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• IJC — International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
• COPUOS — Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN)
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• SQQ — Standard Qulaity Quotation
• FWCA — Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1958)
• JSC — Joint Scientific Committee (ICSU, WCRP, and WMO)

• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• EFP — Exchange For Physicals
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• GW — Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• UAV — Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle
• LIMNOL — limnology
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• DU — Dobson Unit
• PBU — peribacteroid unit
• PORC — Porcelain
• IACG — Interagency Committee on Geomatics (DEMR)
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• ADJS — adjective
• TSP — total suspended particles
• CONTEMPT — contemptuous
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• VTPR — Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• ABBREV — abbreviation
• PUB.L. — Public Law
• SUBSEQ — Subsequent
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• GC/MS — SX)-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
• SDAC — Satellite Data Analysis Center
• REDEMPT — redemption
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• TIBOR — Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• AEDD — Arctic Environment Data Directory
• PSE — Pacific Stock Exchange
• TOR — Tropospheric Ozone Research
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• IRIS — Integrated Radar Imaging System
• ALL ER — All England Law Reports
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• USWB — United States Weather Bureau
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• ATX — Austrian Traded Index

• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• IBP — International Biological Programme (ICSU)
• ESA/IRS — European Space Agency/Information Retrieval Service
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis & Prediction
• ACARS — Aircraft Communication and Recording System
• CONSTR — Construct
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• BITNET — Because It is Time NETwork
• SOS — Southern Oxidants Study
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• WGDM — Working Group on Data Management
• CSPAAD — Coarse Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• CELIAS — Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System
• BAU — business-as-usual
• CEPAL — Comision Economica para America Latina (Spain) (ECLA)
• VAR — Variant
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• C&DH — Command & Data Handling
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• KING'S BENCH DIV — King's Bench Division
• PIBOR — Paris Interbank Offered Rate
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• COM — Commission
• AASSREC — Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• -S — Arakawa-Schubert
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• FEMA — Finite Element Model of Material Transport through Aquifers
• JMOL — Judgment as a Matter of Law
• BVRJ — Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro
• ETO — Exchange Traded Option
• OA — Operations Agreement
• DCN — Document Change Notice
• CONGRESS — congressional
• BECO — Booster Engine Cutoff
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• FRG — Federal Republic of Germany's
• IBEX-35 — stock index
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• A. — Atlantic Reporter
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• TIGER — Terrestrial Initiative in Global Environmental Research
• AIREP — Aircraft Weather Report
• SASK — Saskatchewan

• CONTR — Contract
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• QUOT — Quotation
• UCLA — University of California at Los Angeles (U.S.)
• IPR — Intellectual Property Right
• TVA — Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
• ASXD — Australian Stock Exchange Derivatives
• HMCRI — Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute
• NPDES — National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
• DOA — United States Department of Agriculture
• HGA — High Gain Antennae
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• HTTP — Hypertext Transport Protocol
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• MYST — Mystery Science Theater
• KYR — kiloyear
• AAPP — Average All Pig Price
• ICP/MS — Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• SEB — State Electricity Board
• DAU — Daughter
• HDGEC — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• AAG — American Association of Geographers
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• CUF — capacity utilization factor
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• IGEA — International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• H/W — Hardware
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• MERIS — medium-resolution imaging spectrometer
• ASLO — American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• ONEB — Office of National Environmental Board
• CDHF — Central Data Handling Facility
• DDL — Direct Downlink
• BBAISR — British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
• GSIRD — Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
• DEF — Defence
• FICCDC — Federal Interagency CoordinatingCommittee on Digital Cartography
• SMOW — Standard Mean Ocean Water
• CR — Carrington Rotation
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University

• KR — Krypton
• PARCC — precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness, and comparability
• METEOSAT — European Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
• MTG — Meeting
• AIBD — Association of International Bond Dealers
• TOPEX/POSEIDON — Ocean Topography Experiment
• MANIP — manipulation
• LI — library
• IDEM — Italian Derivatives Market
• ADVS — adverbs
• IFIAS — International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study
• PJ — Petajoule
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• MASFLEX — Marginal Sea Flux Experiment (in the West Pacific) (IGOPS)
• CRF — Cloud Radiative Forcing
• LASE — Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment
• VTIR — visible and thermal infrared radiometer
• IFRB — International Frequency Registration Board of the International Telecommunication Union
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• IUBMB — International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• GESS — Graphics Executive Support System
• AIV — Assembly-Integration-Verification
• AID — Agency for International Development (U.S.)
• FED. R. CRIM. P. — Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• J — Justice
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• SRD — System Requirements Document
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• MTCE — Million Tonnes of Carbon Equivalent
• ART — Another Ray Tracer
• ACCS — accounts
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observing System
• MCF — methane conversion factor
• ITM — In the Money
• BBZ — benthic boundary zone
• PROV — Proverbs
• POSTH — posthumous
• DSM — demand-side management
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• OBO — Order Book Official
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• HUMICAP — Humidity sensor on drifters (FASINEX)
• MEFF RENTA FIJA — derivatives exchange in Barcelona, Spain
• AOCE — Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics
• BBL — Billion Barrels

• CLS — Collected Localization Satellites (France)
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• SECO — Sustainer Engine Cutoff
• TDMA — Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
• ADD — Addenda
• CIESIN — Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
• BMFT — Bundes Ministerium fur Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• KNOWL — Knowledge
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• CASSAD — Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development
• EBM — energy-balance model
• ELEM — Element
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• BULL — Bulletin
• ICACGP — International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution
• UNISIST — United Nations System for Scientific and Technological Information
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• HEIFE — Heihe River Field Experiment
• PREROG — prerogative
• CNET — Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications (France)
• CCS — Central Checkout System
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• AFR — Africa
• DOMSTAR — communications relay set
• SPL — Split Phase Level
• EPH — Ephesians
• DSRT — Deep Sea Reversing Thermometer
• WPCF — Water Pollution Control Federation
• ZPC — Zero Point of Change
• TVCF — Transportable Vehicle Checkout Facility
• FASINEX — Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment
• PDSI — Palmer Drought Severity Index
• TRAV — Travel
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• OCO — One Cancels the Other Order
• FGCC — Federal Geodetic Control Committee
• AMBIACE — Amazon Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment
• AFFM — Austrlian Financial Futures Market
• I/F — Interface
• ESMAP — Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
• ECCL.HIST — ecclesiastical history
• DIU — Data Information Unit (of WOCE Data System)
• CIL — Coal India Limited
• CAMS — Control and Monitoring System
• AM. JUR. 2D. — American Jurisprudence, 2nd Series

• ADVT — advertisement
• COLL — COLLege
• CHEMRAWN — Chemical Research Applied to World Needs
• PE — Pipeline Execution
• GRO — Gamma Ray Observatory (NASA)
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• FRI — Forest Research Institute
• CCM2 — community climate model two
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• DISTILL — distilling
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• ED — Energy Division
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• OD — Orbit Determination
• AERONAUT — aeronautic
• CORON — coronation
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• EMAP — Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
• AFDM — Ash Free Dry Mass
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• HMTA — Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
• SRS — Statistical Reporting Service
• MIZEX — Marginal Ice Zone Experiment
• EQPAC — Equatorial Pacific
• CERN — European Laboratory for Particle Physics
• UNARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• EOC — EOS Operations Center (NASA)
• ECON — Economics
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• DISCRIM — discrimination
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• DECNET — Digital Equipment Corporation Network
• AUTH — Author
• MRTT — Mission Readiness Test Team
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• QUANTUM MECH — quantum mechanics
• EJ — Exajoule
• DPS — Data Processing Segment
• ADVTS — advertisement
• ESAER — European Space Agency's Earth Resources (Satellite)
• AAF — Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France
• ORNITH — ornithology
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• ANOR — Another
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• NORTHANTS — Northamptonshire

• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• SMIRD — SOHO Mission Implementation Requirements Document
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• MODIS — moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• CLICOM — Climate Computing
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• GCEP — Global Change Education Program
• ARK. CODE — Arkansas Code
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• SURG — Surgery
• IAVCEI — International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
• ISEQ — Irish Stock Exchange Equity Index
• FBC — Fluidized Bed Combustor
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• POLARSTERN — Research vessel
• MDE — Middle East
• SLEJF — Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum
• CSM — Climate System Monitoring
• INDEF — Indefinite
• NZFOE — New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange
• WCAP — World Climate Applications Program
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• IUB — International Union of Biochemistry (ICSU)
• IGY — International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
• 3I — improved initialization inversion
• SINTEF — Norwegian Institute of Technology
• CSO — Central Statistical Organization
• CDAS — Climate Data Assimilation System
• CA. — circa
• PEM WEST — Pacific Exploratory Mission - West
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• CALIF — California
• ISEB 10 — Tenth International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry
• ISSMFE — International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• ACAST — Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology toDevelopment
• OPEX — Operational and Executive Personnel for Civil Service
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• BIOL — Biology
• MIBK — Methyl IsoButyl Ketone traditional name for methyl pentanone
• CZM — Coastal Zone Management
• MAW — Ministry of Agriculture and Water (Saudi Arabia)
• ADMON — admonition
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• FXA — Foreign Exchange Agreement

• INAUG — inaugural
• APPOS — appositive
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• BPPT — Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (Indonesia)
• LOE — Late Old English
• MKSA — meter-kilogram-second-ampere (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKSA")
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• CMRS — Coal Mines Research Station
• I&T — Integration & Test
• GVR — Grant, Vacate and Remand
• ZOOL — Zoology
• NSN — NASA Space Network
• DA — discretionary account
• SOCA — Special Operations Control Area
• ETAC — (USAF) Environmental Technical Applications Center
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• THEORET — theoretical
• FAI — Fertilizer Association of India
• IERS — International Ellipsoid Reference System
• PURG — purgatory
• NOB — Notes Over Bonds
• LAI — Leaf Area Index
• ABI — Association of Italian Bankers
• NGM — Nested Grid Model
• ERIM — Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
• WSMC — Western Space and Missile Center
• CCGT — Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• IMS — Information Management Services, Inc.
• IMG — Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• CORP. — Corporation
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• IFREMER — Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploration de la Mer, France
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• GLOCHANT — Global Change Research in the Antarctic
• EXAM — Examination
• VLBI — Very Long Baseline Interferometry
• HIC — Habitat International Coalition
• SK — Saskatchewan
• CX — Constitution
• GEMM — gilt-edged market maker
• CILSS — Comite Inter-Etats pour la Lutte Contre laSecheresse au Sahel
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• DQM — Data Quality Message
• NKO — Nederlandse Kalibratie Organisatie
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner

• AEF — Average Emission Factor
• BTAN — Bons du Trésor а intérët Annuel Normalisés
• CGO — Cape Grim (Tasmania) (baseline station)
• CLP — Contract Laboratory Program (EPA)
• LPM — liters per minute
• IRTM — Infrared Thermal Mapper
• ECCL — ecclesiastical
• HELCOM — Helsinki Commission, protection of Baltic marine environment
• ALASKA ADMIN. CODE — Alaska Administrative Code
• ADVERT — Advertisement
• AGASP — Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Programme
• MW — Milliwatt
• PHOEN — Phoenician
• JIN — Joint Implementation Network
• SMOCC — SOHO Mission Operations Control Center
• CISPR — International Special Committee on Radio Interference
• FPSSE — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Electronics
• LOBT — Local on Board Time
• GOIN — Global Observation Information Network
• AMER — America
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• ARRCC — Analysis of Rapid and Recent Climate Change (project)
• LECT — Lecture
• AH — Air Heater
• GEC — Global Environment Change
• IFOX — Irish Futures and Options Exchange
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• DFCD — Data Format Control Documents
• GCTM — Global Chemical Transport Model
• COSTED — Committee On Science & Technology in Developing Countries
• BIE — Business in the Environment
• CSTC — Consolidated Satellite Test Center
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• ACE-1 — Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
• HPD — Hydrometeorological Processes Division
• RN — Radon
• CCIFP — Chambre de Compensation des Instruments Financiers de Paris
• OLR — Outgoing Long-Wave Radiation
• EOTC — European Organization for Testing and Certification (EC)
• NARS — National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
• FORET — Forest of East Tennessee (model)
• GDAS — Grimco data acquisition system
• ECAMP — Environmental Compliance Assessment and Management Program
• GCCD — Global Climate Change Digest (CEI)
• RIHMI-WDC — All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information-World Data Center
• BERKS — Berkshire (English County)
• USDOD — United States Department Of Defense
• BARM — Block Acceptance Reporting Mechanism
• AIME — American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
• DLG — Digital Line Graphic

• SCMS — Société de Compensation des Marchés Conditionnels
• NRCT — National Research Council of Thailand
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Teledetection Spatiale (France)
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• GENESIS — Global Environmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems
• ASEAMS — Association of Southeast Asian Marine Scientists
• IFRTP — Institut Francais pour la Researche et la Technologie Polaire (French
• CSELI — Centra Studi e Laboratori Telecommunicazioni (Italy)
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• ARTILL — artillery
• ECLIPS — Experimental Cloud Lidar Pilot Study
• ICCH — International Commodities Clearing House
• DDMP — domain-decomposition-message-passing
• CIAP — Climate Impact Assessment Program
• CDMU — Central Data Management Unit
• IGCC — Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (electric Power Generation Technology)
• DSCC — Deep Space Communications Complex
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• GWE — Global Weather Experiment
• SSU — Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
• ANL/ACRF — ANL's Advanced Computing Research Facility
• WVR — Water Vapor Radiometer
• ACA — Advanced Computer Applications (project)
• UNDRC — Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• ICARUS — Interagency Climate-Aerosol Radiative Uncertainties and Sensitivities
• BAA — benz[a]anthracene
• RRN CAR — RRN Caribbean
• CIF — Coming into Force
• APID — Application Identification
• CRPE — Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environment Terrestre et Planetaria
• CAL. CODE REG. — California Code of Regulations
• CIBOR — Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate
• CPE — Eastern Europe (also called Centrally Planned Europe)
• ABRIDGEM — abridgement
• IGFA — Inter-Governmental Funding Agencies
• AIJ — Activities Implemented Jointly
• LDC — less-developed country
• FAGS — Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services (ICSU)
• MABL — Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
• SPECMAP — Mapping Spectral Variability in Global Climate Project
• CLIN — Clinic
• ALARA — As Late As Reasonably Achievable
• BSRN — Baseline Surface Radiation Network
• GFLOPS — one gigaflop equals 1 billion (109) floating point operations
• IWSA — International Water Supply Association
• AUSTRAL — Australia
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• GALE — Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment
• NAR — Net Assimilation Rate

• DOLY — Dynamic Global Phytogeography Model (GCTE)
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• PSEUDO-SC — pseudo-Scots
• MERFOX — Mercadode Futuros y Opciones
• AGID — Association for Geoscientists for International Development
• GOFS — Global Ocean Flux Study
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• HTW — High Temperature Winkler gasifier
• GTCC — Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
• IIID — International Institute of Information Design
• CCTV — CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION
• F — Fraction
• CCT — computer-compatible tape
• WRI — World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.)
• AFFECT — affection
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• PROVID — providence
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• DISORT — discrete ordinate (model)
• BIPM — Bureau International de Poids et Mesures
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• IUCS — Inter-Union Commission on Spectroscopy
• IDCCC — Interior Department Cartographic Coordinating Committee (DOI)
• ULS — Upward-Looking SONAR
• ITU — Integrated Terrain Unit
• FNOC — Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center (U.S. Navy)
• INSAT — Indian satellite
• IFU — Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research (Germany)
• CONGREG — congregation
• LANDSAT — land satellite (photographs of the ground)
• NPS — National Park Service (US)
• IRSS — Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
• FRRPA — Forest and Rangeland Renewable Planning Act (1974)
• OMX — Option Market Index
• VAM — Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal
• SUPPL — Supplement
• MMS-F — Matra Marconi Space-Toulouse, France
• MTOE — million tonnes of oil equivalent
• OSU — Oregon State University
• NVI — normalized difference vegetation index
• ACCEPT — acceptance
• ICPP — Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
• EGCM — Eddy-Resolving General Circulation Model
• BRU — Battery Regulation Unit
• GATE — Global Atmosphere Tropical Experiment
• APME — Attitude Pointing Mechanism Electronics
• EPO — EOS Project Office
• HRIRS — high-resolution infrared radiation sounder
• GDAAC — Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center
• NAVIG — Navigational Log

• IBWC — International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
• TERLS — Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (India)
• T — tonne
• GDSIRD — Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
• APPL — Applied
• ADB — Asian Developing Bank
• ASTRON — Astronomy
• EDSG — Energy Demand Steering Group
• NAST — National Academy of Science and Technology
• ABSTR — Abstract
• ERDA — U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (formerly AEC; now DOE)
• WFEO — World Federation Of Engineering Organizations
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazona (Brazil)
• ACHEX — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• CAR — Caribbean Region
• ANSW — Answer
• HDR — Hardware Design Review
• GLL — Galileo
• LITHOL — lithology
• GCHC — Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS)
• OPHTHALM — ophthalmology
• SWEDAC — Swedish Board for Technical Accreditation
• AIDJEX — Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment
• IRGA — Infrared Gas Analyzer
• CSERGE — Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
• IRC — International Radiation Commission
• EURECA — European Retrievable Carrier
• ASASP — Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
• FDF — Flight Dynamics Facility
• NONCE-WD — nonce-word
• NNSS — Navy Navigational Satellite System
• HISTOL — histology
• HDGCB — Human Dimensions of Global Change (programme) (UNU, ISSC, and IFIAS)
• COMM — Commission
• CAMB — Cambridge Capital Acquisition C (NASDAQ Stock Exchange [NASDAQ])
• TTO — Total Toxic Organic
• RT — Radiative Transfer
• EARN — European Academic Research Network
• HRE — Homogeneous Reactor Experiment (impoundment)
• ARCHIPEL — archipelago
• AIRS-AMSU — Atmospheric Infrared-Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• USIA — United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
• AEROCE — Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
• WILTS — Wiltshire
• COWRR — Committee on Water Resources Research
• IEM — Institute of Experimental Meteorology
• ANARE — Australian National Antarctic Research Establishment
• CERSAT — French group for processing ERTS-1 low bit rate data from ocean areas
• MANUF — Manufacture

• HAGE — human activity and global environment
• MASC — Mountain Administration Support Center (NOAA)
• BARA — Pressure in Atmosphere
• FGGE SOP — Fgge Special Observing Period
• TRIG — Trigonometry
• IRSSP — Interactive Remote Sensing Software Package
• REBELL — rebellion
• VMVM — Vector Measuring Current Meter
• CCM — community climate model
• SPELDA — Structure Porteuse External pour Lancements Doubles Ariane (external
• ANALYT — analytic)
• ICSD — International Continental Scientific Drilling (program)
• FIN — Fish Information Network (data base)
• ASTROL — Astrology
• BVE — Barotropic Vorticity Equation
• GOP — Geographical Observatories Programme
• INFOCLIMA — World Climate Data Information and Referral System
• CIUS — Conseil International des Unions Scientifiqes (ICSU)
• CCCO — Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean (SCOR and IOC)
• EZEK — Ezekiel
• CMC — Canadian Meteorological Centre
• MO&DA — Mission Operations and Data Analysis
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• PHILAD — Philadelphia
• ASAP — Automated Shipboard Aerological Program
• HMSU — high-resolution microwave sounding unit
• HSWA — Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA, 1984)
• PVM — Parallel Virtual Machine
• GSC — Geological Survey of Canada (DEMR)
• GEISA — Gestion et d'Etude des Information Spectroscopiques Atmospheriques
• ALA. ADMIN. CODE — Alabama Administrative Code
• DHP — Direct High Power
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• VHRR — Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• DCDS — Digital Cartographic Data Standard
• VIZ — Videlicet
• ADVB — adverb
• DEPRED — depredation
• AOVP — Arctic Ocean Variability Project
• STOL — System Test and Operations Language
• SM-MIMD — shared memory, multiple instruction, and multiple data (computer)
• FCL — Foldback Current Limiter
• MEV — mega electron volts
• ATF — atmospheric transmission factor
• MRIR — Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• EOSDIS — EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
• SMR — Standard Malaysian Rubber
• NEHA — National Environmental Health Association
• IDEAL — International Decade for the East African Lakes (project) (PAGES)

• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• CONVENT — convention
• NESDP — National Economic and Social Development Plan
• FGD — Flue Gas Desulphurisation
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• NTOM — Network Technical and Operations Manager
• AMEX — Atlantic Meteorology Experiment
• B/W — Black and White
• AWRA — American Water Resources Association's
• VDS — Virtual Data Set
• GME — Gyro Management Electronics
• DM-MIMD — distributed memory, multiple instruction, multiple data (computer)
• NARL — National Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska)
• ADMIR — admiralty
• C-C — Counterclaim
• MHRS — Modified Hazard Ranking System (DOE)
• FTSE-100 — Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 stock index
• WFP — World Food Program
• IGLD — International Great Lakes Datum
• TDLS — Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy
• DORIS — Doppler Orbit And Radio Positioning Integration By Satellite
• GLRS — Geoscience Laser Ranging System
• COMPL — Complete
• ICARDA — International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
• PERH — perhaps
• ACC — Audit-Comptabilité-Conseil (French: Auditing-Accounting Council)
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• XDR — External Data Representation
• ECWA — Economic Commission for Western Asia
• AL2O3 — alumina
• ESAM — Institute for Environmental Science and Management
• DDFM — Data Distribution Facility Manager
• JOC — Joint Organizing Committee
• DNES — Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (India)
• ASTEX — Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment
• MECCA — Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment
• ASAS — Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor
• CPP — Cloud Photopolarimeter
• BASE — Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment
• GSL — Gulf Stream Locale
• PCU — Platinum-Cobalt Unit
• SDPF — Sensor Data Processing Facility
• AOM — Australian Options Market
• HKFE — Hong Kong Futures Exchange
• IDOL — idolatry
• SGCR — Subcommittee on Global Change Research
• IFIM — Instream Flow Incremental Methodology
• MDC — More Developed Country
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)

• MKT — Market
• ALBIOS — Aluminum Biogeochemistry in Soils (EPRI)
• INTERNAT — international
• APDA — Arctic Precipitation Data Archive (ACSYS)
• FABF — Fraction of agri-residue burned in fields
• CCLB — Carbon content of living biomass
• GMP — Genetically Modified Plants
• DEHYDRITE — magnesium perchlorate anhydrous granular
• MFLOPS — One megaflop equals 1 million (106) floating point operations
• GRAMM.ANALYSIS — grammatical analysis
• GAME — GEWEX-related Asian Monsoon Experiment
• FPSSH — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Head
• ASF — Alaska SAR Facility
• AGR. — Agriculture (USDA)
• AFT — Abbreviated Functional Test
• IAMAP — International Association Of Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics (ICSU)
• GLOS — Gloucestershire
• ALACE — Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float)
• ERBES — Earth Radiation Budget Explorer Satellite
• DISTEMP — distemper
• OXON — Oxfordshire
• C.V. — coefficient of variation (math)
• STAND — Standard
• LDEO — Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• HED — High Energy Detector
• IASPEI — International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior
• MELICA — Medium Energy Ion Composition Analyzer
• IAWPRC — International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control
• ARCH — Archive
• UI/CSRD — University of Illinois/Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
• STS — Star Tracker Sensor
• MOGUNTIA — Model of the General Universal Tracer transport in the Atmosphere
• OBL — OBLique
• MAKS — Martin and Kitzis Sampler (portable air sampler)
• IGN — Institut Geographique National
• REB — Rebel
• CPUE — Catch Per Unit Effort
• NYCE — New York Cotton Exchange
• IDSS — Integrated Data Sounding System
• GESAMP — Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
• CETA — Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment
• DSIR — Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
• GONG — Global Oscillation Network Group
• SONG OF SOL — Song of Solomon
• UNCHS — United Nations Commission for Human Settlement
• CAGM — Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO)
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• ENSO — El Nino/Southern Oscillation (coupled oceanic-atmospheric change)
• OBC — On Board Computer
• DCDSTF — Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force

• GENIE — Global Environmental Network for Information Exchange
• ETYMOL — Etymology
• GMAN — General Maneuver
• GR — Growth Rate
• METOP — Meteorological Operational Satellite (polar satellite series)
• CNRS — National Scientific Research Center (Centre Nationale de la Recherche
• GEOS-3 — Geodetic Satellite Mission (NASA)
• METAPH — Metaphysics
• IPHIR — InterPlanetary Helioseismology with IRradiance observations
• BOR — Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT)
• CALC — Calculus
• EADS — Environmental Assessment Data System
• DOD — Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (Germany)
• FWM — food web model
• WSC — Water Survey of Canada
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• AERI-FEP — AERI Front End Processor
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror
• ANBS — Asian Network of Biological Sciences
• FAZ — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• AIRS/MHS — Advanced Infrared Radiometer Sounder
• FNWC — Fleet Numerical Weather Center (U.S. Navy)
• D — Deuterium (also abbreviated as 2D or 2H)
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• EMSL — Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory (EPA)
• CEEM — Center for Energy and Environmental Management
• RFDU — Radio Frequency Distribution Unit
• ANAT — Anatomy
• FDST — Flight Dynamics Support Team
• IMU — International Mathematical Union
• HASL — Health and Safety Laboratory
• BEDFORD — Bedfordshire
• HRDI — high-resolution Doppler imager
• IBSS — Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Russian Federation;
• MB — Manitoba
• IELV — Intermediate Expendable Launch Vehicle
• PHR — Phrase
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (EC)
• ITOS — Improved TIROS Operational System
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter
• ALE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment
• GEBA — Global Energy Balance Archive
• OHER — Office Of Health And Environmental Research (US Dept. Of Energy)
• BAAS — British Association for the Advancement of Science
• ABB — Association des Banques Belges
• ARAB — Arabic
• ACCOMPL — accomplished
• GEOG — Geography
• AXCTD — autonomous expendable CTD profiler
• LVS — Large Volume Sampling

• MIFE — Manila International Futures Exchange
• STDN — Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
• EPD — European Pollen Database
• LTM — Long-Term Monitoring
• PDU — Power Distribution Unit
• ESF/EPC — ESF/European Palaeoclimate and Man Project
• ISEM — International Society for Ecological Modelling
• CONTIN — continuation
• USNMAS — United States National Map Accuracy Standard
• CLIC — Climate Inventory and Catalog
• DTD — Digital Terrain Data
• NOCC — Network Operations Control Center (GSFC)
• FDSS — Flight Dynamics Support System
• CTA-21 — Compatibility Test Area
• DP — Direct Playback
• CADD — computer-aided design and drafting
• AITP — Arctic Ice Thickness Project (WCRP)
• EZE — Asociacion Protestante de Cooperacion para el Desarrollo en Alemania
• ICGW — International Commission on Ground Water (IAHS)
• KINGD — kingdom
• ACL — alternate concentration level
• IRI — International Reference Ionosphere
• IUNS — International Union of Nutritional Sciences
• CENR — Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources
• ALIAS — Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer
• FRLAB — Front Range Lidar, Aircraft, and Balloon (experiment)
• CE — Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy (US Department of Energy)
• FTS — Fournier transform spectrometer
• EPSS — Electrical Power Subsystem
• ICES — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
• CCOM — Control Center Operations Manager
• TOGA-COARE — Toga Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• ACID — Acidification Chemistry Information Data Base (BNL)
• ETV — electrothermal vaporizer
• AIP-3 — Algorithm Intercomparison Project-3
• PCAST — President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• CIRT — cirrus test
• JER — Jeremiah
• NEUROSURG — neurosurgery
• PRINC — principle
• IMCO — Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
• MEFF RENTA VARIABLE — derivatives exchange in Madrid, Spain
• ETSA — electron transport system activity
• MARIA — Methods for Assessing the Radiological Impact of Accidents (CEC)
• BSIP — Birban Sahani Institute of Paleobotany
• ITPP — International TOVS Processing Package
• ASSOC.FOOTBALL — Association Football
• IBM PC — International Business Machines Personal Computer
• CEI — Center for Environmental Information
• CEPEX — Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment

• IUGS — International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
• LONG. — longitude
• FOX — London Futures and Options Exchange
• GA — geographic analysis
• GYNAECOL — gynaecology
• CONG. REC. — Congressional Record
• ARO — Automatic Reconfiguration Order
• IFDC — International Fertilizer Development Center
• BIH — Bureau International de l'Heureasures
• EGE — Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
• CGO — Cape Grim Observatory
• FF — Free Format
• BNAP — Basic Hydrological Network Assessment Project
• CONCL — conclusion
• DHSS — Data Handling Subsystem
• FATE — Formation of Aerosol and their Transformation over Europe (EUROTRAC)
• BATERISTA — Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfers and Ecological Research in Situ Studies in Amazonia
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (Japan)
• AD. — ad sectam (Latin)
• KEEP — Kuroshio Edge Exchange Processes
• ICRM — International Committee on Radionuclide Meteorology
• EORCU — European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit
• ARTIC — articulation
• FAMIL — familiar
• GREENTIE — Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange
• ODB — Orbit Determination Beacon
• ESD — Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
• R2 — coefficient of determination (statistical)
• ICCE — International Commission on Continental Erosion (IAHS)
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• MOSA — Mission Operations Support Area
• CEM — Cumulus Ensemble Model
• CHAR — Character
• TIC — Total Inorganic Carbon
• MAPS — Map Analysis Package System
• NGSDC — National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center
• ADVANCEM — advancement
• IRAP — Interdisciplinary Panel on Climate Change
• PHYSICAL CHEM — physical chemistry
• CSRS — Cooperative State Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture)
• CREN — Chemical Research and Environmental Needs
• IAGC — International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• IRG — Interest Rate Guarantee
• SDTS — Spatial Data Transfer Standard
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• GMCC — Geophysical Monitoring for Climate Change (now CMDL)
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements
• GAMETAG — Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment of Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases

• IMPF — imperfect
• DEVEL — Development
• HANTS — Hampshire
• ISFA — International Scientific Film Association
• GAZ — Gazette
• DARE — data rescue
• MAGN — magnetism
• CFC-113 — CCl2FCClF2, 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane
• JICST — Japan Information Center of Science and Technology
• SUP — Soluble Unreactive Phosphorus
• FFES — Fossil Free Energy System
• DISS — Dissertation
• MSC — Meteorological Satellite Center
• DMDS — Dimethyl Disulfide
• OSSE — Observing System Simulation Experiment
• SCAMA — Switching, Conferencing and Monitoring Arrangement
• LXX — Septuagint
• EAWEP — East Asia and Western Pacific
• IMS — International Mountain Society
• SERDP — Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
• ASCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• ANSTO — Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Menai, New
• BIOGR — biography
• DISCUSS — discussion
• PSEUDO-ARCH — pseudo-archaic
• GRM — NASA Gravity Satellite (U.S.)
• GDSIDB — Global Digital Sea-Ice Data Bank (WMO/CMM)
• ARITHM — arithmetic
• CEMA — Council of Mutual Economic Aid (Russian Federation, formerly U.S.S.R.)
• UMTRAP — Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program
• EHP — Extended High Power
• PSYCH — Psychology
• CMIE — Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy
• ACTS — African Centre for Technology Studies
• BIOTRANS — biological transformations
• ORNL/ACL — ORNL/Advanced Computing Laboratory
• ARIZ. ADMIN. CODE — Arizona Administrative Code
• IMPERS — impersonal
• GNIS — Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
• NKA — Nordic Liaison Committee for Atomic Energy
• IHSS — International Humic Substances Society
• MERCH — Merchantable
• ESTH — Esther
• YORKS — Yorkshire
• EC-GC — Electron Capture-Gas Chromatograph
• CBJ — California Bar Journal
• CIEA — Committee on International Environmental Activities
• FSPAAD — Fine Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
• DARA — Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (Germany)
• MUNIC — Municipal

• GLOBEC — Global Marine Ecosystem Dynamics
• NRCP — National Research Council for the Philippines
• MAGS — Mackenzie GEWEX Study (Canada)
• ETF — Environmental Task Force
• COSAMC — Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology
• RGR — Relative Growth Rate
• GERG — Global Environment Research Group
• AGST — Against
• K — Contract
• USDOE — United States Department Of Energy
• CEAREX — Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment
• HOMS — Hydrological Operational Multipurpose Subprogramme
• FDOC — Fraction of degradable organic carbon
• FDD — Flight Dynamics Division
• ARMA — Autoregressive moving-average
• FRE — Federal Rules of Evidence
• MATIF — Marche а Terme International de France
• MISCELL — miscellany
• CCL — Central CO2 Laboratory, SIO (WMO)
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Council (UNESCO)
• ICWQ — International Commission on Water Quality (IAHS)
• ARMSAT — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Satellite
• CCDP — Climate Change Detection Project
• FTR — Flight Tape Recorder
• LAID — land-atmosphere interactions dynamics
• GRGS — Groupe de Recherches de Geodesic Spatiale (France)
• GSF — Gesellschaft fur Strahlen und Umweltforschung mbH Munchen (Germany)
• NASDAQ — National Assocation of Securities Dealers Automated Quote System
• ITRC — Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
• BIOG — Biography
• ASPRS — American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• TIRIO — Table of Incompatibilities and Requirements for the Instruments Operation
• AGRHYMET — Agronmeteorology and Operational Hydrology and Their Applications
• AGAL — Australian Government Analytical Laboratories
• BMWT — Biofuels and Municipal Waste Technology
• DEL — Data Evaluation Laboratory
• HSRL — High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• AOSIS — Association of Small Island States
• ALA — American Library Association-Library
• POSTM — postmaster
• DISCIPL — discipline
• EPI — environmental productivity index
• GOES — Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics
• ITRDB — International Tree-Ring Data Bank
• GCRIO — Global Change Research Information Office
• ITSC — International TOVS Study Conference
• OTOB — Oesterreichische Termin und OptionBorse
• HSRP — High Speed Research Program
• IMAGE — Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect
• WSO — Wilcox Solar Observatory

• FOK — fill or kill order
• GDCF/PACOR — ISTP Program Generic Data Capture Facility / Packet Processor
• G-7 — Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
• LUCC — Land Use and Cover Change (IGBP and HDP)
• IRV — Improved Inter-Range Vector
• LUCC-CPPC — Lucc Core Project Planning Committee
• IUHPS — International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science
• TERMINOL — terminology
• ECCLES — ecclesiastical
• OGCM — Ocean General Circulation Model
• AICRIP — All India Coordinated Programme for Rice Improvement
• HARM — Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology
• PAC — Polar Atmospheric Chemistry
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• HCMR — heat-capacity mapping radiometer
• HRPT — high-resolution picture transmission (AVHRR)
• SECTIONS — Oceanographic Programme of the U.S.S.R.
• CGMW — Commission for the Geological Map of the World
• FPSS — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor
• LIPI — The Indonesian Institute of Sciences
• JIU — Joint Inspection Unit
• CRIC — Computerized River Information System
• DISORT — Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer
• CCIW — Canadian Centre for Inland Waters
• UNEC — United Nations Economic Committee
• CGMS — Coordination of Geostationary Meteorological Satellites
• EUROTRAC — European Experiment on Transport and Transformation of Environmentally Relevant Trace Constituents in the Troposphere over Europe
• ASCS — Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
• IGAC — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• IMOP — Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (WMO)
• DGLR — Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• CLNO3 — chlorine nitrate
• RPN — Division de la recherche en prevision numerique
• CONVERSAT — conversation
• SMC — System Management Center
• GBSRN — Global Baseline Surface Radiation Network
• MR — Microwave Radiometer
• BMRC — Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
• IOM — Index and Option Market
• RRN OCE — RRN Oceania
• ICA — International Communication Agency
• RESSAC — The Consequence of a Major Nuclear Accident on the Surrounding Environment: Soil and Surface Rehabilitation
• CERES — Crop Environment Resource Synthesis
• START — System for Analysis, Research, and Training
• MOSP — Mission Operations Support Plan
• GDCLS — General Dynamics Commercial Launch Services
• PAF — Processing Archiving Facility
• HBW — half band-width
• ARIZ. ADMIN. REG. — Arizona Administrative Register
• ELIZAB — Elizabethan

• FOFS — futures and options funds
• UATI — Union des Associations Techniques Internationals
• CATAL — catalogue
• LASCO — White Light And Spectrometric Coronagraph
• HTML — Hypertext Meta-Language
• EOS-AERO — EOS Aerosol Mission
• CRE — Coal Research Establishment of BCC (U.K.)
• DBE — Deep Basin Experiment
• APSRS — Aerial Photo Summary Records System
• UARP — Upper Atmosphere Research Program
• FIT — Field Investigation Team (US EPA)
• ANTS — Antenna Subsystem
• MO&DSD — Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate
• FLINN — Fiducial Laboratories for an International Natural Sciences Network
• RRN TAM — RRN Tropical Asian Monsoon Region
• CFAGB — Carbon fraction of above ground biomass
• WBC — Western Boundary Current
• LSN — long- and short-normal resistivity (geophysical logging)
• POCM — parallel ocean-climate model
• CAE — Control and Actuation Electronic
• ARDB — Arctic Runoff Database (ACSYS)
• GNO — Gross Product Originating
• CGES — Center for Global Environmental Studies
• NARR — Narrative
• BCP3 — Broadcast Pulse 3
• ELEC — Electronic
• ESMR — Electronically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• UITA — Union of International Technical Associations
• ITE — Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (NERC)
• FEDC — Fusion Energy Design Center
• FT — Free troposphere
• EID — Experiment Interface Document
• IAHR — International Association for Hydraulic Research
• RHODE ISL — Rhode Island
• INVERT.ZOOL — invertebrate zoology
• GCO — Generation Certification Official (waste generation)
• ETC — Energy Technology Center
• CIG — Commonwealth Industrial Gases
• IERS — International Earth Reference System
• ALCH — ALCHEMY HOLDINGS, INC.
• MDUL — Missing Data Units List
• ATTY — Attorney
• PROBE — Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment
• NCV — Net Calorific Value
• MODECS — Molecular Design of Chemical Systems
• MOP — METEOSAT OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
• HPCRC — High Performance Computing Research Center (ORNL)
• MACC — Maccabees
• RAAD — Roll Attitude Anomaly Detection
• VET.PATH — veterinary pathology

• CHAMB — chamber
• OES — Bureau of Oceans, International Environment, and Scientific Affairs
• FAPIS — Formation en Amenagement Pastoral Integre au Sahel
• NGB — Nordic Gene Bank
• LCC — Land Cover Change
• USJGOFS — United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
• BATGE — Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics
• MT-CLIM — Mountain Climate Model
• CGC — Committee on Global Change
• RRN TSA — RRN Temperate South America
• NETCDF — Network Common Data Format
• ICN — ice condensation nuclei
• LAUTRO — Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Authority
• ATPEX — ARM Tropical Pacific Experiment
• MACDIF — Mapping and Charting Data Interchange Format (Canada)
• DOMEST — domestic
• NERP — National Environmental Research Park
• ITAL — Italian
• CERES — Clouds And The Earth's Radiant Energy System (EOS)
• GEOM — Geometry
• ASB — Association of Southeastern Biologists
• EIT — Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
• SSMR-SSM/I — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer-Ssm/II
• ACCI — Advisory Committee on Climate Applications and Data (WMO)
• GBF/DIME — Geographic Base Files/Dual Independent Map Encoding
• PHONET — phonetic
• GDPS — Global Data-Processing System (WMO and WWW)
• HR — High Rate
• HOT — Hawaii Ocean Timeseries
• CERN — Chinese Ecological Research Network
• FCOJ — frozen concentrated orange juice
• HESS — High Latitude Ecosystems as Sources and Sinks of Trace Gases (IGAC)
• ERS-1 — European Remote-Sensing Satellite-1
• DRAW — Direct Read After Write Animation System
• FMFR — four-minus-five restoral
• MAP — Middle Atmosphere Programme
• LPDA — Laser-Phased Doppler Anemometer
• ISSS — International Society of Soil Science
• IAOPA — International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
• GWP — Greenhouse Warming Potential
• GCIP — GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project
• FSMF — Flight Software Maintenance Facility
• SEATO — Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
• SAFEX — South African Futures Exchange
• BRML — Block Recorder Mission Log
• LPDM — Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model
• CHRIS — Chemical Hazard Response Information System
• ETRP — Education and Training Programme (WMO)
• APOL — apology
• NFERC — National Fertilizer and Environmental Research Center

• FUND — Fundamental
• CAF — Clean Air Facility
• EAF — Experimenter's Analysis Facility
• BBSR — Bermuda Biological Station for Research
• GH — Gas Heater
• ADJ. — see "ad." above.
• INDUSTR — industrial
• LITHOGR — lithography
• GO3OS — Global Ozone Observing System (WMO)
• IAH — International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS)
• LORAN — Long-Range Area Navigation System
• CONTENT — contention
• ENEA — Italian National Agency for New technology, Energy and the Environment
• GLOED — Global Emissions Database
• EXPLOR — Exploration
• ICHTH — ichthyology
• NCIC — National Cartographic Information Center
• CKE — cumulus kinetic energy
• CSEC — Centre for the Study of Environmental Change (University of Lancaster)
• ACC — Association of Corporate Counsel
• ICASVR — International Committee on Atmosphere-Soil-Vegetation Relations
• GRECA — Group of Experts on Accident Consequences (NEA and OECD)
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development
• CIHEAM — Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterraneenes
• RIDGE — Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment
• IMRO — Investment Managers' Regulatory Authority
• PFRA — Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
• BUV — Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
• CLARET — Cloud Lidar and Radar Exploratory Test
• CCDB — Carbon content of dead biomass
• CANAD — Canadian
• FIFESH — Fifeshire
• LORCS — League of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• FINEX — a division of the New York Cotton Exchange
• INTERJ — interjection
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modelling
• ICWRS — International Commission on Water Resources Systems (IAHS)
• RGCT — Reflective Gross Cloud Test
• IAS — Image Analysis System
• ECCLUS — Ecclesiasticus
• USGCRPO — United States Global Change Research Program Office
• IEW — International Energy Workshop
• FLUPAC — flux dans l'ouest du Pacifique equatorial (France) (JGOFS)
• FMI — Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
• GCF — Ground Communications Facility
• EISMV — Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et de Medecine Veterinaire (Dakar)
• COWAR — Committee on Water Research (ICSU and UATI)
• ABRIDG — abridged
• HHMS — Hydrostatic Head Monitoring Station
• COHMAP — Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project

• MTR — Magnetic Tape Recorder
• GLAC — Glacier National Park
• MGO — Main Geophysical Observatory
• ESPOCC — European Space Project Operations Control Center
• RTH — Regional Telecommunication Hub
• ASSEMB — assembly
• SPARCLE — Spaceborne Aerosols and Cloud Lidar Earthprobe
• ICRSDT — International Committee on Remote Sensing and Data Transmission
• SSURGO — soil survey geographic data base (USDA and
• NORF — Norfolk
• CXL — Constitutional
• ISPRS — International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• MSP — Motion-Sensing Platform
• JURISDICT — jurisdiction
• HPCC — High Performance Computing and Communications (NOAA)
• HAB — Habakkuk
• BELFOX — Belgian Futures abd Options Exchange
• TIA — Territorial and International Affairs
• UV-VIS — UltraViolet-Visible Spectroscopy
• CORR — Correspondence
• ARTEP — Ariane Technology Experiment Platform
• ABERD — Aberdeen or Aberdonensis (Latin)
• REPROD — Reproduction
• XCTD — Expendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (probe)
• GOS — Global Observing System (WMO and WWW)
• LUCIE — Study of circulation north and west of Australia (Leeuwin Current)
• GRIMCO — CGBAPS computing system
• WTI — West Texas Crude
• FACE — free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (GCTE)
• GMU — Gyro Mechanical Unit
• IUPSYS — International Union of Psychological Science
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite
• PACOR — Packet Processor
• RRTM — Rapid Radiative Transfer Model
• IGCP — International Geological Correlation Programme (IUGS and UNESCO)
• ZEEI — Exclusive Economic Zone of Indonesia
• APN — Asia-Pacific Network (for Global Change Research) (START)
• BASC — Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council
• SPACE PHYSICS DIVISION — SPDS
• HALSS — high-altitude lidar sensing station
• GVAP — GEWEX Water Vapor Project
• UNM — University of New Mexico
• OIP — Offical Index Period
• MODE — Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
• EARSEL — European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
• MIRSL — Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory
• LWP — Liquid Water Path
• MOWG — Mission Operations Working Group
• AMA — African Mountains Association
• LWRM — longwave radiation model

• CCOP — Committee for the Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas
• SPREP — South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme
• DEB — debate
• INNOC — innocent
• PENINS — peninsula
• LIBID — London Interbank Bid or Deposit Rate
• ASDAR — Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
• MAPS — Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
• ARAC — Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (program)
• GDR — German Democratic Republic (now Germany)
• SUBORD — Subordinate
• NYBID — New York Interbank Bid Rate
• KLCE — Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange
• BM&F — Bolsade Mercadorias and Futuros Exchange
• UNGCRP — United Nations Global Change Research Program
• SSP — Scanning Spectral Polarimeter
• PSAC — President's Science Advisory Committee