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• F.2D — Federal Reporter, 2nd Series
• LAN — Local Area Network
• IGO — Intergovernmental Organization
• DEROG — derogatory
• ACGIH — American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc.
• U.S.S.R — Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival
• E-LIDAR — Experimental LIDAR
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
• L.ED.2D — Lawyers 2nd Edition
• N2O-N — Nitrous oxide nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
• N.W.2D — North Western Reporter, 2nd Series
• H2O2 — Hydrogen Peroxide
• F.3D — Federal Reporter, 3rd Series
• F.SUPP.2D — Federal Supplement, 2nd Series
• XXN — Cross examination
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• ADDIT — addition
• DRSS — Data Relay Satellite System
• DR — Discrepancy Report
• H-1211 — Halon 1211; CBrClF2
• S.E.2D — South Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
• H-1301 — Halon 1301; CBrF3
• E.D.D — English Dialect Dictionary
• S.W.2D — South Western Reporter, 2nd Series
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• N.E.2D — North Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
• R J — Recurring Judgement
• KANEX — Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange
• R.C.CHURCH — Roman Catholic Church
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• F.O.B. — free on board
• U.S.S.R. — Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• P.2D — Pacific Reporter, 2nd Series
• R.E. — Real Estate
• C.F.R. — Code of Federal Regulations
• ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
• T.D. — Treasury Decision
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• MM — Millimeter
• B.A.U. — business as usual (scenario)
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• A.2D — Atlantic Reporter 2nd Series
• N.E.D — New English Dictionary
• A.L.R.2D — American Law Reports, 2nd Series
• S.W.3D — South Western Reporter, 3rd Series
• N2O5 — nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
• ABSOL — absolute

• QDRO — Qualified Domestic Relations Order
• ZEPH — Zephaniah
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• A.D — Anno Domini
• N.Y — New York
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System
• S.T.S — Scottish Text Society
• U.K. — United Kingdom (preferred over "UK"; use as
• RA IV — Regional Association IV - North and Central America (WMO)
• PM-2.5 — particulate matter of diameter less than 2.5 micrometers
• R.N — Royal Navy
• ZEITSCHR — Zeitschrift
• A.L.R.3D — American Law Reports, 3rd Series
• W. VA. CODE — West Virginia Code
• S. CT. — Supreme Court Reporter
• INC — Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
• S.V — sub verbo
• A.L.R. FED. — American Law Reports, Federal
• E/GDP — Ratio of energy consumption to gross domestic product
• E/GNP — Ratio of energy consumption to gross national product
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• O.T — Old Testament
• E.E.T.S — Early English Text Society
• S.CAROLINA — South Carolina
• D.C — District of Columbia
• W.AFR — West Africa
• L.ED — Lawyers Edition
• RA I — Regional Association I - Africa (WMO)
• W.VA — West Virginia
• S.DAKOTA — South Dakota
• C-MACCS — Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation
• WHO — World Health Organization
• R.A.F — Royal Air Force
• SAGE III — Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III
• A.L.R.6TH — American Law Reports, 6th Series
• A.L.R.4TH — American Law Reports, 4th Series
• BALTEX — Baltic Sea Experiment
• S.AFR — South Africa
• SAFARI-92 — South African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative
• A.L.R. — American Law Reports
• B.A.P. — Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
• U.K — United Kingdom
• W.IND — West India
• PPM — parts per million
• F.APP'X — Federal Appendix
• WATFLOOD — University of Waterloo Flood Forecasting System
• I&TRR — Integration and Test Readiness Review
• §§ — Sections
• A.L.R.5TH — American Law Reports, 5th Series

• U.S.A. — United States of America
• RA-2 — POEM altimeter (ESA)
• R.C — Roman Catholic
• B%T — Animal population ratio living in temperate climate region
• I.L.M. — International Legal Materials
• SA90 — IPCC Scenario A, 1990
• V/W — Vaporware
• T/P SWT — TOPEX/Poseidon Science Working Team
• U.S.A.F — United States Air Force
• § — Section
• U.S — United States
• N.S.WALES — New South Wales
• F.O.R. — free on rail
• P.3D — Pacific Reporter, 3rd Series
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• S&P100,500 — stock indices
• ¶ — (Pilcrow) Paragraph
• OCCURR — occurrence
• © — Copyright
• W.INDIES — West Indies
• YEARBK — yearbook
• CA # — Court of Appeals
• N.T — New Testament
• N.AMER — North America
• RA II — Regional Association II - Asia (WMO)
• RF — Radio Frequency
• A.V — Authorized Version
• HAEMATOL — haematology
• RAWG/HYDROLOGY — Regional Associations'Working Groups on Hydrology
• QC — Quality Control
• P.R — public records
• OBSTETR.MED — obstetric medicine
• LLC — Limited Liability Company
• OBSERV — observation
• GASTRON — gastronomy
• R&SSD — Radiation and Safety Surveys Department (ORNL)
• N.IR — Northern Irish
• IP — Internet Protocol
• AIAA — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
• ENTHUS — enthusiasm
• N.S.W — New South Wales
• UAOB — Upper Air Observation
• NAD 27 — North American Datum of 1927
• F.SUPP. — Federal Supplement
• N.AFR — North Africa
• WATSTORE — Water Data Storage and Retrieval System
• OBSTETR — obstetric
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• F.CAS. — Federal Cases 1789–1880
• M-REGION — Maunder region

• Q.ELIZ — Queen Elizabeth
• N.Z — New Zealand
• VBL.N — verbal noun
• EDI — Electronic Data Interchange
• UCMJ — Uniform Code of Military Justice
• RADPATH — Biochemical Pathways of Artificial Radionuclides (CEC)
• NADP/NTN — National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network
• M&CD — Metals and Ceramics Division (ORNL)
• NAD 83 — North American Datum of 1983
• PA.T — past tense
• A%C — Animal population ratio living in cool climate region
• E.ANGL — East Anglia
• VBL.NS — verbal nouns
• O.E.D — Oxford English Dictionary
• FAREW — farewell
• N.CAROLINA — North Carolina
• LANGS — languages
• WATOX — Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment
• PALAEONT — palaeontology
• E.IND — East India
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• N.DAKOTA — North Dakota
• Q.V — quod vide
• GDP — Gross Domestic Product
• E.ANGLIAN — East Anglian
• E.AFR — East Africa
• N.IREL — Northern Ireland
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• VALEDICT — valediction
• SD — Standard Deviation
• ANNIV — Anniversary
• OAXTC — Ocean/Atmosphere Exchange of Trace Compounds
• LANCS — Lancashire
• PALAEOBOT — palaeobotany
• WARWICKSH — Warwickshire
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• OBSTET — obstetric
• LAGCM — general circulation model at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• PACORII — Packet Processor Data Capture Facility II
• E.MIDL — east midland
• WWW — World Wide Web
• MMAD — Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter (aerosol)
• PAGES-EXCOMM — PAGES Executive Committee
• CCB — Configuration Control Board
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• PALAEONTOL — palaeontology
• LANL/ACL — Los Alamos National Laboratory's Advanced Computing Laboratory
• CY — Calendar Year
• HAPEX-MOBILHY — HAPEX-MOdelisation du BILan Hydrique
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency

• BFP — Bona Fide Purchaser
• IAMAP-IAHS — IAMAP-International Association of Hydrological Sciences
• MOA — Memorandum Of Agreement
• NAAQ — National Ambient Air Quality
• RFP — Request For Proposal
• JAHRB — Jahrbuch
• PALAEOGR — palaeography
• PAGES-SSC — PAGES Scientific Steering Committee
• CPI — Consumer Price Index
• CAC-40 — Compagnie des Agents de Change-40
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• AEEI — Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
• BACTERIOL — bacteriology
• LANCASH — Lancashire
• HAMPSH — Hampshire
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• IACGEC — Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change
• RPI — Retail Price Index
• BAPDE — chemically reactive diolepoxides
• HANDBK — handbook
• R&D — Research & Development
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• ESA — European Space Agency
• C3AT — Ch3 Albedo Test (AVHRR)
• BAHC-SSC — BAHC Scientific Steering Committee
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• COMMUNIC — communication
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• FR — Federal Register
• ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• CD — Compact Disc
• LLP — Limited Liability Partnership
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• ABOL — abolition
• CBA — Cost Benefit Analysis
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• UCC — Uniform Commercial Code
• W — Watt
• DVP — Delivery Versus Payment
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• ASL — Above Sea Level
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• OTC — Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
• ADP — Automated Data Processing

• GNP — gross national product (economics)
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• NFS — Network File System
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• IBM — International Business Machines Corporation
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• C&F — Cost and Freight
• ICAO — International Civil Aviation Organization
• ACCT — Account
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• AGA — American Gas Association
• RAM — random-access memory
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• ALARA — As Low As Reasonably Achievable
• CPM — Critical Path Method
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• CEP — Circular Error Probable
• BOD — Biochemical Oxygen Demand
• SEBI — Securities and Exchange Board of India
• FORTRAN — FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
• IMF — International Monetary Fund
• ALT — Alteration
• ELV — Expendable Launch Vehicle
• FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
• LNG — Liquefied Natural Gas
• FX — Foreign Exchange
• USAF — United States Air Force
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• CIS — Commonwealth of Independent States
• DFD — Data Flow Diagram
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• ML — milliliter; 1/1000 liter
• FAS — Free Alongside Ship
• USU — Usually
• METAMORPH — metamorphosis
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• FIPS — Federal Information Processing Standard
• TSS — Total Suspended Solids
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• IRC — Internal Revenue Code of 1986
• FY — Fiscal Year
• SIO3 — silicate
• LRR — Launch Readiness Review
• ERA — Exchange Rate Agreement
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)

• CCAQ — Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• AAS — American Astronomical Society
• O&M — Operation and Maintenance
• AMS — American Mathematical Society
• MP&A — Mission Planning and Analysis Area
• NM — Nanometer
• LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• PROVIS — provisional
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• NSO — National Solar Observatory
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• APR — April River Airport, April River, Papua New Guinea
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• AL — Aluminium
• HIBOR — Hong Kong interbank offered rate
• MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• GSA — U.S. General Services Administration
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• KG — Kilogram
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• ABA — American Bar Association
• AFEAS — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• ASU — Air Separation Unit
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• NDA — Non-Disclosure Agreement
• UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• KWH — Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• DDT — dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (insecticide)
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• DEPT — Department
• CM — Centimeter
• SMS — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
• UNU — United Nations University
• RPC — Remote Procedure Call
• GIGO — Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
• O3 — Ozone
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• DCF — discounted cash flow rate
• AERI — Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
• ANNEX I — Countries committed to a quantified CO2 target (OECD, EU, Central and Eastern European countries)
• MS — Mass Spectrometer
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• ASC — American Society of Cinematographers
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)

• ACS — American Chemical Society
• RLU — Relative Light Unit
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• DE/DT — rate of evaporation (moisture loss from soil)
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• IMO — International Maritime Organization
• ISRO — Indian Space Research Organisation
• I/O — Input/Output
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• TM — Trademark
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• ADM — Admiral
• DIV — Division
• KPA — kiloPascal (pressure above ambient (100 kPa = 1 atmosphere excess))
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• LEPO — Low Exercise Price Option
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• ESSENT — essential
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• CIF — Cost, Insurance, Freight
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• W3C — World Wide Web Consortium
• CRC — Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• DURH — Durham
• ATS — Advanced Technology Satellite
• BCD — Binary-Coded Decimal
• SN — Space Network
• FAO — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• M — Meter
• ATM — Atmosphere
• EM — Electromagnetic
• PSI — Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
• PPI — Producer Price Index
• WIPO — World Intellectual Property Organization
• UN — United Narions
• FDDI — Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• HQ — Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
• MHS — Message Handling System (electronic)
• ECA — Economic Commission for Africa
• EE — Employee
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• OPM — Office of Personnel Management
• CM3 — cubic centimeter (milliliter)
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• TLA — Three Letter Abbreviation

• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
• CDF — Common Data Format
• BOJ — Bank Of Japan
• GPO — Government Printing Office
• IATA — International Air Transport Association
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• CONST — Under Construction
• FCC — Federal Communications Commission (US)
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• AIT — Asian Institute of Technology
• NOV — November
• ICSI — International Commission on Snow and Ice (IAHS)
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• CW — Continuous Wave
• MOT — Ministry of Transport
• CIA — Central Intelligence Agency
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• BER — Bit-Error Rate
• L — Liter
• GC — General Counsel
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• MOS — Model Output Statistics
• ER — Employer
• ASCE — l'American Society of Civil Engineers
• GOI — Government Of India
• IBRD — International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
• BIS — Bank of International Settlements
• SOL — Statute of Limitations
• GIF — Graphic Interchange Format
• LP — Low Pressure
• ISMA — International Securities Market Association
• GLOBE — Global Land One kilometer Base Elevation (DIS)
• AAS — atomic absorption spectrometry (spectrometer, spectroscopy)
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• USMAB — United States Man and the Biosphere
• ERS — Economic Research Service
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• HUD — Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• UPU — Universal Postal Union
• AFSCN — Air Force Satellite Control Network
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• WWF — World Wildlife Fund
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• ART — Article (part of speech)

• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• GEN — General Motors
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• AABW — Antarctic Bottom Water
• DMA — direct memory access (computer term)
• CBOT — Chicago Board of Trade
• EODC — Earth Observing Data Center (U.K.)
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• ISDA — International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
• DOST — Department of Science and Technology
• ARCH — Architect
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• ESCAP — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
• ECAFE — Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• IEE — Institution of Electrical Engineers
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• EIS — Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• MANCH — Manchester
• RTU — Remote Terminal Unit
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• AERODYNAM — aerodynamic
• GE — General Electric American Communications Inc.
• L/C — Letter of Credit
• REV. RUL. — Revenue Ruling
• IR — Infrared
• HRSG — Heat Recovery Steam Generator
• GLRC — Great Lakes Research Center (LSC and NOAA)
• OTT — Over The Top
• ANN — Annual
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• GB — Gigabyte
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• WTO — World Trade Organisation
• REV. PROC. — Revenue Procedure
• ANAL — Analyst
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• BP — Before Present
• MODNET — MO&DSD Operational/Development Network
• JAN — January
• IFAD — International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• ANON — Anonymous

• AFBC — Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustor
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• UNHCR — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Program
• NMFS — National Marine Fisheries Services
• SO. 2D — Southern Reporter, 2nd Series
• MJ — Megajoule
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• USC — United States Code (book of laws)
• TOC — Total Organic Carbon
• NCSA — National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• AFF — Affairs
• ECE — Economische Commissie voor Europa (United Nations) (Dutch: Economic Commission for Europe)
• ACH4 — Annual methane (CH4) emission from enteric fermentation
• TEAM — Technology Base Enhancement for Autonomous Machines
• FERC — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
• PL — Public Law
• CENTO — Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• ADC — Analog-Digital Converter
• WB — World Bank
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• ALEXIS — Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• FE — Fossil Energy
• AAIW — Antarctic Intermediate Water
• JTU — Jackson Turbidity Unit
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• RH — Relative Humidity
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• MIPS — Millions of Instructions Per Second
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• ECOM. — EOS communications
• HOSP — Hospital
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• ACS — Attitude Control System
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• ER — Energy Research
• IMD — India Meteorological Department
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• CAPT — Captain
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• OAS — Organization of American States
• CC — Combined Cycle
• MIN — Minute
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• LAC — Local Area Coverage

• DND — Department of National Defense (Canada)
• WG — Working Group
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• API — American Petroleum Institute (oil)
• AUX — Auxiliary
• TAPPI — Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Inc.
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• TEC — Total Electron Content
• DQO — Data Quality Objective
• GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association
• HCFC-22 — hydrochloroflourocarbon-22 (CHClF2,
• COM — Common
• WI — When Issued
• AICHE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• STC — Satellite Test Center
• EIA — Environmental impact assessment (international)
• JECOR — U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• ESA — Endangered Species Act of 1973
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• HAP — Hazardous Air Pollutant
• OCT — October
• TEAMA — Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia
• ISO — International Standard Organisation
• LES — Lincoln Experimental Satellite
• JST — Japan Standard Time
• UL — Uplink
• UNCTAD — United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• SCOTUS — Supreme Court of the United States
• IO — Input/Output
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• AEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time
• INC. — Incorporated
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• ESMC — Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• MX — Merry Christmas
• TVA — Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
• SO — Southern Oscillation
• AIHA — American Industrial Hygiene Association
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• ECDIS — Electronic Chart Display and Information System
• NYMEX — New York Mercantile Exchange
• MSR — Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• CEC — Cation Exchange Capacity
• AON — All or None
• GMDSS — Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)
• CH4-C — Methane-carbon ratio
• AFSCF — Air Force Satellite Control Facility

• UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• ILO — International Labor Organization (UN)
• UIC — Underground Injection Control
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• MBS — mortgage backed security
• RS — Remote Sensing
• BFI — Baltic Freight Index
• EVAL — evaluation
• CONTRADICT — contradiction
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• WFC — World Food Council
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• ADJ.PHR — adjectival phrase
• TWT — Traveling Wave Tube
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• GOVT — Government
• AUG — August
• ARINC — Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
• MCL — Maximum Contaminant Level
• AR — Argon
• IUCN — International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• ABST — Abstract
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• COL — Colonel
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• TOS — TIROS Observational System
• MSS — Multispectral Scanner System
• CMD — Command
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• MP — Medium Pressure
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• HK — Housekeeping
• ACABQ — Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
• ADV — Advance
• ATP — Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• SWT — Science Working Team
• CBOE — Chicago Board Options Exchange's
• ESP — Especially
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• MW — Megawatt (one million watts)
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite

• MBPS — Megabits per second
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• GEF — Global Environmental Facility (environment)
• O2 — Oxygen
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• DPC — Domestic Policy Council
• SPM — Suspended Particulate Matter
• BIA — Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
• HWRP — Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
• LANG — language
• GSA — Geological Society of America
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• AIT — Assembly, Integration, and Test
• ICSC — International Civil Service Commission
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• LST — Local Standard Time
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• ICICI — Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
• RRN SAF — RRN Southern and Eastern Africa
• NOX-N — Nitrogen oxides nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• RCS — Radar Cross Section
• IDNDR — International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• COE — Creek Corps of Engineers
• CEA — Council of Economic Advisors
• UNIFEM — United Nations Development Fund for Women
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• VIBOR — Vienna Interbank Offered Rate
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• AASP — American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
• YR — Years old
• VC — Virtual Channel
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• ASE — Airborne Support Equipment
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• KSE — Korea Stock Exchange
• CFO — Cancel Former Order
• GAW — Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO)
• EC — European Community
• LHV — lower heating value
• OPC — Ordinary Portland Cement
• GTOS — Global Terrestrial Observing System
• MCS — Mesoscale Convective System
• ACAD — Academy
• UNJSPF — United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

• FRN — Floating Rate Note
• PW — Precipitable Water
• CPD — Compound
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• DHS — Department of Human Services
• UC — University of California
• COP — Conference of the Parties
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• REGIST — register
• PCM — Pulse-Code Modulation
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• UNSO — United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office
• GARD — garden
• FCV — Flow Control Valve
• DIC — Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
• KSC — John F. Kennedy Space Center
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• VAD — Velocity-Azimuth Display
• RAE — Royal Aircraft Establishment
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• ABR — Abridged
• 1-D RCM — one-dimensional radiative-convective model
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• WCE — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• UNIDO — United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• JOSH — Joshua
• WKLY — Weekly
• IRB — Internal Revenue Bulletin
• DI — Directorate of Intelligence
• PMP — Probable Maximum Precipitation
• LME — London Metal Exchange
• PSYCHOL — Psychological
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• WCP — World Climate Programme (WMO/ICSU)
• SUBSCR — subscription
• MG — milligram; 1/1000 gram
• IC — Ion Chromatography
• CSD — Commission on Sustainable Development's
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• FO — Furnace Oil
• MAG — Magazine
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• HA — Hectare
• ISI — International Statistical Institute

• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• ERB — Earth Radiation Budget
• NA — North America
• OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• ICP-OES — inductively coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatories (Tucson, AZ)
• AGAGE — Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• CONF — Conference
• MAN — Manual
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• INS — Inertial Navigation System
• G — Gram (g)
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• ISU — International Space University
• TCDC — Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• CATECH — catechism
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• CT. CL. — the United States Court of Federal Claims Reporter
• NEP — Noise Equivalent Power
• QUOT — Quotation
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• PDF — Probability Density Function
• BUBOR — Budapest Interbank Offered Rate
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• FAR — Flight Analysis Review
• VMS — Virtual Memory System
• NASM — National Air and Space Museum
• MHA — million hectare
• CEQ — Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
• JX — Jurisdiction
• DOS — United States Department of State
• STAT. — United States Statutes At Large
• EEZ — Exclusive Economic Zone
• P&S — Purchase and Sale
• CAT — Cataract
• EAS — Environmental Analyses Section (ORNL)
• TKE — Turbulent Kinetic Energy
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• CLO2 — chlorine dioxide
• YR — Year
• IRU — Inertial Reference Unit
• TCS — Thermal Control Subsystem
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• ALT — Radar Altimeter

• FRA — Forward Rate Agreement
• EP — Earth Probe
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• FTU — Formazin Turbidity Unit
• C — Carbone
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• FS — Forest Service (USDA)
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• CERCLA — Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
• FEP — Front-End Processor
• SELPER — Society of Latin American Remote Sensing Specialists
• 2-D RCAM — two-dimensional radiative-advective-convective equilibrium model
• RFLP — Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
• ESA — Ecological Society of America
• MEA — Monoethanolamine
• POD — Precision Orbit Determination
• CH3CCL3 — methylchloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane)
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• LCH — London Clearing House
• ASA — American Statistical Association
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• TMS — Thematic Mapper Simulator
• ADDR — Address
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• CEN — The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers.
• DB — Direct Broadcast
• BK — Book
• PLO — Public Limit Order
• NFA — National Futures Association
• REVOL — revolution
• TLV — Threshold Limit Value
• AT — Acceptance Test
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• TRS — Trade Registration System
• CTU — Central Terminal Unit
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• GCM — General Court-Martial
• CAM — Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway)
• ATT — Attic
• IOP — Intensive Observing Period
• WET — Waste Extraction Test
• HP — High Pass
• FEIS — Final Environmental impact statement (US)
• EVEN — evening
• IDA — International Development Agency
• ADJ — Adjective
• ESF — European Science Foundation
• MSB — Most Significant Bit

• APA — Alkaline Phosphatase Activity
• SI — Statutory Instrument
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• CIDA — Canadian International Development Agency
• ALLIT — alliterative
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• DISTRIB — distribution
• AFS — American Fisheries Society
• OIE — Overseas Investment Exchange
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• IGS — International Glaciological Society
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• NYU — New York University
• DIE — Designated Investment Exchange
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• 18O — oxygen-18 (oxygen isotope with atomic weight of 18)
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• GT — Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• BPA — Bonneville Power Administration (US)
• RD — Reference Document
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• SEHK — Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
• FDM — Finite-Difference Method
• CX — Cross-Examination
• EPRI — Electric Power Research Institute (US)
• USEPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency
• DS — Data Set
• OCN — Oceania
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• DMSO — Dimethyl Sulfoxide
• UW/UD — University of Wisconsin/University of Denver
• ESA — Entomological Society of America
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• DEIS — Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• QAE — Quality Assurance Engineer
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• ISC — International Seismological Centre
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• UNIV — University
• SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• L — Literature
• DPI — Data Processing Installation
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• GIT — Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
• SRR — System Requirements Review
• E.G. — Exempli Gratia (for example)
• NAL — National Agricultural Library

• NREN — National Research and Education Network
• PWD — Public Works Department
• BQ — Becquerel
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• MMSCMD — million metric standard cubic metre per day
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• SHAKS — Shakespeare
• CNES — Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales
• DOM — Dissolved Organic Matter
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• S/W — Software
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• AOD — Aerosol Optical Depth
• OBS — Obsolete
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• FOT — Flight Operation Trainer
• ABP — Archbishop
• MLR — Multiple Linear Regression
• TRAD — traditional
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• LWC — Liquid Water Content
• HHV — Higher Heating Value (thermal efficiency basis)
• CHAS — Charles
• ACCOMM — accommodation
• INTERL — interlude
• ARC/INFO — GIS software
• UT — Universal Time
• LEX — Lexicon
• ARIZ. REV. STAT. — Arizona Revised Statutes
• TIFFE — Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange
• AM/FM — Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society)
• EEI — Edison Electric Institute
• LSB — least-significant byte
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• TL — Team Leader
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• CCIR — International Radio Consultative Committee (French Acronym)
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• ADMC — Agri-residue dry matter content
• EXCH — Exchange
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handling
• HLW — high-level waste
• GHG — Green House Gas
• DOI — United States Department of Interior
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• COMPAN — companion
• AA — Atomic Absorption

• UNGA — United Nations General Assembly
• MCC — Mesoscale Convective Complex
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• APA — Adirondack Park Agency
• MDI — Michelson Doppler Imager
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• RAPD — Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• WMC — World Meteorological Center
• MWH — Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)
• APP — Appendix
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• UT — University of Tennessee
• DBH — Diameter at Breast Height
• VSE — Vancouver Stock Exchange
• VID — Vehicle Identification Number
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• AMMS — Advanced Multichannel Microwave Sensor
• IHB — International Hydrographic Bureau
• WEC — World Energy Council
• IDB — Inter-American Development Bank
• PJ — Petajoule
• ADDNET — Acid Deposition Data Network (EPA)
• APHET — aphetic
• 1-D — one-dimensional
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• ESOC — European Space Operations Center
• WFF — Wallops Flight Facility
• IDEOL — ideology
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• IHO — International Hydrographic Organization
• LSD — Least Significant Difference
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• TDS — Total Dissolved Solids
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• PPFD — Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density
• FRD — Flight Requirements Document
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• FID — Flame Ionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• MIMD — multiple instruction, multiple data (system)
• CMO — Configuration Management Office
• UNTAB — United Nations Technical Assistance Board

• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• CHAPS — Clearing House Automated Payment System
• IRRI — International Rice Research Institute
• EDS — Environmental Data Service
• CAN — Canberra
• APP — Apparently
• GPI — GOES Precipitation Index
• SHPO — State Historic Preservation Office (US)
• IFMK — Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany
• ICIMOD — International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
• IPE — International Petroleum Exchange
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• SOFFEX — Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• PB — Playback
• BUR — Bureau
• BDR — Battery Discharge Regulator
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• MACS — Modular Attitude Control System
• IASI — Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• IJC — International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
• MWR — Microwave Radiometer
• ACC — Account
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• ADVOC — advocate
• WS — Wind Speed
• MPL — Marine Physical Laboratory
• USN — United States Navy
• R — Rex
• GC/MS — SX)-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• RAOB — Radiosonde Observation
• SNL — Sandia National Laboratories
• IGT — Institute of Gas Technology (Chicago)
• ASAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar 
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• DCP-OES — direct coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment

• M — micrometer
• SLA — Special Libraries Association
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• FURNIT — furniture
• AWWA — American Water Works Association (Denver)
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• SSM — Special Sensor Microwave
• LDR — Linear Depolarization Ratio
• FUA — The Fuel Use Act (US)
• EDSP — Exchange Delivery Settlement Price
• HIBID — Hong Kong interbank bid rate
• MFO — mixed-function oxidase (enzyme system)
• ASSAS — Advanced Solid State Array Sensor
• RX — Receive
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• K — Kilogram
• HCFC-141B — hydrochlorofluorocarbon-141b
• DICT — Dictionary
• CRM — Certified Reference Material
• TCP/IP — Transmission Control/Internet Protocol
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• TWRA — Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
• I — Injection
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• PMF — Probable Maximum Flood
• SAIL — Steel Authority of India Limited
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• DEF — Defence
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• TC — Telecommand
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• CONTEMPT — contemptuous
• BFE — Baltic Futures Exchange
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• ETC. — and others especially of the same kind; and so forth
• TEESE — TERI Energy Economy Simulation Evaluation
• JERS — Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
• PORT — Portuguese
• FIBOR — Frankfurt Interbank Offered Rate
• FSI — Forest Survey of India
• DOY — Day of Year
• BNA — block numbering area
• ANC — Ancient
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• GW — Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
• EXP — Experiment

• POC — Particulate Organic Carbon
• MTMC — Military Traffic Management Command
• ANNEX II — OECD countries and EU
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• CORON — coronation
• BOC — Bureau of Census
• ANT — Antarctica
• IMM — International Monetary Market
• MIBOR — Madrid Interbank Offered Rate
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• DAC — Days After Contract
• COLA — Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
• CEA — Central Electricity Authority
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• WARC — World Administrative Radio Conference
• HP — Hewlett-Packard Development Company
• EP — Extraction Procedure
• UNKN — Unknown
• FE — Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'')
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• ESMAP — Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
• CBS — Commission for Basic Systems
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• STRI — Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• RECOLL — recollection
• ACCTS — Accounts
• COMMEND — commendation
• IAF — International Astronautical Federation
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade and Industry
• HST — Hawaii Standard Time
• GTCC — Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
• S&R — Search & Rescue
• ART — Arctica
• USCCAN — United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
• CONV — Convention
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• JASON — Scientific panel (MITRE Corporation
• ADD — Addenda
• PDI — Payload Data Interleaver
• 4DDA — Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation
• AI — Associate Investigator
• DIF — Data Interchange Format
• NO. — Number
• ONEB — Office of National Environmental Board
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• NASCOM — NASA Communications System

• FAM — Family
• COMB — Combination
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• STAT — Statistical
• N2 — Nitrogen
• CAEM — Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (WMO)
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• NPDES — National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
• FWPCA — Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• DIST — District
• GSMNP — Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• AODC — Acridine Orange Direct Count [of Bacteria]
• V — Verb
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• DAS — Data Acquisition System
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• ACU — Attitude Control Unit
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• COMM — Common
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• TT&C — Telemetry, Tracking and Command
• UVR — Ultraviolet Radiation
• ACC — Air Combat Command (formerly TAC)
• HFO — Heavy Fuel Oil
• NDIR — non-dispersive infrared gas analyzer
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• HMW — High Molecular Weight
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• 13C — carbon-13 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 13)
• MOM — Modular Ocean Model
• IQSY — International Quiet Sun Year
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• AD — Acronym Dictionary
• EMPH — emphatic
• RPA — Remotely Piloted Aircraft
• STMW — Sub-Tropical Mode Water
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• NAPAP — National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
• ABL — Atmospheric Boundary Layer
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy

• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• NEHA — National Environmental Health Association
• JUD — Judges
• OFT — Office of Fair Trading
• PRN — Pseudo-Random Noise
• CHIPS — Clearing House Interbank Payments System
• EPSRC — l'Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• FEM — Finite Element Method
• PAD — Program Approval Document
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• NGVD 29 — National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• ACTM — Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• BCF — Bio-Concentration Factor
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• GISP2 — Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• MSS — Mission Support System
• EXCOMM — Executive Committee
• HOUSEK — housekeeping
• NSSFC — National Severe Storms Forecast Center
• MILA — Merritt Island Launch Area
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• IPS — Inter Press Service
• LTOM — London Traded Options Market
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• MB — Millibar(s)
• MAFF — Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (U.K.)
• VISSR — visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
• OWS — Ocean Weather Station
• USCA — United States Code Annotated
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• ENT — Entomology (code)
• SS — Stainless Steel
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• HCFC — Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• BIG-TT — BAHC-IGAC-GCTE Task Team
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• LEV — Leviticus
• ANU — Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• SCULPT — sculpture
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center

• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• IBSRAM — International Board for Soil Research and Management
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• FEB — February
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• IBP — International Biological Programme (ICSU)
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• HP — Health Physics
• JUL — July
• NUM — Number
• TSCA — Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
• VENET — Venetian
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• NAST — National Academy of Science and Technology
• 14C — carbon-14 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 14)
• ALM — Almanac
• LBLRTM — Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model
• AO — Atmosphere-Ocean
• CLONO2 — chlorine nitrate
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nuclei
• GN — Ground Network
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• YRS — Years
• RPB — Recognised Professional Body
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• VIC — Victoria
• IUFRO — International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• CJS — Corpus Juris Secundum
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• AAWORD — Association of African Women for Research and Development
• KLOFFE — Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• 3-D — Three-Dimensional
• CPO — Core Project Office
• TLM — Telemetry
• DEM — Digital Elevation Model
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• FRCP — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• TIT — Titus
• BAU — business-as-usual
• EOM — End of Mission
• AET — Actual Evapotranspiration
• HDC — Holder in Due Course
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)

• SIFE — Second ISCCP Field Experiment
• RFT — Registered Floor Trader
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• R — Regina
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• ST — Steam Turbine
• GF3 — General Format No 3
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• MORFLOT — Ministry of the Merchant Marine of the Soviet Union
• BETW — between
• DL — Downlink Message
• SRD — System Requirements Document
• FTS — File Transfer System
• CDC — Control Data Corporation, Incorporated
• REDEMPT — redemption
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• LIS — Land Information System
• ASCS — Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• SEV — several
• ERDAS — Earth Resources Data Analysis System
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• LONGLINES — Long Hydrographic Sections Programme
• CNEG — Contributory negligence
• MIC — Micah
• PROV — Proverbs
• ASCHE — American Society of Chemical Engineers
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• HASP — High Altitude Sampling Program
• NSTC — National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
• HDTV — High-Definition Television
• (D)PR — dual precipitation radar
• PORC — Porcelain
• CONSTR — Construct
• CORES — Computer Assisted Order Routing and Execution System
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• RARR — Range and Range Rate
• NYBOR — New York Interbank Offered Rate
• VAS — VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• NMI — NASA Management Instruction
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• CV — Calorific Value
• AMEDAS — Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• AFGWC — Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
• B.C — Before Christ

• CD-ROM — compact disc-read only memory
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• CTV — Compatibility Test Van
• TOCOM — Tokyo Commodity Exchange
• GCC — Global Change Category
• RIE — Recognised Investment Exchange
• IRF — instantaneous radiative transfer
• HSIO — High Speed Input/Output
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• NH4 — ammonium
• TROP — Tropical
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• GLRD — Great Lakes Research Division
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• ARPA — Advanced Research Project Agency's
• HVS — high-volume sampler
• KERFIX — Kerguelen fixed station (France) (JGOFS)
• MISC — Miscellany
• PHOTOG — photography
• BTP — Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali
• B.C — British Columbia
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• FR — French Republic
• ADJS — adjective
• BAO — Boulder Atmospheric Observatory
• ENQ — Enquiry
• MONEX — Monsoon Experiment
• U.S. — United States
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• BBAISR — British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
• ESRC — Economic and Social Research Council
• FEHEM — Front-End Hardware Emulator
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• HEREFORD — Herefordshire
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• DEW — distant early warning (radar)
• GS — Ground System
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• NAVIG — Navigational Log
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• BOB — Bureau of the Budget
• MPC — Model Penal Code
• MAGIC — Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchment
• IAEG — International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
• TRANSUBSTANT — transubstantiation
• SMJ — subject matter jurisdiction

• CL — Common Law
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• BITNET — Because It is Time NETwork
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• CDS — Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• DMS — Dimethyl Sulfide
• PSK — Phase Shift Key
• WD — Wind Direction
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• IPR — Intellectual Property Right
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• CDDI — Copper Distributed Data Interface
• GL — Geophysics Laboratory
• SM — Structural Model
• BATS — Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
• CHY — Commission for Hydrology
• FTSE-100 — Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 stock index
• -S — Arakawa-Schubert
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• BBF — Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros
• CNR — Committee on Natural Resources
• HAE — Height Above Ellipsoid
• AIT — Atomic International Time
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• AOGCM — Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model
• ENEA — Comitato Nazionale Per La Ricerca E Lo Sviluppo Dell' Energia Nucleare E Delle Energie Alternative
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• PURG — purgatory
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• CCC — Canadian Climate Centre
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• ALA. CODE — Code of Alabama 1975
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• ATA — Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• IRREG — Irregular
• RW — Reaction Wheel
• SGR — Specific Growth Rate
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• COMB.FORM — combining form
• TIGGER — Earth sciences dimension to TIGER
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• S/C — Spacecraft

• MIDAM — Midamerica Commodity Exchange
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• ACE — Advisory Committee on the Environment
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• GS&M — Modeling (task team)
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• JSC — Joint Scientific Committee (ICSU, WCRP, and WMO)
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• CADD — computer-aided design and drafting
• RGS — Royal Geographic Society
• PPBV — parts per billion (109) by volume
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• APM — Antenna Pointing Mechanism
• ESR — Emergency Sun Reacquisition
• EVOL — Evolution
• CONTR — Contract
• MIF — Mercato Italiano Futures
• GCV — Gross Calorific Value
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• DD — degree day
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• SCMS — Société de Compensation des Marchés Conditionnels
• CLIMAP — Climate Long-Range Investigation Mapping and Prediction (project)
• DOC — dissolved organic carbon
• CAL — Calendar
• RFD — Royal Forestry Department
• IOC — International Ozone Commission
• ETO — Exchange Traded Option
• A.D. — anno domini (latin)
• PMB — Potato Marketing Board
• XPNDR — Transponder
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• FSL — Forecast Systems Laboratory (a NOAA ERL)
• CPS — Certified Professional Secretary
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• ITM — In the Money
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• GTDS — Goddard Trajectory Determination System
• ASOEN — ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• ESRI — Environmental Systems Research Institute (developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, Redlands, California)
• PSS — Portable Spacecraft Simulator
• ROPME — Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment
• AGSS — Attitude Ground Support System
• ECOWARM — European Committee for Water Resources Management (IAHS)
• AGCM — Atmospheric General Circulation Model

• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• BEL-20 — stock index
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• EFP — Exchange For Physicals
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• AIME — American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
• EPHIN — Electron Proton Helium Instrument
• OBO — Order Book Official
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• TGE — Tokyo Grain Exchange
• MPC — Massively Parallel Computer
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• CDDIS — Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• USWB — United States Weather Bureau
• FTA — Financiele Termijnmarket Amsterdam
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• SUBSEQ — Subsequent
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• IGFA — International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
• INDIR — indirect
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• IOS — Institute of Ocean Sciences
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• CMM — Commission for Marine Meteorology
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• DU — Dobson Unit
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• GLIS — Global Land Information System
• DECNET — Digital Equipment Corporation Network
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• ABBREV — abbreviation
• IFO — Intensive Field Observation
• RBV — return-beam Vidicon
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• VIS — Visible
• MERIS — medium-resolution imaging spectrometer
• ISLN — International Standards Lawyer Number
• INTERNAT — international
• GLI — Global Imager
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• MTG — Meeting
• BAPMON — Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
• BAA — benz[a]anthracene
• MOC — Memorandum Of Cooperation
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• INTRANS — intransitive
• ERIM — Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
• PBU — peribacteroid unit
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• JUDG — Judges
• FRG — Federal Republic of Germany's
• URL — Upper Range Limit
• ISA — Israel Space Agency
• 4-D — four-dimensional
• TSP — total suspended particles
• SIDS — Small Island Developing States
• NBRF — National Biomedical Research Foundation
• PUB.L. — Public Law
• MONUM — monument
• JOC — Joint Organizing Committee
• LIMNOL — limnology
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• BPPT — Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (Indonesia)
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• MW — Milliwatt
• WILTS — Wiltshire
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• AAD — Attitude Anomaly Detector
• HAGE — human activity and global environment
• FRRPA — Forest and Rangeland Renewable Planning Act (1974)
• GBRS — Generic Block Recording System
• MPC — Maximum Permissible Concentration
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• PROVID — providence
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• NSFNET — National Science Foundation Network
• MI — Mode Indicator

• HTW — High Temperature Winkler gasifier
• FWCA — Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1958)
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• WPL — Wave Propagation Laboratory
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• SURG — Surgery
• DED — Dedicated
• DISCRIM — discrimination
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• H2 — Hydrogen
• MKSA — meter-kilogram-second-ampere (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKSA")
• MYST — Mystery Science Theater
• 3I — improved initialization inversion
• 2-D — a.k.a. 2D, two-dimension, two-dimensional
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• JRNL — Journalism
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• PSP — Precision Spectral Pyranometer
• ORNITH — ornithology
• PREROG — prerogative
• COLL — COLLege
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• CUF — capacity utilization factor
• LITHOL — lithology
• UNISIST — United Nations System for Scientific and Technological Information
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• IFRB — International Frequency Registration Board of the International Telecommunication Union
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• ITB — Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• AIS — Automated Information Security
• ACCS — accounts
• BBL — Billion Barrels
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• DOT — Deployment Operations Team
• LPM — liters per minute
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• CA. — circa
• CSPAAD — Coarse Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• BCP1 — Broadcast Pulse 1
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• AID — Agency for International Development (U.S.)
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• RPR — Remote Procedure Request

• DMI — Direct Member Input
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• RAES — Retail Automated Execution System
• SECO — Sustainer Engine Cutoff
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• FRTM — Functional Requirements Traceability Matrix
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• PHOEN — Phoenician
• DOA — United States Department of Agriculture
• UCLA — University of California at Los Angeles (U.S.)
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• ITC — International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
• OA — Operations Agreement
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• SINTEF — Norwegian Institute of Technology
• DCN — Document Change Notice
• CAL. CODE REG. — California Code of Regulations
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• ATTRIB — Attribute
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• CONFID — confidential
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• ITPR — Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• DEPRED — depredation
• EXAM — Examination
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• KR — Krypton
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• FSSP — Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• ALL ER — All England Law Reports
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• SSU — Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• I/F — Interface

• ECON — Economics
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• MANIP — manipulation
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• DIU — Data Information Unit (of WOCE Data System)
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• IUBMB — International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• SEATO — Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
• AGWAT — Agriculture and Water Project (JECOR)
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• SMIRD — SOHO Mission Implementation Requirements Document
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• VTIR — visible and thermal infrared radiometer
• COPUOS — Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN)
• SDAC — Satellite Data Analysis Center
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• OBL — OBLique
• MAW — Ministry of Agriculture and Water (Saudi Arabia)
• ANOR — Another
• RFC — Registered Floor Clerk
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• PECULAT — peculation
• MARECO — Marine Radioecology Working Group (IUR)
• NAIC — Newly Agro-Industrialized Country
• CODMAC — Committee On Data Management, Archiving, and Computation
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• WSC — Water Survey of Canada
• ARCHIPEL — archipelago
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• BULL — Bulletin
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• MTOE — million tonnes of oil equivalent
• LDC — less-developed country
• AIREP — Aircraft Weather Report
• SASK — Saskatchewan
• FORET — Forest of East Tennessee (model)
• ISSMFE — International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
• VAR — Variant
• MCF — methane conversion factor
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• ED — Energy Division
• MDSRS — Morphology-Dependent Stimulated Raman Scattering
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• SCF — Scientific Computing Facility

• WPCF — Water Pollution Control Federation
• APPOS — appositive
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• LOE — Late Old English
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• AIBD — Association of International Bond Dealers
• EQPAC — Equatorial Pacific
• ECCL.HIST — ecclesiastical history
• CLP — Contract Laboratory Program (EPA)
• ATX — Austrian Traded Index
• IUB — International Union of Biochemistry (ICSU)
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• DAU — Daughter
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• CLIN — Clinic
• H/W — Hardware
• GRO — Gamma Ray Observatory (NASA)
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• T — tonne
• DSIR — Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• PWV — Precipitable Water Vapor
• EMAP — Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
• NZFOE — New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange
• HTTP — Hypertext Transport Protocol
• PSEUDO-ARCH — pseudo-archaic
• POLAR — Polar Plasma Laboratory
• BVRJ — Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• FEMA — Finite Element Model of Material Transport through Aquifers
• METEOSAT — European Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• AMER — America
• OMX — Option Market Index
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• IACG — Interagency Committee on Geomatics (DEMR)
• ESA/IRS — European Space Agency/Information Retrieval Service
• IFIAS — International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study
• KING'S BENCH DIV — King's Bench Division
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• PAN — Peroxyacetylnitrate
• MASFLEX — Marginal Sea Flux Experiment (in the West Pacific) (IGOPS)
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• RN — Radon
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation

• NORTHANTS — Northamptonshire
• MIBK — Methyl IsoButyl Ketone traditional name for methyl pentanone
• J — Justice
• MEFF RENTA FIJA — derivatives exchange in Barcelona, Spain
• REFASH — refashion
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• MTCE — Million Tonnes of Carbon Equivalent
• PIBOR — Paris Interbank Offered Rate
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• TIBOR — Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• AERONAUT — aeronautic
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• HUMICAP — Humidity sensor on drifters (FASINEX)
• WRI — World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.)
• MDE — Middle East
• IBEX-35 — stock index
• COM — Commission
• JMOL — Judgment as a Matter of Law
• REBELL — rebellion
• IDEM — Italian Derivatives Market
• HMTA — Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
• IRSS — Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
• CISPR — International Special Committee on Radio Interference
• MEV — mega electron volts
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• EMSL — Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory (EPA)
• LASE — Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• CELIAS — Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• CDHF — Central Data Handling Facility
• FXA — Foreign Exchange Agreement
• HISTOL — histology
• INTERJ — interjection
• ADVTS — advertisement
• SQQ — Standard Qulaity Quotation
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• SMOW — Standard Mean Ocean Water
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• CR — Carrington Rotation
• IRIS — Integrated Radar Imaging System
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• ICP/MS — Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
• OCO — One Cancels the Other Order
• EMEP-CCC — EMEP-Chemical Coordination Centre
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• EJ — Exajoule

• FAGS — Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services (ICSU)
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• VTPR — Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
• CORP. — Corporation
• A. — Atlantic Reporter
• CEPAL — Comision Economica para America Latina (Spain) (ECLA)
• EOTC — European Organization for Testing and Certification (EC)
• OPEX — Operational and Executive Personnel for Civil Service
• CNET — Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications (France)
• WFEO — World Federation Of Engineering Organizations
• GCEP — Global Change Education Program
• EPH — Ephesians
• VIZ — Videlicet
• AEDD — Arctic Environment Data Directory
• PSE — Pacific Stock Exchange
• FOK — fill or kill order
• RIVM — Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and EnvironmentalProtection
• PCU — Platinum-Cobalt Unit
• AASSREC — Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils
• HELCOM — Helsinki Commission, protection of Baltic marine environment
• CX — Constitution
• CIBOR — Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate
• LI — library
• TDMA — Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
• IUR — International Union of Radioecologists
• IFOX — Irish Futures and Options Exchange
• AAPP — Average All Pig Price
• KNOWL — Knowledge
• CRF — Cloud Radiative Forcing
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• AIV — Assembly-Integration-Verification
• WSMC — Western Space and Missile Center
• BNAP — Basic Hydrological Network Assessment Project
• WGDM — Working Group on Data Management
• C&DH — Command & Data Handling
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazona (Brazil)
• DSRT — Deep Sea Reversing Thermometer
• CLICOM — Climate Computing
• COMMERC — commercial
• ART — Another Ray Tracer
• DOMSTAR — communications relay set
• DLG — Digital Line Graphic
• FED. R. CRIM. P. — Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• HKFE — Hong Kong Futures Exchange
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• CONGREG — congregation
• ZPC — Zero Point of Change
• R2 — coefficient of determination (statistical)

• CONGRESS — congressional
• ADVERT — Advertisement
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• INDEF — Indefinite
• TRAV — Travel
• DA — discretionary account
• IAVCEI — International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
• WVR — Water Vapor Radiometer
• DSM — demand-side management
• FGCC — Federal Geodetic Control Committee
• QUANTUM MECH — quantum mechanics
• IFU — Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research (Germany)
• FCL — Foldback Current Limiter
• USIA — United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
• AUTH — Author
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis & Prediction
• CIL — Coal India Limited
• NPS — National Park Service (US)
• LECT — Lecture
• VAM — Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal
• BMFT — Bundes Ministerium fur Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• SSMR-SSM/I — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer-Ssm/II
• BECO — Booster Engine Cutoff
• ICACGP — International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution
• ACARS — Aircraft Communication and Recording System
• ELEM — Element
• ISE — International Stock Exchange
• NWWA — National Water Well Association
• OPHTHALM — ophthalmology
• TIGER — Terrestrial Initiative in Global Environmental Research
• APPL — Applied
• CCIFP — Chambre de Compensation des Instruments Financiers de Paris
• POSTH — posthumous
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• NONCE-WD — nonce-word
• CCS — Central Checkout System
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• DOMEST — domestic
• IRGA — Infrared Gas Analyzer
• FWS — United States Fish and Wildlife Service
• ISEQ — Irish Stock Exchange Equity Index
• ETAC — (USAF) Environmental Technical Applications Center
• METAPHOR — metaphorical
• HGA — High Gain Antennae
• ZOOL — Zoology
• PDSI — Palmer Drought Severity Index
• ARK. CODE — Arkansas Code
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• UAV — Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle
• AMBIACE — Amazon Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment

• TOPEX/POSEIDON — Ocean Topography Experiment
• AIJ — Activities Implemented Jointly
• NOB — Notes Over Bonds
• LXX — Septuagint
• MANUF — Manufacture
• PHILAD — Philadelphia
• NGM — Nested Grid Model
• SEB — State Electricity Board
• EGCM — Eddy-Resolving General Circulation Model
• OSU — Oregon State University
• AUSTRAL — Australia
• SOS — Southern Oxidants Study
• GESS — Graphics Executive Support System
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• ADVT — advertisement
• ISSS — International Society of Soil Science
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• ASLO — American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• AFR — Africa
• GSIRD — Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
• DHP — Direct High Power
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• ATTY — Attorney
• BBZ — benthic boundary zone
• VLBI — Very Long Baseline Interferometry
• TOR — Tropospheric Ozone Research
• CCTV — CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• DDMP — domain-decomposition-message-passing
• CIESIN — Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
• CSM — Climate System Monitoring
• KYR — kiloyear
• LOBT — Local on Board Time
• ALASKA ADMIN. CODE — Alaska Administrative Code
• IGY — International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
• POLARSTERN — Research vessel
• RECLAM — reclamation
• HDGEC — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• GLOS — Gloucestershire
• ALARA — As Late As Reasonably Achievable
• DISTILL — distilling
• CHEMRAWN — Chemical Research Applied to World Needs
• GEC — Global Environment Change
• CALIF — California
• DEHYDRITE — magnesium perchlorate anhydrous granular
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research

• EX.DOC — executive document
• BIOL — Biology
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• BERKS — Berkshire (English County)
• MHRS — Modified Hazard Ranking System (DOE)
• GCCD — Global Climate Change Digest (CEI)
• THEORET — theoretical
• AFDM — Ash Free Dry Mass
• NARS — National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
• ASXD — Australian Stock Exchange Derivatives
• FASINEX — Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment
• GVR — Grant, Vacate and Remand
• ASAS — Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor
• SK — Saskatchewan
• MODIS — moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
• ESF/EPC — ESF/European Palaeoclimate and Man Project
• TVCF — Transportable Vehicle Checkout Facility
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• EARN — European Academic Research Network
• AOCE — Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• IDCCC — Interior Department Cartographic Coordinating Committee (DOI)
• Π — (Greek letter Pi) Plaintiff
• GYNAECOL — gynaecology
• JIN — Joint Implementation Network
• CONVERSAT — conversation
• CPE — Eastern Europe (also called Centrally Planned Europe)
• CERN — European Laboratory for Particle Physics
• PARCC — precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness, and comparability
• CLS — Collected Localization Satellites (France)
• AAG — American Association of Geographers
• CSO — Central Statistical Organization
• CASSAD — Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development
• AFFM — Austrlian Financial Futures Market
• CAMS — Control and Monitoring System
• ARRCC — Analysis of Rapid and Recent Climate Change (project)
• ABI — Association of Italian Bankers
• MASC — Mountain Administration Support Center (NOAA)
• IM-AL — inorganic monomeric aluminum
• EZEK — Ezekiel
• BIE — Business in the Environment
• OIP — Offical Index Period
• FRI — Forest Research Institute
• IGEA — International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
• VMVM — Vector Measuring Current Meter
• ESAER — European Space Agency's Earth Resources (Satellite)
• EDSG — Energy Demand Steering Group
• CCM2 — community climate model two
• HIC — Habitat International Coalition

• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observing System
• HMCRI — Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute
• SPL — Split Phase Level
• COMM — Commission
• CIAP — Climate Impact Assessment Program
• CAGM — Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO)
• SYLL — syllable
• APID — Application Identification
• SDTS — Spatial Data Transfer Standard
• CGO — Cape Grim (Tasmania) (baseline station)
• FICCDC — Federal Interagency CoordinatingCommittee on Digital Cartography
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• CDAS — Climate Data Assimilation System
• IERS — International Ellipsoid Reference System
• LAI — Leaf Area Index
• MKT — Market
• LANDSAT — land satellite (photographs of the ground)
• TRIG — Trigonometry
• DM-MIMD — distributed memory, multiple instruction, multiple data (computer)
• IUGS — International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• ADVS — adverbs
• GALE — Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment
• HEIFE — Heihe River Field Experiment
• GFLOPS — one gigaflop equals 1 billion (109) floating point operations
• PEM WEST — Pacific Exploratory Mission - West
• OLR — Outgoing Long-Wave Radiation
• USDOD — United States Department Of Defense
• RDP — Radar Development Project
• DDL — Direct Downlink
• ADB — Asian Developing Bank
• DOLY — Dynamic Global Phytogeography Model (GCTE)
• GDAS — Grimco data acquisition system
• CHAR — Character
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Council (UNESCO)
• I&T — Integration & Test
• GWE — Global Weather Experiment
• ALA. ADMIN. CODE — Alabama Administrative Code
• PCSSD — Philippines Council for Sustainable Development
• MIZEX — Marginal Ice Zone Experiment
• SLEJF — Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum
• CONVENT — convention
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• UNCHS — United Nations Commission for Human Settlement
• GR — Growth Rate
• CAMB — Cambridge Capital Acquisition C (NASDAQ Stock Exchange [NASDAQ])
• ACA — Advanced Computer Applications (project)
• DEVEL — Development
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
• DFCD — Data Format Control Documents

• FPSSE — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Electronics
• MRTT — Mission Readiness Test Team
• DISS — Dissertation
• CXL — Constitutional
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• MABL — Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
• SPECMAP — Mapping Spectral Variability in Global Climate Project
• EBM — energy-balance model
• ASTROL — Astrology
• ASSOC.FOOTBALL — Association Football
• PE — Pipeline Execution
• AM. JUR. 2D. — American Jurisprudence, 2nd Series
• CCM — community climate model
• AAF — Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France
• IBWC — International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
• WFP — World Food Program
• DDFM — Data Distribution Facility Manager
• DORIS — Doppler Orbit And Radio Positioning Integration By Satellite
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• ERDA — U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (formerly AEC; now DOE)
• IFREMER — Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploration de la Mer, France
• HED — High Energy Detector
• AL2O3 — alumina
• OD — Orbit Determination
• ORS — Others
• ICCH — International Commodities Clearing House
• IIID — International Institute of Information Design
• MAB — Man and the Biosphere (programme) (UNESCO)
• DISORT — discrete ordinate (model)
• METAPH — Metaphysics
• TTO — Total Toxic Organic
• WCAP — World Climate Applications Program
• GEOM — Geometry
• GOIN — Global Observation Information Network
• EOC — EOS Operations Center (NASA)
• UNARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
• ATF — atmospheric transmission factor
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• BSRN — Baseline Surface Radiation Network
• PSEUDO-SC — pseudo-Scots
• ICPP — Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
• COSTED — Committee On Science & Technology in Developing Countries
• CEI — Center for Environmental Information
• IMG — Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases
• PERH — perhaps
• SMC — System Management Center
• MFLOPS — One megaflop equals 1 million (106) floating point operations
• PVM — Parallel Virtual Machine
• IWSA — International Water Supply Association
• GDSIRD — Ground Data System Information Requirements Document

• ERBES — Earth Radiation Budget Explorer Satellite
• ISEB 10 — Tenth International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry
• LONG. — longitude
• PHYSICAL CHEM — physical chemistry
• ANSW — Answer
• ICARDA — International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
• STAND — Standard
• ASASP — Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
• XDR — External Data Representation
• NGSDC — National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center
• TDSM — Tracking and Data Systems Manager
• BTAN — Bons du Trésor а intérët Annuel Normalisés
• CPUE — Catch Per Unit Effort
• USDOE — United States Department Of Energy
• ARCH — Archive
• APPLIC — application
• CAR — Caribbean Region
• ADMON — admonition
• NYCE — New York Cotton Exchange
• IDSS — Integrated Data Sounding System
• DSCC — Deep Space Communications Complex
• CSERGE — Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
• AEF — Average Emission Factor
• CHRON — Chronicles
• FORTIF — fortification
• HANTS — Hampshire
• CILSS — Comite Inter-Etats pour la Lutte Contre laSecheresse au Sahel
• ARTILL — artillery
• CCT — computer-compatible tape
• IRTM — Infrared Thermal Mapper
• SRS — Statistical Reporting Service
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• ICARUS — Interagency Climate-Aerosol Radiative Uncertainties and Sensitivities
• DOD — Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (Germany)
• HRE — Homogeneous Reactor Experiment (impoundment)
• ADVB — adverb
• JUSTIFIC — justification
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• ANBS — Asian Network of Biological Sciences
• B/W — Black and White
• BARA — Pressure in Atmosphere
• D — Deuterium (also abbreviated as 2D or 2H)
• ASF — Alaska SAR Facility
• APME — Attitude Pointing Mechanism Electronics
• DPS — Data Processing Segment
• CSTC — Consolidated Satellite Test Center
• CCGT — Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
• GCTM — Global Chemical Transport Model
• CZM — Coastal Zone Management
• SUBORD — Subordinate

• CCCO — Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean (SCOR and IOC)
• FDF — Flight Dynamics Facility
• ESAM — Institute for Environmental Science and Management
• ACAST — Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology toDevelopment
• TERLS — Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (India)
• ECCL — ecclesiastical
• IDOL — idolatry
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Teledetection Spatiale (France)
• ACHEX — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• AGID — Association for Geoscientists for International Development
• ECAMP — Environmental Compliance Assessment and Management Program
• TERMINOL — terminology
• ECLIPS — Experimental Cloud Lidar Pilot Study
• CCDB — Carbon content of dead biomass
• MES — Military Engineering Services
• CERGA — Centre d'Etudes et de Rechereches Geodynamiques et Astronomiques
• CSELI — Centra Studi e Laboratori Telecommunicazioni (Italy)
• LSN — long- and short-normal resistivity (geophysical logging)
• CMRS — Coal Mines Research Station
• VHRR — Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• FBC — Fluidized Bed Combustor
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• NSN — NASA Space Network
• FAI — Fertilizer Association of India
• FAZ — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• MPA — MegaPascal
• OTOB — Oesterreichische Termin und OptionBorse
• FNOC — Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center (U.S. Navy)
• IMCO — Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
• SUPPL — Supplement
• CCLB — Carbon content of living biomass
• EPIST — epistle
• FGD — Flue Gas Desulphurisation
• EHP — Extended High Power
• ICSD — International Continental Scientific Drilling (program)
• MB — Manitoba
• BAAS — British Association for the Advancement of Science
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• GLRS — Geoscience Laser Ranging System
• INAUG — inaugural
• GOP — Geographical Observatories Programme
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (Japan)
• SAFEX — South African Futures Exchange
• ACCEPT — acceptance
• GDAAC — Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
• BIOGR — biography
• K — Contract
• DQM — Data Quality Message
• GLOCHANT — Global Change Research in the Antarctic

• ECWA — Economic Commission for Western Asia
• C-C — Counterclaim
• MOSA — Mission Operations Support Area
• FOM — Finnish Options Market
• SWEDAC — Swedish Board for Technical Accreditation
• INTRO — Introduction
• IGN — Institut Geographique National
• POSTM — postmaster
• EPA — Environmental Protection Authority (Victoria, Australia)
• STS — Star Tracker Sensor
• HMSU — high-resolution microwave sounding unit
• HSWA — Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA, 1984)
• GCHC — Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS)
• GNO — Gross Product Originating
• CDMU — Central Data Management Unit
• AOM — Australian Options Market
• IFRTP — Institut Francais pour la Researche et la Technologie Polaire (French
• GCO — Generation Certification Official (waste generation)
• NKO — Nederlandse Kalibratie Organisatie
• IGCC — Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (electric Power Generation Technology)
• SOCA — Special Operations Control Area
• COWRR — Committee on Water Resources Research
• AOVP — Arctic Ocean Variability Project
• FOX — London Futures and Options Exchange
• CRPE — Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environment Terrestre et Planetaria
• ANL/ACRF — ANL's Advanced Computing Research Facility
• NTOM — Network Technical and Operations Manager
• IEM — Institute of Experimental Meteorology
• PACOR — Packet Processor
• FGGE SOP — Fgge Special Observing Period
• MARIA — Methods for Assessing the Radiological Impact of Accidents (CEC)
• CERSAT — French group for processing ERTS-1 low bit rate data from ocean areas
• CFC-113 — CCl2FCClF2, 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane
• PSYCH — Psychology
• IRSSP — Interactive Remote Sensing Software Package
• BRU — Battery Regulation Unit
• AH — Air Heater
• PON — Particulate Organic Nitrogen
• IGCP — International Geological Correlation Programme (IUGS and UNESCO)
• IAG — International Association of Geodesy (IUGG)
• MO&DA — Mission Operations and Data Analysis
• ABSTR — Abstract
• CMC — Canadian Meteorological Centre
• BVE — Barotropic Vorticity Equation
• CIUS — Conseil International des Unions Scientifiqes (ICSU)
• SPELDA — Structure Porteuse External pour Lancements Doubles Ariane (external
• BARM — Block Acceptance Reporting Mechanism
• GEMM — gilt-edged market maker
• ORNL/ACL — ORNL/Advanced Computing Laboratory
• IAH — International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS)

• Δ — (Greek letter delta) Defendant
• ELEC — Electronic
• EURECA — European Retrievable Carrier
• ASTEX — Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment
• GEISA — Gestion et d'Etude des Information Spectroscopiques Atmospheriques
• IASPEI — International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior
• RIHMI-WDC — All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information-World Data Center
• ACCOMPL — accomplished
• ARIZ. ADMIN. REG. — Arizona Administrative Register
• ESD — Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
• GSC — Geological Survey of Canada (DEMR)
• JURISDICT — jurisdiction
• BUV — Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
• GENESIS — Global Environmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems
• MDUL — Missing Data Units List
• EPV — Extended Precision Vector
• ENSO — El Nino/Southern Oscillation (coupled oceanic-atmospheric change)
• BIPM — Bureau International de Poids et Mesures
• USNMAS — United States National Map Accuracy Standard
• NNSS — Navy Navigational Satellite System
• GRAMM.ANALYSIS — grammatical analysis
• MT-CLIM — Mountain Climate Model
• CREN — Chemical Research and Environmental Needs
• CIF — Coming into Force
• IPHIR — InterPlanetary Helioseismology with IRradiance observations
• AGASP — Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Programme
• IVL — Swedish Environmental Research Institute
• ACID — Acidification Chemistry Information Data Base (BNL)
• SMOCC — SOHO Mission Operations Control Center
• SPACE PHYSICS DIVISION — SPDS
• GRDC — Global Runoff Data Centre
• ABRIDG — abridged
• RRN CAR — RRN Caribbean
• MODMAP — modernization of mapping techniques
• FWM — food web model
• APDA — Arctic Precipitation Data Archive (ACSYS)
• MMS-F — Matra Marconi Space-Toulouse, France
• FPSSH — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Head
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror
• ANAT — Anatomy
• SOR — Statutory Orders and Regulations
• AERI-FEP — AERI Front End Processor
• ABRIDGEM — abridgement
• AIRS-AMSU — Atmospheric Infrared-Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• RRN TSA — RRN Temperate South America
• ACTS — African Centre for Technology Studies
• IFDC — International Fertilizer Development Center
• IMS — Information Management Services, Inc.
• AGR. — Agriculture (USDA)
• AWRA — American Water Resources Association's

• LCL — lifting condensation level
• GEBA — Global Energy Balance Archive
• GATE — Global Atmosphere Tropical Experiment
• ACE-1 — Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
• NIC — Newly Industrialized Country
• NAR — Net Assimilation Rate
• EPD — European Pollen Database
• LTM — Long-Term Monitoring
• HPD — Hydrometeorological Processes Division
• SONG OF SOL — Song of Solomon
• GOFS — Global Ocean Flux Study
• AGST — Against
• FTR — Flight Tape Recorder
• BIOTRANS — biological transformations
• NARL — National Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska)
• GLOBEC — Global Marine Ecosystem Dynamics
• ARAB — Arabic
• MERFOX — Mercadode Futuros y Opciones
• CPP — Cloud Photopolarimeter
• CANAD — Canadian
• TREM — Tropical Rainfall Experimental Mission
• SONG SOL — Song of Solomon
• ASEAMS — Association of Southeast Asian Marine Scientists
• CCL — Central CO2 Laboratory, SIO (WMO)
• EOS-AERO — EOS Aerosol Mission
• CSEC — Centre for the Study of Environmental Change (University of Lancaster)
• ICCE — International Commission on Continental Erosion (IAHS)
• NOCC — Network Operations Control Center (GSFC)
• NOTTS — Nottinghamshire
• IRC — International Radiation Commission
• CGED — Committee on Geophysical Environmental Data (NAS)
• F — Fraction
• ARMA — Autoregressive moving-average
• ISEM — International Society for Ecological Modelling
• ITRC — Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
• PHONET — phonetic
• OBC — On Board Computer
• COWAR — Committee on Water Research (ICSU and UATI)
• MOP — METEOSAT OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
• CE — Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy (US Department of Energy)
• AFFECT — affection
• ANARE — Australian National Antarctic Research Establishment
• ULS — Upward-Looking SONAR
• AEROCE — Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment
• BOR — Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT)
• DMDS — Dimethyl Disulfide
• ALBIOS — Aluminum Biogeochemistry in Soils (EPRI)
• METOP — Meteorological Operational Satellite (polar satellite series)
• G-7 — Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
• SMR — Standard Malaysian Rubber

• IMU — International Mathematical Union
• NESDP — National Economic and Social Development Plan
• EOSDIS — EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
• GOS — Global Observing System (WMO and WWW)
• GAME — GEWEX-related Asian Monsoon Experiment
• CONSID — consideration
• EPO — EOS Project Office
• COMP — company
• USDOC — United States Department of Commerce
• FIN — Fish Information Network (data base)
• ANSTO — Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Menai, New
• SECTIONS — Oceanographic Programme of the U.S.S.R.
• GME — Gyro Management Electronics
• MATIF — Marche а Terme International de France
• MISCELL — miscellany
• ASTRON — Astronomy
• IOM — Index and Option Market
• GRADO — CNES Gravity Satellite (France)
• OE — Old English
• STOF — Suprathermal-Time-Of-Flight
• C.V. — coefficient of variation (math)
• ADMIR — admiralty
• HRIRS — high-resolution infrared radiation sounder
• GLL — Galileo
• PHYSICAL GEOGR — physical geography
• AIDJEX — Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment
• ASAP — Automated Shipboard Aerological Program
• STDN — Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
• DNES — Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (India)
• WWB — Women's World Banking's
• MOGUNTIA — Model of the General Universal Tracer transport in the Atmosphere
• PNEDC — Programme Nationale d'Etude de la Dynamique du Climat (France)
• CGES — Center for Global Environmental Studies
• MEFF RENTA VARIABLE — derivatives exchange in Madrid, Spain
• IUNS — International Union of Nutritional Sciences
• DCDSTF — Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force
• CETA — Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment
• NORF — Norfolk
• CCM0 — Community Climate Model (NCAR)
• NRCT — National Research Council of Thailand
• HDGCB — Human Dimensions of Global Change (programme) (UNU, ISSC, and IFIAS)
• MAKS — Martin and Kitzis Sampler (portable air sampler)
• AITP — Arctic Ice Thickness Project (WCRP)
• CIG — Commonwealth Industrial Gases
• CNRS — National Scientific Research Center (Centre Nationale de la Recherche
• IUCS — Inter-Union Commission on Spectroscopy
• ETV — electrothermal vaporizer
• ITU — Integrated Terrain Unit
• MDC — More Developed Country
• UNDRC — Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator

• INSAT — Indian satellite
• SERDP — Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
• MRIR — Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• FDST — Flight Dynamics Support Team
• GMP — Genetically Modified Plants
• IUHPS — International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science
• IDEAL — International Decade for the East African Lakes (project) (PAGES)
• TRAGEX — Trace Gas Exchange between Midlatitude Terrestrial Ecosystems and Atmosphere
• IGFA — Inter-Governmental Funding Agencies
• ICHTH — ichthyology
• AMEX — Atlantic Meteorology Experiment
• FRAGM — fragment
• FSMF — Flight Software Maintenance Facility
• CEMA — Council of Mutual Economic Aid (Russian Federation, formerly U.S.S.R.)
• CGO — Cape Grim Observatory
• CONTIN — continuation
• YORKS — Yorkshire
• ALACE — Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float)
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter
• EC-GC — Electron Capture-Gas Chromatograph
• ANALYT — analytic)
• CONG. REC. — Congressional Record
• MERCH — Merchantable
• TDLS — Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy
• GEOG — Geography
• START — System for Analysis, Research, and Training
• OXON — Oxfordshire
• APOL — apology
• AD. — ad sectam (Latin)
• ACC — Audit-Comptabilité-Conseil (French: Auditing-Accounting Council)
• DISCIPL — discipline
• ACCM — Atmospheric General Circulation Model
• CCOM — Control Center Operations Manager
• NCIC — National Cartographic Information Center
• MAGS — Mackenzie GEWEX Study (Canada)
• IAI — Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (START)
• IRG — Interest Rate Guarantee
• NARR — Narrative
• REB — Rebel
• IRI — International Reference Ionosphere
• MAGN — magnetism
• EADS — Environmental Assessment Data System
• AGRHYMET — Agronmeteorology and Operational Hydrology and Their Applications
• RT — Radiative Transfer
• PCAST — President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• ITAL — Italian
• STOL — System Test and Operations Language
• GENLEAF — generic models of leaf response
• USDI — United States Department of the Interior (also
• DISTEMP — distemper

• HPCC — High Performance Computing and Communications (NOAA)
• JIU — Joint Inspection Unit
• ICAR — Indian Council of Agricultural Research
• CONCL — conclusion
• IELV — Intermediate Expendable Launch Vehicle
• RFDU — Radio Frequency Distribution Unit
• EGE — Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
• ELIZAB — Elizabethan
• GA — geographic analysis
• MIMR — multifrequency imaging microwave radiometer (formerly HIMSS)
• BIH — Bureau International de l'Heureasures
• IGLD — International Great Lakes Datum
• COMPL — Complete
• NVI — normalized difference vegetation index
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (EC)
• HRDI — high-resolution Doppler imager
• FATE — Formation of Aerosol and their Transformation over Europe (EUROTRAC)
• HDR — Hardware Design Review
• CCCP — California Institute of Technology Concurrent Computation Project
• ENEA — Italian National Agency for New technology, Energy and the Environment
• PAF — Processing Archiving Facility
• LDEO — Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• NKA — Nordic Liaison Committee for Atomic Energy
• BASE — Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment
• RGR — Relative Growth Rate
• CEM — Cumulus Ensemble Model
• MECCA — Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment
• DP — Direct Playback
• MACC — Maccabees
• AUTOBIOGR — autobiography
• PRINC — principle
• VIRGO — Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations
• ECCLES — ecclesiastical
• ASPRS — American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• IAGC — International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
• EER — External Engineering Review
• NEUROSURG — neurosurgery
• ACMAD — African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
• CFAGB — Carbon fraction of above ground biomass
• CSRS — Cooperative State Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture)
• ACL — alternate concentration level
• IAS — Image Analysis System
• SDPF — Sensor Data Processing Facility
• DCDS — Digital Cartographic Data Standard
• ITSC — International TOVS Study Conference
• IFIM — Instream Flow Incremental Methodology
• CALC — Calculus
• CFC-11 — CC13F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• CORR — Correspondence
• NGB — Nordic Gene Bank

• ROXB — Roxburgh
• SGCR — Subcommittee on Global Change Research
• IMAGE — Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect
• UV-VIS — UltraViolet-Visible Spectroscopy
• ETSA — electron transport system activity
• HEC — Hydro-Electric Commission (Tasmania)
• AIP-3 — Algorithm Intercomparison Project-3
• ECLA — Economic Commission for Latin American
• FABF — Fraction of agri-residue burned in fields
• GAMETAG — Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment of Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases
• RUDIM — rudiment
• CEPEX — Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment
• VOCAB — Vocabulary
• CEEM — Center for Energy and Environmental Management
• PENINS — peninsula
• SM-MIMD — shared memory, multiple instruction, and multiple data (computer)
• BTCS — breakthrough curves (column-elution tests)
• ISPRS — International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• CMIE — Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy
• AFT — Abbreviated Functional Test
• AIRS/MHS — Advanced Infrared Radiometer Sounder
• TRANSIT — Satellite Navigation System
• VDS — Virtual Data Set
• DAC — Data Assembly Centre (WOCE)
• XCTD — Expendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (probe)
• IBSS — Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Russian Federation;
• KLCE — Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange
• PVL — Parameter Value Language
• BASC — Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council
• GLOCARB — Global Tropospheric Carbon Dioxide Network (IGAC)
• ICA — International Communication Agency
• GNIS — Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
• BEDFORD — Bedfordshire
• INVERT.ZOOL — invertebrate zoology
• CEAREX — Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment
• CAF — Clean Air Facility
• CONFUT — confutation
• ISAR — Intelligent Synthetic Aperture Radar
• ARIZ. ADMIN. CODE — Arizona Administrative Code
• FOFS — futures and options funds
• CCOP — Committee for the Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas
• INFOCLIMA — World Climate Data Information and Referral System
• PDU — Power Distribution Unit
• RAAD — Roll Attitude Anomaly Detection
• DTD — Digital Terrain Data
• LVS — Large Volume Sampling
• EMOC — EOSDIS Mission Operations Center
• CTA-21 — Compatibility Test Area
• MIFE — Manila International Futures Exchange
• GLOED — Global Emissions Database

• ARDB — Arctic Runoff Database (ACSYS)
• HSRL — High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• ETYMOL — Etymology
• DI — Direct Index
• TIC — Total Inorganic Carbon
• HOUSEH — household
• BIOG — Biography
• OPPRESS — oppression
• TIRIO — Table of Incompatibilities and Requirements for the Instruments Operation
• AGAL — Australian Government Analytical Laboratories
• GSL — Gulf Stream Locale
• RRN TAM — RRN Tropical Asian Monsoon Region
• HSRP — High Speed Research Program
• ISFA — International Scientific Film Association
• GAZ — Gazette
• BMWT — Biofuels and Municipal Waste Technology
• GENIE — Global Environmental Network for Information Exchange
• EIT — Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
• JER — Jeremiah
• GEOS-3 — Geodetic Satellite Mission (NASA)
• MARC — The Middle Atmosphere Responses to Changes
• OSTI — Office of Scientific and Technical Information (DOE)
• HPCRC — High Performance Computing Research Center (ORNL)
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements
• EPSS — Electrical Power Subsystem
• MILL(S) — 0.001 U.S. dollars
• EISMV — Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et de Medecine Veterinaire (Dakar)
• CIRT — cirrus test
• GEOL — Geology
• ALK — alkalinity
• ITPP — International TOVS Processing Package
• CHAMB — chamber
• FRONTAL — frontal process studies (France) (JGOFS)
• RESID — residence
• HASL — Health and Safety Laboratory
• ASCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• DEMR — Department of Energy Mines and Resources
• OSSE — Observing System Simulation Experiment
• TAI — Temps Atomique International
• LIPI — The Indonesian Institute of Sciences
• FNWC — Fleet Numerical Weather Center (U.S. Navy)
• SCAMA — Switching, Conferencing and Monitoring Arrangement
• EXOD — Exodus
• FAMIL — familiar
• HCMR — heat-capacity mapping radiometer
• LPDA — Laser-Phased Doppler Anemometer
• BIBLIOGR — bibliography
• EAF — Experimenter's Analysis Facility
• CAE — Control and Actuation Electronic
• PRD — Program Requirements Documents (UDS)

• RIC — Regional Information Center
• CCMS — Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society
• IAMAP — International Association Of Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics (ICSU)
• ESTH — Esther
• BNC — British National Corpus
• ITOS — Improved TIROS Operational System
• GLOUC — Gloucestershire
• PHR — Phrase
• FF — Free Format
• GDR — German Democratic Republic (now Germany)
• CERES — Crop Environment Resource Synthesis
• ANTS — Antenna Subsystem
• IAWPRC — International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control
• FIFESH — Fifeshire
• GREENTIE — Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange
• OHER — Office Of Health And Environmental Research (US Dept. Of Energy)
• MELICA — Medium Energy Ion Composition Analyzer
• EXPLOR — Exploration
• SATOR — Stratospheric and Tropospheric Ozone Research
• IPMS — International Polar Motion Service
• CONSTIT — constitution
• GONG — Global Oscillation Network Group
• GERG — Global Environment Research Group
• FDSS — Flight Dynamics Support System
• ODB — Orbit Determination Beacon
• GESAMP — Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
• MESOSOFT — Mesoscale Data Management Facility
• ICWQ — International Commission on Water Quality (IAHS)
• LODYC — Laboratoire d'Oceanographic Dynamique et de Climatologie
• UI/CSRD — University of Illinois/Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
• HOMS — Hydrological Operational Multipurpose Subprogramme
• ERFU — Environmental Restoration and Facilities Upgrade Program
• UATI — Union des Associations Techniques Internationals
• CEPT — Conference Europeenne des Administration des Postes etTelecommunications
• CENR — Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources
• CLIC — Climate Inventory and Catalog
• MAPS — Map Analysis Package System
• ARW — An Advanced Research Workshop
• INFOTERRA — International Referral System for Sources of Environmental Information
• DIS — Disease
• DYFAMED — atmospheric dynamics and fluxes in the Mediterranean Sea (France)
• CCDP — Climate Change Detection Project
• FT — Free troposphere
• LAID — land-atmosphere interactions dynamics
• LFM — limited fine-mesh model
• EID — Experiment Interface Document
• APARE — East Asian-North Pacific Regional Experiment (IGAC)
• FRE — Federal Rules of Evidence
• ECLAC — Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)
• EZE — Asociacion Protestante de Cooperacion para el Desarrollo en Alemania

• HEREF — Herefordshire
• LST — Local Solar Time
• GLAC — Glacier National Park
• PROBE — Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment
• CETA — Comprehensive Education and Training Administration
• IMPF — imperfect
• PUMS — Public Use Microdata Samples
• ALA — American Library Association-Library
• INS — Institute Scholars
• NADP — National Atmospheric Deposition Program (EPA)
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• FTS — Fournier transform spectrometer
• ADVANCEM — advancement
• TOGA-COARE — Toga Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• DISCUSS — discussion
• HAB — Habakkuk
• HARM — Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology
• DARE — data rescue
• NETCDF — Network Common Data Format
• HCMM — Heat-Capacity Mapping Mission
• ALLEG — allegiance
• ICES — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
• DERIV — derivative
• SUP — Soluble Unreactive Phosphorus
• CERES — Clouds And The Earth's Radiant Energy System (EOS)
• GMU — Gyro Mechanical Unit
• MSC — Meteorological Satellite Center
• IMPERS — impersonal
• ELECTRO-PHYSIOL — electro-physiology
• DEB — debate
• GERUND — gerundial
• DAX — deutsche Aktienindex
• HRPT — high-resolution picture transmission (AVHRR)
• WILL — William
• GCIP — GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project
• ARO — Automatic Reconfiguration Order
• GBSRN — Global Baseline Surface Radiation Network
• TRAC — Teacher Research Associate
• CRIC — Computerized River Information System
• LITHOGR — lithography
• EARSEL — European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
• EMSL-LV — Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Las Vegas (Nevada)
• MAP — Middle Atmosphere Programme
• DGLR — Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• CGMW — Commission for the Geological Map of the World
• EORCU — European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit
• MR — Microwave Radiometer
• ARITHM — arithmetic
• DHSS — Data Handling Subsystem
• IHSS — International Humic Substances Society

• RHODE ISL — Rhode Island
• ETF — Environmental Task Force
• ICRM — International Committee on Radionuclide Meteorology
• KINGD — kingdom
• ALE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment
• ESAD — Earth Science and Applications Division
• CRE — Coal Research Establishment of BCC (U.K.)
• BATERISTA — Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfers and Ecological Research in Situ Studies in Amazonia
• RRN OCE — RRN Oceania
• DARA — Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (Germany)
• DIS-SC — DIS Standing Committee
• MUNIC — Municipal
• AXCTD — autonomous expendable CTD profiler
• PASA — Participating Agency Service Agreement
• NRCP — National Research Council for the Philippines
• FLINN — Fiducial Laboratories for an International Natural Sciences Network
• FDOC — Fraction of degradable organic carbon
• ARTIC — articulation
• NCGIA — National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
• ESMR — Electronically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• GMAN — General Maneuver
• IRV — Improved Inter-Range Vector
• CONTROV — controversy
• LOICZ — Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
• CA — Copyright Act
• SIG-WAIS — Special Interest Group-Wide Area Information Server
• IRAP — Interdisciplinary Panel on Climate Change
• ICGW — International Commission on Ground Water (IAHS)
• BATGE — Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics
• EDX — energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry
• CONS — Consonant
• MGO — Main Geophysical Observatory
• LIPI — Marine Pollution Monitoring Center (including LIPI's Network of the Center
• FLUPAC — flux dans l'ouest du Pacifique equatorial (France) (JGOFS)
• MCZ — Mesoscale Compressible Community Model
• LMD — Laboratoire De Meteorologie Dynamique
• RMTC — Regional Meteorological Training Centre
• SET — Securities Exchange of Thailand
• CGC — Committee on Global Change
• ADCP — Accoustic Doppler Current Profiler
• LUCC-CPPC — Lucc Core Project Planning Committee
• EUROTRAC — European Experiment on Transport and Transformation of Environmentally Relevant Trace Constituents in the Troposphere over Europe
• AICRIP — All India Coordinated Programme for Rice Improvement
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite
• INNOC — innocent
• APMP — Acid Precipitation Mitigation Program (NAPAP)
• GRIMCO — CGBAPS computing system
• MBT — Mechanical Bathythermograph
• ATPEX — ARM Tropical Pacific Experiment
• CERN — Chinese Ecological Research Network

• BMRC — Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
• GVAP — GEWEX Water Vapor Project
• KRE — Kobe Rubber Exchange
• ABB — Association des Banques Belges
• EAWEP — East Asia and Western Pacific
• UNEC — United Nations Economic Committee
• IDRI — Thailand Development Research Institute
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary Coded Data Interchange Code (IBM)
• STAP — Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (GEF)
• IGAC — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• CBJ — California Bar Journal
• DOPLID — Doppler LIDAR
• ARCHIT — Architecture
• CLNO3 — chlorine nitrate
• RPN — Division de la recherche en prevision numerique
• MIADS — map information assembly and display system
• FED. R. BANKR. P. — Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
• MAPS — Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
• CIEA — Committee on International Environmental Activities
• KEEP — Kuroshio Edge Exchange Processes