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

• E/GDP — Ratio of energy consumption to gross domestic product
• A.L.R.3D — American Law Reports, 3rd Series
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• A.D — Anno Domini
• A.L.R. FED. — American Law Reports, Federal
• S.CAROLINA — South Carolina
• S. CT. — Supreme Court Reporter
• INC — Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
• W. VA. CODE — West Virginia Code
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• ZEITSCHR — Zeitschrift
• E/GNP — Ratio of energy consumption to gross national product
• L.ED — Lawyers Edition
• S.T.S — Scottish Text Society
• RA IV — Regional Association IV - North and Central America (WMO)
• RA I — Regional Association I - Africa (WMO)
• C-MACCS — Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation
• U.K. — United Kingdom (preferred over "UK"; use as
• S.V — sub verbo
• W.AFR — West Africa
• E.E.T.S — Early English Text Society
• A.L.R.6TH — American Law Reports, 6th Series
• I&TRR — Integration and Test Readiness Review
• A.L.R. — American Law Reports
• R.N — Royal Navy
• W.VA — West Virginia
• B.A.P. — Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
• SAFARI-92 — South African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative
• O.T — Old Testament
• S.DAKOTA — South Dakota
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• S.AFR — South Africa
• A.L.R.4TH — American Law Reports, 4th Series
• SAGE III — Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III
• BALTEX — Baltic Sea Experiment
• B%T — Animal population ratio living in temperate climate region
• F.APP'X — Federal Appendix
• W.IND — West India
• RA-2 — POEM altimeter (ESA)
• A.L.R.5TH — American Law Reports, 5th Series
• §§ — Sections
• U.S.A.F — United States Air Force
• UCMJ — Uniform Code of Military Justice
• R.A.F — Royal Air Force
• V/W — Vaporware
• F.O.R. — free on rail
• N.S.WALES — New South Wales
• I.L.M. — International Legal Materials
• © — Copyright
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide

• ¶ — (Pilcrow) Paragraph
• WATFLOOD — University of Waterloo Flood Forecasting System
• AIAA — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
• D.C — District of Columbia
• KANEX — Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange
• P.3D — Pacific Reporter, 3rd Series
• § — Section
• R.C — Roman Catholic
• RAWG/HYDROLOGY — Regional Associations'Working Groups on Hydrology
• HAEMATOL — haematology
• U.S.A. — United States of America
• U.S — United States
• N.T — New Testament
• S&P100,500 — stock indices
• OBSTETR.MED — obstetric medicine
• N.IR — Northern Irish
• YEARBK — yearbook
• RA II — Regional Association II - Asia (WMO)
• A.V — Authorized Version
• OCCURR — occurrence
• N.AFR — North Africa
• W.INDIES — West Indies
• SA90 — IPCC Scenario A, 1990
• T/P SWT — TOPEX/Poseidon Science Working Team
• U.K — United Kingdom
• P.R — public records
• OBSERV — observation
• OBSTETR — obstetric
• F.SUPP. — Federal Supplement
• UAOB — Upper Air Observation
• WATSTORE — Water Data Storage and Retrieval System
• N.Y — New York
• N.S.W — New South Wales
• RF — Radio Frequency
• N.Z — New Zealand
• F.CAS. — Federal Cases 1789–1880
• R&SSD — Radiation and Safety Surveys Department (ORNL)
• NAD 27 — North American Datum of 1927
• N.AMER — North America
• RADPATH — Biochemical Pathways of Artificial Radionuclides (CEC)
• E.ANGL — East Anglia
• NADP/NTN — National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network
• LANGS — languages
• M-REGION — Maunder region
• Q.ELIZ — Queen Elizabeth
• A%C — Animal population ratio living in cool climate region
• M&CD — Metals and Ceramics Division (ORNL)
• PALAEONT — palaeontology
• AEEI — Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
• PA.T — past tense

• VBL.N — verbal noun
• E.ANGLIAN — East Anglian
• WHO — World Health Organization
• E.AFR — East Africa
• LANCS — Lancashire
• N.CAROLINA — North Carolina
• E.IND — East India
• NAD 83 — North American Datum of 1983
• N.IREL — Northern Ireland
• N.DAKOTA — North Dakota
• WWW — World Wide Web
• VBL.NS — verbal nouns
• O.E.D — Oxford English Dictionary
• WATOX — Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment
• OAXTC — Ocean/Atmosphere Exchange of Trace Compounds
• Q.V — quod vide
• QC — Quality Control
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• PALAEOBOT — palaeobotany
• CCB — Configuration Control Board
• LAGCM — general circulation model at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• PACORII — Packet Processor Data Capture Facility II
• GASTRON — gastronomy
• VALEDICT — valediction
• OBSTET — obstetric
• IP — Internet Protocol
• WARWICKSH — Warwickshire
• CA # — Court of Appeals
• LANL/ACL — Los Alamos National Laboratory's Advanced Computing Laboratory
• E.MIDL — east midland
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• FAREW — farewell
• PALAEONTOL — palaeontology
• PAGES-EXCOMM — PAGES Executive Committee
• HAPEX-MOBILHY — HAPEX-MOdelisation du BILan Hydrique
• EDI — Electronic Data Interchange
• PM-2.5 — particulate matter of diameter less than 2.5 micrometers
• JAHRB — Jahrbuch
• IAMAP-IAHS — IAMAP-International Association of Hydrological Sciences
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• ABOL — abolition
• PALAEOGR — palaeography
• LANCASH — Lancashire
• PAGES-SSC — PAGES Scientific Steering Committee
• NAAQ — National Ambient Air Quality
• GDP — Gross Domestic Product
• BACTERIOL — bacteriology
• CAC-40 — Compagnie des Agents de Change-40
• BFP — Bona Fide Purchaser
• PPM — parts per million

• BAPDE — chemically reactive diolepoxides
• MMAD — Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter (aerosol)
• ESA — European Space Agency
• W — Watt
• HAMPSH — Hampshire
• IACGEC — Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change
• HANDBK — handbook
• CY — Calendar Year
• BAHC-SSC — BAHC Scientific Steering Committee
• ASL — Above Sea Level
• CPI — Consumer Price Index
• C3AT — Ch3 Albedo Test (AVHRR)
• MOA — Memorandum Of Agreement
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• RPI — Retail Price Index
• LLC — Limited Liability Company
• ADDIT — addition
• CD — Compact Disc
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• FR — Federal Register
• RFP — Request For Proposal
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• ELV — Expendable Launch Vehicle
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• R&D — Research & Development
• NFS — Network File System
• USAF — United States Air Force
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• BOD — Biochemical Oxygen Demand
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• DVP — Delivery Versus Payment
• GNP — gross national product (economics)
• ALT — Alteration
• UCC — Uniform Commercial Code
• AGA — American Gas Association
• CEP — Circular Error Probable
• DFD — Data Flow Diagram
• ICAO — International Civil Aviation Organization
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• LRR — Launch Readiness Review

• ALARA — As Low As Reasonably Achievable
• LLP — Limited Liability Partnership
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• ADP — Automated Data Processing
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• COMMUNIC — communication
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• OTC — Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• LNG — Liquefied Natural Gas
• ASU — Air Separation Unit
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• AFEAS — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• CBA — Cost Benefit Analysis
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• RAM — random-access memory
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• AMS — American Mathematical Society
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• FX — Foreign Exchange
• AAS — American Astronomical Society
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• AERI — Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
• NSO — National Solar Observatory
• SD — Standard Deviation
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• SIO3 — silicate
• CIS — Commonwealth of Independent States
• SMS — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• CCAQ — Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions
• PROVIS — provisional
• CPM — Critical Path Method
• METAMORPH — metamorphosis
• ADM — Admiral
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• SEBI — Securities and Exchange Board of India
• AL — Aluminium
• ACCT — Account
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  
• CM — Centimeter
• KG — Kilogram

• TSS — Total Suspended Solids
• RPC — Remote Procedure Call
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• SN — Space Network
• ABA — American Bar Association
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• I/O — Input/Output
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• MP&A — Mission Planning and Analysis Area
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• FAS — Free Alongside Ship
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• ATS — Advanced Technology Satellite
• DDT — dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (insecticide)
• ICSI — International Commission on Snow and Ice (IAHS)
• RLU — Relative Light Unit
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• O3 — Ozone
• MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
• LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
• HIBOR — Hong Kong interbank offered rate
• NM — Nanometer
• ISRO — Indian Space Research Organisation
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• USU — Usually
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• ASC — American Society of Cinematographers
• FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
• ENTHUS — enthusiasm
• IMF — International Monetary Fund
• MS — Mass Spectrometer
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• ESSENT — essential
• APR — April River Airport, April River, Papua New Guinea
• C&F — Cost and Freight
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• ML — milliliter; 1/1000 liter
• UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• AIT — Asian Institute of Technology
• GLOBE — Global Land One kilometer Base Elevation (DIS)
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• USMAB — United States Man and the Biosphere
• M — Meter

• IRC — Internal Revenue Code of 1986
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• ANNEX I — Countries committed to a quantified CO2 target (OECD, EU, Central and Eastern European countries)
• O&M — Operation and Maintenance
• FORTRAN — FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
• UNU — United Nations University
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• FY — Fiscal Year
• GIGO — Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• NOV — November
• KWH — Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)
• EODC — Earth Observing Data Center (U.K.)
• AAS — atomic absorption spectrometry (spectrometer, spectroscopy)
• APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• ART — Article (part of speech)
• MOS — Model Output Statistics
• FDDI — Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• AABW — Antarctic Bottom Water
• CDF — Common Data Format
• GC — General Counsel
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• AERODYNAM — aerodynamic
• FIPS — Federal Information Processing Standard
• IBM — International Business Machines Corporation
• GLRC — Great Lakes Research Center (LSC and NOAA)
• DIV — Division
• AFBC — Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustor
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• CW — Continuous Wave
• MHS — Message Handling System (electronic)
• BCD — Binary-Coded Decimal
• IEE — Institution of Electrical Engineers
• L — Liter
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• ATM — Atmosphere
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• AFSCN — Air Force Satellite Control Network
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• EM — Electromagnetic
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• AAIW — Antarctic Intermediate Water
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• GSA — U.S. General Services Administration
• TM — Trademark

• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• DURH — Durham
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• CONST — Under Construction
• FE — Fossil Energy
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• WWF — World Wildlife Fund
• HRSG — Heat Recovery Steam Generator
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• W3C — World Wide Web Consortium
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• ANON — Anonymous
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• ASCE — l'American Society of Civil Engineers
• BP — Before Present
• CIA — Central Intelligence Agency
• JAN — January
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• ACH4 — Annual methane (CH4) emission from enteric fermentation
• GOI — Government Of India
• NDA — Non-Disclosure Agreement
• DMA — direct memory access (computer term)
• PL — Public Law
• ER — Energy Research
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• BER — Bit-Error Rate
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• PPI — Producer Price Index
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• EE — Employee
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• HQ — Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
• DOST — Department of Science and Technology
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• MOT — Ministry of Transport
• DCF — discounted cash flow rate
• DEPT — Department
• ANAL — Analyst
• GB — Gigabyte
• TLA — Three Letter Abbreviation
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• GPO — Government Printing Office
• ECOM. — EOS communications
• CM3 — cubic centimeter (milliliter)
• BOJ — Bank Of Japan
• LP — Low Pressure
• ECA — Economic Commission for Africa
• IMO — International Maritime Organization
• ACS — Attitude Control System

• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• CENTO — Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
• LES — Lincoln Experimental Satellite
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• CIF — Cost, Insurance, Freight
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• COM — Common
• STC — Satellite Test Center
• ALEXIS — Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
• TOC — Total Organic Carbon
• WB — World Bank
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• OPM — Office of Personnel Management
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• DE/DT — rate of evaporation (moisture loss from soil)
• ADC — Analog-Digital Converter
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• TEC — Total Electron Content
• ESMC — Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
• IR — Infrared
• MSR — Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• AIHA — American Industrial Hygiene Association
• UL — Uplink
• FCC — Federal Communications Commission (US)
• SOL — Statute of Limitations
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• WG — Working Group
• PSI — Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
• ERS — Economic Research Service
• HAP — Hazardous Air Pollutant
• NMFS — National Marine Fisheries Services
• GEN — General Motors
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• LEPO — Low Exercise Price Option
• RS — Remote Sensing
• OCT — October
• CAPT — Captain
• AFSCF — Air Force Satellite Control Facility
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• UIC — Underground Injection Control
• RH — Relative Humidity
• RTU — Remote Terminal Unit

• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• ISMA — International Securities Market Association
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• TEAM — Technology Base Enhancement for Autonomous Machines
• JTU — Jackson Turbidity Unit
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• IATA — International Air Transport Association
• IO — Input/Output
• CRC — Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• ECAFE — Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• UN — United Narions
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• GSA — Geological Society of America
• GIF — Graphic Interchange Format
• OTT — Over The Top
• ER — Employer
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• TWT — Traveling Wave Tube
• UPU — Universal Postal Union
• HK — Housekeeping
• KPA — kiloPascal (pressure above ambient (100 kPa = 1 atmosphere excess))
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• ARCH — Architect
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• MODNET — MO&DSD Operational/Development Network
• OAS — Organization of American States
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• IBRD — International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• CC — Combined Cycle
• SO — Southern Oscillation
• MIPS — Millions of Instructions Per Second
• SWT — Science Working Team
• HUD — Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
• TEAMA — Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• EIS — Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• ESCAP — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• AUG — August
• AR — Argon
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• COL — Colonel

• MP — Medium Pressure
• REV. RUL. — Revenue Ruling
• SCOTUS — Supreme Court of the United States
• MSS — Multispectral Scanner System
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• CONTRADICT — contradiction
• ISDA — International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
• SO. 2D — Southern Reporter, 2nd Series
• BIS — Bank of International Settlements
• AFF — Affairs
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• UNHCR — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Program
• MCL — Maximum Contaminant Level
• CEC — Cation Exchange Capacity
• HCFC-22 — hydrochloroflourocarbon-22 (CHClF2,
• WI — When Issued
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• ABR — Abridged
• ATP — Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
• SPM — Suspended Particulate Matter
• ESA — Endangered Species Act of 1973
• REV. PROC. — Revenue Procedure
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• RRN SAF — RRN Southern and Eastern Africa
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• WCE — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• ASE — Airborne Support Equipment
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• VC — Virtual Channel
• MX — Merry Christmas
• VAD — Velocity-Azimuth Display
• PW — Precipitable Water
• ESP — Especially
• FO — Furnace Oil
• CFO — Cancel Former Order
• FAO — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• MCS — Mesoscale Convective System
• JECOR — U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer

• RAE — Royal Aircraft Establishment
• IC — Ion Chromatography
• VIBOR — Vienna Interbank Offered Rate
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• NA — North America
• GE — General Electric American Communications Inc.
• NYMEX — New York Mercantile Exchange
• IMD — India Meteorological Department
• DI — Directorate of Intelligence
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• ERB — Earth Radiation Budget
• API — American Petroleum Institute (oil)
• O2 — Oxygen
• HPS — Health Physics Society
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• ANNIV — Anniversary
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• AICHE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• SUBSCR — subscription
• AIT — Assembly, Integration, and Test
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• ERA — Exchange Rate Agreement
• KSC — John F. Kennedy Space Center
• AON — All or None
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• ECE — Economische Commissie voor Europa (United Nations) (Dutch: Economic Commission for Europe)
• WTO — World Trade Organisation
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• OPC — Ordinary Portland Cement
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• MIN — Minute
• ADV — Advance
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• USC — United States Code (book of laws)
• ECDIS — Electronic Chart Display and Information System
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• ACAD — Academy
• AUX — Auxiliary
• WIPO — World Intellectual Property Organization
• DPC — Domestic Policy Council
• ARINC — Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
• IUCN — International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• FAR — Flight Analysis Review
• MAG — Magazine
• CMD — Command
• NOX-N — Nitrogen oxides nitrogen trace gas emission ratio

• JST — Japan Standard Time
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• DIC — Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
• TOS — TIROS Observational System
• UC — University of California
• EAS — Environmental Analyses Section (ORNL)
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• CPD — Compound
• 1-D RCM — one-dimensional radiative-convective model
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• BFI — Baltic Freight Index
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• DHS — Department of Human Services
• FERC — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
• CBOT — Chicago Board of Trade
• CH4-C — Methane-carbon ratio
• PMP — Probable Maximum Precipitation
• UNIFEM — United Nations Development Fund for Women
• PCM — Pulse-Code Modulation
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• POD — Precision Orbit Determination
• GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• TRS — Trade Registration System
• EP — Earth Probe
• L/C — Letter of Credit
• NASM — National Air and Space Museum
• ASA — American Statistical Association
• MAN — Manual
• TCS — Thermal Control Subsystem
• FRA — Forward Rate Agreement
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• HOSP — Hospital
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• MW — Megawatt (one million watts)
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• IFAD — International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
• PDF — Probability Density Function
• IRU — Inertial Reference Unit
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• INS — Inertial Navigation System
• ESA — Ecological Society of America
• DB — Direct Broadcast
• CAT — Cataract
• C — Carbone
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

• CATECH — catechism
• BK — Book
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• TMS — Thematic Mapper Simulator
• CBOE — Chicago Board Options Exchange's
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• ESF — European Science Foundation
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• ATT — Attic
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• WET — Waste Extraction Test
• AT — Acceptance Test
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• ADJ.PHR — adjectival phrase
• IDA — International Development Agency
• LME — London Metal Exchange
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• NCSA — National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• RCS — Radar Cross Section
• ABST — Abstract
• EC — European Community
• FDM — Finite-Difference Method
• JOSH — Joshua
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• IGS — International Glaciological Society
• IOP — Intensive Observing Period
• UW/UD — University of Wisconsin/University of Denver
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• GMDSS — Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)
• ADJ — Adjective
• MBS — mortgage backed security
• 2-D RCAM — two-dimensional radiative-advective-convective equilibrium model
• CTU — Central Terminal Unit
• DS — Data Set
• HA — Hectare
• GCM — General Court-Martial
• AEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• AFS — American Fisheries Society
• EIA — Environmental impact assessment (international)
• ICP-OES — inductively coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• LST — Local Standard Time
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• SI — Statutory Instrument
• G — Gram (g)
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)

• APA — Alkaline Phosphatase Activity
• NEP — Noise Equivalent Power
• HP — High Pass
• FEP — Front-End Processor
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• TAPPI — Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Inc.
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• LANG — language
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• ESA — Entomological Society of America
• CT. CL. — the United States Court of Federal Claims Reporter
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• CH3CCL3 — methylchloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane)
• ISO — International Standard Organisation
• MG — milligram; 1/1000 gram
• CX — Cross-Examination
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• WFC — World Food Council
• GOVT — Government
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• LHV — lower heating value
• NAL — National Agricultural Library
• ABP — Archbishop
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• FOT — Flight Operation Trainer
• ISU — International Space University
• REVOL — revolution
• KSE — Korea Stock Exchange
• DQO — Data Quality Objective
• CHAS — Charles
• LEX — Lexicon
• OBS — Obsolete
• ANN — Annual
• DOM — Dissolved Organic Matter
• APA — Adirondack Park Agency
• CIDA — Canadian International Development Agency
• TLV — Threshold Limit Value
• ICICI — Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
• ACABQ — Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
• AGAGE — Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• RD — Reference Document
• AASP — American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• GIT — Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
• COE — Creek Corps of Engineers
• INC. — Incorporated
• ISC — International Seismological Centre
• MLR — Multiple Linear Regression

• USEPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency
• UT — Universal Time
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• DOS — United States Department of State
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• DIE — Designated Investment Exchange
• ICSC — International Civil Service Commission
• MJ — Megajoule
• SELPER — Society of Latin American Remote Sensing Specialists
• VMS — Virtual Memory System
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• FRN — Floating Rate Note
• WFF — Wallops Flight Facility
• SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• L — Literature
• ADMC — Agri-residue dry matter content
• TIFFE — Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• AMMS — Advanced Multichannel Microwave Sensor
• UNCTAD — United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• UT — University of Tennessee
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• HWRP — Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
• CAN — Canberra
• CAM — Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway)
• EXCH — Exchange
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handling
• DPI — Data Processing Installation
• PLO — Public Limit Order
• ILO — International Labor Organization (UN)
• SEHK — Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
• EVAL — evaluation
• AOD — Aerosol Optical Depth
• RAPD — Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
• WMC — World Meteorological Center
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• FCV — Flow Control Valve
• RFLP — Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
• FRD — Flight Requirements Document
• PB — Playback
• LCH — London Clearing House
• WS — Wind Speed
• NYU — New York University
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• UNGA — United Nations General Assembly
• UNSO — United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office
• APP — Appendix
• DND — Department of National Defense (Canada)

• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• MSB — Most Significant Bit
• CEA — Council of Economic Advisors
• DMSO — Dimethyl Sulfoxide
• GEF — Global Environmental Facility (environment)
• IASI — Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• IDNDR — International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
• PSYCHOL — Psychological
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• BDR — Battery Discharge Regulator
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• VID — Vehicle Identification Number
• GTOS — Global Terrestrial Observing System
• APP — Apparently
• BIA — Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
• ARIZ. REV. STAT. — Arizona Revised Statutes
• MCC — Mesoscale Convective Complex
• JX — Jurisdiction
• ESOC — European Space Operations Center
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• MDI — Michelson Doppler Imager
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• EDS — Environmental Data Service
• MMSCMD — million metric standard cubic metre per day
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• FTU — Formazin Turbidity Unit
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• SSM — Special Sensor Microwave
• IDEOL — ideology
• 18O — oxygen-18 (oxygen isotope with atomic weight of 18)
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• TL — Team Leader
• BQ — Becquerel
• UNJSPF — United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
• GPI — GOES Precipitation Index
• ARC/INFO — GIS software
• HIBID — Hong Kong interbank bid rate
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatories (Tucson, AZ)

• COP — Conference of the Parties
• WEC — World Energy Council
• PPFD — Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density
• MACS — Modular Attitude Control System
• WKLY — Weekly
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• ICIMOD — International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
• HHV — Higher Heating Value (thermal efficiency basis)
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• SAIL — Steel Authority of India Limited
• BUR — Bureau
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• TEESE — TERI Energy Economy Simulation Evaluation
• P&S — Purchase and Sale
• GAW — Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO)
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• AA — Atomic Absorption
• DBH — Diameter at Breast Height
• CRM — Certified Reference Material
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• CMO — Configuration Management Office
• CONF — Conference
• I — Injection
• TKE — Turbulent Kinetic Energy
• MWR — Microwave Radiometer
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• MHA — million hectare
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• CCIR — International Radio Consultative Committee (French Acronym)
• FSI — Forest Survey of India
• PORT — Portuguese
• SLA — Special Libraries Association
• R — Rex
• SOFFEX — Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• UNIV — University
• SRR — System Requirements Review
• EEZ — Exclusive Economic Zone
• CEQ — Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• AM/FM — Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society)
• M — micrometer
• INTERL — interlude
• JERS — Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment

• BUBOR — Budapest Interbank Offered Rate
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• WCP — World Climate Programme (WMO/ICSU)
• YR — Year
• S&R — Search & Rescue
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• 1-D — one-dimensional
• STAT. — United States Statutes At Large
• 4DDA — Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation
• TWRA — Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
• EP — Extraction Procedure
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• IMM — International Monetary Market
• ANC — Ancient
• PMF — Probable Maximum Flood
• MANCH — Manchester
• DICT — Dictionary
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• TC — Telecommand
• APHET — aphetic
• EDSP — Exchange Delivery Settlement Price
• BFE — Baltic Futures Exchange
• MOM — Modular Ocean Model
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• ANT — Antarctica
• USCCAN — United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
• IRB — Internal Revenue Bulletin
• ACC — Account
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• MPL — Marine Physical Laboratory
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• ART — Arctica
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• FID — Flame Ionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• CEA — Central Electricity Authority
• ACU — Attitude Control Unit
• UNIDO — United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• QAE — Quality Assurance Engineer
• ASAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar 
• EXP — Experiment
• CONV — Convention
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• DAC — Days After Contract
• COLA — Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies

• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• UNTAB — United Nations Technical Assistance Board
• POC — Particulate Organic Carbon
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• V — Verb
• PDI — Payload Data Interleaver
• GARD — garden
• OWS — Ocean Weather Station
• BNA — block numbering area
• STAT — Statistical
• NFA — National Futures Association
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• SNL — Sandia National Laboratories
• LDR — Linear Depolarization Ratio
• IPS — Inter Press Service
• USN — United States Navy
• NASCOM — NASA Communications System
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• STRI — Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• CSD — Commission on Sustainable Development's
• LSD — Least Significant Difference
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• DOY — Day of Year
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• CERCLA — Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
• LWC — Liquid Water Content
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• NREN — National Research and Education Network
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• IAF — International Astronautical Federation
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• EPRI — Electric Power Research Institute (US)
• ASSAS — Advanced Solid State Array Sensor
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• FEIS — Final Environmental impact statement (US)
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• REGIST — register
• TCDC — Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries
• E.G. — Exempli Gratia (for example)
• DEIS — Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• ACC — Air Combat Command (formerly TAC)
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• AI — Associate Investigator
• PAD — Program Approval Document
• USCA — United States Code Annotated
• NUM — Number
• MEA — Monoethanolamine

• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• WARC — World Administrative Radio Conference
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• ABL — Atmospheric Boundary Layer
• K — Kilogram
• ADDR — Address
• MIMD — multiple instruction, multiple data (system)
• JUD — Judges
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• OCN — Oceania
• VSE — Vancouver Stock Exchange
• CEN — The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers.
• LEV — Leviticus
• CHAPS — Clearing House Automated Payment System
• RPB — Recognised Professional Body
• FS — Forest Service (USDA)
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• AO — Atmosphere-Ocean
• YR — Years old
• UNKN — Unknown
• ENT — Entomology (code)
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nuclei
• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• IBSRAM — International Board for Soil Research and Management
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• TCP/IP — Transmission Control/Internet Protocol
• YRS — Years
• ALM — Almanac
• HLW — high-level waste
• RX — Receive
• MILA — Merritt Island Launch Area
• AWWA — American Water Works Association (Denver)
• GSMNP — Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• MTMC — Military Traffic Management Command
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• ADVOC — advocate
• DISTRIB — distribution
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• PRN — Pseudo-Random Noise
• R — Regina
• PWD — Public Works Department
• IUFRO — International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
• HP — Hewlett-Packard Development Company
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• NSSFC — National Severe Storms Forecast Center
• DCP-OES — direct coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy

• BOC — Bureau of Census
• NDIR — non-dispersive infrared gas analyzer
• HST — Hawaii Standard Time
• HP — Health Physics
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• NMI — NASA Management Instruction
• AODC — Acridine Orange Direct Count [of Bacteria]
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• VENET — Venetian
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• S/W — Software
• MWH — Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)
• GN — Ground Network
• AET — Actual Evapotranspiration
• VIC — Victoria
• CNES — Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• MSS — Mission Support System
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• LTOM — London Traded Options Market
• EVEN — evening
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• OFT — Office of Fair Trading
• ST — Steam Turbine
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• GHG — Green House Gas
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• BPA — Bonneville Power Administration (US)
• STMW — Sub-Tropical Mode Water
• NAPAP — National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
• DIST — District
• MISC — Miscellany
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• CV — Calorific Value
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• B.C — Before Christ
• TROP — Tropical
• B.C — British Columbia
• FR — French Republic
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• BCF — Bio-Concentration Factor
• IRRI — International Rice Research Institute
• FIBOR — Frankfurt Interbank Offered Rate

• NYBOR — New York Interbank Offered Rate
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• U.S. — United States
• SHPO — State Historic Preservation Office (US)
• LBLRTM — Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model
• ACTM — Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model
• ACCTS — Accounts
• FE — Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'')
• MIC — Micah
• EOM — End of Mission
• RARR — Range and Range Rate
• OIE — Overseas Investment Exchange
• COMM — Common
• NO. — Number
• EEI — Edison Electric Institute
• TRAD — traditional
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• JASON — Scientific panel (MITRE Corporation
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• IQSY — International Quiet Sun Year
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• LSB — least-significant byte
• EMPH — emphatic
• DAS — Data Acquisition System
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• ADDNET — Acid Deposition Data Network (EPA)
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• TDS — Total Dissolved Solids
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• 14C — carbon-14 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 14)
• ANU — Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• IDB — Inter-American Development Bank
• RAOB — Radiosonde Observation
• FWPCA — Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
• HASP — High Altitude Sampling Program
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• HVS — high-volume sampler
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• TOCOM — Tokyo Commodity Exchange
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• GT — Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• DOI — United States Department of Interior
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System

• EXCOMM — Executive Committee
• TIT — Titus
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• TT&C — Telemetry, Tracking and Command
• WD — Wind Direction
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• IFMK — Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany
• RPA — Remotely Piloted Aircraft
• PHOTOG — photography
• HFO — Heavy Fuel Oil
• RECOLL — recollection
• SMJ — subject matter jurisdiction
• SM — Structural Model
• CDS — Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer
• GS — Ground System
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• CLO2 — chlorine dioxide
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• DIF — Data Interchange Format
• MB — Millibar(s)
• GISP2 — Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• N2 — Nitrogen
• CL — Common Law
• GL — Geophysics Laboratory
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• KLOFFE — Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange
• CTV — Compatibility Test Van
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• CPO — Core Project Office
• LIS — Land Information System
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• IHO — International Hydrographic Organization
• TSCA — Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade and Industry
• HEREFORD — Herefordshire
• IAEG — International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
• BATS — Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
• ASCHE — American Society of Chemical Engineers
• MPC — Model Penal Code
• AAWORD — Association of African Women for Research and Development
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

• COMB — Combination
• JUL — July
• GCC — Global Change Category
• APM — Antenna Pointing Mechanism
• CNR — Committee on Natural Resources
• GLRD — Great Lakes Research Division
• UVR — Ultraviolet Radiation
• HMW — High Molecular Weight
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• MORFLOT — Ministry of the Merchant Marine of the Soviet Union
• FURNIT — furniture
• AD — Acronym Dictionary
• CNEG — Contributory negligence
• TLM — Telemetry
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• HDC — Holder in Due Course
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• ANNEX II — OECD countries and EU
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• MFO — mixed-function oxidase (enzyme system)
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• AFGWC — Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
• CLONO2 — chlorine nitrate
• BITNET — Because It is Time NETwork
• LONGLINES — Long Hydrographic Sections Programme
• SCULPT — sculpture
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• HCFC-141B — hydrochlorofluorocarbon-141b
• CCC — Canadian Climate Centre
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• SGR — Specific Growth Rate
• 3-D — Three-Dimensional
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• AIT — Atomic International Time
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• ACE — Advisory Committee on the Environment
• EPSRC — l'Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• CPS — Certified Professional Secretary
• CONSTR — Construct
• 13C — carbon-13 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 13)
• ENEA — Comitato Nazionale Per La Ricerca E Lo Sviluppo Dell' Energia Nucleare E Delle Energie Alternative
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program

• CAEM — Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (WMO)
• IGT — Institute of Gas Technology (Chicago)
• FEB — February
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• DL — Downlink Message
• ESR — Emergency Sun Reacquisition
• MAFF — Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (U.K.)
• ARPA — Advanced Research Project Agency's
• COMMEND — commendation
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• FAM — Family
• BAO — Boulder Atmospheric Observatory
• SEV — several
• ERDAS — Earth Resources Data Analysis System
• CJS — Corpus Juris Secundum
• ESRC — Economic and Social Research Council
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• NH4 — ammonium
• IJC — International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
• SIFE — Second ISCCP Field Experiment
• GS&M — Modeling (task team)
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• SS — Stainless Steel
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• MAGIC — Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchment
• ALLIT — alliterative
• HDTV — High-Definition Television
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• AMEDAS — Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
• VAS — VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
• VISSR — visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• PMB — Potato Marketing Board
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• FTS — File Transfer System
• DEW — distant early warning (radar)
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• MONEX — Monsoon Experiment
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• MIF — Mercato Italiano Futures
• SHAKS — Shakespeare
• IPE — International Petroleum Exchange
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• IOC — International Ozone Commission
• CHY — Commission for Hydrology
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• AGSS — Attitude Ground Support System

• BETW — between
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• FEM — Finite Element Method
• IFO — Intensive Field Observation
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• ETC. — and others especially of the same kind; and so forth
• ECOWARM — European Committee for Water Resources Management (IAHS)
• NGVD 29 — National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
• URL — Upper Range Limit
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• IHB — International Hydrographic Bureau
• IOS — Institute of Ocean Sciences
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• CBS — Commission for Basic Systems
• NSTC — National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
• TIGGER — Earth sciences dimension to TIGER
• FUA — The Fuel Use Act (US)
• CDC — Control Data Corporation, Incorporated
• JUDG — Judges
• RW — Reaction Wheel
• PSS — Portable Spacecraft Simulator
• ATA — Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam
• MPC — Massively Parallel Computer
• 4-D — four-dimensional
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• PSP — Precision Spectral Pyranometer
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• EFP — Exchange For Physicals
• MI — Mode Indicator
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• S/C — Spacecraft
• DEM — Digital Elevation Model
• HOUSEK — housekeeping
• FEHEM — Front-End Hardware Emulator
• HCFC — Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
• TRANSUBSTANT — transubstantiation
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• PPBV — parts per billion (109) by volume
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• RFD — Royal Forestry Department
• HAE — Height Above Ellipsoid
• RFT — Registered Floor Trader
• COMPAN — companion
• KERFIX — Kerguelen fixed station (France) (JGOFS)
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• ADD — Addenda
• (D)PR — dual precipitation radar
• HSIO — High Speed Input/Output

• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• RIE — Recognised Investment Exchange
• IGFA — International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
• SIDS — Small Island Developing States
• FSL — Forecast Systems Laboratory (a NOAA ERL)
• BAPMON — Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
• ALA. CODE — Code of Alabama 1975
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• CDDIS — Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
• IRREG — Irregular
• CMM — Commission for Marine Meteorology
• RPR — Remote Procedure Request
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• AGCM — Atmospheric General Circulation Model
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• FTA — Financiele Termijnmarket Amsterdam
• GF3 — General Format No 3
• CORES — Computer Assisted Order Routing and Execution System
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• IBP — International Biological Programme (ICSU)
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• DMS — Dimethyl Sulfide
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• GTDS — Goddard Trajectory Determination System
• INDIR — indirect
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• AIS — Automated Information Security
• TVA — Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
• GC/MS — SX)-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
• GW — Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• CHIPS — Clearing House Interbank Payments System
• WPL — Wave Propagation Laboratory
• COMB.FORM — combining form
• MIBOR — Madrid Interbank Offered Rate
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• XPNDR — Transponder
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• TGE — Tokyo Grain Exchange

• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• ROPME — Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• MPC — Maximum Permissible Concentration
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• BOB — Bureau of the Budget
• CDDI — Copper Distributed Data Interface
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• VIS — Visible
• ENQ — Enquiry
• ESMAP — Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• AAD — Attitude Anomaly Detector
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• BBF — Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• RBV — return-beam Vidicon
• RAES — Retail Automated Execution System
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• BEL-20 — stock index
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• BCP1 — Broadcast Pulse 1
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• PJ — Petajoule
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• DOC — dissolved organic carbon
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• CAL — Calendar
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• DED — Dedicated
• PSK — Phase Shift Key
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• DOT — Deployment Operations Team
• -S — Arakawa-Schubert
• NPDES — National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
• CD-ROM — compact disc-read only memory
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• ATTRIB — Attribute
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• FRTM — Functional Requirements Traceability Matrix
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• 2-D — a.k.a. 2D, two-dimension, two-dimensional
• GCV — Gross Calorific Value

• ACCOMM — accommodation
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• ASOEN — ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment
• AGWAT — Agriculture and Water Project (JECOR)
• ONEB — Office of National Environmental Board
• CLIMAP — Climate Long-Range Investigation Mapping and Prediction (project)
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• DMI — Direct Member Input
• INTRANS — intransitive
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• JRNL — Journalism
• GBRS — Generic Block Recording System
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• RGS — Royal Geographic Society
• MIDAM — Midamerica Commodity Exchange
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• FRCP — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• MONUM — monument
• BAU — business-as-usual
• ITB — Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
• EPHIN — Electron Proton Helium Instrument
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• ESRI — Environmental Systems Research Institute (developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, Redlands, California)
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• SCF — Scientific Computing Facility
• DEF — Defence
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• ABBREV — abbreviation
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• MOC — Memorandum Of Cooperation
• ISA — Israel Space Agency
• CONTR — Contract
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• TSP — total suspended particles
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• USWB — United States Weather Bureau
• PORC — Porcelain
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• PUB.L. — Public Law
• BTP — Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali
• MDSRS — Morphology-Dependent Stimulated Raman Scattering
• ISLN — International Standards Lawyer Number

• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• GLI — Global Imager
• SUBSEQ — Subsequent
• DD — degree day
• NAIC — Newly Agro-Industrialized Country
• PWV — Precipitable Water Vapor
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• IACG — Interagency Committee on Geomatics (DEMR)
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• ESA/IRS — European Space Agency/Information Retrieval Service
• AOGCM — Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• MERIS — medium-resolution imaging spectrometer
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• JSC — Joint Scientific Committee (ICSU, WCRP, and WMO)
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• GLIS — Global Land Information System
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• BAA — benz[a]anthracene
• POLAR — Polar Plasma Laboratory
• 3I — improved initialization inversion
• ITC — International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• A.D. — anno domini (latin)
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• DCN — Document Change Notice
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• ITPR — Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer
• FRG — Federal Republic of Germany's
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• NSFNET — National Science Foundation Network
• EVOL — Evolution
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• GTCC — Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• FSSP — Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe

• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• UCLA — University of California at Los Angeles (U.S.)
• NBRF — National Biomedical Research Foundation
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• CONTEMPT — contemptuous
• DU — Dobson Unit
• FWCA — Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1958)
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• RFC — Registered Floor Clerk
• SRD — System Requirements Document
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• OA — Operations Agreement
• IUR — International Union of Radioecologists
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• NWWA — National Water Well Association
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• COPUOS — Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN)
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• SCMS — Société de Compensation des Marchés Conditionnels
• EMEP-CCC — EMEP-Chemical Coordination Centre
• MARECO — Marine Radioecology Working Group (IUR)
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• BBAISR — British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
• CODMAC — Committee On Data Management, Archiving, and Computation
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• CR — Carrington Rotation
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• KING'S BENCH DIV — King's Bench Division
• CELIAS — Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System
• A. — Atlantic Reporter
• SECO — Sustainer Engine Cutoff
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• CDHF — Central Data Handling Facility
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• REFASH — refashion
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• VTPR — Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer

• PAN — Peroxyacetylnitrate
• UNISIST — United Nations System for Scientific and Technological Information
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• SDAC — Satellite Data Analysis Center
• SQQ — Standard Qulaity Quotation
• WPCF — Water Pollution Control Federation
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• ARCHIPEL — archipelago
• SINTEF — Norwegian Institute of Technology
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• REDEMPT — redemption
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• ADJS — adjective
• CSPAAD — Coarse Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• QUOT — Quotation
• ACARS — Aircraft Communication and Recording System
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• ITM — In the Money
• COLL — COLLege
• LIMNOL — limnology
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• ISE — International Stock Exchange
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• ACCS — accounts
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• SASK — Saskatchewan
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• J — Justice
• ALL ER — All England Law Reports
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• AID — Agency for International Development (U.S.)
• ED — Energy Division
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• VAR — Variant
• ATX — Austrian Traded Index
• ICP/MS — Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
• IPR — Intellectual Property Right
• BVRJ — Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro
• ETO — Exchange Traded Option
• AEDD — Arctic Environment Data Directory
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission

• AUTH — Author
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• IRIS — Integrated Radar Imaging System
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• HTTP — Hypertext Transport Protocol
• UAV — Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle
• MANIP — manipulation
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• MASFLEX — Marginal Sea Flux Experiment (in the West Pacific) (IGOPS)
• FEMA — Finite Element Model of Material Transport through Aquifers
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• VTIR — visible and thermal infrared radiometer
• C&DH — Command & Data Handling
• PBU — peribacteroid unit
• MEFF RENTA FIJA — derivatives exchange in Barcelona, Spain
• DSRT — Deep Sea Reversing Thermometer
• KR — Krypton
• GRO — Gamma Ray Observatory (NASA)
• CONGRESS — congressional
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• AIBD — Association of International Bond Dealers
• BBL — Billion Barrels
• MTG — Meeting
• CEPAL — Comision Economica para America Latina (Spain) (ECLA)
• DSM — demand-side management
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• IBEX-35 — stock index
• METEOSAT — European Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• JMOL — Judgment as a Matter of Law
• IDEM — Italian Derivatives Market
• ECON — Economics
• PSE — Pacific Stock Exchange
• TOR — Tropospheric Ozone Research
• TIBOR — Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis & Prediction
• DOA — United States Department of Agriculture
• DAU — Daughter
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• TOPEX/POSEIDON — Ocean Topography Experiment
• AIV — Assembly-Integration-Verification
• H/W — Hardware
• IUBMB — International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• NAVIG — Navigational Log
• PIBOR — Paris Interbank Offered Rate
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• ANOR — Another

• SOS — Southern Oxidants Study
• IFRB — International Frequency Registration Board of the International Telecommunication Union
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• AIREP — Aircraft Weather Report
• WGDM — Working Group on Data Management
• AASSREC — Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils
• CCS — Central Checkout System
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• MTCE — Million Tonnes of Carbon Equivalent
• ART — Another Ray Tracer
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• WILTS — Wiltshire
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• ASXD — Australian Stock Exchange Derivatives
• ZPC — Zero Point of Change
• SSU — Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
• DA — discretionary account
• ZOOL — Zoology
• BULL — Bulletin
• CA. — circa
• CRF — Cloud Radiative Forcing
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• EX.DOC — executive document
• COM — Commission
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• OPEX — Operational and Executive Personnel for Civil Service
• BECO — Booster Engine Cutoff
• SEB — State Electricity Board
• IFIAS — International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• GSIRD — Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
• TIGER — Terrestrial Initiative in Global Environmental Research
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• CNET — Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications (France)
• CADD — computer-aided design and drafting
• I/F — Interface
• PARCC — precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness, and comparability
• SPL — Split Phase Level
• HDGEC — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• AAG — American Association of Geographers
• IFOX — Irish Futures and Options Exchange
• SURG — Surgery
• CASSAD — Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer

• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• ERIM — Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
• TRAV — Travel
• SMOW — Standard Mean Ocean Water
• HGA — High Gain Antennae
• EJ — Exajoule
• ADVS — adverbs
• MYST — Mystery Science Theater
• AUSTRAL — Australia
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• CLS — Collected Localization Satellites (France)
• LI — library
• OCO — One Cancels the Other Order
• GESS — Graphics Executive Support System
• AAPP — Average All Pig Price
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• KNOWL — Knowledge
• ISSMFE — International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• DDL — Direct Downlink
• T — tonne
• NORTHANTS — Northamptonshire
• HMCRI — Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• MCF — methane conversion factor
• FED. R. CRIM. P. — Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• CUF — capacity utilization factor
• IGEA — International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
• DISCRIM — discrimination
• NAST — National Academy of Science and Technology
• ECCL.HIST — ecclesiastical history
• NZFOE — New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange
• FICCDC — Federal Interagency CoordinatingCommittee on Digital Cartography
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• ASLO — American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• QUANTUM MECH — quantum mechanics
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• KYR — kiloyear
• DOMSTAR — communications relay set
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• PROV — Proverbs
• BBZ — benthic boundary zone
• CIL — Coal India Limited
• LECT — Lecture
• OBO — Order Book Official
• PREROG — prerogative
• DISTILL — distilling
• ICACGP — International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution

• HUMICAP — Humidity sensor on drifters (FASINEX)
• CLP — Contract Laboratory Program (EPA)
• ELEM — Element
• LASE — Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment
• CORON — coronation
• HEIFE — Heihe River Field Experiment
• UNARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
• TDMA — Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
• POSTH — posthumous
• EPH — Ephesians
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observing System
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• ESAER — European Space Agency's Earth Resources (Satellite)
• MODIS — moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
• GFLOPS — one gigaflop equals 1 billion (109) floating point operations
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• AOCE — Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics
• INDEF — Indefinite
• ARK. CODE — Arkansas Code
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• AFR — Africa
• CIESIN — Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
• VLBI — Very Long Baseline Interferometry
• EMAP — Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
• ISEQ — Irish Stock Exchange Equity Index
• CAMS — Control and Monitoring System
• DECNET — Digital Equipment Corporation Network
• PDSI — Palmer Drought Severity Index
• ETAC — (USAF) Environmental Technical Applications Center
• TVCF — Transportable Vehicle Checkout Facility
• ORNITH — ornithology
• CHEMRAWN — Chemical Research Applied to World Needs
• SPECMAP — Mapping Spectral Variability in Global Climate Project
• MASC — Mountain Administration Support Center (NOAA)
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• LITHOL — lithology
• CSM — Climate System Monitoring
• AM. JUR. 2D. — American Jurisprudence, 2nd Series
• PEM WEST — Pacific Exploratory Mission - West
• CCIFP — Chambre de Compensation des Instruments Financiers de Paris
• ADVT — advertisement
• IUB — International Union of Biochemistry (ICSU)
• FRI — Forest Research Institute
• CSO — Central Statistical Organization
• NOB — Notes Over Bonds
• SMIRD — SOHO Mission Implementation Requirements Document
• HAGE — human activity and global environment
• ADVTS — advertisement
• BMFT — Bundes Ministerium fur Forschung und Technologie (Germany)

• EBM — energy-balance model
• DIU — Data Information Unit (of WOCE Data System)
• ASASP — Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
• CLICOM — Climate Computing
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• FASINEX — Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment
• CORP. — Corporation
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• CCM2 — community climate model two
• RN — Radon
• SLEJF — Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum
• BERKS — Berkshire (English County)
• OD — Orbit Determination
• DFCD — Data Format Control Documents
• HTW — High Temperature Winkler gasifier
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• FGCC — Federal Geodetic Control Committee
• AMBIACE — Amazon Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment
• EXAM — Examination
• SK — Saskatchewan
• BPPT — Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (Indonesia)
• LOE — Late Old English
• DDMP — domain-decomposition-message-passing
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• CALIF — California
• DPS — Data Processing Segment
• MABL — Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
• SRS — Statistical Reporting Service
• IGY — International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• BIOL — Biology
• CERN — European Laboratory for Particle Physics
• AFFM — Austrlian Financial Futures Market
• EMSL — Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory (EPA)
• ECCL — ecclesiastical
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• NARS — National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
• PE — Pipeline Execution
• AAF — Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France
• APPOS — appositive
• VIZ — Videlicet
• CIAP — Climate Impact Assessment Program
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• ISEB 10 — Tenth International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry
• AERONAUT — aeronautic
• OLR — Outgoing Long-Wave Radiation
• MIZEX — Marginal Ice Zone Experiment
• MKSA — meter-kilogram-second-ampere (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKSA")

• IAVCEI — International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
• GDAS — Grimco data acquisition system
• POLARSTERN — Research vessel
• DLG — Digital Line Graphic
• CDAS — Climate Data Assimilation System
• ALASKA ADMIN. CODE — Alaska Administrative Code
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• MRTT — Mission Readiness Test Team
• GLOS — Gloucestershire
• WVR — Water Vapor Radiometer
• MDE — Middle East
• IMG — Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases
• INAUG — inaugural
• MW — Milliwatt
• WCAP — World Climate Applications Program
• WSMC — Western Space and Missile Center
• CZM — Coastal Zone Management
• LANDSAT — land satellite (photographs of the ground)
• LDC — less-developed country
• EOC — EOS Operations Center (NASA)
• NPS — National Park Service (US)
• CISPR — International Special Committee on Radio Interference
• FXA — Foreign Exchange Agreement
• ARRCC — Analysis of Rapid and Recent Climate Change (project)
• BARA — Pressure in Atmosphere
• NGM — Nested Grid Model
• GEC — Global Environment Change
• TRIG — Trigonometry
• HIC — Habitat International Coalition
• OSU — Oregon State University
• MAW — Ministry of Agriculture and Water (Saudi Arabia)
• AFDM — Ash Free Dry Mass
• BIE — Business in the Environment
• PHOEN — Phoenician
• COMM — Commission
• GVR — Grant, Vacate and Remand
• GWE — Global Weather Experiment
• MIBK — Methyl IsoButyl Ketone traditional name for methyl pentanone
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• EQPAC — Equatorial Pacific
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• CILSS — Comite Inter-Etats pour la Lutte Contre laSecheresse au Sahel
• IFREMER — Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploration de la Mer, France
• FPSSE — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Electronics
• HMTA — Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
• LOBT — Local on Board Time
• SUPPL — Supplement
• CAL. CODE REG. — California Code of Regulations
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

• AEF — Average Emission Factor
• FBC — Fluidized Bed Combustor
• CAMB — Cambridge Capital Acquisition C (NASDAQ Stock Exchange [NASDAQ])
• CGO — Cape Grim (Tasmania) (baseline station)
• APME — Attitude Pointing Mechanism Electronics
• BSRN — Baseline Surface Radiation Network
• CCGT — Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
• EGCM — Eddy-Resolving General Circulation Model
• COSTED — Committee On Science & Technology in Developing Countries
• HELCOM — Helsinki Commission, protection of Baltic marine environment
• DEHYDRITE — magnesium perchlorate anhydrous granular
• IERS — International Ellipsoid Reference System
• CIBOR — Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate
• CPE — Eastern Europe (also called Centrally Planned Europe)
• DOD — Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (Germany)
• MKT — Market
• AMER — America
• ACAST — Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology toDevelopment
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• GLOCHANT — Global Change Research in the Antarctic
• VAM — Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal
• NARL — National Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska)
• THEORET — theoretical
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• GCEP — Global Change Education Program
• RIHMI-WDC — All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information-World Data Center
• CAR — Caribbean Region
• ASTEX — Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment
• ADMON — admonition
• PURG — purgatory
• ALA. ADMIN. CODE — Alabama Administrative Code
• EDSG — Energy Demand Steering Group
• CX — Constitution
• FORET — Forest of East Tennessee (model)
• WFEO — World Federation Of Engineering Organizations
• ADVERT — Advertisement
• WRI — World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.)
• ARCH — Archive
• JIN — Joint Implementation Network
• SMOCC — SOHO Mission Operations Control Center
• AIJ — Activities Implemented Jointly
• WSC — Water Survey of Canada
• CAGM — Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO)
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• IFRTP — Institut Francais pour la Researche et la Technologie Polaire (French
• NSN — NASA Space Network
• SOCA — Special Operations Control Area
• PSEUDO-SC — pseudo-Scots
• CMRS — Coal Mines Research Station
• NKO — Nederlandse Kalibratie Organisatie

• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• CSTC — Consolidated Satellite Test Center
• GCTM — Global Chemical Transport Model
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• IMS — Information Management Services, Inc.
• SECTIONS — Oceanographic Programme of the U.S.S.R.
• PVM — Parallel Virtual Machine
• FAI — Fertilizer Association of India
• IWSA — International Water Supply Association
• VMVM — Vector Measuring Current Meter
• MTOE — million tonnes of oil equivalent
• CCM — community climate model
• CRPE — Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environment Terrestre et Planetaria
• FNOC — Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center (U.S. Navy)
• FDF — Flight Dynamics Facility
• GEMM — gilt-edged market maker
• IRSS — Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
• HISTOL — histology
• DQM — Data Quality Message
• USDOD — United States Department Of Defense
• BARM — Block Acceptance Reporting Mechanism
• FRRPA — Forest and Rangeland Renewable Planning Act (1974)
• TERLS — Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (India)
• OMX — Option Market Index
• AH — Air Heater
• ABI — Association of Italian Bankers
• BTAN — Bons du Trésor а intérët Annuel Normalisés
• AGID — Association for Geoscientists for International Development
• DM-MIMD — distributed memory, multiple instruction, multiple data (computer)
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• ASEAMS — Association of Southeast Asian Marine Scientists
• GDAAC — Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center
• ICCH — International Commodities Clearing House
• IBWC — International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
• ACE-1 — Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
• I&T — Integration & Test
• DSCC — Deep Space Communications Complex
• NAR — Net Assimilation Rate
• UNCHS — United Nations Commission for Human Settlement
• APID — Application Identification
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazona (Brazil)
• MERFOX — Mercadode Futuros y Opciones
• EARN — European Academic Research Network
• EOTC — European Organization for Testing and Certification (EC)
• LAI — Leaf Area Index
• LPM — liters per minute
• GOIN — Global Observation Information Network
• ICARUS — Interagency Climate-Aerosol Radiative Uncertainties and Sensitivities
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Teledetection Spatiale (France)
• ANL/ACRF — ANL's Advanced Computing Research Facility

• AIME — American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
• GENESIS — Global Environmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems
• CSELI — Centra Studi e Laboratori Telecommunicazioni (Italy)
• MEV — mega electron volts
• ABRIDGEM — abridgement
• PCU — Platinum-Cobalt Unit
• TRAGEX — Trace Gas Exchange between Midlatitude Terrestrial Ecosystems and Atmosphere
• VHRR — Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• ALARA — As Late As Reasonably Achievable
• ACA — Advanced Computer Applications (project)
• IRTM — Infrared Thermal Mapper
• ASTROL — Astrology
• MISCELL — miscellany
• OPHTHALM — ophthalmology
• MO&DA — Mission Operations and Data Analysis
• GALE — Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment
• EZEK — Ezekiel
• CMC — Canadian Meteorological Centre
• GLRS — Geoscience Laser Ranging System
• PROVID — providence
• USIA — United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• HRIRS — high-resolution infrared radiation sounder
• MANUF — Manufacture
• ECWA — Economic Commission for Western Asia
• FGGE SOP — Fgge Special Observing Period
• MHRS — Modified Hazard Ranking System (DOE)
• ECAMP — Environmental Compliance Assessment and Management Program
• ACHEX — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• ICSD — International Continental Scientific Drilling (program)
• CLIN — Clinic
• NRCT — National Research Council of Thailand
• ECLIPS — Experimental Cloud Lidar Pilot Study
• CDMU — Central Data Management Unit
• GRAMM.ANALYSIS — grammatical analysis
• HPD — Hydrometeorological Processes Division
• ERDA — U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (formerly AEC; now DOE)
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• STAND — Standard
• GCCD — Global Climate Change Digest (CEI)
• HED — High Energy Detector
• CIF — Coming into Force
• ARTILL — artillery
• AGASP — Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Programme
• DOLY — Dynamic Global Phytogeography Model (GCTE)
• AL2O3 — alumina
• ANARE — Australian National Antarctic Research Establishment
• RRN CAR — RRN Caribbean
• GSC — Geological Survey of Canada (DEMR)
• NYCE — New York Cotton Exchange

• F — Fraction
• MMS-F — Matra Marconi Space-Toulouse, France
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• DISORT — discrete ordinate (model)
• NTOM — Network Technical and Operations Manager
• IGCC — Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (electric Power Generation Technology)
• ICPP — Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
• BRU — Battery Regulation Unit
• IDCCC — Interior Department Cartographic Coordinating Committee (DOI)
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• ITU — Integrated Terrain Unit
• ABSTR — Abstract
• FCL — Foldback Current Limiter
• ACCEPT — acceptance
• GDSIRD — Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
• APPL — Applied
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
• ASTRON — Astronomy
• NONCE-WD — nonce-word
• IEM — Institute of Experimental Meteorology
• CCLB — Carbon content of living biomass
• NEHA — National Environmental Health Association
• DISS — Dissertation
• IGFA — Inter-Governmental Funding Agencies
• ANSW — Answer
• C-C — Counterclaim
• GOFS — Global Ocean Flux Study
• IRSSP — Interactive Remote Sensing Software Package
• RFDU — Radio Frequency Distribution Unit
• SWEDAC — Swedish Board for Technical Accreditation
• AIDJEX — Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment
• FAGS — Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services (ICSU)
• ARIZ. ADMIN. REG. — Arizona Administrative Register
• CPUE — Catch Per Unit Effort
• AGR. — Agriculture (USDA)
• GATE — Global Atmosphere Tropical Experiment
• CONGREG — congregation
• SEATO — Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
• HKFE — Hong Kong Futures Exchange
• WFP — World Food Program
• CCCO — Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean (SCOR and IOC)
• ADB — Asian Developing Bank
• OXON — Oxfordshire
• CCT — computer-compatible tape
• ASAP — Automated Shipboard Aerological Program
• USDOE — United States Department Of Energy
• XDR — External Data Representation
• JOC — Joint Organizing Committee
• UNDRC — Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

• COWRR — Committee on Water Resources Research
• HMSU — high-resolution microwave sounding unit
• IRGA — Infrared Gas Analyzer
• FTSE-100 — Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 stock index
• CSERGE — Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
• CCDB — Carbon content of dead biomass
• IIID — International Institute of Information Design
• CCTV — CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION
• B/W — Black and White
• NESDP — National Economic and Social Development Plan
• AIRS-AMSU — Atmospheric Infrared-Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• HDGCB — Human Dimensions of Global Change (programme) (UNU, ISSC, and IFIAS)
• BIPM — Bureau International de Poids et Mesures
• PHILAD — Philadelphia
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• EPO — EOS Project Office
• IUCS — Inter-Union Commission on Spectroscopy
• ULS — Upward-Looking SONAR
• IFU — Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research (Germany)
• ANALYT — analytic)
• FWM — food web model
• NVI — normalized difference vegetation index
• SPELDA — Structure Porteuse External pour Lancements Doubles Ariane (external
• INSAT — Indian satellite
• GMP — Genetically Modified Plants
• ATF — atmospheric transmission factor
• HDR — Hardware Design Review
• DDFM — Data Distribution Facility Manager
• LTM — Long-Term Monitoring
• ADMIR — admiralty
• CERSAT — French group for processing ERTS-1 low bit rate data from ocean areas
• FGD — Flue Gas Desulphurisation
• EURECA — European Retrievable Carrier
• AWRA — American Water Resources Association's
• BVE — Barotropic Vorticity Equation
• NORF — Norfolk
• GOP — Geographical Observatories Programme
• AOM — Australian Options Market
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development
• CIUS — Conseil International des Unions Scientifiqes (ICSU)
• ICARDA — International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
• H2 — Hydrogen
• PAF — Processing Archiving Facility
• AFFECT — affection
• NCIC — National Cartographic Information Center
• GLL — Galileo
• REBELL — rebellion
• ABRIDG — abridged
• GCHC — Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS)
• GEISA — Gestion et d'Etude des Information Spectroscopiques Atmospheriques

• METOP — Meteorological Operational Satellite (polar satellite series)
• STS — Star Tracker Sensor
• HSWA — Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA, 1984)
• DISTEMP — distemper
• IRC — International Radiation Commission
• SERDP — Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
• NNSS — Navy Navigational Satellite System
• FPSSH — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Head
• SM-MIMD — shared memory, multiple instruction, and multiple data (computer)
• PERH — perhaps
• CREN — Chemical Research and Environmental Needs
• OBC — On Board Computer
• CNRS — National Scientific Research Center (Centre Nationale de la Recherche
• METAPH — Metaphysics
• TTO — Total Toxic Organic
• RT — Radiative Transfer
• PCAST — President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• HRE — Homogeneous Reactor Experiment (impoundment)
• GEBA — Global Energy Balance Archive
• APDA — Arctic Precipitation Data Archive (ACSYS)
• IGLD — International Great Lakes Datum
• YORKS — Yorkshire
• LONG. — longitude
• EOSDIS — EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
• MRIR — Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• SONG OF SOL — Song of Solomon
• ESAM — Institute for Environmental Science and Management
• EPD — European Pollen Database
• D — Deuterium (also abbreviated as 2D or 2H)
• GAME — GEWEX-related Asian Monsoon Experiment
• INFOCLIMA — World Climate Data Information and Referral System
• IDEAL — International Decade for the East African Lakes (project) (PAGES)
• DEPRED — depredation
• ASF — Alaska SAR Facility
• SCAMA — Switching, Conferencing and Monitoring Arrangement
• VDS — Virtual Data Set
• IASPEI — International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior
• CPP — Cloud Photopolarimeter
• ANSTO — Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Menai, New
• CTA-21 — Compatibility Test Area
• FIN — Fish Information Network (data base)
• DHP — Direct High Power
• INTERNAT — international
• MERCH — Merchantable
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (Japan)
• CONVENT — convention
• ACC — Audit-Comptabilité-Conseil (French: Auditing-Accounting Council)
• LDEO — Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• ARAB — Arabic

• DMDS — Dimethyl Disulfide
• ESD — Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
• AEROCE — Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment
• CCL — Central CO2 Laboratory, SIO (WMO)
• DNES — Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (India)
• ADVB — adverb
• MOGUNTIA — Model of the General Universal Tracer transport in the Atmosphere
• OBL — OBLique
• ASAS — Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor
• AERI-FEP — AERI Front End Processor
• DCDS — Digital Cartographic Data Standard
• SDPF — Sensor Data Processing Facility
• SDTS — Spatial Data Transfer Standard
• CE — Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy (US Department of Energy)
• IELV — Intermediate Expendable Launch Vehicle
• AIRS/MHS — Advanced Infrared Radiometer Sounder
• AFT — Abbreviated Functional Test
• COWAR — Committee on Water Research (ICSU and UATI)
• GEOS-3 — Geodetic Satellite Mission (NASA)
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• MFLOPS — One megaflop equals 1 million (106) floating point operations
• GR — Growth Rate
• MDC — More Developed Country
• AOVP — Arctic Ocean Variability Project
• STOL — System Test and Operations Language
• COMPL — Complete
• ALBIOS — Aluminum Biogeochemistry in Soils (EPRI)
• IMCO — Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
• OSSE — Observing System Simulation Experiment
• SMR — Standard Malaysian Rubber
• MELICA — Medium Energy Ion Composition Analyzer
• IAWPRC — International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control
• AMEX — Atlantic Meteorology Experiment
• IDOL — idolatry
• IUGS — International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
• ELEC — Electronic
• GONG — Global Oscillation Network Group
• BASE — Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment
• GME — Gyro Management Electronics
• CHAR — Character
• MB — Manitoba
• IGN — Institut Geographique National
• SMC — System Management Center
• ALACE — Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float)
• ERBES — Earth Radiation Budget Explorer Satellite
• CGO — Cape Grim Observatory
• MEFF RENTA VARIABLE — derivatives exchange in Madrid, Spain
• ISEM — International Society for Ecological Modelling
• BNAP — Basic Hydrological Network Assessment Project
• USNMAS — United States National Map Accuracy Standard

• NOTTS — Nottinghamshire
• PHR — Phrase
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (EC)
• TDLS — Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy
• DORIS — Doppler Orbit And Radio Positioning Integration By Satellite
• FORTIF — fortification
• IPHIR — InterPlanetary Helioseismology with IRradiance observations
• LVS — Large Volume Sampling
• FOX — London Futures and Options Exchange
• GYNAECOL — gynaecology
• STDN — Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
• PSEUDO-ARCH — pseudo-archaic
• PDU — Power Distribution Unit
• SPACE PHYSICS DIVISION — SPDS
• AIP-3 — Algorithm Intercomparison Project-3
• UI/CSRD — University of Illinois/Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
• IDSS — Integrated Data Sounding System
• CETA — Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment
• GSL — Gulf Stream Locale
• CLIC — Climate Inventory and Catalog
• REB — Rebel
• IMU — International Mathematical Union
• HASL — Health and Safety Laboratory
• ASCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• EZE — Asociacion Protestante de Cooperacion para el Desarrollo en Alemania
• CEEM — Center for Energy and Environmental Management
• PCSSD — Philippines Council for Sustainable Development
• ENSO — El Nino/Southern Oscillation (coupled oceanic-atmospheric change)
• FDST — Flight Dynamics Support Team
• AITP — Arctic Ice Thickness Project (WCRP)
• GENIE — Global Environmental Network for Information Exchange
• PSYCH — Psychology
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements
• EPSS — Electrical Power Subsystem
• ACTS — African Centre for Technology Studies
• TOGA-COARE — Toga Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• IFDC — International Fertilizer Development Center
• ASSOC.FOOTBALL — Association Football
• CONTIN — continuation
• SGCR — Subcommittee on Global Change Research
• HRDI — high-resolution Doppler imager
• BIOGR — biography
• RPN — Division de la recherche en prevision numerique
• FABF — Fraction of agri-residue burned in fields
• BEDFORD — Bedfordshire
• RHODE ISL — Rhode Island
• AGST — Against
• BATERISTA — Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfers and Ecological Research in Situ Studies in Amazonia
• AD. — ad sectam (Latin)
• ARIZ. ADMIN. CODE — Arizona Administrative Code

• DP — Direct Playback
• DAC — Data Assembly Centre (WOCE)
• DSIR — Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
• IBSS — Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Russian Federation;
• MOSA — Mission Operations Support Area
• ACCOMPL — accomplished
• MECCA — Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment
• FDSS — Flight Dynamics Support System
• PRINC — principle
• IAMAP — International Association Of Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics (ICSU)
• DHSS — Data Handling Subsystem
• IHSS — International Humic Substances Society
• MAKS — Martin and Kitzis Sampler (portable air sampler)
• FATE — Formation of Aerosol and their Transformation over Europe (EUROTRAC)
• IRI — International Reference Ionosphere
• IAGC — International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
• DCDSTF — Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force
• CAF — Clean Air Facility
• KEEP — Kuroshio Edge Exchange Processes
• C.V. — coefficient of variation (math)
• HSRP — High Speed Research Program
• IFIM — Instream Flow Incremental Methodology
• HANTS — Hampshire
• FAZ — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• ARDB — Arctic Runoff Database (ACSYS)
• ICCE — International Commission on Continental Erosion (IAHS)
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Council (UNESCO)
• BUV — Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
• NOCC — Network Operations Control Center (GSFC)
• CXL — Constitutional
• CFC-113 — CCl2FCClF2, 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane
• ISPRS — International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• MARIA — Methods for Assessing the Radiological Impact of Accidents (CEC)
• ICGW — International Commission on Ground Water (IAHS)
• ANAT — Anatomy
• ITRC — Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
• ABB — Association des Banques Belges
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• ARO — Automatic Reconfiguration Order
• ETV — electrothermal vaporizer
• EGE — Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
• BOR — Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT)
• CIRT — cirrus test
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter
• CONG. REC. — Congressional Record
• BAAS — British Association for the Advancement of Science
• ARITHM — arithmetic
• ETSA — electron transport system activity
• ITOS — Improved TIROS Operational System
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror

• ANBS — Asian Network of Biological Sciences
• SOR — Statutory Orders and Regulations
• PHYSICAL CHEM — physical chemistry
• KINGD — kingdom
• HPCC — High Performance Computing and Communications (NOAA)
• ANTS — Antenna Subsystem
• CEAREX — Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment
• GEOG — Geography
• ORNL/ACL — ORNL/Advanced Computing Laboratory
• GREENTIE — Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange
• FNWC — Fleet Numerical Weather Center (U.S. Navy)
• EAWEP — East Asia and Western Pacific
• CEI — Center for Environmental Information
• CCOM — Control Center Operations Manager
• COMMERC — commercial
• IAG — International Association of Geodesy (IUGG)
• GLOED — Global Emissions Database
• DGLR — Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• CEM — Cumulus Ensemble Model
• GDSIDB — Global Digital Sea-Ice Data Bank (WMO/CMM)
• PNEDC — Programme Nationale d'Etude de la Dynamique du Climat (France)
• GESAMP — Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
• MAGN — magnetism
• IOM — Index and Option Market
• BIH — Bureau International de l'Heureasures
• NEUROSURG — neurosurgery
• CENR — Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources
• ETYMOL — Etymology
• GMAN — General Maneuver
• ALIAS — Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer
• ESF/EPC — ESF/European Palaeoclimate and Man Project
• ARMA — Autoregressive moving-average
• FRE — Federal Rules of Evidence
• SAFEX — South African Futures Exchange
• GLOCARB — Global Tropospheric Carbon Dioxide Network (IGAC)
• ALE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment
• OHER — Office Of Health And Environmental Research (US Dept. Of Energy)
• EIT — Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
• JER — Jeremiah
• EADS — Environmental Assessment Data System
• IAH — International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS)
• DARA — Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (Germany)
• MARC — The Middle Atmosphere Responses to Changes
• MUNIC — Municipal
• NADP — National Atmospheric Deposition Program (EPA)
• ENEA — Italian National Agency for New technology, Energy and the Environment
• ADVANCEM — advancement
• CALC — Calculus
• MIFE — Manila International Futures Exchange
• ODB — Orbit Determination Beacon

• DISCUSS — discussion
• CONVERSAT — conversation
• COSAMC — Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology
• AXCTD — autonomous expendable CTD profiler
• CSEC — Centre for the Study of Environmental Change (University of Lancaster)
• ITPP — International TOVS Processing Package
• ICES — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
• CONCL — conclusion
• VIRGO — Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations
• TIC — Total Inorganic Carbon
• IMPERS — impersonal
• CCDP — Climate Change Detection Project
• CEPEX — Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment
• JIU — Joint Inspection Unit
• CERGA — Centre d'Etudes et de Rechereches Geodynamiques et Astronomiques
• LXX — Septuagint
• FSPAAD — Fine Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
• PROBE — Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment
• CSRS — Cooperative State Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture)
• ACL — alternate concentration level
• FAMIL — familiar
• GMCC — Geophysical Monitoring for Climate Change (now CMDL)
• CGMW — Commission for the Geological Map of the World
• FRLAB — Front Range Lidar, Aircraft, and Balloon (experiment)
• FTS — Fournier transform spectrometer
• GCIP — GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project
• BIG-TT — BAHC-IGAC-GCTE Task Team
• ACID — Acidification Chemistry Information Data Base (BNL)
• GBSRN — Global Baseline Surface Radiation Network
• MOP — METEOSAT OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
• IMAGE — Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect
• DEVEL — Development
• MOSP — Mission Operations Support Plan
• EC-GC — Electron Capture-Gas Chromatograph
• NETCDF — Network Common Data Format
• IAOPA — International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
• CBJ — California Bar Journal
• EORCU — European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit
• PROBL — Problem
• P. — Page
• ASCS — Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
• MSC — Meteorological Satellite Center
• BSIP — Birban Sahani Institute of Paleobotany
• INVERT.ZOOL — invertebrate zoology
• SUP — Soluble Unreactive Phosphorus
• FFES — Fossil Free Energy System
• NKA — Nordic Liaison Committee for Atomic Energy
• K — Contract
• IBM PC — International Business Machines Personal Computer
• MO&DSD — Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate

• BIOTRANS — biological transformations
• RRN OCE — RRN Oceania
• DISCIPL — discipline
• IMS — International Mountain Society
• WILL — William
• GA — geographic analysis
• CATAL — catalogue
• NRCP — National Research Council for the Philippines
• MAGS — Mackenzie GEWEX Study (Canada)
• IGAC — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• NGSDC — National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center
• ARTIC — articulation
• GRM — NASA Gravity Satellite (U.S.)
• DTD — Digital Terrain Data
• CEMA — Council of Mutual Economic Aid (Russian Federation, formerly U.S.S.R.)
• UATI — Union des Associations Techniques Internationals
• RIC — Regional Information Center
• FF — Free Format
• R2 — coefficient of determination (statistical)
• GNIS — Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
• ACMAD — African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
• ASPRS — American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• RRN TAM — RRN Tropical Asian Monsoon Region
• IUNS — International Union of Nutritional Sciences
• TIRIO — Table of Incompatibilities and Requirements for the Instruments Operation
• START — System for Analysis, Research, and Training
• ICRM — International Committee on Radionuclide Meteorology
• HEREF — Herefordshire
• CIEA — Committee on International Environmental Activities
• CERES — Crop Environment Resource Synthesis
• GO3OS — Global Ozone Observing System (WMO)
• GLOBEC — Global Marine Ecosystem Dynamics
• EXPLOR — Exploration
• ITSC — International TOVS Study Conference
• GERG — Global Environment Research Group
• RGR — Relative Growth Rate
• MAPS — Map Analysis Package System
• ATPEX — ARM Tropical Pacific Experiment
• WDE — Wheel Drive Electronic
• EID — Experiment Interface Document
• GRGS — Groupe de Recherches de Geodesic Spatiale (France)
• GCO — Generation Certification Official (waste generation)
• JICST — Japan Information Center of Science and Technology
• IRAP — Interdisciplinary Panel on Climate Change
• GSF — Gesellschaft fur Strahlen und Umweltforschung mbH Munchen (Germany)
• RRN TSA — RRN Temperate South America
• DIS — Disease
• AGRHYMET — Agronmeteorology and Operational Hydrology and Their Applications
• ELIZAB — Elizabethan
• BMWT — Biofuels and Municipal Waste Technology

• IERS — International Earth Reference System
• CIG — Commonwealth Industrial Gases
• IAS — Image Analysis System
• COMP — company
• XCTD — Expendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (probe)
• EHP — Extended High Power
• EARSEL — European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
• CMIE — Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy
• EPI — environmental productivity index
• EISMV — Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et de Medecine Veterinaire (Dakar)
• GOES — Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics
• IMPF — imperfect
• ALA — American Library Association-Library
• UMTRAP — Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program
• FLUPAC — flux dans l'ouest du Pacifique equatorial (France) (JGOFS)
• FDD — Flight Dynamics Division
• OTOB — Oesterreichische Termin und OptionBorse
• CAE — Control and Actuation Electronic
• CGC — Committee on Global Change
• MATIF — Marche а Terme International de France
• DARE — data rescue
• WSO — Wilcox Solar Observatory
• RTH — Regional Telecommunication Hub
• LCC — Land Cover Change
• GDCLS — General Dynamics Commercial Launch Services
• ECLA — Economic Commission for Latin American
• CLNO3 — chlorine nitrate
• G-7 — Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
• CCMS — Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society
• LUCC-CPPC — Lucc Core Project Planning Committee
• ESTH — Esther
• AICRIP — All India Coordinated Programme for Rice Improvement
• FTR — Flight Tape Recorder
• PAC — Polar Atmospheric Chemistry
• DAX — deutsche Aktienindex
• CERES — Clouds And The Earth's Radiant Energy System (EOS)
• HRPT — high-resolution picture transmission (AVHRR)
• SSMR-SSM/I — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer-Ssm/II
• FPSS — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor
• RESSAC — The Consequence of a Major Nuclear Accident on the Surrounding Environment: Soil and Surface Rehabilitation
• ETF — Environmental Task Force
• GRIMCO — CGBAPS computing system
• LIPI — The Indonesian Institute of Sciences
• ISEATRA — International Symposium on Ecological Aspects of Tree-Ring Analysis
• VET.PATH — veterinary pathology
• CGMS — Coordination of Geostationary Meteorological Satellites
• CERN — Chinese Ecological Research Network
• POSTM — postmaster
• BCP3 — Broadcast Pulse 3
• APPLIC — application

• IDRI — Thailand Development Research Institute
• FCOJ — frozen concentrated orange juice
• FOK — fill or kill order
• IRV — Improved Inter-Range Vector
• TERMINOL — terminology
• CONTROV — controversy
• PRD — Program Requirements Documents (UDS)
• CFAGB — Carbon fraction of above ground biomass
• LSN — long- and short-normal resistivity (geophysical logging)
• CIHEAM — Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterraneenes
• MAB — Man and the Biosphere (programme) (UNESCO)
• IRG — Interest Rate Guarantee
• LPDM — Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model
• AGAL — Australian Government Analytical Laboratories
• PHONET — phonetic
• NFERC — National Fertilizer and Environmental Research Center
• BATGE — Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics
• ISFA — International Scientific Film Association
• GAZ — Gazette
• MT-CLIM — Mountain Climate Model
• ACE-2 — North Atlantic Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
• ITRDB — International Tree-Ring Data Bank
• HTML — Hypertext Meta-Language
• CRE — Coal Research Establishment of BCC (U.K.)
• GLAC — Glacier National Park
• INDUSTR — industrial
• ARMSAT — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Satellite
• ACCM — Atmospheric General Circulation Model
• UARP — Upper Atmosphere Research Program
• HARM — Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology
• UV-VIS — UltraViolet-Visible Spectroscopy
• GAMETAG — Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment of Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases
• IAI — Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (START)
• GEOL — Geology
• ICWQ — International Commission on Water Quality (IAHS)
• HAB — Habakkuk
• FLINN — Fiducial Laboratories for an International Natural Sciences Network
• HOMS — Hydrological Operational Multipurpose Subprogramme
• FDOC — Fraction of degradable organic carbon
• PENINS — peninsula
• CGES — Center for Global Environmental Studies
• DI — Direct Index
• DISORT — Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer
• LUCC — Land Use and Cover Change (IGBP and HDP)
• FT — Free troposphere
• LAID — land-atmosphere interactions dynamics
• IUHPS — International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science
• EUROTRAC — European Experiment on Transport and Transformation of Environmentally Relevant Trace Constituents in the Troposphere over Europe
• VOCAB — Vocabulary
• GOALS — Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System Program

• IUPSYS — International Union of Psychological Science
• ETC — Energy Technology Center
• NASDAQ — National Assocation of Securities Dealers Automated Quote System
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite
• LITHOGR — lithography
• ALCH — ALCHEMY HOLDINGS, INC.
• SUBSCRIPT — subscription
• USGCRPO — United States Global Change Research Program Office
• AOSIS — Association of Small Island States
• MILIT — military
• LASCO — White Light And Spectrometric Coronagraph
• NCV — Net Calorific Value
• ICHTH — ichthyology
• RGCT — Reflective Gross Cloud Test
• HPCRC — High Performance Computing Research Center (ORNL)
• GBF/DIME — Geographic Base Files/Dual Independent Map Encoding
• BMRC — Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
• KRE — Kobe Rubber Exchange
• IM-AL — inorganic monomeric aluminum
• HCMR — heat-capacity mapping radiometer
• FAPIS — Formation en Amenagement Pastoral Integre au Sahel
• MODECS — Molecular Design of Chemical Systems
• STAP — Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (GEF)
• FSMF — Flight Software Maintenance Facility
• NGB — Nordic Gene Bank
• ZEEI — Exclusive Economic Zone of Indonesia
• EAF — Experimenter's Analysis Facility
• BBSR — Bermuda Biological Station for Research
• ISSS — International Society of Soil Science
• ICN — ice condensation nuclei
• BASC — Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council
• FED. R. BANKR. P. — Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
• HEC — Hydro-Electric Commission (Tasmania)
• DOPLID — Doppler LIDAR
• BELFOX — Belgian Futures abd Options Exchange
• TIA — Territorial and International Affairs
• INTERJ — interjection
• ASB — Association of Southeastern Biologists
• ARTEP — Ariane Technology Experiment Platform
• OGCM — Ocean General Circulation Model
• APOL — apology
• ERFEN — Estudio Regional Del Fenomeno El Nino
• ACCI — Advisory Committee on Climate Applications and Data (WMO)
• CCOP — Committee for the Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas
• PEPCASE — Phosphenol-pyruvate carboxylase
• CRIC — Computerized River Information System
• MACC — Maccabees
• ANFC — Annual Natural Forest Cleared
• RAAD — Roll Attitude Anomaly Detection
• CCIW — Canadian Centre for Inland Waters

• UNEC — United Nations Economic Committee
• ESS — essay
• FMFR — four-minus-five restoral
• LPDA — Laser-Phased Doppler Anemometer
• IMOP — Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (WMO)
• APN — Asia-Pacific Network (for Global Change Research) (START)
• EOS-AERO — EOS Aerosol Mission
• HBW — half band-width
• GDCF/PACOR — ISTP Program Generic Data Capture Facility / Packet Processor
• MR — Microwave Radiometer
• PVL — Parameter Value Language
• DOMEST — domestic
• JURISDICT — jurisdiction
• GWP — Greenhouse Warming Potential
• UNM — University of New Mexico
• ECCLES — ecclesiastical
• DEL — Data Evaluation Laboratory
• ICA — International Communication Agency
• MDUL — Missing Data Units List
• POCM — parallel ocean-climate model
• HSRL — High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• ATTY — Attorney
• MAPS — Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
• BIOG — Biography
• EER — External Engineering Review
• LFM — limited fine-mesh model
• PSAC — President's Science Advisory Committee
• HRV — High Resolution Visible
• FOFS — futures and options funds
• LORAN — Long-Range Area Navigation System
• CIV.LAW — civil law
• GCRIO — Global Change Research Information Office
• MGO — Main Geophysical Observatory
• FIT — Field Investigation Team (US EPA)
• CARS — Climate Applications Referral System
• CKE — cumulus kinetic energy
• DBE — Deep Basin Experiment
• APSRS — Aerial Photo Summary Records System
• GLONET — Global Tropospheric Ozone Network (IGAC)
• ACC — Association of Corporate Counsel
• ICASVR — International Committee on Atmosphere-Soil-Vegetation Relations
• WBC — Western Boundary Current
• CHAMB — chamber
• GRECA — Group of Experts on Accident Consequences (NEA and OECD)
• GNO — Gross Product Originating
• RIDGE — Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment
• IMRO — Investment Managers' Regulatory Authority
• ITAL — Italian
• GHCN — Global Historical Climatology Network
• DEB — debate

• INNOC — innocent
• SSG — Scientific Steering Group
• BRML — Block Recorder Mission Log
• RUDIM — rudiment
• ESMR — Electronically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• UITA — Union of International Technical Associations
• PFRA — Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
• STI — Straits Times Index
• LEECHD — leechdom
• NARR — Narrative
• CERN — Conseil European pour la Recherche Nuclaire, or European Organization for Nuclear Research
• FWS — United States Fish and Wildlife Service
• MACDIF — Mapping and Charting Data Interchange Format (Canada)
• HR — High Rate
• ASSEMB — assembly
• DEUT — Deuteronomy
• ICWRS — International Commission on Water Resources Systems (IAHS)
• LORCS — League of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies