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

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

• AGL — Above Ground Level
• A.L.R.2D — American Law Reports, 2nd Series
• A.L.R.3D — American Law Reports, 3rd Series
• ADP — Automated Data Processing
• USAF — United States Air Force
• ICAO — International Civil Aviation Organization
• LLP — Limited Liability Partnership
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• C.F.R. — Code of Federal Regulations
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• R.C.CHURCH — Roman Catholic Church
• A.D — Anno Domini
• AAS — American Astronomical Society
• OTC — Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
• COMMUNIC — communication
• NSO — National Solar Observatory
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• SMS — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
• B.A.U. — business as usual (scenario)
• SN — Space Network
• LNG — Liquefied Natural Gas
• E.E.T.S — Early English Text Society
• ADM — Admiral
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• A.L.R. FED. — American Law Reports, Federal
• R J — Recurring Judgement
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• AMS — American Mathematical Society
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• SIO3 — silicate
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• CBA — Cost Benefit Analysis
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• ICSI — International Commission on Snow and Ice (IAHS)
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• E/GDP — Ratio of energy consumption to gross domestic product
• FX — Foreign Exchange
• PROVIS — provisional
• CCAQ — Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• C-MACCS — Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation
• URL — Universal Resource Locator

• E/GNP — Ratio of energy consumption to gross national product
• TSS — Total Suspended Solids
• RPC — Remote Procedure Call
• A.L.R.6TH — American Law Reports, 6th Series
• METAMORPH — metamorphosis
• I&TRR — Integration and Test Readiness Review
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• SD — Standard Deviation
• N.E.D — New English Dictionary
• A.L.R. — American Law Reports
• A.L.R.4TH — American Law Reports, 4th Series
• W. VA. CODE — West Virginia Code
• DDT — dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (insecticide)
• ATS — Advanced Technology Satellite
• ESSENT — essential
• USMAB — United States Man and the Biosphere
• GLOBE — Global Land One kilometer Base Elevation (DIS)
• RAM — random-access memory
• CPM — Critical Path Method
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• S.W.3D — South Western Reporter, 3rd Series
• ACS — American Chemical Society
• AEC — Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
• AIT — Asian Institute of Technology
• CIS — Commonwealth of Independent States
• ZEPH — Zephaniah
• RLU — Relative Light Unit
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• A.L.R.5TH — American Law Reports, 5th Series
• B.A.P. — Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
• I/O — Input/Output
• QDRO — Qualified Domestic Relations Order
• KG — Kilogram
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• ACCT — Account
• AL — Aluminium
• ENTHUS — enthusiasm
• CM — Centimeter
• A.V — Authorized Version
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• § — Section
• SEBI — Securities and Exchange Board of India
• O3 — Ozone
• F.O.B. — free on board
• ABA — American Bar Association
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System
• RA IV — Regional Association IV - North and Central America (WMO)
• R.E. — Real Estate
• L.ED — Lawyers Edition
• F.APP'X — Federal Appendix

• NM — Nanometer
• © — Copyright
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• EODC — Earth Observing Data Center (U.K.)
• ¶ — (Pilcrow) Paragraph
• F.O.R. — free on rail
• HAEMATOL — haematology
• BALTEX — Baltic Sea Experiment
• ASC — American Society of Cinematographers
• ISRO — Indian Space Research Organisation
• §§ — Sections
• HIBOR — Hong Kong interbank offered rate
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• AERODYNAM — aerodynamic
• GLRC — Great Lakes Research Center (LSC and NOAA)
• AABW — Antarctic Bottom Water
• S. CT. — Supreme Court Reporter
• B%T — Animal population ratio living in temperate climate region
• MS — Mass Spectrometer
• GC — General Counsel
• AFBC — Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustor
• ANNEX I — Countries committed to a quantified CO2 target (OECD, EU, Central and Eastern European countries)
• T.D. — Treasury Decision
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• U.K. — United Kingdom (preferred over "UK"; use as
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• W.AFR — West Africa
• AAS — atomic absorption spectrometry (spectrometer, spectroscopy)
• S.CAROLINA — South Carolina
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• ART — Article (part of speech)
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• A%C — Animal population ratio living in cool climate region
• LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• MP&A — Mission Planning and Analysis Area
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• M — Meter
• O.T — Old Testament
• FAS — Free Alongside Ship
• S.V — sub verbo
• CDF — Common Data Format
• USU — Usually
• AAIW — Antarctic Intermediate Water

• S.T.S — Scottish Text Society
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• MOS — Model Output Statistics
• D.C — District of Columbia
• IEE — Institution of Electrical Engineers
• F.CAS. — Federal Cases 1789–1880
• I.L.M. — International Legal Materials
• V/W — Vaporware
• KANEX — Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange
• W.VA — West Virginia
• R.N — Royal Navy
• W.INDIES — West Indies
• AMS — Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• UNU — United Nations University
• APR — April River Airport, April River, Papua New Guinea
• NOV — November
• L — Liter
• F.SUPP. — Federal Supplement
• IRC — Internal Revenue Code of 1986
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• M&CD — Metals and Ceramics Division (ORNL)
• FDDI — Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• GIGO — Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
• FE — Fossil Energy
• W.IND — West India
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
• ANON — Anonymous
• N.S.WALES — New South Wales
• U.S.A.F — United States Air Force
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• DURH — Durham
• AFSCN — Air Force Satellite Control Network
• GASTRON — gastronomy
• U.S — United States
• PL — Public Law
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• FORTRAN — FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
• IMF — International Monetary Fund
• U.S.A. — United States of America
• S.DAKOTA — South Dakota
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• CW — Continuous Wave
• E.ANGL — East Anglia
• ML — milliliter; 1/1000 liter
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• ER — Energy Research
• ECOM. — EOS communications

• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• P.3D — Pacific Reporter, 3rd Series
• BCD — Binary-Coded Decimal
• E.ANGLIAN — East Anglian
• R.C — Roman Catholic
• E.AFR — East Africa
• N.Y — New York
• RA I — Regional Association I - Africa (WMO)
• ACH4 — Annual methane (CH4) emission from enteric fermentation
• E.IND — East India
• ANAL — Analyst
• LES — Lincoln Experimental Satellite
• S.AFR — South Africa
• ZEITSCHR — Zeitschrift
• WB — World Bank
• U.K — United Kingdom
• R.A.F — Royal Air Force
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• HRSG — Heat Recovery Steam Generator
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• ATM — Atmosphere
• AIHA — American Industrial Hygiene Association
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• WWF — World Wildlife Fund
• E.MIDL — east midland
• MHS — Message Handling System (electronic)
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• STC — Satellite Test Center
• FY — Fiscal Year
• N.AMER — North America
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• C&F — Cost and Freight
• KWH — Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)
• DIV — Division
• ESMC — Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• T/P SWT — TOPEX/Poseidon Science Working Team
• N.Z — New Zealand
• CENTO — Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• Q.V — quod vide

• M-REGION — Maunder region
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• GB — Gigabyte
• S&P100,500 — stock indices
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• JAN — January
• BER — Bit-Error Rate
• O&M — Operation and Maintenance
• MSR — Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• RA-2 — POEM altimeter (ESA)
• BP — Before Present
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• TEC — Total Electron Content
• ALEXIS — Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
• P.R — public records
• NAD 27 — North American Datum of 1927
• ASCE — l'American Society of Civil Engineers
• Q.ELIZ — Queen Elizabeth
• N.T — New Testament
• N.CAROLINA — North Carolina
• TOC — Total Organic Carbon
• N.AFR — North Africa
• RS — Remote Sensing
• DMA — direct memory access (computer term)
• GSA — Geological Society of America
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• MOT — Ministry of Transport
• EM — Electromagnetic
• ACS — Attitude Control System
• AFSCF — Air Force Satellite Control Facility
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• COM — Common
• N.DAKOTA — North Dakota
• CONST — Under Construction
• CIA — Central Intelligence Agency
• W3C — World Wide Web Consortium
• RA II — Regional Association II - Asia (WMO)
• JTU — Jackson Turbidity Unit
• UL — Uplink
• GOI — Government Of India
• EE — Employee
• N.IR — Northern Irish
• O.E.D — Oxford English Dictionary
• TM — Trademark
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• N.S.W — New South Wales
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• R&SSD — Radiation and Safety Surveys Department (ORNL)
• UIC — Underground Injection Control

• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• IBM — International Business Machines Corporation
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• FIPS — Federal Information Processing Standard
• SA90 — IPCC Scenario A, 1990
• LP — Low Pressure
• MODNET — MO&DSD Operational/Development Network
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• WG — Working Group
• BOJ — Bank Of Japan
• NADP/NTN — National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network
• IO — Input/Output
• ECA — Economic Commission for Africa
• VALEDICT — valediction
• SAFARI-92 — South African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• RH — Relative Humidity
• TWT — Traveling Wave Tube
• N.IREL — Northern Ireland
• SO — Southern Oscillation
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• OCT — October
• COL — Colonel
• WATFLOOD — University of Waterloo Flood Forecasting System
• CM3 — cubic centimeter (milliliter)
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• AR — Argon
• ABR — Abridged
• UAOB — Upper Air Observation
• SAGE III — Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III
• SWT — Science Working Team
• ECAFE — Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
• ADC — Analog-Digital Converter
• HK — Housekeeping
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• NAAQ — National Ambient Air Quality
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• EGS — European Geophysical Society
• MX — Merry Christmas
• GSA — U.S. General Services Administration
• NMFS — National Marine Fisheries Services
• HAP — Hazardous Air Pollutant
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• PA.T — past tense
• CAPT — Captain

• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• IR — Infrared
• DCF — discounted cash flow rate
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• OAS — Organization of American States
• IC — Ion Chromatography
• MSS — Multispectral Scanner System
• DOST — Department of Science and Technology
• GPO — Government Printing Office
• ERS — Economic Research Service
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• VIBOR — Vienna Interbank Offered Rate
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• SOL — Statute of Limitations
• OTT — Over The Top
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• RRN SAF — RRN Southern and Eastern Africa
• NAD 83 — North American Datum of 1983
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• HCFC-22 — hydrochloroflourocarbon-22 (CHClF2,
• AUG — August
• ASE — Airborne Support Equipment
• ATP — Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
• LEPO — Low Exercise Price Option
• VBL.N — verbal noun
• ERB — Earth Radiation Budget
• MCS — Mesoscale Convective System
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• CEC — Cation Exchange Capacity
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• WATSTORE — Water Data Storage and Retrieval System
• HQ — Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
• FO — Furnace Oil
• NA — North America
• WCE — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
• PPI — Producer Price Index
• TLA — Three Letter Abbreviation
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• VAD — Velocity-Azimuth Display
• RAE — Royal Aircraft Establishment
• PW — Precipitable Water
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• NDA — Non-Disclosure Agreement
• JECOR — U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation
• SUBSCR — subscription
• MCL — Maximum Contaminant Level
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software

• HPS — Health Physics Society
• AIT — Assembly, Integration, and Test
• DI — Directorate of Intelligence
• SPM — Suspended Particulate Matter
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• CIF — Cost, Insurance, Freight
• KPA — kiloPascal (pressure above ambient (100 kPa = 1 atmosphere excess))
• CFO — Cancel Former Order
• SO. 2D — Southern Reporter, 2nd Series
• MAG — Magazine
• GEN — General Motors
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• OPM — Office of Personnel Management
• CONTRADICT — contradiction
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• KSC — John F. Kennedy Space Center
• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• IACGEC — Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change
• ESP — Especially
• PACORII — Packet Processor Data Capture Facility II
• SCOTUS — Supreme Court of the United States
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• CAC-40 — Compagnie des Agents de Change-40
• PSI — Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
• O2 — Oxygen
• FCC — Federal Communications Commission (US)
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• DEPT — Department
• PALAEONT — palaeontology
• ER — Employer
• DPC — Domestic Policy Council
• MP — Medium Pressure
• CA # — Court of Appeals
• DIC — Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• ADV — Advance
• LAGCM — general circulation model at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
• CPD — Compound
• VC — Virtual Channel
• WATOX — Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment
• IUCN — International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• EAS — Environmental Analyses Section (ORNL)
• VBL.NS — verbal nouns
• IAP — Institute of Atmospheric Physics
• CRC — Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
• TEAM — Technology Base Enhancement for Autonomous Machines
• OPC — Ordinary Portland Cement
• ESA — Endangered Species Act of 1973
• FAR — Flight Analysis Review
• DOAS — Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy

• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• POD — Precision Orbit Determination
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• ISMA — International Securities Market Association
• OCCURR — occurrence
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• NOX-N — Nitrogen oxides nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
• ASA — American Statistical Association
• ESCAP — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• CC — Combined Cycle
• MIPS — Millions of Instructions Per Second
• EP — Earth Probe
• PMP — Probable Maximum Precipitation
• IMO — International Maritime Organization
• TCS — Thermal Control Subsystem
• ACAD — Academy
• EMR — Electromagnetic Radiation
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• DB — Direct Broadcast
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• LANCS — Lancashire
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• ESA — Ecological Society of America
• GIF — Graphic Interchange Format
• TRS — Trade Registration System
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• ARCH — Architect
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• FRA — Forward Rate Agreement
• REV. RUL. — Revenue Ruling
• WET — Waste Extraction Test
• NASM — National Air and Space Museum
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• OAXTC — Ocean/Atmosphere Exchange of Trace Compounds
• ESF — European Science Foundation
• REV. PROC. — Revenue Procedure
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• UPU — Universal Postal Union
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• BACTERIOL — bacteriology
• IATA — International Air Transport Association
• NYMEX — New York Mercantile Exchange
• BK — Book

• FAREW — farewell
• AT — Acceptance Test
• HAPEX-MOBILHY — HAPEX-MOdelisation du BILan Hydrique
• RADPATH — Biochemical Pathways of Artificial Radionuclides (CEC)
• UC — University of California
• UNIFEM — United Nations Development Fund for Women
• TEAMA — Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia
• RAWG/HYDROLOGY — Regional Associations'Working Groups on Hydrology
• DS — Data Set
• IRU — Inertial Reference Unit
• C3AT — Ch3 Albedo Test (AVHRR)
• GCM — General Court-Martial
• DE/DT — rate of evaporation (moisture loss from soil)
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• IDA — International Development Agency
• ERA — Exchange Rate Agreement
• FDM — Finite-Difference Method
• AFF — Affairs
• ARINC — Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
• PCM — Pulse-Code Modulation
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• IOP — Intensive Observing Period
• SI — Statutory Instrument
• HUD — Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
• CH4-C — Methane-carbon ratio
• OBSERV — observation
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• ATT — Attic
• IGS — International Glaciological Society
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• RTU — Remote Terminal Unit
• NEP — Noise Equivalent Power
• OBSTETR.MED — obstetric medicine
• UW/UD — University of Wisconsin/University of Denver
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• PDF — Probability Density Function
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• C — Carbone
• API — American Petroleum Institute (oil)
• BAPDE — chemically reactive diolepoxides
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• WARWICKSH — Warwickshire
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• CATECH — catechism
• LANGS — languages
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• AICHE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers

• YEARBK — yearbook
• ECDIS — Electronic Chart Display and Information System
• ESA — Entomological Society of America
• CAT — Cataract
• UNHCR — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Program
• AFS — American Fisheries Society
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• UN — United Narions
• BAHC-SSC — BAHC Scientific Steering Committee
• ANNIV — Anniversary
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• ISDA — International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
• DHS — Department of Human Services
• CMD — Command
• ABP — Archbishop
• LANL/ACL — Los Alamos National Laboratory's Advanced Computing Laboratory
• PALAEONTOL — palaeontology
• BFI — Baltic Freight Index
• CH3CCL3 — methylchloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane)
• ADJ — Adjective
• APA — Alkaline Phosphatase Activity
• CX — Cross-Examination
• GE — General Electric American Communications Inc.
• TMS — Thematic Mapper Simulator
• ADJ.PHR — adjectival phrase
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• APA — Adirondack Park Agency
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• ABST — Abstract
• OBSTETR — obstetric
• PAGES-SSC — PAGES Scientific Steering Committee
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• WI — When Issued
• 2-D RCAM — two-dimensional radiative-advective-convective equilibrium model
• GIT — Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
• 1-D RCM — one-dimensional radiative-convective model
• EIS — Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• BIS — Bank of International Settlements
• CTU — Central Terminal Unit
• IBRD — International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
• LME — London Metal Exchange
• OBS — Obsolete
• LEX — Lexicon
• INS — Inertial Navigation System
• AUX — Auxiliary
• ISC — International Seismological Centre
• HAMPSH — Hampshire
• AON — All or None

• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• LANCASH — Lancashire
• WFF — Wallops Flight Facility
• CAN — Canberra
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• HP — High Pass
• FOT — Flight Operation Trainer
• JAHRB — Jahrbuch
• RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
• MLR — Multiple Linear Regression
• REVOL — revolution
• HANDBK — handbook
• TOS — TIROS Observational System
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• PAGES-EXCOMM — PAGES Executive Committee
• AOD — Aerosol Optical Depth
• PALAEOBOT — palaeobotany
• ADMC — Agri-residue dry matter content
• MAN — Manual
• WIPO — World Intellectual Property Organization
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• DPI — Data Processing Installation
• IMD — India Meteorological Department
• CIDA — Canadian International Development Agency
• DOM — Dissolved Organic Matter
• DIE — Designated Investment Exchange
• NAL — National Agricultural Library
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• CHAS — Charles
• IAMAP-IAHS — IAMAP-International Association of Hydrological Sciences
• TIFFE — Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange
• PLO — Public Limit Order
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• RD — Reference Document
• OBSTET — obstetric
• ICP-OES — inductively coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
• WS — Wind Speed
• AGAGE — Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• IASI — Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• FEP — Front-End Processor
• PALAEOGR — palaeography
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• APP — Appendix
• USEPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency
• UT — Universal Time
• PB — Playback
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• NYU — New York University
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design

• EXCH — Exchange
• L — Literature
• MIN — Minute
• USC — United States Code (book of laws)
• FAO — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• VID — Vehicle Identification Number
• BDR — Battery Discharge Regulator
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• HIBID — Hong Kong interbank bid rate
• SEHK — Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• JOSH — Joshua
• APP — Apparently
• SRM — Standard Reference Material
• SELPER — Society of Latin American Remote Sensing Specialists
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• TLV — Threshold Limit Value
• UT — University of Tennessee
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• JX — Jurisdiction
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• CT. CL. — the United States Court of Federal Claims Reporter
• L/C — Letter of Credit
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• CBOT — Chicago Board of Trade
• SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association
• EDS — Environmental Data Service
• GPI — GOES Precipitation Index
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• 18O — oxygen-18 (oxygen isotope with atomic weight of 18)
• MDI — Michelson Doppler Imager
• MMSCMD — million metric standard cubic metre per day
• SSM — Special Sensor Microwave
• ESOC — European Space Operations Center
• MWR — Microwave Radiometer
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handling
• RFLP — Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
• ICIMOD — International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
• TEESE — TERI Energy Economy Simulation Evaluation
• ECE — Economische Commissie voor Europa (United Nations) (Dutch: Economic Commission for Europe)
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• MW — Megawatt (one million watts)
• MACS — Modular Attitude Control System
• FSI — Forest Survey of India
• RAPD — Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
• UNGA — United Nations General Assembly
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility

• WMC — World Meteorological Center
• MCC — Mesoscale Convective Complex
• SAIL — Steel Authority of India Limited
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• DBH — Diameter at Breast Height
• GMDSS — Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)
• VMS — Virtual Memory System
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• ARIZ. REV. STAT. — Arizona Revised Statutes
• M — micrometer
• PORT — Portuguese
• CFA — Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
• JST — Japan Standard Time
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• CRM — Certified Reference Material
• FRD — Flight Requirements Document
• EC — European Community
• PPFD — Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density
• CBOE — Chicago Board Options Exchange's
• LCH — London Clearing House
• TL — Team Leader
• CAM — Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway)
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• TWRA — Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
• EP — Extraction Procedure
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• PDE — Partial Differential Equation
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• CMO — Configuration Management Office
• HOSP — Hospital
• R — Rex
• IFAD — International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
• 4DDA — Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• XBT — expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• G — Gram (g)
• AMMS — Advanced Multichannel Microwave Sensor
• DICT — Dictionary
• BUR — Bureau
• DOS — United States Department of State
• S&R — Search & Rescue
• WTO — World Trade Organisation
• ISU — International Space University
• TKE — Turbulent Kinetic Energy
• I — Injection
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

• MBPS — Megabits per second
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• USCCAN — United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
• CONV — Convention
• LST — Local Standard Time
• ART — Arctica
• DQO — Data Quality Objective
• MOM — Modular Ocean Model
• FERC — Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
• AASP — American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• EIA — Environmental impact assessment (international)
• PDI — Payload Data Interleaver
• MG — milligram; 1/1000 gram
• JERS — Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
• CEA — Central Electricity Authority
• MSB — Most Significant Bit
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• AEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time
• IMM — International Monetary Market
• ANC — Ancient
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• IDEOL — ideology
• ECD — Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
• MPL — Marine Physical Laboratory
• ARC/INFO — GIS software
• EDSP — Exchange Delivery Settlement Price
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• V — Verb
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• AA — Atomic Absorption
• NCSA — National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• DND — Department of National Defense (Canada)
• BNA — block numbering area
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• DMSO — Dimethyl Sulfoxide
• POC — Particulate Organic Carbon
• BUBOR — Budapest Interbank Offered Rate
• OWS — Ocean Weather Station
• ANT — Antarctica
• STAT — Statistical
• ACU — Attitude Control Unit
• WEC — World Energy Council
• ANN — Annual
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• ABL — Atmospheric Boundary Layer

• NASCOM — NASA Communications System
• LEV — Leviticus
• PAD — Program Approval Document
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• SLA — Special Libraries Association
• ASSAS — Advanced Solid State Array Sensor
• ICRP — International Commission on Radiological Protection
• BQ — Becquerel
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• PMF — Probable Maximum Flood
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• EXP — Experiment
• AM/FM — Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society)
• LHV — lower heating value
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• COE — Creek Corps of Engineers
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• NUM — Number
• AO — Atmosphere-Ocean
• IAF — International Astronautical Federation
• APHET — aphetic
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• TAPPI — Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Inc.
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• TC — Telecommand
• MBS — mortgage backed security
• JUD — Judges
• ISO — International Standard Organisation
• STRI — Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• UNTAB — United Nations Technical Assistance Board
• IUFRO — International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• SNL — Sandia National Laboratories
• LWC — Liquid Water Content
• ACABQ — Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
• GSMNP — Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• FID — Flame Ionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
• IPS — Inter Press Service
• KSE — Korea Stock Exchange
• HWRP — Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• MHA — million hectare
• MANCH — Manchester
• MILA — Merritt Island Launch Area
• ALM — Almanac
• SRR — System Requirements Review

• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• HA — Hectare
• RCS — Radar Cross Section
• ICICI — Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
• ACC — Account
• WFC — World Food Council
• BFE — Baltic Futures Exchange
• LDR — Linear Depolarization Ratio
• MJ — Megajoule
• R — Regina
• HP — Health Physics
• PRN — Pseudo-Random Noise
• DAC — Days After Contract
• LANG — language
• AI — Associate Investigator
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• ENT — Entomology (code)
• FRN — Floating Rate Note
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nuclei
• SOFFEX — Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange
• FCV — Flow Control Valve
• VSE — Vancouver Stock Exchange
• GOVT — Government
• VENET — Venetian
• USCA — United States Code Annotated
• RARR — Range and Range Rate
• AET — Actual Evapotranspiration
• GN — Ground Network
• MIC — Micah
• ADVOC — advocate
• NAPAP — National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
• NMI — NASA Management Instruction
• CV — Calorific Value
• COLA — Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
• CHAPS — Clearing House Automated Payment System
• YRS — Years
• RPB — Recognised Professional Body
• FR — French Republic
• ACCTS — Accounts
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• HHV — Higher Heating Value (thermal efficiency basis)
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• VIC — Victoria
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• STMW — Sub-Tropical Mode Water
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner

• HST — Hawaii Standard Time
• B.C — British Columbia
• IBSRAM — International Board for Soil Research and Management
• TROP — Tropical
• MTMC — Military Traffic Management Command
• IDNDR — International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
• UNCTAD — United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• MISC — Miscellany
• ICSC — International Civil Service Commission
• NYBOR — New York Interbank Offered Rate
• UNSO — United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office
• GTOS — Global Terrestrial Observing System
• FIBOR — Frankfurt Interbank Offered Rate
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• B.C — Before Christ
• TIT — Titus
• EOM — End of Mission
• LTOM — London Traded Options Market
• PNL — Pacific Northwest Laboratory
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• CCIR — International Radio Consultative Committee (French Acronym)
• ACC — Air Combat Command (formerly TAC)
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• P&S — Purchase and Sale
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• ST — Steam Turbine
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• ASAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar 
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatories (Tucson, AZ)
• UNIV — University
• K — Kilogram
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• RCF — Relative Centrifugal Force
• WARC — World Administrative Radio Conference
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• CEA — Council of Economic Advisors
• CL — Common Law
• EVAL — evaluation
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• U.S. — United States
• OFT — Office of Fair Trading
• BCF — Bio-Concentration Factor
• IQSY — International Quiet Sun Year
• PSYCHOL — Psychological
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)

• FTIR — Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
• IFMK — Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• RECOLL — recollection
• ILO — International Labor Organization (UN)
• SM — Structural Model
• HVS — high-volume sampler
• COP — Conference of the Parties
• JASON — Scientific panel (MITRE Corporation
• SMJ — subject matter jurisdiction
• BIA — Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
• GS — Ground System
• CPO — Core Project Office
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• UNJSPF — United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
• WD — Wind Direction
• LSD — Least Significant Difference
• DOY — Day of Year
• BOC — Bureau of Census
• GL — Geophysics Laboratory
• GEF — Global Environmental Facility (environment)
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• INC. — Incorporated
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• TT&C — Telemetry, Tracking and Command
• FPD — Flame Photometric Detector
• LBLRTM — Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model
• UNKN — Unknown
• NSSFC — National Severe Storms Forecast Center
• MPC — Model Penal Code
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• EXCOMM — Executive Committee
• NREN — National Research and Education Network
• ASCHE — American Society of Chemical Engineers
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• EEZ — Exclusive Economic Zone
• IAEG — International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
• CLO2 — chlorine dioxide
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• AAWORD — Association of African Women for Research and Development
• CTV — Compatibility Test Van
• SCULPT — sculpture
• TOCOM — Tokyo Commodity Exchange
• CDS — Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• CPS — Certified Professional Secretary
• TLM — Telemetry
• ACE — Advisory Committee on the Environment

• HLW — high-level waste
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• HEREFORD — Herefordshire
• RX — Receive
• OIE — Overseas Investment Exchange
• N2 — Nitrogen
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• USN — United States Navy
• FTU — Formazin Turbidity Unit
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• KLOFFE — Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• CNR — Committee on Natural Resources
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• AIT — Atomic International Time
• SIFE — Second ISCCP Field Experiment
• ACTM — Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model
• IRRI — International Rice Research Institute
• AD — Acronym Dictionary
• ANU — Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• MSS — Mission Support System
• DIST — District
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• HFO — Heavy Fuel Oil
• SGR — Specific Growth Rate
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• MORFLOT — Ministry of the Merchant Marine of the Soviet Union
• CONF — Conference
• HCFC-141B — hydrochlorofluorocarbon-141b
• 3-D — Three-Dimensional
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• PHOTOG — photography
• QAE — Quality Assurance Engineer
• AWWA — American Water Works Association (Denver)
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• BATS — Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
• HASP — High Altitude Sampling Program
• INTERL — interlude
• CLONO2 — chlorine nitrate
• AFGWC — Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
• LSB — least-significant byte
• LONGLINES — Long Hydrographic Sections Programme
• S/W — Software

• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• BAO — Boulder Atmospheric Observatory
• MIF — Mercato Italiano Futures
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• 14C — carbon-14 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 14)
• WKLY — Weekly
• CJS — Corpus Juris Secundum
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• 1-D — one-dimensional
• FWPCA — Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• IRB — Internal Revenue Bulletin
• EMPH — emphatic
• AODC — Acridine Orange Direct Count [of Bacteria]
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• PSP — Precision Spectral Pyranometer
• GAW — Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO)
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• GS&M — Modeling (task team)
• MI — Mode Indicator
• DAS — Data Acquisition System
• ENEA — Comitato Nazionale Per La Ricerca E Lo Sviluppo Dell' Energia Nucleare E Delle Energie Alternative
• MONEX — Monsoon Experiment
• TCP/IP — Transmission Control/Internet Protocol
• CEQ — Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
• MIMD — multiple instruction, multiple data (system)
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• CCC — Canadian Climate Centre
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• MAGIC — Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchment
• CBS — Commission for Basic Systems
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• ADDR — Address
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• HP — Hewlett-Packard Development Company
• PMB — Potato Marketing Board
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• IFO — Intensive Field Observation
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• NH4 — ammonium
• URL — Upper Range Limit
• GISP2 — Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two

• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• SIDS — Small Island Developing States
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• E.G. — Exempli Gratia (for example)
• ESRC — Economic and Social Research Council
• NDIR — non-dispersive infrared gas analyzer
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• YR — Year
• RPA — Remotely Piloted Aircraft
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• MPC — Massively Parallel Computer
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• UVR — Ultraviolet Radiation
• ERDAS — Earth Resources Data Analysis System
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• JUDG — Judges
• GCC — Global Change Category
• ESR — Emergency Sun Reacquisition
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• MB — Millibar(s)
• DEW — distant early warning (radar)
• EPRI — Electric Power Research Institute (US)
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• FE — Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'')
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• HSIO — High Speed Input/Output
• TSCA — Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
• TRANSUBSTANT — transubstantiation
• TIGGER — Earth sciences dimension to TIGER
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• HDC — Holder in Due Course
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• ATA — Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam
• AGSS — Attitude Ground Support System
• RW — Reaction Wheel
• APM — Antenna Pointing Mechanism
• INDIR — indirect
• GARD — garden
• MPC — Maximum Permissible Concentration
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• SHAKS — Shakespeare
• DIF — Data Interchange Format
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)

• WCP — World Climate Programme (WMO/ICSU)
• UNIDO — United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• AIS — Automated Information Security
• IGFA — International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• GC — gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
• MAFF — Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (U.K.)
• IOS — Institute of Ocean Sciences
• CDDIS — Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• STAT. — United States Statutes At Large
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• ARPA — Advanced Research Project Agency's
• PSS — Portable Spacecraft Simulator
• FURNIT — furniture
• CDC — Control Data Corporation, Incorporated
• FTA — Financiele Termijnmarket Amsterdam
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• ADDNET — Acid Deposition Data Network (EPA)
• LIS — Land Information System
• NGVD 29 — National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
• ALA. CODE — Code of Alabama 1975
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• CORES — Computer Assisted Order Routing and Execution System
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• CERCLA — Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade and Industry
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• MEA — Monoethanolamine
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• DEIS — Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• TCDC — Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• CMM — Commission for Marine Meteorology
• OCN — Oceania
• IOC — International Ozone Commission
• VAS — VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
• IRREG — Irregular
• KERFIX — Kerguelen fixed station (France) (JGOFS)
• RAES — Retail Automated Execution System
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• ECOWARM — European Committee for Water Resources Management (IAHS)
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• FS — Forest Service (USDA)

• HOUSEK — housekeeping
• RIE — Recognised Investment Exchange
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• CSD — Commission on Sustainable Development's
• DCP-OES — direct coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
• CAEM — Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (WMO)
• HDTV — High-Definition Television
• DL — Downlink Message
• VISSR — visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
• RPR — Remote Procedure Request
• RAOB — Radiosonde Observation
• COMM — Common
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• RFD — Royal Forestry Department
• IDB — Inter-American Development Bank
• MFO — mixed-function oxidase (enzyme system)
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• SEV — several
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• FTS — File Transfer System
• HMW — High Molecular Weight
• AGWAT — Agriculture and Water Project (JECOR)
• BCP1 — Broadcast Pulse 1
• GTDS — Goddard Trajectory Determination System
• FSL — Forecast Systems Laboratory (a NOAA ERL)
• PPBV — parts per billion (109) by volume
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• NO. — Number
• CLIMAP — Climate Long-Range Investigation Mapping and Prediction (project)
• WPL — Wave Propagation Laboratory
• DOT — Deployment Operations Team
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• AAD — Attitude Anomaly Detector
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• 2-D — a.k.a. 2D, two-dimension, two-dimensional
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• FAM — Family
• HAE — Height Above Ellipsoid
• ROPME — Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment
• ATTRIB — Attribute
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• COMB — Combination
• JUL — July
• EPSRC — l'Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• ISA — Israel Space Agency
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
• FEIS — Final Environmental impact statement (US)
• ITB — Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• SCF — Scientific Computing Facility
• BAPMON — Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
• DMI — Direct Member Input
• DISTRIB — distribution
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• AMEDAS — Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
• ACCOMM — accommodation
• CHY — Commission for Hydrology
• AGCM — Atmospheric General Circulation Model
• FEM — Finite Element Method
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• BBF — Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros
• TDS — Total Dissolved Solids
• CDDI — Copper Distributed Data Interface
• S/C — Spacecraft
• PTFE — Polytetrafluoroethylene
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• SS — Stainless Steel
• NAIC — Newly Agro-Industrialized Country
• INTRANS — intransitive
• BETW — between
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• BEL-20 — stock index
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• FEB — February
• MONUM — monument
• ETC. — and others especially of the same kind; and so forth
• ISLN — International Standards Lawyer Number
• GT — Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• YR — Years old
• AOGCM — Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model
• ITPR — Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• NFA — National Futures Association
• IHO — International Hydrographic Organization
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• PSK — Phase Shift Key
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• CHIPS — Clearing House Interbank Payments System
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• EVEN — evening

• TRAD — traditional
• 4-D — four-dimensional
• CEN — The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers.
• COMMEND — commendation
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• TDR — Time-Domain Reflectometry
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• MIDAM — Midamerica Commodity Exchange
• CNES — Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• DEM — Digital Elevation Model
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• EMEP-CCC — EMEP-Chemical Coordination Centre
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• MDSRS — Morphology-Dependent Stimulated Raman Scattering
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• FSSP — Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe
• CAL — Calendar
• ANNEX II — OECD countries and EU
• PWV — Precipitable Water Vapor
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• EEI — Edison Electric Institute
• XPNDR — Transponder
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• A.D. — anno domini (latin)
• POLAR — Polar Plasma Laboratory
• CNEG — Contributory negligence
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• EVOL — Evolution
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• DMS — Dimethyl Sulfide
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• PAN — Peroxyacetylnitrate
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• NBRF — National Biomedical Research Foundation
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• DD — degree day
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• RBV — return-beam Vidicon
• DED — Dedicated

• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• TISAB — total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• TGE — Tokyo Grain Exchange
• MIBOR — Madrid Interbank Offered Rate
• RFT — Registered Floor Trader
• FRCP — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• FRTM — Functional Requirements Traceability Matrix
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• GF3 — General Format No 3
• GBRS — Generic Block Recording System
• ASOEN — ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• ISE — International Stock Exchange
• NWWA — National Water Well Association
• 13C — carbon-13 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 13)
• REGIST — register
• NSTC — National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• CD-ROM — compact disc-read only memory
• EPHIN — Electron Proton Helium Instrument
• ALLIT — alliterative
• FWCA — Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1958)
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• RFC — Registered Floor Clerk
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• COMPAN — companion
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• JRNL — Journalism
• RGS — Royal Geographic Society
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• GLIS — Global Land Information System
• MOC — Memorandum Of Cooperation
• ITC — International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
• REFASH — refashion
• MWH — Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)
• OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• SHPO — State Historic Preservation Office (US)
• IUR — International Union of Radioecologists
• BOB — Bureau of the Budget
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• LIMNOL — limnology
• BTP — Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• VTPR — Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• SUBSEQ — Subsequent

• COPUOS — Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN)
• EFP — Exchange For Physicals
• SDAC — Satellite Data Analysis Center
• SQQ — Standard Qulaity Quotation
• JSC — Joint Scientific Committee (ICSU, WCRP, and WMO)
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• FEHEM — Front-End Hardware Emulator
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• UAV — Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• GHG — Green House Gas
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• DOC — dissolved organic carbon
• IACG — Interagency Committee on Geomatics (DEMR)
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• CSPAAD — Coarse Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
• GCV — Gross Calorific Value
• ACARS — Aircraft Communication and Recording System
• BPA — Bonneville Power Administration (US)
• DOI — United States Department of Interior
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• SOS — Southern Oxidants Study
• C&DH — Command & Data Handling
• WGDM — Working Group on Data Management
• ENQ — Enquiry
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• IUCR — International Union of Crystallography
• CEPAL — Comision Economica para America Latina (Spain) (ECLA)
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• VAR — Variant
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• GLI — Global Imager
• TIBOR — Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate
• AEDD — Arctic Environment Data Directory
• PSE — Pacific Stock Exchange
• TOR — Tropospheric Ozone Research
• KING'S BENCH DIV — King's Bench Division
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• ADJS — adjective
• TSP — total suspended particles
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• ATX — Austrian Traded Index
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• IRIS — Integrated Radar Imaging System

• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• GLRD — Great Lakes Research Division
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• QUOT — Quotation
• TIGER — Terrestrial Initiative in Global Environmental Research
• IBEX-35 — stock index
• NSFNET — National Science Foundation Network
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• ALL ER — All England Law Reports
• HCFC — Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
• ESRI — Environmental Systems Research Institute (developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, Redlands, California)
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• AASSREC — Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• CSIR — Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• ETO — Exchange Traded Option
• DU — Dobson Unit
• CODMAC — Committee On Data Management, Archiving, and Computation
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• COM — Commission
• FEMA — Finite Element Model of Material Transport through Aquifers
• PWD — Public Works Department
• OA — Operations Agreement
• USWB — United States Weather Bureau
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• ESA/IRS — European Space Agency/Information Retrieval Service
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• BAU — business-as-usual
• BECO — Booster Engine Cutoff
• (D)PR — dual precipitation radar
• ABBREV — abbreviation
• BITNET — Because It is Time NETwork
• SEB — State Electricity Board
• H/W — Hardware
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite

• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• CDHF — Central Data Handling Facility
• IGEA — International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
• DDL — Direct Downlink
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• MARECO — Marine Radioecology Working Group (IUR)
• PIBOR — Paris Interbank Offered Rate
• HMCRI — Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• ASLO — American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• FUA — The Fuel Use Act (US)
• ASXD — Australian Stock Exchange Derivatives
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• IHB — International Hydrographic Bureau
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• KYR — kiloyear
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• JMOL — Judgment as a Matter of Law
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• A. — Atlantic Reporter
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• MYST — Mystery Science Theater
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• DAU — Daughter
• HDGEC — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• AAG — American Association of Geographers
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• AAPP — Average All Pig Price
• PORC — Porcelain
• DCN — Document Change Notice
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• IUBMB — International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• GESS — Graphics Executive Support System
• CELIAS — Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• UCLA — University of California at Los Angeles (U.S.)
• CONTR — Contract
• FRG — Federal Republic of Germany's
• CONSTR — Construct
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• CUF — capacity utilization factor
• J — Justice
• GSIRD — Ground Data System Information Requirements Document

• AIREP — Aircraft Weather Report
• PARCC — precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness, and comparability
• VIS — Visible
• SASK — Saskatchewan
• IPR — Intellectual Property Right
• MTCE — Million Tonnes of Carbon Equivalent
• BBAISR — British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
• DEF — Defence
• AIBD — Association of International Bond Dealers
• ADVS — adverbs
• IGT — Institute of Gas Technology (Chicago)
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• IDEM — Italian Derivatives Market
• HGA — High Gain Antennae
• BVRJ — Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro
• MASFLEX — Marginal Sea Flux Experiment (in the West Pacific) (IGOPS)
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• LI — library
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• TOPEX/POSEIDON — Ocean Topography Experiment
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis & Prediction
• MERIS — medium-resolution imaging spectrometer
• PBU — peribacteroid unit
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• CRF — Cloud Radiative Forcing
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• TVA — Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
• ACCS — accounts
• HEIFE — Heihe River Field Experiment
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• GW — Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
• IFRB — International Frequency Registration Board of the International Telecommunication Union
• CONTEMPT — contemptuous
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• METEOSAT — European Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
• CCS — Central Checkout System
• AID — Agency for International Development (U.S.)
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observing System
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• DOMSTAR — communications relay set
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• ART — Another Ray Tracer
• -S — Arakawa-Schubert
• PREROG — prerogative
• BBZ — benthic boundary zone
• DOA — United States Department of Agriculture

• AOCE — Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics
• BBL — Billion Barrels
• IPE — International Petroleum Exchange
• MTG — Meeting
• OBO — Order Book Official
• CR — Carrington Rotation
• HTTP — Hypertext Transport Protocol
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• ICP/MS — Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• POSTH — posthumous
• SECO — Sustainer Engine Cutoff
• VTIR — visible and thermal infrared radiometer
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• MANIP — manipulation
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• CLS — Collected Localization Satellites (France)
• IBP — International Biological Programme (ICSU)
• LASE — Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment
• TDMA — Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• BULL — Bulletin
• ICACGP — International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution
• BMFT — Bundes Ministerium fur Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• KNOWL — Knowledge
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• CODATA — Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• COLL — COLLege
• AIV — Assembly-Integration-Verification
• EBM — energy-balance model
• IFIAS — International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• AERONAUT — aeronautic
• FICCDC — Federal Interagency CoordinatingCommittee on Digital Cartography
• DSM — demand-side management
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• EPH — Ephesians
• GC/MS — SX)-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
• CCM2 — community climate model two
• MCF — methane conversion factor
• AFR — Africa
• ONEB — Office of National Environmental Board
• OD — Orbit Determination
• ZPC — Zero Point of Change
• SPL — Split Phase Level
• WPCF — Water Pollution Control Federation
• CORON — coronation

• REDEMPT — redemption
• TVCF — Transportable Vehicle Checkout Facility
• SMOW — Standard Mean Ocean Water
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• I/F — Interface
• CIESIN — Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
• HUMICAP — Humidity sensor on drifters (FASINEX)
• FGCC — Federal Geodetic Control Committee
• CAMS — Control and Monitoring System
• OCO — One Cancels the Other Order
• CASSAD — Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development
• MEFF RENTA FIJA — derivatives exchange in Barcelona, Spain
• AFFM — Austrlian Financial Futures Market
• FED. R. CRIM. P. — Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• CHEMRAWN — Chemical Research Applied to World Needs
• DIU — Data Information Unit (of WOCE Data System)
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• CONGRESS — congressional
• DISCRIM — discrimination
• PE — Pipeline Execution
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• LBL — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• UNISIST — United Nations System for Scientific and Technological Information
• SMIRD — SOHO Mission Implementation Requirements Document
• ESAER — European Space Agency's Earth Resources (Satellite)
• AAF — Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France
• QUANTUM MECH — quantum mechanics
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• IJC — International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
• KR — Krypton
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• DISTILL — distilling
• ORNITH — ornithology
• NPDES — National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• EQPAC — Equatorial Pacific
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• AMBIACE — Amazon Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment
• ECON — Economics
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• ADVT — advertisement
• TRAV — Travel
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• SRS — Statistical Reporting Service
• EOC — EOS Operations Center (NASA)
• PUB.L. — Public Law
• UNARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

• ADVTS — advertisement
• MRTT — Mission Readiness Test Team
• ELEM — Element
• ANOR — Another
• EJ — Exajoule
• DPS — Data Processing Segment
• APPOS — appositive
• MODIS — moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
• NCRP — National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
• CZM — Coastal Zone Management
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• BIOL — Biology
• ECCL.HIST — ecclesiastical history
• NORTHANTS — Northamptonshire
• GRO — Gamma Ray Observatory (NASA)
• ISEB 10 — Tenth International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry
• ARK. CODE — Arkansas Code
• FXA — Foreign Exchange Agreement
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• ITM — In the Money
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• GCEP — Global Change Education Program
• MIBK — Methyl IsoButyl Ketone traditional name for methyl pentanone
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• FASINEX — Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• CA. — circa
• SURG — Surgery
• ISEQ — Irish Stock Exchange Equity Index
• SLEJF — Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum
• MDE — Middle East
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• PDSI — Palmer Drought Severity Index
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• CIL — Coal India Limited
• WCAP — World Climate Applications Program
• IGY — International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
• 3I — improved initialization inversion
• CALIF — California
• ADMON — admonition
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• PURG — purgatory
• ABI — Association of Italian Bankers
• FRI — Forest Research Institute
• PJ — Petajoule
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment

• CNET — Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications (France)
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• AFDM — Ash Free Dry Mass
• COMB.FORM — combining form
• GVR — Grant, Vacate and Remand
• SINTEF — Norwegian Institute of Technology
• EXAM — Examination
• ED — Energy Division
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• I&T — Integration & Test
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• SRD — System Requirements Document
• LOE — Late Old English
• EMAP — Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
• NZFOE — New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange
• MIZEX — Marginal Ice Zone Experiment
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• BPPT — Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (Indonesia)
• FBC — Fluidized Bed Combustor
• ZOOL — Zoology
• AM. JUR. 2D. — American Jurisprudence, 2nd Series
• NSN — NASA Space Network
• PEM WEST — Pacific Exploratory Mission - West
• DA — discretionary account
• SOCA — Special Operations Control Area
• ACAST — Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology toDevelopment
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• OPEX — Operational and Executive Personnel for Civil Service
• CSM — Climate System Monitoring
• AUTH — Author
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• ISSMFE — International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
• THEORET — theoretical
• CSO — Central Statistical Organization
• MAW — Ministry of Agriculture and Water (Saudi Arabia)
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• PHOEN — Phoenician
• NRCT — National Research Council of Thailand
• CCIFP — Chambre de Compensation des Instruments Financiers de Paris
• AH — Air Heater
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• GLOCHANT — Global Change Research in the Antarctic
• ACE-1 — Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• USDOD — United States Department Of Defense
• CORP. — Corporation
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface

• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• DFCD — Data Format Control Documents
• OLR — Outgoing Long-Wave Radiation
• HPD — Hydrometeorological Processes Division
• ALASKA ADMIN. CODE — Alaska Administrative Code
• BERKS — Berkshire (English County)
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• EOTC — European Organization for Testing and Certification (EC)
• DSRT — Deep Sea Reversing Thermometer
• HMTA — Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
• LPM — liters per minute
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• IFREMER — Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploration de la Mer, France
• POLARSTERN — Research vessel
• CLICOM — Climate Computing
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Teledetection Spatiale (France)
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• AIME — American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• INDEF — Indefinite
• AGASP — Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Programme
• ADVERT — Advertisement
• ETAC — (USAF) Environmental Technical Applications Center
• CMRS — Coal Mines Research Station
• NKO — Nederlandse Kalibratie Organisatie
• LOBT — Local on Board Time
• LAI — Leaf Area Index
• GOIN — Global Observation Information Network
• AEF — Average Emission Factor
• JIN — Joint Implementation Network
• SMOCC — SOHO Mission Operations Control Center
• CLP — Contract Laboratory Program (EPA)
• GEMM — gilt-edged market maker
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• FAI — Fertilizer Association of India
• DECNET — Digital Equipment Corporation Network
• IUB — International Union of Biochemistry (ICSU)
• IERS — International Ellipsoid Reference System
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• BTAN — Bons du Trésor а intérët Annuel Normalisés
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• GCTM — Global Chemical Transport Model
• ADD — Addenda
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• NOB — Notes Over Bonds
• IMG — Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases
• NARS — National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
• CCGT — Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
• ECAMP — Environmental Compliance Assessment and Management Program

• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• FAGS — Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services (ICSU)
• NGM — Nested Grid Model
• GEC — Global Environment Change
• GALE — Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment
• IWSA — International Water Supply Association
• MKSA — meter-kilogram-second-ampere (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKSA")
• CILSS — Comite Inter-Etats pour la Lutte Contre laSecheresse au Sahel
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• GOFS — Global Ocean Flux Study
• GFLOPS — one gigaflop equals 1 billion (109) floating point operations
• BARM — Block Acceptance Reporting Mechanism
• CX — Constitution
• UNDRC — Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator
• NAR — Net Assimilation Rate
• GCCD — Global Climate Change Digest (CEI)
• ICARUS — Interagency Climate-Aerosol Radiative Uncertainties and Sensitivities
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• MERFOX — Mercadode Futuros y Opciones
• RRN CAR — RRN Caribbean
• ASEAMS — Association of Southeast Asian Marine Scientists
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• ANL/ACRF — ANL's Advanced Computing Research Facility
• DOLY — Dynamic Global Phytogeography Model (GCTE)
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• HIC — Habitat International Coalition
• ABRIDGEM — abridgement
• CAL. CODE REG. — California Code of Regulations
• DLG — Digital Line Graphic
• ICCH — International Commodities Clearing House
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• VLBI — Very Long Baseline Interferometry
• IFRTP — Institut Francais pour la Researche et la Technologie Polaire (French
• GENESIS — Global Environmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems
• CSELI — Centra Studi e Laboratori Telecommunicazioni (Italy)
• CIF — Coming into Force
• SK — Saskatchewan
• FPSSE — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Electronics
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• IGCC — Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (electric Power Generation Technology)
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• HELCOM — Helsinki Commission, protection of Baltic marine environment
• CGO — Cape Grim (Tasmania) (baseline station)
• CDAS — Climate Data Assimilation System
• LECT — Lecture
• CIBOR — Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate
• CPE — Eastern Europe (also called Centrally Planned Europe)
• CRPE — Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environment Terrestre et Planetaria
• AIJ — Activities Implemented Jointly

• IFOX — Irish Futures and Options Exchange
• IGFA — Inter-Governmental Funding Agencies
• IMS — Information Management Services, Inc.
• ARRCC — Analysis of Rapid and Recent Climate Change (project)
• RIHMI-WDC — All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information-World Data Center
• AGID — Association for Geoscientists for International Development
• ALARA — As Late As Reasonably Achievable
• AMER — America
• CSTC — Consolidated Satellite Test Center
• MABL — Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
• SPECMAP — Mapping Spectral Variability in Global Climate Project
• GDSIRD — Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
• APPL — Applied
• AUSTRAL — Australia
• ABSTR — Abstract
• ANSW — Answer
• ARTILL — artillery
• HDR — Hardware Design Review
• GATE — Global Atmosphere Tropical Experiment
• CCT — computer-compatible tape
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• AFFECT — affection
• GDAAC — Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• ADB — Asian Developing Bank
• ERDA — U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (formerly AEC; now DOE)
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• GDAS — Grimco data acquisition system
• GLL — Galileo
• GCHC — Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS)
• DSCC — Deep Space Communications Complex
• SCMS — Société de Compensation des Marchés Conditionnels
• ECLIPS — Experimental Cloud Lidar Pilot Study
• CDMU — Central Data Management Unit
• PSEUDO-SC — pseudo-Scots
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• DISORT — discrete ordinate (model)
• BIPM — Bureau International de Poids et Mesures
• F — Fraction
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• IIID — International Institute of Information Design
• CCTV — CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION
• INAUG — inaugural
• LITHOL — lithology
• NVI — normalized difference vegetation index
• DDMP — domain-decomposition-message-passing
• IUCS — Inter-Union Commission on Spectroscopy
• ACCEPT — acceptance
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• IDCCC — Interior Department Cartographic Coordinating Committee (DOI)

• LDC — less-developed country
• ESMAP — Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
• SSU — Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
• PROVID — providence
• ULS — Upward-Looking SONAR
• TERLS — Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (India)
• ITU — Integrated Terrain Unit
• CERN — European Laboratory for Particle Physics
• HRIRS — high-resolution infrared radiation sounder
• ECCL — ecclesiastical
• ICPP — Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
• EGCM — Eddy-Resolving General Circulation Model
• ACHEX — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• COSTED — Committee On Science & Technology in Developing Countries
• CISPR — International Special Committee on Radio Interference
• OMX — Option Market Index
• VAM — Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal
• APME — Attitude Pointing Mechanism Electronics
• NPS — National Park Service (US)
• FRRPA — Forest and Rangeland Renewable Planning Act (1974)
• EPO — EOS Project Office
• OSU — Oregon State University
• IRSSP — Interactive Remote Sensing Software Package
• TRIG — Trigonometry
• ASTRON — Astronomy
• FIN — Fish Information Network (data base)
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• MO&DA — Mission Operations and Data Analysis
• CCCO — Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean (SCOR and IOC)
• BIE — Business in the Environment
• CIUS — Conseil International des Unions Scientifiqes (ICSU)
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• REBELL — rebellion
• SWEDAC — Swedish Board for Technical Accreditation
• AIDJEX — Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment
• WFEO — World Federation Of Engineering Organizations
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazona (Brazil)
• RN — Radon
• EURECA — European Retrievable Carrier
• ASASP — Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
• NAST — National Academy of Science and Technology
• GEISA — Gestion et d'Etude des Information Spectroscopiques Atmospheriques
• AIRS-AMSU — Atmospheric Infrared-Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• GWE — Global Weather Experiment
• ASAP — Automated Shipboard Aerological Program
• HMSU — high-resolution microwave sounding unit
• HSWA — Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA, 1984)
• COMM — Commission
• CIAP — Climate Impact Assessment Program
• PHILAD — Philadelphia

• EARN — European Academic Research Network
• HDGCB — Human Dimensions of Global Change (programme) (UNU, ISSC, and IFIAS)
• APID — Application Identification
• CSERGE — Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
• IRC — International Radiation Commission
• COWRR — Committee on Water Resources Research
• TTO — Total Toxic Organic
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• VMVM — Vector Measuring Current Meter
• ANARE — Australian National Antarctic Research Establishment
• AEROCE — Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment
• SUPPL — Supplement
• LANDSAT — land satellite (photographs of the ground)
• T — tonne
• MW — Milliwatt
• MMS-F — Matra Marconi Space-Toulouse, France
• FNOC — Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center (U.S. Navy)
• INFOCLIMA — World Climate Data Information and Referral System
• INSAT — Indian satellite
• IFU — Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research (Germany)
• HRE — Homogeneous Reactor Experiment (impoundment)
• IRSS — Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
• BRU — Battery Regulation Unit
• HAGE — human activity and global environment
• CAR — Caribbean Region
• FGGE SOP — Fgge Special Observing Period
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• CERSAT — French group for processing ERTS-1 low bit rate data from ocean areas
• MANUF — Manufacture
• IGLD — International Great Lakes Datum
• CMC — Canadian Meteorological Centre
• GME — Gyro Management Electronics
• GLRS — Geoscience Laser Ranging System
• ICSD — International Continental Scientific Drilling (program)
• DM-MIMD — distributed memory, multiple instruction, multiple data (computer)
• COMPL — Complete
• AWRA — American Water Resources Association's
• VDS — Virtual Data Set
• EZEK — Ezekiel
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• ECWA — Economic Commission for Western Asia
• CLIN — Clinic
• ESAM — Institute for Environmental Science and Management
• BVE — Barotropic Vorticity Equation
• WRI — World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.)
• GOP — Geographical Observatories Programme
• DHP — Direct High Power
• ADVB — adverb
• EDSG — Energy Demand Steering Group
• ACC — Audit-Comptabilité-Conseil (French: Auditing-Accounting Council)

• FTSE-100 — Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 stock index
• GSC — Geological Survey of Canada (DEMR)
• VIZ — Videlicet
• HTW — High Temperature Winkler gasifier
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• NNSS — Navy Navigational Satellite System
• MASC — Mountain Administration Support Center (NOAA)
• IRGA — Infrared Gas Analyzer
• PVM — Parallel Virtual Machine
• ACA — Advanced Computer Applications (project)
• WSMC — Western Space and Missile Center
• DCDS — Digital Cartographic Data Standard
• SPELDA — Structure Porteuse External pour Lancements Doubles Ariane (external
• ANALYT — analytic)
• WVR — Water Vapor Radiometer
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
• FDF — Flight Dynamics Facility
• NONCE-WD — nonce-word
• RT — Radiative Transfer
• NTOM — Network Technical and Operations Manager
• NARL — National Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska)
• C-C — Counterclaim
• AOVP — Arctic Ocean Variability Project
• NESDP — National Economic and Social Development Plan
• STOL — System Test and Operations Language
• SMR — Standard Malaysian Rubber
• NEHA — National Environmental Health Association
• USIA — United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
• ATF — atmospheric transmission factor
• ASTROL — Astrology
• IDEAL — International Decade for the East African Lakes (project) (PAGES)
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• IEM — Institute of Experimental Meteorology
• EOSDIS — EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
• INTERNAT — international
• ASF — Alaska SAR Facility
• FGD — Flue Gas Desulphurisation
• AGR. — Agriculture (USDA)
• AMEX — Atlantic Meteorology Experiment
• GRAMM.ANALYSIS — grammatical analysis
• IAVCEI — International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
• IBWC — International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
• IAMAP — International Association Of Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics (ICSU)
• IAWPRC — International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control
• ALACE — Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float)
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• STAND — Standard
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• MECCA — Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment
• OXON — Oxfordshire

• CPP — Cloud Photopolarimeter
• ICARDA — International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
• C.V. — coefficient of variation (math)
• DISTEMP — distemper
• XDR — External Data Representation
• AOM — Australian Options Market
• SM-MIMD — shared memory, multiple instruction, and multiple data (computer)
• HKFE — Hong Kong Futures Exchange
• UI/CSRD — University of Illinois/Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
• ARCH — Archive
• GSL — Gulf Stream Locale
• PROV — Proverbs
• ASAS — Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• DEHYDRITE — magnesium perchlorate anhydrous granular
• MFLOPS — One megaflop equals 1 million (106) floating point operations
• IRTM — Infrared Thermal Mapper
• VHRR — Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• BAA — benz[a]anthracene
• SDPF — Sensor Data Processing Facility
• CCM — community climate model
• CAMB — Cambridge Capital Acquisition C (NASDAQ Stock Exchange [NASDAQ])
• FPSSH — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Head
• FABF — Fraction of agri-residue burned in fields
• SGCR — Subcommittee on Global Change Research
• IDOL — idolatry
• GAME — GEWEX-related Asian Monsoon Experiment
• AFT — Abbreviated Functional Test
• IASPEI — International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior
• MRIR — Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• BARA — Pressure in Atmosphere
• GLOS — Gloucestershire
• BSRN — Baseline Surface Radiation Network
• GMP — Genetically Modified Plants
• IBSS — Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Russian Federation;
• ITOS — Improved TIROS Operational System
• MAKS — Martin and Kitzis Sampler (portable air sampler)
• RFDU — Radio Frequency Distribution Unit
• MB — Manitoba
• USNMAS — United States National Map Accuracy Standard
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter
• GEBA — Global Energy Balance Archive
• BAAS — British Association for the Advancement of Science
• GTCC — Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
• CONVENT — convention
• UNCHS — United Nations Commission for Human Settlement
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• WFP — World Food Program
• PHR — Phrase
• MELICA — Medium Energy Ion Composition Analyzer

• CENELEC — European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (EC)
• DDFM — Data Distribution Facility Manager
• ERBES — Earth Radiation Budget Explorer Satellite
• GEOG — Geography
• ASTEX — Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment
• LDEO — Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• CPUE — Catch Per Unit Effort
• GESAMP — Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
• METOP — Meteorological Operational Satellite (polar satellite series)
• ALE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment
• GONG — Global Oscillation Network Group
• BASE — Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment
• OHER — Office Of Health And Environmental Research (US Dept. Of Energy)
• PDU — Power Distribution Unit
• ARCHIPEL — archipelago
• MEV — mega electron volts
• AXCTD — autonomous expendable CTD profiler
• DNES — Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (India)
• LVS — Large Volume Sampling
• STS — Star Tracker Sensor
• ETYMOL — Etymology
• MOGUNTIA — Model of the General Universal Tracer transport in the Atmosphere
• OBL — OBLique
• GMAN — General Maneuver
• STDN — Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
• CALC — Calculus
• AIRS/MHS — Advanced Infrared Radiometer Sounder
• ENSO — El Nino/Southern Oscillation (coupled oceanic-atmospheric change)
• REB — Rebel
• EADS — Environmental Assessment Data System
• IPHIR — InterPlanetary Helioseismology with IRradiance observations
• CONTIN — continuation
• CNRS — National Scientific Research Center (Centre Nationale de la Recherche
• GEOS-3 — Geodetic Satellite Mission (NASA)
• OBC — On Board Computer
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• GENIE — Global Environmental Network for Information Exchange
• BEDFORD — Bedfordshire
• CEEM — Center for Energy and Environmental Management
• APDA — Arctic Precipitation Data Archive (ACSYS)
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• ANAT — Anatomy
• DOD — Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (Germany)
• BOR — Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT)
• IMU — International Mathematical Union
• HASL — Health and Safety Laboratory
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• FNWC — Fleet Numerical Weather Center (U.S. Navy)
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror

• ANBS — Asian Network of Biological Sciences
• IELV — Intermediate Expendable Launch Vehicle
• CCLB — Carbon content of living biomass
• CONGREG — congregation
• PRINC — principle
• MEFF RENTA VARIABLE — derivatives exchange in Madrid, Spain
• NEUROSURG — neurosurgery
• IUGS — International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
• EORCU — European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit
• CEI — Center for Environmental Information
• ISEM — International Society for Ecological Modelling
• GA — geographic analysis
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• CGO — Cape Grim Observatory
• FATE — Formation of Aerosol and their Transformation over Europe (EUROTRAC)
• GREENTIE — Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange
• BIH — Bureau International de l'Heureasures
• FF — Free Format
• BNAP — Basic Hydrological Network Assessment Project
• LTM — Long-Term Monitoring
• DHSS — Data Handling Subsystem
• FOX — London Futures and Options Exchange
• GYNAECOL — gynaecology
• HED — High Energy Detector
• IGN — Institut Geographique National
• FDSS — Flight Dynamics Support System
• CTA-21 — Compatibility Test Area
• DORIS — Doppler Orbit And Radio Positioning Integration By Satellite
• KEEP — Kuroshio Edge Exchange Processes
• AIP-3 — Algorithm Intercomparison Project-3
• DP — Direct Playback
• ICRM — International Committee on Radionuclide Meteorology
• FORET — Forest of East Tennessee (model)
• DSIR — Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
• ICES — International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
• CONCL — conclusion
• WSC — Water Survey of Canada
• IUNS — International Union of Nutritional Sciences
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• DCDSTF — Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force
• ICCE — International Commission on Continental Erosion (IAHS)
• MARIA — Methods for Assessing the Radiological Impact of Accidents (CEC)
• AL2O3 — alumina
• MIFE — Manila International Futures Exchange
• ALIAS — Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer
• JOC — Joint Organizing Committee
• ODB — Orbit Determination Beacon
• PERH — perhaps
• FAMIL — familiar
• ABB — Association des Banques Belges

• CLIC — Climate Inventory and Catalog
• CAGM — Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO)
• ICGW — International Commission on Ground Water (IAHS)
• NYCE — New York Cotton Exchange
• IDSS — Integrated Data Sounding System
• AITP — Arctic Ice Thickness Project (WCRP)
• CETA — Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment
• WILTS — Wiltshire
• TOGA-COARE — Toga Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• ACL — alternate concentration level
• ACID — Acidification Chemistry Information Data Base (BNL)
• METAPH — Metaphysics
• ITPP — International TOVS Processing Package
• FAZ — Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
• FRLAB — Front Range Lidar, Aircraft, and Balloon (experiment)
• CE — Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy (US Department of Energy)
• HRDI — high-resolution Doppler imager
• FTS — Fournier transform spectrometer
• CONG. REC. — Congressional Record
• HISTOL — histology
• KINGD — kingdom
• SONG OF SOL — Song of Solomon
• NAVIG — Navigational Log
• IMCO — Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
• PCAST — President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• CIRT — cirrus test
• BATERISTA — Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfers and Ecological Research in Situ Studies in Amazonia
• FDST — Flight Dynamics Support Team
• ETSA — electron transport system activity
• ERIM — Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
• B/W — Black and White
• ADMIR — admiralty
• MHRS — Modified Hazard Ranking System (DOE)
• CEPEX — Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment
• FWM — food web model
• CCOM — Control Center Operations Manager
• EGE — Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
• ARTIC — articulation
• ACCOMPL — accomplished
• BSIP — Birban Sahani Institute of Paleobotany
• IBM PC — International Business Machines Personal Computer
• PTB — Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
• ARO — Automatic Reconfiguration Order
• MAGN — magnetism
• ESTH — Esther
• SCAMA — Switching, Conferencing and Monitoring Arrangement
• YORKS — Yorkshire
• GRM — NASA Gravity Satellite (U.S.)
• CEMA — Council of Mutual Economic Aid (Russian Federation, formerly U.S.S.R.)
• ESF/EPC — ESF/European Palaeoclimate and Man Project

• FRE — Federal Rules of Evidence
• IMS — International Mountain Society
• ANSTO — Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Menai, New
• MERCH — Merchantable
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (Japan)
• AGST — Against
• K — Contract
• ADVANCEM — advancement
• EPD — European Pollen Database
• CEAREX — Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment
• GNIS — Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
• ETF — Environmental Task Force
• DISCUSS — discussion
• PSEUDO-ARCH — pseudo-archaic
• DARA — Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (Germany)
• CIEA — Committee on International Environmental Activities
• CHAR — Character
• GLOBEC — Global Marine Ecosystem Dynamics
• TDLS — Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy
• ARAB — Arabic
• NGSDC — National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center
• MOSA — Mission Operations Support Area
• CEM — Cumulus Ensemble Model
• GAMETAG — Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment of Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases
• IMPERS — impersonal
• IRI — International Reference Ionosphere
• AERI-FEP — AERI Front End Processor
• COSAMC — Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology
• JICST — Japan Information Center of Science and Technology
• CCL — Central CO2 Laboratory, SIO (WMO)
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Council (UNESCO)
• ICWQ — International Commission on Water Quality (IAHS)
• CENR — Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources
• HOMS — Hydrological Operational Multipurpose Subprogramme
• FSPAAD — Fine Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
• PCU — Platinum-Cobalt Unit
• EZE — Asociacion Protestante de Cooperacion para el Desarrollo en Alemania
• IRAP — Interdisciplinary Panel on Climate Change
• NOCC — Network Operations Control Center (GSFC)
• TIC — Total Inorganic Carbon
• HANTS — Hampshire
• ASSOC.FOOTBALL — Association Football
• JER — Jeremiah
• MAPS — Map Analysis Package System
• ISFA — International Scientific Film Association
• MISCELL — miscellany
• OPHTHALM — ophthalmology
• FDD — Flight Dynamics Division
• EPSS — Electrical Power Subsystem
• ARITHM — arithmetic

• ETV — electrothermal vaporizer
• CREN — Chemical Research and Environmental Needs
• MTOE — million tonnes of oil equivalent
• SDTS — Spatial Data Transfer Standard
• FCCSET — Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
• ICRU — International Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements
• BIOGR — biography
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• FCL — Foldback Current Limiter
• DEVEL — Development
• LXX — Septuagint
• BIOTRANS — biological transformations
• ORNL/ACL — ORNL/Advanced Computing Laboratory
• ARIZ. ADMIN. CODE — Arizona Administrative Code
• MDC — More Developed Country
• ALBIOS — Aluminum Biogeochemistry in Soils (EPRI)
• SERDP — Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
• ASCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• NKA — Nordic Liaison Committee for Atomic Energy
• DARE — data rescue
• DEPRED — depredation
• IFDC — International Fertilizer Development Center
• NRCP — National Research Council for the Philippines
• MAGS — Mackenzie GEWEX Study (Canada)
• SUP — Soluble Unreactive Phosphorus
• FFES — Fossil Free Energy System
• UMTRAP — Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program
• EHP — Extended High Power
• MSC — Meteorological Satellite Center
• ACTS — African Centre for Technology Studies
• D — Deuterium (also abbreviated as 2D or 2H)
• GDCF/PACOR — ISTP Program Generic Data Capture Facility / Packet Processor
• TERMINOL — terminology
• ECCLES — ecclesiastical
• FOK — fill or kill order
• IGAC — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• DGLR — Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• GDSIDB — Global Digital Sea-Ice Data Bank (WMO/CMM)
• MOSP — Mission Operations Support Plan
• CRIC — Computerized River Information System
• GDCLS — General Dynamics Commercial Launch Services
• CBJ — California Bar Journal
• EAWEP — East Asia and Western Pacific
• LSN — long- and short-normal resistivity (geophysical logging)
• CCIW — Canadian Centre for Inland Waters
• POCM — parallel ocean-climate model
• R2 — coefficient of determination (statistical)
• IHSS — International Humic Substances Society
• ANTS — Antenna Subsystem
• MO&DSD — Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate

• ARMSAT — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Satellite
• ICA — International Communication Agency
• MR — Microwave Radiometer
• IOM — Index and Option Market
• CONVERSAT — conversation
• MUNIC — Municipal
• HTML — Hypertext Meta-Language
• CRE — Coal Research Establishment of BCC (U.K.)
• PAF — Processing Archiving Facility
• FOFS — futures and options funds
• BIOG — Biography
• ASPRS — American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• DBE — Deep Basin Experiment
• APSRS — Aerial Photo Summary Records System
• IUHPS — International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science
• IAGC — International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
• ARDB — Arctic Runoff Database (ACSYS)
• TIRIO — Table of Incompatibilities and Requirements for the Instruments Operation
• UARP — Upper Atmosphere Research Program
• AGAL — Australian Government Analytical Laboratories
• DEL — Data Evaluation Laboratory
• FIT — Field Investigation Team (US EPA)
• FLINN — Fiducial Laboratories for an International Natural Sciences Network
• HSRL — High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• GERG — Global Environment Research Group
• CFC-113 — CCl2FCClF2, 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane
• WBC — Western Boundary Current
• ESD — Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
• LASCO — White Light And Spectrometric Coronagraph
• ELIZAB — Elizabethan
• GRGS — Groupe de Recherches de Geodesic Spatiale (France)
• GCRIO — Global Change Research Information Office
• GSF — Gesellschaft fur Strahlen und Umweltforschung mbH Munchen (Germany)
• IFIM — Instream Flow Incremental Methodology
• NASDAQ — National Assocation of Securities Dealers Automated Quote System
• HSRP — High Speed Research Program
• GAZ — Gazette
• SECTIONS — Oceanographic Programme of the U.S.S.R.
• CCDP — Climate Change Detection Project
• CAE — Control and Actuation Electronic
• NPL — Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
• CLNO3 — chlorine nitrate
• RPN — Division de la recherche en prevision numerique
• IMPF — imperfect
• HARM — Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology
• AGRHYMET — Agronmeteorology and Operational Hydrology and Their Applications
• ALA — American Library Association-Library
• BMWT — Biofuels and Municipal Waste Technology
• GR — Growth Rate
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (University of Colorado, Boulder)

• GMCC — Geophysical Monitoring for Climate Change (now CMDL)
• ASCS — Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
• AOSIS — Association of Small Island States
• PHYSICAL CHEM — physical chemistry
• DQM — Data Quality Message
• WSO — Wilcox Solar Observatory
• JIU — Joint Inspection Unit
• LUCC-CPPC — Lucc Core Project Planning Committee
• RESSAC — The Consequence of a Major Nuclear Accident on the Surrounding Environment: Soil and Surface Rehabilitation
• RRN OCE — RRN Oceania
• MKT — Market
• OTOB — Oesterreichische Termin und OptionBorse
• EUROTRAC — European Experiment on Transport and Transformation of Environmentally Relevant Trace Constituents in the Troposphere over Europe
• G-7 — Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
• DISCIPL — discipline
• POSTM — postmaster
• FPSS — Fine Pointing Sun Sensor
• GBSRN — Global Baseline Surface Radiation Network
• EMSL — Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory (EPA)
• EOS-AERO — EOS Aerosol Mission
• DISS — Dissertation
• OGCM — Ocean General Circulation Model
• HBW — half band-width
• AICRIP — All India Coordinated Programme for Rice Improvement
• ARIZ. ADMIN. REG. — Arizona Administrative Register
• PSYCH — Psychology
• BMRC — Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
• HRPT — high-resolution picture transmission (AVHRR)
• OSSE — Observing System Simulation Experiment
• UATI — Union des Associations Techniques Internationals
• PAC — Polar Atmospheric Chemistry
• LPDA — Laser-Phased Doppler Anemometer
• CERN — Chinese Ecological Research Network
• FUND — Fundamental
• HOT — Hawaii Ocean Timeseries
• ALA. ADMIN. CODE — Alabama Administrative Code
• SMC — System Management Center
• RRN TAM — RRN Tropical Asian Monsoon Region
• EAF — Experimenter's Analysis Facility
• FCOJ — frozen concentrated orange juice
• BBSR — Bermuda Biological Station for Research
• HESS — High Latitude Ecosystems as Sources and Sinks of Trace Gases (IGAC)
• DRAW — Direct Read After Write Animation System
• FMFR — four-minus-five restoral
• MAP — Middle Atmosphere Programme
• CFAGB — Carbon fraction of above ground biomass
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development
• CGMS — Coordination of Geostationary Meteorological Satellites
• PHONET — phonetic
• LPDM — Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model

• ETRP — Education and Training Programme (WMO)
• IAHR — International Association for Hydraulic Research
• SEATO — Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
• LORAN — Long-Range Area Navigation System
• CERES — Crop Environment Resource Synthesis
• CHAMB — chamber
• NFERC — National Fertilizer and Environmental Research Center
• ENEA — Italian National Agency for New technology, Energy and the Environment
• EXPLOR — Exploration
• START — System for Analysis, Research, and Training
• INDUSTR — industrial
• BCP3 — Broadcast Pulse 3
• CAF — Clean Air Facility
• GH — Gas Heater
• GO3OS — Global Ozone Observing System (WMO)
• DTD — Digital Terrain Data
• IAH — International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS)
• GRECA — Group of Experts on Accident Consequences (NEA and OECD)
• CKE — cumulus kinetic energy
• MACDIF — Mapping and Charting Data Interchange Format (Canada)
• GNO — Gross Product Originating
• RIDGE — Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment
• IMRO — Investment Managers' Regulatory Authority
• MDUL — Missing Data Units List
• RRN TSA — RRN Temperate South America
• ATTY — Attorney
• ACC — Association of Corporate Counsel
• IRG — Interest Rate Guarantee
• USDOE — United States Department Of Energy
• LUCC — Land Use and Cover Change (IGBP and HDP)
• ATPEX — ARM Tropical Pacific Experiment
• CONTENT — contention
• LITHOGR — lithography
• GBF/DIME — Geographic Base Files/Dual Independent Map Encoding
• UITA — Union of International Technical Associations
• GCO — Generation Certification Official (waste generation)
• ITRDB — International Tree-Ring Data Bank
• CGES — Center for Global Environmental Studies
• ETC — Energy Technology Center
• ITSC — International TOVS Study Conference
• USJGOFS — United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
• ITE — Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (NERC)
• HCMR — heat-capacity mapping radiometer
• FEDC — Fusion Energy Design Center
• BATGE — Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics
• MT-CLIM — Mountain Climate Model
• FT — Free troposphere
• CGMW — Commission for the Geological Map of the World
• IAOPA — International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
• NCV — Net Calorific Value

• EPI — environmental productivity index
• ITAL — Italian
• CSRS — Cooperative State Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture)
• CIG — Commonwealth Industrial Gases
• ITRC — Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
• GOES — Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics
• GEOM — Geometry
• SPD — Solar Physics Division
• ERS-1 — European Remote-Sensing Satellite-1
• FAPIS — Formation en Amenagement Pastoral Integre au Sahel
• MODECS — Molecular Design of Chemical Systems
• IERS — International Earth Reference System
• ALCH — ALCHEMY HOLDINGS, INC.
• MOP — METEOSAT OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
• HPCRC — High Performance Computing Research Center (ORNL)
• LONG. — longitude
• PROBE — Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment
• RHODE ISL — Rhode Island
• INVERT.ZOOL — invertebrate zoology
• NGB — Nordic Gene Bank
• AD. — ad sectam (Latin)
• LCC — Land Cover Change
• DISORT — Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer
• NETCDF — Network Common Data Format
• IMAGE — Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect
• ICN — ice condensation nuclei
• HR — High Rate
• CHRIS — Chemical Hazard Response Information System
• MACC — Maccabees
• RAAD — Roll Attitude Anomaly Detection
• VET.PATH — veterinary pathology
• ASB — Association of Southeastern Biologists
• CATAL — catalogue
• ACCI — Advisory Committee on Climate Applications and Data (WMO)
• GDPS — Global Data-Processing System (WMO and WWW)
• NERP — National Environmental Research Park
• GLOED — Global Emissions Database
• CERES — Clouds And The Earth's Radiant Energy System (EOS)
• FSMF — Flight Software Maintenance Facility
• SSMR-SSM/I — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer-Ssm/II
• GCIP — GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project
• NORF — Norfolk
• DOMEST — domestic
• JURISDICT — jurisdiction
• IUCAF — Inter-Union Commission on Frequency Allocation for Radio Astronomyand Space Science
• IMOP — Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (WMO)
• APN — Asia-Pacific Network (for Global Change Research) (START)
• ACMAD — African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
• SUBORD — Subordinate
• EIPO — European IGAC Project Office Steering Committee

• NYBID — New York Interbank Bid Rate
• KLCE — Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange
• HALSS — high-altitude lidar sensing station
• IGCP — International Geological Correlation Programme (IUGS and UNESCO)
• RRTM — Rapid Radiative Transfer Model
• EIT — Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
• ARAC — Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (program)
• UNM — University of New Mexico
• GDR — German Democratic Republic (now Germany)
• CADD — computer-aided design and drafting
• LWRM — longwave radiation model
• ERFEN — Estudio Regional Del Fenomeno El Nino
• LIBID — London Interbank Bid or Deposit Rate
• MAPS — Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modelling
• PSAC — President's Science Advisory Committee
• OES — Bureau of Oceans, International Environment, and Scientific Affairs
• ABRIDG — abridged
• BIOCHEM — Biochemistry
• CLARET — Cloud Lidar and Radar Exploratory Test
• BM&F — Bolsade Mercadorias and Futuros Exchange
• HRV — High Resolution Visible
• ELEC — Electronic
• UNGCRP — United Nations Global Change Research Program
• CANAD — Canadian
• SSP — Scanning Spectral Polarimeter
• PENINS — peninsula
• BRML — Block Recorder Mission Log
• DEB — debate
• INNOC — innocent
• ECCLUS — Ecclesiasticus
• ASSEMB — assembly
• ODC — Other Data Center
• EPA — Environmental Protection Authority (Victoria, Australia)
• CSEC — Centre for the Study of Environmental Change (University of Lancaster)
• GLONET — Global Tropospheric Ozone Network (IGAC)
• PASA — Participating Agency Service Agreement
• SSURGO — soil survey geographic data base (USDA and
• ICASVR — International Committee on Atmosphere-Soil-Vegetation Relations
• NCIC — National Cartographic Information Center
• CXL — Constitutional
• ISPRS — International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• PRONUNC — pronunciation
• ICHTH — ichthyology
• COMP — company
• COHMAP — Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project
• PFRA — Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
• GLAC — Glacier National Park
• MGO — Main Geophysical Observatory
• NARR — Narrative

• ICWRS — International Commission on Water Resources Systems (IAHS)
• LCL — lifting condensation level
• LORCS — League of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• BUV — Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
• ESPOCC — European Space Project Operations Control Center
• LAID — land-atmosphere interactions dynamics
• EID — Experiment Interface Document
• BASC — Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council
• HAB — Habakkuk
• RGCT — Reflective Gross Cloud Test
• COWAR — Committee on Water Research (ICSU and UATI)
• DMDS — Dimethyl Disulfide
• UV-VIS — UltraViolet-Visible Spectroscopy
• CORR — Correspondence
• FLUPAC — flux dans l'ouest du Pacifique equatorial (France) (JGOFS)
• USGCRPO — United States Global Change Research Program Office
• ZEEI — Exclusive Economic Zone of Indonesia
• FTR — Flight Tape Recorder
• INTERJ — interjection
• FIFESH — Fifeshire
• FINEX — a division of the New York Cotton Exchange
• MSP — Motion-Sensing Platform
• HHMS — Hydrostatic Head Monitoring Station
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite
• MTR — Magnetic Tape Recorder
• AMA — African Mountains Association
• CCOP — Committee for the Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas
• SPREP — South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme
• SPARCLE — Spaceborne Aerosols and Cloud Lidar Earthprobe
• ICRSDT — International Committee on Remote Sensing and Data Transmission
• ASDAR — Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
• GMU — Gyro Mechanical Unit
• LAUTRO — Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Authority
• IUPSYS — International Union of Psychological Science
• GCF — Ground Communications Facility
• FMI — Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
• ARTEP — Ariane Technology Experiment Platform
• GRIMCO — CGBAPS computing system
• WTI — West Texas Crude
• ADJ. — see "ad." above.
• LIPI — The Indonesian Institute of Sciences
• BELFOX — Belgian Futures abd Options Exchange
• MODE — Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
• TIA — Territorial and International Affairs
• EARSEL — European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
• MIRSL — Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory
• LWP — Liquid Water Path
• ABERD — Aberdeen or Aberdonensis (Latin)
• MOWG — Mission Operations Working Group
• CIHEAM — Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterraneenes

• ATLAS — Airborne Turnable Laser Absorption Spectrometer
• AIP-1 — Algorithm Intercomparison Project-1
• DOPLID — Doppler LIDAR
• EC-GC — Electron Capture-Gas Chromatograph
• CES — Committee on Earth Sciences (now CEES)
• NNSF — National Natural Science Foundation
• ARMA — Autoregressive moving-average
• METAPHOR — metaphorical
• ECU — Environmental Change Unit (Oxford)
• ABORIG — aboriginal
• INTR — Intransitive
• MARC — The Middle Atmosphere Responses to Changes
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing System
• JASIN — Joint Sea-Air Interaction Experiment
• SELV — Small Expendable Launch Vehicle
• CIV.LAW — civil law
• MIBID — Madrid Interbank Bid Rate