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ADDIT
— addition
ANNIV
— Anniversary
LAN
— Local Area Network
DEROG
— derogatory
ENTHUS
— enthusiasm
F.2D
— Federal Reporter, 2nd Series
IGO
— Intergovernmental Organization
U.S.S.R
— Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
ETA
— Estimated Time of Arrival
URL
— Universal Resource Locator
XXN
— Cross examination
ACGIH
— American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc.
N2O-N
— Nitrous oxide nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
E-LIDAR
— Experimental LIDAR
L.ED.2D
— Lawyers 2nd Edition
BRDF
— Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
H2O2
— Hydrogen Peroxide
N.W.2D
— North Western Reporter, 2nd Series
F.SUPP.2D
— Federal Supplement, 2nd Series
F.3D
— Federal Reporter, 3rd Series
CA #
— Court of Appeals
ROM
— Read-Only Memory
C.F.R.
— Code of Federal Regulations
FTP
— File Transfer Protocol
LASER
— Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
DRSS
— Data Relay Satellite System
E.D.D
— English Dialect Dictionary
R.E.
— Real Estate
S.E.2D
— South Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
DR
— Discrepancy Report
H-1211
— Halon 1211; CBrClF2
H-1301
— Halon 1301; CBrF3
N.E.2D
— North Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
S.W.2D
— South Western Reporter, 2nd Series
KANEX
— Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
B.A.U.
— business as usual (scenario)
P.2D
— Pacific Reporter, 2nd Series
F.O.B.
— free on board
N2O
— nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
A-SCAT
— Advanced Scatterometer
ABSOL
— absolute
R.C.CHURCH
— Roman Catholic Church
R J
— Recurring Judgement
ASAP
— As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
A.L.R.2D
— American Law Reports, 2nd Series
API
— American Petroleum Institute (oil)
A.2D
— Atlantic Reporter 2nd Series
T.D.
— Treasury Decision
IPCC
— Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
A-SAR
— Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
N.E.D
— New English Dictionary
N2O5
— nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
U.S.S.R.
— Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
A.D
— Anno Domini
MM
— Millimeter
ZEPH
— Zephaniah
N.Y
— New York
PPM
— parts per million
A.L.R.3D
— American Law Reports, 3rd Series
QDRO
— Qualified Domestic Relations Order
S.W.3D
— South Western Reporter, 3rd Series
R.N
— Royal Navy
A.L.R. FED.
— American Law Reports, Federal
SD
— Standard Deviation
CPU
— Central Processing Unit
D.C
— District of Columbia
O.T
— Old Testament
E/GDP
— Ratio of energy consumption to gross domestic product
U.K.
— United Kingdom (preferred over "UK"; use as
S.T.S
— Scottish Text Society
E/GNP
— Ratio of energy consumption to gross national product
C-MACCS
— Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation
E.E.T.S
— Early English Text Society
L.ED
— Lawyers Edition
EPA
— Environmental Protection Agency (US)
B.A.P.
— Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
A.L.R.
— American Law Reports
A.L.R.6TH
— American Law Reports, 6th Series
S.V
— sub verbo
A.L.R.4TH
— American Law Reports, 4th Series
ZEITSCHR
— Zeitschrift
CO2
— Carbon Dioxide
W. VA. CODE
— West Virginia Code
S-GCOS
— Space-Based Global Change Observation System
§
— Section
GASTRON
— gastronomy
S. CT.
— Supreme Court Reporter
RA IV
— Regional Association IV - North and Central America (WMO)
§§
— Sections
FIFO
— First In, First Out
PM-2.5
— particulate matter of diameter less than 2.5 micrometers
A.L.R.5TH
— American Law Reports, 5th Series
R.A.F
— Royal Air Force
COMMUNIC
— communication
W.AFR
— West Africa
U.K
— United Kingdom
F.APP'X
— Federal Appendix
S.CAROLINA
— South Carolina
BALTEX
— Baltic Sea Experiment
U.S.A.
— United States of America
U.S
— United States
WHO
— World Health Organization
W.VA
— West Virginia
B%T
— Animal population ratio living in temperate climate region
RA I
— Regional Association I - Africa (WMO)
I.L.M.
— International Legal Materials
UNESCO
— United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
R.C
— Roman Catholic
©
— Copyright
¶
— (Pilcrow) Paragraph
I&TRR
— Integration and Test Readiness Review
INC
— Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
S.DAKOTA
— South Dakota
F.O.R.
— free on rail
WATFLOOD
— University of Waterloo Flood Forecasting System
A.V
— Authorized Version
SAGE III
— Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III
S.AFR
— South Africa
N.AMER
— North America
LLC
— Limited Liability Company
W.IND
— West India
FEMA
— Federal Emergency Management Agency
P.3D
— Pacific Reporter, 3rd Series
SAFARI-92
— South African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative
N.T
— New Testament
RA-2
— POEM altimeter (ESA)
S&P100,500
— stock indices
OCCURR
— occurrence
QC
— Quality Control
FAREW
— farewell
N.S.WALES
— New South Wales
RFP
— Request For Proposal
U.S.A.F
— United States Air Force
V/W
— Vaporware
IP
— Internet Protocol
T/P SWT
— TOPEX/Poseidon Science Working Team
F.SUPP.
— Federal Supplement
SA90
— IPCC Scenario A, 1990
F.CAS.
— Federal Cases 1789–1880
NAD 27
— North American Datum of 1927
HAEMATOL
— haematology
E.ANGL
— East Anglia
W.INDIES
— West Indies
A%C
— Animal population ratio living in cool climate region
N.AFR
— North Africa
P.R
— public records
RA II
— Regional Association II - Asia (WMO)
GDP
— Gross Domestic Product
E.ANGLIAN
— East Anglian
N.IR
— Northern Irish
E.IND
— East India
E.AFR
— East Africa
N.S.W
— New South Wales
OBSERV
— observation
ASTM
— American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
AIAA
— American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
R&SSD
— Radiation and Safety Surveys Department (ORNL)
YEARBK
— yearbook
WATSTORE
— Water Data Storage and Retrieval System
RAWG/HYDROLOGY
— Regional Associations'Working Groups on Hydrology
M-REGION
— Maunder region
N.Z
— New Zealand
PA.T
— past tense
UAOB
— Upper Air Observation
OBSTETR.MED
— obstetric medicine
CY
— Calendar Year
NAD 83
— North American Datum of 1983
VBL.N
— verbal noun
Q.ELIZ
— Queen Elizabeth
RF
— Radio Frequency
N.CAROLINA
— North Carolina
O.E.D
— Oxford English Dictionary
EDI
— Electronic Data Interchange
N.IREL
— Northern Ireland
N.DAKOTA
— North Dakota
OBSTETR
— obstetric
M&CD
— Metals and Ceramics Division (ORNL)
RADPATH
— Biochemical Pathways of Artificial Radionuclides (CEC)
NADP/NTN
— National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network
LANGS
— languages
E.MIDL
— east midland
VBL.NS
— verbal nouns
Q.V
— quod vide
PALAEONT
— palaeontology
LANCS
— Lancashire
WATOX
— Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment
VALEDICT
— valediction
LAGCM
— general circulation model at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
PALAEOBOT
— palaeobotany
MMAD
— Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter (aerosol)
WARWICKSH
— Warwickshire
MAHLOVS
— Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
ACCT
— Account
OAXTC
— Ocean/Atmosphere Exchange of Trace Compounds
CAC-40
— Compagnie des Agents de Change-40
MOA
— Memorandum Of Agreement
MOU
— Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
OBSTET
— obstetric
NAAQ
— National Ambient Air Quality
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
PACORII
— Packet Processor Data Capture Facility II
UCMJ
— Uniform Code of Military Justice
PAGES-EXCOMM
— PAGES Executive Committee
BACTERIOL
— bacteriology
WWW
— World Wide Web
LANL/ACL
— Los Alamos National Laboratory's Advanced Computing Laboratory
PALAEONTOL
— palaeontology
BTU
— British Thermal Unit
BFP
— Bona Fide Purchaser
OECD
— Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
LLP
— Limited Liability Partnership
CCB
— Configuration Control Board
CPI
— Consumer Price Index
HAPEX-MOBILHY
— HAPEX-MOdelisation du BILan Hydrique
IAMAP-IAHS
— IAMAP-International Association of Hydrological Sciences
JAHRB
— Jahrbuch
PAGES-SSC
— PAGES Scientific Steering Committee
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
PALAEOGR
— palaeography
R&D
— Research & Development
CBA
— Cost Benefit Analysis
GIS
— Geographic Information System
C3AT
— Ch3 Albedo Test (AVHRR)
CSA
— Canadian Space Agency
LANCASH
— Lancashire
BAPDE
— chemically reactive diolepoxides
BAHC-SSC
— BAHC Scientific Steering Committee
HAMPSH
— Hampshire
IACGEC
— Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change
DEC
— Digital Equipment Corporation
C&F
— Cost and Freight
HANDBK
— handbook
DVP
— Delivery Versus Payment
USDA
— United States Department of Agriculture
ASME
— American Society of Mechanical Engineers
MP&A
— Mission Planning and Analysis Area
ADP
— Automated Data Processing
RPI
— Retail Price Index
CBO
— Congressional Budget Office
FR
— Federal Register
ESA
— European Space Agency
YR
— Years old
USU
— Usually
ALPEX
— Alpine Experiment
O&M
— Operation and Maintenance
ERA
— Exchange Rate Agreement
GATT
— General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
GPS
— Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
CD
— Compact Disc
OTC
— Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
UCC
— Uniform Commercial Code
FOV
— Field Of View (satellite)
GNP
— gross national product (economics)
AEEI
— Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
IOC
— Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
QA/QC
— Quality Assurance/Quality Control
MIS
— Management Information System (OSHA)
IBM
— International Business Machines Corporation
ICAO
— International Civil Aviation Organization
CFC-12
— CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
SEBI
— Securities and Exchange Board of India
CO
— Carbon Monoxide
MODNET
— MO&DSD Operational/Development Network
NFS
— Network File System
CPM
— Critical Path Method
FORTRAN
— FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
ML
— milliliter; 1/1000 liter
ASL
— Above Sea Level
RAM
— random-access memory
W
— Watt
DOD
— United States Department of Defense
AGL
— Above Ground Level
CRT
— Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
ABOL
— abolition
FY
— Fiscal Year
IMF
— International Monetary Fund
METAMORPH
— metamorphosis
MANCH
— Manchester
FX
— Foreign Exchange
CEP
— Circular Error Probable
AGA
— American Gas Association
ALARA
— As Low As Reasonably Achievable
NDA
— Non-Disclosure Agreement
CIS
— Commonwealth of Independent States
FIPS
— Federal Information Processing Standard
BOD
— Biochemical Oxygen Demand
NM
— Nanometer
LNG
— Liquefied Natural Gas
SIO3
— silicate
FAS
— Free Alongside Ship
AMS
— American Mathematical Society
WWW
— World Weather Watch
NATO
— North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
AATSR
— Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
APT
— Automatic Picture Transmission
DFD
— Data Flow Diagram
CH4
— Methane, Natural Gas
IRC
— Internal Revenue Code of 1986
ELV
— Expendable Launch Vehicle
COSPAR
— Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
CM3
— cubic centimeter (milliliter)
RCRA
— Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
ALT
— Alteration
DARPA
— Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
CH4-C
— Methane-carbon ratio
DEPT
— Department
CCAQ
— Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions
PCB
— Polychlorinated Biphenyls
GSA
— U.S. General Services Administration
KWH
— Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)
APR
— April River Airport, April River, Papua New Guinea
USAF
— United States Air Force
LPG
— Liquid Petroleum Gas
PNG
— Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
AAS
— American Astronomical Society
ANN
— Annual
CFR
— Code of Federal Regulations
IFOV
— Instantaneous Field Of View
GIGO
— Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
LIBOR
— London Interbank Offered Rate
ANNEX I
— Countries committed to a quantified CO2 target (OECD, EU, Central and Eastern European countries)
ESSENT
— essential
IAEA
— International Atomic Energy Agency
IATA
— International Air Transport Association
FAO
— Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
DOE
— United States Department of Energy (government)
TSS
— Total Suspended Solids
MHZ
— Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
PROVIS
— provisional
KG
— Kilogram
DOJ
— Department of Justice (US)
ABA
— American Bar Association
DURH
— Durham
KPA
— kiloPascal (pressure above ambient (100 kPa = 1 atmosphere excess))
HIBOR
— Hong Kong interbank offered rate
DMSP
— Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
VHF
— Very High Frequency
FFT
— Fast Fourier Transform
UNU
— United Nations University
CM
— Centimeter
NSO
— National Solar Observatory
DOMSAT
— Domestic Communications Satellite System
AL
— Aluminium
MSL
— Mean Sea Level
UNRWA
— United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
ER
— Employer
LRR
— Launch Readiness Review
ADPE
— Automatic Data Processing Equipment
DCF
— discounted cash flow rate
IMO
— International Maritime Organization
DDT
— dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (insecticide)
O3
— Ozone
SISEX
— Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
DE/DT
— rate of evaporation (moisture loss from soil)
OMB
— Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
DIV
— Division
WFOV
— Wide Field Of View
AMMS
— Advanced Multichannel Microwave Sensor
ASC
— American Society of Cinematographers
ITU
— International Telecommunication Union
AUX
— Auxiliary
ANON
— Anonymous
MHA
— million hectare
PPI
— Producer Price Index
HQ
— Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
TM
— Trademark
SQL
— Structured Query Language
RLU
— Relative Light Unit
PVC
— Polyvinyl Chloride
ACS
— American Chemical Society
ASU
— Air Separation Unit
AAAS
— American Association for the Advancement of Science
PSI
— Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
FCC
— Federal Communications Commission (US)
AEC
— Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
AVHRR
— Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
EE
— Employee
SAIC
— Science Applications International Corporation
HZ
— cycles per second (hertz)
NAS
— United States National Academy of Sciences
DNA
— Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
TLA
— Three Letter Abbreviation
UHF
— Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
ATM
— Atmosphere
RPC
— Remote Procedure Call
DOL
— United States Department of Labor
AFEAS
— Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
CIF
— Cost, Insurance, Freight
IBRD
— International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
LEPO
— Low Exercise Price Option
NSF
— National Sanitation Foundation
MS
— Mass Spectrometer
EM
— Electromagnetic
UN
— United Narions
NTIS
— National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
W3C
— World Wide Web Consortium
ISRO
— Indian Space Research Organisation
OTT
— Over The Top
HUD
— Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
HNO3
— Nitric Acid
I/O
— Input/Output
SMS
— Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
ADM
— Admiral
OSO
— Orbiting Solar Observatory
OPM
— Office of Personnel Management
GIF
— Graphic Interchange Format
FDDI
— Fiber Distributed Data Interface
WIPO
— World Intellectual Property Organization
AERI
— Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
BIG-TT
— BAHC-IGAC-GCTE Task Team
BLM
— Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
NIH
— NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
GPO
— Government Printing Office
ECA
— Economic Commission for Africa
ATS
— Advanced Technology Satellite
CNG
— Compressed natural gas
ASCE
— l'American Society of Civil Engineers
L
— Liter
NOAA
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
ACRIM
— Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
ISMA
— International Securities Market Association
ESCAP
— Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
CRC
— Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
CONST
— Under Construction
CIA
— Central Intelligence Agency
M
— Meter
BCD
— Binary-Coded Decimal
CAA
— Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
UPU
— Universal Postal Union
BER
— Bit-Error Rate
BOJ
— Bank Of Japan
WMO
— World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
MHS
— Message Handling System (electronic)
CW
— Continuous Wave
GEN
— General Motors
REVOL
— revolution
GMT
— Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
BIS
— Bank of International Settlements
CBOT
— Chicago Board of Trade
ERS
— Economic Research Service
AMS
— Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
ECOSOC
— Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
IEEE
— Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
CDF
— Common Data Format
WTO
— World Trade Organisation
GOI
— Government Of India
AMU
— Atomic Mass Unit
DOST
— Department of Science and Technology
IFAD
— International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
GE
— General Electric American Communications Inc.
EDP
— Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
ISDA
— International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
SOL
— Statute of Limitations
NOV
— November
HHS
— Health and Human Services Department
MOT
— Ministry of Transport
ARCH
— Architect
EIS
— Environmental Impact Statement (US)
KHZ
— kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
DBMS
— Data Base Management System
NASDA
— National Space Development Agency of Japan
AFSCN
— Air Force Satellite Control Network
DMA
— direct memory access (computer term)
LP
— Low Pressure
REV. PROC.
— Revenue Procedure
HOSP
— Hospital
SN
— Space Network
L/C
— Letter of Credit
AMS
— American Meteorological Society
JPL
— Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
GC
— General Counsel
COTS
— Commercial Off the Shelf Software
NIST
— National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
IR
— Infrared
BP
— Before Present
REGIST
— register
BNSC
— British National Space Centre
REV. RUL.
— Revenue Ruling
UNHCR
— United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Program
O2
— Oxygen
FERC
— Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
MOS
— Model Output Statistics
RTU
— Remote Terminal Unit
USC
— United States Code (book of laws)
RMS
— root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
AOCS
— Attitude and Orbit Control System
DIAL
— Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
SHAKS
— Shakespeare
ECAFE
— Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
GOOS
— Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
KW
— Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
ECE
— Economische Commissie voor Europa (United Nations) (Dutch: Economic Commission for Europe)
TOC
— Total Organic Carbon
INC.
— Incorporated
GB
— Gigabyte
AAS
— atomic absorption spectrometry (spectrometer, spectroscopy)
AIT
— Asian Institute of Technology
IEE
— Institution of Electrical Engineers
ACAD
— Academy
EIA
— Environmental impact assessment (international)
AIS
— Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
JSC
— Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
AFF
— Affairs
ANAL
— Analyst
MJ
— Megajoule
DSP
— Digital Signal Processor
WWF
— World Wildlife Fund
TAPPI
— Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Inc.
APEC
— Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
NCSA
— National Center for Supercomputing Applications
USGS
— United States Geological Survey (DOI)
NESDIS
— National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
ICSI
— International Commission on Snow and Ice (IAHS)
ISAS
— Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
UNCTAD
— United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
MSW
— Municipal Solid Waste
DND
— Department of National Defense (Canada)
IRU
— Inertial Reference Unit
ART
— Article (part of speech)
ADC
— Analog-Digital Converter
MIPS
— Millions of Instructions Per Second
LANL
— Los Alamos National Laboratory
AON
— All or None
GLOBE
— Global Land One kilometer Base Elevation (DIS)
CH3CL
— Methyl Chloride
RNA
— Ribo Nucleic Acid
HRSG
— Heat Recovery Steam Generator
DQO
— Data Quality Objective
UNIFEM
— United Nations Development Fund for Women
AEST
— Australian Eastern Standard Time
GNMA
— Government National Mortgage Association
CENTO
— Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
JAN
— January
NMFS
— National Marine Fisheries Services
JECOR
— U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation
MIN
— Minute
ALLIT
— alliterative
SELPER
— Society of Latin American Remote Sensing Specialists
AOS
— Acquisition Of Signal
ADJ.PHR
— adjectival phrase
EVAL
— evaluation
MX
— Merry Christmas
FORTE
— Fast On-orbit Recording of Transient Events
AABW
— Antarctic Bottom Water
MSFC
— Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
ISO
— International Standard Organisation
AICHE
— American Institute of Chemical Engineers
UV
— Ultraviolet (Light)
USMAB
— United States Man and the Biosphere
UNFCCC
— United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
RH
— Relative Humidity
JTU
— Jackson Turbidity Unit
DOAS
— Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
EODC
— Earth Observing Data Center (U.K.)
LIDAR
— Lander Light Detection and Ranging
SO. 2D
— Southern Reporter, 2nd Series
IMD
— India Meteorological Department
WFC
— World Food Council
ARC
— Ames Research Center (NASA)
ILO
— International Labor Organization (UN)
ACS
— Attitude Control System
WB
— World Bank
DRS
— Data Relay Satellite
PL
— Public Law
WI
— When Issued
CC
— Combined Cycle
LANG
— language
JST
— Japan Standard Time
IAU
— International Astronomical Union
CONTRADICT
— contradiction
GOVT
— Government
MHS
— Microwave Humidity Sounder
HAP
— Hazardous Air Pollutant
UPS
— Uninterruptible Power Supply
AFBC
— Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustor
MBS
— mortgage backed security
DSN
— Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
AERODYNAM
— aerodynamic
PBL
— Planetary Boundary Layer
GLRC
— Great Lakes Research Center (LSC and NOAA)
COMPAN
— companion
ACABQ
— Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
TMI
— TRMM Microwave Imager
CMD
— Command
HCHO
— formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
ACH4
— Annual methane (CH4) emission from enteric fermentation
ECOM.
— EOS communications
CIMSS
— Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
LAC
— Local Area Coverage
GEF
— Global Environmental Facility (environment)
WG
— Working Group
ER
— Energy Research
CAD
— Computer-Aided Design
GCOS
— Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
UNITAR
— United Nations Institute for Training and Research
OCT
— October
L
— Literature
FE
— Fossil Energy
ERBS
— Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
TEAM
— Technology Base Enhancement for Autonomous Machines
ESA
— Endangered Species Act of 1973
IUCN
— International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
SCOTUS
— Supreme Court of the United States
REDEMPT
— redemption
CAPT
— Captain
BNL
— Brookhaven National Laboratory
ASEAN
— Association of Southeast Asian Nations
E.G.
— Exempli Gratia (for example)
GMDSS
— Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)
COM
— Common
PR
— Precipitation Radar
ICSC
— International Civil Service Commission
BFI
— Baltic Freight Index
ALEXIS
— Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
NOX-N
— Nitrogen oxides nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
ACR
— Active Cavity Radiometer
NSTS
— National Space Transportation System
FCCC
— For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
OAS
— Organization of American States
SPM
— Suspended Particulate Matter
ATSR
— Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
CEC
— Cation Exchange Capacity
AFGL
— Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
ESMC
— Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
AFSCF
— Air Force Satellite Control Facility
VOC
— Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
ICICI
— Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
BIA
— Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
ECDIS
— Electronic Chart Display and Information System
EMR
— Electromagnetic Radiation
CBOE
— Chicago Board Options Exchange's
MBPS
— Megabits per second
LARC
— Langley Research Center (NASA)
LHV
— lower heating value
HCFC-22
— hydrochloroflourocarbon-22 (CHClF2,
AAIW
— Antarctic Intermediate Water
TVA
— Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
LST
— Local Standard Time
CEA
— Council of Economic Advisors
ISAMS
— Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
MSU
— Microwave Sounding Unit
NRL
— Naval Research Laboratory
HWRP
— Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
TEC
— Total Electron Content
GRID
— Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
ASI
— Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
CLO2
— chlorine dioxide
MRC
— Medical Research Council
MCS
— Mesoscale Convective System
IO
— Input/Output
JOSH
— Joshua
NYMEX
— New York Mercantile Exchange
CFA
— Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
EC
— European Community
GTOS
— Global Terrestrial Observing System
CSD
— Commission on Sustainable Development's
IDNDR
— International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
LES
— Lincoln Experimental Satellite
UNJSPF
— United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
MG
— milligram; 1/1000 gram
MP
— Medium Pressure
COP
— Conference of the Parties
ATP
— Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
AASP
— American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
ADV
— Advance
COE
— Creek Corps of Engineers
UNSO
— United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office
SO4
— Sulfate radical
ERTS
— Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
GAW
— Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO)
ARINC
— Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
CPD
— Compound
FCV
— Flow Control Valve
USCG
— United States Coast Guard
KSE
— Korea Stock Exchange
CCD
— Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
AGU
— American Geophysical Union
MW
— Megawatt (one million watts)
UL
— Uplink
WKLY
— Weekly
UIC
— Underground Injection Control
UNIDO
— United Nations Industrial Development Organization
1-D RCM
— one-dimensional radiative-convective model
ABST
— Abstract
AUG
— August
IRB
— Internal Revenue Bulletin
STC
— Satellite Test Center
AMSR
— Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
TEAMA
— Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia
PCM
— Pulse-Code Modulation
SO
— Southern Oscillation
OPEC
— Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
UC
— University of California
DPC
— Domestic Policy Council
ESP
— Especially
NSSDC
— National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
PWD
— Public Works Department
GARD
— garden
WCP
— World Climate Programme (WMO/ICSU)
AIHA
— American Industrial Hygiene Association
DOS
— United States Department of State
OSTP
— Office of Science and Technology Policy
UEA
— University of East Anglia
ENVISAT
— European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
RFLP
— Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
CT. CL.
— the United States Court of Federal Claims Reporter
MSR
— Microwave Scanning Radiometer
RS
— Remote Sensing
FRN
— Floating Rate Note
ICP-OES
— inductively coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
IEA
— International Energy Agency (Paris)
SH
— Southern Hemisphere
TWT
— Traveling Wave Tube
HK
— Housekeeping
SWT
— Science Working Team
COL
— Colonel
IRIS
— Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
EGS
— European Geophysical Society
PSYCHOL
— Psychological
SO2
— Sulfur Dioxide
CAL/VAL
— Calibration/Validation
MCL
— Maximum Contaminant Level
LAGEOS
— Laser Geodynamic Satellite
NAAQS
— National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
DHS
— Department of Human Services
RCS
— Radar Cross Section
VIBOR
— Vienna Interbank Offered Rate
GSFC
— Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
G
— Gram (g)
FITS
— Flexible Image Transport System
CONF
— Conference
MSS
— Multispectral Scanner System
HA
— Hectare
ASE
— Airborne Support Equipment
HF
— Hydrogen Fluoride
AR
— Argon
AIT
— Assembly, Integration, and Test
YR
— Year
TCDC
— Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries
HPS
— Health Physics Society
GT
— Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
ADDR
— Address
AURIO
— Auroral Imaging Observatory
PW
— Precipitable Water
MIT
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
CNR
— Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
HLW
— high-level waste
JX
— Jurisdiction
NOAO
— National Optical Astronomy Observatories (Tucson, AZ)
CH3CCL3
— methylchloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane)
CERCLA
— Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
OPC
— Ordinary Portland Cement
PDF
— Probability Density Function
MCC
— Mission Control Center (JSC)
ORNL
— Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
ECD
— Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
IST
— Instrument Support Terminal
CLO
— Chlorine Monoxide
BUBOR
— Budapest Interbank Offered Rate
NSIDC
— National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
GC
— gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
FS
— Forest Service (USDA)
TOS
— TIROS Observational System
VC
— Virtual Channel
BRO
— Bromine Monoxide
CEQ
— Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
KSC
— John F. Kennedy Space Center
MAN
— Manual
GHZ
— Gigahertz
ISU
— International Space University
PV
— Potential Vorticity
RAE
— Royal Aircraft Establishment
P&S
— Purchase and Sale
APP
— Apparently
CATECH
— catechism
NFA
— National Futures Association
OTA
— Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
DOC
— United States Department of Commerce
ASTER
— Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
GSA
— Geological Society of America
STAT.
— United States Statutes At Large
RRN SAF
— RRN Southern and Eastern Africa
TKE
— Turbulent Kinetic Energy
ABR
— Abridged
CFO
— Cancel Former Order
ATT
— Attic
MAG
— Magazine
OPS
— Optical Sensor
SCOSTEP
— Scientific Committee On Solar-Terrestrial Physics
NAST
— National Academy of Science and Technology
RCF
— Relative Centrifugal Force
ACCOMM
— accommodation
CCRS
— Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
DI
— Directorate of Intelligence
VAD
— Velocity-Azimuth Display
SCOPE
— Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
PMP
— Probable Maximum Precipitation
FORTIF
— fortification
AVNIR
— advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
SBIR
— Small Business Innovation Research
VLSI
— Very-Large-Scale Integration
CEN
— The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers.
IFMK
— Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany
SRR
— System Requirements Review
ASOS
— Automated Surface Observing System
DIC
— Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
AGAGE
— Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
LME
— London Metal Exchange
IAP
— Institute of Atmospheric Physics
LLNL
— The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
CTU
— Central Terminal Unit
GEMS
— Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
BUREC
— United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
CHP
— Combined heat and power
EDC
— EROS Data Center
VMS
— Virtual Memory System
DCP
— Data Collection Platform
EVEN
— evening
IC
— Ion Chromatography
DISTRIB
— distribution
QUOT
— Quotation
PROVID
— providence
TDS
— Total Dissolved Solids
FEIS
— Final Environmental impact statement (US)
ISI
— International Statistical Institute
TWP
— Tropical Western Pacific
EEZ
— Exclusive Economic Zone
FAR
— Flight Analysis Review
SUBSCR
— subscription
KM
— Kilometer (1,000 meters)
SLAR
— Side-Looking Airborne Radar
KJ
— kilojoule (energy measure)
MEA
— Monoethanolamine
SYLL
— syllable
DHHS
— Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
DMSO
— Dimethyl Sulfoxide
IUE
— International Ultraviolet Explorer
APHET
— aphetic
ERB
— Earth Radiation Budget
PLO
— Public Limit Order
INS
— Inertial Navigation System
TCS
— Thermal Control Subsystem
WCE
— Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
CIDA
— Canadian International Development Agency
ALT
— Radar Altimeter
PDE
— Partial Differential Equation
ECS
— EOSDIS Core System
BPA
— Bonneville Power Administration (US)
NA
— North America
FTU
— Formazin Turbidity Unit
GCM
— General Court-Martial
FO
— Furnace Oil
EPRI
— Electric Power Research Institute (US)
TRAD
— traditional
18O
— oxygen-18 (oxygen isotope with atomic weight of 18)
CONTEMPT
— contemptuous
DEIS
— Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
AOD
— Aerosol Optical Depth
CZMA
— US Coastal Zone Management Act
SPAS
— Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
IMS
— Information Management System (LTPP)
NEP
— Noise Equivalent Power
OH
— Hydroxyl Radical
CAT
— Cataract
MSB
— Most Significant Bit
NASM
— National Air and Space Museum
ADJS
— adjective
TLV
— Threshold Limit Value
ICC
— Instrument Control Center
NO3
— Nitrate Radical
HP
— High Pass
ADD
— Addenda
CNES
— Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales
NARA
— United States National Archives And Records Administration
CAM
— Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway)
TOVS
— TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
UNIV
— University
QAE
— Quality Assurance Engineer
UT
— Universal Time
XRD
— X-Ray Diffraction
MFO
— mixed-function oxidase (enzyme system)
FRA
— Forward Rate Agreement
EP
— Earth Probe
LCH
— London Clearing House
1-D
— one-dimensional
SRM
— Standard Reference Material
2-D RCAM
— two-dimensional radiative-advective-convective equilibrium model
TERMINOL
— terminology
IHB
— International Hydrographic Bureau
DEF
— Defence
OIE
— Overseas Investment Exchange
FEP
— Front-End Processor
CIE
— Chinese Institute of Electronics
ETC.
— and others especially of the same kind; and so forth
ADDNET
— Acid Deposition Data Network (EPA)
DOI
— United States Department of Interior
BQ
— Becquerel
MCC
— Mesoscale Convective Complex
DCS
— Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
AT
— Acceptance Test
CONVERSAT
— conversation
HCL
— Hydrogen Chloride
OCN
— Oceania
PTFE
— Polytetrafluoroethylene
HOCL
— Hypochlorous Acid
LSB
— least-significant byte
XBT
— expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
EAS
— Environmental Analyses Section (ORNL)
UNTAB
— United Nations Technical Assistance Board
JOI
— Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
CHAS
— Charles
C
— Carbone
GHG
— Green House Gas
AOL
— Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
NDVI
— Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
ARS
— United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
CCIR
— International Radio Consultative Committee (French Acronym)
ARIZ. REV. STAT.
— Arizona Revised Statutes
TL
— Team Leader
SRB
— Surface Radiation Budget
EVA
— Extra-Vehicular Activity
EEI
— Edison Electric Institute
GC/MS
— SX)-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
UCI
— University of California, Irvine
MOM
— Mission Operations Manager
NREN
— National Research and Education Network
IGS
— International Glaciological Society
PSD
— Prevention of Significant Deterioration
FID
— Flame Ionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
DB
— Direct Broadcast
S/W
— Software
BK
— Book
AM/FM
— Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society)
ADVOC
— advocate
NOSS
— National Oceanic Satellite System
ADJ
— Adjective
ASA
— American Statistical Association
HHV
— Higher Heating Value (thermal efficiency basis)
GBPS
— Gigabits per second
POD
— Precision Orbit Determination
ESA
— Ecological Society of America
CWA
— Clean Water Act (1977)
JEM
— Japanese Experiment Module
HCN
— Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
IOP
— Intensive Observing Period
CHAPS
— Clearing House Automated Payment System
IDA
— International Development Agency
PNNL
— Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
COMMEND
— commendation
RD
— Reference Document
FOT
— Flight Operation Trainer
PPT
— parts per trillion (1012)
IRRI
— International Rice Research Institute
ESF
— European Science Foundation
ISC
— International Seismological Centre
NYU
— New York University
EGSE
— Electrical Ground Support Equipment
DIE
— Designated Investment Exchange
EOF
— Empirical Orthogonal Function
EVOL
— Evolution
AFS
— American Fisheries Society
APA
— Alkaline Phosphatase Activity
TRS
— Trade Registration System
NO2
— Nitrogen Dioxide
FUA
— The Fuel Use Act (US)
MIMD
— multiple instruction, multiple data (system)
EUV
— Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
FRRPA
— Forest and Rangeland Renewable Planning Act (1974)
TMS
— Thematic Mapper Simulator
NSSL
— National Severe Storms Laboratory
BIBEX
— Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
ASCS
— Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
FDM
— Finite-Difference Method
RAPD
— Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
NCSU
— North Carolina State University
IHO
— International Hydrographic Organization
CX
— Cross-Examination
ARC/INFO
— GIS software
MWH
— Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)
IPE
— International Petroleum Exchange
DBH
— Diameter at Breast Height
DOM
— Dissolved Organic Matter
KBPS
— kilobits per second
GPI
— GOES Precipitation Index
OBDH
— On-Board Data Handling
FPD
— Flame Photometric Detector
INTERL
— interlude
APP
— Appendix
PJ
— Petajoule
SIAM
— Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
DSDP
— Deep-Sea Drilling Project
ONEB
— Office of National Environmental Board
FAM
— Family
SI
— Statutory Instrument
IJC
— International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
ARISTOTELES
— Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
MITRE
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
MPE
— Mission to Planet Earth
GIT
— Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
ANNEX II
— OECD countries and EU
MPL
— Marine Physical Laboratory
SAM
— Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
WEC
— World Energy Council
EXCH
— Exchange
PPFD
— Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density
UNGA
— United Nations General Assembly
AA
— Atomic Absorption
ABP
— Archbishop
MMSCMD
— million metric standard cubic metre per day
LSD
— Least Significant Difference
LWC
— Liquid Water Content
WET
— Waste Extraction Test
DGVM
— Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
SSBUV
— shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
NAL
— National Agricultural Library
MLR
— Multiple Linear Regression
GW
— Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
IV&V
— independent verification and validation
DEPRED
— depredation
LEX
— Lexicon
SHPO
— State Historic Preservation Office (US)
AWWA
— American Water Works Association (Denver)
DPI
— Data Processing Installation
CZCS
— Coastal Zone Color Scanner
DS
— Data Set
USEPA
— United States Environmental Protection Agency
AASE
— Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
FEM
— Finite Element Method
ICF
— Instrument Control Facility
ADMC
— Agri-residue dry matter content
VID
— Vehicle Identification Number
K
— Kilogram
IGT
— Institute of Gas Technology (Chicago)
IDB
— Inter-American Development Bank
PZT
— Piezoelectric Transducer
ESA
— Entomological Society of America
IBP
— International Biological Programme (ICSU)
ADC
— Affiliated Data Center
AAOE
— Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
SEHK
— Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
13C
— carbon-13 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 13)
ACE
— Aerosol Characterization Experiment
ESOC
— European Space Operations Center
MDI
— Michelson Doppler Imager
OBS
— Obsolete
ACC
— Account
14C
— carbon-14 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 14)
CO-I
— Co-Investigator
UNKN
— Unknown
DOY
— Day of Year
ABLE
— Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
ASAR
— Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
LRA
— Laser Retroreflector Array
UW/UD
— University of Wisconsin/University of Denver
CMO
— Configuration Management Office
IDL
— Interactive Data Language
PCMDI
— Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
ISY
— International Space Year (1992)
FURNIT
— furniture
HST
— Hubble Space Telescope
FRD
— Flight Requirements Document
MRT
— Mission Readiness Test
MTMC
— Military Traffic Management Command
APA
— Adirondack Park Agency
ICRP
— International Commission on Radiological Protection
BETW
— between
MACS
— Modular Attitude Control System
NCAR
— National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
UBA
— Umweltbundesamt
USN
— United States Navy
UT
— University of Tennessee
ITM
— In the Money
GTCC
— Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
MKS
— meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
ECMWF
— European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
DAU
— Daughter
LDR
— Linear Depolarization Ratio
WMC
— World Meteorological Center
ITCZ
— Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
THEORET
— theoretical
ETO
— Exchange Traded Option
WFF
— Wallops Flight Facility
TOMS
— Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
RAOB
— Radiosonde Observation
OTEC
— ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
FIBOR
— Frankfurt Interbank Offered Rate
EDS
— Environmental Data Service
IDEOL
— ideology
ADALT
— Advanced Radar Altimeter
VSE
— Vancouver Stock Exchange
BAU
— business-as-usual
HOUSEK
— housekeeping
AMAD
— Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
ASSAS
— Advanced Solid State Array Sensor
SIMD
— Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
FTSE-100
— Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 stock index
TIFFE
— Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange
MSS
— Mission Support System
ACCTS
— Accounts
ECC
— Electrochemical Concentration Cell
DCP-OES
— direct coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
CLIVAR
— Climate Variability and Predictability program
LIS
— Lightning Imaging Sensor
REFASH
— refashion
ICIMOD
— International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
COMM
— Common
ESMAP
— Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
ERBE
— Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
NO.
— Number
(D)PR
— dual precipitation radar
BOC
— Bureau of Census
M
— micrometer
IDS
— Interdisciplinary Science
AMSU-A
— Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
MWR
— Microwave Radiometer
POC
— Particulate Organic Carbon
GPC
— Global Processing Center
EPHIN
— Electron Proton Helium Instrument
HCFC-141B
— hydrochlorofluorocarbon-141b
APHA
— American Pharmaceutical Association
SLA
— Special Libraries Association
APAR
— Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
DAC
— Days After Contract
NCEP
— National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
CPO
— Core Project Office
CAN
— Canberra
DIF
— Data Interchange Format
RX
— Receive
DOMEST
— domestic
GCRP
— Global Change Research Program
ICE
— International Cometary Explorer
BOL
— Beginning of Life
TDRSS
— Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
TCP/IP
— Transmission Control/Internet Protocol
BDR
— Battery Discharge Regulator
IQSY
— International Quiet Sun Year
FSI
— Forest Survey of India
PB
— Playback
AI
— Associate Investigator
ONR
— Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
KEV
— kilo electron volts
IAF
— International Astronautical Federation
DAS
— Data Acquisition System
CLRI
— Central Leather Research Institute
SOFFEX
— Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange
EP
— Extraction Procedure
HTW
— High Temperature Winkler gasifier
EXPLAN
— explanation
EXP
— Experiment
ISTP
— International Solar Terrestrial Physics
TC
— Telecommand
NYBOR
— New York Interbank Offered Rate
HSIO
— High Speed Input/Output
BNA
— block numbering area
MITI
— Ministry of International Trade and Industry
IPR
— Intellectual Property Right
MB
— Millibar(s)
EOSAT
— Earth Observation Satellite Co.
CEES
— Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
OWS
— Ocean Weather Station
BUR
— Bureau
NHC
— United States National Hurricane Center
X-SAR
— X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
JUL
— July
SNL
— Sandia National Laboratories
HIBID
— Hong Kong interbank bid rate
4DDA
— Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation
IASI
— Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
IASI
— Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
EMPH
— emphatic
FTIR
— Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
AARI
— Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
CNEG
— Contributory negligence
HCFC
— Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
FE
— Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'')
HST
— Hawaii Standard Time
CADD
— computer-aided design and drafting
DICT
— Dictionary
GSMNP
— Great Smoky Mountains National Park
INNOC
— innocent
CHIPS
— Clearing House Interbank Payments System
COMB
— Combination
AGWP
— Absolute Global Warming Potential
FIFE
— First ISLSCP Field Experiment
DMA
— U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
CIT
— California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
AD
— Acronym Dictionary
HBR
— Hydrogen Bromide
ANL
— The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
HP
— Hewlett-Packard Development Company
AODC
— Acridine Orange Direct Count [of Bacteria]
SCULPT
— sculpture
AOML
— Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
FWPCA
— Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
SEASTAR
— Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
PROV
— Proverbs
JERS
— Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
LITE
— Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
MTS
— Microwave Temperature Sounder
TGT
— TDRSS Ground Terminal
V
— Verb
NPDES
— National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
R
— Rex
MAGSAT
— Magnetic Field Satellite
WARC
— World Administrative Radio Conference
N2
— Nitrogen
CTV
— Compatibility Test Van
LIS
— Land Information System
3-D
— Three-Dimensional
HDF
— Hierarchical Data Format
BFE
— Baltic Futures Exchange
FRCP
— Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
LBLRTM
— Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model
ERDAS
— Earth Resources Data Analysis System
AMTS
— Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
AMI
— Active Microwave Instrument
CCN
— Cloud Condensation Nuclei
GFDL
— Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
GL
— Geophysics Laboratory
NISTEP
— National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
MIBOR
— Madrid Interbank Offered Rate
HFO
— Heavy Fuel Oil
3I
— improved initialization inversion
PMF
— Probable Maximum Flood
SAIL
— Steel Authority of India Limited
ICSU
— International Council of Scientific Unions
PHILAD
— Philadelphia
I
— Injection
ENQ
— Enquiry
ANC
— Ancient
LOE
— Late Old English
CRM
— Certified Reference Material
ARM
— Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
ACC
— Air Combat Command (formerly TAC)
EDSP
— Exchange Delivery Settlement Price
IPS
— Inter Press Service
SRD
— System Requirements Document
UAF
— University of Alaska Fairbanks
EPSRC
— l'Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
SUNY
— State Universityrsity of New York
BUFR
— Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
EOM
— End of Mission
ANT
— Antarctica
NEHA
— National Environmental Health Association
WS
— Wind Speed
CU
— University of Colorado at Boulder
PNL
— Pacific Northwest Laboratory
CBS
— Commission for Basic Systems
CONV
— Convention
NAPAP
— National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
AES
— Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
CDC
— Control Data Corporation, Incorporated
STAT
— Statistical
-S
— Arakawa-Schubert
RECOLL
— recollection
HMMR
— High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
NCDC
— National Climatic Data Center
TEESE
— TERI Energy Economy Simulation Evaluation
MAFF
— Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (U.K.)
LANDSAT
— Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
CEA
— Central Electricity Authority
SUBSEQ
— Subsequent
SS
— Stainless Steel
CAEM
— Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (WMO)
IMM
— International Monetary Market
PORT
— Portuguese
PSEUDO-ARCH
— pseudo-archaic
IGBP
— International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
CDCR
— Conceptual Design and Cost Review
GISP2
— Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two
TDR
— Time-Domain Reflectometry
SSM
— Special Sensor Microwave
PDI
— Payload Data Interleaver
GTE
— Global Tropospheric Experiment
TSCA
— Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
JASON
— Scientific panel (MITRE Corporation
IWGDMGC
— Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
MORFLOT
— Ministry of the Merchant Marine of the Soviet Union
CONFID
— confidential
CORON
— coronation
EOS
— Earth Observing System (U.S.)
GARP
— Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
HALOE
— Halogen Occultation Experiment
CLAES
— Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
TM
— Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
GGS
— Global Geospace Science
WHOI
— Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
ISEE
— International Sun-Earth Explorer
EXCOMM
— Executive Committee
STRI
— Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
IWG
— Investigators Working Group
DIST
— District
LIMS
— Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
USCA
— United States Code Annotated
ERS
— ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
FEB
— February
USGCRP
— United States Global Change Research Program
COLA
— Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
DAAC
— Distributed Active Archive Center
RPA
— Remotely Piloted Aircraft
AO
— announcement of opportunity
SGR
— Specific Growth Rate
ART
— Arctica
CCR
— Cost-Charge Ratio
SPADE
— Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
ACTM
— Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model
USCCAN
— United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
TWRA
— Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
MILA
— Merritt Island Launch Area
TT&C
— Telemetry, Tracking and Command
RARR
— Range and Range Rate
NDIR
— non-dispersive infrared gas analyzer
TIGGER
— Earth sciences dimension to TIGER
PORC
— Porcelain
SDC
— Swiss Development Corporation
MIDAM
— Midamerica Commodity Exchange
ADAAC
— Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
VENET
— Venetian
BCF
— Bio-Concentration Factor
DEM
— Digital Elevation Model
CEOS
— Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
ACU
— Attitude Control Unit
HDC
— Holder in Due Course
ABL
— Atmospheric Boundary Layer
AAWORD
— Association of African Women for Research and Development
ARPA
— Advanced Research Project Agency's
HMW
— High Molecular Weight
EEC
— European Economic Commission
CORES
— Computer Assisted Order Routing and Execution System
MOM
— Modular Ocean Model
GLRD
— Great Lakes Research Division
UVR
— Ultraviolet Radiation
ANU
— Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
NASCOM
— NASA Communications System
CJS
— Corpus Juris Secundum
CLONO2
— chlorine nitrate
EXAM
— Examination
APPOS
— appositive
RIE
— Recognised Investment Exchange
KLOFFE
— Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange
ASTROL
— Astrology
CART
— Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
AFGWC
— Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
LTOM
— London Traded Options Market
ECOWARM
— European Committee for Water Resources Management (IAHS)
FRG
— Federal Republic of Germany's
DMS
— Dimethyl Sulfide
S&R
— Search & Rescue
ADCLS
— Advanced Data Collection and Location System
OFT
— Office of Fair Trading
ATLAS
— ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
DEW
— distant early warning (radar)
BTP
— Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali
GOS
— Geomagnetic Observing System
IRREG
— Irregular
GAC
— Global Area Coverage
JUD
— Judges
A.D.
— anno domini (latin)
NGVD 29
— National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
LEOP
— Launch and Early Orbit Phase
ENT
— Entomology (code)
GN
— Ground Network
GTCE
— Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
CFC
— Chloroflourocarbon
RPB
— Recognised Professional Body
CONSTR
— Construct
II
— Interdisciplinary Investigator
OMX
— Option Market Index
CRREL
— Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
VISSR
— visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
DWS
— Doppler Wind Sensor
AO
— Atmosphere-Ocean
GS&M
— Modeling (task team)
BOB
— Bureau of the Budget
AET
— Actual Evapotranspiration
SAFIRE
— Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
NSSFC
— National Severe Storms Forecast Center
I/F
— Interface
NUM
— Number
DISCUSS
— discussion
AAD
— Attitude Anomaly Detector
CD-ROM
— compact disc-read only memory
HP
— Health Physics
DL
— Downlink Message
LEV
— Leviticus
ACD
— Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
CSIR
— Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
IRF
— instantaneous radiative transfer
IGAC
— International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
UARS
— Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
EASOE
— European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
ATMOS
— Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
SEV
— several
TMR
— TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
PRN
— Pseudo-Random Noise
FTS
— File Transfer System
IBSRAM
— International Board for Soil Research and Management
TLM
— Telemetry
ASCHE
— American Society of Chemical Engineers
SIFE
— Second ISCCP Field Experiment
AMSU
— Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
JERS-1
— Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
KERFIX
— Kerguelen fixed station (France) (JGOFS)
HDTV
— High-Definition Television
COARE
— Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
GPSDR
— Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
GCV
— Gross Calorific Value
AIBS
— American Institute of Biological Sciences
ALM
— Almanac
PAD
— Program Approval Document
MES
— Military Engineering Services
DISCRIM
— discrimination
DLR
— Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
FSL
— Forecast Systems Laboratory (a NOAA ERL)
CNR
— Committee on Natural Resources
EDIS
— Environmental Data and Information Service
SPARC
— Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
CONTR
— Contract
RADARSAT
— Radar Satellite
IMB
— Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
IUFRO
— International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
NAVIG
— Navigational Log
JMA
— Japan Meteorological Agency
NGDC
— National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
OBL
— OBLique
ACCS
— accounts
YRS
— Years
METAPHOR
— metaphorical
CAPPI
— Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
SMIC
— Study of Mans Impact on Climate
VAS
— VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
RASS
— radio-acoustic sounding system
UTC
— Universal Time Coordinate
GCC
— Global Change Category
NSTC
— National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
FDH
— Fixed Dynamical Heating
RFT
— Registered Floor Trader
BODC
— British Oceanographic Data Centre
MOC
— Memorandum Of Cooperation
USFS
— United States Forest Service
MONEX
— Monsoon Experiment
GF3
— General Format No 3
INTERNAT
— international
WEFAX
— Weather Facsimile
H2
— Hydrogen
STMW
— Sub-Tropical Mode Water
NH4
— ammonium
DSB
— Direct Sounding Broadcast
MAGIC
— Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchment
CDDI
— Copper Distributed Data Interface
MESSR
— Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
DU
— Dobson Unit
HIRS
— High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
HASP
— High Altitude Sampling Program
AMEDAS
— Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
B.C
— Before Christ
BBF
— Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros
SINTEF
— Norwegian Institute of Technology
BITNET
— Because It is Time NETwork
PMEL
— Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
AWIPS-90
— Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
AVHRR GAC
— AVHRR Global Area Coverage
MW
— Milliwatt
VIS
— Visible
ST
— Steam Turbine
ISLN
— International Standards Lawyer Number
FEHEM
— Front-End Hardware Emulator
LEFI
— Local Electric Field Instrument
UCAR
— University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
ALA. CODE
— Code of Alabama 1975
JRNL
— Journalism
TOPEX
— Ocean Topography Experiment
ALSC
— Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
AGCM
— Atmospheric General Circulation Model
BBAISR
— British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
CA.
— circa
4-D
— four-dimensional
BAO
— Boulder Atmospheric Observatory
QBO
— Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
AOIPS
— Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
ATA
— Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam
ANOR
— Another
ESRC
— Economic and Social Research Council
LIMNOL
— limnology
CPC
— Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
NCRP
— National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
NZFOE
— New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange
S/C
— Spacecraft
TRANSUBSTANT
— transubstantiation
DECNET
— Digital Equipment Corporation Network
JUSTIFIC
— justification
INTRANS
— intransitive
IPOC
— International Partner Operations Center
TIT
— Titus
B.C
— British Columbia
MPC
— Model Penal Code
CEC
— Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
AMIP
— Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
IPEI
— Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
ACE
— Advisory Committee on the Environment
EUMETSAT
— European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
NSFNET
— National Science Foundation Network
SMJ
— subject matter jurisdiction
GOME
— Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
UCSB
— University Of California Santa Barbara
LONGLINES
— Long Hydrographic Sections Programme
INSA
— Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
GTS
— Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
PECULAT
— peculation
CHY
— Commission for Hydrology
MISC
— Miscellany
HAE
— Height Above Ellipsoid
NSCAT
— Nasa Scatterometer Project
GS
— Ground System
RBV
— return-beam Vidicon
MCP
— Meteorological Communications Package
TOGA
— Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
EMEX
— Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
TISAB
— total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
PSK
— Phase Shift Key
GVR
— Grant, Vacate and Remand
MIC
— Micah
PPR
— problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
GOMR
— Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
BATS
— Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
WILTS
— Wiltshire
VIC
— Victoria
PPBV
— parts per billion (109) by volume
IRTS
— Infrared Temperature Sounder
HVS
— high-volume sampler
DD
— degree day
PREROG
— prerogative
FR
— French Republic
BEL-20
— stock index
CSU
— Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
NEXRAD
— Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
AOGCM
— Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model
IUCR
— International Union of Crystallography
DIS
— Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
AIME
— American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
JSC
— Joint Scientific Committee (ICSU, WCRP, and WMO)
HOX
— odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
BPPT
— Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (Indonesia)
SURG
— Surgery
NAVSTAR
— Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
IBEX-35
— stock index
CV
— Calorific Value
SLIES
— Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
EML
— Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
FRTM
— Functional Requirements Traceability Matrix
ESR
— Emergency Sun Reacquisition
AMRIR
— Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
GLAS
— Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
CDS
— Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer
CFRI
— Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
IFRB
— International Frequency Registration Board of the International Telecommunication Union
VOS
— Voluntary Observing Ship
RGS
— Royal Geographic Society
PUB.L.
— Public Law
RW
— Reaction Wheel
NMI
— NASA Management Instruction
EFP
— Exchange For Physicals
CAL
— Calendar
AMER
— America
ASOEN
— ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment
R
— Regina
ECCL.HIST
— ecclesiastical history
NODS
— NASA Ocean Data System
CL
— Common Law
ATLID
— Atmospheric LIDAR
USBR
— United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
JGOFS
— Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
SERI
— Solar Energy Research Institute
PHOTOG
— photography
ABBREV
— abbreviation
GPCP
— Global Precipitation Climatology Project
COLL
— COLLege
LITHOL
— lithology
RFD
— Royal Forestry Department
GEDEX
— Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
TROP
— Tropical
CORP.
— Corporation
ERD
— Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
GTDS
— Goddard Trajectory Determination System
MDSRS
— Morphology-Dependent Stimulated Raman Scattering
IDOL
— idolatry
U.S.
— United States
NTS
— Nevada Test Site
TOCOM
— Tokyo Commodity Exchange
ATDD
— Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
UNCED
— United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development
OGIST
— Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
MIF
— Mercato Italiano Futures
HEREFORD
— Herefordshire
ERIM
— Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
AGSS
— Attitude Ground Support System
MAESA
— Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
MPI
— Max Planck Institut (Germany)
ACSYS
— Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
ALADIN
— Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
TIRS
— Thermal Infrared Scanner
AIT
— Atomic International Time
CIRAC
— Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
CTD
— Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
DLS
— Dynamic Limb Sounder
PSS
— Portable Spacecraft Simulator
MONUM
— monument
AID
— Agency for International Development (U.S.)
ROPME
— Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment
SBUV
— Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
IEOS
— International Earth Observing System
TAE
— Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
PURG
— purgatory
SCMS
— Société de Compensation des Marchés Conditionnels
PHOEN
— Phoenician
CCC
— Canadian Climate Centre
DED
— Dedicated
AER
— Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
CITE
— Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
IOC
— International Ozone Commission
ENEA
— Comitato Nazionale Per La Ricerca E Lo Sviluppo Dell' Energia Nucleare E Delle Energie Alternative
GLIS
— Global Land Information System
WD
— Wind Direction
APM
— Antenna Pointing Mechanism
ISSC
— International Social Science Council
CSPAAD
— Coarse Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
CPS
— Certified Professional Secretary
DOC
— dissolved organic carbon
IGFA
— International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
GLI
— Global Imager
JOC
— Joint Organizing Committee
MTG
— Meeting
ADMONIT
— admonition
SST
— Sea surface temperature
IAEG
— International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
CLIN
— Clinic
LED
— Low Energy Detector
AIREP
— Aircraft Weather Report
ASHOE
— Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
COMB.FORM
— combining form
ORNITH
— ornithology
ISA
— Israel Space Agency
EMAP
— Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
ECU
— Environmental Change Unit (Oxford)
RTNEPH
— real-time nephanalysis
MEPED
— medium energy proton and electron detector
PMB
— Potato Marketing Board
MERIS
— medium-resolution imaging spectrometer
USWB
— United States Weather Bureau
INRA
— Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
CLIMAP
— Climate Long-Range Investigation Mapping and Prediction (project)
ESRI
— Environmental Systems Research Institute (developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, Redlands, California)
DOA
— United States Department of Agriculture
CMDL
— Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
SDSD
— Satellite Data Services Division
HTTP
— Hypertext Transport Protocol
AL
— Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
XPNDR
— Transponder
IGAP
— International Global Aerosol Program
SAGE
— Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
DCN
— Document Change Notice
CIMO
— Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
NERI
— National Environmental Research Institute
JEOS
— Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
NORDA
— Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
AVHRR LAC
— AVHRR Local Area Coverage
COMMERC
— commercial
FOK
— fill or kill order
IOS
— Institute of Ocean Sciences
CUF
— capacity utilization factor
MKSA
— meter-kilogram-second-ampere (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKSA")
ACA
— Advanced Computer Applications (project)
CDOS
— Customer Data and Operations System
MIBK
— Methyl IsoButyl Ketone traditional name for methyl pentanone
SOLSTICE
— Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
2-D
— a.k.a. 2D, two-dimension, two-dimensional
MCIDAS
— Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
GBRS
— Generic Block Recording System
NESHAP
— National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
GMS
— Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
TIROS
— Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
TSP
— total suspended particles
AIRS
— Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
MYST
— Mystery Science Theater
CNET
— Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications (France)
MAW
— Ministry of Agriculture and Water (Saudi Arabia)
FTA
— Financiele Termijnmarket Amsterdam
BBL
— Billion Barrels
CDDIS
— Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
CMM
— Commission for Marine Meteorology
OIP
— Offical Index Period
WOCE
— World Ocean Circulation Experiment
BAA
— benz[a]anthracene
NBRF
— National Biomedical Research Foundation
CONVOC
— convocation
RESID
— residence
IFO
— Intensive Field Observation
PSC
— Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
SDAC
— Satellite Data Analysis Center
HAGE
— human activity and global environment
WCRP
— World Climate Research Program
IM-AL
— inorganic monomeric aluminum
HFC
— HydroFluoroCarbon
CMS
— Configuration Management System
SMIRD
— SOHO Mission Implementation Requirements Document
SM
— Structural Model
MPC
— Massively Parallel Computer
CONGREG
— congregation
BAPMON
— Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
DIU
— Data Information Unit (of WOCE Data System)
UH
— University of Heidelberg
ECON
— Economics
CLP
— Contract Laboratory Program (EPA)
CLAVR
— Clouds from AVHRR
IUGG
— International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
MARECO
— Marine Radioecology Working Group (IUR)
DOD
— Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (Germany)
MANIP
— manipulation
CAL. CODE REG.
— California Code of Regulations
SWIRLS
— Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
JUDG
— Judges
CFC-113
— CCl2FCClF2, 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane
MTCE
— Million Tonnes of Carbon Equivalent
PBU
— peribacteroid unit
CODATA
— Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
FXA
— Foreign Exchange Agreement
ADVT
— advertisement
CDIAC
— Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
DAR
— Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
TGE
— Tokyo Grain Exchange
DSIR
— Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
INDIR
— indirect
FWCA
— Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1958)
ADVERT
— Advertisement
ALL ER
— All England Law Reports
HIMSS
— high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
EQPAC
— Equatorial Pacific
SCATT
— SCATTerometer
NPOP
— NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
JMOL
— Judgment as a Matter of Law
COADS
— Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
PMIR
— Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
SPIE
— The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
AE
— Atmosphere Explorer
WSC
— Water Survey of Canada
ICWG
— International Coordination Working Group
HIRDLS
— HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
DMI
— Direct Member Input
ORAU
— Oak Ridge Associated Universities
AIV
— Assembly-Integration-Verification
MTOE
— million tonnes of oil equivalent
LDC
— less-developed country
SUSIM
— Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
OBO
— Order Book Official
RUC
— Roskilde University Center
BCP1
— Broadcast Pulse 1
PHR
— Phrase
ITB
— Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
MI
— Mode Indicator
FORET
— Forest of East Tennessee (model)
INPA
— Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazona (Brazil)
MPC
— Maximum Permissible Concentration
CGCP
— Canadian Global Change Program
MLS
— Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
LPM
— liters per minute
GEWEX
— Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
MOPITT
— Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
FIRE
— First ISCCP Regional Experiment
LRPT
— low-resolution picture transmission
EJ
— Exajoule
EMSL
— Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory (EPA)
H/W
— Hardware
IUBMB
— International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
FAGS
— Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services (ICSU)
TERI
— Tata Energy Research Institute
GRO
— Gamma Ray Observatory (NASA)
KR
— Krypton
ADMON
— admonition
NIGEC
— National Institute for Global Environmental Change
ACARS
— Aircraft Communication and Recording System
PSP
— Precision Spectral Pyranometer
MISR
— Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
DOT
— Deployment Operations Team
METAPH
— Metaphysics
GISS
— Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
GCDIS
— US Global Change Data and Information System
ORR
— Oak Ridge Reservation
GOMOS
— Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
ED
— Energy Division
SPSO
— Science Processing Support Office
ATTRIB
— Attribute
MEV
— mega electron volts
ESA/IRS
— European Space Agency/Information Retrieval Service
EX.DOC
— executive document
DM-MIMD
— distributed memory, multiple instruction, multiple data (computer)
POEMS
— Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
DA
— discretionary account
POSTH
— posthumous
UNISIST
— United Nations System for Scientific and Technological Information
INTERJ
— interjection
WINDII
— Wind Imaging Interferometer
ISSMFE
— International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
RAES
— Retail Automated Execution System
ISCCP
— International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
CRI
— Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
BVRJ
— Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro
SIR-C
— Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
SASK
— Saskatchewan
AFR
— Africa
ELEM
— Element
GIMMS
— Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
BECO
— Booster Engine Cutoff
BIOL
— Biology
RPR
— Remote Procedure Request
NBIOME
— Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
SSU
— Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
MASFLEX
— Marginal Sea Flux Experiment (in the West Pacific) (IGOPS)
LBL
— Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
AGWAT
— Agriculture and Water Project (JECOR)
CCS
— Central Checkout System
AVIRIS
— airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
NHRI
— National Hydrology Research Institute
R2
— coefficient of determination (statistical)
AIBD
— Association of International Bond Dealers
URL
— Upper Range Limit
NOY
— total active nitrogen
VOCAB
— Vocabulary
CODMAC
— Committee On Data Management, Archiving, and Computation
SIDS
— Small Island Developing States
TMC
— Thinking Machine Corporation
GLRS-R
— Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
ACP
— Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
PPL.ADJ
— participial adjective
ITC
— International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
FCL
— Foldback Current Limiter
PERH
— perhaps
SSMR-SSM/I
— Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer-Ssm/II
ILAS
— Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
CELIAS
— Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System
VMVM
— Vector Measuring Current Meter
NORTHANTS
— Northamptonshire
PIBOR
— Paris Interbank Offered Rate
COPUOS
— Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN)
BERKS
— Berkshire (English County)
FSSP
— Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe
AIS
— Automated Information Security
ATTY
— Attorney
RVAU
— Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
PRINC
— principle
RAL
— Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
WRI
— World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.)
ERBES
— Earth Radiation Budget Explorer Satellite
CIL
— Coal India Limited
CIBOR
— Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate
AVCS
— Advanced Vidicon Camera System
RFC
— Registered Floor Clerk
NEIC
— National Enforcement Investigations Center
IRIS
— Integrated Radar Imaging System
COM
— Commission
ADVTS
— advertisement
MHRS
— Modified Hazard Ranking System (DOE)
DSRT
— Deep Sea Reversing Thermometer
DADS
— Data Archive and Distribution System
IRG
— Interest Rate Guarantee
UCLA
— University of California at Los Angeles (U.S.)
POGO
— Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
IOM
— Index and Option Market
NAIC
— Newly Agro-Industrialized Country
LAWS
— Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
NDBC
— National Data Buoy Center
TOMUIS
— 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
ART
— Another Ray Tracer
BULL
— Bulletin
ARCHIPEL
— archipelago
VAR
— Variant
BMFT
— Bundes Ministerium fur Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
CONSID
— consideration
IRGA
— Infrared Gas Analyzer
IRIS
— Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
WPL
— Wave Propagation Laboratory
VIRSR
— Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
PDSI
— Palmer Drought Severity Index
ITPR
— Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer
WSMC
— Western Space and Missile Center
A.
— Atlantic Reporter
XIE
— X-Ray Imaging Experiment
AAF
— Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France
OPEX
— Operational and Executive Personnel for Civil Service
EOTC
— European Organization for Testing and Certification (EC)
J
— Justice
MEFF RENTA FIJA
— derivatives exchange in Barcelona, Spain
VIZ
— Videlicet
WBDCS
— Wide-Band Data Collection System
NPS
— National Park Service (US)
USIA
— United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
CISPR
— International Special Committee on Radio Interference
JURISDICT
— jurisdiction
EPA
— Environmental Protection Authority (Victoria, Australia)
AERONAUT
— aeronautic
IFIAS
— International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study
CONVENT
— convention
SCRIPPS
— Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
ATX
— Austrian Traded Index
TTO
— Total Toxic Organic
HELCOM
— Helsinki Commission, protection of Baltic marine environment
CGO
— Cape Grim (Tasmania) (baseline station)
MDE
— Middle East
CPE
— Eastern Europe (also called Centrally Planned Europe)
MKT
— Market
IACG
— Interagency Committee on Geomatics (DEMR)
DISTILL
— distilling
NOCC
— Network Operations Control Center (GSFC)
HISTOL
— histology
CCCO
— Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean (SCOR and IOC)
CLASS
— Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
VTIR
— visible and thermal infrared radiometer
MCF
— methane conversion factor
T
— tonne
DOLY
— Dynamic Global Phytogeography Model (GCTE)
AAPP
— Average All Pig Price
APAFO
— Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
PTB
— Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
OA
— Operations Agreement
IRSS
— Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
MAGS
— Mackenzie GEWEX Study (Canada)
INDEF
— Indefinite
HANTS
— Hampshire
PCU
— Platinum-Cobalt Unit
SEATO
— Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
GR
— Growth Rate
HUMICAP
— Humidity sensor on drifters (FASINEX)
ABRIDG
— abridged
FEMA
— Finite Element Model of Material Transport through Aquifers
IUB
— International Union of Biochemistry (ICSU)
UNARS
— Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
OD
— Orbit Determination
DEHYDRITE
— magnesium perchlorate anhydrous granular
AEDD
— Arctic Environment Data Directory
CCIFP
— Chambre de Compensation des Instruments Financiers de Paris
NBIS
— Northern Biosphere Information System
CR
— Carrington Rotation
BIOGR
— biography
ISSS
— International Society of Soil Science
LTM
— Long-Term Monitoring
GFLOPS
— one gigaflop equals 1 billion (109) floating point operations
CONFUT
— confutation
ADEOS
— Advanced Earth Observing System
CLICOM
— Climate Computing
POLAR
— Polar Plasma Laboratory
LWIR
— long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
EPH
— Ephesians
NOB
— Notes Over Bonds
GNO
— Gross Product Originating
DOMSTAR
— communications relay set
PR.PPLE
— present participle
NILU
— Norwegian Institute for Air Research
ITAL
— Italian
IDEM
— Italian Derivatives Market
POLES
— Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
ICP/MS
— Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
REBELL
— rebellion
ALASKA ADMIN. CODE
— Alaska Administrative Code
DORIS
— Doppler Orbit And Radio Positioning Integration By Satellite
AUTH
— Author
MYTH
— mythology
SECO
— Sustainer Engine Cutoff
IFU
— Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research (Germany)
IGY
— International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
LASE
— Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment
CXL
— Constitutional
CALIF
— California
KNOWL
— Knowledge
APPL
— Applied
WPCF
— Water Pollution Control Federation
VNIR
— Visible And Near InfraRed
PWV
— Precipitable Water Vapor
OSU
— Oregon State University
BCC
— British Coal Corporation
VIRS
— Visible Infrared Scanner
ANSW
— Answer
NVI
— normalized difference vegetation index
DDFM
— Data Distribution Facility Manager
CDHF
— Central Data Handling Facility
OCLO
— chlorine dioxide
CSM
— Climate System Monitoring
GCEP
— Global Change Education Program
LR
— Laser Retroreflector
HKFE
— Hong Kong Futures Exchange
APPLIC
— application
IUR
— International Union of Radioecologists
GEC
— Global Environment Change
MIZEX
— Marginal Ice Zone Experiment
AASSREC
— Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils
CEPAC
— COSTEP-ERNE Particle Analysis Collaboration
CX
— Constitution
CIESIN
— Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
RN
— Radon
HMTA
— Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
LXX
— Septuagint
B/W
— Black and White
METEOSAT
— European Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
RECLAM
— reclamation
CERN
— European Laboratory for Particle Physics
ICACGP
— International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution
SCANSCAT
— scanning scatterometer
BUV
— Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
SUBORD
— Subordinate
GESS
— Graphics Executive Support System
OPHTHALM
— ophthalmology
KING'S BENCH DIV
— King's Bench Division
SPD
— Solar Physics Division
CCM
— community climate model
C&DH
— Command & Data Handling
TVCF
— Transportable Vehicle Checkout Facility
BNAP
— Basic Hydrological Network Assessment Project
NONCE-WD
— nonce-word
CPUE
— Catch Per Unit Effort
AFDM
— Ash Free Dry Mass
DHP
— Direct High Power
GCCD
— Global Climate Change Digest (CEI)
AFFM
— Austrlian Financial Futures Market
DLG
— Digital Line Graphic
NGM
— Nested Grid Model
CHRON
— Chronicles
ABI
— Association of Italian Bankers
PCSSD
— Philippines Council for Sustainable Development
FWS
— United States Fish and Wildlife Service
PAN
— Peroxyacetylnitrate
MR
— Microwave Radiometer
SOS
— Southern Oxidants Study
IDCCC
— Interior Department Cartographic Coordinating Committee (DOI)
LECT
— Lecture
HRE
— Homogeneous Reactor Experiment (impoundment)
CONCL
— conclusion
ARRCC
— Analysis of Rapid and Recent Climate Change (project)
SCF
— Scientific Computing Facility
FRI
— Forest Research Institute
CCTV
— CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION
ABSTR
— Abstract
MIADS
— map information assembly and display system
SMOW
— Standard Mean Ocean Water
PPLES
— participles
IERS
— International Ellipsoid Reference System
CEPAL
— Comision Economica para America Latina (Spain) (ECLA)
ERDA
— U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (formerly AEC; now DOE)
CSO
— Central Statistical Organization
UCR
— University of California at Riverside
SMR
— Standard Malaysian Rubber
MWIR
— medium-wavelength infrared
MAB
— Man and the Biosphere (programme) (UNESCO)
AOCE
— Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics
BIE
— Business in the Environment
CCT
— computer-compatible tape
AMBIACE
— Amazon Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment
DSM
— demand-side management
MAPS
— Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
CAMB
— Cambridge Capital Acquisition C (NASDAQ Stock Exchange [NASDAQ])
IFOX
— Irish Futures and Options Exchange
CMAP
— Climate Modeling, Analysis & Prediction
ANAT
— Anatomy
CAMS
— Control and Monitoring System
CRF
— Cloud Radiative Forcing
GLOS
— Gloucestershire
BSRN
— Baseline Surface Radiation Network
MANUF
— Manufacture
ADVS
— adverbs
PSE
— Pacific Stock Exchange
IIID
— International Institute of Information Design
HEIFE
— Heihe River Field Experiment
AUSTRAL
— Australia
TIBOR
— Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate
AM. JUR. 2D.
— American Jurisprudence, 2nd Series
ZOOL
— Zoology
HGA
— High Gain Antennae
TOPEX/POSEIDON
— Ocean Topography Experiment
FED. R. CRIM. P.
— Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
EPV
— Extended Precision Vector
FGD
— Flue Gas Desulphurisation
TRIG
— Trigonometry
APID
— Application Identification
DISORT
— discrete ordinate (model)
ISEQ
— Irish Stock Exchange Equity Index
CONGRESS
— congressional
Π
— (Greek letter Pi) Plaintiff
FPSSE
— Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Electronics
KYR
— kiloyear
MIZ
— Marginal Ice Zone
LAI
— Leaf Area Index
IAVCEI
— International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
IRTM
— Infrared Thermal Mapper
ADB
— Asian Developing Bank
ICAR
— Indian Council of Agricultural Research
EDSG
— Energy Demand Steering Group
SPAN
— Space Physics Analysis Network
AAG
— American Association of Geographers
EMEP-CCC
— EMEP-Chemical Coordination Centre
LI
— library
PSYCH
— Psychology
ASLO
— American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
BARA
— Pressure in Atmosphere
COMP
— company
EC-GC
— Electron Capture-Gas Chromatograph
SK
— Saskatchewan
MASC
— Mountain Administration Support Center (NOAA)
GRM
— NASA Gravity Satellite (U.S.)
IUGS
— International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
GLOUC
— Gloucestershire
TERSE
— Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
K
— Contract
ETAC
— (USAF) Environmental Technical Applications Center
WFP
— World Food Program
SIO
— Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
PHYSICAL CHEM
— physical chemistry
FTR
— Flight Tape Recorder
ETRP
— Education and Training Programme (WMO)
GSIRD
— Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
HED
— High Energy Detector
COMM
— Commission
CIAP
— Climate Impact Assessment Program
TDMA
— Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
IOC
— Intergovernmental Oceanographic Council (UNESCO)
SQQ
— Standard Qulaity Quotation
DB
— direct-beam (irradiance)
ESF/EPC
— ESF/European Palaeoclimate and Man Project
MODIS
— moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
COMM.LAW
— commercial law
FGCC
— Federal Geodetic Control Committee
VTPR
— Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
CFC-11
— CC13F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
NIRP
— National Institute for Radiation Protection
ACID
— Acidification Chemistry Information Data Base (BNL)
COWAR
— Committee on Water Research (ICSU and UATI)
WVR
— Water Vapor Radiometer
MODMAP
— modernization of mapping techniques
AIJ
— Activities Implemented Jointly
OCO
— One Cancels the Other Order
MABL
— Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
CHEMRAWN
— Chemical Research Applied to World Needs
FOM
— Finnish Options Market
GCTM
— Global Chemical Transport Model
ARCH
— Archive
SEAWIFS
— sea-viewing wide-field sensor
NACNEMS
— North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
EZEK
— Ezekiel
LCL
— lifting condensation level
ASAS
— Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor
VLBI
— Very Long Baseline Interferometry
SMC
— System Management Center
RNMI
— Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
AEF
— Average Emission Factor
TRAV
— Travel
ACCEPT
— acceptance
IGEA
— International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
INTRO
— Introduction
CHAR
— Character
ACAST
— Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology toDevelopment
DEVEL
— Development
HIC
— Habitat International Coalition
ACC
— Audit-Comptabilité-Conseil (French: Auditing-Accounting Council)
WFEO
— World Federation Of Engineering Organizations
CALC
— Calculus
RIVM
— Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and EnvironmentalProtection
PREDIC
— predicate
CDAS
— Climate Data Assimilation System
LOBT
— Local on Board Time
ISE
— International Stock Exchange
HCMM
— Heat-Capacity Mapping Mission
HDGEC
— Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
EOC
— EOS Operations Center (NASA)
APDA
— Arctic Precipitation Data Archive (ACSYS)
CMIE
— Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy
ICPP
— Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
EGCM
— Eddy-Resolving General Circulation Model
COSTED
— Committee On Science & Technology in Developing Countries
USDOE
— United States Department Of Energy
ALARA
— As Late As Reasonably Achievable
ELIZAB
— Elizabethan
IIOE
— International Indian Ocean Expedition
BBZ
— benthic boundary zone
IDSS
— Integrated Data Sounding System
CSERGE
— Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
FIN
— Fish Information Network (data base)
FCCSET
— Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
DDMP
— domain-decomposition-message-passing
DDL
— Direct Downlink
CLASSIF
— classification
ESAER
— European Space Agency's Earth Resources (Satellite)
AD.
— ad sectam (Latin)
TES
— Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
EURECA
— European Retrievable Carrier
GDAS
— Grimco data acquisition system
ATF
— atmospheric transmission factor
ICCH
— International Commodities Clearing House
DISS
— Dissertation
FASINEX
— Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment
WWO
— Waste Water Outflow
ESD
— Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
EBM
— energy-balance model
LSN
— long- and short-normal resistivity (geophysical logging)
CAGM
— Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO)
ZPC
— Zero Point of Change
DIS
— Disease
ARTILL
— artillery
JIN
— Joint Implementation Network
CIRES
— Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
ARK. CODE
— Arkansas Code
FICCDC
— Federal Interagency CoordinatingCommittee on Digital Cartography
OLR
— Outgoing Long-Wave Radiation
WGDM
— Working Group on Data Management
CCGT
— Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
VAM
— Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal
INTELL
— Intelligent
GALE
— Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment
NPL
— Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
AWRA
— American Water Resources Association's
MATIF
— Marche а Terme International de France
PEM WEST
— Pacific Exploratory Mission - West
ESAM
— Institute for Environmental Science and Management
IBWC
— International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
HMCRI
— Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute
I&T
— Integration & Test
NARS
— National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
GWE
— Global Weather Experiment
AGID
— Association for Geoscientists for International Development
RFDU
— Radio Frequency Distribution Unit
SEB
— State Electricity Board
EARN
— European Academic Research Network
AH
— Air Heater
NWWA
— National Water Well Association
GEOM
— Geometry
GOIN
— Global Observation Information Network
FAZ
— Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
CE
— Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy (US Department of Energy)
GYNAECOL
— gynaecology
APCA
— Air Pollution Control Association (Pittsburgh)
PARCC
— precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness, and comparability
ADVB
— adverb
CRYSYS
— Cryospheric System
CCM2
— community climate model two
LANDSAT
— land satellite (photographs of the ground)
IMG
— Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases
ABRIDGEM
— abridgement
IDEAL
— International Decade for the East African Lakes (project) (PAGES)
DECLAR
— declaration
EPIST
— epistle
GDSIRD
— Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
EOSP
— Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter
GEBA
— Global Energy Balance Archive
ASXD
— Australian Stock Exchange Derivatives
DQM
— Data Quality Message
NGSDC
— National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center
UAV
— Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle
AOVP
— Arctic Ocean Variability Project
APOL
— apology
CPP
— Cloud Photopolarimeter
ARAB
— Arabic
HTML
— Hypertext Meta-Language
STOF
— Suprathermal-Time-Of-Flight
ICARDA
— International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
FOFS
— futures and options funds
ACCOMPL
— accomplished
HPCC
— High Performance Computing and Communications (NOAA)
ECLIPS
— Experimental Cloud Lidar Pilot Study
ECAMP
— Environmental Compliance Assessment and Management Program
ACHEX
— Aerosol Characterization Experiment
GLOBEX
— Global Electronic Exchange
SLEJF
— Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum
MPA
— MegaPascal
TIGER
— Terrestrial Initiative in Global Environmental Research
QUANTUM MECH
— quantum mechanics
DFCD
— Data Format Control Documents
IVL
— Swedish Environmental Research Institute
CASSAD
— Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development
HPD
— Hydrometeorological Processes Division
GENLEAF
— generic models of leaf response
CLS
— Collected Localization Satellites (France)
IFDC
— International Fertilizer Development Center
AL2O3
— alumina
EHP
— Extended High Power
D
— Deuterium (also abbreviated as 2D or 2H)
ASSOC.FOOTBALL
— Association Football
SPL
— Split Phase Level
IWSA
— International Water Supply Association
MFLOPS
— One megaflop equals 1 million (106) floating point operations
MO&DA
— Mission Operations and Data Analysis
BAAS
— British Association for the Advancement of Science
MB
— Manitoba
DRAW
— Direct Read After Write Animation System
AGST
— Against
DTR
— Diurnal Temperature Range
EPD
— European Pollen Database
ISEB 10
— Tenth International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry
FDF
— Flight Dynamics Facility
MOSA
— Mission Operations Support Area
IGN
— Institut Geographique National
ASEAMS
— Association of Southeast Asian Marine Scientists
FAI
— Fertilizer Association of India
C.V.
— coefficient of variation (math)
IFREMER
— Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploration de la Mer, France
IAH
— International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS)
DSCC
— Deep Space Communications Complex
SOR
— Statutory Orders and Regulations
EOSDIS
— EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
HOUSEH
— household
CIF
— Coming into Force
ASF
— Alaska SAR Facility
ALA. ADMIN. CODE
— Alabama Administrative Code
HEREF
— Herefordshire
GRDC
— Global Runoff Data Centre
GOP
— Geographical Observatories Programme
ETV
— electrothermal vaporizer
SDTS
— Spatial Data Transfer Standard
MRTT
— Mission Readiness Test Team
CRPE
— Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environment Terrestre et Planetaria
XDR
— External Data Representation
CSTC
— Consolidated Satellite Test Center
PSEUDO-SC
— pseudo-Scots
CERSAT
— French group for processing ERTS-1 low bit rate data from ocean areas
BTCS
— breakthrough curves (column-elution tests)
TOR
— Tropospheric Ozone Research
CZM
— Coastal Zone Management
EMSL-LV
— Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Las Vegas (Nevada)
ICSD
— International Continental Scientific Drilling (program)
PVM
— Parallel Virtual Machine
ACL
— alternate concentration level
FBC
— Fluidized Bed Combustor
IGCC
— Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (electric Power Generation Technology)
BMWT
— Biofuels and Municipal Waste Technology
LONG.
— longitude
NIC
— Newly Industrialized Country
ACE-1
— Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
ADEOS
— Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (Japan)
GDAAC
— Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center
ASASP
— Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
ELEC
— Electronic
GLOBEC
— Global Marine Ecosystem Dynamics
POSTM
— postmaster
BTAN
— Bons du Trésor а intérët Annuel Normalisés
ANBS
— Asian Network of Biological Sciences
CCLB
— Carbon content of living biomass
ORS
— Others
GSC
— Geological Survey of Canada (DEMR)
LERTS
— Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Teledetection Spatiale (France)
OPPRESS
— oppression
IRSSP
— Interactive Remote Sensing Software Package
BIPM
— Bureau International de Poids et Mesures
MILL(S)
— 0.001 U.S. dollars
IUCS
— Inter-Union Commission on Spectroscopy
FDST
— Flight Dynamics Support Team
POLARSTERN
— Research vessel
IMU
— International Mathematical Union
ACTS
— African Centre for Technology Studies
BRU
— Battery Regulation Unit
USDOC
— United States Department of Commerce
DPS
— Data Processing Segment
MARIA
— Methods for Assessing the Radiological Impact of Accidents (CEC)
ACCM
— Atmospheric General Circulation Model
FAMIL
— familiar
FRAGM
— fragment
LITHOGR
— lithography
CMC
— Canadian Meteorological Centre
GLRS
— Geoscience Laser Ranging System
KLCE
— Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange
CCDB
— Carbon content of dead biomass
AGR.
— Agriculture (USDA)
IGCP
— International Geological Correlation Programme (IUGS and UNESCO)
IAG
— International Association of Geodesy (IUGG)
CREN
— Chemical Research and Environmental Needs
GLOCHANT
— Global Change Research in the Antarctic
BARM
— Block Acceptance Reporting Mechanism
CMRS
— Coal Mines Research Station
COMP.ANAT
— comparative anatomy
GLOCARB
— Global Tropospheric Carbon Dioxide Network (IGAC)
BIOTRANS
— biological transformations
BOR
— Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT)
C-C
— Counterclaim
OTOB
— Oesterreichische Termin und OptionBorse
DARE
— data rescue
TERLS
— Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (India)
ECCL
— ecclesiastical
XMM
— X-ray Multi Mirror
IEM
— Institute of Experimental Meteorology
DSR
— Delivery Status Report
AOM
— Australian Options Market
CAR
— Caribbean Region
ICCE
— International Commission on Continental Erosion (IAHS)
CCL
— Central CO2 Laboratory, SIO (WMO)
DNES
— Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (India)
MOGUNTIA
— Model of the General Universal Tracer transport in the Atmosphere
FDOC
— Fraction of degradable organic carbon
ARMA
— Autoregressive moving-average
AGASP
— Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Programme
PON
— Particulate Organic Nitrogen
CERGA
— Centre d'Etudes et de Rechereches Geodynamiques et Astronomiques
CSELI
— Centra Studi e Laboratori Telecommunicazioni (Italy)
GRAMM.ANALYSIS
— grammatical analysis
GCO
— Generation Certification Official (waste generation)
AEROCE
— Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment
GATE
— Global Atmosphere Tropical Experiment
DMDS
— Dimethyl Disulfide
CILSS
— Comite Inter-Etats pour la Lutte Contre laSecheresse au Sahel
CGO
— Cape Grim Observatory
CNRS
— National Scientific Research Center (Centre Nationale de la Recherche
ANL/ACRF
— ANL's Advanced Computing Research Facility
ICARUS
— Interagency Climate-Aerosol Radiative Uncertainties and Sensitivities
RDP
— Radar Development Project
LEECHD
— leechdom
ALBIOS
— Aluminum Biogeochemistry in Soils (EPRI)
FWM
— food web model
G-7
— Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
IMCO
— Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
RRN TSA
— RRN Temperate South America
STDN
— Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
APME
— Attitude Pointing Mechanism Electronics
FGGE SOP
— Fgge Special Observing Period
NYCE
— New York Cotton Exchange
ITOS
— Improved TIROS Operational System
ARTEMIS
— Advanced Relay and Technology Mission Satellite (ESA)
INAUG
— inaugural
ECWA
— Economic Commission for Western Asia
USDOD
— United States Department Of Defense
CIUS
— Conseil International des Unions Scientifiqes (ICSU)
GEMM
— gilt-edged market maker
ADMIR
— admiralty
ASTEX
— Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment
MECCA
— Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment
IPMS
— International Polar Motion Service
MERFOX
— Mercadode Futuros y Opciones
CONSTIT
— constitution
ARIZ. ADMIN. REG.
— Arizona Administrative Register
CDMU
— Central Data Management Unit
IRI
— International Reference Ionosphere
MEFF RENTA VARIABLE
— derivatives exchange in Madrid, Spain
NRZ-L
— Non Return to Zero Level
HMSU
— high-resolution microwave sounding unit
HSWA
— Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA, 1984)
ENSO
— El Nino/Southern Oscillation (coupled oceanic-atmospheric change)
F
— Fraction
COWRR
— Committee on Water Resources Research
GEOL
— Geology
BVE
— Barotropic Vorticity Equation
UV-VIS
— UltraViolet-Visible Spectroscopy
PE
— Pipeline Execution
FOX
— London Futures and Options Exchange
START
— System for Analysis, Research, and Training
METOP
— Meteorological Operational Satellite (polar satellite series)
MMS-F
— Matra Marconi Space-Toulouse, France
FNOC
— Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center (U.S. Navy)
FRONTAL
— frontal process studies (France) (JGOFS)
EXOD
— Exodus
SPECMAP
— Mapping Spectral Variability in Global Climate Project
ASAP
— Automated Shipboard Aerological Program
IMS
— Information Management Services, Inc.
MIFE
— Manila International Futures Exchange
FSMF
— Flight Software Maintenance Facility
ODB
— Orbit Determination Beacon
IUHPS
— International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science
AERI-FEP
— AERI Front End Processor
GLL
— Galileo
PDU
— Power Distribution Unit
GENESIS
— Global Environmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems
CGES
— Center for Global Environmental Studies
GOFS
— Global Ocean Flux Study
ITRC
— Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
NKO
— Nederlandse Kalibratie Organisatie
FIFESH
— Fifeshire
CANAD
— Canadian
ARIZ. ADMIN. CODE
— Arizona Administrative Code
NARL
— National Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska)
SWEDAC
— Swedish Board for Technical Accreditation
HRIRS
— high-resolution infrared radiation sounder
CCCP
— California Institute of Technology Concurrent Computation Project
LORAN
— Long-Range Area Navigation System
ASPRS
— American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
IUNS
— International Union of Nutritional Sciences
IASPEI
— International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior
HSRL
— High Spectral Resolution Lidar
GCHC
— Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS)
IPHIR
— InterPlanetary Helioseismology with IRradiance observations
NNSF
— National Natural Science Foundation
CEI
— Center for Environmental Information
EADS
— Environmental Assessment Data System
CCM0
— Community Climate Model (NCAR)
IFRTP
— Institut Francais pour la Researche et la Technologie Polaire (French
CGED
— Committee on Geophysical Environmental Data (NAS)
MCZ
— Mesoscale Compressible Community Model
AFFECT
— affection
SCAR
— Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU)
UNCHS
— United Nations Commission for Human Settlement
SPACE PHYSICS DIVISION
— SPDS
FPSSH
— Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Head
IELV
— Intermediate Expendable Launch Vehicle
EPO
— EOS Project Office
LUCC
— Land Use and Cover Change (IGBP and HDP)
ATPEX
— ARM Tropical Pacific Experiment
LIPI
— The Indonesian Institute of Sciences
DI
— Direct Index
NARR
— Narrative
UNO
— United Nations Organization
BGC
— Biogeochemical Cycle
SECTIONS
— Oceanographic Programme of the U.S.S.R.
CGMW
— Commission for the Geological Map of the World
ASTRON
— Astronomy
IRC
— International Radiation Commission
CONTIN
— continuation
CES
— Committee on Earth Sciences (now CEES)
GME
— Gyro Management Electronics
MISCELL
— miscellany
GEOG
— Geography
BEDFORD
— Bedfordshire
NSN
— NASA Space Network
SOCA
— Special Operations Control Area
CIG
— Commonwealth Industrial Gases
CENELEC
— European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (EC)
INVERT.ZOOL
— invertebrate zoology
GRADO
— CNES Gravity Satellite (France)
ORNL/ACL
— ORNL/Advanced Computing Laboratory
MDC
— More Developed Country
WCAP
— World Climate Applications Program
BOF
— Basic Oxygen Furnace
RAAD
— Roll Attitude Anomaly Detection
INVESTIG
— investigation
LDEO
— Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
NOTTS
— Nottinghamshire
IAGC
— International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
NCGIA
— National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
DCDSTF
— Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force
CEPT
— Conference Europeenne des Administration des Postes etTelecommunications
GMP
— Genetically Modified Plants
MDUL
— Missing Data Units List
MMCH4
— Methane Emitted from Animal Manure
NEUROSURG
— neurosurgery
NORF
— Norfolk
MAGN
— magnetism
CFAGB
— Carbon fraction of above ground biomass
ISEM
— International Society for Ecological Modelling
MAKS
— Martin and Kitzis Sampler (portable air sampler)
USNMAS
— United States National Map Accuracy Standard
DYFAMED
— atmospheric dynamics and fluxes in the Mediterranean Sea (France)
BIH
— Bureau International de l'Heureasures
ARCHIT
— Architecture
PRD
— Program Requirements Documents (UDS)
MOP
— METEOSAT OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
CEEM
— Center for Energy and Environmental Management
ICRM
— International Committee on Radionuclide Meteorology
CAF
— Clean Air Facility
PACOR
— Packet Processor
CHAMB
— chamber
HASL
— Health and Safety Laboratory
ETSA
— electron transport system activity
GERUND
— gerundial
AIRS-AMSU
— Atmospheric Infrared-Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
GERG
— Global Environment Research Group
GRIMCO
— CGBAPS computing system
GOS
— Global Observing System (WMO and WWW)
GAME
— GEWEX-related Asian Monsoon Experiment
CETA
— Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment
GSL
— Gulf Stream Locale
FMFR
— four-minus-five restoral
ANSTO
— Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Menai, New
GA
— geographic analysis
DAC
— Data Assembly Centre (WOCE)
IAS
— Image Analysis System
SPELDA
— Structure Porteuse External pour Lancements Doubles Ariane (external
AGRHYMET
— Agronmeteorology and Operational Hydrology and Their Applications
HRDI
— high-resolution Doppler imager
GREENTIE
— Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange
ANALYT
— analytic)
CONG. REC.
— Congressional Record
IAWPRC
— International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control
GDR
— German Democratic Republic (now Germany)
MERCH
— Merchantable
SAFEX
— South African Futures Exchange
DHSS
— Data Handling Subsystem
SCOR
— Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (ICSU)
ENEA
— Italian National Agency for New technology, Energy and the Environment
TDSM
— Tracking and Data Systems Manager
EXPLOR
— Exploration
CGC
— Management and Coordination Advisory Committee
STAND
— Standard
CCOM
— Control Center Operations Manager
BIOG
— Biography
PNEDC
— Programme Nationale d'Etude de la Dynamique du Climat (France)
RIHMI-WDC
— All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information-World Data Center
DERIV
— derivative
EOS-AERO
— EOS Aerosol Mission
GEISA
— Gestion et d'Etude des Information Spectroscopiques Atmospheriques
STS
— Star Tracker Sensor
CSEC
— Centre for the Study of Environmental Change (University of Lancaster)
LST
— Local Solar Time
AMEX
— Atlantic Meteorology Experiment
ACMAD
— African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
SCAMA
— Switching, Conferencing and Monitoring Arrangement
GAZ
— Gazette
PHONET
— phonetic
ANARE
— Australian National Antarctic Research Establishment
CEPEX
— Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment
NESDP
— National Economic and Social Development Plan
SUPPL
— Supplement
JIU
— Joint Inspection Unit
NTOM
— Network Technical and Operations Manager
SMY
— Solar Maximum Year
ICES
— International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
USDI
— United States Department of the Interior (also
RRN CAR
— RRN Caribbean
LVS
— Large Volume Sampling
EGE
— Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
ISPRS
— International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
IGFA
— Inter-Governmental Funding Agencies
APMP
— Acid Precipitation Mitigation Program (NAPAP)
MIMR
— multifrequency imaging microwave radiometer (formerly HIMSS)
PFRA
— Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
STSP
— Solar Terrestrial Science Programme
CEMA
— Council of Mutual Economic Aid (Russian Federation, formerly U.S.S.R.)
INTERC
— intercourse
CI
— Conservation International (Washington, D.C.) (NGO)
CAE
— Control and Actuation Electronic
APN
— Asia-Pacific Network (for Global Change Research) (START)
OBC
— On Board Computer
HDR
— Hardware Design Review
ARITHM
— arithmetic
CSRS
— Cooperative State Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture)
CEAREX
— Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment
ICA
— International Communication Agency
GNIS
— Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
IHSS
— International Humic Substances Society
SRS
— Statistical Reporting Service
CCOP
— Committee for the Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas
AIDJEX
— Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment
DIS-SC
— DIS Standing Committee
FDSS
— Flight Dynamics Support System
EVID
— Evidence
DP
— Direct Playback
ULS
— Upward-Looking SONAR
BASE
— Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment
PHYSICAL GEOGR
— physical geography
SONG SOL
— Song of Solomon
MICROBIOL
— Microbiology
ISAR
— Intelligent Synthetic Aperture Radar
MACC
— Maccabees
ADJ.
— see "ad." above.
MRIR
— Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
AUTOBIOGR
— autobiography
NKS
— Nordic Nuclear Safety Project
ARDB
— Arctic Runoff Database (ACSYS)
WWB
— Women's World Banking's
HOMS
— Hydrological Operational Multipurpose Subprogramme
IAI
— Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (START)
CRIC
— Computerized River Information System
FWP
— Field Work Proposal
MT-CLIM
— Mountain Climate Model
NNSS
— Navy Navigational Satellite System
HDGCB
— Human Dimensions of Global Change (programme) (UNU, ISSC, and IFIAS)
HARM
— Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology
CORR
— Correspondence
PUMS
— Public Use Microdata Samples
GEOS-3
— Geodetic Satellite Mission (NASA)
CBJ
— Certified Barbeque Judge
PRINT
— Printing
EPSS
— Electrical Power Subsystem
RRN TNH
— RRN Temperate Northern Hemisphere
ANIM
— animal
NAR
— Net Assimilation Rate
OE
— Old English
CIVIL ENGIN
— civil engineering
HEC
— Hydro-Electric Commission (Tasmania)
IMPERS
— impersonal
AFT
— Abbreviated Functional Test
CKE
— cumulus kinetic energy
DBE
— Deep Basin Experiment
MBT
— Mechanical Bathythermograph
ICHTH
— ichthyology
CSTR
— Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research (BASC)
ABERD
— Aberdeen or Aberdonensis (Latin)
IMO
— International Meteorological Organization (formerly WMO)
ACCI
— Advisory Committee on Climate Applications and Data (WMO)
REB
— Rebel
FUND
— Fundamental
COMPL
— Complete
CLIC
— Climate Inventory and Catalog
CBJ
— California Bar Journal
VIRGO
— Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations
DGLR
— Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
FCOJ
— frozen concentrated orange juice
HRS
— Hazard Ranking System (EPA)
LPDA
— Laser-Phased Doppler Anemometer
VHRR
— Very High-Resolution Radiometer
DCDS
— Digital Cartographic Data Standard
EDX
— energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry
ESAD
— Earth Science and Applications Division
LV
— Large Volume water samples (>100 liters)
ANTS
— Antenna Subsystem
FATE
— Formation of Aerosol and their Transformation over Europe (EUROTRAC)
SONG OF SOL
— Song of Solomon
FF
— Free Format
MAPS
— Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
PCO2
— partial pressure of CO2
CEM
— Cumulus Ensemble Model
DTD
— Digital Terrain Data
INFOCLIMA
— World Climate Data Information and Referral System
EMOC
— EOSDIS Mission Operations Center
Δ
— (Greek letter delta) Defendant
NOM
— Nominative
MMES
— Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. ("Energy Systems" is preferred)
ICIP
— International Conference on Image Processing
RT
— Radiative Transfer
GLOBE
— Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
PCAST
— President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
ITU
— Integrated Terrain Unit
ACE-2
— North Atlantic Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
IOB
— Inter-Organization Board for Information Systems and Related Activities
CRE
— Coal Research Establishment of BCC (U.K.)
LMES
— Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. ("Energy Systems" is preferred)
FMI
— Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
DISCIPL
— discipline
DARA
— Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (Germany)
PROVINC
— provincial
VET.PATH
— veterinary pathology
SUP
— Soluble Unreactive Phosphorus
AGAL
— Australian Government Analytical Laboratories
GLOED
— Global Emissions Database
ECCLES
— ecclesiastical
IRV
— Improved Inter-Range Vector
ANG
— Anglian
LFM
— limited fine-mesh model
TRAC
— Teacher Research Associate
IFIM
— Instream Flow Incremental Methodology
JER
— Jeremiah
ISFA
— International Scientific Film Association
AITP
— Arctic Ice Thickness Project (WCRP)
CA
— Copyright Act
ABE
— Advisory Board on Energy (India)
ALACE
— Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float)
IMPF
— imperfect
CSES
— Center for the Study of Earth from Space (University of Colorado, Boulder)
TDLS
— Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy
ALE
— Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment
ADCP
— Accoustic Doppler Current Profiler
CERES
— Crop Environment Resource Synthesis
ASCAT
— Advanced Scatterometer
AIP-3
— Algorithm Intercomparison Project-3
INSAT
— Indian satellite
DEB
— debate
PENINS
— peninsula
ECLA
— Economic Commission for Latin American
EPOCH
— European Programme on Climate and Hazards
DIBID
— Dublin interbank bid rate
ARO
— Automatic Reconfiguration Order
GBSRN
— Global Baseline Surface Radiation Network
PASA
— Participating Agency Service Agreement
NCIC
— National Cartographic Information Center
GATE
— GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment
ABB
— Association des Banques Belges
D.C.
— District of Columbia
CONTENT
— contention
CCMS
— Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society
IGLD
— International Great Lakes Datum
BNC
— British National Corpus
BIBLIOGR
— bibliography
EAF
— Experimenter's Analysis Facility
EORCU
— European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit
IDRI
— Thailand Development Research Institute
NR
— Not Reported
CETA
— Comprehensive Education and Training Administration
BASC
— Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council
HSA
— Historic Sites Act (1935)
PRES.PPLE
— present participle
OBED
— obedience
CTA-21
— Compatibility Test Area
SATOR
— Stratospheric and Tropospheric Ozone Research
CDI
— Certificado de Depsito Interbancrio
IMAGE
— Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect
GESAMP
— Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
BIOCHEM
— Biochemistry
ECG
— Ecosystem Conservation Group (UNEP, FAO, UNESCO, and IUCN)
DEMR
— Department of Energy Mines and Resources
EER
— External Engineering Review
LOICZ
— Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
CGBAPS
— Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station
NRCP
— National Research Council for the Philippines
GMAN
— General Maneuver
IEW
— International Energy Workshop
ITASE
— International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (PAGES)
ACC
— Association of Corporate Counsel
RRN TAM
— RRN Tropical Asian Monsoon Region
FRE
— Federal Rules of Evidence
ITSC
— International TOVS Study Conference
ICGW
— International Commission on Ground Water (IAHS)
ETC
— Energy Technology Center
EIT
— Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
CCDP
— Climate Change Detection Project
AVD
— acoustic variable density
SMOCC
— SOHO Mission Operations Control Center
IAMAP
— International Association Of Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics (ICSU)
ADVANCEM
— advancement
PVL
— Parameter Value Language
ABORIG
— aboriginal
FAB
— Finance and Budget
GOES
— Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics
INS
— Institute Scholars
FFO
— Fraction of oxidized
IGU
— International Geographical Union (ICSU)
ROXB
— Roxburgh
FABF
— Fraction of agri-residue burned in fields
INSULA
— International Scientific Council for Island Development (NGO)
CSCE
— Coffe, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange
DISTEMP
— distemper
TREM
— Tropical Rainfall Experimental Mission
MM4
— Mesoscale model 4 (Pennsylvania State University/NCAR)
GEOS
— Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite
QUOTS
— quotations
HRPT
— high-resolution picture transmission (AVHRR)
FPSS
— Fine Pointing Sun Sensor
TRANSIT
— Satellite Navigation System
HCMR
— heat-capacity mapping radiometer
YORKS
— Yorkshire
IAMAS
— International Association of Meteorology andAtmospheric Sciences
ARW
— An Advanced Research Workshop
ESMR
— Electronically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
MPSR