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ADDIT
— addition
ANNIV
— Anniversary
ENTHUS
— enthusiasm
URL
— Universal Resource Locator
DEROG
— derogatory
LAN
— Local Area Network
N2O-N
— Nitrous oxide nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
F.2D
— Federal Reporter, 2nd Series
U.S.S.R
— Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
CA #
— Court of Appeals
ETA
— Estimated Time of Arrival
IGO
— Intergovernmental Organization
XXN
— Cross examination
MHA
— million hectare
H2O2
— Hydrogen Peroxide
R.E.
— Real Estate
L.ED.2D
— Lawyers 2nd Edition
N.W.2D
— North Western Reporter, 2nd Series
E-LIDAR
— Experimental LIDAR
F.3D
— Federal Reporter, 3rd Series
C.F.R.
— Code of Federal Regulations
F.SUPP.2D
— Federal Supplement, 2nd Series
CH4-C
— Methane-carbon ratio
§
— Section
PPM
— parts per million
ROM
— Read-Only Memory
BRDF
— Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
ACGIH
— American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc.
FTP
— File Transfer Protocol
LASER
— Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
COMMUNIC
— communication
B.A.U.
— business as usual (scenario)
E.D.D
— English Dialect Dictionary
S.E.2D
— South Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
H-1301
— Halon 1301; CBrF3
N.E.2D
— North Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
R J
— Recurring Judgement
H-1211
— Halon 1211; CBrClF2
ASAP
— As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
ABSOL
— absolute
A-SCAT
— Advanced Scatterometer
S.W.2D
— South Western Reporter, 2nd Series
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
A.L.R.2D
— American Law Reports, 2nd Series
KANEX
— Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange
A-SAR
— Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
P.2D
— Pacific Reporter, 2nd Series
UNESCO
— United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
F.O.B.
— free on board
N2O
— nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
DR
— Discrepancy Report
R.C.CHURCH
— Roman Catholic Church
A.D
— Anno Domini
A.2D
— Atlantic Reporter 2nd Series
A.L.R. FED.
— American Law Reports, Federal
A.L.R.3D
— American Law Reports, 3rd Series
QDRO
— Qualified Domestic Relations Order
R.N
— Royal Navy
U.S.A.
— United States of America
T.D.
— Treasury Decision
FIFO
— First In, First Out
N.Y
— New York
EPA
— Environmental Protection Agency (US)
SD
— Standard Deviation
CPU
— Central Processing Unit
N.E.D
— New English Dictionary
ZEPH
— Zephaniah
D.C
— District of Columbia
U.K.
— United Kingdom (preferred over "UK"; use as
N2O5
— nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
IPCC
— Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
E.E.T.S
— Early English Text Society
MM
— Millimeter
MMAD
— Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter (aerosol)
MP&A
— Mission Planning and Analysis Area
U.S.S.R.
— Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
DRSS
— Data Relay Satellite System
A.L.R.6TH
— American Law Reports, 6th Series
A.L.R.4TH
— American Law Reports, 4th Series
U.S
— United States
E/GDP
— Ratio of energy consumption to gross domestic product
L.ED
— Lawyers Edition
O.T
— Old Testament
S.W.3D
— South Western Reporter, 3rd Series
S.V
— sub verbo
A.L.R.
— American Law Reports
S. CT.
— Supreme Court Reporter
W. VA. CODE
— West Virginia Code
F.APP'X
— Federal Appendix
GASTRON
— gastronomy
IP
— Internet Protocol
FEMA
— Federal Emergency Management Agency
A.L.R.5TH
— American Law Reports, 5th Series
§§
— Sections
RFP
— Request For Proposal
PA.T
— past tense
API
— American Petroleum Institute (oil)
RA IV
— Regional Association IV - North and Central America (WMO)
E/GNP
— Ratio of energy consumption to gross national product
ZEITSCHR
— Zeitschrift
QC
— Quality Control
B.A.P.
— Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
C-MACCS
— Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation
ASTM
— American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
U.K
— United Kingdom
LLC
— Limited Liability Company
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
CO2
— Carbon Dioxide
BALTEX
— Baltic Sea Experiment
R.C
— Roman Catholic
S.T.S
— Scottish Text Society
W.VA
— West Virginia
CY
— Calendar Year
R.A.F
— Royal Air Force
S-GCOS
— Space-Based Global Change Observation System
WHO
— World Health Organization
I.L.M.
— International Legal Materials
I&TRR
— Integration and Test Readiness Review
WATFLOOD
— University of Waterloo Flood Forecasting System
MOU
— Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
RA I
— Regional Association I - Africa (WMO)
N.AMER
— North America
ACCT
— Account
FAREW
— farewell
W.AFR
— West Africa
A.V
— Authorized Version
S.CAROLINA
— South Carolina
SAGE III
— Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III
O&M
— Operation and Maintenance
YR
— Years old
SA90
— IPCC Scenario A, 1990
MOA
— Memorandum Of Agreement
B%T
— Animal population ratio living in temperate climate region
W.IND
— West India
GDP
— Gross Domestic Product
¶
— (Pilcrow) Paragraph
OCCURR
— occurrence
©
— Copyright
F.O.R.
— free on rail
OECD
— Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
P.3D
— Pacific Reporter, 3rd Series
RA II
— Regional Association II - Asia (WMO)
T/P SWT
— TOPEX/Poseidon Science Working Team
S&P100,500
— stock indices
N.AFR
— North Africa
F.SUPP.
— Federal Supplement
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
S.AFR
— South Africa
R&D
— Research & Development
S.DAKOTA
— South Dakota
N.T
— New Testament
NAD 27
— North American Datum of 1927
BTU
— British Thermal Unit
RA-2
— POEM altimeter (ESA)
SAFARI-92
— South African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative
V/W
— Vaporware
EDI
— Electronic Data Interchange
W.INDIES
— West Indies
A%C
— Animal population ratio living in cool climate region
RF
— Radio Frequency
HAEMATOL
— haematology
N.S.WALES
— New South Wales
VBL.N
— verbal noun
INC
— Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
U.S.A.F
— United States Air Force
E.ANGL
— East Anglia
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
F.CAS.
— Federal Cases 1789–1880
ACCOMM
— accommodation
R&SSD
— Radiation and Safety Surveys Department (ORNL)
N.S.W
— New South Wales
E.IND
— East India
RAWG/HYDROLOGY
— Regional Associations'Working Groups on Hydrology
M-REGION
— Maunder region
WATSTORE
— Water Data Storage and Retrieval System
P.R
— public records
OBSERV
— observation
YEARBK
— yearbook
N.Z
— New Zealand
E.AFR
— East Africa
O.E.D
— Oxford English Dictionary
N.IR
— Northern Irish
N.CAROLINA
— North Carolina
E.ANGLIAN
— East Anglian
AIAA
— American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
OBSTETR.MED
— obstetric medicine
NAD 83
— North American Datum of 1983
Q.V
— quod vide
PM-2.5
— particulate matter of diameter less than 2.5 micrometers
CRT
— Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
DEC
— Digital Equipment Corporation
M&CD
— Metals and Ceramics Division (ORNL)
LANGS
— languages
C&F
— Cost and Freight
LANCS
— Lancashire
Q.ELIZ
— Queen Elizabeth
N.DAKOTA
— North Dakota
LLP
— Limited Liability Partnership
UAOB
— Upper Air Observation
RADPATH
— Biochemical Pathways of Artificial Radionuclides (CEC)
VALEDICT
— valediction
USDA
— United States Department of Agriculture
LAGCM
— general circulation model at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
FY
— Fiscal Year
CAC-40
— Compagnie des Agents de Change-40
VBL.NS
— verbal nouns
WATOX
— Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment
E.MIDL
— east midland
NADP/NTN
— National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network
NAAQ
— National Ambient Air Quality
N.IREL
— Northern Ireland
OBSTETR
— obstetric
OTC
— Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
GIS
— Geographic Information System
WARWICKSH
— Warwickshire
MAHLOVS
— Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
PALAEONT
— palaeontology
OAXTC
— Ocean/Atmosphere Exchange of Trace Compounds
BFP
— Bona Fide Purchaser
CPI
— Consumer Price Index
EE
— Employee
ADP
— Automated Data Processing
ASME
— American Society of Mechanical Engineers
HAPEX-MOBILHY
— HAPEX-MOdelisation du BILan Hydrique
PALAEOBOT
— palaeobotany
BACTERIOL
— bacteriology
CBA
— Cost Benefit Analysis
BAHC-SSC
— BAHC Scientific Steering Committee
PALAEONTOL
— palaeontology
USU
— Usually
PAGES-EXCOMM
— PAGES Executive Committee
OBSTET
— obstetric
IAMAP-IAHS
— IAMAP-International Association of Hydrological Sciences
FOV
— Field Of View (satellite)
CCB
— Configuration Control Board
LANL/ACL
— Los Alamos National Laboratory's Advanced Computing Laboratory
BAPDE
— chemically reactive diolepoxides
PACORII
— Packet Processor Data Capture Facility II
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
DOD
— United States Department of Defense
DVP
— Delivery Versus Payment
DARPA
— Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
NDA
— Non-Disclosure Agreement
C3AT
— Ch3 Albedo Test (AVHRR)
GPS
— Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
JAHRB
— Jahrbuch
CBO
— Congressional Budget Office
HAMPSH
— Hampshire
GATT
— General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
PAGES-SSC
— PAGES Scientific Steering Committee
MIS
— Management Information System (OSHA)
CD
— Compact Disc
ALPEX
— Alpine Experiment
WWW
— World Wide Web
IACGEC
— Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change
SIO3
— silicate
PALAEOGR
— palaeography
CSA
— Canadian Space Agency
RPI
— Retail Price Index
IBM
— International Business Machines Corporation
ESA
— European Space Agency
LANCASH
— Lancashire
FR
— Federal Register
HANDBK
— handbook
ERA
— Exchange Rate Agreement
ANN
— Annual
MODNET
— MO&DSD Operational/Development Network
NSF
— National Sanitation Foundation
UCC
— Uniform Commercial Code
ER
— Employer
CPM
— Critical Path Method
RAM
— random-access memory
FIPS
— Federal Information Processing Standard
ESSENT
— essential
CM3
— cubic centimeter (milliliter)
IMF
— International Monetary Fund
GNP
— gross national product (economics)
ICAO
— International Civil Aviation Organization
FX
— Foreign Exchange
CO
— Carbon Monoxide
KPA
— kiloPascal (pressure above ambient (100 kPa = 1 atmosphere excess))
ASL
— Above Sea Level
SEBI
— Securities and Exchange Board of India
ML
— milliliter; 1/1000 liter
AGL
— Above Ground Level
MANCH
— Manchester
WFOV
— Wide Field Of View
DEPT
— Department
QA/QC
— Quality Assurance/Quality Control
CIS
— Commonwealth of Independent States
IOC
— Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
FAS
— Free Alongside Ship
NM
— Nanometer
AGA
— American Gas Association
METAMORPH
— metamorphosis
IATA
— International Air Transport Association
KG
— Kilogram
APR
— April River Airport, April River, Papua New Guinea
ALARA
— As Low As Reasonably Achievable
FAO
— Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
UCMJ
— Uniform Code of Military Justice
CPD
— Compound
GSA
— U.S. General Services Administration
CFR
— Code of Federal Regulations
NATO
— North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
IBRD
— International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
DOE
— United States Department of Energy (government)
AMS
— American Mathematical Society
IRC
— Internal Revenue Code of 1986
MHZ
— Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
PNG
— Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
RCRA
— Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
CFC-12
— CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
WWW
— World Weather Watch
PSI
— Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
DOJ
— Department of Justice (US)
GT
— Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
GIGO
— Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
IAEA
— International Atomic Energy Agency
OMB
— Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
NFS
— Network File System
MSL
— Mean Sea Level
IMO
— International Maritime Organization
ANNEX I
— Countries committed to a quantified CO2 target (OECD, EU, Central and Eastern European countries)
LNG
— Liquefied Natural Gas
ABA
— American Bar Association
PROVIS
— provisional
CCAQ
— Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions
CM
— Centimeter
ITU
— International Telecommunication Union
CH4
— Methane, Natural Gas
BIG-TT
— BAHC-IGAC-GCTE Task Team
LPG
— Liquid Petroleum Gas
FFT
— Fast Fourier Transform
DIV
— Division
BOD
— Biochemical Oxygen Demand
AAAS
— American Association for the Advancement of Science
CONVOC
— convocation
SQL
— Structured Query Language
CEP
— Circular Error Probable
FCC
— Federal Communications Commission (US)
AAS
— American Astronomical Society
COSPAR
— Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
W
— Watt
HQ
— Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
ARCH
— Architect
NTIS
— National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
AUX
— Auxiliary
DCF
— discounted cash flow rate
BLM
— Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
NAS
— United States National Academy of Sciences
KWH
— Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)
UNRWA
— United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
HZ
— cycles per second (hertz)
FORTRAN
— FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
NIH
— NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
TM
— Trademark
IFOV
— Instantaneous Field Of View
PPI
— Producer Price Index
DOL
— United States Department of Labor
OPM
— Office of Personnel Management
W3C
— World Wide Web Consortium
DURH
— Durham
OTT
— Over The Top
UNU
— United Nations University
PCB
— Polychlorinated Biphenyls
HUD
— Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
ALT
— Alteration
UN
— United Narions
REGIST
— register
APT
— Automatic Picture Transmission
ADPE
— Automatic Data Processing Equipment
CIA
— Central Intelligence Agency
HIBOR
— Hong Kong interbank offered rate
AL
— Aluminium
GMT
— Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
ASC
— American Society of Cinematographers
TLA
— Three Letter Abbreviation
AEEI
— Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
ALLIT
— alliterative
DFD
— Data Flow Diagram
ACAD
— Academy
ESCAP
— Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
HOSP
— Hospital
MIPS
— Millions of Instructions Per Second
LIBOR
— London Interbank Offered Rate
CIF
— Cost, Insurance, Freight
ABOL
— abolition
AATSR
— Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
CAA
— Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
GIF
— Graphic Interchange Format
SAIC
— Science Applications International Corporation
WMO
— World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
VHF
— Very High Frequency
NSO
— National Solar Observatory
CNG
— Compressed natural gas
USGS
— United States Geological Survey (DOI)
L/C
— Letter of Credit
WTO
— World Trade Organisation
CONST
— Under Construction
NOAA
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
LEPO
— Low Exercise Price Option
ASCE
— l'American Society of Civil Engineers
EIS
— Environmental Impact Statement (US)
ECOSOC
— Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
BIS
— Bank of International Settlements
M
— Meter
AEST
— Australian Eastern Standard Time
ISMA
— International Securities Market Association
GEN
— General Motors
SELPER
— Society of Latin American Remote Sensing Specialists
DOMSAT
— Domestic Communications Satellite System
MHS
— Message Handling System (electronic)
DBMS
— Data Base Management System
UPU
— Universal Postal Union
WFC
— World Food Council
GPO
— Government Printing Office
HHS
— Health and Human Services Department
REVOL
— revolution
L
— Liter
ECA
— Economic Commission for Africa
AFF
— Affairs
IFAD
— International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
O3
— Ozone
GE
— General Electric American Communications Inc.
ISDA
— International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
INC.
— Incorporated
ELV
— Expendable Launch Vehicle
RFLP
— Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
WIPO
— World Intellectual Property Organization
CBOT
— Chicago Board of Trade
FERC
— Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
DMSP
— Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
MIN
— Minute
ATM
— Atmosphere
USC
— United States Code (book of laws)
CMD
— Command
KW
— Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
USAF
— United States Air Force
EM
— Electromagnetic
GOI
— Government Of India
ADJ.PHR
— adjectival phrase
UNFCCC
— United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
DNA
— Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
SOL
— Statute of Limitations
REV. PROC.
— Revenue Procedure
PVC
— Polyvinyl Chloride
ERS
— Economic Research Service
SISEX
— Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
UNCTAD
— United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
ECE
— Economische Commissie voor Europa (United Nations) (Dutch: Economic Commission for Europe)
O2
— Oxygen
DE/DT
— rate of evaporation (moisture loss from soil)
MJ
— Megajoule
DOST
— Department of Science and Technology
UHF
— Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
KHZ
— kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
NCSA
— National Center for Supercomputing Applications
K
— Contract
TSS
— Total Suspended Solids
LRR
— Launch Readiness Review
REV. RUL.
— Revenue Ruling
NIST
— National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
LANG
— language
GOOS
— Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
AFSCN
— Air Force Satellite Control Network
CENTO
— Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
COMPAN
— companion
ISO
— International Standard Organisation
UNHCR
— United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Program
HNO3
— Nitric Acid
CRC
— Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
GOVT
— Government
CW
— Continuous Wave
ADM
— Admiral
AVHRR
— Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Â
NASDA
— National Space Development Agency of Japan
RMS
— root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
ACS
— American Chemical Society
MS
— Mass Spectrometer
UNIFEM
— United Nations Development Fund for Women
AMS
— Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
BNSC
— British National Space Centre
EVAL
— evaluation
DMA
— direct memory access (computer term)
TAPPI
— Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Inc.
COTS
— Commercial Off the Shelf Software
ACABQ
— Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
NOX-N
— Nitrogen oxides nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
DDT
— dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (insecticide)
EIA
— Environmental impact assessment (international)
AEC
— Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
ANON
— Anonymous
BCD
— Binary-Coded Decimal
RPC
— Remote Procedure Call
LANL
— Los Alamos National Laboratory
RLU
— Relative Light Unit
IR
— Infrared
ARC
— Ames Research Center (NASA)
ILO
— International Labor Organization (UN)
MBPS
— Megabits per second
GNMA
— Government National Mortgage Association
FDDI
— Fiber Distributed Data Interface
IEEE
— Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
AMU
— Atomic Mass Unit
I/O
— Input/Output
ECAFE
— Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
IMD
— India Meteorological Department
EDP
— Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
GB
— Gigabyte
GEF
— Global Environmental Facility (environment)
BP
— Before Present
RTU
— Remote Terminal Unit
COP
— Conference of the Parties
GCOS
— Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
MBS
— mortgage backed security
JST
— Japan Standard Time
UNITAR
— United Nations Institute for Training and Research
BER
— Bit-Error Rate
ASU
— Air Separation Unit
L
— Literature
ISAS
— Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
ESP
— Especially
AICHE
— American Institute of Chemical Engineers
DQO
— Data Quality Objective
RNA
— Ribo Nucleic Acid
ATS
— Advanced Technology Satellite
NRL
— Naval Research Laboratory
LP
— Low Pressure
ICICI
— Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
JX
— Jurisdiction
SMS
— Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
ISRO
— Indian Space Research Organisation
SHAKS
— Shakespeare
IDNDR
— International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
JPL
— Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
FCCC
— For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
CDF
— Common Data Format
BOJ
— Bank Of Japan
ADC
— Analog-Digital Converter
ACRIM
— Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
IUCN
— International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
GRID
— Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
AASP
— American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
AON
— All or None
SO. 2D
— Southern Reporter, 2nd Series
ICSC
— International Civil Service Commission
CEA
— Council of Economic Advisors
CAD
— Computer-Aided Design
ASI
— Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
AMMS
— Advanced Multichannel Microwave Sensor
UPS
— Uninterruptible Power Supply
GTOS
— Global Terrestrial Observing System
AIS
— Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
FAM
— Family
DSP
— Digital Signal Processor
ANAL
— Analyst
WKLY
— Weekly
BIA
— Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
CSD
— Commission on Sustainable Development's
MG
— milligram; 1/1000 gram
TOC
— Total Organic Carbon
ICP-OES
— inductively coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
OSO
— Orbiting Solar Observatory
RH
— Relative Humidity
CONTRADICT
— contradiction
CONF
— Conference
CEN
— The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers.
CFA
— Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
UV
— Ultraviolet (Light)
HWRP
— Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
GAW
— Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO)
APEC
— Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
CAPT
— Captain
UNJSPF
— United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
KSE
— Korea Stock Exchange
NOV
— November
MOT
— Ministry of Transport
DND
— Department of National Defense (Canada)
AGU
— American Geophysical Union
IRB
— Internal Revenue Bulletin
JSC
— Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
UNIDO
— United Nations Industrial Development Organization
CO-I
— Co-Investigator
FS
— Forest Service (USDA)
ACC
— Account
NESDIS
— National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
DEF
— Defence
CONTR
— Contract
FORTE
— Fast On-orbit Recording of Transient Events
AFEAS
— Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
IRU
— Inertial Reference Unit
DIAL
— Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
AOCS
— Attitude and Orbit Control System
FRN
— Floating Rate Note
WCP
— World Climate Programme (WMO/ICSU)
YR
— Year
LST
— Local Standard Time
DAU
— Daughter
HCHO
— formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
MOS
— Model Output Statistics
GMDSS
— Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)
PSYCHOL
— Psychological
AAS
— atomic absorption spectrometry (spectrometer, spectroscopy)
AMS
— American Meteorological Society
DSN
— Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
KM
— Kilometer (1,000 meters)
SCOTUS
— Supreme Court of the United States
UNSO
— United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office
NMFS
— National Marine Fisheries Services
NAAQS
— National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
CNR
— Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
COM
— Common
NSSDC
— National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
NO.
— Number
TCDC
— Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries
AERI
— Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
DOAS
— Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
GC
— General Counsel
ACS
— Attitude Control System
LHV
— lower heating value
AFGL
— Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
COE
— Creek Corps of Engineers
AOS
— Acquisition Of Signal
JECOR
— U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation
IAU
— International Astronomical Union
IEE
— Institution of Electrical Engineers
ABST
— Abstract
PCM
— Pulse-Code Modulation
DOS
— United States Department of State
CCD
— Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
ESA
— Endangered Species Act of 1973
G
— Gram (g)
CC
— Combined Cycle
STAT.
— United States Statutes At Large
ECD
— Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
MSW
— Municipal Solid Waste
WG
— Working Group
WI
— When Issued
VOC
— Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
GHZ
— Gigahertz
SN
— Space Network
MRC
— Medical Research Council
JAN
— January
DRS
— Data Relay Satellite
ER
— Energy Research
MW
— Megawatt (one million watts)
OPEC
— Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
AIT
— Asian Institute of Technology
LAC
— Local Area Coverage
AIT
— Assembly, Integration, and Test
ECDIS
— Electronic Chart Display and Information System
CAL/VAL
— Calibration/Validation
BFI
— Baltic Freight Index
ART
— Article (part of speech)
AUG
— August
MSFC
— Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
SPM
— Suspended Particulate Matter
WWF
— World Wildlife Fund
HSIO
— High Speed Input/Output
ADDR
— Address
DHHS
— Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
NOAO
— National Optical Astronomy Observatories (Tucson, AZ)
DHS
— Department of Human Services
CH3CL
— Methyl Chloride
AFSCF
— Air Force Satellite Control Facility
ASEAN
— Association of Southeast Asian Nations
LIDAR
— Lander Light Detection and Ranging
DISTRIB
— distribution
TEAM
— Technology Base Enhancement for Autonomous Machines
EVEN
— evening
KJ
— kilojoule (energy measure)
JTU
— Jackson Turbidity Unit
CT. CL.
— the United States Court of Federal Claims Reporter
ACR
— Active Cavity Radiometer
HA
— Hectare
UC
— University of California
SUBSCR
— subscription
REDEMPT
— redemption
DOC
— United States Department of Commerce
MWH
— Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)
OAS
— Organization of American States
ERBS
— Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
PBL
— Planetary Boundary Layer
EMR
— Electromagnetic Radiation
EC
— European Community
CEC
— Cation Exchange Capacity
FCV
— Flow Control Valve
HEREF
— Herefordshire
COL
— Colonel
AMSR
— Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
E.G.
— Exempli Gratia (for example)
1-D RCM
— one-dimensional radiative-convective model
ITM
— In the Money
HRSG
— Heat Recovery Steam Generator
ADV
— Advance
TMI
— TRMM Microwave Imager
ARINC
— Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
MHS
— Microwave Humidity Sounder
WB
— World Bank
MX
— Merry Christmas
BNL
— Brookhaven National Laboratory
BAU
— business-as-usual
UEA
— University of East Anglia
TVA
— Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
ATP
— Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
HAP
— Hazardous Air Pollutant
CBOE
— Chicago Board Options Exchange's
MP
— Medium Pressure
LARC
— Langley Research Center (NASA)
OCT
— October
IEA
— International Energy Agency (Paris)
MAN
— Manual
MIT
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
RCS
— Radar Cross Section
PL
— Public Law
MITRE
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
CERCLA
— Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
ORNL
— Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
AABW
— Antarctic Bottom Water
CEQ
— Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
MSU
— Microwave Sounding Unit
NA
— North America
RCF
— Relative Centrifugal Force
SO4
— Sulfate radical
ATSR
— Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
NYMEX
— New York Mercantile Exchange
ICSI
— International Commission on Snow and Ice (IAHS)
MCS
— Mesoscale Convective System
TERMINOL
— terminology
CONVERSAT
— conversation
GC
— gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
ADJS
— adjective
AURIO
— Auroral Imaging Observatory
P&S
— Purchase and Sale
SO2
— Sulfur Dioxide
SRR
— System Requirements Review
USCG
— United States Coast Guard
HCFC-22
— hydrochloroflourocarbon-22 (CHClF2,
GLOBE
— Global Land One kilometer Base Elevation (DIS)
ALEXIS
— Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
SYLL
— syllable
CNES
— Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales
ACH4
— Annual methane (CH4) emission from enteric fermentation
ETC.
— and others especially of the same kind; and so forth
PHILAD
— Philadelphia
GARD
— garden
BPA
— Bonneville Power Administration (US)
CIMSS
— Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
HF
— Hydrogen Fluoride
DPC
— Domestic Policy Council
ARS
— United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
LLNL
— The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
ISU
— International Space University
OSTP
— Office of Science and Technology Policy
TWT
— Traveling Wave Tube
FE
— Fossil Energy
BUREC
— United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
IO
— Input/Output
KSC
— John F. Kennedy Space Center
MCC
— Mission Control Center (JSC)
TDS
— Total Dissolved Solids
FORTIF
— fortification
UL
— Uplink
PR
— Precipitation Radar
OTA
— Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
ESMC
— Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
MFO
— mixed-function oxidase (enzyme system)
VIBOR
— Vienna Interbank Offered Rate
INTERL
— interlude
DOI
— United States Department of Interior
TEC
— Total Electron Content
BUBOR
— Budapest Interbank Offered Rate
ECOM.
— EOS communications
NAST
— National Academy of Science and Technology
ERTS
— Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
AGAGE
— Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
CHAPS
— Clearing House Automated Payment System
NREN
— National Research and Education Network
NSTS
— National Space Transportation System
AAIW
— Antarctic Intermediate Water
I/F
— Interface
ENVISAT
— European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
JOSH
— Joshua
CH3CCL3
— methylchloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane)
RS
— Remote Sensing
FEIS
— Final Environmental impact statement (US)
APHET
— aphetic
MCL
— Maximum Contaminant Level
IMS
— Information Management System (LTPP)
HHV
— Higher Heating Value (thermal efficiency basis)
ISAMS
— Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
ASE
— Airborne Support Equipment
DEIS
— Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
LES
— Lincoln Experimental Satellite
ONEB
— Office of National Environmental Board
GSFC
— Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
EEZ
— Exclusive Economic Zone
MSS
— Multispectral Scanner System
AFBC
— Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustor
TLV
— Threshold Limit Value
INS
— Inertial Navigation System
NARA
— United States National Archives And Records Administration
UIC
— Underground Injection Control
CHP
— Combined heat and power
GLRC
— Great Lakes Research Center (LSC and NOAA)
TKE
— Turbulent Kinetic Energy
PROVID
— providence
ASCS
— Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
EODC
— Earth Observing Data Center (U.K.)
USMAB
— United States Man and the Biosphere
PWD
— Public Works Department
EPRI
— Electric Power Research Institute (US)
SWT
— Science Working Team
AIHA
— American Industrial Hygiene Association
HK
— Housekeeping
BIOTRANS
— biological transformations
DEPRED
— depredation
IRIS
— Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
EDC
— EROS Data Center
CLO
— Chlorine Monoxide
GW
— Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
TEAMA
— Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia
SBIR
— Small Business Innovation Research
PV
— Potential Vorticity
LAGEOS
— Laser Geodynamic Satellite
NFA
— National Futures Association
VMS
— Virtual Memory System
VLSI
— Very-Large-Scale Integration
AERODYNAM
— aerodynamic
VC
— Virtual Channel
TOS
— TIROS Observational System
BQ
— Becquerel
QAE
— Quality Assurance Engineer
MEA
— Monoethanolamine
MSR
— Microwave Scanning Radiometer
NO3
— Nitrate Radical
UNTAB
— United Nations Technical Assistance Board
NEP
— Noise Equivalent Power
SH
— Southern Hemisphere
ASTER
— Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
FITS
— Flexible Image Transport System
CONFID
— confidential
BRO
— Bromine Monoxide
CCRS
— Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
TRAD
— traditional
PMP
— Probable Maximum Precipitation
GEMS
— Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
PDF
— Probability Density Function
CLO2
— chlorine dioxide
IST
— Instrument Support Terminal
AR
— Argon
IFMK
— Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany
EXAM
— Examination
DCP
— Data Collection Platform
S/W
— Software
IV&V
— independent verification and validation
KBPS
— kilobits per second
OPC
— Ordinary Portland Cement
SO
— Southern Oscillation
EGS
— European Geophysical Society
CWA
— Clean Water Act (1977)
STC
— Satellite Test Center
SCOPE
— Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
HLW
— high-level waste
ADD
— Addenda
CIE
— Chinese Institute of Electronics
ATT
— Attic
ASOS
— Automated Surface Observing System
SRD
— System Requirements Document
PNNL
— Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
SLAR
— Side-Looking Airborne Radar
IHB
— International Hydrographic Bureau
IJC
— International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
CFO
— Cancel Former Order
MCC
— Mesoscale Convective Complex
UCI
— University of California, Irvine
MSB
— Most Significant Bit
HPS
— Health Physics Society
NDVI
— Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
XRD
— X-Ray Diffraction
NCSU
— North Carolina State University
DCS
— Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
CTU
— Central Terminal Unit
OPS
— Optical Sensor
1-D
— one-dimensional
RRN SAF
— RRN Southern and Eastern Africa
DMSO
— Dimethyl Sulfoxide
18O
— oxygen-18 (oxygen isotope with atomic weight of 18)
VAD
— Velocity-Azimuth Display
IHO
— International Hydrographic Organization
CZMA
— US Coastal Zone Management Act
ABR
— Abridged
MKS
— meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
TL
— Team Leader
PJ
— Petajoule
AGWP
— Absolute Global Warming Potential
ABP
— Archbishop
PSEUDO-ARCH
— pseudo-archaic
EGSE
— Electrical Ground Support Equipment
K
— Kilogram
ANNEX II
— OECD countries and EU
APP
— Apparently
PTFE
— Polytetrafluoroethylene
GBPS
— Gigabits per second
PW
— Precipitable Water
FTU
— Formazin Turbidity Unit
FID
— Flame Ionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
AM/FM
— Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society)
EEI
— Edison Electric Institute
HOCL
— Hypochlorous Acid
HCL
— Hydrogen Chloride
IAP
— Institute of Atmospheric Physics
LBLRTM
— Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model
MAG
— Magazine
IBP
— International Biological Programme (ICSU)
EVOL
— Evolution
IPE
— International Petroleum Exchange
HOUSEK
— housekeeping
ARIZ. REV. STAT.
— Arizona Revised Statutes
NSIDC
— National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
DIC
— Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
FUA
— The Fuel Use Act (US)
ACCTS
— Accounts
2-D RCAM
— two-dimensional radiative-advective-convective equilibrium model
DOY
— Day of Year
RAE
— Royal Aircraft Establishment
AT
— Acceptance Test
IC
— Ion Chromatography
CAM
— Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway)
OCN
— Oceania
UNIV
— University
AA
— Atomic Absorption
GC/MS
— SX)-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
EXPLAN
— explanation
NO2
— Nitrogen Dioxide
UNKN
— Unknown
HP
— High Pass
EVA
— Extra-Vehicular Activity
IUE
— International Ultraviolet Explorer
LME
— London Metal Exchange
HCN
— Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
ISI
— International Statistical Institute
ISLN
— International Standards Lawyer Number
13C
— carbon-13 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 13)
AVNIR
— advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
AOL
— Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
ALT
— Radar Altimeter
GHG
— Green House Gas
APP
— Appendix
CATECH
— catechism
CONTEMPT
— contemptuous
DIE
— Designated Investment Exchange
TWP
— Tropical Western Pacific
SHPO
— State Historic Preservation Office (US)
TOVS
— TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
BETW
— between
MIMD
— multiple instruction, multiple data (system)
OH
— Hydroxyl Radical
EOF
— Empirical Orthogonal Function
PSD
— Prevention of Significant Deterioration
C
— Carbone
FEM
— Finite Element Method
ADJ
— Adjective
IRRI
— International Rice Research Institute
ADALT
— Advanced Radar Altimeter
FRA
— Forward Rate Agreement
ABLE
— Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
SUBSEQ
— Subsequent
ITCZ
— Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
JEM
— Japanese Experiment Module
CIDA
— Canadian International Development Agency
IGT
— Institute of Gas Technology (Chicago)
MAFF
— Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (U.K.)
ICC
— Instrument Control Center
USN
— United States Navy
REFASH
— refashion
ECS
— EOSDIS Core System
UT
— Universal Time
14C
— carbon-14 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 14)
FEP
— Front-End Processor
LCH
— London Clearing House
DIF
— Data Interchange Format
DSDP
— Deep-Sea Drilling Project
(D)PR
— dual precipitation radar
SRM
— Standard Reference Material
INNOC
— innocent
JUL
— July
GSA
— Geological Society of America
NYBOR
— New York Interbank Offered Rate
AAOE
— Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
EUV
— Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
ARISTOTELES
— Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
CONGREG
— congregation
ARC/INFO
— GIS software
SI
— Statutory Instrument
SCOSTEP
— Scientific Committee On Solar-Terrestrial Physics
FE
— Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'')
RX
— Receive
CAT
— Cataract
X-SAR
— X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
CCIR
— International Radio Consultative Committee (French Acronym)
CZCS
— Coastal Zone Color Scanner
DOMEST
— domestic
RD
— Reference Document
JOI
— Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
CAN
— Canberra
LSD
— Least Significant Difference
ANOR
— Another
HDC
— Holder in Due Course
AMAD
— Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
AASE
— Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
DI
— Directorate of Intelligence
ICRP
— International Commission on Radiological Protection
PZT
— Piezoelectric Transducer
COMMEND
— commendation
ONR
— Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
LSB
— least-significant byte
NSSL
— National Severe Storms Laboratory
PLO
— Public Limit Order
PDE
— Partial Differential Equation
DISCUSS
— discussion
NYU
— New York University
BIBEX
— Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
QUOT
— Quotation
COMM
— Common
ANL
— The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
LWC
— Liquid Water Content
ESMAP
— Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
GLRD
— Great Lakes Research Division
LOE
— Late Old English
3-D
— Three-Dimensional
OIE
— Overseas Investment Exchange
APHA
— American Pharmaceutical Association
SIAM
— Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
MRT
— Mission Readiness Test
AWWA
— American Water Works Association (Denver)
VID
— Vehicle Identification Number
SPAS
— Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
XBT
— expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
CHAS
— Charles
TCS
— Thermal Control Subsystem
GTCC
— Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
TDRSS
— Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
MOM
— Mission Operations Manager
IDL
— Interactive Data Language
CART
— Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
BK
— Book
RAPD
— Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
ADMONIT
— admonition
CADD
— computer-aided design and drafting
PREROG
— prerogative
PPT
— parts per trillion (1012)
AOD
— Aerosol Optical Depth
IDS
— Interdisciplinary Science
H2
— Hydrogen
CNEG
— Contributory negligence
EP
— Earth Probe
DGVM
— Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
ERB
— Earth Radiation Budget
FAR
— Flight Analysis Review
OBDH
— On-Board Data Handling
FPD
— Flame Photometric Detector
ICF
— Instrument Control Facility
WEC
— World Energy Council
GCM
— General Court-Martial
SRB
— Surface Radiation Budget
COMB
— Combination
CU
— University of Colorado at Boulder
IDA
— International Development Agency
OTEC
— ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
UNGA
— United Nations General Assembly
N2
— Nitrogen
NOSS
— National Oceanic Satellite System
ADDNET
— Acid Deposition Data Network (EPA)
ISY
— International Space Year (1992)
PPFD
— Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density
FOT
— Flight Operation Trainer
ESF
— European Science Foundation
DBH
— Diameter at Breast Height
DAC
— Days After Contract
NHC
— United States National Hurricane Center
CLIN
— Clinic
TOMS
— Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
ACE
— Aerosol Characterization Experiment
DMA
— U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
SIMD
— Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
FRRPA
— Forest and Rangeland Renewable Planning Act (1974)
TMS
— Thematic Mapper Simulator
HST
— Hubble Space Telescope
AARI
— Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
IPR
— Intellectual Property Right
NCAR
— National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
GPI
— GOES Precipitation Index
EAS
— Environmental Analyses Section (ORNL)
THEORET
— theoretical
TCP/IP
— Transmission Control/Internet Protocol
NASM
— National Air and Space Museum
ECMWF
— European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
JRNL
— Journalism
FO
— Furnace Oil
MM-AL
— total monomeric aluminum
WCE
— Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
ASSAS
— Advanced Solid State Array Sensor
EXP
— Experiment
YRS
— Years
MB
— Millibar(s)
MIDAM
— Midamerica Commodity Exchange
DAS
— Data Acquisition System
MPE
— Mission to Planet Earth
ERBE
— Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
AOML
— Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
FWPCA
— Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
EXCH
— Exchange
LIS
— Lightning Imaging Sensor
CLRI
— Central Leather Research Institute
SS
— Stainless Steel
TDR
— Time-Domain Reflectometry
NEHA
— National Environmental Health Association
NPDES
— National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
AFS
— American Fisheries Society
ERDAS
— Earth Resources Data Analysis System
NCEP
— National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
SAM
— Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
ETO
— Exchange Traded Option
DOM
— Dissolved Organic Matter
HTW
— High Temperature Winkler gasifier
GCV
— Gross Calorific Value
CPUE
— Catch Per Unit Effort
APA
— Alkaline Phosphatase Activity
EXCOMM
— Executive Committee
USEPA
— United States Environmental Protection Agency
GCRP
— Global Change Research Program
ASAR
— Advanced Synthetic Aperture RadarÂ
NISTEP
— National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
ATLAS
— ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
ADC
— Affiliated Data Center
4DDA
— Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation
CIBOR
— Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate
IOP
— Intensive Observing Period
HP
— Hewlett-Packard Development Company
DS
— Data Set
SSBUV
— shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
AAD
— Attitude Anomaly Detector
EOSAT
— Earth Observation Satellite Co.
ADVOC
— advocate
PCMDI
— Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
LRA
— Laser Retroreflector Array
DIST
— District
SEHK
— Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
CA.
— circa
3I
— improved initialization inversion
IGS
— International Glaciological Society
RAOB
— Radiosonde Observation
PROV
— Proverbs
AMSU-A
— Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
ECC
— Electrochemical Concentration Cell
FEB
— February
AMER
— America
-S
— Arakawa-Schubert
LITE
— Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
AOGCM
— Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model
IQSY
— International Quiet Sun Year
ARPA
— Advanced Research Project Agency's
GIT
— Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
ACC
— Air Combat Command (formerly TAC)
AO
— announcement of opportunity
GFDL
— Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
DB
— Direct Broadcast
TRAV
— Travel
IDB
— Inter-American Development Bank
ABL
— Atmospheric Boundary Layer
JUSTIFIC
— justification
FWS
— United States Fish and Wildlife Service
MSS
— Mission Support System
ASA
— American Statistical Association
AIREP
— Aircraft Weather Report
CSU
— Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
DEM
— Digital Elevation Model
MPL
— Marine Physical Laboratory
ABBREV
— abbreviation
NAL
— National Agricultural Library
EDS
— Environmental Data Service
GPC
— Global Processing Center
FURNIT
— furniture
CORP.
— Corporation
MES
— Military Engineering Services
HBR
— Hydrogen Bromide
ESA
— Entomological Society of America
APAR
— Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
AAWORD
— Association of African Women for Research and Development
ISTP
— International Solar Terrestrial Physics
HDF
— Hierarchical Data Format
SUNY
— State Universityrsity of New York
AD
— Acronym Dictionary
CSIR
— Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
TM
— Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
BNA
— block numbering area
ISC
— International Seismological Centre
BUFR
— Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
MMSCMD
— million metric standard cubic metre per day
GTE
— Global Tropospheric Experiment
FTSE-100
— Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 stock index
M
— micrometer
HMW
— High Molecular Weight
FIBOR
— Frankfurt Interbank Offered Rate
ARM
— Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
RARR
— Range and Range Rate
EPSRC
— l'Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
LEX
— Lexicon
UBA
— Umweltbundesamt
NZFOE
— New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange
ICE
— International Cometary Explorer
UT
— University of Tennessee
BOL
— Beginning of Life
CDC
— Control Data Corporation, Incorporated
CHIPS
— Clearing House Interbank Payments System
OBS
— Obsolete
OFFIC
— official
EOS
— Earth Observing System (U.S.)
HCFC
— Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
ESA
— Ecological Society of America
CEES
— Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
ASCHE
— American Society of Chemical Engineers
BUR
— Bureau
CX
— Cross-Examination
TRS
— Trade Registration System
VENET
— Venetian
WARC
— World Administrative Radio Conference
MTMC
— Military Traffic Management Command
IGBP
— International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IWGDMGC
— Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
DSR
— Delivery Status Report
POD
— Precision Orbit Determination
CDCR
— Conceptual Design and Cost Review
GPSDR
— Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
DL
— Downlink Message
ADAAC
— Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
IWG
— Investigators Working Group
FRD
— Flight Requirements Document
LIMS
— Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
MTS
— Microwave Temperature Sounder
GAC
— Global Area Coverage
NAPAP
— National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
LDR
— Linear Depolarization Ratio
CTV
— Compatibility Test Van
UW/UD
— University of Wisconsin/University of Denver
EC-GC
— Electron Capture-Gas Chromatograph
AES
— Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
GISP2
— Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two
MACS
— Modular Attitude Control System
CLIVAR
— Climate Variability and Predictability program
ACD
— Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
JURISDICT
— jurisdiction
CDDI
— Copper Distributed Data Interface
DU
— Dobson Unit
IASI
— Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
MAGSAT
— Magnetic Field Satellite
MOC
— Memorandum Of Cooperation
CAEM
— Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (WMO)
CONSTR
— Construct
AFGWC
— Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
EMPH
— emphatic
WET
— Waste Extraction Test
ADCLS
— Advanced Data Collection and Location System
BOC
— Bureau of Census
TC
— Telecommand
ESOC
— European Space Operations Center
CMO
— Configuration Management Office
OFT
— Office of Fair Trading
AMRIR
— Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
FDM
— Finite-Difference Method
PMF
— Probable Maximum Flood
MITI
— Ministry of International Trade and Industry
DPI
— Data Processing Installation
NCDC
— National Climatic Data Center
SCULPT
— sculpture
TGT
— TDRSS Ground Terminal
COMB.FORM
— combining form
AODC
— Acridine Orange Direct Count [of Bacteria]
BTP
— Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali
AI
— Associate Investigator
KNOWL
— Knowledge
CCR
— Cost-Charge Ratio
ICIMOD
— International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
TIFFE
— Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange
TAE
— Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
GSMNP
— Great Smoky Mountains National Park
ADMC
— Agri-residue dry matter content
DCP-OES
— direct coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
ICSU
— International Council of Scientific Unions
FTS
— File Transfer System
LIS
— Land Information System
SLA
— Special Libraries Association
A.D.
— anno domini (latin)
EUMETSAT
— European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
IDEOL
— ideology
NSFNET
— National Science Foundation Network
CIT
— California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
WMC
— World Meteorological Center
OMX
— Option Market Index
DM-MIMD
— distributed memory, multiple instruction, multiple data (computer)
APPOS
— appositive
SLIES
— Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
HFO
— Heavy Fuel Oil
SPADE
— Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
AMTS
— Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
KEV
— kilo electron volts
ATTY
— Attorney
GGS
— Global Geospace Science
EOTC
— European Organization for Testing and Certification (EC)
ENQ
— Enquiry
POC
— Particulate Organic Carbon
ELEM
— Element
ATTRIB
— Attribute
NDIR
— non-dispersive infrared gas analyzer
EEC
— European Economic Commission
CLAES
— Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
CORES
— Computer Assisted Order Routing and Execution System
TSCA
— Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
BCF
— Bio-Concentration Factor
JASON
— Scientific panel (MITRE Corporation
MWR
— Microwave Radiometer
CRREL
— Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
AMI
— Active Microwave Instrument
ANC
— Ancient
CAPPI
— Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
ERS
— ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
USGCRP
— United States Global Change Research Program
ASTROL
— Astrology
SINTEF
— Norwegian Institute of Technology
NSTC
— National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
IVL
— Swedish Environmental Research Institute
MDSRS
— Morphology-Dependent Stimulated Raman Scattering
CEOS
— Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
EPHIN
— Electron Proton Helium Instrument
STSP
— Solar Terrestrial Science Programme
FTIR
— Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
TRANSUBSTANT
— transubstantiation
MDI
— Michelson Doppler Imager
DOA
— United States Department of Agriculture
DEW
— distant early warning (radar)
UCAR
— University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
HPCRC
— High Performance Computing Research Center (ORNL)
IPEI
— Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
GN
— Ground Network
FRG
— Federal Republic of Germany's
GARP
— Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
RPA
— Remotely Piloted Aircraft
NGDC
— National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
MIBOR
— Madrid Interbank Offered Rate
HMMR
— High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
DLR
— Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
I
— Injection
DMS
— Dimethyl Sulfide
FIFE
— First ISLSCP Field Experiment
ANT
— Antarctica
IEOS
— International Earth Observing System
UARS
— Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
MLR
— Multiple Linear Regression
NCRP
— National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
VIS
— Visible
TT&C
— Telemetry, Tracking and Command
ERIM
— Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
IPOC
— International Partner Operations Center
PPL.ADJ
— participial adjective
DAAC
— Distributed Active Archive Center
EDIS
— Environmental Data and Information Service
FSI
— Forest Survey of India
FXA
— Foreign Exchange Agreement
SOFFEX
— Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange
APA
— Adirondack Park Agency
VOCAB
— Vocabulary
OBL
— OBLique
EDSP
— Exchange Delivery Settlement Price
HST
— Hawaii Standard Time
CPO
— Core Project Office
LANDSAT
— Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
OWS
— Ocean Weather Station
WFF
— Wallops Flight Facility
WHOI
— Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
FRCP
— Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
EP
— Extraction Procedure
CBS
— Commission for Basic Systems
CONV
— Convention
AMSU
— Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
VSE
— Vancouver Stock Exchange
KLOFFE
— Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange
DIS
— Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
SEASTAR
— Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
GTCE
— Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
PNL
— Pacific Northwest Laboratory
CD-ROM
— compact disc-read only memory
R
— Rex
UTC
— Universal Time Coordinate
EASOE
— European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
AIBS
— American Institute of Biological Sciences
CJS
— Corpus Juris Secundum
MTG
— Meeting
ERD
— Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
ACCS
— accounts
CONSID
— consideration
RADARSAT
— Radar Satellite
S/C
— Spacecraft
EML
— Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
MTCE
— Million Tonnes of Carbon Equivalent
CEC
— Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
SNL
— Sandia National Laboratories
CFC
— Chloroflourocarbon
ADVERT
— Advertisement
IGAC
— International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
NAM
— North America
HCFC-141B
— hydrochlorofluorocarbon-141b
ANU
— Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
BFE
— Baltic Futures Exchange
SAFIRE
— Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
KA
— thousands of years
2-D
— a.k.a. 2D, two-dimension, two-dimensional
DLS
— Dynamic Limb Sounder
EPH
— Ephesians
PORC
— Porcelain
JERS
— Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
WEFAX
— Weather Facsimile
LEFI
— Local Electric Field Instrument
GOS
— Geomagnetic Observing System
SST
— Sea surface temperature
DISCRIM
— discrimination
CISPR
— International Special Committee on Radio Interference
PDI
— Payload Data Interleaver
V
— Verb
4-D
— four-dimensional
ATMOS
— Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
LEOP
— Launch and Early Orbit Phase
BITNET
— Because It is Time NETwork
COLL
— COLLege
IRREG
— Irregular
CRM
— Certified Reference Material
AID
— Agency for International Development (U.S.)
MW
— Milliwatt
DECNET
— Digital Equipment Corporation Network
AAPP
— Average All Pig Price
UAF
— University of Alaska Fairbanks
BDR
— Battery Discharge Regulator
AL
— Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
LED
— Low Energy Detector
IASI
— Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
ESRC
— Economic and Social Research Council
ALL ER
— All England Law Reports
IMM
— International Monetary Market
ISEE
— International Sun-Earth Explorer
ECON
— Economics
SMOW
— Standard Mean Ocean Water
GS&M
— Modeling (task team)
HAE
— Height Above Ellipsoid
SURG
— Surgery
AER
— Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
DWS
— Doppler Wind Sensor
RIE
— Recognised Investment Exchange
AWIPS-90
— Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
INTERC
— intercourse
SMIRD
— SOHO Mission Implementation Requirements Document
SERI
— Solar Energy Research Institute
STAT
— Statistical
NGVD 29
— National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
DICT
— Dictionary
GL
— Geophysics Laboratory
AMEDAS
— Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
SGR
— Specific Growth Rate
UVR
— Ultraviolet Radiation
AUTH
— Author
AIME
— American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
COLA
— Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
VISSR
— visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
NAVSTAR
— Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
IAF
— International Astronautical Federation
COARE
— Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
SEV
— several
POSTM
— postmaster
CAL
— Calendar
NAVIG
— Navigational Log
MAW
— Ministry of Agriculture and Water (Saudi Arabia)
LBL
— Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
WILTS
— Wiltshire
VOS
— Voluntary Observing Ship
RASS
— radio-acoustic sounding system
TMR
— TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
CFC-113
— CCl2FCClF2, 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane
JERS-1
— Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
POSTH
— posthumous
MIADS
— map information assembly and display system
PMEL
— Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
MORFLOT
— Ministry of the Merchant Marine of the Soviet Union
INTERNAT
— international
SDC
— Swiss Development Corporation
QBO
— Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
PSK
— Phase Shift Key
JMA
— Japan Meteorological Agency
MKSA
— meter-kilogram-second-ampere (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKSA")
CNR
— Committee on Natural Resources
PRN
— Pseudo-Random Noise
PPBV
— parts per billion (109) by volume
HOX
— odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
CPC
— Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
MDE
— Middle East
HALOE
— Halogen Occultation Experiment
NUM
— Number
CO-C
— Carbon monoxide carbon trace gas emission
DORIS
— Doppler Orbit And Radio Positioning Integration By Satellite
AOIPS
— Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
GOME
— Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
CLASSIF
— classification
TOGA
— Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
SPARC
— Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
SAIL
— Steel Authority of India Limited
ACU
— Attitude Control Unit
NSSFC
— National Severe Storms Forecast Center
DSB
— Direct Sounding Broadcast
CMS
— Configuration Management System
ATLID
— Atmospheric LIDAR
UNCED
— United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development
RGS
— Royal Geographic Society
CLIMAP
— Climate Long-Range Investigation Mapping and Prediction (project)
FRTM
— Functional Requirements Traceability Matrix
GCC
— Global Change Category
AGCM
— Atmospheric General Circulation Model
TIGGER
— Earth sciences dimension to TIGER
SAGE
— Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
CIMO
— Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
GTS
— Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
BODC
— British Oceanographic Data Centre
ADVTS
— advertisement
HIBID
— Hong Kong interbank bid rate
EMAP
— Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
USBR
— United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
USFS
— United States Forest Service
NTS
— Nevada Test Site
CORON
— coronation
TWRA
— Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
VMVM
— Vector Measuring Current Meter
MTOE
— million tonnes of oil equivalent
DSIR
— Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
SFT
— System Functional Test
EOM
— End of Mission
II
— Interdisciplinary Investigator
KR
— Krypton
EJ
— Exajoule
INSTARR
— Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (University of Colorado, Boulder)
ACTM
— Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model
AO
— Atmosphere-Ocean
MONUM
— monument
FEHEM
— Front-End Hardware Emulator
PHR
— Phrase
MESSR
— Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
USCCAN
— United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
UCSB
— University Of California Santa Barbara
FDH
— Fixed Dynamical Heating
PECULAT
— peculation
HIRS
— High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
INSA
— Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
HDTV
— High-Definition Television
ACARS
— Aircraft Communication and Recording System
TLM
— Telemetry
AMIP
— Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
USCA
— United States Code Annotated
MKT
— Market
A.
— Atlantic Reporter
IMB
— Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
AVHRR GAC
— AVHRR Global Area Coverage
NSCAT
— Nasa Scatterometer Project
AET
— Actual Evapotranspiration
CCN
— Cloud Condensation Nuclei
TIRS
— Thermal Infrared Scanner
CCS
— Central Checkout System
SSM
— Special Sensor Microwave
IPS
— Inter Press Service
ABSTR
— Abstract
HTTP
— Hypertext Transport Protocol
AGST
— Against
EMEX
— Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
ADVT
— advertisement
STMW
— Sub-Tropical Mode Water
GLAS
— Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
PB
— Playback
AIRS
— Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
BIOL
— Biology
LTOM
— London Traded Options Market
VAS
— VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
CMDL
— Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
RBV
— return-beam Vidicon
IRTS
— Infrared Temperature Sounder
BOB
— Bureau of the Budget
IFRB
— International Frequency Registration Board of the International Telecommunication Union
GFLOPS
— one gigaflop equals 1 billion (109) floating point operations
JMOL
— Judgment as a Matter of Law
CDDIS
— Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
ASHOE
— Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
PORT
— Portuguese
KERFIX
— Kerguelen fixed station (France) (JGOFS)
CONFUT
— confutation
EMSL
— Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory (EPA)
GLI
— Global Imager
METAPHOR
— metaphorical
DOLY
— Dynamic Global Phytogeography Model (GCTE)
SIFE
— Second ISCCP Field Experiment
FWCA
— Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1958)
INRA
— Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
RECOLL
— recollection
ACA
— Advanced Computer Applications (project)
JEOS
— Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
IUB
— International Union of Biochemistry (ICSU)
FSL
— Forecast Systems Laboratory (a NOAA ERL)
UNISIST
— United Nations System for Scientific and Technological Information
CTD
— Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
MCP
— Meteorological Communications Package
ERDA
— U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (formerly AEC; now DOE)
GCDIS
— US Global Change Data and Information System
IBEX-35
— stock index
MAESA
— Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
SPIE
— The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
RESID
— residence
MPI
— Max Planck Institut (Germany)
DIU
— Data Information Unit (of WOCE Data System)
STRI
— Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
CEA
— Central Electricity Authority
NODS
— NASA Ocean Data System
CLAVR
— Clouds from AVHRR
AM. JUR. 2D.
— American Jurisprudence, 2nd Series
ISSC
— International Social Science Council
CLONO2
— chlorine nitrate
ORS
— Others
CALC
— Calculus
DADS
— Data Archive and Distribution System
HASP
— High Altitude Sampling Program
B/W
— Black and White
JUD
— Judges
ART
— Arctica
SCMS
— Société de Compensation des Marchés Conditionnels
ABRIDG
— abridged
NASCOM
— NASA Communications System
TEESE
— TERI Energy Economy Simulation Evaluation
BEL-20
— stock index
GEDEX
— Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
GMS
— Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
FAGS
— Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services (ICSU)
ASOEN
— ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment
OGIST
— Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
BATS
— Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
ALA. CODE
— Code of Alabama 1975
MILA
— Merritt Island Launch Area
MCIDAS
— Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
SM-MIMD
— shared memory, multiple instruction, and multiple data (computer)
IUFRO
— International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
BAO
— Boulder Atmospheric Observatory
MOM
— Modular Ocean Model
MLS
— Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
MEPED
— medium energy proton and electron detector
GEWEX
— Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
OSU
— Oregon State University
DOC
— dissolved organic carbon
S&R
— Search & Rescue
ROPME
— Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment
PAD
— Program Approval Document
UH
— University of Heidelberg
SMIC
— Study of Mans Impact on Climate
ADEOS
— Advanced Earth Observing System
EFP
— Exchange For Physicals
ECOWARM
— European Committee for Water Resources Management (IAHS)
ACSYS
— Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
GVR
— Grant, Vacate and Remand
ALSC
— Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
IGFA
— International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
AVHRR LAC
— AVHRR Local Area Coverage
ADMON
— admonition
BAPMON
— Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
IBSRAM
— International Board for Soil Research and Management
HIMSS
— high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
JGOFS
— Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
WSC
— Water Survey of Canada
RFDU
— Radio Frequency Distribution Unit
SUSIM
— Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
NBRF
— National Biomedical Research Foundation
NEXRAD
— Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
MONEX
— Monsoon Experiment
ARCH
— Archive
HFC
— HydroFluoroCarbon
PRINC
— principle
SBUV
— Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
CFRI
— Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
CITE
— Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
INDUSTR
— industrial
RFT
— Registered Floor Trader
SMJ
— subject matter jurisdiction
USWB
— United States Weather Bureau
RPB
— Recognised Professional Body
CAL. CODE REG.
— California Code of Regulations
ORR
— Oak Ridge Reservation
TSP
— total suspended particles
PUB.L.
— Public Law
CODATA
— Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
APPLIC
— application
IRF
— instantaneous radiative transfer
ENT
— Entomology (code)
IAEG
— International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
XPNDR
— Transponder
REGIC
— regicide
MAPS
— Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
JSC
— Joint Scientific Committee (ICSU, WCRP, and WMO)
CDOS
— Customer Data and Operations System
INTRANS
— intransitive
BPPT
— Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (Indonesia)
LEV
— Leviticus
WS
— Wind Speed
PPR
— problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
GPCP
— Global Precipitation Climatology Project
ICWG
— International Coordination Working Group
B.C
— British Columbia
ACE
— Advisory Committee on the Environment
CIRAC
— Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
MANIP
— manipulation
WSMC
— Western Space and Missile Center
PMIR
— Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
TOPEX
— Ocean Topography Experiment
DCN
— Document Change Notice
WCRP
— World Climate Research Program
IDOL
— idolatry
ISSMFE
— International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
ACAST
— Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology toDevelopment
GOMR
— Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
DED
— Dedicated
BBL
— Billion Barrels
NH4
— ammonium
AGSS
— Attitude Ground Support System
ATA
— Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam
AUSTRAL
— Australia
FIRE
— First ISCCP Regional Experiment
GISS
— Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
IRIS
— Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
IGAP
— International Global Aerosol Program
TIROS
— Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
ALM
— Almanac
INTELL
— Intelligent
AFR
— Africa
GIMMS
— Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
RTNEPH
— real-time nephanalysis
PSC
— Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
AAF
— Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France
NEIC
— National Enforcement Investigations Center
LOBT
— Local on Board Time
GOMOS
— Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
SDSD
— Satellite Data Services Division
CHY
— Commission for Hydrology
AAG
— American Association of Geographers
DEVEL
— Development
CV
— Calorific Value
JOC
— Joint Organizing Committee
CXL
— Constitutional
ALADIN
— Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
BAA
— benz[a]anthracene
EX.DOC
— executive document
HVS
— high-volume sampler
NORDA
— Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
IUCR
— International Union of Crystallography
HIRDLS
— HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
AASSREC
— Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils
NERI
— National Environmental Research Institute
GRO
— Gamma Ray Observatory (NASA)
SPD
— Solar Physics Division
RFD
— Royal Forestry Department
ATDD
— Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
FORET
— Forest of East Tennessee (model)
C.V.
— coefficient of variation (math)
GLIS
— Global Land Information System
IUGG
— International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
ST
— Steam Turbine
AVCS
— Advanced Vidicon Camera System
GF3
— General Format No 3
NPS
— National Park Service (US)
MYTH
— mythology
IMPROP
— improper
CLP
— Contract Laboratory Program (EPA)
ITC
— International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
CPE
— Eastern Europe (also called Centrally Planned Europe)
NONCE-WD
— nonce-word
USDOE
— United States Department Of Energy
OD
— Orbit Determination
IRG
— Interest Rate Guarantee
CHRON
— Chronicles
UV-VIS
— UltraViolet-Visible Spectroscopy
INPA
— Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazona (Brazil)
BERKS
— Berkshire (English County)
COADS
— Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
CAMS
— Control and Monitoring System
CGCP
— Canadian Global Change Program
USIA
— United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
IUBMB
— International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
SUBORD
— Subordinate
URL
— Upper Range Limit
G-7
— Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
TISAB
— total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
LDC
— less-developed country
SOLSTICE
— Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
ED
— Energy Division
SPSO
— Science Processing Support Office
DD
— degree day
INDIR
— indirect
BVRJ
— Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro
IOC
— International Ozone Commission
CDIAC
— Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
COM
— Commission
RW
— Reaction Wheel
POGO
— Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
BULL
— Bulletin
HP
— Health Physics
GBRS
— Generic Block Recording System
NESHAP
— National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
MAGIC
— Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchment
TOCOM
— Tokyo Commodity Exchange
APPL
— Applied
AIV
— Assembly-Integration-Verification
CHAR
— Character
ASPRS
— American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
MOPITT
— Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
MERIS
— medium-resolution imaging spectrometer
FOK
— fill or kill order
ESRI
— Environmental Systems Research Institute (developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, Redlands, California)
LONGLINES
— Long Hydrographic Sections Programme
SSU
— Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
POEMS
— Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
CNET
— Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications (France)
BOR
— Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT)
NMI
— NASA Management Instruction
PSS
— Portable Spacecraft Simulator
SMR
— Standard Malaysian Rubber
BBF
— Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros
CSPAAD
— Coarse Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
ILAS
— Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
CDS
— Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer
ABI
— Association of Italian Bankers
SEATO
— Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
IFU
— Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research (Germany)
FCL
— Foldback Current Limiter
VIC
— Victoria
TMC
— Thinking Machine Corporation
PPLES
— participles
AFDM
— Ash Free Dry Mass
SASK
— Saskatchewan
PBU
— peribacteroid unit
BARA
— Pressure in Atmosphere
WD
— Wind Direction
UCR
— University of California at Riverside
AOCE
— Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics
MEFF RENTA VARIABLE
— derivatives exchange in Madrid, Spain
NOB
— Notes Over Bonds
ALASKA ADMIN. CODE
— Alaska Administrative Code
CALIF
— California
PSYCH
— Psychology
HMTA
— Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
SCATT
— SCATTerometer
H/W
— Hardware
ORNITH
— ornithology
COMP
— company
CELIAS
— Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System
OIP
— Offical Index Period
LITHOL
— lithology
IGY
— International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
LI
— library
RN
— Radon
ENEA
— Comitato Nazionale Per La Ricerca E Lo Sviluppo Dell' Energia Nucleare E Delle Energie Alternative
DSRT
— Deep Sea Reversing Thermometer
SPAN
— Space Physics Analysis Network
CLASS
— Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
AE
— Atmosphere Explorer
BBAISR
— British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
ORAU
— Oak Ridge Associated Universities
CCC
— Canadian Climate Centre
DAR
— Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
MISC
— Miscellany
ESR
— Emergency Sun Reacquisition
SPACE PHYSICS DATA SYSTEM
— Solar Physics Data System
CRI
— Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
MEV
— mega electron volts
B.C
— Before Christ
IM-AL
— inorganic monomeric aluminum
ISSS
— International Society of Soil Science
T
— tonne
COMMERC
— commercial
TIT
— Titus
VTIR
— visible and thermal infrared radiometer
NIGEC
— National Institute for Global Environmental Change
IBWC
— International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
ECCL.HIST
— ecclesiastical history
TERI
— Tata Energy Research Institute
MODIS
— moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
RAL
— Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
CIESIN
— Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
WOCE
— World Ocean Circulation Experiment
DLG
— Digital Line Graphic
JUDG
— Judges
IRSS
— Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
VIRSR
— Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
MR
— Microwave Radiometer
TAGA
— Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer
NVI
— normalized difference vegetation index
LAWS
— Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
DHP
— Direct High Power
PHYSICAL CHEM
— physical chemistry
RVAU
— Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
IOS
— Institute of Ocean Sciences
PHOEN
— Phoenician
AVIRIS
— airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
HSA
— Historic Sites Act (1935)
ITAL
— Italian
PR.PPLE
— present participle
CONVENT
— convention
WWO
— Waste Water Outflow
SWIRLS
— Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
USDOC
— United States Department of Commerce
ANSW
— Answer
PIBOR
— Paris Interbank Offered Rate
SIO
— Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
ESA/IRS
— European Space Agency/Information Retrieval Service
MEFF RENTA FIJA
— derivatives exchange in Barcelona, Spain
LWIR
— long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
PURG
— purgatory
WFP
— World Food Program
PDSI
— Palmer Drought Severity Index
RUC
— Roskilde University Center
COPUOS
— Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN)
IAVCEI
— International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
EPA
— Environmental Protection Authority (Victoria, Australia)
GNO
— Gross Product Originating
MARECO
— Marine Radioecology Working Group (IUR)
APM
— Antenna Pointing Mechanism
ENSO
— El Nino/Southern Oscillation (coupled oceanic-atmospheric change)
AIT
— Atomic International Time
CE
— Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy (US Department of Energy)
BIE
— Business in the Environment
MISR
— Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
IOM
— Index and Option Market
BCP1
— Broadcast Pulse 1
ERBES
— Earth Radiation Budget Explorer Satellite
GTDS
— Goddard Trajectory Determination System
BECO
— Booster Engine Cutoff
AOM
— Australian Options Market
AMBIACE
— Amazon Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment
ATX
— Austrian Traded Index
Î
— (Greek letter Pi) Plaintiff
RAES
— Retail Automated Execution System
NDBC
— National Data Buoy Center
DIS
— Disease
ISCCP
— International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
TOMUIS
— 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
GS
— Ground System
CERN
— European Laboratory for Particle Physics
GSIRD
— Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
FSSP
— Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe
OPEX
— Operational and Executive Personnel for Civil Service
FED. R. CRIM. P.
— Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
AIBD
— Association of International Bond Dealers
XIE
— X-Ray Imaging Experiment
CMM
— Commission for Marine Meteorology
ICAR
— Indian Council of Agricultural Research
WINDII
— Wind Imaging Interferometer
WRI
— World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.)
DSM
— demand-side management
NOY
— total active nitrogen
R
— Regina
IFO
— Intensive Field Observation
DKD
— Deutscher Kalibrierdienst
ABRIDGEM
— abridgement
FRI
— Forest Research Institute
PERH
— perhaps
FR
— French Republic
NORTHANTS
— Northamptonshire
NPOP
— NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
MCF
— methane conversion factor
CLICOM
— Climate Computing
MASFLEX
— Marginal Sea Flux Experiment (in the West Pacific) (IGOPS)
APAFO
— Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
SDAC
— Satellite Data Analysis Center
WBDCS
— Wide-Band Data Collection System
ECU
— Environmental Change Unit (Oxford)
IRIS
— Integrated Radar Imaging System
STOF
— Suprathermal-Time-Of-Flight
LR
— Laser Retroreflector
LECT
— Lecture
FTA
— Financiele Termijnmarket Amsterdam
PMB
— Potato Marketing Board
PHOTOG
— photography
ISA
— Israel Space Agency
NILU
— Norwegian Institute for Air Research
LTM
— Long-Term Monitoring
IMCO
— Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
APID
— Application Identification
AGWAT
— Agriculture and Water Project (JECOR)
EN
— Natural forest biomass used for energy
VIRS
— Visible Infrared Scanner
CL
— Common Law
UCLA
— University of California at Los Angeles (U.S.)
R2
— coefficient of determination (statistical)
SCRIPPS
— Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
CODMAC
— Committee On Data Management, Archiving, and Computation
GLRS-R
— Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
LPM
— liters per minute
ABE
— Advisory Board on Energy (India)
IUHPS
— International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science
NHRI
— National Hydrology Research Institute
LRPT
— low-resolution picture transmission
ITPR
— Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer
CUF
— capacity utilization factor
ACP
— Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
DOD
— Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (Germany)
CCM
— community climate model
ASEAMS
— Association of Southeast Asian Marine Scientists
AD.
— ad sectam (Latin)
U.S.
— United States
LIMNOL
— limnology
AEDD
— Arctic Environment Data Directory
WPCF
— Water Pollution Control Federation
SK
— Saskatchewan
MPC
— Model Penal Code
FPSSE
— Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Electronics
TROP
— Tropical
MWIR
— medium-wavelength infrared
SIR-C
— Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
HEREFORD
— Herefordshire
TGE
— Tokyo Grain Exchange
GCO
— Generation Certification Official (waste generation)
PCU
— Platinum-Cobalt Unit
AH
— Air Heater
CPS
— Certified Professional Secretary
MIF
— Mercato Italiano Futures
DEHYDRITE
— magnesium perchlorate anhydrous granular
NBIOME
— Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
ACCEPT
— acceptance
INTERJ
— interjection
FCCSET
— Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
D
— Deuterium (also abbreviated as 2D or 2H)
PASA
— Participating Agency Service Agreement
TRIB
— Chicago Tribune Newspaper
SMC
— System Management Center
NCGIA
— National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
CCCO
— Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean (SCOR and IOC)
OBO
— Order Book Official
DOT
— Deployment Operations Team
LORAN
— Long-Range Area Navigation System
CASSAD
— Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development
USDI
— United States Department of the Interior (also
ALARA
— As Late As Reasonably Achievable
ICACGP
— International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution
MPC
— Maximum Permissible Concentration
KING'S BENCH DIV
— King's Bench Division
CDHF
— Central Data Handling Facility
FEMA
— Finite Element Model of Material Transport through Aquifers
IPHIR
— InterPlanetary Helioseismology with IRradiance observations
MAGS
— Mackenzie GEWEX Study (Canada)
BNAP
— Basic Hydrological Network Assessment Project
ESAER
— European Space Agency's Earth Resources (Satellite)
GEOM
— Geometry
FAZ
— Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
CHAMB
— chamber
CONCL
— conclusion
CAMB
— Cambridge Capital Acquisition C (NASDAQ Stock Exchange [NASDAQ])
ACID
— Acidification Chemistry Information Data Base (BNL)
ARCHIT
— Architecture
OCLO
— chlorine dioxide
ELEC
— Electronic
NACNEMS
— North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
MIC
— Micah
ART
— Another Ray Tracer
COMM
— Commission
CEMA
— Council of Mutual Economic Aid (Russian Federation, formerly U.S.S.R.)
IRGA
— Infrared Gas Analyzer
RPR
— Remote Procedure Request
HANTS
— Hampshire
IDEM
— Italian Derivatives Market
HGA
— High Gain Antennae
J
— Justice
HED
— High Energy Detector
CIL
— Coal India Limited
TES
— Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
DB
— direct-beam (irradiance)
GSC
— Geological Survey of Canada (DEMR)
DISS
— Dissertation
ADVB
— adverb
DECLAR
— declaration
ITB
— Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
ANIM
— animal
BMFT
— Bundes Ministerium fur Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
SSMR-SSM/I
— Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer-Ssm/II
ODB
— Orbit Determination Beacon
VIZ
— Videlicet
AWRA
— American Water Resources Association's
IAG
— International Association of Geodesy (IUGG)
ANG
— Anglian
NRZ-L
— Non Return to Zero Level
GLOBEX
— Global Electronic Exchange
PTB
— Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
TIBOR
— Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate
FGCC
— Federal Geodetic Control Committee
COMM.LAW
— commercial law
AEF
— Average Emission Factor
DMDS
— Dimethyl Disulfide
ARMA
— Autoregressive moving-average
CEPAC
— COSTEP-ERNE Particle Analysis Collaboration
CDAS
— Climate Data Assimilation System
MAB
— Man and the Biosphere (programme) (UNESCO)
SM
— Structural Model
METEOSAT
— European Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
DISORT
— discrete ordinate (model)
PCSSD
— Philippines Council for Sustainable Development
GDSIRD
— Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
NGM
— Nested Grid Model
APCA
— Air Pollution Control Association (Pittsburgh)
POLES
— Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
LONG.
— longitude
HISTOL
— histology
AIS
— Automated Information Security
GER
— Germany
MB
— Manitoba
INDEF
— Indefinite
EQPAC
— Equatorial Pacific
VNIR
— Visible And Near InfraRed
LAI
— Leaf Area Index
MPC
— Massively Parallel Computer
CSM
— Climate System Monitoring
CCT
— computer-compatible tape
HSWA
— Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA, 1984)
BSRN
— Baseline Surface Radiation Network
SEAWIFS
— sea-viewing wide-field sensor
ARCHIPEL
— archipelago
PRINT
— Printing
ETV
— electrothermal vaporizer
METAPH
— Metaphysics
C&DH
— Command & Data Handling
DDFM
— Data Distribution Facility Manager
SIDS
— Small Island Developing States
OBED
— obedience
ABERD
— Aberdeen or Aberdonensis (Latin)
HAGE
— human activity and global environment
APOL
— apology
VAR
— Variant
ACCM
— Atmospheric General Circulation Model
GRM
— NASA Gravity Satellite (U.S.)
RFC
— Registered Floor Clerk
DMI
— Direct Member Input
NARS
— National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
NBIS
— Northern Biosphere Information System
ICP/MS
— Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
ACC
— Audit-Comptabilité-Conseil (French: Auditing-Accounting Council)
REBELL
— rebellion
FDST
— Flight Dynamics Support Team
POLAR
— Polar Plasma Laboratory
MYST
— Mystery Science Theater
IFOX
— Irish Futures and Options Exchange
DOMSTAR
— communications relay set
IUR
— International Union of Radioecologists
ATF
— atmospheric transmission factor
CRF
— Cloud Radiative Forcing
OA
— Operations Agreement
F
— Fraction
IFIAS
— International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study
DIFFIC
— difficult
CGO
— Cape Grim (Tasmania) (baseline station)
TTO
— Total Toxic Organic
HELCOM
— Helsinki Commission, protection of Baltic marine environment
IDCCC
— Interior Department Cartographic Coordinating Committee (DOI)
APDA
— Arctic Precipitation Data Archive (ACSYS)
MIBK
— Methyl IsoButyl Ketone traditional name for methyl pentanone
EURECA
— European Retrievable Carrier
CANAD
— Canadian
FOM
— Finnish Options Market
GWE
— Global Weather Experiment
ARTEMIS
— Advanced Relay and Technology Mission Satellite (ESA)
EMSL-LV
— Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Las Vegas (Nevada)
MIZEX
— Marginal Ice Zone Experiment
ACATS
— Airborne Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species
GNIS
— Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
GRDC
— Global Runoff Data Centre
CIG
— Commonwealth Industrial Gases
ANAT
— Anatomy
TOPEX/POSEIDON
— Ocean Topography Experiment
SPACE PHYSICS DIVISION
— SPDS
BEF
— Before
NAIC
— Newly Agro-Industrialized Country
MABL
— Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
MARIA
— Methods for Assessing the Radiological Impact of Accidents (CEC)
BAAS
— British Association for the Advancement of Science
CNRS
— National Scientific Research Center (Centre Nationale de la Recherche
ALACE
— Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float)
MFLOPS
— One megaflop equals 1 million (106) floating point operations
UNARS
— Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
OCO
— One Cancels the Other Order
FED. R. BANKR. P.
— Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
BASE
— Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment
MANUF
— Manufacture
EPV
— Extended Precision Vector
HKFE
— Hong Kong Futures Exchange
NOCC
— Network Operations Control Center (GSFC)
CIRES
— Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
ZOOL
— Zoology
BCC
— British Coal Corporation
ESF/EPC
— ESF/European Palaeoclimate and Man Project
TVCF
— Transportable Vehicle Checkout Facility
FOFS
— futures and options funds
FDOC
— Fraction of degradable organic carbon
DNES
— Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (India)
PIO/T
— PIO for Contract Technicians or Contract Services
GLOS
— Gloucestershire
ISEQ
— Irish Stock Exchange Equity Index
BGC
— Biogeochemical Cycle
FUND
— Fundamental
CCIFP
— Chambre de Compensation des Instruments Financiers de Paris
RRN TSA
— RRN Temperate South America
GEBA
— Global Energy Balance Archive
PON
— Particulate Organic Nitrogen
GR
— Growth Rate
MASC
— Mountain Administration Support Center (NOAA)
TORR
— pressure in millimeters of mercury with respect to vacuum
APOC
— apocalyptic
ADB
— Asian Developing Bank
CERSAT
— French group for processing ERTS-1 low bit rate data from ocean areas
ARRCC
— Analysis of Rapid and Recent Climate Change (project)
NONCONF
— nonconformist
IUGS
— International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
ICSD
— International Continental Scientific Drilling (program)
BBZ
— benthic boundary zone
ASAS
— Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor
BUV
— Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
CCTV
— CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION
PWV
— Precipitable Water Vapor
CLIC
— Climate Inventory and Catalog
ISEB 10
— Tenth International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry
ALA. ADMIN. CODE
— Alabama Administrative Code
CR
— Carrington Rotation
HAB
— Habakkuk
DA
— discretionary account
IAH
— International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS)
ABORIG
— aboriginal
ARK. CODE
— Arkansas Code
HPCC
— High Performance Computing and Communications (NOAA)
COSTED
— Committee On Science & Technology in Developing Countries
IMG
— Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases
SOR
— Statutory Orders and Regulations
EOSDIS
— EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
DYFAMED
— atmospheric dynamics and fluxes in the Mediterranean Sea (France)
EBM
— energy-balance model
GEC
— Global Environment Change
ASF
— Alaska SAR Facility
GLOUC
— Gloucestershire
ESAM
— Institute for Environmental Science and Management
RDAAC
— Remote Data Analysis and Archive Center
HRE
— Homogeneous Reactor Experiment (impoundment)
M&E
— Monitoring and Enforcement
D.C.
— District of Columbia
IRI
— International Reference Ionosphere
IUNS
— International Union of Nutritional Sciences
ARIZ. ADMIN. CODE
— Arizona Administrative Code
ACCOMPL
— accomplished
FWP
— Field Work Proposal
CETA
— Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment
WPL
— Wave Propagation Laboratory
SLEJF
— Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum
MIZ
— Marginal Ice Zone
CSRS
— Cooperative State Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture)
ICARDA
— International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
CONSC
— conscience
AOVP
— Arctic Ocean Variability Project
AIJ
— Activities Implemented Jointly
ECHAM
— European Centre/Hamburg Model (ECMWF/MPI)
ACTS
— African Centre for Technology Studies
DERIV
— derivative
TDMA
— Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
COMPL
— Complete
IIOE
— International Indian Ocean Expedition
CSES
— Center for the Study of Earth from Space (University of Colorado, Boulder)
WVR
— Water Vapor Radiometer
CONCR
— Concrete
ADVS
— adverbs
HPD
— Hydrometeorological Processes Division
NGSDC
— National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center
CIAP
— Climate Impact Assessment Program
BIOG
— Biography
ASLO
— American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
ACHEX
— Aerosol Characterization Experiment
EARN
— European Academic Research Network
VLBI
— Very Long Baseline Interferometry
ECAMP
— Environmental Compliance Assessment and Management Program
IASPEI
— International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior
ETRP
— Education and Training Programme (WMO)
ADEOS
— Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (Japan)
CENELEC
— European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (EC)
RNMI
— Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
GHCN
— Global Historical Climatology Network
IOB
— Inter-Organization Board for Information Systems and Related Activities
TRANSF
— Transfer
CRYSYS
— Cryospheric System
NIRP
— National Institute for Radiation Protection
CSEC
— Centre for the Study of Environmental Change (University of Lancaster)
ICPP
— Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
LASE
— Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment
ABB
— Association des Banques Belges
MO&DA
— Mission Operations and Data Analysis
CZM
— Coastal Zone Management
HUMICAP
— Humidity sensor on drifters (FASINEX)
VTPR
— Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
LCL
— lifting condensation level
LANDSAT
— land satellite (photographs of the ground)
GCEP
— Global Change Education Program
PSFC
— surface pressure
WGDM
— Working Group on Data Management
ACCI
— Advisory Committee on Climate Applications and Data (WMO)
I&T
— Integration & Test
MDUL
— Missing Data Units List
MHRS
— Modified Hazard Ranking System (DOE)
IGCP
— International Geological Correlation Programme (IUGS and UNESCO)
ASXD
— Australian Stock Exchange Derivatives
IGCC
— Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (electric Power Generation Technology)
ETAC
— (USAF) Environmental Technical Applications Center
GDAS
— Grimco data acquisition system
HTML
— Hypertext Meta-Language
NCS&T
— National Council for Science and Technology
MILL(S)
— 0.001 U.S. dollars
EFQ
— Estimated fuel quantity consumed (Used to determine carbon stored)
CSO
— Central Statistical Organization
GCTM
— Global Chemical Transport Model
CONSECR
— consecrated
COST
— Committee on Science and Technology (ASEAN)
ISE
— International Stock Exchange
DDL
— Direct Downlink
EOC
— EOS Operations Center (NASA)
IPMS
— International Polar Motion Service
DBM
— Decibels referenced to one milliwatt
IACG
— Interagency Committee on Geomatics (DEMR)
TDSM
— Tracking and Data Systems Manager
ASAP
— Automated Shipboard Aerological Program
PDU
— Power Distribution Unit
ABERDEENSH
— Aberdeenshire
ARIZ. ADMIN. REG.
— Arizona Administrative Register
EADS
— Environmental Assessment Data System
IGEA
— International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
ETM
— Enhanced Thematic Mapper
KYR
— kiloyear
GEOL
— Geology
GOIN
— Global Observation Information Network
LSN
— long- and short-normal resistivity (geophysical logging)
CEPAL
— Comision Economica para America Latina (Spain) (ECLA)
CMAP
— Climate Modeling, Analysis & Prediction
IMU
— International Mathematical Union
SCAR
— Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU)
ESD
— Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
CHEMRAWN
— Chemical Research Applied to World Needs
EGCM
— Eddy-Resolving General Circulation Model
BRU
— Battery Regulation Unit
CSCE
— Coffe, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange
PARCC
— precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness, and comparability
CCGT
— Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
CAGM
— Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO)
BIPM
— Bureau International de Poids et Mesures
IRSSP
— Interactive Remote Sensing Software Package
GALE
— Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment
PVM
— Parallel Virtual Machine
ANTS
— Antenna Subsystem
INTRO
— Introduction
SONG OF SOL
— Song of Solomon
AOCMS
— Attitude and Orbit Control Measurement System
SONG SOL
— Song of Solomon
SUPPRESS
— suppression
STDN
— Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
ECLIPS
— Experimental Cloud Lidar Pilot Study
MAP
— Middle Atmosphere Programme
NAUT
— Nautical
RIVM
— Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and EnvironmentalProtection
JIN
— Joint Implementation Network
CCCP
— California Institute of Technology Concurrent Computation Project
PUMS
— Public Use Microdata Samples
LAMBADA
— Large-scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazona using DataAssimilation
SERDP
— Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
SQQ
— Standard Qulaity Quotation
ICCE
— International Commission on Continental Erosion (IAHS)
LERTS
— Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Teledetection Spatiale (France)
CSTC
— Consolidated Satellite Test Center
ALTA
— Active Long Term Archive
SEB
— State Electricity Board
ASTRON
— Astronomy
DISTILL
— distilling
USDOD
— United States Department Of Defense
GOP
— Geographical Observatories Programme
EPD
— European Pollen Database
CLS
— Collected Localization Satellites (France)
FTR
— Flight Tape Recorder
EDSG
— Energy Demand Steering Group
BIOGR
— biography
VAM
— Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal
TERLS
— Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (India)
XDR
— External Data Representation
IDSS
— Integrated Data Sounding System
CSERGE
— Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
MERCH
— Merchantable
TERSE
— Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
PREDIC
— predicate
GO3OS
— Global Ozone Observing System (WMO)
ARAB
— Arabic
GMU
— Gyro Mechanical Unit
AGRIC
— Agriculture
IERS
— International Ellipsoid Reference System
CONN
— Connecticut
CX
— Constitution
CFC-11
— CC13F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
FAI
— Fertilizer Association of India
CILSS
— Comite Inter-Etats pour la Lutte Contre laSecheresse au Sahel
MESOSOFT
— Mesoscale Data Management Facility
GENLEAF
— generic models of leaf response
CERES
— Clouds And The Earth's Radiant Energy System (EOS)
DPS
— Data Processing Segment
EPO
— EOS Project Office
TRIG
— Trigonometry
PSP
— Precision Spectral Pyranometer
GESS
— Graphics Executive Support System
IRTM
— Infrared Thermal Mapper
GLOCHANT
— Global Change Research in the Antarctic
BIH
— Bureau International de l'Heureasures
DTR
— Diurnal Temperature Range
UNO
— United Nations Organization
BARM
— Block Acceptance Reporting Mechanism
MATIF
— Marche а Terme International de France
CGMW
— Commission for the Geological Map of the World
DQM
— Data Quality Message
CCM2
— community climate model two
NIC
— Newly Industrialized Country
IDEAL
— International Decade for the East African Lakes (project) (PAGES)
ECCL
— ecclesiastical
CDMU
— Central Data Management Unit
FASINEX
— Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment
GLOBE
— Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
SCOR
— Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (ICSU)
HRS
— Hazard Ranking System (EPA)
DESCR
— Description
APN
— Asia-Pacific Network (for Global Change Research) (START)
FIN
— Fish Information Network (data base)
CAR
— Caribbean Region
GENESIS
— Global Environmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems
ACMAD
— African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
IAS
— Image Analysis System
ARTIFIC
— artificial
EDX
— energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry
CORR
— Correspondence
AERONAUT
— aeronautic
IFREMER
— Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploration de la Mer, France
GCCD
— Global Climate Change Digest (CEI)
ENEA
— Italian National Agency for New technology, Energy and the Environment
NESDP
— National Economic and Social Development Plan
FPSSH
— Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Head
DARE
— data rescue
HCMM
— Heat-Capacity Mapping Mission
ATPEX
— ARM Tropical Pacific Experiment
NPL
— Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
ASSOC.FOOTBALL
— Association Football
GREENTIE
— Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange
SCANSCAT
— scanning scatterometer
SOS
— Southern Oxidants Study
OPHTHALM
— ophthalmology
ICCH
— International Commodities Clearing House
DCDSTF
— Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force
MIFE
— Manila International Futures Exchange
DIS-SC
— DIS Standing Committee
HESS
— High Latitude Ecosystems as Sources and Sinks of Trace Gases (IGAC)
DRAW
— Direct Read After Write Animation System
CIF
— Coming into Force
SCF
— Scientific Computing Facility
AGID
— Association for Geoscientists for International Development
AMAP
— Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
NAMAS
— National Measurement Accreditation Service (UK)
ARAC
— Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (program)
DI
— Directorate
DDMP
— domain-decomposition-message-passing
HDGEC
— Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
IAI
— Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (START)
IFDC
— International Fertilizer Development Center
AFFM
— Austrlian Financial Futures Market
IEM
— Institute of Experimental Meteorology
WDC
— World Data Center (ICSU)
POLARSTERN
— Research vessel
EXOD
— Exodus
ECLAC
— Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)
IWSA
— International Water Supply Association
COWAR
— Committee on Water Research (ICSU and UATI)
PAN
— Peroxyacetylnitrate
IAWPRC
— International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control
PRD
— Program Requirements Documents (UDS)
SECO
— Sustainer Engine Cutoff
IGN
— Institut Geographique National
FDSS
— Flight Dynamics Support System
HMCRI
— Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute
ICIP
— International Conference on Image Processing
LVS
— Large Volume Sampling
DSCC
— Deep Space Communications Complex
RSA
— Republic South Africa
HSRL
— High Spectral Resolution Lidar
CCOM
— Control Center Operations Manager
NARR
— Narrative
NYCE
— New York Cotton Exchange
ELECTR
— Electric
FBC
— Fluidized Bed Combustor
MANAGEM
— management
GRAMM.ANALYSIS
— grammatical analysis
CETA
— Comprehensive Education and Training Administration
DARA
— Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (Germany)
LMES
— Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. ("Energy Systems" is preferred)
QUANTUM MECH
— quantum mechanics
IUPSYS
— International Union of Psychological Science
HOMS
— Hydrological Operational Multipurpose Subprogramme
RECLAM
— reclamation
EHP
— Extended High Power
C.
— Chapter
INFOTERRA
— International Referral System for Sources of Environmental Information
GEOS
— Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite
GLRS
— Geoscience Laser Ranging System
ELIZAB
— Elizabethan
NNSF
— National Natural Science Foundation
FUTOP
— Copenhagen Stock Exchange and Guaranteed Fund for Danish options and Futures
EZEK
— Ezekiel
GEOG
— Geography
ECWA
— Economic Commission for Western Asia
CGO
— Cape Grim Observatory
EBBR
— Energy-Balance Bowen Ratio
CDW
— Circumpolar Deep Water
CRPE
— Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environment Terrestre et Planetaria
MI
— Mode Indicator
PEM WEST
— Pacific Exploratory Mission - West
BOF
— Basic Oxygen Furnace
LV
— Large Volume water samples (>100 liters)
CCOP
— Committee for the Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas
AGASP
— Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Programme
CEPT
— Conference Europeenne des Administration des Postes etTelecommunications
ARITH
— Arithmetic
AEROCE
— Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment
NSN
— NASA Space Network
GLOBEC
— Global Marine Ecosystem Dynamics
EXPLOR
— Exploration
CERT
— Certificate
ENRICH
— European Network for Research on Global Change (CEC)
KRE
— Kobe Rubber Exchange
OES
— Bureau of Oceans, International Environment, and Scientific Affairs
EMEP-CCC
— EMEP-Chemical Coordination Centre
LEECHD
— leechdom
IMS
— Information Management Services, Inc.
XMM
— X-ray Multi Mirror
ALLEG
— allegiance
ICES
— International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
WDE
— Wheel Drive Electronic
ZPC
— Zero Point of Change
FGD
— Flue Gas Desulphurisation
MED
— Mediterranean (the region) (START)
LUCC
— Land Use and Cover Change (IGBP and HDP)
SDTS
— Spatial Data Transfer Standard
FFO
— Fraction of oxidized
EDL
— Ethernet Data Link
ASTEX
— Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment
COMP.ANAT
— comparative anatomy
HRDI
— high-resolution Doppler imager
BTCS
— breakthrough curves (column-elution tests)
APMP
— Acid Precipitation Mitigation Program (NAPAP)
FGGE SOP
— Fgge Special Observing Period
EER
— External Engineering Review
AL2O3
— alumina
AGAL
— Australian Government Analytical Laboratories
HRIRS
— high-resolution infrared radiation sounder
ANSTO
— Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Menai, New
OPPRESS
— oppression
GSL
— Gulf Stream Locale
SAFEX
— South African Futures Exchange
CIUS
— Conseil International des Unions Scientifiqes (ICSU)
IHSS
— International Humic Substances Society
NR
— Not Reported
MPA
— MegaPascal
BMWT
— Biofuels and Municipal Waste Technology
CFAGB
— Carbon fraction of above ground biomass
STAND
— Standard
ACE-2
— North Atlantic Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
ACM
— advanced climate model
BR
— Bankruptcy
MMS-F
— Matra Marconi Space-Toulouse, France
NASC
— North American Stratigraphic Code
METR.GR
— metri gratia
SWACOM
— Standard Water Column Model
HMSU
— high-resolution microwave sounding unit
GCHC
— Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS)
IOC
— Intergovernmental Oceanographic Council (UNESCO)
FSMF
— Flight Software Maintenance Facility
OSSE
— Observing System Simulation Experiment
CMIE
— Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy
CCM0
— Community Climate Model (NCAR)
SUBSCRIPT
— subscription
HEIFE
— Heihe River Field Experiment
ISPRS
— International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
DGCM
— Dynamic Global Vegetation Model
IUCS
— Inter-Union Commission on Spectroscopy
AVD
— acoustic variable density
DLG-E
— Digital Line Graph-Enhanced
GOOS
— Global Ozone Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
P.
— Page
OHER
— Office Of Health And Environmental Research (US Dept. Of Energy)
OLR
— Outgoing Long-Wave Radiation
CONG. REC.
— Congressional Record
LAPAN
— National Institute for Aeronautics and Space (Indonesia)
RRN OCE
— RRN Oceania
ENG
— England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
ETI
— Economic Transition and Integration (project)
IMOP
— Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (WMO)
IBSS
— Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Russian Federation;
NRCP
— National Research Council for the Philippines
ADJ.
— see "ad." above.
HOUSEH
— household
CREN
— Chemical Research and Environmental Needs
BVB
— Belgische Vereniging van Banken
BIOCHEM
— Biochemistry
ORG.CHEM
— organic chemistry
LXX
— Septuagint
ROXB
— Roxburgh
ASCAT
— Advanced Scatterometer
MOGUNTIA
— Model of the General Universal Tracer transport in the Atmosphere
C/A
— Coarse/Acquisition GPS signal structure
AWIS
— Association for Women in Science
ICARUS
— Interagency Climate-Aerosol Radiative Uncertainties and Sensitivities
IAHS
— International Association of Hydrological Sciences
IFRTP
— Institut Francais pour la Researche et la Technologie Polaire (French
NNSS
— Navy Navigational Satellite System
CMC
— Canadian Meteorological Centre
AMEX
— Atlantic Meteorology Experiment
ENGLISHW
— Englishwomen
EOSP
— Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter
FGEF
— Federal Geographic Exchange Format
GATE
— Global Atmosphere Tropical Experiment
NON-CONF
— nonconformist
GOFS
— Global Ocean Flux Study
MO&DSD
— Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate
FIFESH
— Fifeshire
IS92
— IPCC Scenarios, 1992
VET.MED
— veterinary medicine
ERRON
— erroneous
MMES
— Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. ("Energy Systems" is preferred)
PCO2
— partial pressure of CO2
CAST
— Chinese Academy of Science and Technology
DEL
— Data Evaluation Laboratory
PUSPITEK
— Training Facilities in the Centre for Research, Science and Technology
CDMS
— Cryospheric Data Management System
COMMISS
— commission
PSE
— Pacific Stock Exchange
ARW
— An Advanced Research Workshop
LFM
— limited fine-mesh model
METEOR
— Operational Weather Satellite (Russian Federation; formerly U.S.S.R.)
TCXO
— Temperature-Controlled Crystal Oscillator
DSDS
— Data Storage and Distribution System
FORTN
— fortnightly
ARTILL
— artillery
GYNAECOL
— gynaecology
ESDIS
— Earth Science Data and Information System
CCL
— Central CO2 Laboratory, SIO (WMO)
ICWQ
— International Commission on Water Quality (IAHS)
DAX
— deutsche Aktienindex
CA
— Copyright Act
BNC
— British National Corpus
ITOS
— Improved TIROS Operational System
KLCE
— Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange
LITHOGR
— lithography
PRL
— Physical Research Laboratory
BRIT
— British
TIGER
— Terrestrial Initiative in Global Environmental Research
BVE
— Barotropic Vorticity Equation
PVL
— Parameter Value Language
FDF
— Flight Dynamics Facility
BCP3
— Broadcast Pulse 3
INVERT.ZOOL
— invertebrate zoology
ASASP
— Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
COMM
— Commerce
GOS
— Global Observing System (WMO and WWW)
LIPI
— The Indonesian Institute of Sciences
INQUA
— International Union for Quaternary Research
MACC
— Maccabees
GLL
— Galileo
CKE
— cumulus kinetic energy
CHRIS
— Chemical Hazard Response Information System
CES
— Committee on Earth Sciences (now CEES)
DGLR
— Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
SPL
— Split Phase Level
ITRDB
— International Tree-Ring Data Bank
IRC
— International Radiation Commission
LST
— Local Solar Time
DHSS
— Data Handling Subsystem
GDAAC
— Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center
FATE
— Formation of Aerosol and their Transformation over Europe (EUROTRAC)
OBC
— On Board Computer
EIT
— Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
AGRHYMET
— Agronmeteorology and Operational Hydrology and Their Applications
ALASKA STAT.
— Alaska Statutes
CONGRESS
— congressional
SOCA
— Special Operations Control Area
CMRS
— Coal Mines Research Station
ITRC
— Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
LDEO
— Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
WFEO
— World Federation Of Engineering Organizations
MERFOX
— Mercadode Futuros y Opciones
CEEM
— Center for Energy and Environmental Management
SUPPL
— Supplement
NTOM
— Network Technical and Operations Manager
MDC
— More Developed Country
EPIL
— epilogue
ACC
— Association of Corporate Counsel
LDGO
— Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (now known as LDEO)
MODMAP
— modernization of mapping techniques
EGE
— Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
EARSEL
— European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
CCLB
— Carbon content of living biomass
NUMISM
— numismatics
AITP
— Arctic Ice Thickness Project (WCRP)
USDOI
— United States Department of the Interior (also
CRIC
— Computerized River Information System
CC.
— Chapters
CBJ
— California Bar Journal
PSEUDO-SC
— pseudo-Scots
G-1
— Gulfstream-1 (airplane)
GEOS-3
— Geodetic Satellite Mission (NASA)
IMPF
— imperfect
ESAD
— Earth Science and Applications Division
TRANSIT
— Satellite Navigation System
MIMR
— multifrequency imaging microwave radiometer (formerly HIMSS)
FNOC
— Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center (U.S. Navy)
ALBIOS
— Aluminum Biogeochemistry in Soils (EPRI)
HEC
— Hydro-Electric Commission (Tasmania)
DIDAC
— digital data acquisition system
DTD
— Digital Terrain Data
TGI
— Temperature Growth Index
ALE
— Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment
HIC
— Habitat International Coalition
GRIMCO
— CGBAPS computing system
ARRANGEM
— arrangement
INVESTIG
— investigation
DOCTR
— doctrine
EPOP
— European Polar-Orbiting Platform
DI
— Direct Index
MAGN
— magnetism
COWRR
— Committee on Water Resources Research
BBHIR
— broadband hemispherical in flux radiometer
HIRIS
— HIgh-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (EOS)
HARM
— Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology
CGC
— Management and Coordination Advisory Committee
EDAS
— particulate/radon data system
UAV
— Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle
PACOR
— Packet Processor
AFFECT
— affection
HASL
— Health and Safety Laboratory
CIRT
— cirrus test
EAA
— Earth Attitude Angle
ARDB
— Arctic Runoff Database (ACSYS)
ACE
— Atmospheric Chemistry Education in Global Change (IGAC)
MRIR
— Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
ANL/ACRF
— ANL's Advanced Computing Research Facility
MQP
— Mandatory Quote Period
CIVIL ENGIN
— civil engineering
CERGA
— Centre d'Etudes et de Rechereches Geodynamiques et Astronomiques
ITE
— Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (NERC)
CGED
— Committee on Geophysical Environmental Data (NAS)
CERN
— Conseil European pour la Recherche Nuclaire, or European Organization for Nuclear Research
EZE
— Asociacion Protestante de Cooperacion para el Desarrollo en Alemania
ICGW
— International Commission on Ground Water (IAHS)
GISP II
— Second Greenland Ice Sheet Project (U.S.)
STIKSCAT
— STIcK SCATterometer
TRAC
— Teacher Research Associate
EAWEP
— East Asia and Western Pacific
SCAMA
— Switching, Conferencing and Monitoring Arrangement
CCMS
— Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society
EPSS
— Electrical Power Subsystem
IGRSS
— International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
HDR
— Hardware Design Review
SECTIONS
— Oceanographic Programme of the U.S.S.R.
DBI
— Decibels referenced to Isotropic gain
PROBL
— Problem
LIPI
— Minister of State for Population and Research Environment (Indonesia)
SWEDAC
— Swedish Board for Technical Accreditation
MECCA
— Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment
START
— System for Analysis, Research, and Training
ICRM
— International Committee on Radionuclide Meteorology
SPELDA
— Structure Porteuse External pour Lancements Doubles Ariane (external
GEMM
— gilt-edged market maker
IMO
— International Meteorological Organization (formerly WMO)
REAS
— reasonably expected as safe
BTAN
— Bons du Trésor а intérët Annuel Normalisés
LOICZ
— Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
INFOCLIMA
— World Climate Data Information and Referral System
C-C
— Counterclaim
CONSTIT
— constitution
AGR.
— Agriculture (USDA)
NDCDB
— National Digital Cartographic Data Base
RIHMI-WDC
— All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information-World Data Center
ETAP
— Expanded Technical Assistance Program
ARTIC
— articulation
MAPS
— Map Analysis Package System
PRED
— predicate
CONS
— Consonant
IIID
— International Institute of Information Design
CCSM
— Control Center Systems Manager
GLOCARB
— Global Tropospheric Carbon Dioxide Network (IGAC)
GISMO
— graphic-information-system modeling
ACE-1
— Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
USNMAS
— United States National Map Accuracy Standard
GENIE
— Global Environmental Network for Information Exchange
RRN TAM
— RRN Tropical Asian Monsoon Region
AOSIS
— Association of Small Island States
ISEM
— International Society for Ecological Modelling
ALG
— Algebra
DFCD
— Data Format Control Documents
TFLOPS
— One teraflop equals 1 trillion (1012) floating point operations
ADVANCEM
— advancement
ARMSAT
— Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Satellite
STOL
— System Test and Operations Language
UNCHS
— United Nations Commission for Human Settlement
EUROTRAC
— European Experiment on Transport and Transformation of Environmentally Relevant Trace Constituents in the Troposphere over Europe
SUP
— Soluble Unreactive Phosphorus
DEB
— debate
JGB
— Japanese Government Bond
IDCS
— Image-dissector Camera System
APME
— Attitude Pointing Mechanism Electronics
IELV
— Intermediate Expendable Launch Vehicle
RLO
— retsricted life option
HDGCB
— Human Dimensions of Global Change (programme) (UNU, ISSC, and IFIAS)
AERI-FEP
— AERI Front End Processor
AIRS-AMSU
— Atmospheric Infrared-Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
FRAGM
— fragment
CEI
— Center for Environmental Information
INS
— Institute Scholars
CBJ
— Certified Barbeque Judge
GMCC
— Geophysical Monitoring for Climate Change (now CMDL)
INAUG
— inaugural
HCMR
— heat-capacity mapping radiometer
MISCELL
— miscellany
FRONTAL
— frontal process studies (France) (JGOFS)
GEOGR
— Geography
ETSA
— electron transport system activity
EAST IND
— East Indies
URI
— University of Rhode Island, Narragansett
DAAC
— Data Active Archive Center
CTA-21
— Compatibility Test Area
VEG
— Vegetable
CPMS
— climatological prediction by model statistics
MBL
— Marine Boundary Layer
MAGE
— Marine Gas Emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Climate (IGAC)
RAAD
— Roll Attitude Anomaly Detection
ASDAR
— Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
PHYSICAL GEOGR
— physical geography
DAC
— Data Assembly Centre (WOCE)
LPDA
— Laser-Phased Doppler Anemometer
GME
— Gyro Management Electronics
CPPC
— Core Project Planning Committee (IGBP)
ECCLES
— ecclesiastical
TIC
— Total Inorganic Carbon
REB
— Rebel
GLOED
— Global Emissions Database
ITSC
— International TOVS Study Conference
IFIM
— Instream Flow Incremental Methodology
PNEDC
— Programme Nationale d'Etude de la Dynamique du Climat (France)
TOR
— Tropospheric Ozone Research
ISFA
— International Scientific Film Association
GAZ
— Gazette
ESMR
— Electronically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
INZN
— Institut Zairois pour la Conservation de la Nature
VHRR
— Very High-Resolution Radiometer
ACL
— alternate concentration level
VBB
— VIRGO Blue Book
MUNIC
— Municipal
DEUT
— Deuteronomy
MCZ
— Mesoscale Compressible Community Model
ALK
— alkalinity
FICCDC
— Federal Interagency CoordinatingCommittee on Digital Cartography
ERL
— Environmental Research Laboratory
NOM
— Nominative
MRTT
— Mission Readiness Test Team
ITU
— Integrated Terrain Unit
AICRIP
— All India Coordinated Programme for Rice Improvement
DEMR
— Department of Energy Mines and Resources
IWRA
— International Water Resources Association (USA)
ARTEP
— Ariane Technology Experiment Platform
BGL
— British Gas Lurgi (gasifier)
CSELI
— Centra Studi e Laboratori Telecommunicazioni (Italy)
APARE
— East Asian-North Pacific Regional Experiment (IGAC)
ASPP
— American Society of Plant Physiologists
ICHTH
— ichthyology
FAMIL
— familiar
GATE
— GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment
BHD
— designation of an ice core drilled in 1977 at Law Dome, Antarctica
MEDIAS
— Reseau de Recherche Regionale pour le Bassin Mediterraneen etl'Afrique Subtropicale
NWWA
— National Water Well Association
NOPE
— Network Operations Engineer
MLC
— Meat and Livestock Commission
CEM
— Cumulus Ensemble Model
BATS
— Bermuda Atlantic Time Series
IPV
— isentropic potential vorticity
ANALYT
— analytic)
ACCLAIM
— ACC Levels by Altimetrics and Island Measurements
CSTR
— Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research (BASC)
IHD
— International Hydrological Decade (UNESCO)
REPROD
— Reproduction
GAME
— GEWEX-related Asian Monsoon Experiment
FPSS
— Fine Pointing Sun Sensor
IGFA
— Inter-Governmental Funding Agencies
GDPS
— Global Data-Processing System (WMO and WWW)
IAGC
— International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
MEDS
— Marine Environmental Data Service (Canada)
NCIC
— National Cartographic Information Center
USDA-SCS
— United States Department of Agriculture-Soil Conservation Service
DBE
— Deep Basin Experiment
CFF
— Carbon fraction of fuel
FCOJ
— frozen concentrated orange juice
FMFR
— four-minus-five restoral
CCDB
— Carbon content of dead biomass
ESPOCC
— European Space Project Operations Control Center
IUPAB
— International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (ICSU)
FIFRA
— Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (1972)
GRADO
— CNES Gravity Satellite (France)
GDR
— German Democratic Republic (now Germany)
MAKS
— Martin and Kitzis Sampler (portable air sampler)
DCDS
— Digital Cartographic Data Standard
SEAQ
— Stock Exchange Automated Quotation System
MIB 30
— Milano Indice Borsa
HSL
— Hazardous Substance List (EPA)
DASETT
— Department of the Arts, Sports, the Environment, Tourism, and Territories
ULS
— Upward-Looking SONAR
DYSLOG
— dyslogistic
ERFU
— Environmental Restoration and Facilities Upgrade Program
RRN TNH
— RRN Temperate Northern Hemisphere
ANBS
— Asian Network of Biological Sciences
GMP
— Genetically Modified Plants
EID
— Experiment Interface Document
CSSA
— Center for Space Science and Astrophysics
ITIR
— infrared thermal imaging radiometer (now ASTER)
EROC
— Ecological Rates of Change (NSF)
EISMV
— Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et de Medecine Veterinaire (Dakar)
IAMAP
— International Association Of Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics (ICSU)
SETAC
— Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry
MOSA
— Mission Operations Support Area
TDLS
— Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy
KEEP
— Kuroshio Edge Exchange Processes
CLNO3
— chlorine nitrate
BASC
— Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council
ARITHM
— arithmetic
RHODE ISL
— Rhode Island
J
— Judge
MBT
— Mechanical Bathythermograph
DIBID
— Dublin interbank bid rate
BATERISTA
— Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfers and Ecological Research in Situ Studies in Amazonia
SATOR
— Stratospheric and Tropospheric Ozone Research
CI
— Conservation International (Washington, D.C.) (NGO)
IRV
— Improved Inter-Range Vector
FRE
— Federal Rules of Evidence
IUCAF
— Inter-Union Commission on Frequency Allocation for Radio Astronomyand Space Science
SHEPH
— shepherd
BEMS
— Bioelectromagnetics Society
EDXS
— Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
WCAP
— World Climate Applications Program
OTOB
— Oesterreichische Termin und OptionBorse
IMAGE
— Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect
STS
— Star Tracker Sensor
BOM
— Bureau of Meteorology (DASET)
GVAP
— GEWEX Water Vapor Project
SPECMAP
— Mapping Spectral Variability in Global Climate Project
GBSRN
— Global Baseline Surface Radiation Network
IWC
— Ice Water Content
RRN CAR
— RRN Caribbean
PENINS
— peninsula
CDRD
— Carbon Dioxide Research Division
METOP
— Meteorological Operational Satellite (polar satellite series)
MICH
— Michigan
CX-C
— Cross-claim
ESSA
— U.S. Environmental Science Services Agency
ARGOS
— Argos Data Collection and Position Location System (CNES and NOAA)
YORKS
— Yorkshire
CWR
— continuous-wave radar
UNEC
— United Nations Economic Committee
EPIST
— epistle
V.
— versus
CDRP
— Carbon Dioxide Research Program (of US Department Of Energy)
AM. JUR.
— American Jurisprudence
ASCEND
— Agenda of Science for Environment and Development into the 21st Century
FAB
— Finance and Budget
PE
— Pipeline Execution
ECLA
— Economic Commission for Latin American
TUT
— Thermal Uniformity Test
THESS
— Thessalonians
EVID
— Evidence
GESAMP
— Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
CPP
— Cloud Photopolarimeter
GYP
— Gyroscope Package
CARS
— Climate Applications Referral System
NARL
— National Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska)
ADMIR
— admiralty
CENR
— Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources
PROVINC
— provincial
IEW
— International Energy Workshop
IDRI
— Thailand Development Research Institute
ALFA
— AER Local Forecast and Assimilation (Model)
IGAC
— International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
GER
— Global Environmental Research (U.K.)
CRESP
— Coordinated Research and Environmental Surveillance Programme
FORFARSH
— Forfarshire
HSRP
— High Speed Research Program
PFRA
— Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
CONTROV
— controversy
RGIS
— regional geographic information system
ANARE
— Australian National Antarctic Research Establishment
ROSS-SH
— Ross-shire
ATES
— Alcatel Espace Systems
MARC
— The Middle Atmosphere Responses to Changes
LGM
— Last Glacial Maximum (most Recent Era Of Continental Glaciation; See Also PGP)
INFIN
— infinitive
RMTC
— Regional Meteorological Training Centre
FOX
— London Futures and Options Exchange
CEPEX
— Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment
USCS
— United States Code System
CMS
— Command Management System
ADCP
— Accoustic Doppler Current Profiler
LDB
— Liquidity Data Bank
AIP-3
— Algorithm Intercomparison Project-3
DISTEMP
— distemper
BMRC
— Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
ASB
— Association of Southeastern Biologists
LWP
— Liquid Water Path
DORIS
— Determination d'Orbite et Radio Positionement Integre par Satellite (France)
GSF
— Gesellschaft fur Strahlen und Umweltforschung mbH Munchen (Germany)
BELG
— Belgian
SDSS
— Spatial Decision Support System
EAF
— Experimenter's Analysis Facility
MOP
— METEOSAT OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
TOGA-COARE
— Toga Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
BORIS
— BOREAS Information System
ECD
— Effective Cutoff Diameter
XCTD
— Expendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (probe)
CEAREX
— Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment
NDP
— Numeric Data Package
AIDJEX
— Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment
CRYSTALLOGR
— crystallography
IISL
— International Institute of Space Law
SMY
— Solar Maximum Year
BEDFORD
— Bedfordshire
AQA
— American Quaternary Association
HEN
— Henry
CNC
— Condensation Nucleus Counter
CERES
— Crop Environment Resource Synthesis
RDP
— Radar Development Project
FACE
— free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (GCTE)
DPE
— Data Processing Engineer
TIRIO
— Table of Incompatibilities and Requirements for the Instruments Operation
USCS
— United States Code Service
CAAP
— Composition and Acidity of Southeast Asian Precipitation
ALE/GAGE
— ALE/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
BATGE
— Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics
CGES
— Center for Global Environmental Studies
ISOS
— International Southern Ocean Studies
IIASA
— International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Vienna)
ENCYCL.BRIT
— Encyclopaedia Britannica
GDS
— Ground Data System, Goldstone
ARCS
— Atmospheric Radiation and Cloud Station
PHONET
— phonetic
ASTR
— Astronomy
MCM
— million cubic metre
EMEP
— Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe
CSPP
— Collaborative Special Project and Programme
RT
— Radiative Transfer
PCAST
— President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
MUNIM
— muniment
LAF
— Lake Acidification and Fisheries (EPRI)
GEISA
— Gestion et d'Etude des Information Spectroscopiques Atmospheriques
LODYC
— Laboratoire d'Oceanographic Dynamique et de Climatologie
MARDOS
— Sources of Radioactivity in the Marine Environment and Their Relative Contributors to Overall Dose Assessment from Marine Radioactivity
LAID
— land-atmosphere interactions dynamics
IGLD
— International Great Lakes Datum
GDCLS
— General Dynamics Commercial Launch Services
GOES
— Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics
UMTA
— Urban Mass Transportation Administration
FWM
— food web model
EPOCH
— European Programme on Climate and Hazards
GRIP
— Greenland Icecore Project (PAGES) (Europe)
TABLE
— Tsukuba Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
SUPPLIC
— supplication
CIEA
— Committee on International Environmental Activities
NAR
— Net Assimilation Rate
FNWC
— Fleet Numerical Weather Center (U.S. Navy)
IFYGL
— International Field Year for the Great Lakes (IHD)
IGBP-DIS
— IGBP Data and Information System
MAST
— Marine Science and Technology Programme (CEC)
GERG
— Global Environment Research Group
ERS-2
— European Remote-Sensing Satellite-2
ALIAS
— Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer
CFR
— Call for Response
EF
— Emission Factor
JER
— Jeremiah
LOI
— Luminosity Oscillations Imager
IERS
— International Earth Reference System
ITPP
— International TOVS Processing Package
IN.
— Inch
SMOCC
— SOHO Mission Operations Control Center
MICROBIOL
— Microbiology
ARCSS
— Arctic System Science (program)
HCN
— US Historical Climatology Network
GCP
— Ground Control Point
OSTI
— Office of Scientific and Technical Information (DOE)
DYN
— Dynamic Systems Project
DISORT
— Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer
ITASE
— International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (PAGES)
NORPAX
— North Pacific Expedition
WUA
— Weighted Usable Area
BSIP
— Birban Sahani Institute of Paleobotany
ICSTI
— International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
TAI
— Temps Atomique International
UNDRC
— Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator
FRAM
— Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (U.K.)
IMA
— Information Management and Archives (Office)
IAL
— International Association of Theoretical Applied Limnologists
IRAP
— Interdisciplinary Panel on Climate Change
EG&G
— Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer
QUOTS
— quotations
TREAS
— Treasury
EASIZ
— Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone
GSPDC
— Geostationary Satellite Precipitation Data Centre
EPER
— Environmental Processes and Effects Research (program)
BRW
— Barrow Observatory (Barrow, Alaska) (CMDL)
ICRU
— International Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements
IGU
— International Geographical Union (ICSU)
RADIOL
— Radiology
EPI
— environmental productivity index
NPIC
— National Programme on Improved Chulhas
ENRIC
— Environment and Natural Resources Information Center
LEICESTER
— Leicestershire
TGDDIS
— Trace Gas Dynamics Data Information System
DASA
— Deutsche Aerospace Administration
ALPH
— alphabet
LUCIE
— Study of circulation north and west of Australia (Leeuwin Current)
GBF/DIME
— Geographic Base Files/Dual Independent Map Encoding
INSULA
— International Scientific Council for Island Development (NGO)
FIMBRA
— Financial Intermediaries Managers and Brokers Authority
DICE
— Dynamic Integrated Climate Economy
CAF
— Clean Air Facility
PRES.PPLE
— present participle
CUMB
— CUMBERLAND TECHNOLOGIES INC.
DOE
— Department of the Environment (Canada)
FIT
— Field Investigation Team (US EPA)
ORNL/ACL
— ORNL/Advanced Computing Laboratory
DIW
— Department of Industrial Works
IUCC
— Information Unit on Climate Change
ERNE
— Energetic and Relativistic Nuclei and Electron Experiment
JTC
— joint transfer correlation
GA
— geographic analysis
GJ
— giga joule
RVB
— return-beam Vidicon
BEL & DR
— Bel and the Dragon
PASE
— Polar Air-Snow Experiment
MAPS
— Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
NRCT
— National Research Council of Thailand
CCSDS
— Consultive Committee for Space Data Systems
NMNH
— National Museum of Natural History
MAP3S/PCN
— Multistate Atmospheric Power Production Pollution Study/Precipitation Chemistry Network
MUID
— Map Unit Identification Data
IUPAP
— International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (ICSU)
ECG
— Ecosystem Conservation Group (UNEP, FAO, UNESCO, and IUCN)
MERIT
— Monitoring Earth's Rotation and Intercomparison of Techniques
DIA
— Denmark's Academy for Engineering
SRS
— Statistical Reporting Service
AIP-2
— Algorithm Intercomparison Project-2
SET
— Securities Exchange of Thailand
CGC
— Committee on Global Change
EOS-CHEM
— EOS Chemistry Mission
IMRO
— Investment Managers' Regulatory Authority
ARO
— Automatic Reconfiguration Order
AFT
— Abbreviated Functional Test
COBIOTECH
— Scientific Committee for Biotechnology
IMPERS
— impersonal
MSC
— Meteorological Satellite Center
DISSPLA
— Display Integrated Software System & Plotting Language
BWTP
— Basalt Waste Isolation Project
CN
— condensation nuclei
CLIMAP
— Climate Applications Project (WMO)
IABO
— International Association Of Biological Oceanography (ICSU)
DOS
— Department of Space
JI
— Joint Implementation [with Regard To Greenhouse Gas Emission Redn.]
DOPLID
— Doppler LIDAR
FSPAAD
— Fine Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
DAS
— Direct Access System
EORCU
— European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit
ANTIQ
— antiquity
FTS
— Fournier transform spectrometer
ISWS
— Illinois State Water Survey
COSTR
— Collaborative Solar-Terrestrial Research
AIRS/MHS
— Advanced Infrared Radiometer Sounder
MELICA
— Medium Energy Ion Composition Analyzer
CERP
— Cooperative Ecological Research Project
STAP
— Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (GEF)
LEB
— LASCO Electronics Box
GWP
— Greenhouse Warming Potential
IAMAS
— International Association of Meteorology andAtmospheric Sciences
ICRSDT
— International Committee on Remote Sensing and Data Transmission
FABF
— Fraction of agri-residue burned in fields
GWH
— Giga Watt hour
IODE
— International Oceanographic Data/Information Exchange (IOC)
BOT
— Botany
MOLA
— Mars Observer Laser Altimeter
BM&F
— Bolsade Mercadorias and Futuros Exchange
CLARET
— Cloud Lidar and Radar Exploratory Test
GONG
— Global Oscillation Network Group
IBM PC
— International Business Machines Personal Computer
SPOF
— Science Planning and Operations Facility
AXCTD
— autonomous expendable CTD profiler
FMI
— Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
NKA
— Nordic Liaison Committee for Atomic Energy
NERDDC
— National Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Council
SAEF
— Stock Exchange Automated Execution Facility
GCTE
— Global Change in Terrestrial Ecosystems
NEUROSURG
— neurosurgery
GSN
— Global Seismic Network
NORF
— Norfolk
MGO
— Main Geophysical Observatory
SSG
— Scientific Steering Group
ANTHROP
— Anthropology
ITRA
— Intercomparison of Transmittance and Radiance Algorithms
AVISCO
— French group for Analysis, Validation, and Investigation of Satellite Oceanography
IASTED
— International Association of Science andTechnology for Development
BIOME
— Global Biome Model
IML
— Institut Montaire Lunxembourgeois
L/C
— land cover
ACSM
— American Congress of Surveying and Mapping
IMIT
— imitative
JIU
— Joint Inspection Unit
TRANSL
— Translation
CCCN
— CDIAC Computing System Network
RTH
— Regional Telecommunication Hub
GOES
— Global Omnibus Environmental Survey (HDGEC)
MERS
— Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
WWB
— Women's World Banking's
FOUND
— foundation
ELECTRO-PHYSIOL
— electro-physiology
BUCKS
— Buckinghamshire
GERUND
— gerundial
LLW
— low-level waste
GEU
— Gyroscope Electronics Unit
CGBAPS
— Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station
C&W
— Animal population ratio living in warm climate region
GRGS
— Groupe de Recherches de Geodesic Spatiale (France)
METEOROL
— Meteorology
ETC
— Energy Technology Center
MU
— Microwave Unit
BBSR
— Bermuda Biological Station for Research
PRONUNC
— pronunciation
FRLAB
— Front Range Lidar, Aircraft, and Balloon (experiment)
IAPSO
— International Association for Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IUGG and ICSU)
DE08
— designation for an ice core drilled in 1977 at Law Dome, Antarctica
G-10
— ten leading world industrial nations
CAE
— Control and Actuation Electronic
PRS
— Price Reporting System
TFG
— Transfer Frame Generator
SMM
— Solar Maximum Mission
ICID
— International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
RPN
— Division de la recherche en prevision numerique
EGYPT
— Egyptian
FINEX
— a division of the New York Cotton Exchange
URSI
— International Union of Radio Science, IEEE
ZEEI
— Exclusive Economic Zone of Indonesia
HVI
— high-volume impactor
SPECIF
— Specification
HRPT
— high-resolution picture transmission (AVHRR)
TWAS
— Third World Academy of Science
COSAMC
— Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology
HRV
— High Resolution Video
DRAC
— SOI/MDI Data Reduction and Analysis Center
GEOTAIL
— Geomagnetic Tail Laboratory
FCST
— Federal Council for Science and Technology
COGN.W
— cognate with
LASR
— Library Access Search and Retrieval
COHMAP
— Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project
GLAC
— Glacier National Park
DDN
— Data Delivery Notice
LASS
— Local Area Sounding System
OEC
— Office of Environmental Compliance
ECN
— Environmental Change Network
ASTER
— Atmosphere-Surface Turbulent Exchange Research Facility
DASET
— Department of the Arts, Sports, the Environment, Tourism, and Territories
CCSDS
— Consultative Committee for Standard Data Services
HBL
— Hudson Bay Lowland
NKO
— Nederlandse Kalibratie Organisatie
ISAR
— Intelligent Synthetic Aperture Radar
IHS
— International Heliospheric Study
LEMA
— Long-term Ecological Modelling Activity (GCTE)
CRE
— Coal Research Establishment of BCC (U.K.)
IFE
— Institute for Energy Technology
LCC
— Land Cover Change
BRD
— Broadcast
TSI
— Thermo Systems Inc
ANC
— acid-neutralizing capacity
ATDL
— Atmospheric Turbulence and DiffusionLaboratory
IUTAM
— International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICSU)
GCIP
— GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project
OGCM
— Ocean General Circulation Model
ESSC
— Earth System Sciences Committee
MODE
— Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
IWP
— Ice Water Path
MLI
— Multilayer Insulation
MOWG
— Mission Operations Working Group
ICDB
— Ice Core Data Bank
CCDP
— Climate Change Detection Project
BAHC
— Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
CSMP
— Climate System Modeling Program
OIRM
— Office of Information Resources Management (EPA)
ASSEMB
— assembly
TRAGEX
— Trace Gas Exchange between Midlatitude Terrestrial Ecosystems and Atmosphere
SAM II
— Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
MILIT
— military
LEAPS
— Low Electron Attachment Potential Species
CDIC
— Carbon Dioxide Information Center (now CDIAC)
EMB
— Embassy
RRS
— regional research sites (START)
CONTIN
— continuation
GCPI
— Cape Grim Photochemical Intensive (CSIRO)
HGCC
— Hot Gas Clean Up
INORG
— Inorganic
CPA
— Centrally Planned Asia
HAG
— Haggai
GOES
— Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite
AJAX
— 1983 Oceanographic cruise along; Meridian into Weddell Sea
NCAER
— National Council of Applied Economic Research
HOS
— Hosea
OE
— Old English
ISTAP
— International Space Technology Assessment Program
IAOPA
— International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
MDI-M
— MDI-Magnetogram
KPR
— keeper
TT
— task team
USBCF
— United States Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
DISCIPL
— discipline
ETYMOL
— Etymology
ISEATRA
— International Symposium on Ecological Aspects of Tree-Ring Analysis
GMAN
— General Maneuver
FMFT
— four-minus-five test
ESS
— essay
INTECOL
— International Association of Ecology (ICSU
CATAL
— catalogue
IAC
— International Activities Committee
GCRIO
— Global Change Research Information Office
ARS
— Authentication Response
POCC
— Payload Operations Control Center
ICA
— International Communication Agency
LIBID
— London Interbank Bid or Deposit Rate
HBJ
— Hazira-Bijapur-Jagdishpur (India)
MIBID
— Madrid Interbank Bid Rate
IMAG
— imagination
OKLA
— Oklahoma
USDC
— United States Department of Commerce
ASAP
— Against Sailormoon Anti Pages
GOMI
— Global Ozone Monitoring Instrument
IGOSS
— Integrated Global Ocean Services System (WMO/IOC)
SRIC
— Short-Rotation Intensive Culture
ELIZ
— Elizabeth
GRASS
— Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
CACGP
— Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (IAMAS)
SGCR
— Subcommittee on Global Change Research
CIV.LAW
— civil law
GEOSAT
— Geodesy Satellite
FREQ
— Frequent
CDI
— Certificado de Depsito Interbancrio
AMIE
— Automated Methane Instrument Evaluation
NSBF
— National Scientific Balloon Facility
UWG
— user working group
LTER
— Long-Term Ecological Research (program) (NSF)
FL
— ''floruit'' (Latin, "living") (genealogy)
HR
— High Rate
UI/CSRD
— University of Illinois/Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
MELV
— Medium Expendable Launch Vehicle
MDA
— Methodology of Decision Analysis (project)
GAMETAG
— Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment of Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases
FAD
— Fraction actually degrades
MYTHOL
— mythology
ESTH
— Esther
CONA
— Committee for OWSE-North America
CALCOFI
— California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation
PCA
— principal components analysis
ICTP
— International Centre for Theoretical Physics
LMD
— Laboratoire De Meteorologie Dynamique
FELINE
— Iron as a Limiting-Nutrient Experiment (CSIRO)
PHILIPP
— Philippians
ETF
— Environmental Task Force
LUCC-CPPC
— Lucc Core Project Planning Committee
EMOC
— EOSDIS Mission Operations Center
EO-ICWG
— Earth Observations International Coordination Working Group
LEICESTERSH
— Leicestershire
GLOUCESTERSH
— Gloucestershire
CEDAR
— Coupled Energetics and Dynamics of the Atmospheric Regions
GCDB
— Geographic Coordinates Data Base
HITRAN
— High-Resolution Transmission Molecular Absorption Database
NOTTS
— Nottinghamshire
RGR
— Relative Growth Rate
BPKM
— billion passenger kilo metre
CRIM
— Criminal
PSMSL
— Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (U.K.)
CFEM
— Combined Fates and Effects Model
APSRS
— Aerial Photo Summary Records System
JURISD
— jurisdiction
EBCDIC
— Extended Binary Coded Data Interchange Code (IBM)
RGI
— regional-global interactions
CCAM
— Chikuko Cha Amayi M'Malawi (Women's NGO)
AUTOBIOGR
— autobiography
GDCF/PACOR
— ISTP Program Generic Data Capture Facility / Packet Processor
USMAPS
— United States Map Analysis Package System
UATI
— Union des Associations Techniques Internationals
MT-CLIM
— Mountain Climate Model
NKS
— Nordic Nuclear Safety Project
VIRGO
— Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations
ANTARES
— Antarctic research (France) (JGOFS)
LPDM
— Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model
CBH
— Catalyst Bed Heater
HAAP
— high-altitude aerial photograph
AIP-1
— Algorithm Intercomparison Project-1
ALCH
— ALCHEMY HOLDINGS, INC.
SIG-WAIS
— Special Interest Group-Wide Area Information Server
HIS
— high-spectral resolution interferometer sounder
HRV
— High Resolution Visible
ICSW
— International Commission on Surface Water (IAHS)
JUSTIF
— justification
NGB
— Nordic Gene Bank
STRIVE
— Science Teachers Research Involvement for Vital Education
IATUL
— International Association of Technological University Libraries
WSO
— Wilcox Solar Observatory
ICLD
— International Commission on Large Dams
JSC-WCRP
— Joint Scientific Committee for the Wcrp
CGCM
— coupled atmosphere/ocean general circulation model
QTO
— Quasi-Triennial Oscillation
WBC
— Western Boundary Current
ELLIPT
— Elliptical
FCDS
— Fleet Consolidated Data Set (U.S. Navy)
MMCH4
— Methane Emitted from Animal Manure
HYDRAUL
— hydraulic
STI
— Straits Times Index
BELFOX
— Belgian Futures abd Options Exchange
STAFFORD
— Staffordshire
ENGIN
— engineering
ARSMC
— ASEAN Regional SpecializedMeteorological Centre
FICCDC/SWG
— FICCDC/Standards Working Group
FEDC
— Fusion Energy Design Center
CNRET
— Centre for Natural Resources Energy and Transport (UN)
GOALS
— Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System Program
ICWRS
— International Commission on Water Resources Systems (IAHS)
HOT
— Hawaii Ocean Timeseries
BFP
— Bud Fractal Pages
MOSS
— Map Overlay Statistical System (by Autometrics)
JICST
— Japan Information Center of Science and Technology
EROS
— Earth Resources Observation Satellite
RRTM
— Rapid Radiative Transfer Model
NCDS
— NASA Climate Data System
CERN
— Chinese Ecological Research Network
WILL
— William
CERL
— Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory (EPA)
KAHE
— time series station off Kahe Point, Hawaii
LIPI
— Marine Pollution Monitoring Center (including LIPI's Network of the Center
EOC
— Earth Observation Center (NASDA)
EDOS
— EOS Data and Operations System
MPSR
— Monthly Project Status Review
FDD
— Flight Dynamics Division
DHCN
— Daily Historical Climate Network
ICN
— ice condensation nuclei
ETC
— European Telecommunications Standards Institute (EC)
AVTUR
— aviation gas turbine fuel
ITOY
— International Tropospheric Ozone Year
UNGCRP
— United Nations Global Change Research Program
GH
— Gas Heater
HCND
— Historical Climatology Network-Daily
UNSCEAR
— United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of AtomicRadiation
PSAC
— President's Science Advisory Committee
ICEAR
— International Centre for Equatorial Atmospheric Research
GAGE
— Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
EPOPE
— Etude de Processes dans l'Ocean Pacifique Equatorial
GCSS
— Global Cloud Systems Study
TSAR
— Time-series Storage and Retrieval
BBSS
— Balloon-Borne Sounding System
GCF
— Ground Communications Facility
LOIS
— Land Oceans Interactions Study
VET.PATH
— veterinary pathology
GLOSS
— Glossary
HALSS
— high-altitude lidar sensing station
NAT.HIST
— natural history
FTP/A
— field task proposal/agreement
IIG
— Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
HILDA
— high-latitude diffusive-advective model
FDA
— facility disposal area
HEW
— Health, Education, and Welfare's
JASIN
— Joint Sea-Air Interaction Experiment
ORGAN.CHEM
— organic chemistry
BOREAS
— Boreal Ecosystems Atmosphere Study
CONTEMPL
— contemplation
MASMP
— Mission Analysis and Suport Management Plan
HHMS
— Hydrostatic Head Monitoring Station
ELECTRO-MAGN
— electro-magnetism
NADP
— National Atmospheric Deposition Program (EPA)
IREL
— Ireland
FLINN
— Fiducial Laboratories for an International Natural Sciences Network
ICASVR
— International Committee on Atmosphere-Soil-Vegetation Relations
GRECA
— Group of Experts on Accident Consequences (NEA and OECD)
DGIB
— DSN/GSFC Interface Blocks
FFES
— Fossil Free Energy System
ICAR
— International Center for Action Research
BBSRC
— Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council
USDD
— United States Department of Defense
IMI
— International Market Index
ASCOT
— Atmospheric Studies in Complex Terrain
CALLIGR
— calligraphy
MODIS-T
— Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
UNDP
— United Nations Developmental Program
MM4
— Mesoscale model 4 (Pennsylvania State University/NCAR)
JEC
— Joint Exchanges Committee
OGE
— Osaka Grain Exchange
HCMM/AEM-1
— HCMM/Applications Explorer Mission-1
ANFC
— Annual Natural Forest Cleared
CCIW
— Canadian Centre for Inland Waters
FAP
— Food and Agriculture Project
CAMBR
— Cambridge
RIC
— Regional Information Center
CRP
— Climate Research Program
AMIGO
— America's Inter-hemispheric Geobiosphere Organization
CCM1
— community climate model one
ERFEN
— Estudio Regional Del Fenomeno El Nino
UNM
— University of New Mexico
INSAT
— Indian satellite
BIOTROP
— Regional Center for Tropical Biology
NETCDF
— Network Common Data Format
IAR
— Institute for Atmospheric Radioactivity (Feiberg, Germany)
DEBITS
— Deposition of Biogeochemically Important Trace Species (IGAC)
CDP
— Crustal Dynamics Project (NASA)
KINGD
— kingdom
NRCA
— Nonconformance Report and Corrective Action
IDASS
— Integrated Data Assimilation and Sounding System
ERS-1
— European Remote-Sensing Satellite-1
CHAMMP
— Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics, and Model Physics
HEM
— Harmonizations of Environmental Measurement (program)
IUBS
— International Union of Biological Sciences (ICSU)
RESSAC
— The Consequence of a Major Nuclear Accident on the Surrounding Environment: Soil and Surface Rehabilitation
CHRONOL
— chronology
ECCLUS
— Ecclesiasticus
CER
— carbon dioxide exchange rate
LION
— Low Energy Ion and Electron Instrument
CRU
— Climatic Research Unit (UEA, Norwich, U.K.)
EOS-AERO
— EOS Aerosol Mission
ENCYCL
— encyclopaedia
EFCC
— Externally Fired Combined Cycle
VTR
— Video Tape Recording
INVESTM
— investment
SHEBA
— Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean
HERB
— herbalism
BORD
— border
ANGL
— Anglian
NZP
— National Zoological Park
ASR
— aerosol solar radiation
EXCH
— EXCHANGE BANKSHARES, INC.
RAFOS
— SOFAR spelled backwards (float which
BC
— Black Carbon
ELECTR.ENGIN
— electrical engineering
CTSS
— Cray Time-Sharing System
SUBJUNCT
— subjunctive
USGCRPO
— United States Global Change Research Program Office
PROBE
— Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment
ECHIVAL
— European International Project on Climate and Hydrological Interactions between Vegetation, Atmosphere, and Land Surfaces
ATSC
— AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation
CIHEAM
— Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterraneenes
LMA
— Laboratoire de Meteorologie
IUPS
— International Union of Physiological Sciences
MORS
— Group of Experts Monitoring of Radioactive Substances in the Baltic Sea
WDCGG
— World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases
CFTC
— Commodities Futures Trading Commission
CRC
— Climate Research Committee
AFOF
— Authorised Futures and Options Funds
ISLSCP
— International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project
IAHR
— International Association for Hydraulic Research
QN
— quinoline
EUR
— Bureau of European Affairs
CAL. CODE
— California Code
ITPO
— International TOGA Planning Office
IMPERF
— Imperfect
MACDIF
— Mapping and Charting Data Interchange Format (Canada)
ICAS
— International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
FIELD
— Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
MOSP
— Mission Operations Support Plan
MEASUREM
— measurement
IMS
— International Mountain Society
SSURGO
— soil survey geographic data base (USDA and
GOF
— Global Ocean Flux
CONTENT
— contention
MODECS
— Molecular Design of Chemical Systems
FLUPAC
— flux dans l'ouest du Pacifique equatorial (France) (JGOFS)
GEOSECS
— Geochemical Ocean Sections Study
PM-10
— particulate matter less than 10 micrometers diameter
MEDIT
— meditation
HPLC
— high-precision liquid chromatography
MITRE
— Miniature Individual Transmitter Receiver Equipment
MAGE
— Marine Aerosol and Gas Exchange (IGAC)
ASE
— Air Sea Experiment
OXON
— Oxfordshire
DEMONSTR
— demonstration
FARS
— Facility for Atmospheric Remove Sensing
FIG
— figurative
LOWESS
— Locally Weighted Least Squares
RMES
— Relay Mirror Experimental Satellite
MINK
— Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas
TREM
— Tropical Rainfall Experimental Mission
CISTI
— Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
ARQ
— Authentication Request
IHP
— International Hydrological Program (UNESCO)
GDSIDB
— Global Digital Sea-Ice Data Bank (WMO/CMM)
BATAN
— Reactor and Nuclear Research Facilities, National Atomic Energy Agency
PLM
— Payload Module
HBW
— half band-width
DISCOV
— discovery
WIRP
— Watershed Integrated Research Program
ISS
— Integrated Sounding System
FF
— Free Format
WRD
— Water Resources Divistion
WORC
— Worcestershire
FGGE
— First GARPGlobal Experiment
LOTREX
— Longitudinal Land-Surface Traverse Experiment
HLQ
— holocellulose/lignocellulose quotient
IRP
— Installation Restoration Program, Environmental, U.S. Air Force
CLI
— Climate Change (project)
PAF
— Processing Archiving Facility
ECCL.LAW
— ecclesiastical law
FRR
— Fast Repetition Rate
CONCH
— conchology
INTERROG
— interrogative
BOFS
— Biogeochemical Ocean Flux Study (UK)
CDNC
— Cloud drop number concentration
GAIM
— Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modelling
IGOSS
— Integrated Global Ocean Station System (UNESCO)
TRUCE
— Tropical Urban Climate Experiment
ESTEC
— European Research and Technology Center
UMTRAP
— Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program
SM3
— Standard meter3
CTR
— computerized trading reconstruction system
BRML
— Block Recorder Mission Log
RUDIM
— rudiment
MATS
— Mesoscale Atmospheric Transport Studies
GOEZS
— Global Ocean Euphotic Zone Study (IGBP, SCOR, and WCRP)
ETHERNET
— Local area network defined by ISO 802.3
ARC
— Antarctic Research Center
NASA/EDC
— NASA/Environmental Data Centre
ACCUS
— Accusative
LMER
— Land Margins Ecosystem Research
MFE
— Magnetic Fusion Energy (program)
IPCC/RSWG/EIS
— IPCC/Response Strategies WorkingGroup/Energy and Industry Subgroup
CGMS
— Coordination of Geostationary Meteorological Satellites
LASCO
— White Light And Spectrometric Coronagraph
ALA
— American Library Association-Library
LAMP
— Lake Acidification Mitigation Project (EPRI)
ICIC
— Intercalibrations-Intercomparisons (IGAC)
SMIP
— SOHO Mission Implementation Plan
FAPIS
— Formation en Amenagement Pastoral Integre au Sahel
CIR
— color-infrared
CPRS
— cloud-profiling radar system
CRYPTOGR
— cryptography
FIEX-35
— stock index
SWDA
— Solid Waste Disposal Act
AIP
— Algorithm Intercomparison Programme
MEDCOM
— Mediterranean Planning Committee (START)
BIBLIOGR
— bibliography
NEWC
— Newcastle
RET
— Renewable energy technologies
BOVESPA
— Bolsas de Valores de Sao Paulo
GTAS
— Generic Testing and Analysis System
ROT
— registered options trader
MRR
— Mission Readiness Request
COSTEP
— Comprehensive Supra Thermal and Energetic Particle Analyzer
TNH
— Temperate Northern Hemisphere
HER
— heraldry
ANECD
— anecdotes
DBW
— Decibels referenced to one watt
IASC
— International Arctic Sciences Committee
ESRC
— Environmental Science Research Center
SOTA
— Science Operations and Test Area
ILLUSTR
— illustration
NADW
— North Atlantic Deep Water
NALMS
— North American Lake Management Society
DUNDEE
— Down Under Doppler and Electricity Experiment
MAL
— Malachi
IAA
— International Academy of Astronautics
CH.SS
— Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
STAFF
— Staffordshire
CME
— Community Modelling Effort (U.K.)
NAT.PHILOS
— natural philosophy
NEW HAMPSH
— New Hampshire
SHSS
— Structure and Harness Subsystem
INTERPR
— interpretation
BERKSH
— Berkshire
GSRN
— Global Surface Radiation Network
HYNET
— Intercomparison of Operational Hydrological Network Design Techniques
IUPHAR
— International Union of Pharmacology
IMMUNOL
— Immunology
WTR
— Western Test Range
EEP
— east equatorial Pacific
BF
— Biomass quantity burned in fields
IUAES
— International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
AEEI
— Autonomous energy-efficiency index (improvements)
SEAS
— Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition Systems
ASHM
— Ashmole
MIRSL
— Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory
CEDEL
— Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs mobiles
LTRMP
— Long-Term Resource Monitoring Program (U.S.
LORCS
— League of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
CINOF
— Campaign for Integrated Observations of Solar Flares
NYBID
— New York Interbank Bid Rate
SWINGS
— Sterling warrants into gilt-edged securities
P-CODE
— GPS precision transmission code
NGRS
— National Geodetic Reference System
MLE
— Maximum likelihood estimation
LANC
— Lancashire
PFCS
— Perfluorocarbon Compounds
TIMSS
— thermal infrared spectral scanner
SIRS
— Satellite Infrared Spectrometer
COR
— Corinthians
EMBRYOL
— embryology
CERAM
— Ceramic
TIR
— Tabula Imperii Romani
GEOSAT
— Geologic Satellite (program) (USN)
ORTHOGR
— orthography
MEDCOM
— Mediterranean Regional Committee (START)
DP
— Direct Playback
DCT
— dedicated carbon tax
ALF
— Grimco A-700 processor used for data analysis
LINCS
— Lincolnshire
MFE/MAGNOLIA
— MFE/Magnetic Field Experiment
EXERC
— exercise
US-AID
— U.S. Agency for International Development
FOOTPR
— footprint
IDP
— Instrument Development Program
NAEG
— Nevada Applied Ecology Group (of US Department Of Energy)
AOSB
— Arctic Ocean Sciences Board
Δ
— (Greek letter delta) Defendant
TC/OPC
— Technical Committee on Ocean Processes and Climate (Germany)
SUBSTA
— Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
GMSC
— Geologic Map Standards Committee (USGS)
ODAS
— Oceanic Data Assimilation System
CPES
— Centrally-planned economies
CSIRO/DAR
— CSIRO/Division of Atmospheric Research
IEA/ORAU
— Institute of Energy Analysis/Oak Ridge Associated Universities
EDA
— elevation difference accuracy
MERGE
— Model for Evaluating Regional and Global Effects of GHG reduction policies
USJGOFS
— United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
CFP
— Cypher Feedback
EROS
— Earth Resources Observation System
EC
— Executive Council (WMO)
SCOT
— Services Consultance en Observation de la Terre
SDPF
— Sensor Data Processing Facility
IEC
— Implementation and Effectiveness of International EnvironmentalCommitments
DPR
— development planning review
MIAS
— Marine Information Advisory Service (U.K.)
INVOC
— invocation
BET
— Grimco A-700 processor used for data collection
CSATA
— Centra Studi e Applicazioni in Tecnologie Avanzate (Italy)
ICALPE
— International Centre for Alpine Environments (Chambery, France)
DH
— chromosome-doubled haploid
FB
— Fraction burned annually
WRDD
— Water Resources Development Department
DCAR
— Danish Centre for Atmospheric Research
OTM
— Out-Of-The-Money
ENCYCL.METROP
— Encyclopaedia Metropolitana
TSFC
— surface temperature
CALEND
— calendar
PEMD
— personalized educational materials development
SAVE
— South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment
LOCH
— London Options Clearing House
PLOB
— Public Limit Oder Board
NERP
— National Environmental Research Park
POL.ECON
— political economy
NHRC
— National Hydrology Research Centre
OEG
— Office of Environmental Guidance
UNCTAD
— United Nations Commission on Trade and Development
SAFCOM
— Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa Regional Committee (START)
CMSE
— Command Management Systems Engineer
NERC
— National Environmental Research Centre
FT
— Free troposphere
COGEOMAP
— Federal-State Cooperative Geologic Mapping
NDSC
— Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change
VINDIC
— vindication
SELDADS
— SEL Data Acquisition and Display System
MM5
— Mesoscale model 5 (Pennsylvania State University/NCAR)
JEOS
— Japanese Earth Observing System
CHESH
— Cheshire
CFM
— Chlorofluoromethane
JAP
— Japanese
HIEROGL
— Hieroglyphic
COMM
— Commentary
MEX
— Mexican
ISPS
— Integrated Steel Plants
MSP
— Motion-Sensing Platform
AF
— Agri-residue used for animal feed
NFERC
— National Fertilizer and Environmental Research Center
GFO
— Geosat follow-on
ERS
— Earth Resources Survey
MIPAS
— Michelson interferometer for passive atmospheric sounding (sounder)
PREC
— Preceding
JEDA
— Joint Environmental Data Center
CEDDA
— Center for Experiment Design and Data Analysis (NOAA)
NRCC
— National Research Council of Canada
EEFSU
— Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union
UPC
— Uniform Probate Code
CSA
— Chinese Society of Astronautics
GOSP
— gospel
BKS
— books
HOM
— homilies
FOR
— Forestry Resources (project)
VDS
— Virtual Data Set
CMD
— Coordinator for Multi-lateral Development Program
MEDIAS
— Mediterranean Basin and Sub-Tropical Africa
LLL
— Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
ATOVS
— Advanced TOVS
CHRONS
— chronicles
MLOPEX II
— Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemical Experiment II
HROI
— high-resolution optical instrument
SCORPIO
— Oceanographic cruise in the South Pacific, 1968 (U.S.)
LWRM
— longwave radiation model
FSU
— Florida State University (Tallahasee)
GOLF
— Global Oscillations at Low Frequency
MTCR
— million tonnes of coal replacement
PU
— processing unit
GCTE-SSC
— GCTE Scientific Steering Committee
TOPOGR
— topography
TOCE
— tonne of carbon equivalent
GLOCHEM
— Global Atmospheric Chemical Survey (IGAC)
MSCI
— Morgan Stanley Capital Index
PICES
— North Pacific Marine Science Organization
JGOFS PM
— JGOFS Photosynthetic Measurements
RRN CAA
— RRN Central Arid Asia
EOS PM
— Earth Observing System afternoon pass
LING
— linguistic
DMR1
— Detailed Mission Requirements Issue #1
GENSAA
— Generic Spacecraft Analysis Assistant
SES
— Singapore Stock Exchange
SOT
— Science Operations Team
ALSS
— Aluminum in Streams Study (EPRI)
IABP
— International Arctic Buoy Programme
PAC
— Polar Atmospheric Chemistry
NASD
— National Assocaiation of Securities Dealers
IVA
— intra vehicular activities Instituto Venezuelan de Investigaciones Cientificas
DOC
— Documentary Organisation of Canada
IOPG
— Indian Ocean Planning Group (JGOFS)
NASDAQ
— National Assocation of Securities Dealers Automated Quote System
KENT
— Kentish
BIGSTIG
— biomass integrated gasifier steam-injected gas turbine
ICSU-ACE
— ICSU Advisory Committee on the Environment
VACM
— Vector Averaging Current Meter
EISCAT
— European Incoherent Scatter Facility
RETROSP
— retrospective
ESTAR
— electronically scanned thinned array radiometer (ARM)
RRCT
— Reflectance Ratio Cloud Test
ORAC
— Oracle 9i Real Application Clusters
AGO
— Santiago Ground Station
DIRECT
— direction
PROPR
— proprietary
SAMS
— Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
EPIT
— epitaph
FGDC
— Federal Geographic Data Commission
LAUTRO
— Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Authority
ICL
— International-Union Commission on the Lithosphere (ICSU)
NSPD
— National Space Policy Directive
BLS
— Basic Linked System
NHTSA
— National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (DOT)
COUNC
— council
WMS
— World Magnetic Survey
BMC
— Baltic Marine Cooperation
SCWP
— Slowly Changing World Policy
PDRCA
— Participatory Development Resource Centre for Africa
TSA
— Temperate South America
NCDCDS
— National Committee-Digital Cartographic Data Standards
BMG
— Meteorological and Geophysics Agency
HYDROL
— Hydrology
HAO
— High Altitude Observatory (NCAR)
SIC
— Spacecraft Identification Code
IRD
— Instituto de Radioprotecao e Dosimetria (Brazil)
CMP
— computer modeling package
AGBD
— Above ground biomass density
CAO
— Cold Air Outbreak
GRAM
— grammar
ARINC
— Aeronautical Research, Inc.
UITA
— Union of International Technical Associations
DDF
— descriptive data file
SOHO
— Solar Heliospheric Observatory
FOAM
— Fates of Aromatic Model
CAC
— Climate Analysis Centre (now CPC) (WMO)
CRD
— Carbon released from dead biomass
LMER
— Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation (ORNL)
EIPO
— European IGAC Project Office Steering Committee
KOW
— octanol-water partition coefficient
QLN
— Quantitative Links Networks
ANGLO-IND
— Anglo-Indian
SOS/SONIA
— SOS/Southeast Oxidant and Nitrogen Intensive Analysis
FLAIR
— Measurement of Micronutrient Absorption and Status
ICRAF
— International Council for Research in Agroforestry
FST
— Field Support Terminal
TOX
— total organic halides
MOMS
— Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral Scanner
GEOMORPHOL
— geomorphology
DPS
— Digital Photogrammetry System
SESC
— Space Environment Service Center
PHARMACEUT
— pharmaceutical
RCH
— Recognised Clearing House
ATLAS
— Airborne Turnable Laser Absorption Spectrometer
WCRP-JSC
— Joint Scientific Committee for the World Climate Research Programme
CLIMATOL
— Climatology
ICL
— Integrated Cloud Liquid
DAT
— Department of Science and Technology
ASAP
— Atorvastatin versus Simvastatin on Atherosclerosis Progression
NLE
— National Library for the Environment
D/H
— deuterium/hydrogen (ratio)
ARL
— Australian Radiation Laboratory (Melbourne, Victoria)
COMMANDM
— commandment
DMR
— Detailed Mission Requirements
N-C
— Nitrogen-carbon ratio
GFOF
— Geared Futures and Options Fund
PAAD
— Program Assistance Approval Document
AP
— Annual Production
PIO/P
— PIO for Participant Training
FIREIFO
— First ISCCP Regional Experiment
ISRIC
— International Soil Reference and Information Centre
COW
— Committee on Water
EROS
— European River Ocean System (EEC)
ECN
— Netherlands Energy Research Foundation
CARBICE
— Carbon Dioxide Intercalibration Experiment (IGAC)
CAS
— Chemical Abstract Series
REMINISC
— reminiscence
PIXE
— Proton induced x-ray emission analysis
MISPR
— misprinted
SRP
— Soluble Reactive Phosphorus
INT
— p-iodonitrotetrazolium
GLAS
— Goddard Laboratory of Atmospheric Sciences
EDD
— Exchange of Digital Data
NF-EBM
— noise forced energy balance model
CYTOL
— Cytology
LRP
— Landscape Research Project (DOE)
GLOBEC
— Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (SCOR)
ER-2
— Extended Range U-2 (aircraft)
QAMS
— Quality Assurance Management Staff (US EPA)
ITEM
— International Technology Environmental Management
BK
— Book Keeper
FORAST
— Forest Response to Anthropogenic Stress (model)
SRAD
— Spectral Radiometer
DSS
— Data Support Section (NCAR)
MEM
— Memoirs
JGOFS GS
— JGOFS Global Synthesis
FOT
— Fourier Optical Transform
EOS-ALT
— EOS Altimetry Mission
CTM
— Chemistry/Transport Models
GLBC
— Great Lakes Basin Commission
ELS
— Eastern Lake Survey
EUROSTART
— European Planning Committee for START
GEIA
— Global Emissions Inventory Activity (IGAC)
MTR
— Magnetic Tape Recorder
BBHSR
— broadband hemispherical solar radiometer
CTS
— Committee on the Teaching of Science
HCFC-142B
— hydrochloroflourocarbon-142b
METEOR
— Research vessel (Germany)
PROBAB
— probability
SABLE
— simulator atmospheric boundary layer environment
RASM
— Remote Access Scheduling Terminal
BI0-L
— Biphase - Level
GLONET
— Global Tropospheric Ozone Network (IGAC)
CW
— "Conventional Wisdom" scenario, World Bank, 1990
ETF
— Engineered Test Facility
HCBP
— hexachlorobiphenol
SIZ
— Seasonal Ice Zone
MDR
— Minimum Detectable Radiance
DMR2
— Detailed Mission Requirements Issue #2
RWVL
— Raman Water Vapor Lidar
USFWS
— United State Fish and Wildlife Service
ECTF
— Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests
SFDU
— Standard Formatted Data Units
SFA
— Securities and Futures Authority Limited
IGPO
— International Gewex Project Office
RIGES
— Renewable Intensive Global Energy System
NABE
— North Atlantic Bloom Experiment
NAFCOM
— Northern Africa Committee (START)
LAT.
— latitude
TALK
— Total Alkalinity
IFS
— Integrated Forest Study on the Effects of Atmospheric Deposition
NEUROL
— Neurology
D/L
— Downlink
SNR
— Signal-to-Noise
IPB
— Bogor Agriculture Institute (Indonesia)
HDP
— Human Dimensions Program (SEDAC)
HAMOCC
— Hamburg Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
ECHO
— Exchange Clearing House
DELIV
— deliverance
CCITT
— International Consultative Committee on Telegraphs andTelecommunications
NEG
— WOCE Numerical Experimentation Group
VCP(ES)
— Voluntary Cooperation Program Equipment and Services
ATS
— Advanced Turbine Systems
NOBREX
— North Brazil Current Experiment
LTM
— linear tangent model
DAA
— Data Availability Acknowledgment
IDDSAC
— Interim Data Documentation Standard for ARC/INFO Averages
MRM
— Mission Readiness Manager
CH.HIST
— Church history
ASSYRIOL
— Assyriology
DISCOVERY
— Research vessel
FIRESCAN
— Fire Research Campaign Asia-North
JAWS
— Joint Airport Weather Studies (project)
IZMIRAN
— Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Radio Research, and the Ionosphere
CTOF
— Charge Time-Of-Flight
SOCC
— Satellite Operation Command and Control
TERATOL
— teratology
LIFFE
— London Interntional Financial Futures and Options Exchange
WEO
— Western European Organization
FBS
— Frontal Boundary Study
THERMONUCL
— thermonuclear
COURTSH
— courtship
ICOLD
— International Commission on Large Dams
POTT
— pottery
FIZ
— Fachinformationszentrum
OFDA
— Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
KNMI
— Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
REFUS
— refusal
F.
— Federal Reporter
STCS
— Service Module Thermal Control Subsystem
ALOHA
— A Long-term Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment
OCAM
— Afro-Malagasy Common Organization
BEST
— Bilan Energetique du Systeme Tropical
CMA
— Cement Manufacturers'Association
UGM
— University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
MWL
— Municipal Waste Leachate
ONWI
— Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
BIOMOVS
— Biospheric Model Validation Study
FWWTA
— Fraction of waste water treated anaerobically
GIM
— Global Integration and Modeling (IGAC)
CERTIF
— certificate
MESEEC
— Methodologies to Estimate Social, Environmental, and EconomicConsequences
GLRS-A
— Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter
BW
— bulk water
GDC
— Global Data Centre
RRN TEA
— RRN Temperate East Asia
AS
— Area of Savanna
IWS
— Instrument Work Stations
IFN
— Ice-Freezing Nuclei
GISP
— Greenland Ice Sheet Project (NSF and PAGES)
CRIM.LAW
— criminal law
STORM-FEST
— Storm-scale Observations Regional Measurement Program-Fronts Experiment Systems Test
EFEDTA
— European Field Experiment in Decertification Threatened Area
PREDICT
— Prediction of Radiation Effects by Digital Computer Techniques
RADCAL
— Radiation Calibration Laboratory
GEO
— George
EFS
— exchange of futures for swaps
CASA
— Inter-Union Commission on the Application of Science to Agriculture,Forestry, and Aquaculture
NORTHUMBLD
— Northumberland
MFRSR
— multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer
CRL
— Carbon released from living biomass
AWDB
— Adirondack Watershed Data Base
ARGT
— argument
CARDS
— climatological aerological reference data set
PRESERV
— preservation
TRAG
— Tragedy
T&DS
— Tracking and Data Systems
CORRESP
— correspondence
NEIGHB
— neighbour
RRN NAF
— RRN Northern Africa
ENTOM
— entomology
LOTUS
— Long-Term Upper Ocean Study, Woods Hole, 1983
FW
— filter wheel
ICRCCM
— Intercomparison of Radiation Codes in Climate Models (program)
FEWA
— Finite Element of Water Flow through Aquifers
NRT
— Near Real-Time
INDIC
— indicative
HCCD
— Historical Canadian Climate Database
RITS
— Radiatively Important Trace Species
GPCC
— Global Precipitation Climatology Center (data base)
ECS
— Environmentally Compatible Energy Strategies (project)
RUT
— Reflectance Uniformity Test
LIRAD
— lidar/radiometer
JEE
— Japan Environment Agency
SONN
— sonnet
COMPEND
— compendium
ITEX
— International Tundra Experiment
CCI
— Commission for Climatology
PDA
— phased-Doppler anemometer
MCS
— Mesoscale Cloud System
INDIGO
— French programme, Indien Gaz Ocean
ETHNOL
— Ethnology
INCD
— International Convention to Combat Decertification
COLLOQ
— colloquies
PLUR
— plural
RGCT
— Reflective Gross Cloud Test
SEPON
— Stock Exchange Pool Nominees
DOM
— Dissolved Organic Macromolecules
WCIRP
— World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Program
NAVSTAR
— Global Positioning Satellite Communication Set
DERBYSH
— Derbyshire
IOCARIBE
— IOC Sub-Commission for the Carribbean and Adjacent Regions
SCIBP
— Scientific Committee for the International Biological Programme
NCV
— Net Calorific Value
NCMC
— National Critical Materials Council
MUNIF
— munificence
JURISPR
— jurisprudence
UCSF
— University of California at San Francisco's
ACHIEVEM
— achievement
INEL
— Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
GSP
— Greenland Sea Project
USACE
— United State Army Corps of Engineers
CMP
— Climate Modelling Programme
QUEEN'S BENCH DIV
— Queen's Bench Division
EXPOS
— exposition
AN
— Analog Nonsecure
IPCC-EIS
— IPCC-Energy and Industry Subgroup
UST
— United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
MILOX
— Mid-Latitude Ecosystems and Photochemical Oxidants (IGAC)
CONTEND
— contending
PSEUDO-DIAL
— pseudo-dialect
ISSP
— ICSU Solar System Panel
COBS
— Central On Board Software
OBAD
— Obadiah
OFA
— Office of Flight Assurance
WAMEX
— West African Monsoon Experiment
DDRP
— Direct/Delayed Response Project
PTCS
— Payload Module Thermal Control Subsystem
SEASPAN
— SEAREX South Pacific Aerosol Network
RTD
— Real-Time Data
NEAPACC
— North East Atlantic Palaeooceanography and Climate Change
MPF
— momentary power failure
CWSF
— Chemical Waste Storage Facility
INTR
— Intransitive
IGC
— International Geophysical Cooperation
PSYCHOANAL
— psychoanalysis
PROL
— PROLOGUE (Euronext Paris [PAR])
SASANEE
— South and Southeast Asia Network for Environmental Education
EDTA
— ethylenediaminetetraacetate
TEGD
— Technical Enforcement Guidance Document (EPA)
WITS
— World Ionosphere Thermosphere Study
INCLOS
— inclosure
NARE
— North Atlantic Regional Experiment (IGAC)
SC-IGBP
— Special Committee of the International Geosphere BiosphereProgramme
PBOT
— Phildelphia Board Of Trade
SNAS
— Strategic National Alternatives Study
T&DA
— Telemetry and Data Acquisition
WTI
— West Texas Crude
IKI
— Institut Kosmicheskikh Issledovanii
GEOSAT
— Geodesy satellite (USN)
IN
— ice nuclei
NWPM
— Numerical Weather Prediction Model
COS
— Carbonyl sulfide
AMA
— African Mountains Association
GTC
— Gigatons Of Carbon
PEPCASE
— Phosphenol-pyruvate carboxylase
GEMX
— German Equity Market index
DGS
— Diego Garcia Station
SPS
— Symbols Per Second
LEBS
— Low Emission Boiler Systems
DAEDALUS
— Documenting Aerosol Electromagnetics, Defining Aerosol Lifetimes and Understanding Sources
MORPHOL
— morphology
MAP3S
— Multistate Atmospheric Power Production Pollution Study
GLOSS
— Global Sea-Level Observing System
INDUSTR.REL
— industrial relations
PRTC
— Priority Real Time Commands
CC
— Constitutional Court
POCM
— parallel ocean-climate model
NECT
— National Research Council of Thailand
DTH
— Technical University of Denmark
JPOP
— Japanese Polar-Orbiting Platform (JERS)
SEDAC
— Socio-Economic Data and Applications Center
HUSB
— husbandry
RESA
— Scientific Research Society of America
ESDOC
— European Science Data and Operations Center
MODIS-N
— moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer-Nadir
USNC/SH
— United States National Committee on Scientific Hydrology
NZOI
— New Zealand Oceanographic Institute
RIDGE
— Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment
ULT
— ultimately
SGSS
— Solar Generator Subsystem
NWRC
— National Weather Records Center
APC
— Apparent consumption
GAL
— Galatians
ESTRACK
— European Space Tracking
SWADE
— Surface Wave Dynamic Experiment
KCRT
— Keyboard CRT
SCARAB
— Scanner for the Radiation Budget
ANTHROPOL
— anthropology
ECSL
— European Centre for Space Law
CRTS
— courts
FANGIO
— Feedback Analysis for GCM Intercomparison and Observations
PIO/C
— PIO for Commodities
CLASS.ANTIQ
— classical antiquities
NASQUAN
— National Stream Water Quality Accounting Network
SSTS
— Service Module Structure Subsystem
Â
— antenna
DIARAD
— Dual Irradiance Absolute Radiometer
SELSIS
— SEL Solar Imaging System
OARM
— Office Of Administration And Resources Management (USEPA)
SO.
— Southern Reporter
GPR
— Greenwich Photoheliographic Results
LEICS
— Leicestershire
HAPEX
— Hydrological-Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
ORISE
— Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education
PASC
— Polar Atmospheric and SnowChemistry (IGAC)
NORW
— Norwegian
METALLIF
— metalliferous
REKLIP
— Regional Climate Project
CAA
— Central Arid Asia (START)
SING
— Singular
CHARAC
— Character
SITE
— Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
SPREP
— South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme
PRIM
— primer
HEPL
— Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratories
NIE
— National Institute for the Environment
NSPC
— National Space Council
O/N
— oxygen-to-nitrogen ratio
RRN ANT
— RRN Antarctic
RSD
— Residual Standard Deviation
OSB
— Ocean Studies Board
CONTEMP
— contemporary
EOSC
— Earth Observations Science Committee (of ESA)
KUM
— Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii
COPS
— continuously operating per fluorocarbon sniffer
ASM
— Applied Simulation and Modelling (IASTED)
CINEMATOGR
— cinematography
MMI
— Modified Mercalli Intensities
MNRT
— Minister of State for Research and Technology
STRATOZ
— Stratospheric Ozone (campaign)
EUMELI
— eutrophic, mesotrophic, and oligotrophic sites (France) (JGOFS)
IUCRM
— Inter-Union Commission on Radio Meteorology
LIDQA
— Landsat Image Data Quality and Analysis
WCIP
— World Climate Impact Program
ANNOT
— annotation
SEISMOL
— seismology
WIND
— Weather Information Display
MOS-1
— Marine Observations Satellite-1 (Japan)
TIA
— Territorial and International Affairs
ORPA
— Operational Readiness and Performance Assurance
TRACE-A
— Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator-Atlantic
WECC
— Western European Calibration Cooperation
ATLANTIS
— Research vessel
HEREFORDSH
— Herefordshire
MOBILHY
— Mobilisation Du Bilan Hydrique
RK
— River Kilometer
LIGA
— Last InterGlacial in the Arctic (project)
AV
— acoustic velocity
NRPGC
— National Research Program for Global Change
RRN ESA
— RRN Equatorial South America
INTROD
— introduction
VEG.PHYSIOL
— vegetable physiology
V-PDB
— international scale for expressing C and O isotopic composition relative to PDB carbonate
PBMR
— Pushbroom Microwave Radiometer
IMAGES
— International Marine Global Change Study (PAGES and SCOR)
LSM
— LAWS Simulation Model
DIM
— Diminutive
MWDI
— Master Water Data Index
CA
— Class action
UGAMP
— U.K. Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Project
ASK
— Assisted Search for Knowledge
MORACC
— Modeling Radiation Clouds and Convection
LSR
— Launch Support Room
IMP
— ice mass path
RPSS
— Relative Partial Sum of Squares
CF
— Carbon Fraction
VEI
— Volcano Explosivity Index
CSIRO
— Commonwealth Scientific and IndustrialResearch Organization
ENTOMOL
— entomology
WGNE
— working group on numerical experimentation (JSC/CAS)
CCR
— California Code of Regulation
GREENS
— Global Redevelopment with Energy Environment Sustainability
SPECTROSC
— Spectroscopy
WONDERF
— wonderful
OUTL
— outline
CUMBLD
— Cumberland
SCPP
— Seasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction Program
FEDMAP
— Federal Geologic Mapping Project
STIB
— Stratosphere-Troposphere Interaction and the Biosphere (IGBP)
LSC
— Lake Survey Center (NOAA)
ULST
— uniform low stratus test
PARL
— Parliament
WBW
— Walker Branch Watershed
WESTM
— Westminster
TSTOL
— TPOCC System Test and Operations Language
COMPOS
— composition
SJVF
— Veterinary Agricultural Research Council
CST
— CHAMMP Science Team
WRRC
— Water Resources Research Center's
VPB
— VIRGO Purple Book
BAP
— BenzoApyrene
BERW
— Berwickshire
EUPHEM
— euphemistic
ECOMARGE
— ecology of the continental margins
WRR
— World Radiometric Reference
STARE
— Southern Tropical Atlantic Region Experiment
MAC
— Multiphase Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC)
TCOPS
— Trajectory Computation and Orbit Products System
CREO
— Cryosphere Research on Qingzang Plateau
CVS
— Conference and Visitors'Services
IGAC-SSC
— IGAC Scientific Steering Committee
ERNI
— wet-only rainfall collector
MPL
— Micropulse Lidar
SCID
— Spacecraft Identification
CHEM.ENGIN
— chemical engineering
SHROPSH
— Shropshire
NMOS
— Network Mission Operations Support
LEICEST
— Leicestershire
MONSEE
— Monitoring of the Sun-Earth Environment
GPM
— Generic Payload Module
ASCATT
— advanced scatterometer
HOC
— hydrophobic organic compounds
RTFM
— Read The Fuck Manual
THEATR
— theatre
TIGER/GICS
— TIGER/Geographic Identification CodeScheme
FRATERN
— fraternity
ANTARFIX
— Antarctic fixed station
LOICZ-SSC
— LOICZ Scientific Steering Committee
VAMP
— Validation of Model Project
WODC
— World Ozone Data Center
LTREB
— Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology
CAMPANOL
— campanology
STOCK EXCH
— stock exchange
BMAP
— Biological Monitoring And Abatement Program
CONSTIT.HIST
— constitutional history
CCL
— Close Circuit Loop
SCOTL
— Scotland
JRNLS
— journals
SOX
— Oxides of sulfur
CARTOGR
— cartography
LAM
— Lamentations
AUTOBIOG
— autobiography
LEADEX
— Leads Experiment
TRPSA
— Transponder Assembly
SNOTEL
— Snow Survey and Remote Telemetry
LW
— longwave
NRSA
— National Remote Sensing Agency
PECO
— CEC-COPERNICUS Program
ERTS-1
— Earth Resources Technology Satellite-1
SOCEX
— Southern Ocean Cloud Experiment
CS
— Computer Services Department
TEDDY
— TERI Energy Data Directory Yearbook
CYCL
— cyclopaedia
PEGASUS
— Current profiling system
OSR
— Office of Sponsored Research
PFBC
— Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustor
ISG
— ISTP Scheduling Group
IFS
— International Foundation for Science
EOCAP
— Earth Observation Commercialization Application Program
POOZ
— Permanently Open Ocean Zone
TCR
— tonnes of coal replacement
R/V
— Research Vessel
LINN
— Linnean
MASS
— Massachussets
BERWICKSH
— Berwickshire
AMD
— Developing America
HD
— hierarchical diagnosis
MPAE
— Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie, Germany
RASC
— Radio Atmospheric Study Centre
IITM
— Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology
SLURP
— Simple Linear Unit Reservoir Program
LPARL
— Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories
TLCF
— Team Leader Computing Facility
P
— significance level (statistical)
FAST
— Fourier amplitude-sensitivity test
INVERTEBR
— invertebrate
NCPO
— National Climate Program Office
NARSNDF
— North Atlantic Regional Study Narrative Data File
PHARM
— pharmacology
BS
— Natural forest biomass burned onsite
SAGA
— Soviet-American Gas and Aerosol Experiment
IG
— Institute of Geography
ETYM
— Etymology
VCP(F)
— Voluntary Cooperation Program fund
ASF
— Atmospheric Stablization Framework
EXALT
— exaltation
FC
— Fuel Consumption
TOD
— Time-Out Detection
IPO
— WOCE International Planning Office
UARP
— Upper Atmosphere Research Program
BB
— Biomass Burned
OCTS
— ocean color and temperature sensor
DBS
— Doppler Beam Swinging
REMONSTR
— remonstrance
METALLOGR
— metallography
PHILOS
— philosophic
NATT
— Northern Australian Tropical Transect
SCRIPT
— scripture
P/M
— Payload Module
EXHIB
— exhibit
UTM
— University transverse mercator
SHARE
— Software Help for Applications, Research, and Education
TEHM
— Terrestrial Ecosystem Hydrology Model
DEPREDAT
— depredation
DDA
— Data Delivery Acknowledgement
IAGA
— International Association ofGeomagnetism and Agronomy (IUGG)
NCB
— Net change of biomass
CRANIOL
— craniology
UVCS
— Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer
MCSST
— Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature (algorithm)
AMQUA
— American Quaternary Association
ESTABL
— establishment
ET
— evapotranpiration
MICROSC
— Microscopic
MAC
— Middle Atmosphere Cooperation (IGAC)
COLOSS
— Colossians
COMMONW
— commonwealth
TIGR
— TOVS Initial Guess Retrieval
NEWSPR
— newsprint
AYRSH
— Ayrshire
TTB
— Time-Tagged Buffer
TIGER/GRF-N
— Tiger/Geographic Reference File-Names
SEL.COMM
— select committee
JGOFS-SSC
— JGOFS Scientific Steering Committee
RSMC
— Regional/Specialized Meteorological Centre
CAS
— Chinese Academy of Science
UCS
— Secretariat to the U.S. National Commission
FLM
— federal land manager (e.g., National Park Service)
TIGER
— Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Reference
GLASG
— Glasgow
PACER
— Program for the Acceleration of Commercial Energy Research
WEAVE
— Water and Energy: Atmospheric, Vegetative, and Earth Interactions
HOROL
— Horology
BSR
— Back Surface Reflection
SMOS
— Surface Meteorological Observation System
LOTREX
— Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
DST
— Department of Science and Technology's
GEO
— Geostationary Earth Observation
OMWOG
— Ocean-Based Measurements Working Group
TIN
— Triangular Irregular Network
IUPAC
— International Union of Pure and AppliedChemistry
HNRC
— HOMS National Reference Centre
SELV
— Small Expendable Launch Vehicle
FOLD
— Federally-Owned LANDSAT Data
JJA
— June-July-August
ICE
— International Cirrus Experiment
NARC
— National Atmospheric Radiation Centre (AES)
GEM
— Geospace Environment Modeling Program
USCGS
— United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
NIAES
— National Institute of Agro-Environmental Studies
CLASS
— classical
SPARCLE
— Spaceborne Aerosols and Cloud Lidar Earthprobe
BIOSYNOP
— Biological Synoptic Ocean Prediction
SSP
— Scanning Spectral Polarimeter
ARA
— atmospheric radiation analysis
DIVERS
— diversity
CANTERB
— Canterbury
OASIS
— Observation At Several Interacting Scales
WTH
— whole-tree harvest
SUMER
— Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation
EOPM
— electro-optic phase modulation
EGYPTOL
— Egyptology
ODC
— Other Data Center
IP
— independent pixel
RAAM
— Roll Attitude Acquisition Mode
SOP
— Ship of Opportunity Programme
HECP
— Herbaceous Energy Crops Program
COLLECT
— collective
SNL/PPG
— Snl/Parallel Processing Group
TSD
— Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (facilities)
NOZE
— National Ozone Expedition
BAS
— Block Acquisition Sequence
TRSC
— Thailand Remote Sensing Centre
RSR
— Rotating Shadowband Radiometer
RRAD
— Roll Rate Anomaly Detection
GEM-HEX
— Geochemical, Microbiological, and Hydrological Experiment
CRANIOM
— craniometry
LDS
— Lords
SLS
— stereo line scanner
NHAP
— National High-Altitude Photography Program
SRO
— Self Regulatory Organisation
HOI
— Halo Orbit Insertion
WILASS
— Water Infiltration in Layered Subfreezing Snow
COM
— Communication Department
OM-AL
— organic monomeric aluminum
EAZO
— Energy Active Zones of the Ocean
ERNETS
— Energy Research Networks
UNEP
— United Nations Environmental Program
NEB
— National Environmental Board
HOP
— Halo Orbit Phase
FD
— Fraction that is dead
PPL.ADJS
— participial adjectives
UNNAT
— unnatural
PCC
— Power Converter for CDMU
HERTFORDSH
— Hertfordshire
SSSC
— SOI Science Support Center
WGR
— Waste Generation Rate
OMDR
— Optical Memory Disk Recorder Animation System
MOS
— Marine Observations Satellite
PERIODONTOL
— periodontologic
SSM/T
— Ssm/Temperature
WCDP
— World Climate Data Program
MDI-H
— MDI-Helioseismology
CONJ
— Conjugation
FRIENDSH
— friendship
CRS
— cavity-ringdown spectrometer
PDFE
— Programmable Data Formatter Engineer
LITURG
— liturgy
RSF
— LANL computer code
VARS
— variants
NORWEG
— Norwegian
CUMBERLD
— Cumberland
SIROS
— solar and infrared radiation observation stations
OPT
— Optimization Under Uncertainty Project
FOLAN
— Flight Operations Local Area Network
MVS
— Minimum-Variance-Simultaneous
SSALT
— solid-state (radar) altimeter
PERD
— Panel for Energy Research and Development
USNC/IHP
— United States National Committee for IHP
FL
— Fraction that live
JNOV
— Judgment notwithstanding verdict
LINCOLNSH
— Lincolnshire
S.D.
— standard deviation
POEM
— polar-orbiting earth observation mission (ESA)
QAC
— Quality and Accounting Capsule
FDI
— field data investor
O.D.
— outside diameter
RPE
— Office of OECD, European Community, andAtlantic
UV-A
— ultraviolet type A
PREH
— prehistoric
NDF
— Narrative Data File
WRC
— Water Resources Council
VCID
— Virtual Channel Identification
FSM
— Flight Synchronizer Module
TSS
— Total Surveying Systems
USBM
— United States Bureau of Mines
EVANG
— evangelical
UKMO
— U.K. Meteorological Office
GEOM
— geographically detailed model
POLIT
— politics
EMF
— Energy Modelling Forum
EDINB
— Edinburgh
MR
— Methane Recovery
PFTS
— perfluorocarbon tracers
URAS
— (a commercial CO2 analyzer)
WSI
— whole-sky imager
DM
— Data Manual
PPLE
— participle
EPICA
— European Programme for Ice Coring in Antarctica (PAGES)
CSR
— Centra de Sensores Remotes (Italy)
MRI
— Meteorology Research Inc
T/S
— Temperature/Salinity
PRT
— precision radiation thermometer
COMPAR
— comparative
CONGR
— congress
HDRL
— High-Dose Reference Laboratory
VBL
— verbal
PMR
— pressure-modulated radiometer
PSDPC
— Polar Satellite Data Processing Centre
TRMM
— Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission
NCASI
— National Council on Air and Stream Improvement
MSE
— Mission Server Element
EHPC
— Extended High Priority Command
TRL
— Transuranium Research Laboratory
ENZYMOL
— enzymology
MTP
— Mission Test Plan
WOVO
— World Organization of Volcano Observatories
VHSA
— Variable Hydrologic Source Areas
MSSL
— Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK
RRN ART
— RRN Arctic
NORTH
— northern
WBIS
— Walker Branch Information System
SBUV-2
— Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet-2
BRAZ
— Brazilian
TCAD
— Tradeable Carbon Absorption Obligation
MAT
— marine air temperature
PGS
— Product Generation System
PHONOL
— phonology
CE
— Collateral Estoppel
UV-B
— ultraviolet type B (280-320 nanometer wavelength interval)
RMW
— Roll Maneuver Wheels
OAT
— obligations assumilables de Trésor
WCASP
— World Climate Applications and Services Program
OMCS
— Ozone Monitor Comparison System
MINERAL
— Mineralogy
DML
— Direct Memory Load
NORDMAP
— European Nordic Pollen Data Mapping Project
LOS
— Lost of signal
WOCE/HP
— Woce/Hydrographic Program
TRIGONOM
— trigonometry
SPECTRE
— Spectral Radiance Experiment
RRN MED
— RRN Mediterranean
WEBB
— Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budget (USGS)
WRC
— World Radiation Center
OPHTHALMOL
— ophthalmology
SOMMA
— Single-Operator Multiparameter Metabolic Analyzer
MTASS
— Multi-mission Three-Axis Stabilized Satellite
WES
— Waterways Experiment Station (USACE)
CEP
— Comite Ecumenico de Proyectos
WENPEX
— Western North Pacific Cloud-Radiation Experiment
TROUBL
— troublesome
PHAS
— Payload Module Harness Subsystem
PMIP
— Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (NATO and PAGES)
ERS
— Earth Resources Systems
UKAEA
— U.K. Atomic Energy Authorities
TRANSPAC
— Trans-Pacific Experiment
INC
— International Negotiating Convention
TDRS
— Tracking and Data Relay Systems
PER
— Program for Ecological Research
WEU
— Western Europe Union
ORD
— Office of Research & Development (EPA)
EPHES
— Ephesians
NIO
— National Institute of Oceanography
BO
— CH4 producing potential
NTM
— Network Test Manager
PSCN
— Program Support Comunications Network
MWL
— Medicamunicipal Waste Leachate
PRAREE
— precise range and range rate equipment-extended
MIL-71
— Merritt Island DSN Facility
NOWES
— Northern Wetlands Study
P/R
— productivity/respiration
DEVONSH
— Devonshire
EPISC
— episcopacy
ISP
— International Society for Photogrammetry
METALL
— Metallurgy
CORNW
— Cornwall
COMBS
— combination
GOED
— Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics
PHILEM
— Philemon
UNP
— United Nations Political Affairs
WAIS
— West Antarctic Ice Sheet
THES
— Thesaurus
MGE
— MicroStation Foundation and Modular GISEnvironment
RUST
— Remote User Scheduling Terminal
SAHC
— South Asia Hydrological Cycle
SHAS
— Service Module Harness Subsystem
OMLX
— The London Securities and Derivatives Exchange
AMS
— Applied Mathematical Sciences (DOE)
DM
— deep monitoring (wells)DMA
MEHALICE
— Methane and Halocarbons Intercalibrations Experiment
DOAI
— Department of Agriculture, Indonesia
TROUB
— troublesome
UNFPA
— United Nations Program for Population
RRN
— Regional Research Networks (START)
MWSR
— Microwave Water Substance Radiometer
PSPDC
— Polar Satellite Precipitation Data Centre
LVS
— low-volume sampler
MGMI
— Metallgezellschaft Metals Index
NIPDWS
— National Interim Primary Drinking Water Standards
WESTPAC
— IOC - Programme Group on the WesternPacific
DTB
— Deutsche Terminborse
MMTS
— Maximum-Minimum Temperature System
REFUT
— refutation
TEM
— Terrestrial Ecosystem Model
WPR
— Water Resource Planning
WETNET
— Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data
WIHG
— Waclia Institute of Himalayan Geology
IFMH
— Institut fur Meereskunde, Hamburg, Germany
SOTER
— Soil and Terrain Survey
ALS
— Adirondack Lake Survey (ALSC)
RI
— radar interferometry
ARB
— Arber
NAT.SCI
— natural science
FSE
— File Server Ethernet
PILPS
— Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes
POLYNYA
— Wind or current driven opening in winter sea-ice
UCRL
— UC Radiation Laboratory
ISA
— Italian Space Agency
MAA
— moist-adiabatic adjustment
IS
— Image Subtraction
ILWAS
— Integrated Lake-Watershed Acidification Study (EPRI)
ARCHAEOL
— archaeology
TGCR
— thermal gross cloud restoral
EPC
— Environmental Protection Committee (Bahrain)
NCE
— Net Carbon Emission
SLP
— sea-level pressure
RCWP
— Rapidly Changing World Policy
THEAT
— theatre
RAI
— Rainfall Anomaly Index
USO
— UltraStable Oscillator
NERSC
— National Energy Research Supercomputer Center
USDW
— usable supply of drinking water
CONSOL
— consolation
WGGC
— Working Group on Global Change
REFLEX
— Remote Fluvial Experimental Series
UNSTR
— unstressed
OCEANOGR
— Oceanography
TAB
— Timing and Acquisition Bit
BEDFORDSH
— Bedfordshire
SMOC
— SOHO Science and Mission Operations Center
NEH
— Nehemiah
FM
— Flight Module
IMC
— ice mass content
SHAKES
— Shakespeare
NIP
— Normal Incidence Pyrheliometer
SCIAMACHY
— Scanning, imaging and absorption spectrometer for atmospheric cartography
PERTHSH
— Perthshire
SVATS
— Surface Vegetation Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
TFAP
— Tropical Forestry Action Plan (coordinated by FAO)
SWSA
— Solid Waste Storage Area
RWC
— Regional Warning Centre
U.S.
— United States Reports
WHP
— WOCE Hydrographic Programme
SAD
— Solar Array Deployment
CRE
— Centro Ricerche Energia, Italy (ENEA)
PATHOL
— Pathological
P.
— Pacific Reporter
NAH
— Nahum
PHOXA
— photochemical oxidant and acid deposition model application within the framework of control strategy development
VIND
— vindication
MLO
— Mauna Loa Observatory (Hawaii) (CMDL)
SELECT
— selection
STAFFORDSH
— Staffordshire
NHEML
— United States National Hurricane Experimental Meteorological Laboratory
EDUC
— Educational Development Corporation
ICTHYOL
— icthyology
SORTI
— solar-radiance-transmission interferometer
NORTHUMBR
— Northumbrian
TUR
— thermal uniformity restoral
VERTEBR
— vertebrate
PARAPHR
— paraphrase
LTRRS
— Long-Term Regional Research Site
RDT
— Remote Data Transmission
PIR
— Precision Infrared Radiometer
STRATIGR
— stratigraphy
CONTRIB
— contribution
PHYS
— Physiology
SIT
— Servizio di Taratura in Italia
PREP
— Preposition
SOSA
— Special Operations Support Area
NWLISN
— Northwest Land Information System Network
FOP
— Fligth Operations Plan
PRIV
— privative
PETROGR
— petrographic
UFACNC
— Ultrafine Aerosol Condensation Nucleus Counter
CC
— Commerce Clause
NOO
— National Oceanographic Office
OKCS
— Oklahoma Climatological Survey
SPECIM
— specimen
TOF
— theoretical orthogonal function
VBS
— verbs
SYMMETR
— symmetrical
RES
— Regional Evaporation Study
NIF
— Nascom Interface Facilities
SSSD
— state soil survey data base
SASS
— SEASAT-A Scatterometer System
SWAN
— Solar Wind ANisotropies
SRDC
— Surface Reference Data Centre
STIP
— Study of Travelling Interplanetary Phenomena
NSJI
— North-South Joint Implementation
PAM
— Portable Automated Mesonet
TUNES
— Thomas Washington's Unexpected Nautical Extravaganza South-north
WEVS
— Wetland Ecosystem Vulnerability Study
TDA
— Telecommunications and Data Acquisition
CAP
— Central Arizona Project (USBR)
üO
— Fraction of carbon oxidized
TARFOX
— Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observation Experiment
TALISMAN
— Transfer account lodgement for investors, stock management for market-makers
CONFL
— conflict
SUBST
— substantive
SAMBO
— Simultaneous Auroral Multi-Balloons Observations
PSU
— ''Pennsylvania State University''
POSEIDON
— Satellite programme
DPC
— display code (CDC)
TON
— Total Organic Nitrogen
R
— royal
STRESS
— Sediment Transport Events on Shelves and Slopes
PCR
— polymerase chain technology
SUBIM
— Subsidiary Body on Implementation
OWSE-NA
— Operational WWW Systems Evaluation -North America
PME
— Pacor Mission Engineer
VET.SCI
— veterinary science
SOUTH
— southern
NSDP
— Nascom System Development Plan
WORCESTERSH
— Worcestershire
OEP
— Office of Economic Planning
RIMI
— Riso Integrated Environmental Project
NYU/ULTRA
— New York University's Ultracomputer
NAF
— Northern Africa (START)
SEAMEO
— South East Asian MinistersEducation Organization
RILWAS
— Regional Integrated Lake-Watershed Acidification Study (EPRI)
TREATM
— treatment
N.E.
— North Eastern Reporter
SADCC
— Southern African Development Coordination Conference
OMEX
— Ocean Margin Exchanges
UDF
— UAV demonstration flights
OM
— OM Stockholm Fondkommission
ORNITHOL
— ornithology
RELIG
— religion
SSI
— Spectral Statistical Interpolation
S.W.
— South Western Reporter
SATOBS
— Satellite Observations
MST
— Ministry of Environment and Science
MLOPEX
— MLO Photochemical Experiment
LETT
— letters
TREES
— Tropical Ecosystem Environmental Observations by Satellite
SOA
— state-of-the-art
TTO
— Transient Tracers in the Ocean
HI
— human interactions
SALARGOS
— Argos-located buoy equipped with temperature and conductivity sensors
SRL
— Shuttle Research Laboratory
VET.SURG
— veterinary surgery
EXPLIC
— explication
NROSS
— Navy Remote Ocean Sensing System
TEST
— testament
DWBM
— Office of Defense Waste Byproducts Management
TOMCAT
— Toulouse Off-Line Model of Chemistry and Transport
PSTS
— Payload Module Structure Subsystem
TLAN
— Tpocc Lan
SLB
— Shallow Land Burial
WISP
— Winter Icing and Storms Programs
TROPOZ
— Tropospheric Ozone
VFR
— very far radiation
REGR
— register
UIC
— Ukpeaguik Inupiat Corp
INTELLECT
— intellectual
S/J
— Summary judgment
SDB
— Spacecraft Data Base
NEIDA
— National Estuarine Inventory Data Atlas
SERM
— sermon
NRA
— NASA Research Announcement
AIM
— approximate inertial manifold
VARR
— variants
NHRE
— United States National Hail Research Experiment
NUC
— National Underseas Research Center
RCRE
— required collaborative research experience
OMS
— margin system on OMLX
RCM
— radiative-convective model
TOPIC
— Teletex output of price informationby computer
PHILOL
— philologic
PSYCHOANALYT
— psychoanalytic
NARRAT
— narrative
WCDMP
— World Climate Data and Monitoring Program
OXFORDSH
— Oxfordshire
SD
— said
SAX
— Saxon Capital, Inc.
SRA
— Society for Risk Analysis
PPL.A
— participial adjective
S.E.
— South Eastern Reporter
MSC
— Marine Sciences Council
NOS
— National Ocean Survey
TWPO
— Tropical Western Pacific Ocean
SARCS-SAP
— SARCS Scientific Advisory Panel
NCLAN
— National Crop Loss Assessment Network (EPA)
WST
— Whitecap simulation tank
MSA
— methanesulfonate
POLDER
— Polarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances
PHOTOGR
— photographic
SEBEX
— Sahelian Energy Balance Experiment
OMP
— Ocean Margins Program
PRARE
— precise range and range-rate equipment (ERS-1)
SCAT
— radar scatterometer
PS
— Psalms
PERSEC
— persecution
PHARMACOL
— Pharmacology
PHYSIOL
— Physiology
US-IGBP
— United States Geosphere/Biosphere Program
MUIR
— map unit interpretation record
WGEP
— Working Group on Energy Policy
PSYCHOPATHOL
— psychopathologic
PHLX
— Philiadelphia Stock Exchange
MT
— million tonne
PSSI
— Pacific/Sulfur/Stratus Investigation
RSI
— relative strength indicator
TGS
— Timeline Generation System
TOCSEEG
— Tradeoffs Among Competing Social, Environmental, and Economic Goals
REPR
— representative
SOWG
— SOHO Science Operations Working Team
TTI
— Transfer Trajectory Insertion
SWF
— Social Welfare Function
SARB
— surface and atmospheric radiation budget
NORTHAMPTONSH
— Northamptonshire
LPI
— low-pressure impactor
WESTMORLD
— Westmoreland
ORKN
— Orkney
NORTHUMB
— Northumberland
TECHN
— technical
WDSD
— Water Data Sources Directory
SUM
— SOHO User's Manual
SYCOM
— Sydney computerised overnight market
NCPDI
— National Coastal Pollutant Discharge Inventory
XN
— Examination in Chief
TME
— Tropical mountain ecosystems
DISC
— discourse
TGCT
— Thermal Gross Cloud Test
NGO
— Non Government Organizational
SERP
— Sedimentary Rock Program
TISGLOW
— TERI Information Service on GlobalWarming
PARASITOL
— parasitology
SCM
— single-column model
STEM
— solar terrestrial environment model
MIR
— Orbital System (Russia)
SSA
— Singular Spectrum Analysis
TRB
— TDR Review Board
NLC
— National Laboratory Consortium
TYPOGR
— typography
NSA/AAO
— NSA/Adjacent Arctic Ocean
POL
— politics
NAVSWC
— Naval Surface Warfare Center (DOD)
TTP
— Transfer Trajectory Phase
TREAT
— treatise
METROP
— metropolis
SRWCP
— Short Rotation Woody Crop Program
NTN
— National Trends Network
ZECH
— Zechariah
NMHC
— Nonmethane Hydrocarbons
DAT
— Dative (grammar)
NGO
— Nongovernmental Organization
REDUPL
— reduplicating
CB
— Casebook
TELEPH
— telephony
WORCS
— Worcestershire
SOL
— Science Operations Leader
PSFG
— Permanent Service on the Fluctuation of Glaciers
TPOCC
— Transportable POCC
ESA
— Equatorial South America (START)
TOA
— top of the atmosphere
VSSC
— vikram sarabhai space center
PPS
— protecte payments system
R/C
— Residue Crop ratio
PREHIST
— prehistory
TDDR
— Total Direct Diffuse Radiometer
DST
— data system tests
IRON
— ironically
TEXTBK
— textbook
PBM
— peribacteroid membrane
TIMS
— Theoretical Indicatve Margin System
SCARABE
— Scanner for Radiative Budget Experiment
POLYTECHN
— polytechnic
STATIST
— statistical
PCS
— Predefined Command Sequence
PHRENOL
— phrenology
NLVF
— Norway Agricultural Research Council
SAT
— surface air temperature
SGM
— second-generation model
RHIESSYS
— Regional Hydro-Ecological Simulation System
WGRF
— Working Group on Radiative Fluxes
TYPOG
— typography
SDA
— Stanza di Compensazione Titoli
PSO
— Project Science Office
TSL
— Technical Services Laboratory
VICT
— Victoria
RICE
— Rice Cultivation and Trace Gases Exchange (India) (IGAC)
NSA
— Northern Slope of Alaska
SY
— Seasonal Year
T/C
— Temperature/Conductivity sensor chains on drifters
SUS
— Susanna
SURTROPAC
— Survey of the Tropical Pacific Experiment
N.W.
— North Western Reporter
USWOCE
— United States Component of Woce
SOPAC
— South Pacific Applied Geosciences Commission
WWSP86
— Winter Weddell Sea Project 1986
ZOOGEOGR
— zoogeography
TSP
— Total Soluble Phosphorus
PPL
— participial
NMFECC
— National Magnet Fusion Energy Computer Center
REPUB
— republic
START-SC
— START Standing Committee
VEG.PHYS
— vegetable physiology
TECHNOL
— technology
VIRG
— virgin
THEOL
— theology
YORKSH
— Yorkshire
PERSONIF
— personified
ROM.ANTIQ
— Roman antiquities
SUPERL
— Superlative
UMTRCA
— Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
SIV
— solar and interplanetary variability
WILTSH
— Wiltshire
UNOFFIC
— unofficial
ERP
— Environmental Research Parks
TDC
— Tropical Data Centre
NERV
— nervous
NS
— nouns
TMACS
— International Mathematics and Computer Simulations
OWSE
— Operational Www Systems Evaluation
WESTMLD
— Westmoreland
MTOF
— Mass-Time-of-Flight
SUBORD.CL
— subordinate clause
SSM/I
— SSM/imager
PETROL
— petrologic
SHETL
— Shetland
PROC
— proceedings
WESTMRLD
— Westmoreland
TELECOMM
— telecommunications
SETTLEM
— settlement
STAR
— Space Three-Axis Accelerometer for Research
SID
— Spacecraft Identification Number
OPP
— opposed
RENFREWSH
— Renfrewshire
SCR
— Stripchart Recorders
WRIT
— writing
SCA
— snow-covered areas
SWE
— shallow-water equations
SIP
— Solar Influences Program
WP
— Wind Profilers
TSC
— Transportation Systems Center (DOT)
TERRA
— Terrestrial Ecosystem Regional Researchand Analysis
UTILIT
— utilitarian
R/T
— Real-Time
VIROL
— virology
URIN
— urinary
PHYSIOGR
— physiography
TERRESTR
— terrestrial
WEV
— Water Energy-Vegetation
®
— Registered Trademark
PDL
— polarization-diversity lidar
RE
— Earth radii
SOCIOL
— sociology
TI
— thermal imagery
SMS/GOES
— SMS/Geostationary Operational EnvironmentalSatellite
SF
— screening factor
TF
— throughfall
SAW
— Sawlog Harvest
TA
— Trace Analytical
PSA
— Pacific Sciences Association
PARNASS
— Parnassus
SMP
— Systems Management Policy
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