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Look through 338 acronyms and abbreviations related to Global Change:
UNESCO
— United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
CO2
— Carbon Dioxide
IPCC
— Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
WHO
— World Health Organization
GDP
— Gross Domestic Product
OECD
— Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
GIS
— Geographic Information System
FY
— Fiscal Year
DOD
— United States Department of Defense
USDA
— United States Department of Agriculture
ESA
— European Space Agency
NSF
— National Sanitation Foundation
FIPS
— Federal Information Processing Standard
CSA
— Canadian Space Agency
DOE
— United States Department of Energy (government)
OMB
— Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
NAS
— United States National Academy of Sciences
IOC
— Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
FAO
— Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
NTIS
— National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
PPMV
— Parts Per Million by Volume
UNEP
— United Nations Environment Program
USGS
— United States Geological Survey (DOI)
UN
— United Narions
NOAA
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
WMO
— World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
UV
— Ultraviolet (Light)
DMSP
— Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
NIST
— National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
UNFCCC
— United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
ODP
— Ozone Depletion Potential
EPA
— Estimated Plan Of Action
AVHRR
— Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
GOOS
— Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
NASDA
— National Space Development Agency of Japan
EIA
— Environmental impact assessment (international)
JPL
— Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
GCOS
— Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
NRC
— National Response Center
NESDIS
— National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
FCCC
— For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
GRID
— Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
GTOS
— Global Terrestrial Observing System
APEC
— Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
DOC
— United States Department of Commerce
NSSDC
— National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
NMFS
— National Marine Fisheries Services
ORNL
— Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
WCP
— World Climate Programme (WMO/ICSU)
NASA
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
GEMS
— Global Environment Monitoring System
MSFC
— Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
GCM
— General Circulation Model
SAR
— synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
GSFC
— Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
LARC
— Langley Research Center (NASA)
OSTP
— Office of Science and Technology Policy
MSU
— Microwave Sounding Unit
GWP
— global warming potential (climate)
UNDP
— United Nations Development Program
BAS
— British Antarctic Survey
CFCS
— Chlorofluorocarbons
OTA
— Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
NREN
— National Research and Education Network
NOS
— National Ocean Service
ADEOS
— ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
CNES
— Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales
GOES
— Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
ISAMS
— Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
ENVISAT
— European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
EDC
— EROS Data Center
ASTER
— Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
SCOPE
— Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
DOI
— Department of the Interior (US)
ONR
— Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
TRMM
— Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
CZCS
— Coastal Zone Color Scanner
DMA
— U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
NSIDC
— National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
NCAR
— National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
NII
— National Information Infrastructure (USA)
TOVS
— TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
TOMS
— Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
AASE
— Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
ITCZ
— Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
GHG
— Green House Gas
ACRIMSAT
— Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite
EOS
— Earth Observing System (U.S.)
SRB
— Surface Radiation Budget
NCEP
— National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
SPAS
— Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
GFDL
— Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
DTIC
— (U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
ATLAS
— ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
SSBUV
— shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
NIMA
— National Imagery and Mapping Agency (became National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|NGA)
ARM
— Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
ERB
— Earth Radiation Budget
HCFCS
— Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
PCMDI
— Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
SAM
— Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
ICSU
— International Council of Scientific Unions
CLAES
— Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
CLIVAR
— Climate Variability and Predictability program
ADC
— Affiliated Data Center
DEM
— Digital Elevation Model
CEES
— Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
GAC
— Global Area Coverage
UCAR
— University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
IGBP
— International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IWGDMGC
— Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
SPADE
— Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
SSM/I
— Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
UARS
— Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
ERS
— ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
NCDC
— National Climatic Data Center
TOGA
— Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
IEOS
— International Earth Observing System
DAAC
— Distributed Active Archive Center
CEOS
— Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
AMSU
— Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
AIRS
— Advanced Infrared Sounder
NSCAT
— Nasa Scatterometer Project
NAL
— National Agricultural Library
NSTC
— National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
NGDC
— National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
MITI
— Ministry of International Trade and Industry
SST
— Sea surface temperature
SRL
— Space Radar Laboratory
QBO
— Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
SPARC
— Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
SAGE
— Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
IRI
— International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
IGAC
— International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
CARDS
— Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
MODIS
— Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
HALOE
— Halogen Occultation Experiment
PMEL
— Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
AMIP
— Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
ARGO
— Array for Real-Time Geostrophic Oceanography
CMDL
— Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
NPOESS
— National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
GMS
— Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
PPTV
— Parts per Trillion by Volume
EOSDIS
— Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
EMAP
— Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
GCDIS
— US Global Change Data and Information System
GAIM
— Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
SEAWIFS
— Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
GPCP
— Global Precipitation Climatology Project
GEWEX
— Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
IUGG
— International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
SBUV
— Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
CODATA
— Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
JGOFS
— Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
WCRP
— World Climate Research Program
GISS
— Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
TOGA/COARE
— Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
CDDIS
— Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
PSC
— Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
ATS
— Antarctic Treaty System
MLS
— Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
SDSD
— Satellite Data Services Division
CDIAC
— Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
IGFA
— International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
NIGEC
— National Institute for Global Environmental Change
RTNEPH
— real-time nephanalysis
WOCE
— World Ocean Circulation Experiment
NBII
— National Biological Information Infrastructure
DLG
— Digital Line Graphic
NEXRAD
— Next Generation Weather Radar
GLIS
— Global Land Information System
FGDC
— Federal Geographic Data Committee's
NODC
— National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
SRTM
— Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
SIR-C
— Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
AFW
— Air Force Weather
CENR
— Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
CMAP
— Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
SPOT
— Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
TOPEX/POSEIDON
— Ocean Topography Experiment
MAB
— Man and the Biosphere (programme) (UNESCO)
NDSC
— Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change
NSDI
— National Spatial Data Infrastructure
PAGES
— Past Global Changes (IGBP)
ISLSCP
— International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
UV-B
— Ultraviolet-Biological
SAA
— Satellite Active Archive
COADS
— Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
CHAMMP
— Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
SCS
— Soil Conservation Service (Anchorage, Alaska) (USDA and DOA)
PNA
— Pacific North American
WDC
— World Data Center (ICSU)
GHCN
— Global Historical Climatology Network
GOIN
— Global Observation Information Network
PUMS
— Public Use Microdata Samples
HPCC
— High Performance Computing and Communications (NOAA)
SCOR
— Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (ICSU)
AMAP
— Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
APN
— Asia-Pacific Network (for Global Change Research) (START)
SCAR
— Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU)
GLOBE
— Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
ASF
— Alaska SAR Facility
SDTS
— Spatial Data Transfer Standard
CERES
— Clouds And The Earth's Radiant Energy System (EOS)
IAI
— Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (START)
SERDP
— Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
ESSP
— Earth System Science Pathfinder
ICES
— International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
STD
— Salinity/Temperature/Depth
LOICZ
— Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
CEPEX
— Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment
GLOED
— Global Emissions Database
MECCA
— Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment
GLOBEC
— Global Marine Ecosystem Dynamics
GVAP
— GEWEX Water Vapor Project
ENSO
— El Niño and Southern Oscilation
METOP
— Meteorological Operational Satellite (polar satellite series)
IIASA
— International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Vienna)
OGCM
— Ocean General Circulation Model
EROC
— Ecological Rates of Change (NSF)
SGCR
— Subcommittee on Global Change Research
MEDIAS
— Reseau de Recherche Regionale pour le Bassin Mediterraneen etl'Afrique Subtropicale
IHP
— International Hydrological Program (UNESCO)
PROBE
— Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment
OSTI
— Office of Scientific and Technical Information (DOE)
ARCSS
— Arctic System Science (program)
GCTE
— Global Change in Terrestrial Ecosystems
BAHC
— Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
NADW
— North Atlantic Deep Water
SOHO
— Solar Heliospheric Observatory
GCIP
— GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project
IASC
— International Arctic Sciences Committee
GOALS
— Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System Program
LTER
— Long-Term Ecological Research (program) (NSF)
PICES
— North Pacific Marine Science Organization
LMER
— Land Margins Ecosystem Research
DSS
— Data Support Section (NCAR)
PDO
— Pacific Decadal Oscillation
WEAVE
— Water and Energy: Atmospheric, Vegetative, and Earth Interactions
WEBB
— Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budget (USGS)
ICESAT
— Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite
ACCP
— Atlantic Climate Change Program
GODAE
— Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment
INPE
— Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
OES
— Bureau Of Oceans And International Environmental And Scientific Affairs
HSB
— Humidity Sounder for Brazil
SIP
— Solar Influences Program
CCSM
— Community Climate System Model
ICPSR
— Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
ATMOS
— Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy
TERRA
— Terrestrial Ecosystem Regional Research and Analysis Laboratory
IGBP-DIS
— International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Data and Information System
MOC
— Meridional Overturning Circulation
NRCSM
— Natural Resources Conservation Service
IHDP
— International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme
ALOS
— Advanced Land Observation Satellite
AMSR-E
— Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
LUCC
— Land- Use and Land-Cover Change
GILS
— Government Information Locator Service
TFODM
— Task Force on Observations and Data Management
HDP-DIS
— Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme Data and Information System
OACES
— Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study
FNMOC
— Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center's
START
— Global Change System for Analysis Research and Training
DIF
— Directory Interchange Format
ACVE
— Atlantic Climate Variability Experiment
CSL
— Climate Simulation Laboratory
MMIA
— Methods and Models for Integrated Assessment
ESNET
— Energy Sciences Network
EO-ICWG
— Earth Observation International Coordination Working Group
GCMD
— Global Change Master Directory
PFCS
— Perfluorinated Hydrocarbons
EUMETSAT
— European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
VAMOS
— Variability of the American Monsoon System
GCH
— Global Change Climate and History
PMIP
— Paleoclimatic Model Intercomparison Project
MAPSS
— Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System
JERS-1
— Japan's Earth Resources Satellite
GHRC
— Global Hydrology Resource Center
ENRICH
— European Network for Research in Global Change
SCSMEX
— South China Sea Monsoon Experiment
CMIP
— Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
TECO
— Terrestrial Ecosystems
SCAR-B
— Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation-Brazil
FACE
— Free Air CO2 Enrichment
POEM
— Polar-Orbit Earth Observation Mission
HFCS
— Hydrofluorocarbons
IDN
— International Directory Network
NAO
— North Atlantic Oscillation
IGOS
— Integrated Global Observing Strategy
USMARC
— United States Machine Readable Cataloging
GTCP
— Global Tropospheric Chemistry Program
GRACE
— Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment
INDOEX
— Indian Ocean Experiment
STA
— Strategic Transportation Analysis
RIDGE
— Ridge Interdisciplinary Global Experiments
NEDRES
— National Environmental Data Referral Service
CEOS-IDN
— CEOS International Directory Network
SEDAC
— Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
ADD
— The International Arctic Environment Data Directory
MISR
— Multi-angle Imaging Spectrometer
BOREAS
— Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study
NOAADIR
— Noaa Environmental Services Data Directory
ATOC
— Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate
NEIC
— National Energy Information Center
UNIDATA
— University Data System
POAM
— Polar Ozone Aerosol Monitor
IODE
— International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange
ECPC
— Experimental Climate Prediction Center
FIFE
— First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project Field Experiment
NCSA
— National Center for Supercomputer Applications
NBS
— National Biological Service
CIRLA
— Cloud Information Reference Archive and Library
USGCRP
— United States Global Change Change Research Program
PIBAL
— Pilot Balloon
QUIKSCAT
— Quick Scatterometer Satellite
CDEP
— Climate Dynamics and Experimental Prediction
NODIS
— Nssdc Online Data and Information System
VENTS
— A NOAA Program on Mid-Ocean Ridges
SURFRAD
— Surface Radiation Budget Network
OTTER
— Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research
ACCE
— Atlantic Circulation and Climate Experiment
MOPITT
— Measurement of Pollutants in the Troposphere
PER
— Program for Ecosystem Research
RIC
— Regional Information Centre
GCSS
— GEWEX Cloud System Study
LBA
— Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia
GCRIO
— US Global Change Research Information Office
ISCCP
— International Satellite Cloud Climate Project
NESC
— National Environmental Supercomputing Center
CMA
— Chinese Meteorological Admininstration
CIESIN
— Center for International Earth Sciences Information Network
NALC
— North American Landscape Characterization
SAMS
— Surface Automated Meteorological Systems
LITE
— Lidar-in-space Technology Experiment
TAO
— Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean
NARA
— National Archive and Records Administration
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