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