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• CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• EDAS — Eta Data Assimilation System
• CF — Cystic Fibrosis
• LAN — Local Area Network
• HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus I
• OPS — Operations
• CHF — Congestive Heart Failure
• US — United States of America
• E-LIDAR — Experimental LIDAR
• H2O2 — Hydrogen Peroxide
• AD — Atopic Dermatitis
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• A BY E — Admission by Exception
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• AA — Ascorbic Acid
• RDF — Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• UCAAD — University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• DO — Dissolved Oxygen
• AHRQ — Agency for Health, Research, and Quality
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• MM — Millimeter
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• N2O5 — nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
• CMAP — Compound Muscle Action Potential
• BTW — By The Way
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• BAEPS — Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• ICD — Interface Control Document
• ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
• XFTS — XMM File Transfer System
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System
• CCTV — Closed-circuit television
• A.K.A. — Also Known As
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• A — Ampere
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• PPM — parts per million
• WHO — World Health Organization
• MUX — Multiplexer
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• HADCM — Hadley Center Model
• E&CE — Electrical and Computer Engineering
• FTE — Full Time Equivalent

• HADRT — Hadley Center Radiosonde temperature
• UCP&T — University Committee on Privilege and Tenure
• NHLBI — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• UCORP — University Committee on Research Policy
• UCOLASC — University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication
• XIDT — X-Ray Identification Team
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• CGI — Clinical Global Impression
• IP — Internet Protocol
• QC — Quality Control
• XFDS — XMM Flight Dynamics System
• RF — Radio Frequency
• UCM-TF — University of California, Merced Task Force
• ASD — Atrial Septal Defect
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• P-N — Positive-Negative
• A3RI — Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UCR&J — University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
• PS — PostScript
• BAFME — Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• UCMEXUS — UC Institute for Mexico and the United States
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• I&T WG — Integration and Test Working Group
• UCACCORD — UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• NIEO — New International Economic Order
• WWW — World Wide Web
• CAIS — Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• AC — Alternating Current
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• CV — Curriculum Vitae
• PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
• HALLIP — Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes (EUROTRAC)
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• CBC — Complete Blood Count
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• R&D — Research & Development
• API — Application Programming Interface
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• ESA — European Space Agency
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation

• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• DCP — Defined Contribution Plan
• AD — autistic disorder
• CD — Compact Disc
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• NCCLS — National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• DOT — Department of Transport
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• W — Watt
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• DBMS — Database Management System
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• BASDAI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• ACF — Autocorrelation Function
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• RIXOS — ROSAT International X-Ray optical Survey
• RAM — random-access memory
• GO — General Observer
• MB — Megabyte
• TB — Tuberculosis
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• CRS — Congressional Research Service
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• EC — European Commission
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• CS — Computer Science
• DOD — United States Department of Defense

• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• BFGF — Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• CIN — Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• POE — Point of Entry
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• FY — Fiscal Year
• EOL — End Of Life
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• CC — Colon Cancer
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• MDCK — Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• PT — Physical Therapy
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• NM — Nanometer
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• DNS — Domain Name System
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• ROI — Return on Investment
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• KG — Kilogram
• AF — Air Force
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature

• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• ABA — American Bar Association
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• DC — Direct Current
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• AMA — American Medical Association
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• O3 — Ozone
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• URD — User Requirements Document
• CRF — Case Report Form
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• ATS — applications technology satellite

• EMF — Electromotive Force
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• RPM — Resale Price Maintenance. The UK Net Book Agreement, as was. Means by which retail prices are controlled by primary suppliers. (Alternatively, Revolutions Per Minute, as in engine speed and 78, 33 and 45 records. In years to come how many people will know
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• HIV — Hair Is Vanishing. Amusing alternative interpretation (thanks EP) contrasting with the seriousness of the more usual meaning of Human Immunodeficiency Virus.HIVIHusband Is Village Idiot. (ODSA) Classic nurses' shorthand.
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• EM — Electromagnetic
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• CDF — Common Data Format
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• BMA — British Medical Association
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• CW — Continuous Wave
• RCS — Revision Control System
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• LF — Low Frequency
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease

• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• GO — Guest Observer
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• SONAR — (DOD) A sonic device used primarily for the detection and location of underwater objects.(This term is derived from the words "sound navigation and ranging.")
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• SCB — Software Control Board
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• HV — High Voltage
• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• DOC — Doctor
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• GB — Gigabyte
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• POS — Point of Service Plan

• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• BPS — bits per second
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• IR — Infrared
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• HF — High Frequency
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• IPY — International Polar Year
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• C — Centigrade
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• SCR — Software Change Request
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• TB — Terabyte
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• NRC — National Response Center
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency

• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• M — Million
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• WG — Working Group
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• CC — Combined Cycle
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• CH — Channel
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)

• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• CD — Celiac Disease
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• OP — Office of the President
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• PM — Particulate Matter
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• WFC — World Food Council
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• ESL — English as a second language
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• O2 — Oxygen
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• RS — Remote Sensing
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)

• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas
• RTF — Return To Flight
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• EC — European Community
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• DEC — Declination
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• APC — Activated Protein C
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• SWT — Science Working Team
• CE — Cholesterol Ester

• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• AO — Acridine Orange
• ND — NASA Document
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• C — Celsius
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• LHV — lower heating value
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• CDL — California Digital Library
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• THR — Thrust

• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• UC — University of California
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• DOS — United States Department of State
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• ISU — International Space University
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• G — Gram (g)
• IPA — Individual Practice Association

• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• LE — Low Energy
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• HE — High Energy
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• CHB — congenital heart block
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• TM — Telemetry
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• DPU — data processing unit
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape

• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• AE — Adverse Event
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• IA — Interactive
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences
• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• AY — Academic Year
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association

• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• JD — Julian Day
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• CPI — characters per inch
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• VT — Visual Testing
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• CDM — Common Data Model
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• AL — Ad libitum
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• CDR — Common Deleted Region

• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• RD — Reference Document
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• CG — Complementation Group
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• UT — Universal Time
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• AR — Aldose Reductase

• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• IC — Instrument Controller
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• S/W — Software
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• UW — University of Washington
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• NDA — New Drug Application
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• CCM — Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• RA — Right Ascension
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease

• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• AD — Applicable Document
• CFA — colony forming assay
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• BPI — bits per inch
• WEC — World Energy Council
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• UT — University of Tennessee
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

• CFH — Complement Factor H
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• BC — Breast Cancer
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• AO — Agent Orange
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• PS — Project Scientist
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)

• STC — Science and Technology Center
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• CKI — casein kinase I
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• ID — IDentifier
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• DOY — Day of Year
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• CH — Cluster Headache
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• AB — Alcian Blue
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia

• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• RSS — root-sum-square
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• AAO — Age At Onset
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• EC — executive committee
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• PSU — power supply unit
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• AI — Association Index
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• TC — Telecommand

• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• SI — Solar Influences
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• NIC — National Ice Center
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• MSS — Mission Support System
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation

• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• QM — Qualification Model
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• AL — annulate lamellae
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• MB — Millibar(s)
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• NIR — Near Infrared
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell

• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• CC — corpus callosum
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• LH — Labor-Hour
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• CL — Cleft Lip
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• AO — Amine Oxidase

• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• CB — cord blood
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• CD — Chemistry Division
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• QSR — Quality System Regulation
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• AP — arterial pressure
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter
• PI — Principle Investigator
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System

• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• CM — complete mole
• AII — Angiotensin II
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• DOF — Department of Finance
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• OM — Optical Monitor
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• BD — binding domain
• FTS — File Transfer System
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• AAP — amino acid permease
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• AK — acetate kinase
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• BA — benzoic acid

• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• BA — biliary atresia
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• AJ — adherens junction
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• GCC — Global Change Category
• RA — Research Assistant
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• CE — cornified envelope
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer

• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• AE — anion exchanger
• CC — colorectal cancer
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• CE — central element
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• CG — cortical granule
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• DO — Diving Officer
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• AD — Agar Dilution
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account

• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• S/C — Spacecraft
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar

• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• CH — cystic hygroma
• SVT — System Validation Test
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• MIR — Management Information Report
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• UNEX — University Extension
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• AO — Airway obstruction
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• EMDU — EPIC MOS Data Handling Unit
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors

• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• AD — axiodistal
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• AO — active oxygen
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• AF — activation function
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• CF — Correction Factor
• CD — cytochalasin D
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International

• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• CB — Ciliary Body
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• AP — amyloid plaques
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• DU — Dobson Unit
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• GLI — Global Imager
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• AP — accelerated phase
• AGM — African green monkey
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• VIS — Visible
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• AD — After Disease
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• VAN — Value-Added Network

• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• PD — Photo Diode
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• AE — Axial Element
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• CC — congenital cataract
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• AK — Arginine kinase
• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• V&V — Validation & Verification
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• AHF — Attitude History File
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• NH3 — Ammonia
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• ISSC — International Social Science Council

• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• SID — Structure Identifier
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• AR — apoptotic rate
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• CH — Calponin homology
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs

• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• DST — Data Systems Test
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• AR — adaptive response
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• AS — Alport syndrome
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• CH — chloral hydrate
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• CM — Capillary malformation

• DP — dermal papilla
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• EE — End-to-End
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• CF — colony formation
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• AGT — average generation time
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• CM — contrast media
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• CF — Culture fluid
• AH — aniline hydrochloride

• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• MT — Measured Time
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• CF — culture filtrate
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity

• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• AN — accessory nuclei
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• BC — breast carcinoma
• RAID — Redundant of Inexpensive Discs
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• CD — Congenital Defects
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second
• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• DWS — Division of Water Supply
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• CD — Canavan disease
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2

• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• CC — Carney complex
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• CL — chromosome loss
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• AI — apoptotic index
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• AI — Adiposity Index
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• CB — carotid body
• MOUT — Message Out
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network

• ORS — Outer root sheath
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• ED — Energy Division
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• CI — Chromosome Index
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente

• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• BAUD — one bit per second
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• AS — Active sleep
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• BC — Brain Cancer
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• AS — Acid Succinate
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• FM — Frequency Modulator
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• WPD — War Plans Division
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group

• ANT — Attention Network Test
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• CD — Cowden Disease
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• AS — alternative splicing
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• CE — colony efficiency
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• STR — Star TRacker
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter

• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• MCR — Main Control Room
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• OOA — Object-Oriented Analysis
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• AAU — Association of African Universities
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• AI — allelic imbalance
• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• MH — Message Handling
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• MSU — Memphis State University
• CM — Centimetre
• PI — Position Invariant
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies

• CA — Candida albicans
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• VLA — Very Large Array
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• UEXT — University Extension
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• CM — cisterna magna
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• UCT — Universal Time Code

• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• COR — Committee on Research
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• TBW — To Be Written
• CE — clonal evolution
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• CC — Cumulus cells
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• IST — integrated systems test
• AC — Academic Council
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• AH — anterior horn
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• MEV — mega electron volts
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• MDR — Medical Device Register
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• PT — Pass-Through
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• CE — cellular extract

• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• CA — chromosome aberration
• AFM — Array File Maker
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• DPU — digital processing unit
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• CA — Constitutively Active
• CI — centromeric index
• CC — Cellular Cycle
• TCP/IP — Networking Protocol used on Internet
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• SI — Systeme International
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• AU — Atomic Units
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• AD — Affecting Disease
• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• ANDI — American Nitrox Divers Incorporated
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• CC — complete chimerism
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• CC — Cell Counts
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• WMF — Windows Metafile

• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• CA — Colanic Acid
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• CD — circular dichroic
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• BA — Bone Age
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• ODF — Observation Data File
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• CA — Children Age
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• CF — competence factor
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
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• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment

• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• CD — Crohn disease
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• CET — Central England Temperature
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• OSU — Oregon State University
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• APP — Abeta precursor protein
• SSO — Solar System Object
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• LED — Liquid Emitting Diode
• CC — Cleavable Complex
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• AS — autologous serum
• CA — Chromosome Analysis

• BF — Basal Forebrain
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• AM — Affected Male
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• AK — activated killer
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• BC — blast crisis
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• ANO — Any Other
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• AH — Albumen Height
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• DP — Data Products
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• PX — XMM Project
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• POSS II — Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, second version
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• CH — Channel Header
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)

• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• GCF — Ground Calibration File
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• IFS — SSC-SOC Interface Sub-system
• HAACP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• DSWM — Division of Solid Waste Management
• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• CORP — Corporation
• BD — Birth Defects
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia

• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• CC — Condensed chromatin
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• BC — Branhamella catarrhalis
• BC — Binucleated Cells
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
• VCP — Voluntary Cooperation Program (Equipment and Services) (UN)
• DB — Diversion Box
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• DLS — Division of Laboratory Services
• UCR — University Of Costa Rica
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• UM — Unified Model
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• AE — Effective Area
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program

• SPACON — Spacecraft Controller
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• STG — Steering Group
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• RMF — Response Matrix File
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• PMA — Premarket Application
• CI — cardiac involvement
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• IBIS — Image on-Board INTEGRAL Spacecraft
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• CI — chromosomal instability
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• HC — Heater Controller

• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• CCM — community climate model
• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• BF — Bomb Factory
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• HED — High Energy Detector
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• LSU — Louisana State University
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• TRC — The Research Corporation
• DPI — Derived Product Imagery
• AC — Amylose Content
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• AU — Activity Units
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• ICB — Instrument Control Bus
• IOSDL — Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
• PM — Protocol Machine
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• BD — Bone Density
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education

• CD — Cone Degeneration
• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• NDO — National Diving Officer
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• CHF — Calibration History File
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• ERM — EPIC Radiation Monitor
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• IGETC — Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• MTSU — Middle Tennessee State University's
• SSC-DB — Survey Science Centre Database
• UER — University-Emeriti Relations Committee
• CI — Cephalic Index
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• UCEI — UC Energy Institute
• MD — Medium Frequency
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• UWERN — University WEather Research Network
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• CARE — Cholesterol and Recurrent Events
• JCEE — Joint Conference of EARMA and Euroscience
• CRF — Calibration Resource File
• TIMEX — Time Multiplexer
• IOTP — International Ozone Trands Panel
• AP — Antimicrobial Peptides
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• ECB — Educational Communications Board
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File
• SUPARCO — Space of Upper Atmosphere Research Committee
• GSITT — Segment Integration and Test Team
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• ISI — Infrared Space Observatory
• MM — Mirror Model
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• CVS — Concurrent Version System
• STC — Steering Committee
• HKD — Housekeeping Data
• CA — common antigen

• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• AQS — Air Quality System
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• UCEAP — University Committee on Education Abroad Program
• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• PHA — Pulse Height Amplitude
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• OPIA — Optical Precision Instrument Associates
• USAEC — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• USCE — United States Corps of Engineers
• MOC — XMM Mission Operation Centre
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• CD — Complete Deficiency
• JOIDES — Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
• ST-ECF — Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
• CTS — Committee on Teaching of Science
• MOS — Metal Oxide Semi-conductor
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• SQHUW — Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• AVR — Acute Vascular Rejection
• CC — Classical Cytogenetic