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

• RF — Radio Frequency
• UCORP — University Committee on Research Policy
• XIDT — X-Ray Identification Team
• UCM-TF — University of California, Merced Task Force
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• UCP&T — University Committee on Privilege and Tenure
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• QC — Quality Control
• XFDS — XMM Flight Dynamics System
• IP — Internet Protocol
• UCR&J — University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
• UCMEXUS — UC Institute for Mexico and the United States
• BAFME — Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• P-N — Positive-Negative
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• A3RI — Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
• I&T WG — Integration and Test Working Group
• WWW — World Wide Web
• PPM — parts per million
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• UCACCORD — UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• AC — Alternating Current
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• HALLIP — Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes (EUROTRAC)
• NIEO — New International Economic Order
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• CAIS — Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• FTE — Full Time Equivalent
• AD — autistic disorder
• ESA — European Space Agency
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• CBC — Complete Blood Count
• W — Watt
• CGI — Clinical Global Impression
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• CV — Curriculum Vitae
• R&D — Research & Development
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• API — Application Programming Interface
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)

• CD — Compact Disc
• DBMS — Database Management System
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• GO — General Observer
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• DOT — Department of Transport
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• CCTV — Closed-circuit television
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• RIXOS — ROSAT International X-Ray optical Survey
• ACF — Autocorrelation Function
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• MB — Megabyte
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• TB — Tuberculosis
• CS — Computer Science
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• NCCLS — National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• CC — Colon Cancer
• RAM — random-access memory
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
• CRS — Congressional Research Service
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• BFGF — Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• CIN — Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• BASDAI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• MDCK — Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
• DCP — Defined Contribution Plan
• EC — European Commission
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)

• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• PT — Physical Therapy
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• POE — Point of Entry
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• NM — Nanometer
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• AF — Air Force
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• FY — Fiscal Year
• DNS — Domain Name System
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• ABA — American Bar Association
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• DC — Direct Current
• O3 — Ozone
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• KG — Kilogram

• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• ROI — Return on Investment
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• EOL — End Of Life
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• CRF — Case Report Form
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology

• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• CDF — Common Data Format
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 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.
• PS — PostScript
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• AMA — American Medical Association
• BMA — British Medical Association
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• GO — Guest Observer
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• 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
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• CW — Continuous Wave
• EM — Electromagnetic
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• RCS — Revision Control System
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• LF — Low Frequency
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• IPY — International Polar Year
• HV — High Voltage
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• SCB — Software Control Board
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• GB — Gigabyte
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)

• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• HF — High Frequency
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• IR — Infrared
• DOC — Doctor
• BPS — bits per second
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• 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.")
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• C — Centigrade
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• URD — User Requirements Document
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction

• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• TB — Terabyte
• OP — Office of the President
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• WG — Working Group
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• NRC — National Response Center
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• POS — Point of Service Plan
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• CC — Combined Cycle
• CH — Channel
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• M — Million
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• RS — Remote Sensing
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite

• MRC — Medical Research Council
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• CD — Celiac Disease
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• PM — Particulate Matter
• RTF — Return To Flight
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• SWT — Science Working Team
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• APC — Activated Protein C
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• ND — NASA Document
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• DEC — Declination
• CE — Cholesterol Ester
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission

• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• THR — Thrust
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• AO — Acridine Orange
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• CDL — California Digital Library
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery

• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• UC — University of California
• O2 — Oxygen
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• SCR — Software Change Request
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• ESL — English as a second language
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• WFC — World Food Council
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)

• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• LE — Low Energy
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• LHV — lower heating value
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• EC — European Community
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• HE — High Energy
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• TM — Telemetry
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• CHB — congenital heart block
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• CSU — Cleveland State University

• SUM — Software User's Manual
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• ISU — International Space University
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• JD — Julian Day
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• VT — Visual Testing
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• C — Celsius
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• G — Gram (g)
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• ADD — Architectural Design Document

• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• CDM — Common Data Model
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• DOS — United States Department of State
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• IA — Interactive
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy

• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• AE — Adverse Event
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• AL — Ad libitum
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• RA — Right Ascension
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• RD — Reference Document
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• IC — Instrument Controller
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• AR — Aldose Reductase
• UW — University of Washington
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation

• CHP — Combined heat and power
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• CG — Complementation Group
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• S/W — Software
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• UT — Universal Time
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• DPU — data processing unit
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• AD — Applicable Document
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• AO — Agent Orange
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• UT — University of Tennessee
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy

• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• CPI — characters per inch
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• PS — Project Scientist
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• BC — Breast Cancer
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor

• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• WEC — World Energy Council
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• BPI — bits per inch
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• CH — Cluster Headache
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• NDA — New Drug Application
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• AB — Alcian Blue
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate

• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• CCM — Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• RSS — root-sum-square
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• AAO — Age At Onset
• SI — Solar Influences
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• TC — Telecommand
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System

• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• DOY — Day of Year
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• NIC — National Ice Center
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge

• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• EC — executive committee
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• QM — Qualification Model
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• CC — corpus callosum
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation

• CKI — casein kinase I
• AL — annulate lamellae
• AI — Association Index
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• AY — Academic Year
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• CFA — colony forming assay
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• PSU — power supply unit
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• CFH — Complement Factor H
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• LH — Labor-Hour
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• MSS — Mission Support System
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment

• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• ID — IDentifier
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment

• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• MB — Millibar(s)
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• CB — cord blood
• CL — Cleft Lip
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• BA — benzoic acid
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease

• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• OM — Optical Monitor
• GCC — Global Change Category
• AAP — amino acid permease
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• DO — Diving Officer
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• BD — binding domain
• AP — arterial pressure
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• NIR — Near Infrared
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• AII — Angiotensin II
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy

• CD — cortical dysplasia
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter
• CD — Chemistry Division
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• BA — biliary atresia
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• AJ — adherens junction
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• CM — complete mole
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• AK — acetate kinase
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight

• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• AE — anion exchanger
• CC — colorectal cancer
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• SVT — System Validation Test
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• FTS — File Transfer System
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services

• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• AO — Amine Oxidase
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• CE — cornified envelope
• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• DOF — Department of Finance
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase

• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• CE — central element
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• PI — Principle Investigator
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• S/C — Spacecraft
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• AO — Airway obstruction
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• CH — cystic hygroma
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens

• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• MIR — Management Information Report
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• AF — activation function
• AD — axiodistal
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International

• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• AO — active oxygen
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• VIS — Visible
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• CG — cortical granule
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• AD — Agar Dilution
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• CC — congenital cataract
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia

• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• SID — Structure Identifier
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• CD — cytochalasin D
• AP — accelerated phase
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution

• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• RA — Research Assistant
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• AP — amyloid plaques
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• AHF — Attitude History File
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• DU — Dobson Unit
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• AE — Axial Element
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• GLI — Global Imager
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries

• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• CF — Correction Factor
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• AGM — African green monkey
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• CH — chloral hydrate
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• CB — Ciliary Body
• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem

• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• CH — Calponin homology
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• VAN — Value-Added Network
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• NH3 — Ammonia
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• SST — Sea surface temperature

• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• PD — Photo Diode
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• AK — Arginine kinase
• EE — End-to-End
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• MOUT — Message Out
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• AS — Alport syndrome
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• CF — Culture fluid
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response

• UNEX — University Extension
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• CC — Carney complex
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• BC — breast carcinoma
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second
• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute

• CM — Capillary malformation
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• MT — Measured Time
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• AR — adaptive response
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• AR — apoptotic rate
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum

• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• CB — carotid body
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• AGT — average generation time
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• BAUD — one bit per second
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• CM — contrast media
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• BC — Brain Cancer
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change

• V&V — Validation & Verification
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• ED — Energy Division
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• AI — Adiposity Index
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• CF — colony formation
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• CF — culture filtrate
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• AD — After Disease
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• AN — accessory nuclei
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli

• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• AS — Active sleep
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• CL — chromosome loss
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• MH — Message Handling
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• DWS — Division of Water Supply
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• AS — alternative splicing
• CI — Chromosome Index
• DST — Data Systems Test
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• AAU — Association of African Universities
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C

• DP — dermal papilla
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• CD — Canavan disease
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• MSU — Memphis State University
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies

• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• STR — Star TRacker
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• QSR — Quality System Regulation
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• AI — apoptotic index
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• CD — Congenital Defects
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• CD — Cowden Disease
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program

• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• IST — integrated systems test
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• FM — Frequency Modulator
• AI — allelic imbalance
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology

• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• MCR — Main Control Room
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• ORS — Outer root sheath
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• CA — chromosome aberration
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• CE — colony efficiency
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• AC — Academic Council
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• AS — Acid Succinate
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• CM — Centimetre
• PI — Position Invariant
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements

• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• VLA — Very Large Array
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• CM — cisterna magna
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• COR — Committee on Research
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• CA — Candida albicans
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• AH — anterior horn
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• LCLIYMUUCADULFW.S — le cock la in your mouth until u choke and die u lazy fucking whore. slut

• UEXT — University Extension
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• AU — Atomic Units
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• EMDU — EPIC MOS Data Handling Unit
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• CE — cellular extract
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• CC — complete chimerism
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• MEV — mega electron volts
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• CE — clonal evolution
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon

• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• PT — Pass-Through
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• CI — centromeric index
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• ODF — Observation Data File
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• CC — Cumulus cells
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• AD — Affecting Disease
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• AFM — Array File Maker
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• BC — blast crisis
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System

• CD — Crohn disease
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• OSU — Oregon State University
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• CD — circular dichroic
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• BA — Bone Age
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• WPD — War Plans Division
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• CA — Children Age
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• CC — Cell Counts
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force

• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• HAACP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• APP — Abeta precursor protein
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• CET — Central England Temperature
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• SSO — Solar System Object
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• CC — Cellular Cycle
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase

• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• CF — competence factor
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• AS — autologous serum
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• ANO — Any Other
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• PMA — Premarket Application
• AM — Affected Male
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• AK — activated killer
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• CORP — Corporation
• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• CA — Constitutively Active

• AH — Albumen Height
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• CCM — community climate model
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• DPU — digital processing unit
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• SI — Systeme International
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• CH — Channel Header
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• CC — Cleavable Complex
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• HED — High Energy Detector
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• BC — Binucleated Cells
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• DB — Diversion Box
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• CA — Colanic Acid
• BD — Birth Defects
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• DP — Data Products

• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• AE — Effective Area
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• PX — XMM Project
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• UM — Unified Model
• CC — Condensed chromatin
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• SUPARCO — Space of Upper Atmosphere Research Committee
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• STG — Steering Group
• BD — Bone Density
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• LSU — Louisana State University
• TRC — The Research Corporation
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• ISI — Infrared Space Observatory
• DPS — Division of Planetary Science
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• GSITT — Segment Integration and Test Team
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
• UCOC — University Committee on Committees
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• AMS — Archive Management Subsystem
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• CVS — Concurrent Version System
• STC — Steering Committee
• OOA — Object-Oriented Analysis
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Procedures
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• EUCOMED — European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation
• PIEAS — Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Appliead Sciences
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• BF — Bomb Factory
• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• GCF — Ground Calibration File
• CANSO — California Articulation Number System Office
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• IFS — SSC-SOC Interface Sub-system
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment

• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• AC — Amylose Content
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• UWERN — University WEather Research Network
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• MD — Medium Frequency
• IBIS — Image on-Board INTEGRAL Spacecraft
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• TCP/IP — Networking Protocol used on Internet
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• IOSDL — Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
• PM — Protocol Machine
• CI — cardiac involvement
• VIRTEM — Validation of IASI Radiative Transfer: Experiments and Modelling
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• SPACON — Spacecraft Controller
• ARSLOE — Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• MTSU — Middle Tennessee State University's
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
• METEOR — USSR Operational Weather Satellite
• ER-2 — Earth Resources, #2
• ST-ECF — Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid
• SPEVAL — Spacecraft Evaluation System
• ICB — Instrument Control Bus
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• CAT — Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
• ECB — Educational Communications Board
• HC — Heater Controller
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• AIMS — Australian Institute of Marine Science
• TSTRP — Toxic Substance Research and Training Program
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• EPIC — European Photon Imaging Camera
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• CRI — Committee on Research Initiatives
• CFHT — Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, on Mauna Kea
• SHF — Short History File
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• SOR — Standing Orders of the Regents
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• CA — common antigen
• SGS — Sequence Generation Subsystem
• TROPOZ — Tropospheric Ozone Expedition

• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• ALPTRAC — High Alpine Aerosol and Snow Chemistry Study (EUROTRAC)
• BC — Branhamella catarrhalis
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflective Distribution Function
• DENIS — Deep Near-Infra-red Survey
• OPIA — Optical Precision Instrument Associates
• UCEAP — University Committee on Education Abroad Program
• CDS — Centre de Donnees Stellaires
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• SSC-DB — Survey Science Centre Database
• JOIDES — Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• IGETC — Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• POSS II — Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, second version
• AU — Activity Units
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• EFSC — Eastern Food Science Conference
• USAEC — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• SCARABE — Scanning Radiation Budget Experiment
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• IOTP — International Ozone Trands Panel
• NIES — National Institute For Environmental Studies (Japan)