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• CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• EDAS — Eta Data Assimilation System
• OPS — Operations
• CF — Cystic Fibrosis
• LAN — Local Area Network
• CCM — Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
• HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus I
• A BY E — Admission by Exception
• US — United States of America
• H2O2 — Hydrogen Peroxide
• CHF — Congestive Heart Failure
• E-LIDAR — Experimental LIDAR
• PPM — parts per million
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• ICD — Interface Control Document
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• BTW — By The Way
• CCTV — Closed-circuit television
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• FTE — Full Time Equivalent
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• AA — Ascorbic Acid
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• AD — Atopic Dermatitis
• XFTS — XMM File Transfer System
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• PS — PostScript
• UCAAD — University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• A.K.A. — Also Known As
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• A — Ampere
• PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
• MM — Millimeter
• RDF — Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
• N2O5 — nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• BASDAI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• IP — Internet Protocol
• BAEPS — Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials
• AC — Alternating Current
• E&CE — Electrical and Computer Engineering

• QC — Quality Control
• DO — Dissolved Oxygen
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• CBC — Complete Blood Count
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• WHO — World Health Organization
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System
• NIEO — New International Economic Order
• CMAP — Compound Muscle Action Potential
• API — Application Programming Interface
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• HADCM — Hadley Center Model
• R&D — Research & Development
• BAFME — Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• A3RI — Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
• HADRT — Hadley Center Radiosonde temperature
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• XIDT — X-Ray Identification Team
• UCP&T — University Committee on Privilege and Tenure
• ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
• RF — Radio Frequency
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• CGI — Clinical Global Impression
• XFDS — XMM Flight Dynamics System
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• UCORP — University Committee on Research Policy
• CV — Curriculum Vitae
• I&T WG — Integration and Test Working Group
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• P-N — Positive-Negative
• NCCLS — National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• UCOLASC — University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• UCR&J — University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
• UCM-TF — University of California, Merced Task Force
• AHRQ — Agency for Health, Research, and Quality
• UCMEXUS — UC Institute for Mexico and the United States
• FY — Fiscal Year
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• CAIS — Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• HALLIP — Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes (EUROTRAC)
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• GIS — Geographic Information System

• UCACCORD — UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• DCP — Defined Contribution Plan
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• WWW — World Wide Web
• CD — Compact Disc
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• ESA — European Space Agency
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• NHLBI — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• ASD — Atrial Septal Defect
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• EOL — End Of Life
• DOT — Department of Transport
• RAM — random-access memory
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• MUX — Multiplexer
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• AMA — American Medical Association
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• KG — Kilogram
• NM — Nanometer
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• CRS — Congressional Research Service

• DNS — Domain Name System
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• POE — Point of Entry
• 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
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• ROI — Return on Investment
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• DBMS — Database Management System
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• URD — User Requirements Document
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• CH — Channel
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• EC — European Commission
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• TB — Tuberculosis
• BPS — bits per second
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• ABA — American Bar Association
• PT — Physical Therapy
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• MB — Megabyte
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• AD — autistic disorder
• W — Watt
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)

• ACF — Autocorrelation Function
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• BFGF — Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• DC — Direct Current
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• CS — Computer Science
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• 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.
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• CIN — Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• CRF — Case Report Form
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• AF — Air Force
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment

• DOC — Doctor
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• POS — Point of Service Plan
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• WFC — World Food Council
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• O3 — Ozone
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• M — Million
• AY — Academic Year
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• RIXOS — ROSAT International X-Ray optical Survey
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• GO — General Observer
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• SCB — Software Control Board
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• EM — Electromagnetic
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• 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.")
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• O2 — Oxygen
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments

• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• CW — Continuous Wave
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• LF — Low Frequency
• MDCK — Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
• CC — Colon Cancer
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• IR — Infrared
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• SCR — Software Change Request
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• GB — Gigabyte
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• ESL — English as a second language
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• C — Centigrade
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory

• EMF — Electromotive Force
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• C — Celsius
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• BMA — British Medical Association
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• CDF — Common Data Format
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• NDA — New Drug Application
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• NRC — National Response Center
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project

• RCS — Revision Control System
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• HF — High Frequency
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• GO — Guest Observer
• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• HV — High Voltage
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• AE — Adverse Event
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism

• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• G — Gram (g)
• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• LHV — lower heating value
• CPI — characters per inch
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• CD — Celiac Disease
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• DOS — United States Department of State
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• TB — Terabyte
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• WG — Working Group
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• CC — Combined Cycle
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging

• CDC — Child Development Centre
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• PM — Particulate Matter
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• UC — University of California
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• EC — European Community
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• IPY — International Polar Year
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)

• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• CFH — Complement Factor H
• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer

• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• DPU — data processing unit
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• ISU — International Space University
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• LED — Liquid Emitting Diode
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• RS — Remote Sensing
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• DEC — Declination
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• APC — Activated Protein C
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• OP — Office of the President
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• AP — Anomalous Propagation

• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• ND — NASA Document
• CE — Cholesterol Ester
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• SWT — Science Working Team
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• EDC — EROS Data Center

• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• LE — Low Energy
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• ID — IDentifier
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• RTF — Return To Flight
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• BPI — bits per inch
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• CHB — congenital heart block
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• AL — Ad libitum
• S/W — Software
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station

• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• THR — Thrust
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• IA — Interactive
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• AO — Acridine Orange
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• OPS — Optical Sensor

• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• HE — High Energy
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• CDL — California Digital Library
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• DOY — Day of Year
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• CFA — colony forming assay
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• QSR — Quality System Regulation
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• RSS — root-sum-square
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• TM — Telemetry
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis

• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• UT — Universal Time
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• AD — Applicable Document
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• RD — Reference Document
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block

• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• JD — Julian Day
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• CDM — Common Data Model
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• WEC — World Energy Council
• CG — Complementation Group
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene

• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• AI — Association Index
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• BC — Breast Cancer
• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• VT — Visual Testing
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• NIR — Near Infrared
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• AR — Aldose Reductase
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan

• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• CH — Cluster Headache
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• RA — Research Assistant
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• UW — University of Washington
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• MB — Millibar(s)
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• AAO — Age At Onset
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

• CKI — casein kinase I
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• AO — Agent Orange
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• MDR — Medical Device Register
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• MSS — Mission Support System
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• IC — Instrument Controller
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• EE — End-to-End

• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• AB — Alcian Blue
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• PSU — power supply unit
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors

• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• UT — University of Tennessee
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• LH — Labor-Hour
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• DU — Dobson Unit
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)

• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• TBW — To Be Written
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• TC — Telecommand
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• V&V — Validation & Verification
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase

• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• FTS — File Transfer System
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• PI — Principle Investigator
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• PD — Photo Diode
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• EC — executive committee
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• CD — Chemistry Division
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• VAN — Value-Added Network
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• AAP — amino acid permease
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable

• CLG — Certified Local Government
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• QM — Qualification Model
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• CM — complete mole
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• SI — Solar Influences
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• RA — Right Ascension
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• VIS — Visible
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• AD — After Disease
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer

• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• AGT — average generation time
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• CB — cord blood
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• CL — Cleft Lip
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission

• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• S/C — Spacecraft
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• MIR — Management Information Report
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• SVT — System Validation Test
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• DOF — Department of Finance
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase

• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• PS — Project Scientist
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• CB — Ciliary Body
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging

• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• AS — Alport syndrome
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• CH — cystic hygroma
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• AII — Angiotensin II
• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• CE — cornified envelope
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• CC — colorectal cancer
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• AO — Amine Oxidase
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• CF — Correction Factor
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy

• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• CC — corpus callosum
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• NIC — National Ice Center
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• BD — binding domain
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• NH3 — Ammonia
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• BA — benzoic acid
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• AL — annulate lamellae
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• GCC — Global Change Category
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority

• OOA — Object-Oriented Analysis
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• AP — arterial pressure
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• CE — central element
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• UNEX — University Extension
• ANO — Any Other
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• GLI — Global Imager
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• AE — anion exchanger
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• OM — Optical Monitor
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• AHF — Attitude History File
• DST — Data Systems Test
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• OSU — Oregon State University
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)

• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• AGM — African green monkey
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• BC — breast carcinoma
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• AS — Acid Succinate
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• AO — active oxygen
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• CF — Culture fluid
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope

• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• CM — Capillary malformation
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• AF — activation function
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• CORP — Corporation
• AJ — adherens junction
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• BA — biliary atresia
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)

• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• DO — Diving Officer
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• EMDU — EPIC MOS Data Handling Unit
• AD — Agar Dilution
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• AE — Axial Element
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
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• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• AP — accelerated phase
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• AK — acetate kinase
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• AAU — Association of African Universities
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications

• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• CF — culture filtrate
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• CD — Cowden Disease
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• CG — cortical granule

• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• AN — accessory nuclei
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• CL — chromosome loss
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• CC — congenital cataract
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• CD — cytochalasin D
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• STG — Steering Group
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• MCR — Main Control Room
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite

• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• STR — Star TRacker
• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• CI — centromeric index
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• MOUT — Message Out
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies
• AO — Airway obstruction
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• AP — amyloid plaques
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• SSC-DB — Survey Science Centre Database
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• ED — Energy Division
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• CF — colony formation
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• AS — Active sleep

• AR — apoptotic rate
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• AD — axiodistal
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• GEMS — Great Expectations in Math & Science Program
• POSS II — Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, second version
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• AK — Arginine kinase
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• DSWM — Division of Solid Waste Management
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• AS — alternative splicing
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• BAUD — one bit per second
• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• H/K — Housekeeping
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• RFC — RGS Focal Camera Unit
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• CD — Canavan disease
• ORS — Outer root sheath
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)

• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• CM — Centimetre
• CA — chromosome aberration
• STC — Steering Committee
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• CC — Carney complex
• CE — colony efficiency
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• MEV — mega electron volts
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• VLA — Very Large Array
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• MT — Measured Time
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute

• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• CB — carotid body
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• HAACP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• DWS — Division of Water Supply
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• PT — Pass-Through

• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• AC — Amylose Content
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• CH — Calponin homology
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera
• DP — dermal papilla
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• CM — contrast media
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• CC — Cell Counts
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation

• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• CD — Congenital Defects
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• AQS — Air Quality System
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• CC — Cumulus cells
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• BC — Brain Cancer
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• IBIS — Image on-Board INTEGRAL Spacecraft
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group

• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• AI — allelic imbalance
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• IFS — SSC-SOC Interface Sub-system
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• CH — chloral hydrate
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• ANDI — American Nitrox Divers Incorporated
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• RAID — Redundant of Inexpensive Discs
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)

• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• CF — competence factor
• CM — cisterna magna
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• UCM — University of California, Merced
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• CCM — community climate model
• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• LSU — Louisana State University
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• SID — Structure Identifier
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• COR — Committee on Research
• AR — adaptive response
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• UCR — University Of Costa Rica
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• SI — Systeme International
• MH — Message Handling
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• CE — cellular extract
• CI — Chromosome Index
• AU — Atomic Units
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• CC — complete chimerism
• UEXT — University Extension
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)

• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• NDSC — Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• AC — Academic Council
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• AI — apoptotic index
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• WPD — War Plans Division
• ODF — Observation Data File
• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• TCP/IP — Networking Protocol used on Internet
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• MBBNET — Minnesota Biomedical Business Network
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• CE — clonal evolution
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• ECB — Educational Communications Board
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• NDO — National Diving Officer
• AD — Arginine Deiminase

• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• BA — Bone Age
• CI — cardiac involvement
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• EPCS — EPIC pn Camera System
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• AD — Affecting Disease
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• AH — Albumen Height
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• APU — Academic Program Unit
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• DXRB — Diffuse X-Ray Background
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)

• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• AM — Affected Male
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• GCF — Ground Calibration File
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• FM — Frequency Modulator
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• CI — Cephalic Index
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• UKMO — United Kingdom Meteorological Office
• DPU — digital processing unit
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic
• HED — High Energy Detector
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• CD — Crohn disease
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• IST — integrated systems test
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• CC — Cellular Cycle

• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• IOSDL — Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• RMF — Response Matrix File
• CHF — Calibration History File
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• IMG — Interferometric Monitor of Greenhouse Gases
• CD — circular dichroic
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• CTS — Committee on Teaching of Science
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• SSO — Solar System Object
• JCEE — Joint Conference of EARMA and Euroscience
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• CA — Children Age
• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• MSU — Memphis State University
• SASI — Statistical Analysis Systems Institute (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• EPIC — European Photon Imaging Camera
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease

• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• MOHSST — Met Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• AFM — Array File Maker
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• ISME — Instrument Software Maintenance Environment
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• AH — anterior horn
• USCE — United States Corps of Engineers
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• ICB — Instrument Control Bus
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• HC — Heater Controller
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• AI — Adiposity Index
• RIS — reflector in space (laser beam adsorption, measures O3, CFCs, etc.)
• SCSI — Small Computer Systems Interface, a common disc interface
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• OMC — Optical Monitoring Camera
• MIPAS — Michelson Interferometric Passive Atmosphere Sounder
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• VILSPA — Villafranca Station at Villafranca del Castillo, Spain
• BC — blast crisis
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• DB — Diversion Box
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth

• NIES — National Institute For Environmental Studies (Japan)
• CA — Constitutively Active
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• DPSS — Data Product Screening Sub-system
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
• CD — Cone Degeneration
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• BC — Binucleated Cells
• VCP — Voluntary Cooperation Program (Equipment and Services) (UN)
• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• TRC — The Research Corporation
• GSRR — Ground Segment Requirements Review
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• APID — APPLICATION IDENTIFIER
• HKD — Housekeeping Data
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• DP — Data Products
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• ELC — Eligibility in the Local Context
• LAMBADA — Large Scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazonia using Data Assimilation (BAHC/GEWEX)
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• IGETC — Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• SUPARCO — Space of Upper Atmosphere Research Committee
• RGS — Reflection Grating Subsytem
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• ESTEC — European Space TEchnical Center
• CA — Candida albicans
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia

• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• MPU — Mission Planning Unit
• ODE — Office of Device Evaluation
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• NIMBUS — NASA Meteorological Satellites (1 through 7)
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• AU — Activity Units
• PMA — Premarket Application
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• ERM — EPIC Radiation Monitor
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• OAB — Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
• CH — Channel Header
• AVR — Acute Vascular Rejection
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• ESIS — European Southern Observatory
• NSTX — Neosaxitoxin
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• UT-K — University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• K-S — Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• PI — Position Invariant
• AS — autologous serum
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment
• ISIM — Instrument Simulator
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• RAE — RGS Analogue Electronics
• NINA — Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
• OODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Procedures
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• ISSP — Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy
• CA — Colanic Acid
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• USAEC — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• CET — Central England Temperature

• MOC — XMM Mission Operation Centre
• BIO — Bedford Institute of Oceanography
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• PCMS — PPS Control & Monitoring System
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• ISVF — Instrument Validation Facility
• BD — Birth Defects
• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• ISS — Integrated Switching System
• RGA — RGS Grating Assembly
• NIPR — National Institute of Polar Research
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• IOTP — International Ozone Trands Panel
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• OTAC — Observing Time Allocation Committee
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• CANSO — California Articulation Number System Office
• AK — activated killer
• CA — common antigen
• AWD — Abdominal Wall Defects
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• ISS — Instrument Software System
• UCO — UC Observatories
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• DLS — Division of Laboratory Services
• ERMD — EPIC Radiation Monitor Detector
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• IPF — Immediate Parameter File
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• WDC — World Data Centre
• CI — chromosomal instability
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)

• CC — Cleavable Complex
• ER-2 — Earth Resources, #2
• ARIEL-5 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1974
• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• IDOH — Instrument Data Operations Handbook
• STD — Salinity/Temperature/Depth
• ACDS — Archival Catalogue and Database Subsystem
• ESD — Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
• VOB — Vertical Optical Branch
• DPI — Derived Product Imagery
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• CAPSTRANS — Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies
• HTR — High Time Resolution
• EFSC — Eastern Food Science Conference
• HTRM — High Time Resolution Mode
• MTSU — Middle Tennessee State University's
• CD — Complete Deficiency
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• APP — Abeta precursor protein
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• PX — XMM Project
• MD — Medium Frequency
• MODIS-N — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Nadir
• SCARABE — Scanning Radiation Budget Experiment
• SPACON — Spacecraft Controller
• CRF — Calibration Resource File
• EMCR — EPIC MOS Control,Event Analyzer and Recognition Unit
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• HER — High Energy Resolution
• BUCHE — ButyrylCholine Estérase
• GSITT — Segment Integration and Test Team
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
• ICU — Instrument Controller Unit
• SEC — Science Executive Committee of the IWG
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
• I&R — Instruction & Research
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• UNIPROT — Universal Protein Resource
• ERMS — EPIC Radiation Monitor System
• TSTRP — Toxic Substance Research and Training Program
• MRF — Met Office Research Flight
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• CDS — Centre de Donnees Stellaires
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• NISDN — Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network

• TSU — Tennessee State University
• DENIS — Deep Near-Infra-red Survey
• DISC — optical media (CDs)
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• UM — Unified Model
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• AE — Effective Area
• ODS — Operational Data Server
• UT-BATTELLE — University of Tennessee-Battelle
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• GRO — Gamma-Ray Observatory
• SOE — Security of Employment
• BD — Bone Density
• SHF — Short History File
• SOR — Standing Orders of the Regents
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• DAC — Digital to Analogue Conversion
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• EPDU — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• RPC — RGS Power Converter
• ITIR — Infrared Thermal Imaging Radiometer (renamed ASTER)
• MA — Medical Alley
• CFHT — Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, on Mauna Kea
• STSCI — Space Telescope Institute
• PHA — Pulse Height Amplitude
• NDC — National Diving Council
• SMHI — Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
• SIMBAD — Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data
• HSPC — Human Subjects Protection Committee
• PGO — Principal Guest Observer
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• GISST — Global sea Ice Coverage and Sea Surface Temperature
• TIMEX — Time Multiplexer
• AP — Antimicrobial Peptides
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• MM — Mirror Model
• GSR — Graduate Student Researcher
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• SDF — Slew Data File
• OECA — Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
• DOIT — Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN)
• LDRD — Laboratory-Directed Research and Development
• MSIM — Mirror Simulator
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Plan
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• UARC — University Affiliated Research Center
• SGS — Sequence Generation Subsystem

• NEDU — Naval Experimental Diving Unit
• GINGA — Japanese X-Ray astronomy mission launched 1987
• UER — University-Emeriti Relations Committee
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• CWS — Committee on World Standards
• PMS — Payload Monitoring Subsystem
• BS — Binary Star
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• SIP — Scientific Operations Centre Implementation Plan
• POC — Panel of Counselors
• RAPS — radiologists, anesthesiologists, and pathologists
• CRI — Committee on Research Initiatives
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• QLA — Quicklook Analysis
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)
• CARE — Cholesterol and Recurrent Events
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflective Distribution Function
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• PCS — Payload Calibration Subsystem
• GRD — Government Relations Director
• CIDC — Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection
• SPE — Solar Proton Event
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• P/A — PreAmplifier
• EUCOMED — European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations
• CAR — Cytokinetic Actomyosin Ring
• APF — Attitude Parameter File
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• JOIDES — Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
• SDM — SOC Development Manager
• GT — Guaranteed Time
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• UWERN — University WEather Research Network
• MOS — Metal Oxide Semi-conductor
• ERME — EPIC Radiation Monitor Electronics
• UVPI — Ultraviolet Plume Instrument
• ICAS — Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senate
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• METEOR — USSR Operational Weather Satellite
• PM — Protocol Machine
• ISI — Infrared Space Observatory
• BF — Bomb Factory
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• COR — Council of Research
• BC — Branhamella catarrhalis
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• MMIC — Medical Manufacturers' Information Council

• ASTERIX — X-Ray astronomy data analysis package for Starlink ADAM environment
• CSI — Coastal Studies Institute (LSU)
• ASUC — Associated Students of the University of California
• OPSNET — Operational Network
• PBPK — Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic
• EPVC — EPIC pn Low Voltage Converter Unit
• ACUNS — Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• XSELECT — Data selection and binning tool, part of FTOOLS package
• PPG — Preliminary Planning Guide
• ST-ECF — Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• MOD — Mission Operations Department
• LU — Leicester University
• EMSS — Einstein Medium Sensitivity Survey
• CC — Condensed chromatin
• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• ICC — Intersegmental Coordinating Committee
• EUVE — Extreme Ultra-Violet Explorer
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• AMS — Archive Management Subsystem
• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• PN — p-type/n-type semiconductor
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• ML — Maximum-Likelihood
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• AMW-DB — Archive of Multi-Wavelength Data
• BC — Bovine Conglutinin
• PIEAS — Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Appliead Sciences
• TROPOZ — Tropospheric Ozone Expedition
• OPIA — Optical Precision Instrument Associates
• TGEI — Tennessee Government Executive Institute
• VIRTEM — Validation of IASI Radiative Transfer: Experiments and Modelling
• DCR — Dedicated Control Room
• SSD — Space Science Department
• LEDPA — Least Environmental Damaging Plan Alternative
• OBS — On-Board Software
• DPS — Division of Planetary Science
• NACD — National Association for Cave Diving
• SRAM — Sequential Random Access Memory
• AIMS — Australian Institute of Marine Science
• SDOH — SOC Data Operations Handbook
• CSM — Comprehensive System Model
• PRARE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment
• WIMP — Window, Icon, Menu and Pop-up
• PERL — Interactive programming language available for Unix
• POCE — Pantone Open Color Environment
• ANRHRD — Air, Noise and Radiation Health Research Division

• EPOS — Enhanced Preferred Observation Schedule
• SIO — Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
• EHWD — Enhanced Hot Water Drill
• OSF1 — Open Systems Foundation brand of Unix
• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• XSPEC — X-Ray spectral analysis package, part of XANADU
• SOVT — System Operations Validation Tests
• UCEI — UC Energy Institute
• EPCH — EPIC pn Focal Camera Head Unit
• PPM — Position and Proper Motion
• ARSLOE — Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment
• NWRI — National Water Research Institute (Canada)
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File
• MDR — Medical Device Reports
• SPEVAL — Spacecraft Evaluation System
• CAT — Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
• POWER — Program on Workable Energy Regulation
• OBSW — On-Board Software
• DPP — Digital Preprocessor
• TDF — Transaction Data File
• UCEAP — University Committee on Education Abroad Program
• USCOE — United States Corps of Engineers
• ED — Event Designator
• ASI — Advanced Study Institute (NATO)
• SSC — Survey Science Centre for XMM
• RRA — ROSAT Results Archive
• WCSJ — World Conference of Science Journalists
• EMCH — EPIC MOS Focal Camera Head Unit
• SMM — Stratosphere Mesosphere Model
• XID — X-Ray Identification
• P&T — Privilege & Tenure Committee
• AGO — automated geophysical observatories
• UCOC — University Committee on Committees
• PSF — Planning Skeleton File
• SQHUW — Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• CVS — Concurrent Version System
• COC — Council of Chancellors
• LOS — Loss of Signal
• MMDB — Mirror Metrology Database
• FTOOLS — FITS-based software utilities developed at GSFC
• EPEA — EPIC p-n Event Analyser
• SCIAMACHY — SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter For Atmospheric CHartographY
• URGENT — Urban ReGeneration and the ENvironmenT
• SAT — Sulphuric Acid Tetrahydrate
• SSID — Survey Science Interface Document
• SA — Astrophysics Division
• RGIT — Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology
• OSW — OM Science Window
• XIMAGE — Image Display Package, part of XANADU

• COC — Committee on Committees
• ISA — Institute for System Analysis
• DC — Detector Controller (DXS)
• COTF — Commission on the Future
• UNIS — University Centre in Svalbard
• CCLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
• SOPH — SOC Operation Procedures Handbook
• CAL-ISI — California Institutes for Science & Innovation
• MVCA — Minnesota Venture Capital Association
• OM1 — OM Telescope Unit
• IPP — Instrument Programmable Parameter
• CC — Classical Cytogenetic
• OM2 — OM Digital Electronics Unit
• ISDN — Switching Digital Network
• ESOC — European Satellite Operation Centre
• CSIM — Cosmic Simulator
• SCIGETC — Science Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• SMT — Software Maintenance Team
• RTA — Real-Time Analysis
• MSSL — Mullard Space Science Laboratory, College London
• EPS — European Polar Satellite
• NAS — National Academy of the Sciences
• SSI — Serial Synchronous Interface
• CAN — California Articulation Number
• SD — Screening Device
• PMU — Payload Monitoring Unit
• CDT — Catalogues and Databases Team
• SIP — Short Implementation Plan
• SASS — Standard Analysis Software System
• ALPTRAC — High Alpine Aerosol and Snow Chemistry Study (EUROTRAC)
• NEFCO — Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
• SUTI — Sensitive but Unclassified Technical Information
• POS — Preferred Observation Schedule
• SOC — Science Operations Centre for XMM
• CMS — Control & Monitoring System
• CPG — Calibration Proposal Generation
• CCC — California Community Colleges
• PIER — Public Interest Energy Research Program
• SPI — Spectrometer for INTEGRAL
• EMCV — EPIC MOS Low Voltage Converter Unit
• MA — Mirror Assembly
• EXSAS — Extended Scientific Analysis System
• D-E — Dermoepidermal
• BHTA — British Healthcare Trades Industry
• DPSST — Data Product Screening Software Team
• SIRD — SOC Implementation Requirements Document
• CFA — Centre for Astrophysics
• SLATEC — Sanida Los Alamos Technical Exchange Committee
• UOSAT — University Of Surrey Satellite
• DAP — Dual Admissions Program

• EARTHKAM — Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers
• APM — Automatic Plate Measurement
• SSRD — Specific Science Requirements Document
• PRF — Point Response Subsystem
• REACH — REmote Access to Circular History-files
• SCISIM — Science Simulator
• ICS — Instrument Command Sequence
• OSIM — OM Simulator
• PHS — Proposal Handling Subsystem
• WCPS — Women's Caucus for Political Science
• CTTCA — California Technology Trade & Commerce Agency
• SS — Survey Scientist for XMM
• ODS — Observation Datafile Subsystem
• SFOM — SOC Facility Operations Manual
• BSM — Baseline Spectroscopy
• RSIM — RGS Simulator
• OSC — Offline Satellite Calibration
• AIP — Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
• ISI — Institute for Scientific Information
• MP — Mission Planning
• SCC — Spacecraft Coordinates
• SIM — Simulation Section
• PST — Project Science Team

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