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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
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• E-LIDAR — Experimental LIDAR
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• PPM — parts per million
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• BTW — By The Way
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• ICD — Interface Control Document
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• CCTV — Closed-circuit television
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• FTE — Full Time Equivalent
• IP — Internet Protocol
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• MM — Millimeter
• PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• PS — PostScript
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• AA — Ascorbic Acid
• A — Ampere
• AC — Alternating Current
• AD — Atopic Dermatitis
• XFTS — XMM File Transfer System
• QC — Quality Control
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• API — Application Programming Interface
• R&D — Research & Development
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• UCAAD — University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)

• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• WHO — World Health Organization
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• A.K.A. — Also Known As
• CBC — Complete Blood Count
• RF — Radio Frequency
• N2O5 — nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
• RDF — Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• BASDAI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
• BAEPS — Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• DO — Dissolved Oxygen
• E&CE — Electrical and Computer Engineering
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• CMAP — Compound Muscle Action Potential
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
• FY — Fiscal Year
• NIEO — New International Economic Order
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• HADCM — Hadley Center Model
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• BAFME — Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• A3RI — Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• CV — Curriculum Vitae
• I&T WG — Integration and Test Working Group
• HADRT — Hadley Center Radiosonde temperature
• WWW — World Wide Web
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• XIDT — X-Ray Identification Team
• CGI — Clinical Global Impression
• UCP&T — University Committee on Privilege and Tenure
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• XFDS — XMM Flight Dynamics System
• UCORP — University Committee on Research Policy
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• CD — Compact Disc

• NCCLS — National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• P-N — Positive-Negative
• AHRQ — Agency for Health, Research, and Quality
• ESA — European Space Agency
• UCM-TF — University of California, Merced Task Force
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• UCR&J — University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
• UCOLASC — University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication
• RAM — random-access memory
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• CAIS — Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• DOT — Department of Transport
• HALLIP — Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes (EUROTRAC)
• UCMEXUS — UC Institute for Mexico and the United States
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• DCP — Defined Contribution Plan
• AMA — American Medical Association
• KG — Kilogram
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• UCACCORD — UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination
• EOL — End Of Life
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• ASD — Atrial Septal Defect
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• NM — Nanometer
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• NHLBI — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)

• ROI — Return on Investment
• MUX — Multiplexer
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• DNS — Domain Name System
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• 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
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• TB — Tuberculosis
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• CRS — Congressional Research Service
• PT — Physical Therapy
• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• BPS — bits per second
• EC — European Commission
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• DBMS — Database Management System
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• POE — Point of Entry
• MB — Megabyte
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• URD — User Requirements Document
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• W — Watt
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• ABA — American Bar Association
• CH — Channel
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• DC — Direct Current
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• CS — Computer Science
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12

• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• LF — Low Frequency
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• AD — autistic disorder
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• IR — Infrared
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• BFGF — Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• CIN — Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• AF — Air Force
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• M — Million
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• ACF — Autocorrelation Function
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• EM — Electromagnetic
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department

• OPD — Outpatient Department
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• POS — Point of Service Plan
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• O2 — Oxygen
• 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.")
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• WFC — World Food Council
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• O3 — Ozone
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• CW — Continuous Wave
• CRF — Case Report Form
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• 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.
• GB — Gigabyte
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• DOC — Doctor
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• AY — Academic Year
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• SCB — Software Control Board
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index

• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• GO — General Observer
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• C — Celsius
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• RIXOS — ROSAT International X-Ray optical Survey
• G — Gram (g)
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• C — Centigrade
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• SCR — Software Change Request
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• BMA — British Medical Association
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit

• ESL — English as a second language
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• CC — Colon Cancer
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• CPI — characters per inch
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• MDCK — Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• HF — High Frequency
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• RCS — Revision Control System
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• NRC — National Response Center
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• DOS — United States Department of State
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• WG — Working Group
• CDF — Common Data Format
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age

• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• HV — High Voltage
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• EC — European Community
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• TB — Terabyte
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• NDA — New Drug Application
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• AE — Adverse Event
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• LHV — lower heating value

• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• CC — Combined Cycle
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• GO — Guest Observer
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)

• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• UC — University of California
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• CD — Celiac Disease
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• PM — Particulate Matter
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board

• DPU — data processing unit
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• BPI — bits per inch
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• ID — IDentifier
• CFH — Complement Factor H
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• IPY — International Polar Year

• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• ISU — International Space University
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• RS — Remote Sensing
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• S/W — Software
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder

• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• OP — Office of the President
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• LED — Liquid Emitting Diode
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• CG — Complementation Group
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• APC — Activated Protein C
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• LE — Low Energy
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• CE — Cholesterol Ester

• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• SWT — Science Working Team
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• DEC — Declination
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• DOY — Day of Year
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• ND — NASA Document
• AL — Ad libitum
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• THR — Thrust
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• HE — High Energy
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• OPS — Optical Sensor

• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• CHB — congenital heart block
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• RTF — Return To Flight
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)

• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• UT — Universal Time
• IA — Interactive
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• CDL — California Digital Library
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• AO — Acridine Orange
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• IDL — Interactive Data Language

• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• QSR — Quality System Regulation
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• MB — Millibar(s)
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• RSS — root-sum-square
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• RD — Reference Document
• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• WEC — World Energy Council
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CFA — colony forming assay
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• AI — Association Index
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe

• IDC — Indirect Costs
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• NIR — Near Infrared
• TM — Telemetry
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• MSS — Mission Support System
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma
• AD — Applicable Document
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• JD — Julian Day
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)

• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• CDM — Common Data Model
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• SI — Solar Influences
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation

• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• BC — Breast Cancer
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• RA — Research Assistant
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• BOL — Beginning of Life

• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• CKI — casein kinase I
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• AR — Aldose Reductase
• V&V — Validation & Verification
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• VT — Visual Testing
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• CH — Cluster Headache
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• VIS — Visible
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer

• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• UW — University of Washington
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• FTS — File Transfer System
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• AO — Agent Orange
• PSU — power supply unit
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• AAO — Age At Onset
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• EE — End-to-End
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• UT — University of Tennessee
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)

• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• AB — Alcian Blue
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• IC — Instrument Controller
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• MDR — Medical Device Register
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research

• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• DU — Dobson Unit
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• TC — Telecommand
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope

• SEU — Single Event Upset
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• VAN — Value-Added Network
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• S/C — Spacecraft
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• EC — executive committee
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)

• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• PI — Principle Investigator
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• LH — Labor-Hour
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• TBW — To Be Written
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• MIR — Management Information Report
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• CM — complete mole
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment

• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• GCC — Global Change Category
• OSU — Oregon State University
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• CL — Cleft Lip
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• CD — Chemistry Division
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• PD — Photo Diode
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• CE — cornified envelope
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)

• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• AAP — amino acid permease
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• AD — After Disease
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• QM — Qualification Model
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• AGT — average generation time
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors

• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• GLI — Global Imager
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• DOF — Department of Finance
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating

• CB — Ciliary Body
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• AII — Angiotensin II
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• RA — Right Ascension
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• SVT — System Validation Test
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• MEV — mega electron volts
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara

• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• CB — cord blood
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• CH — cystic hygroma
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• UNEX — University Extension
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications

• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• AO — Amine Oxidase
• OOA — Object-Oriented Analysis
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• ANO — Any Other
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• AP — arterial pressure
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• AL — annulate lamellae
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• CL — cystic lymphangioma

• ELC — Eligibility in the Local Context
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• AS — Alport syndrome
• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• CC — colorectal cancer
• PS — Project Scientist
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• CF — Correction Factor
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• NH3 — Ammonia
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• NIC — National Ice Center
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• AE — anion exchanger
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program

• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• BD — binding domain
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• CL — chromosome loss
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• CC — corpus callosum
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• ERM — EPIC Radiation Monitor
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• CE — central element
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• OM — Optical Monitor
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma

• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• BA — benzoic acid
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• CM — Centimetre
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• CF — Culture fluid
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• BC — breast carcinoma
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory

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• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• AGM — African green monkey
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• POWER — Program on Workable Energy Regulation
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• AS — Acid Succinate
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• POSS II — Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, second version
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• DO — Diving Officer
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• SCATT — SCATTerometer

• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• AJ — adherens junction
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• AK — acetate kinase
• CM — Capillary malformation
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• DST — Data Systems Test
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• AAU — Association of African Universities
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• CA — chromosome aberration
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• CORP — Corporation
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• BAUD — one bit per second

• AHF — Attitude History File
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• H/K — Housekeeping
• VLA — Very Large Array
• ED — Energy Division
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• EMDU — EPIC MOS Data Handling Unit
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• MCR — Main Control Room
• CC — congenital cataract
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• CCM — community climate model
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• BA — biliary atresia

• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• STR — Star TRacker
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• AO — active oxygen
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• AD — Agar Dilution
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• GEMS — Great Expectations in Math & Science Program
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• MOUT — Message Out
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• AP — accelerated phase
• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission

• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• STG — Steering Group
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• AF — activation function
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• CF — culture filtrate
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• CC — Carney complex
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• CI — centromeric index
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• SSI — Serial Synchronous Interface
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• AS — alternative splicing
• AO — Airway obstruction
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron

• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• CD — Cowden Disease
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• AP — amyloid plaques
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• SSC-DB — Survey Science Centre Database
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• AK — Arginine kinase
• DWS — Division of Water Supply
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• D/C — diarrhea constipation

• DSWM — Division of Solid Waste Management
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• AC — Amylose Content
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• PT — Pass-Through
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• CD — cytochalasin D
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• STC — Steering Committee
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• CG — cortical granule
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• AN — accessory nuclei
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• AE — Axial Element
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• CF — colony formation

• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• AR — apoptotic rate
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• IBIS — Image on-Board INTEGRAL Spacecraft
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• ORS — Outer root sheath
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• HED — High Energy Detector
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• CE — colony efficiency
• HAACP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus

• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• COR — Committee on Research
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• AD — axiodistal
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• AC — Academic Council
• AS — Active sleep
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• RFC — RGS Focal Camera Unit
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• CD — Canavan disease
• SI — Systeme International
• CH — chloral hydrate
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• AREP — Assembly Representation

• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• TCP/IP — Networking Protocol used on Internet
• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• CC — Cell Counts
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• DP — dermal papilla
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• AQS — Air Quality System
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• IFS — SSC-SOC Interface Sub-system
• NDO — National Diving Officer
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• CD — Congenital Defects
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• CH — Calponin homology
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response
• UKMO — United Kingdom Meteorological Office
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• LSU — Louisana State University
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• BC — Brain Cancer
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics

• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• SID — Structure Identifier
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• MT — Measured Time
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• UEXT — University Extension
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• DB — Diversion Box
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• CI — Cephalic Index
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• UCR — University Of Costa Rica
• WPD — War Plans Division
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• UCM — University of California, Merced
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• CC — Cumulus cells
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• GCF — Ground Calibration File
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• CB — carotid body

• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• MH — Message Handling
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• ER-2 — Earth Resources, #2
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• ANDI — American Nitrox Divers Incorporated
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• NDSC — Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• ECB — Educational Communications Board
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• USCE — United States Corps of Engineers
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• SSO — Solar System Object
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• DPSS — Data Product Screening Sub-system
• EPCS — EPIC pn Camera System
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• CI — Chromosome Index
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• CM — contrast media
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)

• MBBNET — Minnesota Biomedical Business Network
• RAID — Redundant of Inexpensive Discs
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• CI — cardiac involvement
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• ODF — Observation Data File
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• CF — competence factor
• APU — Academic Program Unit
• CM — cisterna magna
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• MODIS-N — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Nadir
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• AI — allelic imbalance
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• USAEC — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• NIES — National Institute For Environmental Studies (Japan)
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase

• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• CE — cellular extract
• DXRB — Diffuse X-Ray Background
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• DPU — digital processing unit
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• ESD — Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• ERMS — EPIC Radiation Monitor System
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• NIMBUS — NASA Meteorological Satellites (1 through 7)
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• AR — adaptive response
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• RMF — Response Matrix File
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• AH — Albumen Height
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease
• WDC — World Data Centre
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• AU — Atomic Units
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• CC — complete chimerism
• AD — Affecting Disease
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• IOSDL — Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory

• CE — clonal evolution
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• CD — Crohn disease
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• CHF — Calibration History File
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• AI — apoptotic index
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• IGETC — Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• IST — integrated systems test
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• HC — Heater Controller
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• GISST — Global sea Ice Coverage and Sea Surface Temperature
• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching

• AM — Affected Male
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• NINA — Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• AU — Activity Units
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• BD — Birth Defects
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• EPIC — European Photon Imaging Camera
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• JCEE — Joint Conference of EARMA and Euroscience
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• K-S — Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• UT-K — University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• MOHSST — Met Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• UNIPROT — Universal Protein Resource
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• OODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• CANSO — California Articulation Number System Office
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• PCMS — PPS Control & Monitoring System
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• BA — Bone Age
• CD — circular dichroic
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence

• CC — Cellular Cycle
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• OAB — Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
• CTS — Committee on Teaching of Science
• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• ICB — Instrument Control Bus
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• EMCR — EPIC MOS Control,Event Analyzer and Recognition Unit
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• ISIM — Instrument Simulator
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• ISME — Instrument Software Maintenance Environment
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• SASI — Statistical Analysis Systems Institute (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• ISSP — Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Plan
• APID — APPLICATION IDENTIFIER
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• MSU — Memphis State University
• IMG — Interferometric Monitor of Greenhouse Gases
• CAPSTRANS — Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee

• FM — Frequency Modulator
• GINGA — Japanese X-Ray astronomy mission launched 1987
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• HKD — Housekeeping Data
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• MOS — Metal Oxide Semi-conductor
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• RIS — reflector in space (laser beam adsorption, measures O3, CFCs, etc.)
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• LU — Leicester University
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• OMC — Optical Monitoring Camera
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• AFM — Array File Maker
• MIPAS — Michelson Interferometric Passive Atmosphere Sounder
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• VCP — Voluntary Cooperation Program (Equipment and Services) (UN)
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• GSRR — Ground Segment Requirements Review
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• AH — anterior horn
• ERMD — EPIC Radiation Monitor Detector
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• NDC — National Diving Council
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• RGA — RGS Grating Assembly
• CH — Channel Header
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment
• I&R — Instruction & Research
• ARIEL-5 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1974
• BUCHE — ButyrylCholine Estérase
• SUPARCO — Space of Upper Atmosphere Research Committee
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)

• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• BC — blast crisis
• MPU — Mission Planning Unit
• MRF — Met Office Research Flight
• RAE — RGS Analogue Electronics
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Procedures
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• UCO — UC Observatories
• DISC — optical media (CDs)
• APP — Abeta precursor protein
• APF — Attitude Parameter File
• SMHI — Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
• DLS — Division of Laboratory Services
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• BIO — Bedford Institute of Oceanography
• UM — Unified Model
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• NSTX — Neosaxitoxin
• GRO — Gamma-Ray Observatory
• AI — Adiposity Index
• AVR — Acute Vascular Rejection
• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• AP — Antimicrobial Peptides
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• NIPR — National Institute of Polar Research
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• VILSPA — Villafranca Station at Villafranca del Castillo, Spain
• TRC — The Research Corporation
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• CET — Central England Temperature
• LAMBADA — Large Scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazonia using Data Assimilation (BAHC/GEWEX)
• DP — Data Products
• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• SCSI — Small Computer Systems Interface, a common disc interface
• ODS — Operational Data Server
• ESIS — European Southern Observatory
• UVPI — Ultraviolet Plume Instrument
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
• OBS — On-Board Software
• SEC — Science Executive Committee of the IWG
• SHF — Short History File
• SOR — Standing Orders of the Regents
• CD — Cone Degeneration
• OTAC — Observing Time Allocation Committee
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer

• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• P/A — PreAmplifier
• BC — Binucleated Cells
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• AWD — Abdominal Wall Defects
• CA — common antigen
• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• CFHT — Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, on Mauna Kea
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• ASUC — Associated Students of the University of California
• EFSC — Eastern Food Science Conference
• MOC — XMM Mission Operation Centre
• ODE — Office of Device Evaluation
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• NISDN — Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• CA — Constitutively Active
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• IOTP — International Ozone Trands Panel
• CA — Children Age
• SOE — Security of Employment
• ICU — Instrument Controller Unit
• ESTEC — European Space TEchnical Center
• AS — autologous serum
• ACDS — Archival Catalogue and Database Subsystem
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• ITIR — Infrared Thermal Imaging Radiometer (renamed ASTER)
• RPC — RGS Power Converter
• DPI — Derived Product Imagery
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• ISVF — Instrument Validation Facility
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• MTSU — Middle Tennessee State University's
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• IPF — Immediate Parameter File
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• PGO — Principal Guest Observer
• ISI — Infrared Space Observatory
• METEOR — USSR Operational Weather Satellite

• EMSS — Einstein Medium Sensitivity Survey
• RGS — Reflection Grating Subsytem
• ISS — Integrated Switching System
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• CA — Candida albicans
• QLA — Quicklook Analysis
• PN — p-type/n-type semiconductor
• EPDU — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• TSTRP — Toxic Substance Research and Training Program
• OECA — Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• STSCI — Space Telescope Institute
• GSR — Graduate Student Researcher
• DPP — Digital Preprocessor
• UARC — University Affiliated Research Center
• HTRM — High Time Resolution Mode
• DENIS — Deep Near-Infra-red Survey
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• HTR — High Time Resolution
• SIO — Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
• PX — XMM Project
• ST-ECF — Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• CI — chromosomal instability
• MOD — Mission Operations Department
• HER — High Energy Resolution
• OBSW — On-Board Software
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation
• AK — activated killer
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• MMIC — Medical Manufacturers' Information Council
• CDS — Centre de Donnees Stellaires
• OPSNET — Operational Network
• EPOS — Enhanced Preferred Observation Schedule
• ASI — Advanced Study Institute (NATO)
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• SCARABE — Scanning Radiation Budget Experiment
• ICAS — Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senate
• UT-BATTELLE — University of Tennessee-Battelle
• ARSLOE — Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment
• CRF — Calibration Resource File
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• SDOH — SOC Data Operations Handbook
• ML — Maximum-Likelihood
• PBPK — Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic
• MSIM — Mirror Simulator
• PRARE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment

• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• COTF — Commission on the Future
• PMA — Premarket Application
• GT — Guaranteed Time
• HSPC — Human Subjects Protection Committee
• ERME — EPIC Radiation Monitor Electronics
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• TIMEX — Time Multiplexer
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
• CWS — Committee on World Standards
• OPIA — Optical Precision Instrument Associates
• RAPS — radiologists, anesthesiologists, and pathologists
• GSITT — Segment Integration and Test Team
• SDF — Slew Data File
• COR — Council of Research
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• NACD — National Association for Cave Diving
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflective Distribution Function
• EUCOMED — European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations
• LDRD — Laboratory-Directed Research and Development
• DOIT — Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN)
• TDF — Transaction Data File
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• TROPOZ — Tropospheric Ozone Expedition
• PHA — Pulse Height Amplitude
• EPVC — EPIC pn Low Voltage Converter Unit
• EHWD — Enhanced Hot Water Drill
• UER — University-Emeriti Relations Committee
• JOIDES — Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
• EMCH — EPIC MOS Focal Camera Head Unit
• XID — X-Ray Identification
• UCEI — UC Energy Institute
• PPG — Preliminary Planning Guide
• MD — Medium Frequency
• SIMBAD — Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data
• P&T — Privilege & Tenure Committee
• BD — Bone Density
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• UCOC — University Committee on Committees
• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• OSW — OM Science Window
• IDOH — Instrument Data Operations Handbook
• AMW-DB — Archive of Multi-Wavelength Data
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• RGIT — Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology
• VOB — Vertical Optical Branch

• ISS — Instrument Software System
• CARE — Cholesterol and Recurrent Events
• MMDB — Mirror Metrology Database
• CSI — Coastal Studies Institute (LSU)
• CA — Colanic Acid
• WIMP — Window, Icon, Menu and Pop-up
• SGS — Sequence Generation Subsystem
• TSU — Tennessee State University
• ACUNS — Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
• NEDU — Naval Experimental Diving Unit
• SOPH — SOC Operation Procedures Handbook
• CAL-ISI — California Institutes for Science & Innovation
• UWERN — University WEather Research Network
• VIRTEM — Validation of IASI Radiative Transfer: Experiments and Modelling
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File
• LEDPA — Least Environmental Damaging Plan Alternative
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• EUVE — Extreme Ultra-Violet Explorer
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)
• CVS — Concurrent Version System
• STD — Salinity/Temperature/Depth
• CIDC — Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection
• PERL — Interactive programming language available for Unix
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• EPEA — EPIC p-n Event Analyser
• AE — Effective Area
• SOVT — System Operations Validation Tests
• OM1 — OM Telescope Unit
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid
• BS — Binary Star
• DPS — Division of Planetary Science
• PI — Position Invariant
• CC — Cleavable Complex
• ISA — Institute for System Analysis
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• DAC — Digital to Analogue Conversion
• GRD — Government Relations Director
• LOS — Loss of Signal
• ASTERIX — X-Ray astronomy data analysis package for Starlink ADAM environment
• FTOOLS — FITS-based software utilities developed at GSFC
• SPE — Solar Proton Event
• SCIAMACHY — SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter For Atmospheric CHartographY
• CAR — Cytokinetic Actomyosin Ring
• EPCH — EPIC pn Focal Camera Head Unit
• SDM — SOC Development Manager
• SIP — Scientific Operations Centre Implementation Plan
• PMS — Payload Monitoring Subsystem
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• SPACON — Spacecraft Controller

• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• SSID — Survey Science Interface Document
• NWRI — National Water Research Institute (Canada)
• DCR — Dedicated Control Room
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• ICC — Intersegmental Coordinating Committee
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• USCOE — United States Corps of Engineers
• UCEAP — University Committee on Education Abroad Program
• CSM — Comprehensive System Model
• SASS — Standard Analysis Software System
• XSELECT — Data selection and binning tool, part of FTOOLS package
• URGENT — Urban ReGeneration and the ENvironmenT
• CD — Complete Deficiency
• SAT — Sulphuric Acid Tetrahydrate
• POCE — Pantone Open Color Environment
• TGEI — Tennessee Government Executive Institute
• CSIM — Cosmic Simulator
• EXSAS — Extended Scientific Analysis System
• SRAM — Sequential Random Access Memory
• BC — Branhamella catarrhalis
• PM — Protocol Machine
• SQHUW — Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• PIEAS — Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Appliead Sciences
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• CAN — California Articulation Number
• IPP — Instrument Programmable Parameter
• DPSST — Data Product Screening Software Team
• OSIM — OM Simulator
• ESOC — European Satellite Operation Centre
• EMCV — EPIC MOS Low Voltage Converter Unit
• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education
• MM — Mirror Model
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• BF — Bomb Factory
• PSF — Planning Skeleton File
• CRI — Committee on Research Initiatives
• AIMS — Australian Institute of Marine Science
• D-E — Dermoepidermal
• MA — Medical Alley
• UNIS — University Centre in Svalbard
• CCLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
• SSC — Survey Science Centre for XMM
• WCSJ — World Conference of Science Journalists
• OSF1 — Open Systems Foundation brand of Unix
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• MVCA — Minnesota Venture Capital Association
• NEFCO — Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
• SSD — Space Science Department

• MDR — Medical Device Reports
• SSRD — Specific Science Requirements Document
• CAT — Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
• AMS — Archive Management Subsystem
• SCIGETC — Science Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• SUTI — Sensitive but Unclassified Technical Information
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• PCS — Payload Calibration Subsystem
• ED — Event Designator
• ANRHRD — Air, Noise and Radiation Health Research Division
• XSPEC — X-Ray spectral analysis package, part of XANADU
• EPS — European Polar Satellite
• OM2 — OM Digital Electronics Unit
• ISDN — Switching Digital Network
• CC — Condensed chromatin
• POC — Panel of Counselors
• SPEVAL — Spacecraft Evaluation System
• AGO — automated geophysical observatories
• SPI — Spectrometer for INTEGRAL
• MA — Mirror Assembly
• SMT — Software Maintenance Team
• POS — Preferred Observation Schedule
• RTA — Real-Time Analysis
• MSSL — Mullard Space Science Laboratory, College London
• PPM — Position and Proper Motion
• XIMAGE — Image Display Package, part of XANADU
• SLATEC — Sanida Los Alamos Technical Exchange Committee
• DC — Detector Controller (DXS)
• CDT — Catalogues and Databases Team
• BC — Bovine Conglutinin
• BHTA — British Healthcare Trades Industry
• SMM — Stratosphere Mesosphere Model
• NAS — National Academy of the Sciences
• SA — Astrophysics Division
• PIER — Public Interest Energy Research Program
• UOSAT — University Of Surrey Satellite
• RRA — ROSAT Results Archive
• REACH — REmote Access to Circular History-files
• RSIM — RGS Simulator
• APM — Automatic Plate Measurement
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• SIRD — SOC Implementation Requirements Document
• COC — Committee on Committees
• WCPS — Women's Caucus for Political Science
• COC — Council of Chancellors
• CTTCA — California Technology Trade & Commerce Agency
• ALPTRAC — High Alpine Aerosol and Snow Chemistry Study (EUROTRAC)
• CPG — Calibration Proposal Generation
• PMU — Payload Monitoring Unit
• CFA — Centre for Astrophysics

• EARTHKAM — Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers
• CMS — Control & Monitoring System
• OSC — Offline Satellite Calibration
• CC — Classical Cytogenetic
• CCC — California Community Colleges
• ISI — Institute for Scientific Information
• PRF — Point Response Subsystem
• SOC — Science Operations Centre for XMM
• PHS — Proposal Handling Subsystem
• SD — Screening Device
• SFOM — SOC Facility Operations Manual
• DAP — Dual Admissions Program
• SCISIM — Science Simulator
• ODS — Observation Datafile Subsystem
• AIP — Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
• ICS — Instrument Command Sequence
• SIP — Short Implementation Plan
• SS — Survey Scientist for XMM
• BSM — Baseline Spectroscopy
• PST — Project Science Team
• SCC — Spacecraft Coordinates
• SIM — Simulation Section
• MP — Mission Planning

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