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• US — United States of America
• HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus I
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• LAN — Local Area Network
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• CMAP — Compound Muscle Action Potential
• MM — Millimeter
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• WWW — World Wide Web
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• A — Ampere
• ICD — Interface Control Document
• WHO — World Health Organization
• DBMS — Database Management System
• UCAAD — University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity
• ESA — European Space Agency
• QC — Quality Control
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• A BY E — Admission by Exception
• H2O2 — Hydrogen Peroxide
• CHF — Congestive Heart Failure
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• CD — Compact Disc
• AD — Atopic Dermatitis
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• CV — Curriculum Vitae
• CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• MB — Megabyte
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• CGI — Clinical Global Impression
• CS — Computer Science
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• CAIS — Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• AC — Alternating Current
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• TB — Tuberculosis
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory

• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• BTW — By The Way
• PT — Physical Therapy
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• DOT — Department of Transport
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• GO — Guest Observer
• CBC — Complete Blood Count
• ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
• IP — Internet Protocol
• DO — Dissolved Oxygen
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• CRS — Congressional Research Service
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• R&D — Research & Development
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• RF — Radio Frequency
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• AF — Air Force
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• NIEO — New International Economic Order
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• N2O5 — nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• MDCK — Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• IPY — International Polar Year

• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• EC — European Commission
• BFGF — Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• NM — Nanometer
• KG — Kilogram
• BMA — British Medical Association
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• CDF — Common Data Format
• POE — Point of Entry
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• A.K.A. — Also Known As
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• OP — Office of the President
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• CIN — Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• HV — High Voltage
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• BASDAI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker

• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• RTF — Return To Flight
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• NHLBI — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• SWT — Science Working Team
• GO — General Observer
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• RS — Remote Sensing
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• DC — Direct Current
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• RCS — Revision Control System
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• CH — Channel
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View

• VHF — Very High Frequency
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• ABA — American Bar Association
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• O3 — Ozone
• LF — Low Frequency
• DNS — Domain Name System
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• CRF — Case Report Form
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• APC — Activated Protein C
• CW — Continuous Wave
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• ND — NASA Document
• DCP — Defined Contribution Plan
• CD — Celiac Disease
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• API — Application Programming Interface
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• EM — Electromagnetic
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• W — Watt
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• HF — High Frequency
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• TB — Terabyte
• CDL — California Digital Library
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• RIXOS — ROSAT International X-Ray optical Survey
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• OPS — Operations
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite

• DEC — Declination
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• PS — PostScript
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• WG — Working Group
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• THR — Thrust
• PPM — parts per million
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• TM — Telemetry
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• CF — Cystic Fibrosis
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• SCR — Software Change Request
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe
• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth

• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• LE — Low Energy
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• ACF — Autocorrelation Function
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• HADCM — Hadley Center Model
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• O2 — Oxygen
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• CC — Combined Cycle
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• CE — Cholesterol Ester
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• FTE — Full Time Equivalent
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• E&CE — Electrical and Computer Engineering
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
• HE — High Energy
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

• E-LIDAR — Experimental LIDAR
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• HADRT — Hadley Center Radiosonde temperature
• AO — Acridine Orange
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• JD — Julian Day
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• VT — Visual Testing
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• UC — University of California
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System

• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• RAM — random-access memory
• DOC — Doctor
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• PS — Project Scientist
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• 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.")
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• EDAS — Eta Data Assimilation System
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• PM — Particulate Matter
• IR — Infrared
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• NRC — National Response Center
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• UT — University of Tennessee
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• UW — University of Washington
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• CCTV — Closed-circuit television
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• FY — Fiscal Year
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• RA — Right Ascension
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• GB — Gigabyte
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency

• CDM — Common Data Model
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• EOL — End Of Life
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• IA — Interactive
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• UT — Universal Time
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• CHB — congenital heart block
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• CC — Colon Cancer
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• AO — Agent Orange
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• BPS — bits per second
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• IC — Instrument Controller
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences

• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• P-N — Positive-Negative
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• AD — Applicable Document
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• ROI — Return on Investment
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• A3RI — Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• CG — Complementation Group
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• RD — Reference Document
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media

• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• AR — Aldose Reductase
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• BAEPS — Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• WEC — World Energy Council
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• I&T WG — Integration and Test Working Group
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• SI — Solar Influences
• XFDS — XMM Flight Dynamics System
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation

• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• CH — Cluster Headache
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• UCOLASC — University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• M — Million
• XIDT — X-Ray Identification Team
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• UCORP — University Committee on Research Policy
• XFTS — XMM File Transfer System
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• NCCLS — National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• AMA — American Medical Association
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network

• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• BAFME — Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• QM — Qualification Model
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• C — Centigrade
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• UCP&T — University Committee on Privilege and Tenure
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• EC — European Community
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• UCM-TF — University of California, Merced Task Force
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• C — Celsius
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• 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
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• OM — Optical Monitor

• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• DOS — United States Department of State
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• TC — Telecommand
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• LH — Labor-Hour
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• NIC — National Ice Center
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• UCR&J — University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide

• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• G — Gram (g)
• ISU — International Space University
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• UCMEXUS — UC Institute for Mexico and the United States
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• UCACCORD — UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• HALLIP — Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes (EUROTRAC)
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• RSS — root-sum-square
• BSI — British Standards Institution

• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• LHV — lower heating value
• BD — binding domain
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• NDA — New Drug Application
• DPU — data processing unit
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• BC — Breast Cancer
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• POS — Point of Service Plan
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• AL — Ad libitum
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• EC — executive committee
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• DO — Diving Officer
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• 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.
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome

• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• CL — Cleft Lip
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• GCC — Global Change Category
• DOF — Department of Finance
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• AI — Association Index
• BA — biliary atresia
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• AE — Adverse Event
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• BPI — bits per inch
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• GSM — Ground Segment Manager

• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• MUX — Multiplexer
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• AA — Ascorbic Acid
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• SVT — System Validation Test
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• SID — Structure Identifier
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)

• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• PD — Photo Diode
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• CB — cord blood
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• CC — corpus callosum
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• WFC — World Food Council
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney

• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• AK — acetate kinase
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• BA — benzoic acid
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• S/C — Spacecraft
• AL — annulate lamellae
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• CE — central element
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• CD — Chemistry Division
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite

• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• MB — Millibar(s)
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• CC — colorectal cancer
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• CD — cytochalasin D
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• AD — autistic disorder
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs

• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• MT — Measured Time
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• MSS — Mission Support System
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• S/W — Software
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons

• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• AP — arterial pressure
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• SCB — Software Control Board
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• AO — Amine Oxidase
• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• CH — chloral hydrate
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• AP — accelerated phase
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• MJD — Modified Julian Date

• DOY — Day of Year
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• AD — Agar Dilution
• CPI — characters per inch
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• AS — Active sleep
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• ID — IDentifier
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• V&V — Validation & Verification
• NH3 — Ammonia
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• PI — Principle Investigator
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• BAUD — one bit per second
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor

• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• CH — cystic hygroma
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• ASD — Atrial Septal Defect
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• CKI — casein kinase I
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• AB — Alcian Blue
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• ESL — English as a second language
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• CE — cornified envelope
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi

• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• AJ — adherens junction
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• DP — dermal papilla
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft

• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• FTS — File Transfer System
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• AHRQ — Agency for Health, Research, and Quality
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• CB — carotid body
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)

• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• AAP — amino acid permease
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• UNEX — University Extension
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• MSU — Memphis State University
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)

• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• QSR — Quality System Regulation
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• AEL — After Egg Laying

• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• CF — Culture fluid
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• ORS — Outer root sheath
• AE — anion exchanger
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• VIS — Visible
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• AO — Airway obstruction
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• CG — cortical granule
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• AD — axiodistal
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• PSU — power supply unit
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second

• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• PT — Pass-Through
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• MIR — Management Information Report
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• AY — Academic Year
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• MH — Message Handling
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center

• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• AAO — Age At Onset
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• IST — integrated systems test
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response
• AII — Angiotensin II
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• AD — After Disease
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• URD — User Requirements Document
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• AK — Arginine kinase
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute

• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• AR — apoptotic rate
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• AS — Alport syndrome
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• EE — End-to-End
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• CC — Cumulus cells
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• AGM — African green monkey
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)

• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• UEXT — University Extension
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• PMA — Premarket Application
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• TROPOZ — Tropospheric Ozone Expedition
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• NIR — Near Infrared
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• AHF — Attitude History File
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• FM — Frequency Modulator
• CFH — Complement Factor H
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens
• BC — breast carcinoma
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)

• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• IOTP — International Ozone Trands Panel
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• SEC — Science Executive Committee of the IWG
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• ODF — Observation Data File
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• WPD — War Plans Division
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia

• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• CM — complete mole
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• AO — active oxygen
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• ALPTRAC — High Alpine Aerosol and Snow Chemistry Study (EUROTRAC)
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission

• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• AI — allelic imbalance
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• UWERN — University WEather Research Network
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• PX — XMM Project
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• CET — Central England Temperature
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• ARSLOE — Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
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• GISST — Global sea Ice Coverage and Sea Surface Temperature
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• AS — Acid Succinate
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus

• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• AI — apoptotic index
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• CAT — Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• DPS — Division of Planetary Science
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• DU — Dobson Unit
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• DC — Detector Controller (DXS)
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• DST — Data Systems Test
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• VAN — Value-Added Network

• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• PBPK — Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• PIEAS — Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Appliead Sciences
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• AD — Affecting Disease
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• PCS — Payload Calibration Subsystem
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• MCR — Main Control Room
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• APP — Abeta precursor protein

• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• AN — accessory nuclei
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• SCARABE — Scanning Radiation Budget Experiment
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• AC — Academic Council
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• AH — anterior horn
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• NSTX — Neosaxitoxin
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System

• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• CM — Centimetre
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• GSITT — Segment Integration and Test Team
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• CC — Cell Counts
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• DWS — Division of Water Supply
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• SI — Systeme International
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• CI — Chromosome Index
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid

• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• EUCOMED — European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• IMG — Interferometric Monitor of Greenhouse Gases
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• AP — amyloid plaques
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• SAT — Sulphuric Acid Tetrahydrate
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit

• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• AF — activation function
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• CE — colony efficiency
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• MD — Medium Frequency
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• BC — Brain Cancer
• UARC — University Affiliated Research Center
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• VIRTEM — Validation of IASI Radiative Transfer: Experiments and Modelling
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• CRF — Calibration Resource File
• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment

• CFSS — common fragile sites
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• AE — Axial Element
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• SUPARCO — Space of Upper Atmosphere Research Committee
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• MDR — Medical Device Register
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• CF — colony formation
• JCEE — Joint Conference of EARMA and Euroscience
• BS — Binary Star
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• CH — Calponin homology
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• CH — Channel Header
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• ITIR — Infrared Thermal Imaging Radiometer (renamed ASTER)
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)

• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• AGT — average generation time
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• CSI — Coastal Studies Institute (LSU)
• CB — Ciliary Body
• MM — Mirror Model
• CM — contrast media
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• CRI — Committee on Research Initiatives
• AFM — Array File Maker
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• DISC — optical media (CDs)
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• HAACP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• TBW — To Be Written
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflective Distribution Function
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• COR — Committee on Research
• LAMBADA — Large Scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazonia using Data Assimilation (BAHC/GEWEX)
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• URGENT — Urban ReGeneration and the ENvironmenT
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• BD — Birth Defects
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• DB — Diversion Box
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• GSRR — Ground Segment Requirements Review
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• ERME — EPIC Radiation Monitor Electronics
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• USAEC — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• CL — chromosome loss
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• MOUT — Message Out
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• OSU — Oregon State University
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid

• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• XIMAGE — Image Display Package, part of XANADU
• METEOR — USSR Operational Weather Satellite
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• ER-2 — Earth Resources, #2
• OPIA — Optical Precision Instrument Associates
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• CC — Cellular Cycle
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• UM — Unified Model
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• CM — cisterna magna
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• CD — Cowden Disease
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• AI — Adiposity Index

• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• PM — Protocol Machine
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• AIMS — Australian Institute of Marine Science
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• TSTRP — Toxic Substance Research and Training Program
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• MRF — Met Office Research Flight
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• AS — alternative splicing
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• RAPS — radiologists, anesthesiologists, and pathologists
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• CFHT — Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, on Mauna Kea
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• CA — chromosome aberration
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• STR — Star TRacker
• DAP — Dual Admissions Program
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus

• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• SIP — Short Implementation Plan
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• AC — Amylose Content
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• UCEAP — University Committee on Education Abroad Program
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• OM1 — OM Telescope Unit
• TCP/IP — Networking Protocol used on Internet
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• HKD — Housekeeping Data
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• XID — X-Ray Identification
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• MOS — Metal Oxide Semi-conductor
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• APID — APPLICATION IDENTIFIER
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• EFSC — Eastern Food Science Conference
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment

• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• CD — Canavan disease
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• GRO — Gamma-Ray Observatory
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• CCM — Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• CA — Constitutively Active
• AH — Albumen Height
• UCR — University Of Costa Rica
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• PI — Position Invariant
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• ED — Energy Division
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• SSO — Solar System Object
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• PPG — Preliminary Planning Guide
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• NIPR — National Institute of Polar Research
• IGETC — Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• APU — Academic Program Unit
• ODS — Operational Data Server
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• CA — Children Age
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention

• HDU — Header Data Unit
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• CF — competence factor
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Procedures
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• EMDU — EPIC MOS Data Handling Unit
• PN — p-type/n-type semiconductor
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• GLI — Global Imager
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• CFA — colony forming assay
• SOR — Standing Orders of the Regents
• CC — complete chimerism
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• POWER — Program on Workable Energy Regulation
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• CA — Candida albicans
• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• ANDI — American Nitrox Divers Incorporated
• CM — Capillary malformation
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions

• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• MOC — XMM Mission Operation Centre
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• ECB — Educational Communications Board
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• WCPS — Women's Caucus for Political Science
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• RDF — Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• GRD — Government Relations Director
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• AK — activated killer
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• SMHI — Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• CCLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• TDF — Transaction Data File
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• TRC — The Research Corporation
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• CA — Colanic Acid
• CC — Carney complex
• COTF — Commission on the Future
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• EPIC — European Photon Imaging Camera
• AE — Effective Area
• POCE — Pantone Open Color Environment
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• XSPEC — X-Ray spectral analysis package, part of XANADU
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein

• SOVT — System Operations Validation Tests
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• NISDN — Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network
• RMF — Response Matrix File
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• SCIAMACHY — SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter For Atmospheric CHartographY
• AU — Activity Units
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• CAPSTRANS — Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• AR — adaptive response
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• TIMEX — Time Multiplexer
• RIS — reflector in space (laser beam adsorption, measures O3, CFCs, etc.)
• NEFCO — Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
• EMCR — EPIC MOS Control,Event Analyzer and Recognition Unit
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• AIP — Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
• EPCS — EPIC pn Camera System
• PPM — Position and Proper Motion
• ESIS — European Southern Observatory
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• SIO — Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
• CD — circular dichroic
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• NDC — National Diving Council
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• DXRB — Diffuse X-Ray Background
• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• ESOC — European Satellite Operation Centre
• UCOC — University Committee on Committees
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• SMM — Stratosphere Mesosphere Model
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• GEMS — Great Expectations in Math & Science Program
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• CD — Congenital Defects
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• ICB — Instrument Control Bus
• VLA — Very Large Array
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics

• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• CORP — Corporation
• SDF — Slew Data File
• DSWM — Division of Solid Waste Management
• SCIGETC — Science Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• CI — chromosomal instability
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• AVR — Acute Vascular Rejection
• CWS — Committee on World Standards
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• UKMO — United Kingdom Meteorological Office
• EPDU — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• AWD — Abdominal Wall Defects
• LU — Leicester University
• SOE — Security of Employment
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• CF — culture filtrate
• CC — Cleavable Complex
• BD — Bone Density
• UT-K — University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• SSD — Space Science Department
• POC — Panel of Counselors
• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• AGO — automated geophysical observatories
• MOHSST — Met Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• CE — cellular extract
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• HER — High Energy Resolution
• DCR — Dedicated Control Room
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• ASUC — Associated Students of the University of California
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Plan
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• PERL — Interactive programming language available for Unix
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• LDRD — Laboratory-Directed Research and Development
• MMDB — Mirror Metrology Database

• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• ESTEC — European Space TEchnical Center
• OTAC — Observing Time Allocation Committee
• BF — Bomb Factory
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies
• ICC — Intersegmental Coordinating Committee
• EUVE — Extreme Ultra-Violet Explorer
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• RA — Research Assistant
• MIPAS — Michelson Interferometric Passive Atmosphere Sounder
• SHF — Short History File
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• DENIS — Deep Near-Infra-red Survey
• ACUNS — Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• ANRHRD — Air, Noise and Radiation Health Research Division
• EPOS — Enhanced Preferred Observation Schedule
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• POS — Preferred Observation Schedule
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• AM — Affected Male
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• HED — High Energy Detector
• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• CE — clonal evolution
• CANSO — California Articulation Number System Office
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• DP — Data Products
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• EMCH — EPIC MOS Focal Camera Head Unit
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• XSELECT — Data selection and binning tool, part of FTOOLS package
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• BSM — Baseline Spectroscopy
• H/K — Housekeeping
• UER — University-Emeriti Relations Committee
• ISSP — Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy
• UNIS — University Centre in Svalbard
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon

• DOIT — Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN)
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• CSM — Comprehensive System Model
• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• DPI — Derived Product Imagery
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• SIMBAD — Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• BIO — Bedford Institute of Oceanography
• UCEI — UC Energy Institute
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• ASI — Advanced Study Institute (NATO)
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• PHA — Pulse Height Amplitude
• RTA — Real-Time Analysis