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

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

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

• WWW — World Weather Watch
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• PT — Physical Therapy
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• POE — Point of Entry
• NM — Nanometer
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• FY — Fiscal Year
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• EOL — End Of Life
• DNS — Domain Name System
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• AF — Air Force
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• ABA — American Bar Association
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• O3 — Ozone
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• DC — Direct Current
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)

• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• KG — Kilogram
• ROI — Return on Investment
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• AMA — American Medical Association
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• CRF — Case Report Form
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• PS — PostScript
• 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.
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• CDF — Common Data Format
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• 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
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• BMA — British Medical Association
• EM — Electromagnetic
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• URD — User Requirements Document
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• GO — Guest Observer
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• RCS — Revision Control System
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• CW — Continuous Wave
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• LF — Low Frequency
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• DOL — United States Department of Labor

• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• HV — High Voltage
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• SCB — Software Control Board
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• IPY — International Polar Year
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• DOC — Doctor
• 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.")
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal

• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• GB — Gigabyte
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• HF — High Frequency
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• IR — Infrared
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• BPS — bits per second
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• C — Centigrade
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• POS — Point of Service Plan
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• NRC — National Response Center
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System

• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• TB — Terabyte
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• M — Million
• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• CC — Combined Cycle
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• WG — Working Group
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• OP — Office of the President
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• CH — Channel
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.

• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• RS — Remote Sensing
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• CD — Celiac Disease
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• PM — Particulate Matter
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• RTF — Return To Flight
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite
• MCP — Microchannel Plate

• SWT — Science Working Team
• DEC — Declination
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• APC — Activated Protein C
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• ND — NASA Document
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• AO — Acridine Orange
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• CE — Cholesterol Ester
• CDL — California Digital Library
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• SCR — Software Change Request
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• ESL — English as a second language
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• THR — Thrust
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• WFC — World Food Council
• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance

• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• UC — University of California
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• O2 — Oxygen
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• LHV — lower heating value

• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• EC — European Community
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• LE — Low Energy
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• HE — High Energy
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• C — Celsius
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation

• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• CHB — congenital heart block
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• TM — Telemetry
• ISU — International Space University
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• G — Gram (g)
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma

• NOS — National Ocean Service
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• JD — Julian Day
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• VT — Visual Testing
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• CDM — Common Data Model
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor

• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• DOS — United States Department of State
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• AE — Adverse Event
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• IA — Interactive
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• AL — Ad libitum
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• DPU — data processing unit
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar

• RD — Reference Document
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• UW — University of Washington
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• RA — Right Ascension
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• AR — Aldose Reductase
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• CG — Complementation Group
• IC — Instrument Controller
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• S/W — Software
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• NDA — New Drug Application
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• AD — Applicable Document
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block

• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• UT — Universal Time
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• CPI — characters per inch
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• AO — Agent Orange
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• UT — University of Tennessee
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• BC — Breast Cancer
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica

• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• PS — Project Scientist
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• WEC — World Energy Council
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• CCM — Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
• BPI — bits per inch
• AB — Alcian Blue
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage

• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• CH — Cluster Headache
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• RSS — root-sum-square
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment

• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• AAO — Age At Onset
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• SI — Solar Influences
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• TC — Telecommand
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• CKI — casein kinase I
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• NIC — National Ice Center
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite

• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• DOY — Day of Year
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• EC — executive committee
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• AY — Academic Year
• CFA — colony forming assay
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• AI — Association Index
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association

• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• PSU — power supply unit
• AL — annulate lamellae
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• ID — IDentifier
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• QM — Qualification Model
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• CC — corpus callosum
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• CFH — Complement Factor H
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging

• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• LH — Labor-Hour
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• MSS — Mission Support System
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• MB — Millibar(s)
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen

• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• CL — Cleft Lip
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• CB — cord blood

• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• BA — benzoic acid
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• AII — Angiotensin II
• OM — Optical Monitor
• BD — binding domain
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• AP — arterial pressure
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter

• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• BA — biliary atresia
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• FTS — File Transfer System
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• GCC — Global Change Category
• DOF — Department of Finance
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• AAP — amino acid permease
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• NIR — Near Infrared
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• AO — Amine Oxidase
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• TA — Teaching Assistant

• CM — complete mole
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• AK — acetate kinase
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• CD — Chemistry Division
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• DO — Diving Officer
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• CE — cornified envelope
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• AJ — adherens junction
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• CC — colorectal cancer
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus

• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• AE — anion exchanger
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• SVT — System Validation Test
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum

• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• MIR — Management Information Report
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• CH — cystic hygroma
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• CG — cortical granule
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

• SEU — Single Event Upset
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• CE — central element
• RA — Research Assistant
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• AD — Agar Dilution
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International
• PI — Principle Investigator
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• AO — Airway obstruction
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• AD — axiodistal
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)

• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• AF — activation function
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• S/C — Spacecraft
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• AE — Axial Element
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• CC — congenital cataract
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell

• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• AO — active oxygen
• AP — accelerated phase
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• AP — amyloid plaques
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• SID — Structure Identifier
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• CD — cytochalasin D
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program

• AGM — African green monkey
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• VIS — Visible
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• AHF — Attitude History File
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• VAN — Value-Added Network
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• CF — Correction Factor
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• DU — Dobson Unit
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• UNEX — University Extension
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• CB — Ciliary Body
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• GLI — Global Imager
• CMS — Configuration Management System

• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• AK — Arginine kinase
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• AR — adaptive response
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• NH3 — Ammonia
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• CH — Calponin homology
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• CH — chloral hydrate
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute

• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• AS — Alport syndrome
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• EE — End-to-End
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second

• UH — University of Heidelberg
• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• CC — Carney complex
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• BC — breast carcinoma
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• PD — Photo Diode
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• MOUT — Message Out
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• QSR — Quality System Regulation
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• AR — apoptotic rate
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• CF — Culture fluid
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• AGT — average generation time
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute

• AM — Admixture Mapping
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• CM — contrast media
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• V&V — Validation & Verification
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• BAUD — one bit per second
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• DWS — Division of Water Supply

• CF — colony formation
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• CF — culture filtrate
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• MT — Measured Time
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• CM — Capillary malformation
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• AN — accessory nuclei
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• CD — Canavan disease
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• BC — Brain Cancer
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder

• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• CD — Congenital Defects
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• CB — carotid body
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• AD — After Disease
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• AS — Active sleep
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• CL — chromosome loss

• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• ED — Energy Division
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• AI — Adiposity Index
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• AAU — Association of African Universities
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom

• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• AS — Acid Succinate
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• AI — apoptotic index
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• DST — Data Systems Test
• CI — Chromosome Index
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• AS — alternative splicing
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• DP — dermal papilla
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• CDC — Cell Division Control

• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• CE — colony efficiency
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• CD — Cowden Disease
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• MH — Message Handling
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera

• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• STR — Star TRacker
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• FM — Frequency Modulator
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• AI — allelic imbalance
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• MSU — Memphis State University
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• AC — Academic Council
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• PI — Position Invariant
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat

• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• AH — anterior horn
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• CM — cisterna magna
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• IST — integrated systems test
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• ORS — Outer root sheath

• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• CA — chromosome aberration
• CA — Candida albicans
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
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• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• MCR — Main Control Room
• COR — Committee on Research
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• CM — Centimetre
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• VLA — Very Large Array
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer

• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• MEV — mega electron volts
• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• CC — complete chimerism
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• UEXT — University Extension
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• CET — Central England Temperature
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• AU — Atomic Units
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• BA — Bone Age
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment

• CI — centromeric index
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• CC — Cumulus cells
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• CE — cellular extract
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• AD — Affecting Disease
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• AFM — Array File Maker
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• CE — clonal evolution
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• CD — Crohn disease
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• PT — Pass-Through
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• CD — circular dichroic
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• CA — Constitutively Active
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• OSU — Oregon State University
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• ODF — Observation Data File

• CC — Cellular Cycle
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• CF — competence factor
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• EMDU — EPIC MOS Data Handling Unit
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• BC — blast crisis
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• CA — Colanic Acid
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester

• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• AH — Albumen Height
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• CC — Cell Counts
• MDR — Medical Device Register
• WPD — War Plans Division
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• CA — Children Age
• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• AS — autologous serum
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• AM — Affected Male
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• BD — Birth Defects
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• APP — Abeta precursor protein

• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• AE — Effective Area
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• DPU — digital processing unit
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase
• SI — Systeme International
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• ANO — Any Other
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• CORP — Corporation
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries

• HAACP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• DP — Data Products
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• AK — activated killer
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• DB — Diversion Box
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• SSO — Solar System Object
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• CH — Channel Header
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• CC — Cleavable Complex
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• GCF — Ground Calibration File

• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• PMA — Premarket Application
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• BC — Binucleated Cells
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• POSS II — Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, second version
• PX — XMM Project
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• CC — Condensed chromatin
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• CCM — community climate model
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
• UCR — University Of Costa Rica
• MTSU — Middle Tennessee State University's
• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• CI — cardiac involvement
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• UM — Unified Model
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• CVS — Concurrent Version System
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• STG — Steering Group
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites

• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• BD — Bone Density
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education
• IFS — SSC-SOC Interface Sub-system
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• HED — High Energy Detector
• BC — Branhamella catarrhalis
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• UWERN — University WEather Research Network
• UCEAP — University Committee on Education Abroad Program
• TRC — The Research Corporation
• IBIS — Image on-Board INTEGRAL Spacecraft
• TCP/IP — Networking Protocol used on Internet
• AC — Amylose Content
• LSU — Louisana State University
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• SPACON — Spacecraft Controller
• AU — Activity Units
• CRF — Calibration Resource File
• IOTP — International Ozone Trands Panel
• USAEC — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• PHA — Pulse Height Amplitude
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• SUPARCO — Space of Upper Atmosphere Research Committee
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• ISI — Infrared Space Observatory
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)

• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• STC — Steering Committee
• CTS — Committee on Teaching of Science
• AMS — Archive Management Subsystem
• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• CI — chromosomal instability
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• VCP — Voluntary Cooperation Program (Equipment and Services) (UN)
• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• CRI — Committee on Research Initiatives
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• BF — Bomb Factory
• IOSDL — Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• TBW — To Be Written
• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• MOS — Metal Oxide Semi-conductor
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• MD — Medium Frequency
• CDS — Centre de Donnees Stellaires
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• ECB — Educational Communications Board
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• VIRTEM — Validation of IASI Radiative Transfer: Experiments and Modelling
• ARSLOE — Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment
• GRO — Gamma-Ray Observatory
• GISST — Global sea Ice Coverage and Sea Surface Temperature
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
• EFSC — Eastern Food Science Conference
• ERM — EPIC Radiation Monitor
• ER-2 — Earth Resources, #2
• NIES — National Institute For Environmental Studies (Japan)
• GSITT — Segment Integration and Test Team
• UCOC — University Committee on Committees
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
• CAT — Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
• DPS — Division of Planetary Science
• ST-ECF — Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid

• OOA — Object-Oriented Analysis
• ISIM — Instrument Simulator
• TSTRP — Toxic Substance Research and Training Program
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• AWD — Abdominal Wall Defects
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Procedures
• HC — Heater Controller
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• AIMS — Australian Institute of Marine Science
• OPIA — Optical Precision Instrument Associates
• CSI — Coastal Studies Institute (LSU)
• RAID — Redundant of Inexpensive Discs
• PIEAS — Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Appliead Sciences
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• EUCOMED — European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations
• NIPR — National Institute of Polar Research
• TROPOZ — Tropospheric Ozone Expedition
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation
• CHF — Calibration History File
• SOR — Standing Orders of the Regents
• ISVF — Instrument Validation Facility
• PM — Protocol Machine
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