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

• XIDT — X-Ray Identification Team
• UCM-TF — University of California, Merced Task Force
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• BTW — By The Way
• XFTS — XMM File Transfer System
• XFDS — XMM Flight Dynamics System
• UCR&J — University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
• UCP&T — University Committee on Privilege and Tenure
• RF — Radio Frequency
• UCMEXUS — UC Institute for Mexico and the United States
• P-N — Positive-Negative
• BAFME — Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• A3RI — Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
• WHO — World Health Organization
• WWW — World Wide Web
• QC — Quality Control
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• I&T WG — Integration and Test Working Group
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• UCACCORD — UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination
• IP — Internet Protocol
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• AD — autistic disorder
• HALLIP — Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes (EUROTRAC)
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• AC — Alternating Current
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• NIEO — New International Economic Order
• PPM — parts per million
• CAIS — Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• W — Watt
• ESA — European Space Agency
• FTE — Full Time Equivalent
• GO — General Observer
• CGI — Clinical Global Impression
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• CV — Curriculum Vitae
• DBMS — Database Management System
• CD — Compact Disc
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol

• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• DOT — Department of Transport
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• CBC — Complete Blood Count
• R&D — Research & Development
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• RIXOS — ROSAT International X-Ray optical Survey
• CC — Colon Cancer
• MB — Megabyte
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• ACF — Autocorrelation Function
• CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
• CS — Computer Science
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• CIN — Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• MDCK — Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
• BFGF — Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• TB — Tuberculosis
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• API — Application Programming Interface
• BASDAI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• NCCLS — National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• CRS — Congressional Research Service
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• EC — European Commission
• PT — Physical Therapy
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit

• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• RAM — random-access memory
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• AF — Air Force
• CCTV — Closed-circuit television
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• DCP — Defined Contribution Plan
• POE — Point of Entry
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• KG — Kilogram
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• ABA — American Bar Association
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform

• DNS — Domain Name System
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• NM — Nanometer
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• O3 — Ozone
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• DC — Direct Current
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• EOL — End Of Life
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• GO — Guest Observer
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• BMA — British Medical Association
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• CRF — Case Report Form
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• FY — Fiscal Year
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• GCM — General Circulation Model

• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• ROI — Return on Investment
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• RCS — Revision Control System
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• PS — PostScript
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• CDF — Common Data Format
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• 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.
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• CW — Continuous Wave
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• IPY — International Polar Year
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• HV — High Voltage
• LF — Low Frequency
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• EM — Electromagnetic
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)

• SPR — Software Problem Report
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• AMA — American Medical Association
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• SCB — Software Control Board
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• HF — High Frequency
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• GB — Gigabyte
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• 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
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• OP — Office of the President
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency

• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• CH — Channel
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• TB — Terabyte
• IR — Infrared
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• WG — Working Group
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• RS — Remote Sensing
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• 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.")

• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• BPS — bits per second
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• DOC — Doctor
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• CD — Celiac Disease
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite
• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• APC — Activated Protein C
• ND — NASA Document
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• C — Centigrade
• RTF — Return To Flight
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• NRC — National Response Center

• DEC — Declination
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• CC — Combined Cycle
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• SWT — Science Working Team
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• THR — Thrust
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• CDL — California Digital Library
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite
• CE — Cholesterol Ester
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia

• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• M — Million
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• AO — Acridine Orange
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• POS — Point of Service Plan
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• SCR — Software Change Request
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• PM — Particulate Matter
• O2 — Oxygen
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas

• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• HE — High Energy
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• UC — University of California
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• TM — Telemetry
• LE — Low Energy
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease

• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• CHB — congenital heart block
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• JD — Julian Day
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• VT — Visual Testing
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)

• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• C — Celsius
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• CDM — Common Data Model
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• EC — European Community
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• IA — Interactive
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• ESL — English as a second language
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• G — Gram (g)
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences

• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• IC — Instrument Controller
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• WFC — World Food Council
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• AR — Aldose Reductase
• LHV — lower heating value
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• ISU — International Space University
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• UW — University of Washington
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• RA — Right Ascension
• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• RD — Reference Document
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory

• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• UT — Universal Time
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• CG — Complementation Group
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• DOS — United States Department of State
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• UT — University of Tennessee
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• AO — Agent Orange
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• AE — Adverse Event
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• AD — Applicable Document
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• PS — Project Scientist

• DPU — data processing unit
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• AL — Ad libitum
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• CPI — characters per inch
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute

• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• BC — Breast Cancer
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• WEC — World Energy Council
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• CH — Cluster Headache
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• URD — User Requirements Document
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons

• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• AB — Alcian Blue
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• NDA — New Drug Application
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• BPI — bits per inch
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• CKII — Casein Kinase II

• GPC — Global Processing Center
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• TC — Telecommand
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• AAO — Age At Onset
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• SI — Solar Influences
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska

• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• DOY — Day of Year
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• RSS — root-sum-square
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• CCM — Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• CC — corpus callosum
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• AL — annulate lamellae
• AI — Association Index
• NIC — National Ice Center
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• QM — Qualification Model

• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• LH — Labor-Hour
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• EC — executive committee
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• PSU — power supply unit
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• ID — IDentifier
• CFH — Complement Factor H
• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• S/W — Software

• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• CFA — colony forming assay
• MSS — Mission Support System
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• CKI — casein kinase I
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute

• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• BA — benzoic acid
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• CB — cord blood
• CL — Cleft Lip
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• DO — Diving Officer

• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• OM — Optical Monitor
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• BD — binding domain
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• MB — Millibar(s)
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• BA — biliary atresia
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• AP — arterial pressure
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• AAP — amino acid permease
• AJ — adherens junction
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• AK — acetate kinase

• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• CD — Chemistry Division
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• AII — Angiotensin II
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• GCC — Global Change Category
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project

• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• AE — anion exchanger
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• AY — Academic Year
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• SVT — System Validation Test
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• AO — Amine Oxidase
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• CC — colorectal cancer
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction

• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• CM — complete mole
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• CE — central element
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• FTS — File Transfer System
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• DOF — Department of Finance
• CE — cornified envelope
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation

• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• AO — Airway obstruction
• CH — cystic hygroma
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• CG — cortical granule
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• CDS — commonly deleted segment

• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• S/C — Spacecraft
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• AD — axiodistal
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• AO — active oxygen
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• AD — Agar Dilution
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences

• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• CD — cytochalasin D
• AP — accelerated phase
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• AF — activation function
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• SID — Structure Identifier
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• MIR — Management Information Report
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)

• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• VIS — Visible
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• CH — chloral hydrate
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)

• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• AHF — Attitude History File
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• AE — Axial Element
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• CF — Correction Factor
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• CB — Ciliary Body
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco

• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• PD — Photo Diode
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• PI — Principle Investigator
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• CC — congenital cataract
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• MOUT — Message Out
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer

• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• BC — breast carcinoma
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• UNEX — University Extension
• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• NIR — Near Infrared
• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• AK — Arginine kinase
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• AS — Alport syndrome
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• MT — Measured Time
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• CM — Capillary malformation
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• AP — amyloid plaques
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class

• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• GLI — Global Imager
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• AR — apoptotic rate
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• NH3 — Ammonia
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• CH — Calponin homology
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• V&V — Validation & Verification
• AGM — African green monkey
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses

• CM — contrast media
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• EE — End-to-End
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• BAUD — one bit per second
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• BC — Brain Cancer
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis

• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• DU — Dobson Unit
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• CC — Carney complex
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• AR — adaptive response
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst

• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• CB — carotid body
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• AGT — average generation time
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial

• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• AAU — Association of African Universities
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• CD — Canavan disease
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• AS — alternative splicing
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars

• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• AD — After Disease
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• AN — accessory nuclei
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• STR — Star TRacker
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• AI — Adiposity Index
• MH — Message Handling

• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• CF — colony formation
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• CF — culture filtrate
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• CI — Chromosome Index
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• DP — dermal papilla
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• CL — chromosome loss
• AS — Active sleep
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• AK — Adenosine Kinase

• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• ED — Energy Division
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• ORS — Outer root sheath
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• CA — chromosome aberration
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• VAN — Value-Added Network
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• AI — allelic imbalance
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• IST — integrated systems test
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum

• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• AI — apoptotic index
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• QSR — Quality System Regulation
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• RA — Research Assistant
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• DST — Data Systems Test
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• CF — Culture fluid
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)

• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• AH — anterior horn
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• AC — Academic Council
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• MCR — Main Control Room
• COR — Committee on Research
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• CD — Congenital Defects
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• DWS — Division of Water Supply
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder

• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• CA — Candida albicans
• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• MSU — Memphis State University
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• AS — Acid Succinate
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• FM — Frequency Modulator
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• VLA — Very Large Array
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner

• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• CD — Cowden Disease
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• LCLIYMUUCADULFW.S — le cock la in your mouth until u choke and die u lazy fucking whore. slut
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• CE — cellular extract
• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• CM — Centimetre
• PI — Position Invariant
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• CC — Cumulus cells
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• UEXT — University Extension
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface

• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• CM — cisterna magna
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• PT — Pass-Through
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• CC — complete chimerism
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• CC — Cell Counts
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic

• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• CE — colony efficiency
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• APP — Abeta precursor protein
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• AFM — Array File Maker

• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• AD — Affecting Disease
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• CE — clonal evolution
• AK — activated killer
• BC — blast crisis
• AM — Affected Male
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• CET — Central England Temperature
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• PMA — Premarket Application
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• AH — Albumen Height
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• CD — circular dichroic
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• CI — centromeric index
• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• CA — Children Age
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments

• AS — Aldosterone Synthase
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• CORP — Corporation
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• DPU — digital processing unit
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• BC — Binucleated Cells
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• CA — Colanic Acid
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature

• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• CA — Constitutively Active
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• BA — Bone Age
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• BD — Birth Defects
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• WPD — War Plans Division
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• AE — Effective Area
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• CF — competence factor
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• CC — Cleavable Complex
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
• AU — Atomic Units
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma

• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• CD — Crohn disease
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• OSU — Oregon State University
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• DP — Data Products
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• ODF — Observation Data File
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• PX — XMM Project
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• CH — Channel Header
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• GSITT — Segment Integration and Test Team
• CC — Condensed chromatin
• SUPARCO — Space of Upper Atmosphere Research Committee
• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education
• AS — autologous serum

• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• DB — Diversion Box
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• AC — Amylose Content
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• GCF — Ground Calibration File
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• CI — cardiac involvement
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• CC — Cellular Cycle
• SSO — Solar System Object
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• SI — Systeme International
• CRF — Calibration Resource File
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• VIRTEM — Validation of IASI Radiative Transfer: Experiments and Modelling
• ARSLOE — Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File
• BD — Bone Density
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)

• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• ISI — Infrared Space Observatory
• DPS — Division of Planetary Science
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• CCM — community climate model
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation
• CRI — Committee on Research Initiatives
• IOSDL — Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)
• CANSO — California Articulation Number System Office
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• STG — Steering Group
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Procedures
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• UCEAP — University Committee on Education Abroad Program
• CDS — Centre de Donnees Stellaires
• PIEAS — Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Appliead Sciences
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• ANO — Any Other
• CFHT — Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, on Mauna Kea
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• DENIS — Deep Near-Infra-red Survey
• TROPOZ — Tropospheric Ozone Expedition
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• JOIDES — Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• ST-ECF — Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• UM — Unified Model
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• UWERN — University WEather Research Network

• MD — Medium Frequency
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• PMS — Payload Monitoring Subsystem
• GRO — Gamma-Ray Observatory
• GISST — Global sea Ice Coverage and Sea Surface Temperature
• TIMEX — Time Multiplexer
• IOTP — International Ozone Trands Panel
• PPM — Position and Proper Motion
• MODIS-N — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Nadir
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• OPIA — Optical Precision Instrument Associates
• MOHSST — Met Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• CAT — Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• ER-2 — Earth Resources, #2
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• NIPR — National Institute of Polar Research
• SPEVAL — Spacecraft Evaluation System
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• SOR — Standing Orders of the Regents
• BF — Bomb Factory
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• CVS — Concurrent Version System
• PM — Protocol Machine
• AMS — Archive Management Subsystem
• HED — High Energy Detector
• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• BC — Branhamella catarrhalis
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflective Distribution Function
• CA — common antigen
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• AIMS — Australian Institute of Marine Science
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• TSTRP — Toxic Substance Research and Training Program
• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• DPI — Derived Product Imagery
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• PBPK — Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic
• EUCOMED — European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations
• AU — Activity Units
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• EFSC — Eastern Food Science Conference

• USAEC — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• MEV — mega electron volts
• ALPTRAC — High Alpine Aerosol and Snow Chemistry Study (EUROTRAC)
• NIES — National Institute For Environmental Studies (Japan)
• UCR — University Of Costa Rica
• MTSU — Middle Tennessee State University's
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• SCARABE — Scanning Radiation Budget Experiment
• AVR — Acute Vascular Rejection
• HC — Heater Controller
• CC — Classical Cytogenetic
• JCEE — Joint Conference of EARMA and Euroscience
• CI — chromosomal instability
• BS — Binary Star
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• EPCS — EPIC pn Camera System
• UCOC — University Committee on Committees
• SEC — Science Executive Committee of the IWG
• METEOR — USSR Operational Weather Satellite
• IGETC — Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• SHF — Short History File