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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
• AD — Atopic Dermatitis
• E-LIDAR — Experimental LIDAR
• AA — Ascorbic Acid
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• AHRQ — Agency for Health, Research, and Quality
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• H2O2 — Hydrogen Peroxide
• A BY E — Admission by Exception
• DO — Dissolved Oxygen
• OPS — Operations
• MM — Millimeter
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• UCAAD — University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• RDF — Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
• CMAP — Compound Muscle Action Potential
• MUX — Multiplexer
• ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• NHLBI — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• N2O5 — nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• ASD — Atrial Septal Defect
• BAEPS — Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• A — Ampere
• ICD — Interface Control Document
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• A.K.A. — Also Known As
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• HADCM — Hadley Center Model
• RF — Radio Frequency
• BTW — By The Way
• WWW — World Wide Web

• WHO — World Health Organization
• E&CE — Electrical and Computer Engineering
• HADRT — Hadley Center Radiosonde temperature
• AD — autistic disorder
• QC — Quality Control
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• UCOLASC — University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication
• XFDS — XMM Flight Dynamics System
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• IP — Internet Protocol
• XFTS — XMM File Transfer System
• P-N — Positive-Negative
• UCM-TF — University of California, Merced Task Force
• XIDT — X-Ray Identification Team
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• BAFME — Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• AC — Alternating Current
• UCR&J — University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• UCP&T — University Committee on Privilege and Tenure
• CAIS — Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• UCORP — University Committee on Research Policy
• NIEO — New International Economic Order
• UCMEXUS — UC Institute for Mexico and the United States
• A3RI — Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
• W — Watt
• I&T WG — Integration and Test Working Group
• ESA — European Space Agency
• GO — General Observer
• PPM — parts per million
• FTE — Full Time Equivalent
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• HALLIP — Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes (EUROTRAC)
• DBMS — Database Management System
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• CGI — Clinical Global Impression
• CD — Compact Disc
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• UCACCORD — UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination
• CV — Curriculum Vitae
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• CC — Colon Cancer
• CBC — Complete Blood Count

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

• NCCLS — National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• AF — Air Force
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• RAM — random-access memory
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• CCTV — Closed-circuit television
• POE — Point of Entry
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• DCP — Defined Contribution Plan
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• KG — Kilogram
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• ABA — American Bar Association
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• CBD — Common Bile Duct

• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• O3 — Ozone
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• NM — Nanometer
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• GO — Guest Observer
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• DNS — Domain Name System
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• DC — Direct Current
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• BMA — British Medical Association
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• EOL — End Of Life
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
• CRF — Case Report Form
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• RCS — Revision Control System

• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• CDF — Common Data Format
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• IPY — International Polar Year
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• FY — Fiscal Year
• CW — Continuous Wave
• ROI — Return on Investment
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• PS — PostScript
• HV — High Voltage
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• 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.
• LF — Low Frequency
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• EM — Electromagnetic
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder

• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• HF — High Frequency
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• GB — Gigabyte
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• OP — Office of the President
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• CH — Channel
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• AMA — American Medical Association
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite

• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• TB — Terabyte
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• IR — Infrared
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• WG — Working Group
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• RS — Remote Sensing
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association

• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• BPS — bits per second
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• APC — Activated Protein C
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• 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
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• RTF — Return To Flight
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• CD — Celiac Disease
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• 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.")
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• DOC — Doctor
• ND — NASA Document
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• SWT — Science Working Team
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• THR — Thrust
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview

• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• CDL — California Digital Library
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• DEC — Declination
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• NRC — National Response Center
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• C — Centigrade
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CC — Combined Cycle
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe

• AO — Acridine Orange
• CE — Cholesterol Ester
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• O2 — Oxygen
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• SCR — Software Change Request
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• M — Million
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation

• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas
• PM — Particulate Matter
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• HE — High Energy
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• TM — Telemetry
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• UC — University of California
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• POS — Point of Service Plan
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• LE — Low Energy
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• CHB — congenital heart block
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• VT — Visual Testing
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• CDM — Common Data Model
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• JD — Julian Day
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• ALT — Radar Altimeter

• C — Celsius
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• SCB — Software Control Board
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• G — Gram (g)
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• IC — Instrument Controller
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• AR — Aldose Reductase
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• IA — Interactive
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment

• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• RA — Right Ascension
• RD — Reference Document
• EC — European Community
• UW — University of Washington
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• UT — Universal Time
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• CG — Complementation Group
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• DOS — United States Department of State
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• AO — Agent Orange
• ISU — International Space University
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• STI — Steel Tank Institute

• CON — Certificate Of Need
• ESL — English as a second language
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• UT — University of Tennessee
• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• LHV — lower heating value
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• AD — Applicable Document
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• PS — Project Scientist
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• WFC — World Food Council
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• AE — Adverse Event
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• DPU — data processing unit
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• AL — Ad libitum
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• CH — Cluster Headache
• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• WEC — World Energy Council
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• SPP — Solar Physics Payload

• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• CPI — characters per inch
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• URD — User Requirements Document
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• NDA — New Drug Application

• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• BC — Breast Cancer
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• TTA — Time to Apogee
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• AB — Alcian Blue
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• AAO — Age At Onset
• SI — Solar Influences
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• TC — Telecommand
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope

• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• BPI — bits per inch
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist

• RSS — root-sum-square
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• QM — Qualification Model
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• CC — corpus callosum
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• AL — annulate lamellae
• AI — Association Index
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• DOY — Day of Year
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• LH — Labor-Hour
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• NIC — National Ice Center
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water

• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• CKI — casein kinase I
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• CFH — Complement Factor H
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• EC — executive committee
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)

• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• ID — IDentifier
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• MSS — Mission Support System
• BA — benzoic acid
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• S/W — Software
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• PSU — power supply unit
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• CL — Cleft Lip
• CFA — colony forming assay
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• ADG — Average Daily Gain

• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• DO — Diving Officer
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• CCM — Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
• MB — Millibar(s)
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• BA — biliary atresia
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• BD — binding domain
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• AP — arterial pressure
• OM — Optical Monitor
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter

• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• AAP — amino acid permease
• AJ — adherens junction
• CB — cord blood
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• AK — acetate kinase
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• CD — Chemistry Division
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• AII — Angiotensin II

• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• GCC — Global Change Category
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• AO — Amine Oxidase
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B

• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• AE — anion exchanger
• CC — colorectal cancer
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• AY — Academic Year
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• CM — complete mole
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• SVT — System Validation Test
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument

• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• CE — central element
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• FTS — File Transfer System
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• DOF — Department of Finance
• CE — cornified envelope
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• EJ — Expansion Joint
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• AO — Airway obstruction
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• CG — cortical granule
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science

• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• AO — active oxygen
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• AD — Agar Dilution
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite

• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• MIR — Management Information Report
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• CD — cytochalasin D
• AP — accelerated phase
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• AD — axiodistal
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California

• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• SID — Structure Identifier
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• S/C — Spacecraft
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• CH — chloral hydrate
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration

• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• VIS — Visible
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens

• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• PD — Photo Diode
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• AE — Axial Element
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• CC — congenital cataract
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• MOUT — Message Out
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics

• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• AF — activation function
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• PI — Principle Investigator
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• CF — Correction Factor
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• AS — Alport syndrome
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• CB — Ciliary Body
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• CH — cystic hygroma
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and

• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• AP — amyloid plaques
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• BC — breast carcinoma
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• NIR — Near Infrared
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• CH — Calponin homology
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• NH3 — Ammonia
• V&V — Validation & Verification
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• AGM — African green monkey

• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• MT — Measured Time
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• AHF — Attitude History File
• BAUD — one bit per second
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• GLI — Global Imager
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• AR — apoptotic rate
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)

• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• NTS — Nevada Test Site
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• DU — Dobson Unit
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• CM — contrast media
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator

• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• CC — Carney complex
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• AR — adaptive response
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• BC — Brain Cancer
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second
• AK — Arginine kinase
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• CB — carotid body
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment

• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• AGT — average generation time
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• AAU — Association of African Universities
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• UNEX — University Extension
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• AS — alternative splicing
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences

• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• AD — After Disease
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• AN — accessory nuclei
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• 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
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• CGC — Climate and Global Change

• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• AI — Adiposity Index
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• DP — dermal papilla
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• EE — End-to-End
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• AS — Active sleep
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• CL — chromosome loss
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• CF — colony formation
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera
• CF — culture filtrate
• ORS — Outer root sheath
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• CA — chromosome aberration
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• CM — Capillary malformation
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• AI — allelic imbalance
• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• IST — integrated systems test
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• STR — Star TRacker
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger

• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• QSR — Quality System Regulation
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• AI — apoptotic index
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• CD — Congenital Defects
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• MH — Message Handling
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• CD — Canavan disease
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder

• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• AC — Academic Council
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
• AH — anterior horn
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• COR — Committee on Research
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• ED — Energy Division
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act

• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• CF — Culture fluid
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• MSU — Memphis State University
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• AS — Acid Succinate
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• AP — Adaptor Protein

• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• FM — Frequency Modulator
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• VLA — Very Large Array
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• 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
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• CD — Cowden Disease
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• LCLIYMUUCADULFW.S — le cock la in your mouth until u choke and die u lazy fucking whore. slut
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• CI — Chromosome Index
• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• RA — Research Assistant
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• CC — Cumulus cells
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• VAN — Value-Added Network
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt

• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• APP — Abeta precursor protein
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• PT — Pass-Through
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• CM — Centimetre
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• CC — complete chimerism
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• CC — Cell Counts
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution

• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic
• DST — Data Systems Test
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• UEXT — University Extension
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence
• MCR — Main Control Room
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format

• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• CM — cisterna magna
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• AD — Affecting Disease
• CA — Candida albicans
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• AFM — Array File Maker
• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• AM — Affected Male
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• CE — clonal evolution
• AK — activated killer
• BC — blast crisis
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• CE — colony efficiency
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• CET — Central England Temperature

• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• CD — circular dichroic
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• BD — Birth Defects
• CI — centromeric index
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• WPD — War Plans Division
• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase
• CA — Children Age
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• CE — cellular extract
• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• BC — Binucleated Cells
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme

• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• CA — Colanic Acid
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• PMA — Premarket Application
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• CA — Constitutively Active
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• BA — Bone Age
• DP — Data Products
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• ODF — Observation Data File
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• CF — competence factor
• DWS — Division of Water Supply
• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
• CM — Congenital Malformations

• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• CC — Cleavable Complex
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• DPU — digital processing unit
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• CD — Crohn disease
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone

• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• CC — Cellular Cycle
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• AE — Effective Area
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• PX — XMM Project
• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• CH — Channel Header
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• SUPARCO — Space of Upper Atmosphere Research Committee
• GSITT — Segment Integration and Test Team
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• PI — Position Invariant
• CC — Condensed chromatin
• AU — Atomic Units
• AS — autologous serum
• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education
• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• AC — Amylose Content
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System

• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• GCF — Ground Calibration File
• CI — cardiac involvement
• OSU — Oregon State University
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• AH — Albumen Height
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• JOIDES — Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• ST-ECF — Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• UWERN — University WEather Research Network
• MD — Medium Frequency
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• SI — Systeme International
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• CRF — Calibration Resource File
• VIRTEM — Validation of IASI Radiative Transfer: Experiments and Modelling
• ARSLOE — Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• ISI — Infrared Space Observatory
• DPS — Division of Planetary Science
• CCM — community climate model
• CORP — Corporation
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation
• CRI — Committee on Research Initiatives

• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Procedures
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• UCEAP — University Committee on Education Abroad Program
• DB — Diversion Box
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• PIEAS — Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Appliead Sciences
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• ANO — Any Other
• CFHT — Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, on Mauna Kea
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• DENIS — Deep Near-Infra-red Survey
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• TROPOZ — Tropospheric Ozone Expedition
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• SSO — Solar System Object
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• PMS — Payload Monitoring Subsystem
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• GRO — Gamma-Ray Observatory
• GISST — Global sea Ice Coverage and Sea Surface Temperature
• TIMEX — Time Multiplexer
• IOTP — International Ozone Trands Panel
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• MOHSST — Met Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• MODIS-N — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Nadir
• OPIA — Optical Precision Instrument Associates
• BD — Bone Density
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone

• ER-2 — Earth Resources, #2
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• SPEVAL — Spacecraft Evaluation System
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• NIPR — National Institute of Polar Research
• SOR — Standing Orders of the Regents
• BF — Bomb Factory
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• AMS — Archive Management Subsystem
• CA — common antigen
• PM — Protocol Machine
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflective Distribution Function
• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• STG — Steering Group
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• AIMS — Australian Institute of Marine Science
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• TSTRP — Toxic Substance Research and Training Program
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• DPI — Derived Product Imagery
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• PBPK — Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic
• EUCOMED — European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations
• AU — Activity Units
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• MEV — mega electron volts
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services
• ALPTRAC — High Alpine Aerosol and Snow Chemistry Study (EUROTRAC)
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• SSC-DB — Survey Science Centre Database
• UM — Unified Model
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• MVCA — Minnesota Venture Capital Association
• EPIC — European Photon Imaging Camera
• CTS — Committee on Teaching of Science
• POCE — Pantone Open Color Environment
• SCARABE — Scanning Radiation Budget Experiment
• ERME — EPIC Radiation Monitor Electronics
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• UCEI — UC Energy Institute
• CI — chromosomal instability
• AVR — Acute Vascular Rejection
• HC — Heater Controller

• CC — Classical Cytogenetic
• JCEE — Joint Conference of EARMA and Euroscience
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• EPCS — EPIC pn Camera System
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• UCOC — University Committee on Committees
• CAT — Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
• SEC — Science Executive Committee of the IWG
• METEOR — USSR Operational Weather Satellite
• SHF — Short History File
• CVS — Concurrent Version System
• DC — Detector Controller (DXS)
• CD — Cone Degeneration
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• DAC — Digital to Analogue Conversion
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• HED — High Energy Detector
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• PCS — Payload Calibration Subsystem
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• CCLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
• DOIT —