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ADDIT
— addition
ANNIV
— Anniversary
LAN
— Local Area Network
ENTHUS
— enthusiasm
URL
— Universal Resource Locator
DEROG
— derogatory
N2O-N
— Nitrous oxide nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
F.2D
— Federal Reporter, 2nd Series
ASAP
— As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
ETA
— Estimated Time of Arrival
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
U.S.S.R
— Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
H2O2
— Hydrogen Peroxide
XXN
— Cross examination
CH4-C
— Methane-carbon ratio
CA #
— Court of Appeals
FTP
— File Transfer Protocol
ROM
— Read-Only Memory
IGO
— Intergovernmental Organization
CPU
— Central Processing Unit
MHA
— million hectare
IP
— Internet Protocol
EPA
— Environmental Protection Agency (US)
PPM
— parts per million
LASER
— Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
R.E.
— Real Estate
MM
— Millimeter
L.ED.2D
— Lawyers 2nd Edition
CRT
— Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
FIFO
— First In, First Out
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
R&D
— Research & Development
MOU
— Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
E-LIDAR
— Experimental LIDAR
QC
— Quality Control
N.W.2D
— North Western Reporter, 2nd Series
F.3D
— Federal Reporter, 3rd Series
C.F.R.
— Code of Federal Regulations
F.SUPP.2D
— Federal Supplement, 2nd Series
CO2
— Carbon Dioxide
WHO
— World Health Organization
RF
— Radio Frequency
R J
— Recurring Judgement
§
— Section
EDI
— Electronic Data Interchange
BTU
— British Thermal Unit
N2O
— nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
RFP
— Request For Proposal
DEC
— Digital Equipment Corporation
UNESCO
— United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
BRDF
— Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
CY
— Calendar Year
B.A.U.
— business as usual (scenario)
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
FEMA
— Federal Emergency Management Agency
A-SCAT
— Advanced Scatterometer
H-1301
— Halon 1301; CBrF3
H-1211
— Halon 1211; CBrClF2
ACGIH
— American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc.
GPS
— Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
A-SAR
— Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
OTC
— Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
LLC
— Limited Liability Company
COMMUNIC
— communication
GIS
— Geographic Information System
N.E.2D
— North Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
ASME
— American Society of Mechanical Engineers
E.D.D
— English Dialect Dictionary
OECD
— Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
GDP
— Gross Domestic Product
S.E.2D
— South Eastern Reporter, 2nd Series
WWW
— World Wide Web
IPCC
— Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
QDRO
— Qualified Domestic Relations Order
DOD
— United States Department of Defense
S.W.2D
— South Western Reporter, 2nd Series
ASTM
— American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
DR
— Discrepancy Report
KANEX
— Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange
O&M
— Operation and Maintenance
F.O.B.
— free on board
FY
— Fiscal Year
MOA
— Memorandum Of Agreement
A.L.R.2D
— American Law Reports, 2nd Series
ABSOL
— absolute
A.L.R. FED.
— American Law Reports, Federal
ACCT
— Account
IBM
— International Business Machines Corporation
P.2D
— Pacific Reporter, 2nd Series
SD
— Standard Deviation
ADP
— Automated Data Processing
A.2D
— Atlantic Reporter 2nd Series
MIS
— Management Information System (OSHA)
A.L.R.3D
— American Law Reports, 3rd Series
YR
— Years old
R.N
— Royal Navy
W. VA. CODE
— West Virginia Code
R.C.CHURCH
— Roman Catholic Church
U.S.A.
— United States of America
RAM
— random-access memory
API
— American Petroleum Institute (oil)
USDA
— United States Department of Agriculture
DARPA
— Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
CD
— Compact Disc
A.D
— Anno Domini
KG
— Kilogram
CPI
— Consumer Price Index
E/GDP
— Ratio of energy consumption to gross domestic product
N2O5
— nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
AIAA
— American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
T.D.
— Treasury Decision
A.L.R.4TH
— American Law Reports, 4th Series
A.L.R.6TH
— American Law Reports, 6th Series
N.E.D
— New English Dictionary
N.Y
— New York
DEPT
— Department
E.E.T.S
— Early English Text Society
RA IV
— Regional Association IV - North and Central America (WMO)
RA II
— Regional Association II - Asia (WMO)
ESA
— European Space Agency
AGL
— Above Ground Level
C&F
— Cost and Freight
U.K.
— United Kingdom (preferred over "UK"; use as
CFR
— Code of Federal Regulations
MMAD
— Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter (aerosol)
NSF
— National Sanitation Foundation
CBO
— Congressional Budget Office
DOE
— United States Department of Energy (government)
A.L.R.
— American Law Reports
D.C
— District of Columbia
E/GNP
— Ratio of energy consumption to gross national product
A.L.R.5TH
— American Law Reports, 5th Series
S-GCOS
— Space-Based Global Change Observation System
S. CT.
— Supreme Court Reporter
HZ
— cycles per second (hertz)
U.S.S.R.
— Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
ZEPH
— Zephaniah
SQL
— Structured Query Language
U.S
— United States
S.V
— sub verbo
RA I
— Regional Association I - Africa (WMO)
FFT
— Fast Fourier Transform
§§
— Sections
MP&A
— Mission Planning and Analysis Area
NDA
— Non-Disclosure Agreement
S.W.3D
— South Western Reporter, 3rd Series
L.ED
— Lawyers Edition
W.VA
— West Virginia
O.T
— Old Testament
R.C
— Roman Catholic
DRSS
— Data Relay Satellite System
I&TRR
— Integration and Test Readiness Review
WATFLOOD
— University of Waterloo Flood Forecasting System
R.A.F
— Royal Air Force
BALTEX
— Baltic Sea Experiment
BFP
— Bona Fide Purchaser
F.APP'X
— Federal Appendix
VHF
— Very High Frequency
CO
— Carbon Monoxide
C-MACCS
— Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation
NFS
— Network File System
SAGE III
— Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III
CCB
— Configuration Control Board
LLP
— Limited Liability Partnership
PNG
— Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
GASTRON
— gastronomy
FAREW
— farewell
FR
— Federal Register
DVP
— Delivery Versus Payment
OMB
— Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
N.AMER
— North America
I.L.M.
— International Legal Materials
RA-2
— POEM altimeter (ESA)
U.K
— United Kingdom
A.V
— Authorized Version
FOV
— Field Of View (satellite)
T/P SWT
— TOPEX/Poseidon Science Working Team
PA.T
— past tense
F.SUPP.
— Federal Supplement
W.IND
— West India
W.INDIES
— West Indies
FIPS
— Federal Information Processing Standard
ITU
— International Telecommunication Union
B.A.P.
— Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
NIH
— NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
CM
— Centimeter
MIN
— Minute
W.AFR
— West Africa
DNA
— Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
ZEITSCHR
— Zeitschrift
S.T.S
— Scottish Text Society
S.CAROLINA
— South Carolina
F.O.R.
— free on rail
RPI
— Retail Price Index
NAD 27
— North American Datum of 1927
B%T
— Animal population ratio living in temperate climate region
S.DAKOTA
— South Dakota
GATT
— General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
CPM
— Critical Path Method
MHZ
— Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
V/W
— Vaporware
P.3D
— Pacific Reporter, 3rd Series
NM
— Nanometer
R&SSD
— Radiation and Safety Surveys Department (ORNL)
RAWG/HYDROLOGY
— Regional Associations'Working Groups on Hydrology
INC
— Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
F.CAS.
— Federal Cases 1789–1880
N.S.W
— New South Wales
WATSTORE
— Water Data Storage and Retrieval System
S.AFR
— South Africa
EE
— Employee
CBA
— Cost Benefit Analysis
N.T
— New Testament
USU
— Usually
SA90
— IPCC Scenario A, 1990
GNP
— gross national product (economics)
S&P100,500
— stock indices
HAEMATOL
— haematology
©
— Copyright
UCC
— Uniform Commercial Code
N.S.WALES
— New South Wales
SAFARI-92
— South African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative
FAS
— Free Alongside Ship
U.S.A.F
— United States Air Force
IR
— Infrared
CIS
— Commonwealth of Independent States
E.IND
— East India
NAD 83
— North American Datum of 1983
A%C
— Animal population ratio living in cool climate region
UHF
— Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
NAS
— United States National Academy of Sciences
MIPS
— Millions of Instructions Per Second
OCCURR
— occurrence
ACCOMM
— accommodation
IMF
— International Monetary Fund
MSL
— Mean Sea Level
ML
— milliliter; 1/1000 liter
N.AFR
— North Africa
WFOV
— Wide Field Of View
N.Z
— New Zealand
LANCS
— Lancashire
M-REGION
— Maunder region
E.AFR
— East Africa
N.CAROLINA
— North Carolina
¶
— (Pilcrow) Paragraph
DOJ
— Department of Justice (US)
NATO
— North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
LNG
— Liquefied Natural Gas
LPG
— Liquid Petroleum Gas
Q.V
— quod vide
UV
— Ultraviolet (Light)
E.ANGL
— East Anglia
OBSERV
— observation
RCRA
— Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
P.R
— public records
LAGCM
— general circulation model at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
MAHLOVS
— Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
O.E.D
— Oxford English Dictionary
E.ANGLIAN
— East Anglian
ICAO
— International Civil Aviation Organization
HQ
— Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
WATOX
— Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment
PM-2.5
— particulate matter of diameter less than 2.5 micrometers
RADPATH
— Biochemical Pathways of Artificial Radionuclides (CEC)
N.IR
— Northern Irish
VBL.N
— verbal noun
OBSTETR.MED
— obstetric medicine
N.DAKOTA
— North Dakota
GIGO
— Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
CRC
— Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
FCC
— Federal Communications Commission (US)
YEARBK
— yearbook
LANGS
— languages
Q.ELIZ
— Queen Elizabeth
CSA
— Canadian Space Agency
I/O
— Input/Output
M&CD
— Metals and Ceramics Division (ORNL)
N.IREL
— Northern Ireland
CAC-40
— Compagnie des Agents de Change-40
GMT
— Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
UAOB
— Upper Air Observation
NADP/NTN
— National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network
HAPEX-MOBILHY
— HAPEX-MOdelisation du BILan Hydrique
QA/QC
— Quality Assurance/Quality Control
E.MIDL
— east midland
DIV
— Division
FAO
— Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
ADPE
— Automatic Data Processing Equipment
NAAQ
— National Ambient Air Quality
AGA
— American Gas Association
WARWICKSH
— Warwickshire
USGS
— United States Geological Survey (DOI)
GSA
— U.S. General Services Administration
NTIS
— National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
BACTERIOL
— bacteriology
ARCH
— Architect
LANL/ACL
— Los Alamos National Laboratory's Advanced Computing Laboratory
AAAS
— American Association for the Advancement of Science
DCF
— discounted cash flow rate
OBSTETR
— obstetric
UN
— United Narions
IAMAP-IAHS
— IAMAP-International Association of Hydrological Sciences
KWH
— Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)
BER
— Bit-Error Rate
PCB
— Polychlorinated Biphenyls
NOAA
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
IMO
— International Maritime Organization
BAHC-SSC
— BAHC Scientific Steering Committee
MHS
— Message Handling System (electronic)
PALAEONT
— palaeontology
VALEDICT
— valediction
CM3
— cubic centimeter (milliliter)
OAXTC
— Ocean/Atmosphere Exchange of Trace Compounds
DOL
— United States Department of Labor
CEP
— Circular Error Probable
VBL.NS
— verbal nouns
ANN
— Annual
PACORII
— Packet Processor Data Capture Facility II
FDDI
— Fiber Distributed Data Interface
ER
— Employer
CAA
— Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)
DBMS
— Data Base Management System
IACGEC
— Inter-Agency Committee on Global Environmental Change
EIS
— Environmental Impact Statement (US)
KW
— Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
IATA
— International Air Transport Association
TLA
— Three Letter Abbreviation
HAMPSH
— Hampshire
PALAEONTOL
— palaeontology
PSI
— Pounds Per Square Inch (Static Pressure)
HANDBK
— handbook
PALAEOBOT
— palaeobotany
ALPEX
— Alpine Experiment
M
— Meter
IOC
— Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
BAPDE
— chemically reactive diolepoxides
IAEA
— International Atomic Energy Agency
OBSTET
— obstetric
APT
— Automatic Picture Transmission
GIF
— Graphic Interchange Format
LANCASH
— Lancashire
W
— Watt
PAGES-EXCOMM
— PAGES Executive Committee
JAHRB
— Jahrbuch
ABA
— American Bar Association
UNRWA
— United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
COTS
— Commercial Off the Shelf Software
IBRD
— International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
IRC
— Internal Revenue Code of 1986
GB
— Gigabyte
OPM
— Office of Personnel Management
CAD
— Computer-Aided Design
GT
— Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
CH4
— Methane, Natural Gas
KHZ
— kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
ASCE
— l'American Society of Civil Engineers
CNG
— Compressed natural gas
DSP
— Digital Signal Processor
BIS
— Bank of International Settlements
PAGES-SSC
— PAGES Scientific Steering Committee
SIO3
— silicate
FX
— Foreign Exchange
AL
— Aluminium
LIBOR
— London Interbank Offered Rate
ERA
— Exchange Rate Agreement
EM
— Electromagnetic
C3AT
— Ch3 Albedo Test (AVHRR)
PALAEOGR
— palaeography
O2
— Oxygen
ASL
— Above Sea Level
APR
— April River Airport, April River, Papua New Guinea
KPA
— kiloPascal (pressure above ambient (100 kPa = 1 atmosphere excess))
RNA
— Ribo Nucleic Acid
CIA
— Central Intelligence Agency
DMA
— direct memory access (computer term)
W3C
— World Wide Web Consortium
WWW
— World Weather Watch
PPI
— Producer Price Index
ALARA
— As Low As Reasonably Achievable
G
— Gram (g)
ANNEX I
— Countries committed to a quantified CO2 target (OECD, EU, Central and Eastern European countries)
MODNET
— MO&DSD Operational/Development Network
HHS
— Health and Human Services Department
BLM
— Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
TM
— Trademark
CCAQ
— Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions
UCMJ
— Uniform Code of Military Justice
AMS
— American Mathematical Society
CW
— Continuous Wave
SEBI
— Securities and Exchange Board of India
ESSENT
— essential
L
— Liter
CPD
— Compound
GPO
— Government Printing Office
SAIC
— Science Applications International Corporation
PVC
— Polyvinyl Chloride
CIF
— Cost, Insurance, Freight
DFD
— Data Flow Diagram
HUD
— Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
BOD
— Biochemical Oxygen Demand
WMO
— World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
RPC
— Remote Procedure Call
YR
— Year
HOSP
— Hospital
EDP
— Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
MG
— milligram; 1/1000 gram
ECOSOC
— Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
LANL
— Los Alamos National Laboratory
CMD
— Command
AUX
— Auxiliary
GEN
— General Motors
OTT
— Over The Top
METAMORPH
— metamorphosis
ISO
— International Standard Organisation
DMSP
— Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
AFSCN
— Air Force Satellite Control Network
IEEE
— Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
COSPAR
— Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
WFC
— World Food Council
RMS
— root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
MANCH
— Manchester
ACC
— Account
AAS
— American Astronomical Society
FORTRAN
— FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
BCD
— Binary-Coded Decimal
ALT
— Alteration
O3
— Ozone
L/C
— Letter of Credit
CFC-12
— CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
NIST
— National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
CCD
— Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
ISMA
— International Securities Market Association
UPS
— Uninterruptible Power Supply
AEC
— Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA)
KM
— Kilometer (1,000 meters)
ISDA
— International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
IFOV
— Instantaneous Field Of View
WTO
— World Trade Organisation
USAF
— United States Air Force
UPU
— Universal Postal Union
ASC
— American Society of Cinematographers
MBPS
— Megabits per second
NRL
— Naval Research Laboratory
CONST
— Under Construction
PCM
— Pulse-Code Modulation
AFGL
— Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
MJ
— Megajoule
ATM
— Atmosphere
EVAL
— evaluation
UNCTAD
— United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
CBOT
— Chicago Board of Trade
AFF
— Affairs
ECA
— Economic Commission for Africa
ERS
— Economic Research Service
AICHE
— American Institute of Chemical Engineers
UNHCR
— United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Program
AVHRR
— Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Â
USC
— United States Code (book of laws)
AATSR
— Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
BNSC
— British National Space Centre
IFAD
— International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
ADC
— Analog-Digital Converter
ELV
— Expendable Launch Vehicle
BIG-TT
— BAHC-IGAC-GCTE Task Team
DOS
— United States Department of State
PROVIS
— provisional
AMS
— Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
UNFCCC
— United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
REGIST
— register
ECE
— Economische Commissie voor Europa (United Nations) (Dutch: Economic Commission for Europe)
AEST
— Australian Eastern Standard Time
ARC
— Ames Research Center (NASA)
ESCAP
— Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
GE
— General Electric American Communications Inc.
TSS
— Total Suspended Solids
UNU
— United Nations University
HIBOR
— Hong Kong interbank offered rate
LANG
— language
INC.
— Incorporated
GOVT
— Government
MIT
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
GOOS
— Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
RTU
— Remote Terminal Unit
EC
— European Community
ADM
— Admiral
LEPO
— Low Exercise Price Option
CONVOC
— convocation
ACS
— American Chemical Society
FERC
— Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
LP
— Low Pressure
RFLP
— Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
SOL
— Statute of Limitations
AIS
— Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
DOC
— United States Department of Commerce
NASDA
— National Space Development Agency of Japan
DSN
— Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
EIA
— Environmental impact assessment (international)
REV. PROC.
— Revenue Procedure
JPL
— Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
LST
— Local Standard Time
AON
— All or None
UNITAR
— United Nations Institute for Training and Research
CAPT
— Captain
ACAD
— Academy
REV. RUL.
— Revenue Ruling
MS
— Mass Spectrometer
BOJ
— Bank Of Japan
NCSA
— National Center for Supercomputing Applications
DEF
— Defence
AGU
— American Geophysical Union
AMU
— Atomic Mass Unit
GHZ
— Gigahertz
ATP
— Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
CENTO
— Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
NESDIS
— National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
WG
— Working Group
ISAS
— Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
ABOL
— abolition
AEEI
— Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
MAN
— Manual
SISEX
— Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
VOC
— Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
NSO
— National Solar Observatory
GCOS
— Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
CSD
— Commission on Sustainable Development's
ESP
— Especially
GC
— gonococcus (gonnorhea germ)
ACRIM
— Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
DURH
— Durham
WIPO
— World Intellectual Property Organization
ILO
— International Labor Organization (UN)
ACABQ
— Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
GNMA
— Government National Mortgage Association
DOMSAT
— Domestic Communications Satellite System
CEN
— The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers.
HNO3
— Nitric Acid
MBS
— mortgage backed security
JST
— Japan Standard Time
GEF
— Global Environmental Facility (environment)
DRS
— Data Relay Satellite
ALLIT
— alliterative
DE/DT
— rate of evaporation (moisture loss from soil)
DHS
— Department of Human Services
BIA
— Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
ORNL
— Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
DHHS
— Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
FCCC
— For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
JSC
— Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
AOCS
— Attitude and Orbit Control System
COP
— Conference of the Parties
AFSCF
— Air Force Satellite Control Facility
REVOL
— revolution
GOI
— Government Of India
CFA
— Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
UNIFEM
— United Nations Development Fund for Women
ASI
— Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
MRC
— Medical Research Council
CBOE
— Chicago Board Options Exchange's
TOC
— Total Organic Carbon
IUCN
— International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
K
— Contract
ATS
— Advanced Technology Satellite
LRR
— Launch Readiness Review
AASP
— American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
HA
— Hectare
CIE
— Chinese Institute of Electronics
TAPPI
— Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Inc.
SELPER
— Society of Latin American Remote Sensing Specialists
ECAFE
— Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
LIDAR
— Lander Light Detection and Ranging
GRID
— Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
ASEAN
— Association of Southeast Asian Nations
MW
— Megawatt (one million watts)
COM
— Common
IMD
— India Meteorological Department
TDS
— Total Dissolved Solids
KBPS
— kilobits per second
DOST
— Department of Science and Technology
BNL
— Brookhaven National Laboratory
LLNL
— The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
BP
— Before Present
OSO
— Orbiting Solar Observatory
MOT
— Ministry of Transport
NO.
— Number
APEC
— Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
CEA
— Council of Economic Advisors
VMS
— Virtual Memory System
COE
— Creek Corps of Engineers
GSFC
— Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
AAS
— atomic absorption spectrometry (spectrometer, spectroscopy)
ADJ.PHR
— adjectival phrase
DQO
— Data Quality Objective
CDF
— Common Data Format
L
— Literature
NAAQS
— National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
CNR
— Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
IRU
— Inertial Reference Unit
MP
— Medium Pressure
FS
— Forest Service (USDA)
AOS
— Acquisition Of Signal
NOX-N
— Nitrogen oxides nitrogen trace gas emission ratio
AUG
— August
SO. 2D
— Southern Reporter, 2nd Series
DDT
— dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (insecticide)
AMSR
— Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
IDNDR
— International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
NOV
— November
LHV
— lower heating value
ICICI
— Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
RH
— Relative Humidity
CONF
— Conference
GTOS
— Global Terrestrial Observing System
OSTP
— Office of Science and Technology Policy
ERTS
— Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
ESMC
— Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
WI
— When Issued
MCC
— Mission Control Center (JSC)
ICSC
— International Civil Service Commission
ARS
— United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
CO-I
— Co-Investigator
UC
— University of California
FAM
— Family
FE
— Iron (Latin ''Ferrum'')
RLU
— Relative Light Unit
CHP
— Combined heat and power
NSSDC
— National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
COMPAN
— companion
ADV
— Advance
ECD
— Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography)
USCG
— United States Coast Guard
AMS
— American Meteorological Society
ACS
— Attitude Control System
ANON
— Anonymous
GAW
— Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO)
LAC
— Local Area Coverage
JX
— Jurisdiction
IRB
— Internal Revenue Bulletin
JAN
— January
MSW
— Municipal Solid Waste
HWRP
— Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
ITM
— In the Money
ERBS
— Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
ACR
— Active Cavity Radiometer
BUREC
— United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
ASU
— Air Separation Unit
NMFS
— National Marine Fisheries Services
WKLY
— Weekly
SBIR
— Small Business Innovation Research
USN
— United States Navy
IEE
— Institution of Electrical Engineers
DIAL
— Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)
MCS
— Mesoscale Convective System
UNJSPF
— United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
IEA
— International Energy Agency (Paris)
TLV
— Threshold Limit Value
CONTR
— Contract
PSYCHOL
— Psychological
SMS
— Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
VLSI
— Very-Large-Scale Integration
CEQ
— Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.)
P&S
— Purchase and Sale
BFI
— Baltic Freight Index
HCHO
— formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
IAU
— International Astronomical Union
FCV
— Flow Control Valve
ISRO
— Indian Space Research Organisation
MSB
— Most Significant Bit
IMS
— Information Management System (LTPP)
I/F
— Interface
CWA
— Clean Water Act (1977)
AERI
— Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument
HF
— Hydrogen Fluoride
KJ
— kilojoule (energy measure)
LARC
— Langley Research Center (NASA)
UEA
— University of East Anglia
CC
— Combined Cycle
ESA
— Endangered Species Act of 1973
MOS
— Model Output Statistics
TCDC
— Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries
CAL/VAL
— Calibration/Validation
AMMS
— Advanced Multichannel Microwave Sensor
WCP
— World Climate Programme (WMO/ICSU)
OTA
— Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
OCT
— October
FRN
— Floating Rate Note
UNSO
— United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office
TVA
— Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
MSU
— Microwave Sounding Unit
DOAS
— Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
ABST
— Abstract
FORTE
— Fast On-orbit Recording of Transient Events
MSFC
— Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
HCL
— Hydrogen Chloride
K
— Kilogram
RCS
— Radar Cross Section
ATSR
— Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
DND
— Department of National Defense (Canada)
WWF
— World Wildlife Fund
ER
— Energy Research
PNNL
— Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
LAGEOS
— Laser Geodynamic Satellite
STAT.
— United States Statutes At Large
UNIDO
— United Nations Industrial Development Organization
RCF
— Relative Centrifugal Force
DEIS
— Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
KSE
— Korea Stock Exchange
EMR
— Electromagnetic Radiation
OPEC
— Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
S/W
— Software
E.G.
— Exempli Gratia (for example)
GMDSS
— Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (IMO)
SCOTUS
— Supreme Court of the United States
EUV
— Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
HP
— Hewlett-Packard Development Company
ART
— Article (part of speech)
AIT
— Assembly, Integration, and Test
ONR
— Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
FEIS
— Final Environmental impact statement (US)
ANAL
— Analyst
GBPS
— Gigabits per second
ETC.
— and others especially of the same kind; and so forth
IO
— Input/Output
CEC
— Cation Exchange Capacity
OAS
— Organization of American States
TMI
— TRMM Microwave Imager
CH3CL
— Methyl Chloride
DCS
— Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
BPA
— Bonneville Power Administration (US)
KSC
— John F. Kennedy Space Center
COL
— Colonel
ADDR
— Address
TEAM
— Technology Base Enhancement for Autonomous Machines
SPM
— Suspended Particulate Matter
MSS
— Multispectral Scanner System
BQ
— Becquerel
DAU
— Daughter
WB
— World Bank
GW
— Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
CCRS
— Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
MKS
— meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
TRAD
— traditional
ECDIS
— Electronic Chart Display and Information System
DMA
— U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
NFA
— National Futures Association
SIMD
— Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
DOI
— United States Department of Interior
ICP-OES
— inductively coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
AIT
— Asian Institute of Technology
1-D RCM
— one-dimensional radiative-convective model
MWH
— Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)
PL
— Public Law
NARA
— United States National Archives And Records Administration
DMSO
— Dimethyl Sulfoxide
ASOS
— Automated Surface Observing System
CONTRADICT
— contradiction
SHAKS
— Shakespeare
BAU
— business-as-usual
HRSG
— Heat Recovery Steam Generator
RS
— Remote Sensing
INS
— Inertial Navigation System
SN
— Space Network
HAP
— Hazardous Air Pollutant
CU
— University of Colorado at Boulder
PV
— Potential Vorticity
UL
— Uplink
NA
— North America
RX
— Receive
GC
— General Counsel
PBL
— Planetary Boundary Layer
TWT
— Traveling Wave Tube
CERCLA
— Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
XRD
— X-Ray Diffraction
SO2
— Sulfur Dioxide
NREN
— National Research and Education Network
EVEN
— evening
MHS
— Microwave Humidity Sounder
AFEAS
— Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
MSS
— Mission Support System
EDC
— EROS Data Center
CZCS
— Coastal Zone Color Scanner
IV&V
— independent verification and validation
HST
— Hubble Space Telescope
EOS
— Earth Observing System (U.S.)
NOAO
— National Optical Astronomy Observatories (Tucson, AZ)
EOF
— Empirical Orthogonal Function
ARINC
— Aeronautical Radio Incorporated
ARPA
— Advanced Research Project Agency's
HSIO
— High Speed Input/Output
DPC
— Domestic Policy Council
IRIS
— Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
DOY
— Day of Year
JECOR
— U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation
HHV
— Higher Heating Value (thermal efficiency basis)
CNES
— Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales
APHA
— American Pharmaceutical Association
COMM
— Common
ADJS
— adjective
SLAR
— Side-Looking Airborne Radar
EVA
— Extra-Vehicular Activity
AAOE
— Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
DISTRIB
— distribution
CLO
— Chlorine Monoxide
ENVISAT
— European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
MX
— Merry Christmas
PTFE
— Polytetrafluoroethylene
MEA
— Monoethanolamine
BOC
— Bureau of Census
CHAPS
— Clearing House Automated Payment System
UCI
— University of California, Irvine
OH
— Hydroxyl Radical
GEMS
— Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
AURIO
— Auroral Imaging Observatory
EGSE
— Electrical Ground Support Equipment
CIMSS
— Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
NO3
— Nitrate Radical
OPC
— Ordinary Portland Cement
NSTS
— National Space Transportation System
SRD
— System Requirements Document
CT. CL.
— the United States Court of Federal Claims Reporter
DCP
— Data Collection Platform
CZMA
— US Coastal Zone Management Act
GARD
— garden
NCAR
— National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
LES
— Lincoln Experimental Satellite
HLW
— high-level waste
SO4
— Sulfate radical
ATLAS
— ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
MCL
— Maximum Contaminant Level
SS
— Stainless Steel
NYMEX
— New York Mercantile Exchange
AWWA
— American Water Works Association (Denver)
OTEC
— ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)
ISU
— International Space University
QAE
— Quality Assurance Engineer
MITRE
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
MFO
— mixed-function oxidase (enzyme system)
ABBREV
— abbreviation
EPRI
— Electric Power Research Institute (US)
TDRSS
— Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
EXAM
— Examination
CCIR
— International Radio Consultative Committee (French Acronym)
IAP
— Institute of Atmospheric Physics
SRR
— System Requirements Review
BETW
— between
FITS
— Flexible Image Transport System
14C
— carbon-14 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 14)
EEZ
— Exclusive Economic Zone
JTU
— Jackson Turbidity Unit
UNGA
— United Nations General Assembly
ICSI
— International Commission on Snow and Ice (IAHS)
DIS
— Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
ISAMS
— Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
ASE
— Airborne Support Equipment
UT
— Universal Time
VC
— Virtual Channel
TEC
— Total Electron Content
ADALT
— Advanced Radar Altimeter
HP
— High Pass
FE
— Fossil Energy
CART
— Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
PR
— Precipitation Radar
ANL
— The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
TOMS
— Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
SCOPE
— Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
ASAR
— Advanced Synthetic Aperture RadarÂ
ACCTS
— Accounts
HCN
— Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
PDF
— Probability Density Function
PSD
— Prevention of Significant Deterioration
SUBSCR
— subscription
EOSAT
— Earth Observation Satellite Co.
OCN
— Oceania
LSB
— least-significant byte
HPS
— Health Physics Society
ABLE
— Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
CAT
— Cataract
UIC
— Underground Injection Control
CIT
— California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
MRT
— Mission Readiness Test
REDEMPT
— redemption
ERDAS
— Earth Resources Data Analysis System
IJC
— International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
ASTER
— Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
AT
— Acceptance Test
ATT
— Attic
BRO
— Bromine Monoxide
ENQ
— Enquiry
AABW
— Antarctic Bottom Water
SWT
— Science Working Team
TKE
— Turbulent Kinetic Energy
AA
— Atomic Absorption
IST
— Instrument Support Terminal
NHC
— United States National Hurricane Center
EX.DOC
— executive document
SUNY
— State Universityrsity of New York
HK
— Housekeeping
CSU
— Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
AASE
— Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
RAE
— Royal Aircraft Establishment
ACC
— Air Combat Command (formerly TAC)
LSD
— Least Significant Difference
NO2
— Nitrogen Dioxide
VAD
— Velocity-Azimuth Display
ITCZ
— Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
DSDP
— Deep-Sea Drilling Project
2-D RCAM
— two-dimensional radiative-advective-convective equilibrium model
INTERL
— interlude
ALT
— Radar Altimeter
ALEXIS
— Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
FRG
— Federal Republic of Germany's
ADAAC
— Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
CIDA
— Canadian International Development Agency
C
— Carbone
ASCS
— Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
OPS
— Optical Sensor
AAIW
— Antarctic Intermediate Water
NSIDC
— National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
APHET
— aphetic
AVNIR
— advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
SH
— Southern Hemisphere
ARISTOTELES
— Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
NDVI
— Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
SI
— Statutory Instrument
TOVS
— TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
WEC
— World Energy Council
DAC
— Days After Contract
IHO
— International Hydrographic Organization
SIAM
— Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
AARI
— Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
ISI
— International Statistical Institute
ICRP
— International Commission on Radiological Protection
SRM
— Standard Reference Material
EPSRC
— l'Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
AGWP
— Absolute Global Warming Potential
LIS
— Lightning Imaging Sensor
NAST
— National Academy of Science and Technology
HEREF
— Herefordshire
CLIVAR
— Climate Variability and Predictability program
EEI
— Edison Electric Institute
AFGWC
— Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
DEPRED
— depredation
MB
— Millibar(s)
AOML
— Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
EGS
— European Geophysical Society
AGAGE
— Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
RRN SAF
— RRN Southern and Eastern Africa
TCP/IP
— Transmission Control/Internet Protocol
MIMD
— multiple instruction, multiple data (system)
ISTP
— International Solar Terrestrial Physics
ARM
— Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
18O
— oxygen-18 (oxygen isotope with atomic weight of 18)
GFDL
— Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
ACE
— Aerosol Characterization Experiment
GC/MS
— SX)-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
ABP
— Archbishop
MOM
— Mission Operations Manager
DIC
— Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
COMB
— Combination
IDL
— Interactive Data Language
CONFID
— confidential
1-D
— one-dimensional
MCC
— Mesoscale Convective Complex
AR
— Argon
NCEP
— National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
JUL
— July
AOL
— Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
DADS
— Data Archive and Distribution System
CONVERSAT
— conversation
AIHA
— American Industrial Hygiene Association
X-SAR
— X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
(D)PR
— dual precipitation radar
ADJ
— Adjective
FORTIF
— fortification
FEP
— Front-End Processor
ACH4
— Annual methane (CH4) emission from enteric fermentation
CSIR
— Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
SRB
— Surface Radiation Budget
ERS
— ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
PMP
— Probable Maximum Precipitation
GHG
— Green House Gas
BOL
— Beginning of Life
MTG
— Meeting
IHB
— International Hydrographic Bureau
ICC
— Instrument Control Center
TERMINOL
— terminology
SYLL
— syllable
FRA
— Forward Rate Agreement
WARC
— World Administrative Radio Conference
UNIV
— University
FUA
— The Fuel Use Act (US)
PHILAD
— Philadelphia
AFBC
— Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustor
CH3CCL3
— methylchloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane)
VIBOR
— Vienna Interbank Offered Rate
CLIN
— Clinic
ECS
— EOSDIS Core System
PWD
— Public Works Department
CLO2
— chlorine dioxide
TM
— Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
PPT
— parts per trillion (1012)
AMAD
— Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
ANNEX II
— OECD countries and EU
HOCL
— Hypochlorous Acid
ICSU
— International Council of Scientific Unions
TDR
— Time-Domain Reflectometry
GLOBE
— Global Land One kilometer Base Elevation (DIS)
NYU
— New York University
DEM
— Digital Elevation Model
N2
— Nitrogen
JEM
— Japanese Experiment Module
ESMAP
— Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
NSSL
— National Severe Storms Laboratory
ELEM
— Element
JOI
— Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
TL
— Team Leader
LITE
— Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
NEP
— Noise Equivalent Power
LRA
— Laser Retroreflector Array
IPR
— Intellectual Property Right
IPE
— International Petroleum Exchange
PDE
— Partial Differential Equation
OFT
— Office of Fair Trading
IDS
— Interdisciplinary Science
DGVM
— Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
RAPD
— Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
HBR
— Hydrogen Bromide
IGT
— Institute of Gas Technology (Chicago)
TEAMA
— Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia
AAD
— Attitude Anomaly Detector
BIBEX
— Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
TOS
— TIROS Observational System
SHPO
— State Historic Preservation Office (US)
PROVID
— providence
CLAES
— Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
JOSH
— Joshua
UNKN
— Unknown
MPE
— Mission to Planet Earth
HCFC-22
— hydrochloroflourocarbon-22 (CHClF2,
IWG
— Investigators Working Group
SPAS
— Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
EVOL
— Evolution
ICF
— Instrument Control Facility
AES
— Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
FEM
— Finite Element Method
NCSU
— North Carolina State University
HDF
— Hierarchical Data Format
USMAB
— United States Man and the Biosphere
APP
— Apparently
DU
— Dobson Unit
CEES
— Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
RD
— Reference Document
NPDES
— National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
AM/FM
— Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society)
ACD
— Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
13C
— carbon-13 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 13)
HDC
— Holder in Due Course
ECMWF
— European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ECOM.
— EOS communications
AO
— announcement of opportunity
ADC
— Affiliated Data Center
CTU
— Central Terminal Unit
TAE
— Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
CONSTR
— Construct
MSR
— Microwave Scanning Radiometer
MAFF
— Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (U.K.)
BUBOR
— Budapest Interbank Offered Rate
ERD
— Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
AID
— Agency for International Development (U.S.)
CAEM
— Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (WMO)
PZT
— Piezoelectric Transducer
MPL
— Marine Physical Laboratory
HOUSEK
— housekeeping
STC
— Satellite Test Center
SAM
— Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
JRNL
— Journalism
DIF
— Data Interchange Format
EEC
— European Economic Commission
ARIZ. REV. STAT.
— Arizona Revised Statutes
OBDH
— On-Board Data Handling
FOT
— Flight Operation Trainer
GLRC
— Great Lakes Research Center (LSC and NOAA)
UTC
— Universal Time Coordinate
CFO
— Cancel Former Order
DEW
— distant early warning (radar)
ACCS
— accounts
GPC
— Global Processing Center
ONEB
— Office of National Environmental Board
AMSU
— Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
TWP
— Tropical Western Pacific
EODC
— Earth Observing Data Center (U.K.)
FTS
— File Transfer System
PJ
— Petajoule
MAG
— Magazine
VIS
— Visible
CLRI
— Central Leather Research Institute
CAL
— Calendar
EXP
— Experiment
DL
— Downlink Message
DLR
— Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
DIE
— Designated Investment Exchange
ADD
— Addenda
ASSAS
— Advanced Solid State Array Sensor
KA
— thousands of years
ABL
— Atmospheric Boundary Layer
AMSU-A
— Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
UARS
— Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
CRREL
— Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
AMRIR
— Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
4DDA
— Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation
ANOR
— Another
WHOI
— Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
GCRP
— Global Change Research Program
FEB
— February
QBO
— Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
CTV
— Compatibility Test Van
ERB
— Earth Radiation Budget
BUFR
— Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
CAM
— Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway)
LME
— London Metal Exchange
EXPLAN
— explanation
FTU
— Formazin Turbidity Unit
GAC
— Global Area Coverage
ERBE
— Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
RGS
— Royal Geographic Society
AIRS
— Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
ABSTR
— Abstract
IPEI
— Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
UCAR
— University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
LBLRTM
— Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model
SSBUV
— shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
ADCLS
— Advanced Data Collection and Location System
CADD
— computer-aided design and drafting
BUR
— Bureau
IUE
— International Ultraviolet Explorer
XBT
— expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
UT
— University of Tennessee
PW
— Precipitable Water
CFC
— Chloroflourocarbon
GTCC
— Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
MKSA
— meter-kilogram-second-ampere (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKSA")
AMTS
— Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
DISCUSS
— discussion
ICE
— International Cometary Explorer
APAR
— Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
ISY
— International Space Year (1992)
H2
— Hydrogen
CEC
— Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
APP
— Appendix
NOSS
— National Oceanic Satellite System
EDIS
— Environmental Data and Information Service
MTS
— Microwave Temperature Sounder
AVHRR GAC
— AVHRR Global Area Coverage
FID
— Flame Ionization Detector (gas Chromatography)
AMER
— America
COARE
— Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
AERODYNAM
— aerodynamic
PCMDI
— Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
FPD
— Flame Photometric Detector
SO
— Southern Oscillation
CDC
— Control Data Corporation, Incorporated
UNTAB
— United Nations Technical Assistance Board
3-D
— Three-Dimensional
VID
— Vehicle Identification Number
GARP
— Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
CAN
— Canberra
TCS
— Thermal Control Subsystem
GTE
— Global Tropospheric Experiment
LOE
— Late Old English
GCM
— General Court-Martial
GCV
— Gross Calorific Value
CDCR
— Conceptual Design and Cost Review
ABR
— Abridged
DBH
— Diameter at Breast Height
IBP
— International Biological Programme (ICSU)
GPSDR
— Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
EDS
— Environmental Data Service
SCOSTEP
— Scientific Committee On Solar-Terrestrial Physics
SDC
— Swiss Development Corporation
CAPPI
— Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
FWS
— United States Fish and Wildlife Service
VOS
— Voluntary Observing Ship
CCR
— Cost-Charge Ratio
IRRI
— International Rice Research Institute
AIBS
— American Institute of Biological Sciences
RPA
— Remotely Piloted Aircraft
LCH
— London Clearing House
CEOS
— Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
GSA
— Geological Society of America
S/C
— Spacecraft
FTIR
— Fourier transform infrared radiometer (spectroscopy)
GGS
— Global Geospace Science
USEPA
— United States Environmental Protection Agency
IOP
— Intensive Observing Period
IGBP
— International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
AOGCM
— Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model
APA
— Alkaline Phosphatase Activity
SUBSEQ
— Subsequent
TSCA
— Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
ECC
— Electrochemical Concentration Cell
AUSTRAL
— Australia
ISC
— International Seismological Centre
INNOC
— innocent
IASI
— Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
HAE
— Height Above Ellipsoid
RADARSAT
— Radar Satellite
HMW
— High Molecular Weight
IQSY
— International Quiet Sun Year
NCRP
— National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
CDDI
— Copper Distributed Data Interface
JMA
— Japan Meteorological Agency
LIMS
— Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
MTMC
— Military Traffic Management Command
ARC/INFO
— GIS software
SPIE
— The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
EP
— Earth Probe
DI
— Directorate of Intelligence
MM-AL
— total monomeric aluminum
IWGDMGC
— Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
COMMEND
— commendation
AVHRR LAC
— AVHRR Local Area Coverage
FIFE
— First ISLSCP Field Experiment
SPADE
— Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
WCE
— Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
IFMK
— Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany
ADVERT
— Advertisement
NSTC
— National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
PNL
— Pacific Northwest Laboratory
USGCRP
— United States Global Change Research Program
LED
— Low Energy Detector
TGT
— TDRSS Ground Terminal
USDOC
— United States Department of Commerce
IC
— Ion Chromatography
NSCAT
— Nasa Scatterometer Project
GOS
— Geomagnetic Observing System
UBA
— Umweltbundesamt
HFC
— HydroFluoroCarbon
DAS
— Data Acquisition System
DLS
— Dynamic Limb Sounder
AER
— Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
SST
— Sea surface temperature
BK
— Book
CHIPS
— Clearing House Interbank Payments System
MW
— Milliwatt
A.D.
— anno domini (latin)
BIOTRANS
— biological transformations
NAVSTAR
— Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
USBR
— United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
PPBV
— parts per billion (109) by volume
UW/UD
— University of Wisconsin/University of Denver
NISTEP
— National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
MAGSAT
— Magnetic Field Satellite
FAR
— Flight Analysis Review
EAS
— Environmental Analyses Section (ORNL)
CIMO
— Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
OSU
— Oregon State University
YRS
— Years
ESRC
— Economic and Social Research Council
GLI
— Global Imager
AMI
— Active Microwave Instrument
TMS
— Thematic Mapper Simulator
SURG
— Surgery
DIST
— District
CD-ROM
— compact disc-read only memory
AL
— Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
AAWORD
— Association of African Women for Research and Development
DAAC
— Distributed Active Archive Center
AWIPS-90
— Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
AOD
— Aerosol Optical Depth
NEIC
— National Enforcement Investigations Center
PORC
— Porcelain
DSR
— Delivery Status Report
SEHK
— Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
AMIP
— Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
AO
— Atmosphere-Ocean
RARR
— Range and Range Rate
CCCP
— California Institute of Technology Concurrent Computation Project
DSB
— Direct Sounding Broadcast
ECON
— Economics
TIRS
— Thermal Infrared Scanner
VAS
— VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
GTS
— Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
DECNET
— Digital Equipment Corporation Network
MOC
— Memorandum Of Cooperation
LEOP
— Launch and Early Orbit Phase
CPC
— Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
EASOE
— European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
SPARC
— Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
CA.
— circa
NASM
— National Air and Space Museum
EML
— Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
PMEL
— Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
KEV
— kilo electron volts
GOME
— Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
CMDL
— Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
AOIPS
— Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
MAPS
— Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
ANU
— Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
PSEUDO-ARCH
— pseudo-archaic
IRTS
— Infrared Temperature Sounder
TRS
— Trade Registration System
CORES
— Computer Assisted Order Routing and Execution System
EUMETSAT
— European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
EXCH
— Exchange
MCF
— methane conversion factor
PSK
— Phase Shift Key
USDOE
— United States Department Of Energy
WEFAX
— Weather Facsimile
IRREG
— Irregular
USFS
— United States Forest Service
TMR
— TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
ACARS
— Aircraft Communication and Recording System
NODS
— NASA Ocean Data System
CLIMAP
— Climate Long-Range Investigation Mapping and Prediction (project)
ETO
— Exchange Traded Option
MESSR
— Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
PSYCH
— Psychology
AAPP
— Average All Pig Price
LANDSAT
— Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
FDM
— Finite-Difference Method
CHAS
— Charles
SMC
— System Management Center
CATECH
— catechism
WET
— Waste Extraction Test
HCFC
— Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
FWPCA
— Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
MEPED
— medium energy proton and electron detector
SAFIRE
— Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
NTS
— Nevada Test Site
WFP
— World Food Program
OIE
— Overseas Investment Exchange
ESOC
— European Space Operations Center
PMF
— Probable Maximum Flood
ALL ER
— All England Law Reports
ERIM
— Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
AUTH
— Author
WSMC
— Western Space and Missile Center
IDA
— International Development Agency
WCRP
— World Climate Research Program
ESF
— European Science Foundation
ISLN
— International Standards Lawyer Number
BODC
— British Oceanographic Data Centre
CORP.
— Corporation
DS
— Data Set
NAPAP
— National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
NCDC
— National Climatic Data Center
LWC
— Liquid Water Content
SAGE
— Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
GCC
— Global Change Category
GTCE
— Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
ATMOS
— Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
WMC
— World Meteorological Center
PSC
— Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
OBS
— Obsolete
ASCHE
— American Society of Chemical Engineers
HOX
— odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
HDTV
— High-Definition Television
UAF
— University of Alaska Fairbanks
FRRPA
— Forest and Rangeland Renewable Planning Act (1974)
DOMEST
— domestic
CTD
— Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
CPUE
— Catch Per Unit Effort
BNA
— block numbering area
CONTEMPT
— contemptuous
RASS
— radio-acoustic sounding system
ASHOE
— Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
TC
— Telecommand
QUOT
— Quotation
ANT
— Antarctica
GEWEX
— Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
INRA
— Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
IRIS
— Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
SMOW
— Standard Mean Ocean Water
BDR
— Battery Discharge Regulator
ACSYS
— Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
USIA
— United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
ADDNET
— Acid Deposition Data Network (EPA)
GRO
— Gamma Ray Observatory (NASA)
LBL
— Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (University of California)
GPI
— GOES Precipitation Index
NSFNET
— National Science Foundation Network
LEFI
— Local Electric Field Instrument
AIME
— American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
PLO
— Public Limit Order
SLIES
— Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
SIO
— Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
DWS
— Doppler Wind Sensor
DMS
— Dimethyl Sulfide
COLL
— COLLege
IGAC
— International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
IAF
— International Astronautical Federation
WRI
— World Resources Institute (Washington, D.C.)
HIRS
— High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
TRAV
— Travel
LIS
— Land Information System
AI
— Associate Investigator
USCA
— United States Code Annotated
GN
— Ground Network
AIREP
— Aircraft Weather Report
STAT
— Statistical
ISSC
— International Social Science Council
CBS
— Commission for Basic Systems
ATLID
— Atmospheric LIDAR
FRD
— Flight Requirements Document
MCP
— Meteorological Communications Package
MIDAM
— Midamerica Commodity Exchange
AFS
— American Fisheries Society
CONGREG
— congregation
SLA
— Special Libraries Association
ADEOS
— Advanced Earth Observing System
NAM
— North America
IEOS
— International Earth Observing System
OBL
— OBLique
HTW
— High Temperature Winkler gasifier
II
— Interdisciplinary Investigator
GLAS
— Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
ATTRIB
— Attribute
HMMR
— High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
NGDC
— National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
CIRAC
— Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
SUSIM
— Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
COADS
— Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
OD
— Orbit Determination
-S
— Arakawa-Schubert
LDR
— Linear Depolarization Ratio
PPFD
— Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density
FDH
— Fixed Dynamical Heating
SEV
— several
BITNET
— Because It is Time NETwork
IGS
— International Glaciological Society
DSIR
— Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
ESRI
— Environmental Systems Research Institute (developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, Redlands, California)
CITE
— Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
RAOB
— Radiosonde Observation
VISSR
— visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
GIT
— Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
FO
— Furnace Oil
NEHA
— National Environmental Health Association
CNEG
— Contributory negligence
CFRI
— Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
ADMONIT
— admonition
ATTY
— Attorney
ED
— Energy Division
DIS
— Disease
MAESA
— Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
NAL
— National Agricultural Library
GISP2
— Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two
SOLSTICE
— Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
GISS
— Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
INSTARR
— Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (University of Colorado, Boulder)
CO-C
— Carbon monoxide carbon trace gas emission
IPOC
— International Partner Operations Center
IMB
— Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
GMS
— Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
PRN
— Pseudo-Random Noise
SERI
— Solar Energy Research Institute
CJS
— Corpus Juris Secundum
ALSC
— Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
NSSFC
— National Severe Storms Forecast Center
MPI
— Max Planck Institut (Germany)
MEV
— mega electron volts
PREROG
— prerogative
HTTP
— Hypertext Transport Protocol
SGR
— Specific Growth Rate
TOGA
— Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
UVR
— Ultraviolet Radiation
A.
— Atlantic Reporter
4-D
— four-dimensional
KNOWL
— Knowledge
ALADIN
— Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
THEORET
— theoretical
ISEE
— International Sun-Earth Explorer
DB
— Direct Broadcast
FIRE
— First ISCCP Regional Experiment
DOA
— United States Department of Agriculture
ASTROL
— Astrology
NYBOR
— New York Interbank Offered Rate
MES
— Military Engineering Services
LEX
— Lexicon
CDOS
— Customer Data and Operations System
DOM
— Dissolved Organic Matter
CDIAC
— Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
ESA
— Entomological Society of America
INTERC
— intercourse
AGCM
— Atmospheric General Circulation Model
2-D
— a.k.a. 2D, two-dimension, two-dimensional
JERS-1
— Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
INTELL
— Intelligent
AODC
— Acridine Orange Direct Count [of Bacteria]
AVIRIS
— airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
MODIS
— moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
CLAVR
— Clouds from AVHRR
COMB.FORM
— combining form
AVCS
— Advanced Vidicon Camera System
CCM
— community climate model
EMEX
— Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
OFFIC
— official
HIBID
— Hong Kong interbank bid rate
EPH
— Ephesians
AD
— Acronym Dictionary
SEASTAR
— Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
FTSE-100
— Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 stock index
SNL
— Sandia National Laboratories
INSA
— Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
AMEDAS
— Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
3I
— improved initialization inversion
COLA
— Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
NPS
— National Park Service (US)
I
— Injection
FIBOR
— Frankfurt Interbank Offered Rate
HALOE
— Halogen Occultation Experiment
GEDEX
— Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
TOPEX
— Ocean Topography Experiment
ANC
— Ancient
HST
— Hawaii Standard Time
MCIDAS
— Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
B/W
— Black and White
AEF
— Average Emission Factor
DSM
— demand-side management
ESA
— Ecological Society of America
DPI
— Data Processing Installation
CMS
— Configuration Management System
GLRD
— Great Lakes Research Division
PPR
— problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
UH
— University of Heidelberg
GFLOPS
— one gigaflop equals 1 billion (109) floating point operations
EOTC
— European Organization for Testing and Certification (EC)
GIMMS
— Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
SAIL
— Steel Authority of India Limited
PROV
— Proverbs
NEXRAD
— Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)
MACS
— Modular Attitude Control System
CODATA
— Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU)
JEOS
— Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
PMIR
— Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
UCSB
— University Of California Santa Barbara
GCDIS
— US Global Change Data and Information System
EXCOMM
— Executive Committee
REFASH
— refashion
EMPH
— emphatic
SBUV
— Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
RIE
— Recognised Investment Exchange
RAL
— Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
ORR
— Oak Ridge Reservation
STDN
— Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
IGY
— International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
DEVEL
— Development
POD
— Precision Orbit Determination
OGIST
— Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
MLS
— Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
ACU
— Attitude Control Unit
FEHEM
— Front-End Hardware Emulator
ADVOC
— advocate
CALIF
— California
CIBOR
— Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate
LDC
— less-developed country
ACAST
— Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology toDevelopment
ARRCC
— Analysis of Rapid and Recent Climate Change (project)
BCF
— Bio-Concentration Factor
DM-MIMD
— distributed memory, multiple instruction, multiple data (computer)
UNISIST
— United Nations System for Scientific and Technological Information
APA
— Adirondack Park Agency
PB
— Playback
PDI
— Payload Data Interleaver
FSI
— Forest Survey of India
UCR
— University of California at Riverside
JURISDICT
— jurisdiction
KR
— Krypton
IDB
— Inter-American Development Bank
AAG
— American Association of Geographers
GOMOS
— Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
IGAP
— International Global Aerosol Program
DCN
— Document Change Notice
SMR
— Standard Malaysian Rubber
WFF
— Wallops Flight Facility
HIMSS
— high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
ICIMOD
— International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
SOFFEX
— Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange
ADMC
— Agri-residue dry matter content
APAFO
— Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
MOPITT
— Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
METEOSAT
— European Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
MYTH
— mythology
WSC
— Water Survey of Canada
CRM
— Certified Reference Material
HFO
— Heavy Fuel Oil
MDI
— Michelson Doppler Imager
SPAN
— Space Physics Analysis Network
NZFOE
— New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange
EPA
— Environmental Protection Authority (Victoria, Australia)
CALC
— Calculus
IUGG
— International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
BBL
— Billion Barrels
TIFFE
— Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange
CONSID
— consideration
MIBOR
— Madrid Interbank Offered Rate
POEMS
— Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
CGCP
— Canadian Global Change Program
MDE
— Middle East
CMO
— Configuration Management Office
ACP
— Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
BTP
— Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali
WBDCS
— Wide-Band Data Collection System
ATDD
— Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
IFRB
— International Frequency Registration Board of the International Telecommunication Union
WOCE
— World Ocean Circulation Experiment
EMAP
— Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
SSU
— Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
ADVT
— advertisement
MMSCMD
— million metric standard cubic metre per day
R
— Rex
APID
— Application Identification
CRI
— Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
AGSS
— Attitude Ground Support System
ACID
— Acidification Chemistry Information Data Base (BNL)
CNR
— Committee on Natural Resources
ANSW
— Answer
ACTM
— Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model
MISR
— Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
DAR
— Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
MITI
— Ministry of International Trade and Industry
JGOFS
— Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
AE
— Atmosphere Explorer
MLR
— Multiple Linear Regression
DCP-OES
— direct coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy
SFA
— Securities and Futures Authority Limited
ISCCP
— International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
NORDA
— Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
EJ
— Exajoule
IDEOL
— ideology
ADVTS
— advertisement
DOC
— dissolved organic carbon
SCULPT
— sculpture
FSL
— Forecast Systems Laboratory (a NOAA ERL)
CONV
— Convention
NERI
— National Environmental Research Institute
COMP
— company
RFD
— Royal Forestry Department
POC
— Particulate Organic Carbon
GPCP
— Global Precipitation Climatology Project
ILAS
— Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
VENET
— Venetian
IUCR
— International Union of Crystallography
EFP
— Exchange For Physicals
OWS
— Ocean Weather Station
CX
— Cross-Examination
IRG
— Interest Rate Guarantee
FWCA
— Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (1958)
COM
— Commission
TES
— Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
FXA
— Foreign Exchange Agreement
ORS
— Others
INTERNAT
— international
CLASS
— Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
XIE
— X-Ray Imaging Experiment
CNET
— Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications (France)
SPSO
— Science Processing Support Office
S&R
— Search & Rescue
CAMS
— Control and Monitoring System
EDSP
— Exchange Delivery Settlement Price
TIROS
— Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
SSM
— Special Sensor Microwave
FURNIT
— furniture
ASA
— American Statistical Association
POGO
— Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
IGFA
— International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
EP
— Extraction Procedure
EOM
— End of Mission
ASPRS
— American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
SCMS
— Société de Compensation des Marchés Conditionnels
SDAC
— Satellite Data Analysis Center
BECO
— Booster Engine Cutoff
TMC
— Thinking Machine Corporation
EPHIN
— Electron Proton Helium Instrument
DLG
— Digital Line Graphic
JUSTIFIC
— justification
HIRDLS
— HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
ORAU
— Oak Ridge Associated Universities
NDIR
— non-dispersive infrared gas analyzer
IUB
— International Union of Biochemistry (ICSU)
EC-GC
— Electron Capture-Gas Chromatograph
VIRSR
— Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
AET
— Actual Evapotranspiration
ZOOL
— Zoology
AGST
— Against
DESCR
— Description
POLES
— Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
NUM
— Number
HCFC-141B
— hydrochlorofluorocarbon-141b
RN
— Radon
INTRANS
— intransitive
GL
— Geophysics Laboratory
BFE
— Baltic Futures Exchange
IPS
— Inter Press Service
FRI
— Forest Research Institute
M
— micrometer
NIGEC
— National Institute for Global Environmental Change
IASI
— Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
ELEC
— Electronic
SCRIPPS
— Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
RVAU
— Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
GS&M
— Modeling (task team)
BVRJ
— Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro
ICWG
— International Coordination Working Group
XPNDR
— Transponder
VSE
— Vancouver Stock Exchange
MANIP
— manipulation
CISPR
— International Special Committee on Radio Interference
ACE
— Advisory Committee on the Environment
DIU
— Data Information Unit (of WOCE Data System)
MONEX
— Monsoon Experiment
PHR
— Phrase
NOY
— total active nitrogen
SDSD
— Satellite Data Services Division
JSC
— Joint Scientific Committee (ICSU, WCRP, and WMO)
AASSREC
— Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils
ARCH
— Archive
BCC
— British Coal Corporation
IVL
— Swedish Environmental Research Institute
ALARA
— As Late As Reasonably Achievable
FRCP
— Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
MONUM
— monument
CHAR
— Character
AOM
— Australian Options Market
ALA. CODE
— Code of Alabama 1975
TT&C
— Telemetry, Tracking and Command
NDBC
— National Data Buoy Center
GOMR
— Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
GLRS-R
— Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
GSMNP
— Great Smoky Mountains National Park
IAEG
— International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
TERI
— Tata Energy Research Institute
PDSI
— Palmer Drought Severity Index
MKT
— Market
RFT
— Registered Floor Trader
ISSMFE
— International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
BIOL
— Biology
NGVD 29
— National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
GEC
— Global Environment Change
LTM
— Long-Term Monitoring
MAW
— Ministry of Agriculture and Water (Saudi Arabia)
HED
— High Energy Detector
PCU
— Platinum-Cobalt Unit
DICT
— Dictionary
FCL
— Foldback Current Limiter
FRTM
— Functional Requirements Traceability Matrix
LWIR
— long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
BARA
— Pressure in Atmosphere
DISCRIM
— discrimination
IMM
— International Monetary Market
CDDIS
— Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
ITAL
— Italian
HPCRC
— High Performance Computing Research Center (ORNL)
ACA
— Advanced Computer Applications (project)
M&E
— Monitoring and Enforcement
ACCEPT
— acceptance
LANDSAT
— land satellite (photographs of the ground)
NASCOM
— NASA Communications System
PAD
— Program Approval Document
JERS
— Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
NBIOME
— Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
MTCE
— Million Tonnes of Carbon Equivalent
SPACE PHYSICS DATA SYSTEM
— Solar Physics Data System
USCCAN
— United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
ORNITH
— ornithology
SPD
— Solar Physics Division
RNMI
— Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
VOCAB
— Vocabulary
IRIS
— Integrated Radar Imaging System
JASON
— Scientific panel (MITRE Corporation
OMX
— Option Market Index
ARTEMIS
— Advanced Relay and Technology Mission Satellite (ESA)
NILU
— Norwegian Institute for Air Research
MAB
— Man and the Biosphere (programme) (UNESCO)
SIR-C
— Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
LPM
— liters per minute
ACCM
— Atmospheric General Circulation Model
STSP
— Solar Terrestrial Science Programme
CLP
— Contract Laboratory Program (EPA)
SONG SOL
— Song of Solomon
RFDU
— Radio Frequency Distribution Unit
IAG
— International Association of Geodesy (IUGG)
LAWS
— Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
DORIS
— Doppler Orbit And Radio Positioning Integration By Satellite
AFR
— Africa
AOCE
— Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics
IBSRAM
— International Board for Soil Research and Management
BEL-20
— stock index
NESHAP
— National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
MTOE
— million tonnes of oil equivalent
SMIRD
— SOHO Mission Implementation Requirements Document
NPOP
— NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
ARCHIT
— Architecture
MWIR
— medium-wavelength infrared
CIESIN
— Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
LECT
— Lecture
RUC
— Roskilde University Center
KLOFFE
— Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange
TORR
— pressure in millimeters of mercury with respect to vacuum
PIBOR
— Paris Interbank Offered Rate
MDSRS
— Morphology-Dependent Stimulated Raman Scattering
TWRA
— Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
COMM
— Commission
GVR
— Grant, Vacate and Remand
INDUSTR
— industrial
RTNEPH
— real-time nephanalysis
APPLIC
— application
V
— Verb
NHRI
— National Hydrology Research Institute
UNCED
— United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development
DOLY
— Dynamic Global Phytogeography Model (GCTE)
ABRIDG
— abridged
DD
— degree day
BPPT
— Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (Indonesia)
SEAWIFS
— sea-viewing wide-field sensor
BATS
— Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
CPE
— Eastern Europe (also called Centrally Planned Europe)
LEV
— Leviticus
ASOEN
— ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment
UCLA
— University of California at Los Angeles (U.S.)
MWR
— Microwave Radiometer
TLM
— Telemetry
MDUL
— Missing Data Units List
SASK
— Saskatchewan
SCATT
— SCATTerometer
WILTS
— Wiltshire
NAUT
— Nautical
POLAR
— Polar Plasma Laboratory
G-7
— Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
MORFLOT
— Ministry of the Merchant Marine of the Soviet Union
APPOS
— appositive
VIC
— Victoria
GSC
— Geological Survey of Canada (DEMR)
CXL
— Constitutional
AMBIACE
— Amazon Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment
JMOL
— Judgment as a Matter of Law
JUD
— Judges
WVR
— Water Vapor Radiometer
MASC
— Mountain Administration Support Center (NOAA)
NPL
— Nuclear Plasma Laboratory
AIV
— Assembly-Integration-Verification
PTB
— Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig
PRINC
— principle
IRF
— instantaneous radiative transfer
AAF
— Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France
BAPMON
— Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
PASA
— Participating Agency Service Agreement
DED
— Dedicated
SINTEF
— Norwegian Institute of Technology
ITC
— International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
FEMA
— Finite Element Model of Material Transport through Aquifers
D
— Deuterium (also abbreviated as 2D or 2H)
IUFRO
— International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
CCN
— Cloud Condensation Nuclei
ESD
— Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
NBIS
— Northern Biosphere Information System
CAL. CODE REG.
— California Code of Regulations
CERT
— Certificate
LITHOL
— lithology
JAP
— Japanese
NMI
— NASA Management Instruction
PSS
— Portable Spacecraft Simulator
TISAB
— total ionic strength adjustment buffer (analytical method)
TAI
— Temps Atomique International
CZM
— Coastal Zone Management
CAR
— Caribbean Region
ABI
— Association of Italian Bankers
DTD
— Digital Terrain Data
CONVENT
— convention
VIZ
— Videlicet
IOS
— Institute of Ocean Sciences
ANG
— Anglian
PPL.ADJ
— participial adjective
LRPT
— low-resolution picture transmission
B.C
— Before Christ
CV
— Calorific Value
WINDII
— Wind Imaging Interferometer
TSP
— total suspended particles
BAO
— Boulder Atmospheric Observatory
IUCAF
— Inter-Union Commission on Frequency Allocation for Radio Astronomyand Space Science
STMW
— Sub-Tropical Mode Water
MAGIC
— Model of Acidification of Groundwater in Catchment
UV-VIS
— UltraViolet-Visible Spectroscopy
LEAPS
— Low Electron Attachment Potential Species
CORON
— coronation
OCLO
— chlorine dioxide
P.
— Page
NAVIG
— Navigational Log
AFDM
— Ash Free Dry Mass
FWP
— Field Work Proposal
SM-MIMD
— shared memory, multiple instruction, and multiple data (computer)
GLIS
— Global Land Information System
CRYSYS
— Cryospheric System
CSPAAD
— Coarse Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
MPC
— Maximum Permissible Concentration
IOM
— Index and Option Market
ERDA
— U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (formerly AEC; now DOE)
INPA
— Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazona (Brazil)
ARAB
— Arabic
LR
— Laser Retroreflector
ICACGP
— International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution
SWIRLS
— Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
CLASSIF
— classification
APPL
— Applied
ST
— Steam Turbine
POSTM
— postmaster
STRI
— Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
RPB
— Recognised Professional Body
APN
— Asia-Pacific Network (for Global Change Research) (START)
MILL(S)
— 0.001 U.S. dollars
WPL
— Wave Propagation Laboratory
LTOM
— London Traded Options Market
GF3
— General Format No 3
PUB.L.
— Public Law
R
— Regina
NIRP
— National Institute for Radiation Protection
LORAN
— Long-Range Area Navigation System
ALASKA ADMIN. CODE
— Alaska Administrative Code
LAI
— Leaf Area Index
SK
— Saskatchewan
CE
— Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy (US Department of Energy)
CHY
— Commission for Hydrology
HVS
— high-volume sampler
AM. JUR. 2D.
— American Jurisprudence, 2nd Series
VMVM
— Vector Measuring Current Meter
USDA-SCS
— United States Department of Agriculture-Soil Conservation Service
ISA
— Israel Space Agency
CDS
— Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer
EOSDIS
— EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
NACNEMS
— North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
IFIAS
— International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study
BOB
— Bureau of the Budget
BIE
— Business in the Environment
MILA
— Merritt Island Launch Area
JOC
— Joint Organizing Committee
BAA
— benz[a]anthracene
IMG
— Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases
CELIAS
— Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System
MEFF RENTA FIJA
— derivatives exchange in Barcelona, Spain
MO&DSD
— Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate
BNAP
— Basic Hydrological Network Assessment Project
MIF
— Mercato Italiano Futures
CIAP
— Climate Impact Assessment Program
TRANSF
— Transfer
ART
— Another Ray Tracer
CHRON
— Chronicles
ICAR
— Indian Council of Agricultural Research
KERFIX
— Kerguelen fixed station (France) (JGOFS)
ROPME
— Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment
CPO
— Core Project Office
EMSL
— Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory (EPA)
IUBMB
— International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
DDFM
— Data Distribution Facility Manager
FOK
— fill or kill order
URL
— Upper Range Limit
EURECA
— European Retrievable Carrier
ITB
— Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
LOICZ
— Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
COPUOS
— Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN)
BIOCHEM
— Biochemistry
HEREFORD
— Herefordshire
HMTA
— Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
TIT
— Titus
ODB
— Orbit Determination Beacon
WPCF
— Water Pollution Control Federation
TIGGER
— Earth sciences dimension to TIGER
DISORT
— discrete ordinate (model)
TOMUIS
— 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
PERH
— perhaps
RBV
— return-beam Vidicon
TTO
— Total Toxic Organic
B.C
— British Columbia
VHRR
— Very High-Resolution Radiometer
CERN
— European Laboratory for Particle Physics
BOR
— Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT)
MIADS
— map information assembly and display system
LI
— library
TGE
— Tokyo Grain Exchange
NOB
— Notes Over Bonds
T
— tonne
ACCI
— Advisory Committee on Climate Applications and Data (WMO)
AD.
— ad sectam (Latin)
COMMERC
— commercial
OIP
— Offical Index Period
IBWC
— International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
PR.PPLE
— present participle
IRI
— International Reference Ionosphere
RRN TNH
— RRN Temperate Northern Hemisphere
CDAS
— Climate Data Assimilation System
ENSO
— El Nino/Southern Oscillation (coupled oceanic-atmospheric change)
AIJ
— Activities Implemented Jointly
ERL
— Environmental Research Laboratory
H/W
— Hardware
IDOL
— idolatry
FAGS
— Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services (ICSU)
NARS
— National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
NH4
— ammonium
PORT
— Portuguese
IPMS
— International Polar Motion Service
CCCO
— Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean (SCOR and IOC)
C.V.
— coefficient of variation (math)
ALE
— Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment
VEG
— Vegetable
NAIC
— Newly Agro-Industrialized Country
GEOM
— Geometry
CFC-113
— CCl2FCClF2, 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane
CLIC
— Climate Inventory and Catalog
CMM
— Commission for Marine Meteorology
VIRS
— Visible Infrared Scanner
HP
— Health Physics
JUDG
— Judges
ASDAR
— Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
ABERD
— Aberdeen or Aberdonensis (Latin)
APOL
— apology
ESA/IRS
— European Space Agency/Information Retrieval Service
AWRA
— American Water Resources Association's
IUGS
— International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
CEA
— Central Electricity Authority
GEOG
— Geography
MEFF RENTA VARIABLE
— derivatives exchange in Madrid, Spain
MANAGEM
— management
CEPAL
— Comision Economica para America Latina (Spain) (ECLA)
IBEX-35
— stock index
LOBT
— Local on Board Time
ABE
— Advisory Board on Energy (India)
HASP
— High Altitude Sampling Program
ULS
— Upward-Looking SONAR
EAST IND
— East Indies
POSTH
— posthumous
IRSS
— Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
SFT
— System Functional Test
AIT
— Atomic International Time
MIBK
— Methyl IsoButyl Ketone traditional name for methyl pentanone
HANTS
— Hampshire
RPR
— Remote Procedure Request
IOC
— International Ozone Commission
APCA
— Air Pollution Control Association (Pittsburgh)
CSRS
— Cooperative State Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture)
ANAT
— Anatomy
APM
— Antenna Pointing Mechanism
IFU
— Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research (Germany)
TOPEX/POSEIDON
— Ocean Topography Experiment
OBED
— obedience
MANUF
— Manufacture
CCMS
— Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society
USWB
— United States Weather Bureau
HRS
— Hazard Ranking System (EPA)
SOHO
— Solar Heliospheric Observatory
IASPEI
— International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior
DHP
— Direct High Power
SMIC
— Study of Mans Impact on Climate
PRD
— Program Requirements Documents (UDS)
GRAMM.ANALYSIS
— grammatical analysis
AFFECT
— affection
MIC
— Micah
CDMU
— Central Data Management Unit
AIBD
— Association of International Bond Dealers
OBO
— Order Book Official
EUROTRAC
— European Experiment on Transport and Transformation of Environmentally Relevant Trace Constituents in the Troposphere over Europe
EPO
— EOS Project Office
ASPP
— American Society of Plant Physiologists
NGM
— Nested Grid Model
IAVCEI
— International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
MBL
— Marine Boundary Layer
FSSP
— Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe
CCT
— computer-compatible tape
CDMS
— Cryospheric Data Management System
PDU
— Power Distribution Unit
VLBI
— Very Long Baseline Interferometry
VNIR
— Visible And Near InfraRed
MED
— Mediterranean (the region) (START)
CASSAD
— Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development
RW
— Reaction Wheel
FTA
— Financiele Termijnmarket Amsterdam
SSMR-SSM/I
— Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer-Ssm/II
CLONO2
— chlorine nitrate
GME
— Gyro Management Electronics
DSRT
— Deep Sea Reversing Thermometer
SIDS
— Small Island Developing States
ANIM
— animal
Î
— (Greek letter Pi) Plaintiff
ENEA
— Italian National Agency for New technology, Energy and the Environment
TRANSUBSTANT
— transubstantiation
CCC
— Canadian Climate Centre
TEESE
— TERI Energy Economy Simulation Evaluation
CODMAC
— Committee On Data Management, Archiving, and Computation
CIG
— Commonwealth Industrial Gases
ATA
— Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam
PHYSICAL CHEM
— physical chemistry
GALE
— Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment
GDSIRD
— Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
DKD
— Deutscher Kalibrierdienst
WS
— Wind Speed
BCP1
— Broadcast Pulse 1
U.S.
— United States
MR
— Microwave Radiometer
EN
— Natural forest biomass used for energy
ADEOS
— Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (Japan)
ECCL.HIST
— ecclesiastical history
EIT
— Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
FOFS
— futures and options funds
L/C
— land cover
LAMBADA
— Large-scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazona using DataAssimilation
PHOTOG
— photography
HARM
— Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology
DOT
— Deployment Operations Team
SECTIONS
— Oceanographic Programme of the U.S.S.R.
ISSS
— International Society of Soil Science
GBRS
— Generic Block Recording System
DARE
— data rescue
FAI
— Fertilizer Association of India
RHODE ISL
— Rhode Island
CERSAT
— French group for processing ERTS-1 low bit rate data from ocean areas
BGC
— Biogeochemical Cycle
EPD
— European Pollen Database
ABERDEENSH
— Aberdeenshire
GTDS
— Goddard Trajectory Determination System
ESAER
— European Space Agency's Earth Resources (Satellite)
ALM
— Almanac
CUF
— capacity utilization factor
ARAC
— Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (program)
NBRF
— National Biomedical Research Foundation
CCS
— Central Checkout System
FOM
— Finnish Options Market
MARECO
— Marine Radioecology Working Group (IUR)
TRIB
— Chicago Tribune Newspaper
CMS
— Command Management System
AEDD
— Arctic Environment Data Directory
CCITT
— International Consultative Committee on Telegraphs andTelecommunications
CSM
— Climate System Monitoring
GS
— Ground System
MOM
— Modular Ocean Model
ACCOMPL
— accomplished
NRZ-L
— Non Return to Zero Level
BASE
— Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment
GNO
— Gross Product Originating
CONCL
— conclusion
ATX
— Austrian Traded Index
CAGM
— Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO)
DBI
— Decibels referenced to Isotropic gain
NVI
— normalized difference vegetation index
IMCO
— Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
OPEX
— Operational and Executive Personnel for Civil Service
SUBORD
— Subordinate
MERIS
— medium-resolution imaging spectrometer
DGCM
— Dynamic Global Vegetation Model
CEMA
— Council of Mutual Economic Aid (Russian Federation, formerly U.S.S.R.)
PREDIC
— predicate
SPACE PHYSICS DIVISION
— SPDS
USCS
— United States Code System
RRN CAR
— RRN Caribbean
C.
— Chapter
ETHERNET
— Local area network defined by ISO 802.3
DECLAR
— declaration
ASCOT
— Atmospheric Studies in Complex Terrain
CMIE
— Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy
ACTS
— African Centre for Technology Studies
WWO
— Waste Water Outflow
HAGE
— human activity and global environment
CONSTIT
— constitution
DLG-E
— Digital Line Graph-Enhanced
ANTS
— Antenna Subsystem
DAC
— Data Assembly Centre (WOCE)
MAGS
— Mackenzie GEWEX Study (Canada)
ECWA
— Economic Commission for Western Asia
ISEB 10
— Tenth International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry
SCAR
— Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU)
OHER
— Office Of Health And Environmental Research (US Dept. Of Energy)
SIFE
— Second ISCCP Field Experiment
XDR
— External Data Representation
CHAMB
— chamber
ETM
— Enhanced Thematic Mapper
IDEM
— Italian Derivatives Market
ABB
— Association des Banques Belges
CONN
— Connecticut
LCL
— lifting condensation level
MFLOPS
— One megaflop equals 1 million (106) floating point operations
MICH
— Michigan
HEC
— Hydro-Electric Commission (Tasmania)
D.C.
— District of Columbia
CRU
— Climatic Research Unit (UEA, Norwich, U.K.)
ITPR
— Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer
INDIR
— indirect
AGWAT
— Agriculture and Water Project (JECOR)
GSIRD
— Ground Data System Information Requirements Document
ASEAMS
— Association of Southeast Asian Marine Scientists
IGEA
— International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
RDAAC
— Remote Data Analysis and Archive Center
ARMA
— Autoregressive moving-average
AVTUR
— aviation gas turbine fuel
DSCC
— Deep Space Communications Complex
CSEC
— Centre for the Study of Environmental Change (University of Lancaster)
ACATS
— Airborne Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species
CARS
— Climate Applications Referral System
USDI
— United States Department of the Interior (also
CSES
— Center for the Study of Earth from Space (University of Colorado, Boulder)
CMAP
— Climate Modeling, Analysis & Prediction
IDCCC
— Interior Department Cartographic Coordinating Committee (DOI)
BEF
— Before
BRU
— Battery Regulation Unit
OCO
— One Cancels the Other Order
APMP
— Acid Precipitation Mitigation Program (NAPAP)
GER
— Germany
NRCP
— National Research Council for the Philippines
IRSSP
— Interactive Remote Sensing Software Package
LSN
— long- and short-normal resistivity (geophysical logging)
ISE
— International Stock Exchange
ADB
— Asian Developing Bank
ACC
— Audit-Comptabilité-Conseil (French: Auditing-Accounting Council)
ADVB
— adverb
RESID
— residence
NYCE
— New York Cotton Exchange
ASAS
— Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor
ANARE
— Australian National Antarctic Research Establishment
CSERGE
— Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment
RRN TSA
— RRN Temperate South America
TERSE
— Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
PVM
— Parallel Virtual Machine
APDA
— Arctic Precipitation Data Archive (ACSYS)
IFO
— Intensive Field Observation
MASFLEX
— Marginal Sea Flux Experiment (in the West Pacific) (IGOPS)
EGCM
— Eddy-Resolving General Circulation Model
DISS
— Dissertation
SOR
— Statutory Orders and Regulations
IGCP
— International Geological Correlation Programme (IUGS and UNESCO)
ACHEX
— Aerosol Characterization Experiment
IAWPRC
— International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control
PRL
— Physical Research Laboratory
ADMON
— admonition
ECU
— Environmental Change Unit (Oxford)
SEATO
— Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
MERCH
— Merchantable
METAPHOR
— metaphorical
ABORIG
— aboriginal
HTML
— Hypertext Meta-Language
RSA
— Republic South Africa
DMDS
— Dimethyl Disulfide
IDSS
— Integrated Data Sounding System
ICP/MS
— Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
CIRES
— Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
BIPM
— Bureau International de Poids et Mesures
FFO
— Fraction of oxidized
IGRSS
— International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
IRTM
— Infrared Thermal Mapper
ESR
— Emergency Sun Reacquisition
AOVP
— Arctic Ocean Variability Project
TIR
— Tabula Imperii Romani
MYST
— Mystery Science Theater
ART
— Arctica
RAES
— Retail Automated Execution System
COSTED
— Committee On Science & Technology in Developing Countries
ASTRON
— Astronomy
ECOWARM
— European Committee for Water Resources Management (IAHS)
RRN OCE
— RRN Oceania
CDHF
— Central Data Handling Facility
CPS
— Certified Professional Secretary
R2
— coefficient of determination (statistical)
CLICOM
— Climate Computing
STOF
— Suprathermal-Time-Of-Flight
ICARDA
— International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas
BIOG
— Biography
BERKS
— Berkshire (English County)
MESOSOFT
— Mesoscale Data Management Facility
EARN
— European Academic Research Network
ARCS
— Atmospheric Radiation and Cloud Station
ABRIDGEM
— abridgement
NOCC
— Network Operations Control Center (GSFC)
DIFFIC
— difficult
PRONUNC
— pronunciation
CGO
— Cape Grim (Tasmania) (baseline station)
IMU
— International Mathematical Union
EDX
— energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry
CNRS
— National Scientific Research Center (Centre Nationale de la Recherche
GOES
— Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics
DI
— Directorate
CONG. REC.
— Congressional Record
URI
— University of Rhode Island, Narragansett
CONFUT
— confutation
INTERJ
— interjection
DBM
— Decibels referenced to one milliwatt
PBU
— peribacteroid unit
ICIP
— International Conference on Image Processing
GRM
— NASA Gravity Satellite (U.S.)
HSA
— Historic Sites Act (1935)
GNIS
— Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
I&T
— Integration & Test
PIO/T
— PIO for Contract Technicians or Contract Services
CL
— Common Law
USDOI
— United States Department of the Interior (also
GCO
— Generation Certification Official (waste generation)
HAB
— Habakkuk
EPER
— Environmental Processes and Effects Research (program)
RADIOL
— Radiology
PRINT
— Printing
CIL
— Coal India Limited
FDST
— Flight Dynamics Support Team
HRE
— Homogeneous Reactor Experiment (impoundment)
GOOS
— Global Ozone Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
SMJ
— subject matter jurisdiction
CGC
— Committee on Global Change
NOM
— Nominative
SECO
— Sustainer Engine Cutoff
GDPS
— Global Data-Processing System (WMO and WWW)
FED. R. CRIM. P.
— Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
CCSM
— Control Center Systems Manager
TAGA
— Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer
ACE-1
— Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
ERBES
— Earth Radiation Budget Explorer Satellite
IMAG
— imagination
ARK. CODE
— Arkansas Code
PECULAT
— peculation
EQPAC
— Equatorial Pacific
IRC
— International Radiation Commission
OBC
— On Board Computer
SERDP
— Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
FBC
— Fluidized Bed Combustor
APOC
— apocalyptic
BBF
— Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros
MO&DA
— Mission Operations and Data Analysis
BAAS
— British Association for the Advancement of Science
J
— Judge
DERIV
— derivative
IUR
— International Union of Radioecologists
SOS/SONIA
— SOS/Southeast Oxidant and Nitrogen Intensive Analysis
ALACE
— Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float)
RIVM
— Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and EnvironmentalProtection
MIB 30
— Milano Indice Borsa
AGAL
— Australian Government Analytical Laboratories
EPV
— Extended Precision Vector
ANNOT
— annotation
ACE-2
— North Atlantic Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC)
WGDM
— Working Group on Data Management
WD
— Wind Direction
VAR
— Variant
CA
— Copyright Act
LUCC
— Land Use and Cover Change (IGBP and HDP)
WDE
— Wheel Drive Electronic
FAZ
— Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
EFCC
— Externally Fired Combined Cycle
AEROCE
— Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment
IITM
— Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology
ZPC
— Zero Point of Change
BBAISR
— British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
FSMF
— Flight Software Maintenance Facility
BSRN
— Baseline Surface Radiation Network
CCGT
— Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
MLI
— Multilayer Insulation
ECCL
— ecclesiastical
NCGIA
— National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
C&DH
— Command & Data Handling
DRAW
— Direct Read After Write Animation System
TRAC
— Teacher Research Associate
AMAP
— Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
GLOCHANT
— Global Change Research in the Antarctic
AERONAUT
— aeronautic
SETAC
— Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry
BOF
— Basic Oxygen Furnace
HPD
— Hydrometeorological Processes Division
MICROBIOL
— Microbiology
DEL
— Data Evaluation Laboratory
IUNS
— International Union of Nutritional Sciences
IAA
— International Academy of Astronautics
GOIN
— Global Observation Information Network
RECOLL
— recollection
CGMW
— Commission for the Geological Map of the World
SUPPL
— Supplement
BULL
— Bulletin
GLOS
— Gloucestershire
ICPP
— Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
FCCSET
— Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
PMB
— Potato Marketing Board
GOS
— Global Observing System (WMO and WWW)
CEPT
— Conference Europeenne des Administration des Postes etTelecommunications
ETI
— Economic Transition and Integration (project)
PON
— Particulate Organic Nitrogen
NORTHANTS
— Northamptonshire
LFM
— limited fine-mesh model
WDC
— World Data Center (ICSU)
BBZ
— benthic boundary zone
DMI
— Direct Member Input
FGCC
— Federal Geodetic Control Committee
ARGOS
— Argos Data Collection and Position Location System (CNES and NOAA)
GSL
— Gulf Stream Locale
BVB
— Belgische Vereniging van Banken
MABL
— Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
CERES
— Clouds And The Earth's Radiant Energy System (EOS)
VAM
— Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal
IDEAL
— International Decade for the East African Lakes (project) (PAGES)
LONGLINES
— Long Hydrographic Sections Programme
TOCOM
— Tokyo Commodity Exchange
ARIZ. ADMIN. REG.
— Arizona Administrative Register
EMSL-LV
— Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Las Vegas (Nevada)
GCEP
— Global Change Education Program
ALASKA STAT.
— Alaska Statutes
IAH
— International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS)
TFLOPS
— One teraflop equals 1 trillion (1012) floating point operations
EXPLOR
— Exploration
LING
— linguistic
HSWA
— Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA, 1984)
USCS
— United States Code Service
ISPRS
— International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
IUHPS
— International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science
CETA
— Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment
PCSSD
— Philippines Council for Sustainable Development
ITRA
— Intercomparison of Transmittance and Radiance Algorithms
MPC
— Model Penal Code
ICHTH
— ichthyology
ASCAT
— Advanced Scatterometer
NESDP
— National Economic and Social Development Plan
UNARS
— Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
IERS
— International Ellipsoid Reference System
PROBL
— Problem
CHEMRAWN
— Chemical Research Applied to World Needs
KRE
— Kobe Rubber Exchange
IEM
— Institute of Experimental Meteorology
ALTA
— Active Long Term Archive
CCOP
— Committee for the Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas
BCP3
— Broadcast Pulse 3
ACMAD
— African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
DAAC
— Data Active Archive Center
ENEA
— Comitato Nazionale Per La Ricerca E Lo Sviluppo Dell' Energia Nucleare E Delle Energie Alternative
J
— Justice
EAA
— Earth Attitude Angle
EFQ
— Estimated fuel quantity consumed (Used to determine carbon stored)
AGASP
— Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Programme
COSAMC
— Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology
GENESIS
— Global Environmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems
TIBOR
— Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate
IGCC
— Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (electric Power Generation Technology)
ESDIS
— Earth Science Data and Information System
CREN
— Chemical Research and Environmental Needs
EHP
— Extended High Power
GEOGR
— Geography
CRF
— Cloud Radiative Forcing
AOCMS
— Attitude and Orbit Control Measurement System
MHRS
— Modified Hazard Ranking System (DOE)
COMPL
— Complete
FR
— French Republic
MMES
— Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. ("Energy Systems" is preferred)
OA
— Operations Agreement
MACC
— Maccabees
PURG
— purgatory
ETRP
— Education and Training Programme (WMO)
ALA. ADMIN. CODE
— Alabama Administrative Code
CEPAC
— COSTEP-ERNE Particle Analysis Collaboration
CX
— Constitution
FORET
— Forest of East Tennessee (model)
AIS
— Automated Information Security
GDAS
— Grimco data acquisition system
JGOFS PM
— JGOFS Photosynthetic Measurements
DCDSTF
— Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force
ALLEG
— allegiance
ICES
— International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
IRGA
— Infrared Gas Analyzer
MAPS
— Map Analysis Package System
FPSSE
— Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Electronics
CWR
— continuous-wave radar
DI
— Direct Index
GISP II
— Second Greenland Ice Sheet Project (U.S.)
IMPROP
— improper
CAMB
— Cambridge Capital Acquisition C (NASDAQ Stock Exchange [NASDAQ])
CETA
— Comprehensive Education and Training Administration
NASC
— North American Stratigraphic Code
ETSA
— electron transport system activity
LONG.
— longitude
HISTOL
— histology
BRIT
— British
RESSAC
— The Consequence of a Major Nuclear Accident on the Surrounding Environment: Soil and Surface Rehabilitation
NASD
— National Assocaiation of Securities Dealers
MLC
— Meat and Livestock Commission
EBM
— energy-balance model
DHSS
— Data Handling Subsystem
HEW
— Health, Education, and Welfare's
RRN TAM
— RRN Tropical Asian Monsoon Region
NCS&T
— National Council for Science and Technology
UWG
— user working group
EDSG
— Energy Demand Steering Group
EDAS
— particulate/radon data system
EER
— External Engineering Review
EADS
— Environmental Assessment Data System
SLEJF
— Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum
AITP
— Arctic Ice Thickness Project (WCRP)
DYFAMED
— atmospheric dynamics and fluxes in the Mediterranean Sea (France)
CCTV
— CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION
ASXD
— Australian Stock Exchange Derivatives
GEOL
— Geology
GHCN
— Global Historical Climatology Network
CC.
— Chapters
BHD
— designation of an ice core drilled in 1977 at Law Dome, Antarctica
OEC
— Office of Environmental Compliance
IM-AL
— inorganic monomeric aluminum
HGA
— High Gain Antennae
WCAP
— World Climate Applications Program
IMS
— Information Management Services, Inc.
ARRANGEM
— arrangement
VTIR
— visible and thermal infrared radiometer
CCIFP
— Chambre de Compensation des Instruments Financiers de Paris
TDSM
— Tracking and Data Systems Manager
ESAM
— Institute for Environmental Science and Management
AH
— Air Heater
MB
— Manitoba
PRED
— predicate
FIFRA
— Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (1972)
ENT
— Entomology (code)
ELECTR
— Electric
IOB
— Inter-Organization Board for Information Systems and Related Activities
AWIS
— Association for Women in Science
C/A
— Coarse/Acquisition GPS signal structure
IPHIR
— InterPlanetary Helioseismology with IRradiance observations
ICCE
— International Commission on Continental Erosion (IAHS)
CSCE
— Coffe, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange
ARITH
— Arithmetic
UNDP
— United Nations Developmental Program
MISC
— Miscellany
CRPE
— Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environment Terrestre et Planetaria
AGRIC
— Agriculture
FED. R. BANKR. P.
— Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
CSO
— Central Statistical Organization
HVI
— high-volume impactor
ARIZ. ADMIN. CODE
— Arizona Administrative Code
FCOJ
— frozen concentrated orange juice
EAWEP
— East Asia and Western Pacific
ICSD
— International Continental Scientific Drilling (program)
NEUROSURG
— neurosurgery
CIUS
— Conseil International des Unions Scientifiqes (ICSU)
CANAD
— Canadian
IHSS
— International Humic Substances Society
GWE
— Global Weather Experiment
STAND
— Standard
REBELL
— rebellion
NCIC
— National Cartographic Information Center
IAI
— Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (START)
INDEF
— Indefinite
MIZ
— Marginal Ice Zone
F
— Fraction
CORR
— Correspondence
NNSS
— Navy Navigational Satellite System
IFOX
— Irish Futures and Options Exchange
ETAC
— (USAF) Environmental Technical Applications Center
CEDAR
— Coupled Energetics and Dynamics of the Atmospheric Regions
PSFC
— surface pressure
GVAP
— GEWEX Water Vapor Project
GCTM
— Global Chemical Transport Model
SM
— Structural Model
ACM
— advanced climate model
EOSP
— Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter
AFFM
— Austrlian Financial Futures Market
FGGE SOP
— Fgge Special Observing Period
FGD
— Flue Gas Desulphurisation
HDR
— Hardware Design Review
IHP
— International Hydrological Program (UNESCO)
CAAP
— Composition and Acidity of Southeast Asian Precipitation
DGLR
— Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
GSPDC
— Geostationary Satellite Precipitation Data Centre
GOP
— Geographical Observatories Programme
CENELEC
— European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (EC)
DOMSTAR
— communications relay set
IAHS
— International Association of Hydrological Sciences
MIZEX
— Marginal Ice Zone Experiment
METOP
— Meteorological Operational Satellite (polar satellite series)
ASSEMB
— assembly
VIRGO
— Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations
RFC
— Registered Floor Clerk
BRW
— Barrow Observatory (Barrow, Alaska) (CMDL)
SNR
— Signal-to-Noise
ASSOC.FOOTBALL
— Association Football
BASC
— Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council
IMAGE
— Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect
CSTC
— Consolidated Satellite Test Center
LASE
— Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment
DOD
— Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (Germany)
ATF
— atmospheric transmission factor
HPCC
— High Performance Computing and Communications (NOAA)
GJ
— giga joule
ESAD
— Earth Science and Applications Division
GLOBEX
— Global Electronic Exchange
OPPRESS
— oppression
HMCRI
— Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute
NGSDC
— National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center
ESF/EPC
— ESF/European Palaeoclimate and Man Project
IGN
— Institut Geographique National
CENR
— Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources
MUNIC
— Municipal
ACHIEVEM
— achievement
IAGC
— International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
TIRIO
— Table of Incompatibilities and Requirements for the Instruments Operation
HOMS
— Hydrological Operational Multipurpose Subprogramme
FDOC
— Fraction of degradable organic carbon
ESSC
— Earth System Sciences Committee
ETAP
— Expanded Technical Assistance Program
FOUND
— foundation
GATE
— GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment
C&W
— Animal population ratio living in warm climate region
MARIA
— Methods for Assessing the Radiological Impact of Accidents (CEC)
GRDC
— Global Runoff Data Centre
CCM0
— Community Climate Model (NCAR)
IMPERF
— Imperfect
INS
— Institute Scholars
HDGEC
— Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
EPSS
— Electrical Power Subsystem
ADVS
— adverbs
OPHTHALM
— ophthalmology
APME
— Attitude Pointing Mechanism Electronics
CCCN
— CDIAC Computing System Network
ARO
— Automatic Reconfiguration Order
YORKS
— Yorkshire
GREENTIE
— Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange
SHEBA
— Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean
SEB
— State Electricity Board
ECAMP
— Environmental Compliance Assessment and Management Program
GLOSS
— Glossary
EVID
— Evidence
MAKS
— Martin and Kitzis Sampler (portable air sampler)
PEGASUS
— Current profiling system
ECLIPS
— Experimental Cloud Lidar Pilot Study
CIEA
— Committee on International Environmental Activities
ACCLAIM
— ACC Levels by Altimetrics and Island Measurements
GAZ
— Gazette
MMCH4
— Methane Emitted from Animal Manure
UITA
— Union of International Technical Associations
DISORT
— Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer
DA
— discretionary account
SOCA
— Special Operations Control Area
ITRC
— Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
IWC
— Ice Water Content
STIKSCAT
— STIcK SCATterometer
TRIG
— Trigonometry
BELG
— Belgian
DTR
— Diurnal Temperature Range
USDOD
— United States Department Of Defense
DDL
— Direct Downlink
ECD
— Effective Cutoff Diameter
LMER
— Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation (ORNL)
NEW HAMPSH
— New Hampshire
ACSM
— American Congress of Surveying and Mapping
CCM2
— community climate model two
DASETT
— Department of the Arts, Sports, the Environment, Tourism, and Territories
ARMSAT
— Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Satellite
ECHAM
— European Centre/Hamburg Model (ECMWF/MPI)
DBE
— Deep Basin Experiment
DNES
— Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (India)
AERI-FEP
— AERI Front End Processor
FRAGM
— fragment
G-1
— Gulfstream-1 (airplane)
CEPEX
— Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment
CMRS
— Coal Mines Research Station
BIOTROP
— Regional Center for Tropical Biology
DCAR
— Danish Centre for Atmospheric Research
SONG OF SOL
— Song of Solomon
FDF
— Flight Dynamics Facility
C-C
— Counterclaim
BMFT
— Bundes Ministerium fur Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
GEBA
— Global Energy Balance Archive
BATERISTA
— Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfers and Ecological Research in Situ Studies in Amazonia
GLOBE
— Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
CMC
— Canadian Meteorological Centre
HOM
— homilies
CI
— Conservation International (Washington, D.C.) (NGO)
ADJ.
— see "ad." above.
ASF
— Alaska SAR Facility
CCAM
— Chikuko Cha Amayi M'Malawi (Women's NGO)
HBW
— half band-width
ISEM
— International Society for Ecological Modelling
GATE
— Global Atmosphere Tropical Experiment
MAP3S/PCN
— Multistate Atmospheric Power Production Pollution Study/Precipitation Chemistry Network
CEM
— Cumulus Ensemble Model
DASET
— Department of the Arts, Sports, the Environment, Tourism, and Territories
AVD
— acoustic variable density
TABLE
— Tsukuba Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
CGC
— Management and Coordination Advisory Committee
DARA
— Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (Germany)
BATS
— Bermuda Atlantic Time Series
TNH
— Temperate Northern Hemisphere
AL2O3
— alumina
MAL
— Malachi
ADCP
— Accoustic Doppler Current Profiler
OES
— Bureau of Oceans, International Environment, and Scientific Affairs
CIF
— Coming into Force
PARCC
— precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness, and comparability
ULT
— ultimately
ITE
— Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (NERC)
NARR
— Narrative
ANTHROP
— Anthropology
BMWT
— Biofuels and Municipal Waste Technology
TROP
— Tropical
GMU
— Gyro Mechanical Unit
UNO
— United Nations Organization
MISCELL
— miscellany
ERRON
— erroneous
KLCE
— Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange
BELFOX
— Belgian Futures abd Options Exchange
CHRIS
— Chemical Hazard Response Information System
SCOR
— Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (ICSU)
FW
— filter wheel
TERLS
— Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (India)
NARL
— National Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska)
PEPCASE
— Phosphenol-pyruvate carboxylase
AMEX
— Atlantic Meteorology Experiment
FIN
— Fish Information Network (data base)
BEL & DR
— Bel and the Dragon
MI
— Mode Indicator
CONCR
— Concrete
FATE
— Formation of Aerosol and their Transformation over Europe (EUROTRAC)
CTA-21
— Compatibility Test Area
DSDS
— Data Storage and Distribution System
IHS
— International Heliospheric Study
INQUA
— International Union for Quaternary Research
POLARSTERN
— Research vessel
ERFU
— Environmental Restoration and Facilities Upgrade Program
DB
— direct-beam (irradiance)
GCHC
— Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS)
LAF
— Lake Acidification and Fisheries (EPRI)
HCMM
— Heat-Capacity Mapping Mission
ENRICH
— European Network for Research on Global Change (CEC)
ATPEX
— ARM Tropical Pacific Experiment
CERN
— Conseil European pour la Recherche Nuclaire, or European Organization for Nuclear Research
GEOS
— Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite
EZE
— Asociacion Protestante de Cooperacion para el Desarrollo en Alemania
ISEQ
— Irish Stock Exchange Equity Index
DISTILL
— distilling
GR
— Growth Rate
MIMR
— multifrequency imaging microwave radiometer (formerly HIMSS)
CR
— Carrington Rotation
SCANSCAT
— scanning scatterometer
CONTIN
— continuation
TUT
— Thermal Uniformity Test
EEFSU
— Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union
WCRP-JSC
— Joint Scientific Committee for the World Climate Research Programme
ALFA
— AER Local Forecast and Assimilation (Model)
CGMS
— Coordination of Geostationary Meteorological Satellites
CDRP
— Carbon Dioxide Research Program (of US Department Of Energy)
COSTR
— Collaborative Solar-Terrestrial Research
PHOEN
— Phoenician
MAPS
— Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
BBSS
— Balloon-Borne Sounding System
CILSS
— Comite Inter-Etats pour la Lutte Contre laSecheresse au Sahel
PUMS
— Public Use Microdata Samples
BMAP
— Biological Monitoring And Abatement Program
FASINEX
— Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment
IMMUNOL
— Immunology
GEOTAIL
— Geomagnetic Tail Laboratory
BR
— Bankruptcy
REGIC
— regicide
CONSC
— conscience
HMSU
— high-resolution microwave sounding unit
ACC
— Association of Corporate Counsel
SQQ
— Standard Qulaity Quotation
ICARUS
— Interagency Climate-Aerosol Radiative Uncertainties and Sensitivities
CAST
— Chinese Academy of Science and Technology
ARDB
— Arctic Runoff Database (ACSYS)
ICWQ
— International Commission on Water Quality (IAHS)
ALE/GAGE
— ALE/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
SUBSCRIPT
— subscription
AOSIS
— Association of Small Island States
DE08
— designation for an ice core drilled in 1977 at Law Dome, Antarctica
CEEM
— Center for Energy and Environmental Management
IN.
— Inch
NTOM
— Network Technical and Operations Manager
NKO
— Nederlandse Kalibratie Organisatie
HELCOM
— Helsinki Commission, protection of Baltic marine environment
ATES
— Alcatel Espace Systems
BTCS
— breakthrough curves (column-elution tests)
ADMIR
— admiralty
MEDS
— Marine Environmental Data Service (Canada)
GCF
— Ground Communications Facility
SUPPRESS
— suppression
GOF
— Global Ocean Flux
IBSS
— Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Russian Federation;
CONTROV
— controversy
COMMISS
— commission
SIRS
— Satellite Infrared Spectrometer
ARTIFIC
— artificial
HSRL
— High Spectral Resolution Lidar
AQA
— American Quaternary Association
TSA
— Temperate South America
ANL/ACRF
— ANL's Advanced Computing Research Facility
BUV
— Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
ALG
— Algebra
IAL
— International Association of Theoretical Applied Limnologists
METEOROL
— Meteorology
PWV
— Precipitable Water Vapor
COST
— Committee on Science and Technology (ASEAN)
ELIZAB
— Elizabethan
EFS
— exchange of futures for swaps
TRANSL
— Translation
EDOS
— EOS Data and Operations System
CIRT
— cirrus test
PEM WEST
— Pacific Exploratory Mission - West
EOC
— EOS Operations Center (NASA)
DISCOVERY
— Research vessel
NONCE-WD
— nonce-word
SUPPLIC
— supplication
IFYGL
— International Field Year for the Great Lakes (IHD)
DEMR
— Department of Energy Mines and Resources
NOS
— National Ocean Survey
IHD
— International Hydrological Decade (UNESCO)
MBT
— Mechanical Bathythermograph
TDMA
— Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
FUND
— Fundamental
BTAN
— Bons du Trésor а intérët Annuel Normalisés
CATAL
— catalogue
AGID
— Association for Geoscientists for International Development
BIH
— Bureau International de l'Heureasures
SWACOM
— Standard Water Column Model
IUCC
— Information Unit on Climate Change
HKFE
— Hong Kong Futures Exchange
ELIZ
— Elizabeth
GLOBEC
— Global Marine Ecosystem Dynamics
IMIT
— imitative
DFCD
— Data Format Control Documents
ASAP
— Automated Shipboard Aerological Program
PENINS
— peninsula
IFRTP
— Institut Francais pour la Researche et la Technologie Polaire (French
CCDB
— Carbon content of dead biomass
AIRS-AMSU
— Atmospheric Infrared-Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
HUMICAP
— Humidity sensor on drifters (FASINEX)
COWAR
— Committee on Water Research (ICSU and UATI)
METAPH
— Metaphysics
LV
— Large Volume water samples (>100 liters)
RPN
— Division de la recherche en prevision numerique
AJAX
— 1983 Oceanographic cruise along; Meridian into Weddell Sea
MPC
— Massively Parallel Computer
IASC
— International Arctic Sciences Committee
OSSE
— Observing System Simulation Experiment
MAGE
— Marine Gas Emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Climate (IGAC)
DAX
— deutsche Aktienindex
CPMS
— climatological prediction by model statistics
LIPI
— The Indonesian Institute of Sciences
GLRS
— Geoscience Laser Ranging System
CCOM
— Control Center Operations Manager
BARM
— Block Acceptance Reporting Mechanism
CPPC
— Core Project Planning Committee (IGBP)
LOI
— Luminosity Oscillations Imager
FGEF
— Federal Geographic Exchange Format
NPIC
— National Programme on Improved Chulhas
VTPR
— Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
ISOS
— International Southern Ocean Studies
HOS
— Hosea
INTRO
— Introduction
FDSS
— Flight Dynamics Support System
CRIM
— Criminal
IFREMER
— Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploration de la Mer, France
ALIAS
— Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer
EPIL
— epilogue
IREL
— Ireland
RGR
— Relative Growth Rate
MIFE
— Manila International Futures Exchange
FCDS
— Fleet Consolidated Data Set (U.S. Navy)
NUMISM
— numismatics
SCF
— Scientific Computing Facility
RLO
— retsricted life option
HDGCB
— Human Dimensions of Global Change (programme) (UNU, ISSC, and IFIAS)
SDPF
— Sensor Data Processing Facility
GMCC
— Geophysical Monitoring for Climate Change (now CMDL)
NSN
— NASA Space Network
ICRU
— International Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements
LMD
— Laboratoire De Meteorologie Dynamique
ASTR
— Astronomy
NIC
— Newly Industrialized Country
UAV
— Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle
EARSEL
— European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
IDASS
— Integrated Data Assimilation and Sounding System
PPLES
— participles
HRIRS
— high-resolution infrared radiation sounder
FACE
— free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (GCTE)
EXERC
— exercise
JI
— Joint Implementation [with Regard To Greenhouse Gas Emission Redn.]
NNSF
— National Natural Science Foundation
EBCDIC
— Extended Binary Coded Data Interchange Code (IBM)
RIHMI-WDC
— All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information-World Data Center
WEU
— Western Europe Union
CTM
— Chemistry/Transport Models
ISG
— ISTP Scheduling Group
ISLSCP
— International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project
SRIC
— Short-Rotation Intensive Culture
CFEM
— Combined Fates and Effects Model
GCCD
— Global Climate Change Digest (CEI)
ICALPE
— International Centre for Alpine Environments (Chambery, France)
LVS
— Large Volume Sampling
BOM
— Bureau of Meteorology (DASET)
ASHM
— Ashmole
ACE
— Atmospheric Chemistry Education in Global Change (IGAC)
IMRO
— Investment Managers' Regulatory Authority
IOC
— Intergovernmental Oceanographic Council (UNESCO)
ASLO
— American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
V.
— versus
MLE
— Maximum likelihood estimation
ANTIQ
— antiquity
AGRHYMET
— Agronmeteorology and Operational Hydrology and Their Applications
SDTS
— Spatial Data Transfer Standard
EBBR
— Energy-Balance Bowen Ratio
D/L
— Downlink
CPRS
— cloud-profiling radar system
ETV
— electrothermal vaporizer
IMPF
— imperfect
HRDI
— high-resolution Doppler imager
BEMS
— Bioelectromagnetics Society
EGE
— Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
CSSA
— Center for Space Science and Astrophysics
IGBP-DIS
— IGBP Data and Information System
CDRD
— Carbon Dioxide Research Division
SHARE
— Software Help for Applications, Research, and Education
JEE
— Japan Environment Agency
GDCF/PACOR
— ISTP Program Generic Data Capture Facility / Packet Processor
BVE
— Barotropic Vorticity Equation
PVL
— Parameter Value Language
CGO
— Cape Grim Observatory
FRE
— Federal Rules of Evidence
WORC
— Worcestershire
MARC
— The Middle Atmosphere Responses to Changes
ICCH
— International Commodities Clearing House
EOS PM
— Earth Observing System afternoon pass
DIDAC
— digital data acquisition system
CONS
— Consonant
TSS
— Total Surveying Systems
ICAS
— International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
IIID
— International Institute of Information Design
ARCHIPEL
— archipelago
ARW
— An Advanced Research Workshop
EROS
— Earth Resources Observation Satellite
HCMM/AEM-1
— HCMM/Applications Explorer Mission-1
DDRP
— Direct/Delayed Response Project
TIC
— Total Inorganic Carbon
IAS
— Image Analysis System
GEOS-3
— Geodetic Satellite Mission (NASA)
GCP
— Ground Control Point
NR
— Not Reported
DELIV
— deliverance
AFOF
— Authorised Futures and Options Funds
ALK
— alkalinity
AMIE
— Automated Methane Instrument Evaluation
GRIP
— Greenland Icecore Project (PAGES) (Europe)
AFT
— Abbreviated Functional Test
PRES.PPLE
— present participle
BKS
— books
HEIFE
— Heihe River Field Experiment
CSTR
— Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research (BASC)
BWTP
— Basalt Waste Isolation Project
REPROD
— Reproduction
LOWESS
— Locally Weighted Least Squares
LAPAN
— National Institute for Aeronautics and Space (Indonesia)
FCST
— Federal Council for Science and Technology
NONCONF
— nonconformist
DISCIPL
— discipline
CONA
— Committee for OWSE-North America
GCTE
— Global Change in Terrestrial Ecosystems
GLOED
— Global Emissions Database
SOTA
— Science Operations and Test Area
IDRI
— Thailand Development Research Institute
GISMO
— graphic-information-system modeling
CDW
— Circumpolar Deep Water
AIDJEX
— Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment
ASM
— Applied Simulation and Modelling (IASTED)
CFC-11
— CC13F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
START
— System for Analysis, Research, and Training
CUMB
— CUMBERLAND TECHNOLOGIES INC.
LMES
— Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. ("Energy Systems" is preferred)
JER
— Jeremiah
MARDOS
— Sources of Radioactivity in the Marine Environment and Their Relative Contributors to Overall Dose Assessment from Marine Radioactivity
EOS-CHEM
— EOS Chemistry Mission
PLM
— Payload Module
ECLAC
— Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)
IRAP
— Interdisciplinary Panel on Climate Change
NEUROL
— Neurology
HASL
— Health and Safety Laboratory
TVCF
— Transportable Vehicle Checkout Facility
FST
— Field Support Terminal
PM-10
— particulate matter less than 10 micrometers diameter
MAGE
— Marine Aerosol and Gas Exchange (IGAC)
OGCM
— Ocean General Circulation Model
IDCS
— Image-dissector Camera System
PCO2
— partial pressure of CO2
HESS
— High Latitude Ecosystems as Sources and Sinks of Trace Gases (IGAC)
EDL
— Ethernet Data Link
CRIC
— Computerized River Information System
IMOP
— Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (WMO)
DIM
— Diminutive
GER
— Global Environmental Research (U.K.)
PNEDC
— Programme Nationale d'Etude de la Dynamique du Climat (France)
SAFEX
— South African Futures Exchange
GESAMP
— Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
AIP-1
— Algorithm Intercomparison Project-1
SOS
— Southern Oxidants Study
METEOR
— Operational Weather Satellite (Russian Federation; formerly U.S.S.R.)
IISL
— International Institute of Space Law
PHONET
— phonetic
PUSPITEK
— Training Facilities in the Centre for Research, Science and Technology
SES
— Singapore Stock Exchange
URSI
— International Union of Radio Science, IEEE
MCZ
— Mesoscale Compressible Community Model
ORG.CHEM
— organic chemistry
BATGE
— Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics
LST
— Local Solar Time
EUR
— Bureau of European Affairs
LERTS
— Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Teledetection Spatiale (France)
CAL. CODE
— California Code
REB
— Rebel
FRAM
— Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (U.K.)
JIN
— Joint Implementation Network
FAMIL
— familiar
GENIE
— Global Environmental Network for Information Exchange
D/H
— deuterium/hydrogen (ratio)
ENRIC
— Environment and Natural Resources Information Center
FPSSH
— Fine Pointing Sun Sensor Head
DIRECT
— direction
FNOC
— Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center (U.S. Navy)
ICN
— ice condensation nuclei
INSULA
— International Scientific Council for Island Development (NGO)
IFDC
— International Fertilizer Development Center
LIPI
— Minister of State for Population and Research Environment (Indonesia)
DQM
— Data Quality Message
IUBS
— International Union of Biological Sciences (ICSU)
DAS
— Direct Access System
CBJ
— California Bar Journal
ANBS
— Asian Network of Biological Sciences
ITOS
— Improved TIROS Operational System
GEMX
— German Equity Market index
INVESTIG
— investigation
PHYSICAL GEOGR
— physical geography
BORD
— border
FMFR
— four-minus-five restoral
CFR
— Call for Response
LPDA
— Laser-Phased Doppler Anemometer
MAGN
— magnetism
CFAGB
— Carbon fraction of above ground biomass
SIG-WAIS
— Special Interest Group-Wide Area Information Server
ALOHA
— A Long-term Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment
GFOF
— Geared Futures and Options Fund
CERP
— Cooperative Ecological Research Project
ASASP
— Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
PRS
— Price Reporting System
ASTEX
— Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment
CERAM
— Ceramic
ARCSS
— Arctic System Science (program)
OSTI
— Office of Scientific and Technical Information (DOE)
DPE
— Data Processing Engineer
NDP
— Numeric Data Package
ALSS
— Aluminum in Streams Study (EPRI)
ISFA
— International Scientific Film Association
APSRS
— Aerial Photo Summary Records System
EXPOS
— exposition
LASR
— Library Access Search and Retrieval
ALCH
— ALCHEMY HOLDINGS, INC.
CCSDS
— Consultive Committee for Space Data Systems
TTB
— Time-Tagged Buffer
PCAST
— President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
LTM
— linear tangent model
LEICESTERSH
— Leicestershire
COMP.ANAT
— comparative anatomy
FTR
— Flight Tape Recorder
FNWC
— Fleet Numerical Weather Center (U.S. Navy)
BBSR
— Bermuda Biological Station for Research
IBM PC
— International Business Machines Personal Computer
MRIR
— Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
DOE
— Department of the Environment (Canada)
PHAS
— Payload Module Harness Subsystem
LION
— Low Energy Ion and Electron Instrument
ROT
— registered options trader
MELICA
— Medium Energy Ion Composition Analyzer
PSP
— Precision Spectral Pyranometer
ANSTO
— Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Menai, New
EF
— Emission Factor
WEO
— Western European Organization
IAMAP
— International Association Of Meteorology And Atmospheric Physics (ICSU)
BBHIR
— broadband hemispherical in flux radiometer
USNMAS
— United States National Map Accuracy Standard
ITOY
— International Tropospheric Ozone Year
MECCA
— Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment
COMM.LAW
— commercial law
ICRM
— International Committee on Radionuclide Meteorology
GO3OS
— Global Ozone Observing System (WMO)
EMEP
— Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe
GRASS
— Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
WEV
— Water Energy-Vegetation
METR.GR
— metri gratia
JSC-WCRP
— Joint Scientific Committee for the Wcrp
QTO
— Quasi-Triennial Oscillation
QN
— quinoline
GLL
— Galileo
CCL
— Central CO2 Laboratory, SIO (WMO)
CCDP
— Climate Change Detection Project
NAMAS
— National Measurement Accreditation Service (UK)
GOALS
— Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System Program
UGAMP
— U.K. Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Project
MWL
— Municipal Waste Leachate
SELDADS
— SEL Data Acquisition and Display System
IUCS
— Inter-Union Commission on Spectroscopy
ICIC
— Intercalibrations-Intercomparisons (IGAC)
DEHYDRITE
— magnesium perchlorate anhydrous granular
DIA
— Denmark's Academy for Engineering
MODE
— Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
ISPS
— Integrated Steel Plants
BMRC
— Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
LWP
— Liquid Water Path
BOFS
— Biogeochemical Ocean Flux Study (UK)
ITU
— Integrated Terrain Unit
FINEX
— a division of the New York Cotton Exchange
IWRA
— International Water Resources Association (USA)
TSAR
— Time-series Storage and Retrieval
GDCLS
— General Dynamics Commercial Launch Services
TWAS
— Third World Academy of Science
DOCTR
— doctrine
CSMP
— Climate System Modeling Program
VDS
— Virtual Data Set
WONDERF
— wonderful
IRV
— Improved Inter-Range Vector
TIGER
— Terrestrial Initiative in Global Environmental Research
COMM
— Commerce
DASA
— Deutsche Aerospace Administration
NAVSTAR
— Global Positioning Satellite Communication Set
MOLA
— Mars Observer Laser Altimeter
AIP-2
— Algorithm Intercomparison Project-2
PSAC
— President's Science Advisory Committee
NOTTS
— Nottinghamshire
ADVANCEM
— advancement
TSFC
— surface temperature
GIM
— Global Integration and Modeling (IGAC)
HSRP
— High Speed Research Program
NDCDB
— National Digital Cartographic Data Base
COHMAP
— Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project
LDGO
— Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (now known as LDEO)
DISTEMP
— distemper
SAM II
— Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
IAC
— International Activities Committee
NERC
— National Environmental Research Centre
PSE
— Pacific Stock Exchange
OSB
— Ocean Studies Board
ESSA
— U.S. Environmental Science Services Agency
APARE
— East Asian-North Pacific Regional Experiment (IGAC)
FUTOP
— Copenhagen Stock Exchange and Guaranteed Fund for Danish options and Futures
ITIR
— infrared thermal imaging radiometer (now ASTER)
LUCIE
— Study of circulation north and west of Australia (Leeuwin Current)
MEDIAS
— Reseau de Recherche Regionale pour le Bassin Mediterraneen etl'Afrique Subtropicale
MDC
— More Developed Country
GDC
— Global Data Centre
FWM
— food web model
PSMSL
— Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (U.K.)
CEDEL
— Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs mobiles
RCH
— Recognised Clearing House
BNC
— British National Corpus
UNEC
— United Nations Economic Committee
BORIS
— BOREAS Information System
ISWS
— Illinois State Water Survey
LIMNOL
— limnology
ECCLES
— ecclesiastical
CS
— Computer Services Department
SAMS
— Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
GDS
— Ground Data System, Goldstone
UNCHS
— United Nations Commission for Human Settlement
ECG
— Ecosystem Conservation Group (UNEP, FAO, UNESCO, and IUCN)
ERNE
— Energetic and Relativistic Nuclei and Electron Experiment
LDEO
— Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
MERIT
— Monitoring Earth's Rotation and Intercomparison of Techniques
OLR
— Outgoing Long-Wave Radiation
RRN TEA
— RRN Temperate East Asia
FARS
— Facility for Atmospheric Remove Sensing
KEEP
— Kuroshio Edge Exchange Processes
MOGUNTIA
— Model of the General Universal Tracer transport in the Atmosphere
MT-CLIM
— Mountain Climate Model
USBCF
— United States Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
DIBID
— Dublin interbank bid rate
BAHC
— Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
ICGW
— International Commission on Ground Water (IAHS)
LITHOGR
— lithography
EPIST
— epistle
LASCO
— White Light And Spectrometric Coronagraph
HIRIS
— HIgh-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (EOS)
DCDS
— Digital Cartographic Data Standard
IERS
— International Earth Reference System
NMNH
— National Museum of Natural History
EPI
— environmental productivity index
AM. JUR.
— American Jurisprudence
IUPSYS
— International Union of Psychological Science
NOPE
— Network Operations Engineer
PHILIPP
— Philippians
JGB
— Japanese Government Bond
DYN
— Dynamic Systems Project
CLS
— Collected Localization Satellites (France)
ICID
— International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
WRC
— World Radiation Center
FABF
— Fraction of agri-residue burned in fields
GESS
— Graphics Executive Support System
AICRIP
— All India Coordinated Programme for Rice Improvement
EAF
— Experimenter's Analysis Facility
CCLB
— Carbon content of living biomass
FPSS
— Fine Pointing Sun Sensor
MAST
— Marine Science and Technology Programme (CEC)
ARTEP
— Ariane Technology Experiment Platform
FSU
— Florida State University (Tallahasee)
DDN
— Data Delivery Notice
FIMBRA
— Financial Intermediaries Managers and Brokers Authority
HRV
— High Resolution Visible
ISAR
— Intelligent Synthetic Aperture Radar
DICE
— Dynamic Integrated Climate Economy
UI/CSRD
— University of Illinois/Center for Supercomputing Research and Development
HRV
— High Resolution Video
EMEP-CCC
— EMEP-Chemical Coordination Centre
DEB
— debate
UKMO
— U.K. Meteorological Office
ETC
— Energy Technology Center
PCA
— principal components analysis
CRESP
— Coordinated Research and Environmental Surveillance Programme
USDC
— United States Department of Commerce
N-C
— Nitrogen-carbon ratio
IFE
— Institute for Energy Technology
TCXO
— Temperature-Controlled Crystal Oscillator
DEUT
— Deuteronomy
CDIC
— Carbon Dioxide Information Center (now CDIAC)
EPIT
— epitaph
PICES
— North Pacific Marine Science Organization
SGCR
— Subcommittee on Global Change Research
ICRSDT
— International Committee on Remote Sensing and Data Transmission
LGM
— Last Glacial Maximum (most Recent Era Of Continental Glaciation; See Also PGP)
SET
— Securities Exchange of Thailand
EPOCH
— European Programme on Climate and Hazards
WCIP
— World Climate Impact Program
RTH
— Regional Telecommunication Hub
GWH
— Giga Watt hour
MITRE
— Miniature Individual Transmitter Receiver Equipment
STOCK EXCH
— stock exchange
LDB
— Liquidity Data Bank
ENG
— England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
FMFT
— four-minus-five test
USDD
— United States Department of Defense
MQP
— Mandatory Quote Period
SIZ
— Seasonal Ice Zone
GOSP
— gospel
COGN.W
— cognate with
POCC
— Payload Operations Control Center
ERFEN
— Estudio Regional Del Fenomeno El Nino
NCDS
— NASA Climate Data System
CERN
— Chinese Ecological Research Network
WILL
— William
SCAMA
— Switching, Conferencing and Monitoring Arrangement
TGDDIS
— Trace Gas Dynamics Data Information System
RVB
— return-beam Vidicon
AGR.
— Agriculture (USDA)
POTT
— pottery
FOLD
— Federally-Owned LANDSAT Data
SRAD
— Spectral Radiometer
IIASA
— International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Vienna)
MCS
— Mesoscale Cloud System
GONG
— Global Oscillation Network Group
GAGE
— Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
GOLF
— Global Oscillations at Low Frequency
GDR
— German Democratic Republic (now Germany)
SWEDAC
— Swedish Board for Technical Accreditation
GWP
— Greenhouse Warming Potential
FAB
— Finance and Budget
FICCDC
— Federal Interagency CoordinatingCommittee on Digital Cartography
IPV
— isentropic potential vorticity
MERFOX
— Mercadode Futuros y Opciones
LEMA
— Long-term Ecological Modelling Activity (GCTE)
ANC
— acid-neutralizing capacity
GYNAECOL
— gynaecology
RASM
— Remote Access Scheduling Terminal
HUSB
— husbandry
FLINN
— Fiducial Laboratories for an International Natural Sciences Network
CER
— carbon dioxide exchange rate
WWB
— Women's World Banking's
CONSECR
— consecrated
USFWS
— United State Fish and Wildlife Service
LORCS
— League of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
CERGA
— Centre d'Etudes et de Rechereches Geodynamiques et Astronomiques
BGL
— British Gas Lurgi (gasifier)
QUOTS
— quotations
MOP
— METEOSAT OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
ASTER
— Atmosphere-Surface Turbulent Exchange Research Facility
EROC
— Ecological Rates of Change (NSF)
LAMP
— Lake Acidification Mitigation Project (EPRI)
DDMP
— domain-decomposition-message-passing
ATSC
— AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation
INAUG
— inaugural
PPLE
— participle
EDTA
— ethylenediaminetetraacetate
ESTRACK
— European Space Tracking
NSBF
— National Scientific Balloon Facility
EXOD
— Exodus
NHRC
— National Hydrology Research Centre
ASB
— Association of Southeastern Biologists
PMIP
— Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (NATO and PAGES)
VBL
— verbal
RAAD
— Roll Attitude Anomaly Detection
SDSS
— Spatial Decision Support System
CEI
— Center for Environmental Information
CCIW
— Canadian Centre for Inland Waters
COMM
— Commentary
ARTIC
— articulation
IEA/ORAU
— Institute of Energy Analysis/Oak Ridge Associated Universities
SEAQ
— Stock Exchange Automated Quotation System
LIBID
— London Interbank Bid or Deposit Rate
ANTARES
— Antarctic research (France) (JGOFS)
TOCE
— tonne of carbon equivalent
HSL
— Hazardous Substance List (EPA)
ARTILL
— artillery
NAR
— Net Assimilation Rate
IFIM
— Instream Flow Incremental Methodology
WRC
— Water Resources Council
NORPAX
— North Pacific Expedition
SOCC
— Satellite Operation Command and Control
GCRIO
— Global Change Research Information Office
SPL
— Split Phase Level
MODIS-T
— Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
LAID
— land-atmosphere interactions dynamics
GOMI
— Global Ozone Monitoring Instrument
QAMS
— Quality Assurance Management Staff (US EPA)
COWRR
— Committee on Water Resources Research
ALPH
— alphabet
MRTT
— Mission Readiness Test Team
IAPSO
— International Association for Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IUGG and ICSU)
MEDIT
— meditation
ICSTI
— International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
GCDB
— Geographic Coordinates Data Base
GFO
— Geosat follow-on
IELV
— Intermediate Expendable Launch Vehicle
EO-ICWG
— Earth Observations International Coordination Working Group
DOPLID
— Doppler LIDAR
MSC
— Meteorological Satellite Center
XMM
— X-ray Multi Mirror
IACG
— Interagency Committee on Geomatics (DEMR)
IIOE
— International Indian Ocean Expedition
INFOCLIMA
— World Climate Data Information and Referral System
ARQ
— Authentication Request
KPR
— keeper
RIGES
— Renewable Intensive Global Energy System
BFP
— Bud Fractal Pages
GOFS
— Global Ocean Flux Study
CES
— Committee on Earth Sciences (now CEES)
CMD
— Coordinator for Multi-lateral Development Program
CSIRO/DAR
— CSIRO/Division of Atmospheric Research
RGI
— regional-global interactions
CLARET
— Cloud Lidar and Radar Exploratory Test
MTCR
— million tonnes of coal replacement
CONTEMPL
— contemplation
PLUR
— plural
GYP
— Gyroscope Package
WDCGG
— World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases
PREH
— prehistoric
SM3
— Standard meter3
GSN
— Global Seismic Network
OAT
— obligations assumilables de Trésor
CNRET
— Centre for Natural Resources Energy and Transport (UN)
BC
— Black Carbon
FSPAAD
— Fine Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection
CERL
— Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory (EPA)
PIO/P
— PIO for Participant Training
DST
— Department of Science and Technology's
EISMV
— Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et de Medecine Veterinaire (Dakar)
BRD
— Broadcast
LEICESTER
— Leicestershire
CAE
— Control and Actuation Electronic
DISSPLA
— Display Integrated Software System & Plotting Language
TSI
— Thermo Systems Inc
DPS
— Data Processing Segment
GCPI
— Cape Grim Photochemical Intensive (CSIRO)
SPECMAP
— Mapping Spectral Variability in Global Climate Project
MEDCOM
— Mediterranean Regional Committee (START)
NRCA
— Nonconformance Report and Corrective Action
DEMONSTR
— demonstration
HEN
— Henry
SATOR
— Stratospheric and Tropospheric Ozone Research
SPECIF
— Specification
ACCUS
— Accusative
EAZO
— Energy Active Zones of the Ocean
IMO
— International Meteorological Organization (formerly WMO)
ICTP
— International Centre for Theoretical Physics
GRIMCO
— CGBAPS computing system
CGBAPS
— Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station
ESTH
— Esther
ESS
— essay
FTP/A
— field task proposal/agreement
IMS
— International Mountain Society
EOS-AERO
— EOS Aerosol Mission
MLOPEX II
— Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemical Experiment II
HOT
— Hawaii Ocean Timeseries
TRB
— TDR Review Board
RRCT
— Reflectance Ratio Cloud Test
UMTA
— Urban Mass Transportation Administration
JGOFS GS
— JGOFS Global Synthesis
BOREAS
— Boreal Ecosystems Atmosphere Study
CBH
— Catalyst Bed Heater
GOES
— Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite
CISTI
— Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
IODE
— International Oceanographic Data/Information Exchange (IOC)
OXON
— Oxfordshire
ICRAF
— International Council for Research in Agroforestry
INFIN
— infinitive
QUANTUM MECH
— quantum mechanics
ITSC
— International TOVS Study Conference
UST
— United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
CGCM
— coupled atmosphere/ocean general circulation model
GENLEAF
— generic models of leaf response
CYTOL
— Cytology
UNCTAD
— United Nations Commission on Trade and Development
ENGIN
— engineering
DORIS
— Determination d'Orbite et Radio Positionement Integre par Satellite (France)
SSG
— Scientific Steering Group
IMA
— Information Management and Archives (Office)
MOSS
— Map Overlay Statistical System (by Autometrics)
PASE
— Polar Air-Snow Experiment
MPA
— MegaPascal
MFE
— Magnetic Fusion Energy (program)
MILIT
— military
CONTENT
— contention
WRD
— Water Resources Divistion
CBJ
— Certified Barbeque Judge
TOGA-COARE
— Toga Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
FELINE
— Iron as a Limiting-Nutrient Experiment (CSIRO)
CONFL
— conflict
SSM/T
— Ssm/Temperature
OTOB
— Oesterreichische Termin und OptionBorse
RRN NAF
— RRN Northern Africa
AF
— Agri-residue used for animal feed
US-AID
— U.S. Agency for International Development
IABO
— International Association Of Biological Oceanography (ICSU)
IGAC
— International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
GDSIDB
— Global Digital Sea-Ice Data Bank (WMO/CMM)
FF
— Free Format
IUPAB
— International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (ICSU)
AVISCO
— French group for Analysis, Validation, and Investigation of Satellite Oceanography
IASTED
— International Association of Science andTechnology for Development
ICEAR
— International Centre for Equatorial Atmospheric Research
LPDM
— Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model
MOSA
— Mission Operations Support Area
HAG
— Haggai
COPS
— continuously operating per fluorocarbon sniffer
HAAP
— high-altitude aerial photograph
CRD
— Carbon released from dead biomass
MIBID
— Madrid Interbank Bid Rate
IRP
— Installation Restoration Program, Environmental, U.S. Air Force
CONJ
— Conjugation
NORW
— Norwegian
PAF
— Processing Archiving Facility
CFTC
— Commodities Futures Trading Commission
UPC
— Uniform Probate Code
GERG
— Global Environment Research Group
CIVIL ENGIN
— civil engineering
MERS
— Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
MDA
— Methodology of Decision Analysis (project)
ITRDB
— International Tree-Ring Data Bank
SPOF
— Science Planning and Operations Facility
INFOTERRA
— International Referral System for Sources of Environmental Information
ITPP
— International TOVS Processing Package
EID
— Experiment Interface Document
RK
— River Kilometer
TOR
— Tropospheric Ozone Research
SMOCC
— SOHO Mission Operations Control Center
RRN ESA
— RRN Equatorial South America
ESMR
— Electronically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
KYR
— kiloyear
CGES
— Center for Global Environmental Studies
WEAVE
— Water and Energy: Atmospheric, Vegetative, and Earth Interactions
STAP
— Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (GEF)
IATUL
— International Association of Technological University Libraries
AIRS/MHS
— Advanced Infrared Radiometer Sounder
NCMC
— National Critical Materials Council
WRDD
— Water Resources Development Department
TFG
— Transfer Frame Generator
CHAMMP
— Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics, and Model Physics
CDNC
— Cloud drop number concentration
NGB
— Nordic Gene Bank
HGCC
— Hot Gas Clean Up
IDDSAC
— Interim Data Documentation Standard for ARC/INFO Averages
LOIS
— Land Oceans Interactions Study
GAME
— GEWEX-related Asian Monsoon Experiment
IMI
— International Market Index
USBM
— United States Bureau of Mines
IKI
— Institut Kosmicheskikh Issledovanii
NABE
— North Atlantic Bloom Experiment
TT
— task team
AOSB
— Arctic Ocean Sciences Board
WUA
— Weighted Usable Area
TROUBL
— troublesome
UATI
— Union des Associations Techniques Internationals
JTC
— joint transfer correlation
MAP
— Middle Atmosphere Programme
SAEF
— Stock Exchange Automated Execution Facility
ITEM
— International Technology Environmental Management
CEAREX
— Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment
HOUSEH
— household
ILLUSTR
— illustration
RIC
— Regional Information Center
HIC
— Habitat International Coalition
PAN
— Peroxyacetylnitrate
CCSDS
— Consultative Committee for Standard Data Services
POEM
— polar-orbiting earth observation mission (ESA)
ATDL
— Atmospheric Turbulence and DiffusionLaboratory
MORS
— Group of Experts Monitoring of Radioactive Substances in the Baltic Sea
RRN CAA
— RRN Central Arid Asia
CNC
— Condensation Nucleus Counter
OE
— Old English
WRRC
— Water Resources Research Center's
ESDOC
— European Science Data and Operations Center
WRR
— World Radiometric Reference
WBC
— Western Boundary Current
MODMAP
— modernization of mapping techniques
IMPERS
— impersonal
EASIZ
— Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone
IUPHAR
— International Union of Pharmacology
LAT.
— latitude
BIOME
— Global Biome Model
ECN
— Environmental Change Network
MODECS
— Molecular Design of Chemical Systems
PACOR
— Packet Processor
IAMAS
— International Association of Meteorology andAtmospheric Sciences
GBF/DIME
— Geographic Base Files/Dual Independent Map Encoding
MM5
— Mesoscale model 5 (Pennsylvania State University/NCAR)
CHESH
— Cheshire
HCMR
— heat-capacity mapping radiometer
ANALYT
— analytic)
STRIVE
— Science Teachers Research Involvement for Vital Education
IWP
— Ice Water Path
GEMM
— gilt-edged market maker
DIS-SC
— DIS Standing Committee
SUP
— Soluble Unreactive Phosphorus
DBW
— Decibels referenced to one watt
LSC
— Lake Survey Center (NOAA)
CH.SS
— Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
KOW
— octanol-water partition coefficient
DERBYSH
— Derbyshire
IUPAP
— International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (ICSU)
IEW
— International Energy Workshop
MCM
— million cubic metre
CFP
— Cypher Feedback
CFF
— Carbon fraction of fuel
AEEI
— Autonomous energy-efficiency index (improvements)
GISP
— Greenland Ice Sheet Project (NSF and PAGES)
PHARMACEUT
— pharmaceutical
ODAS
— Oceanic Data Assimilation System
MATS
— Mesoscale Atmospheric Transport Studies
EUROSTART
— European Planning Committee for START
PTCS
— Payload Module Thermal Control Subsystem
MYTHOL
— mythology
MMS-F
— Matra Marconi Space-Toulouse, France
IML
— Institut Montaire Lunxembourgeois
TRANSIT
— Satellite Navigation System
SMIP
— SOHO Mission Implementation Plan
ACL
— alternate concentration level
ALA
— American Library Association-Library
NON-CONF
— nonconformist
GLOUC
— Gloucestershire
BIOGR
— biography
CSPP
— Collaborative Special Project and Programme
STOL
— System Test and Operations Language
GCIP
— GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project
NCAER
— National Council of Applied Economic Research
ICAR
— International Center for Action Research
IGFA
— Inter-Governmental Funding Agencies
NCDCDS
— National Committee-Digital Cartographic Data Standards
PRIM
— primer
VACM
— Vector Averaging Current Meter
GMSC
— Geologic Map Standards Committee (USGS)
ORAC
— Oracle 9i Real Application Clusters
VBB
— VIRGO Blue Book
INORG
— Inorganic
JEOS
— Japanese Earth Observing System
ENCYCL.BRIT
— Encyclopaedia Britannica
HIS
— high-spectral resolution interferometer sounder
IGOSS
— Integrated Global Ocean Services System (WMO/IOC)
CAF
— Clean Air Facility
SMY
— Solar Maximum Year
WFEO
— World Federation Of Engineering Organizations
RDP
— Radar Development Project
CRE
— Coal Research Establishment of BCC (U.K.)
NFERC
— National Fertilizer and Environmental Research Center
CSA
— Chinese Society of Astronautics
MOS-1
— Marine Observations Satellite-1 (Japan)
ESPOCC
— European Space Project Operations Control Center
STARE
— Southern Tropical Atlantic Region Experiment
STORM-FEST
— Storm-scale Observations Regional Measurement Program-Fronts Experiment Systems Test
TRACE-A
— Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator-Atlantic
PLOB
— Public Limit Oder Board
LODYC
— Laboratoire d'Oceanographic Dynamique et de Climatologie
CPES
— Centrally-planned economies
MACDIF
— Mapping and Charting Data Interchange Format (Canada)
BIGSTIG
— biomass integrated gasifier steam-injected gas turbine
PFRA
— Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
DDF
— descriptive data file
KENT
— Kentish
XCTD
— Expendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (probe)
IFS
— Integrated Forest Study on the Effects of Atmospheric Deposition
EDUC
— Educational Development Corporation
UNSCEAR
— United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of AtomicRadiation
HCN
— US Historical Climatology Network
INSAT
— Indian satellite
NETCDF
— Network Common Data Format
ECLA
— Economic Commission for Latin American
ECTF
— Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests
IAR
— Institute for Atmospheric Radioactivity (Feiberg, Germany)
R/T
— Real-Time
VET.MED
— veterinary medicine
SEAS
— Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition Systems
ALF
— Grimco A-700 processor used for data analysis
NKA
— Nordic Liaison Committee for Atomic Energy
ANECD
— anecdotes
MOSP
— Mission Operations Support Plan
CARTOGR
— cartography
MDI-M
— MDI-Magnetogram
AMA
— African Mountains Association
ERS-2
— European Remote-Sensing Satellite-2
NSPC
— National Space Council
ANFC
— Annual Natural Forest Cleared
TREAS
— Treasury
MERGE
— Model for Evaluating Regional and Global Effects of GHG reduction policies
GLOCARB
— Global Tropospheric Carbon Dioxide Network (IGAC)
CMA
— Cement Manufacturers'Association
INZN
— Institut Zairois pour la Conservation de la Nature
NWWA
— National Water Well Association
INVOC
— invocation
JURISPR
— jurisprudence
IAHR
— International Association for Hydraulic Research
GAIM
— Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modelling
NEWSPR
— newsprint
STS
— Star Tracker Sensor
ATLANTIS
— Research vessel
NAEG
— Nevada Applied Ecology Group (of US Department Of Energy)
PDRCA
— Participatory Development Resource Centre for Africa
EPOP
— European Polar-Orbiting Platform
ELLIPT
— Elliptical
DGIB
— DSN/GSFC Interface Blocks
VTR
— Video Tape Recording
MEASUREM
— measurement
FRLAB
— Front Range Lidar, Aircraft, and Balloon (experiment)
MPF
— momentary power failure
NOZE
— National Ozone Expedition
USGCRPO
— United States Global Change Research Program Office
PFCS
— Perfluorocarbon Compounds
JIU
— Joint Inspection Unit
KING'S BENCH DIV
— King's Bench Division
TRIGONOM
— trigonometry
NEWC
— Newcastle
RT
— Radiative Transfer
NARE
— North Atlantic Regional Experiment (IGAC)
CDP
— Crustal Dynamics Project (NASA)
SWF
— Social Welfare Function
BSIP
— Birban Sahani Institute of Paleobotany
NRCC
— National Research Council of Canada
FMI
— Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
HER
— heraldry
JURISD
— jurisdiction
ULST
— uniform low stratus test
O/N
— oxygen-to-nitrogen ratio
ETF
— Environmental Task Force
DAT
— Department of Science and Technology
INTECOL
— International Association of Ecology (ICSU
FAP
— Food and Agriculture Project
INTR
— Intransitive
INVESTM
— investment
CWSF
— Chemical Waste Storage Facility
NRCT
— National Research Council of Thailand
IEC
— Implementation and Effectiveness of International EnvironmentalCommitments
WBW
— Walker Branch Watershed
CALEND
— calendar
SAX
— Saxon Capital, Inc.
UNGCRP
— United Nations Global Change Research Program
BBHSR
— broadband hemispherical solar radiometer
TOX
— total organic halides
FLAIR
— Measurement of Micronutrient Absorption and Status
ITASE
— International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (PAGES)
CX-C
— Cross-claim
GAMETAG
— Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment of Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases
IUAES
— International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
GEISA
— Gestion et d'Etude des Information Spectroscopiques Atmospheriques
FIZ
— Fachinformationszentrum
HITRAN
— High-Resolution Transmission Molecular Absorption Database
STI
— Straits Times Index
CTSS
— Cray Time-Sharing System
CSELI
— Centra Studi e Laboratori Telecommunicazioni (Italy)
NALMS
— North American Lake Management Society
GRGS
— Groupe de Recherches de Geodesic Spatiale (France)
RADCAL
— Radiation Calibration Laboratory
EG&G
— Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer
FREQ
— Frequent
TIGER/GICS
— TIGER/Geographic Identification CodeScheme
NCV
— Net Calorific Value
BUCKS
— Buckinghamshire
SRS
— Statistical Reporting Service
CLNO3
— chlorine nitrate
MOWG
— Mission Operations Working Group
DEBITS
— Deposition of Biogeochemically Important Trace Species (IGAC)
PASC
— Polar Atmospheric and SnowChemistry (IGAC)
GBSRN
— Global Baseline Surface Radiation Network
EGYPT
— Egyptian
VARS
— variants
DIVERS
— diversity
TC/OPC
— Technical Committee on Ocean Processes and Climate (Germany)
EORCU
— European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit
PRT
— precision radiation thermometer
WECC
— Western European Calibration Cooperation
MINK
— Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas
LINCS
— Lincolnshire
RASC
— Radio Atmospheric Study Centre
OGE
— Osaka Grain Exchange
JEC
— Joint Exchanges Committee
BK
— Book Keeper
CME
— Community Modelling Effort (U.K.)
ORD
— Office of Research & Development (EPA)
ETHNOL
— Ethnology
LEICS
— Leicestershire
ASE
— Air Sea Experiment
ESTABL
— establishment
NSPD
— National Space Policy Directive
TGI
— Temperature Growth Index
DIW
— Department of Industrial Works
SAVE
— South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment
STAFFORD
— Staffordshire
P-CODE
— GPS precision transmission code
GSF
— Gesellschaft fur Strahlen und Umweltforschung mbH Munchen (Germany)
ICLD
— International Commission on Large Dams
QLN
— Quantitative Links Networks
EOC
— Earth Observation Center (NASDA)
CRL
— Carbon released from living biomass
MPSR
— Monthly Project Status Review
ORNITHOL
— ornithology
IAOPA
— International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
EEP
— east equatorial Pacific
LAUTRO
— Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Authority
ARITHM
— arithmetic
GTAS
— Generic Testing and Analysis System
EZEK
— Ezekiel
FIELD
— Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
MU
— Microwave Unit
NRT
— Near Real-Time
CALCOFI
— California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation
SMOS
— Surface Meteorological Observation System
NGRS
— National Geodetic Reference System
HERB
— herbalism
ANGLO-IND
— Anglo-Indian
ECHIVAL
— European International Project on Climate and Hydrological Interactions between Vegetation, Atmosphere, and Land Surfaces
CRP
— Climate Research Program
PU
— processing unit
IAGA
— International Association ofGeomagnetism and Agronomy (IUGG)
STAFF
— Staffordshire
AP
— Annual Production
EMOC
— EOSDIS Mission Operations Center
EXCH
— EXCHANGE BANKSHARES, INC.
HBJ
— Hazira-Bijapur-Jagdishpur (India)
ETYMOL
— Etymology
VEI
— Volcano Explosivity Index
PROBAB
— probability
USACE
— United State Army Corps of Engineers
RMES
— Relay Mirror Experimental Satellite
FIT
— Field Investigation Team (US EPA)
IUTAM
— International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICSU)
ICASVR
— International Committee on Atmosphere-Soil-Vegetation Relations
CALLIGR
— calligraphy
GOES
— Global Omnibus Environmental Survey (HDGEC)
CKE
— cumulus kinetic energy
LINN
— Linnean
HYDRAUL
— hydraulic
CGED
— Committee on Geophysical Environmental Data (NAS)
USMAPS
— United States Map Analysis Package System
TIGER
— Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Reference
TRAGEX
— Trace Gas Exchange between Midlatitude Terrestrial Ecosystems and Atmosphere
CASA
— Inter-Union Commission on the Application of Science to Agriculture,Forestry, and Aquaculture
ASR
— aerosol solar radiation
COBS
— Central On Board Software
ICWRS
— International Commission on Water Resources Systems (IAHS)
LASS
— Local Area Sounding System
INEL
— Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
ISRIC
— International Soil Reference and Information Centre
GLBC
— Great Lakes Basin Commission
GEO
— Geostationary Earth Observation
RRS
— regional research sites (START)
EDXS
— Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
MATIF
— Marche а Terme International de France
ALBIOS
— Aluminum Biogeochemistry in Soils (EPRI)
VCP(F)
— Voluntary Cooperation Program fund
WSO
— Wilcox Solar Observatory
INVERT.ZOOL
— invertebrate zoology
GMP
— Genetically Modified Plants
REAS
— reasonably expected as safe
CEDDA
— Center for Experiment Design and Data Analysis (NOAA)
USCGS
— United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
ER-2
— Extended Range U-2 (aircraft)
NKS
— Nordic Nuclear Safety Project
RRN ANT
— RRN Antarctic
ECS
— Environmentally Compatible Energy Strategies (project)
ASAP
— Atorvastatin versus Simvastatin on Atherosclerosis Progression
EMB
— Embassy
NEAPACC
— North East Atlantic Palaeooceanography and Climate Change
SOSA
— Special Operations Support Area
JASIN
— Joint Sea-Air Interaction Experiment
BOT
— Botany
IOCARIBE
— IOC Sub-Commission for the Carribbean and Adjacent Regions
RET
— Renewable energy technologies
NOO
— National Oceanographic Office
CTOF
— Charge Time-Of-Flight
CIV.LAW
— civil law
METEOR
— Research vessel (Germany)
WITS
— World Ionosphere Thermosphere Study
ROXB
— Roxburgh
TEST
— testament
SWADE
— Surface Wave Dynamic Experiment
LTRMP
— Long-Term Resource Monitoring Program (U.S.
ITEX
— International Tundra Experiment
IIG
— Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
NADW
— North Atlantic Deep Water
LEECHD
— leechdom
CONTEND
— contending
OKLA
— Oklahoma
ICDB
— Ice Core Data Bank
CLIMAP
— Climate Applications Project (WMO)
SHSS
— Structure and Harness Subsystem
KAHE
— time series station off Kahe Point, Hawaii
PROBE
— Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment
IUPS
— International Union of Physiological Sciences
LIPI
— Marine Pollution Monitoring Center (including LIPI's Network of the Center
HIEROGL
— Hieroglyphic
MTR
— Magnetic Tape Recorder
FRR
— Fast Repetition Rate
CANTERB
— Canterbury
MOMS
— Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral Scanner
RMTC
— Regional Meteorological Training Centre
ERS-1
— European Remote-Sensing Satellite-1
MELV
— Medium Expendable Launch Vehicle
PREC
— Preceding
FIG
— figurative
JAWS
— Joint Airport Weather Studies (project)
IWSA
— International Water Supply Association
MEDIAS
— Mediterranean Basin and Sub-Tropical Africa
PERD
— Panel for Energy Research and Development
SONN
— sonnet
ARS
— Authentication Response
DISCOV
— discovery
WPR
— Water Resource Planning
DHCN
— Daily Historical Climate Network
TCAD
— Tradeable Carbon Absorption Obligation
REKLIP
— Regional Climate Project
OARM
— Office Of Administration And Resources Management (USEPA)
NCB
— Net change of biomass
HLQ
— holocellulose/lignocellulose quotient
IG
— Institute of Geography
CACGP
— Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (IAMAS)
GLRS-A
— Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter
DH
— chromosome-doubled haploid
ICSW
— International Commission on Surface Water (IAHS)
FORTN
— fortnightly
FOX
— London Futures and Options Exchange
DYSLOG
— dyslogistic
MGO
— Main Geophysical Observatory
ECSL
— European Centre for Space Law
SITE
— Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
SCWP
— Slowly Changing World Policy
IABP
— International Arctic Buoy Programme
LLW
— low-level waste
ESTEC
— European Research and Technology Center
CMSE
— Command Management Systems Engineer
PIO/C
— PIO for Commodities
MM4
— Mesoscale model 4 (Pennsylvania State University/NCAR)
LIGA
— Last InterGlacial in the Arctic (project)
CRTS
— courts
SAMBO
— Simultaneous Auroral Multi-Balloons Observations
Â
— antenna
FDD
— Flight Dynamics Division
PROL
— PROLOGUE (Euronext Paris [PAR])
SAGA
— Soviet-American Gas and Aerosol Experiment
WES
— Waterways Experiment Station (USACE)
OPHTHALMOL
— ophthalmology
R
— royal
ISEATRA
— International Symposium on Ecological Aspects of Tree-Ring Analysis
HRPT
— high-resolution picture transmission (AVHRR)
WTI
— West Texas Crude
IGLD
— International Great Lakes Datum
MFE/MAGNOLIA
— MFE/Magnetic Field Experiment
STIB
— Stratosphere-Troposphere Interaction and the Biosphere (IGBP)
EROS
— Earth Resources Observation System
TRMM
— Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission
HALSS
— high-altitude lidar sensing station
REFUS
— refusal
DSS
— Data Support Section (NCAR)
AMIGO
— America's Inter-hemispheric Geobiosphere Organization
GDAAC
— Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center
BLS
— Basic Linked System
BM&F
— Bolsade Mercadorias and Futuros Exchange
CLI
— Climate Change (project)
PBOT
— Phildelphia Board Of Trade
SNAS
— Strategic National Alternatives Study
T&DA
— Telemetry and Data Acquisition
PHOXA
— photochemical oxidant and acid deposition model application within the framework of control strategy development
BMC
— Baltic Marine Cooperation
UNDRC
— Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator
AIP-3
— Algorithm Intercomparison Project-3
P/R
— productivity/respiration
SAD
— Solar Array Deployment
TRUCE
— Tropical Urban Climate Experiment
IPCC-EIS
— IPCC-Energy and Industry Subgroup
GLAC
— Glacier National Park
RECLAM
— reclamation
BRML
— Block Recorder Mission Log
V-PDB
— international scale for expressing C and O isotopic composition relative to PDB carbonate
CAMBR
— Cambridge
SSTS
— Service Module Structure Subsystem
NLE
— National Library for the Environment
GOEZS
— Global Ocean Euphotic Zone Study (IGBP, SCOR, and WCRP)
ITPO
— International TOGA Planning Office
MOBILHY
— Mobilisation Du Bilan Hydrique
THEAT
— theatre
HPLC
— high-precision liquid chromatography
IGU
— International Geographical Union (ICSU)
NOBREX
— North Brazil Current Experiment
BI0-L
— Biphase - Level
HR
— High Rate
RRN MED
— RRN Mediterranean
ARL
— Australian Radiation Laboratory (Melbourne, Victoria)
NARC
— National Atmospheric Radiation Centre (AES)
NEG
— WOCE Numerical Experimentation Group
G-10
— ten leading world industrial nations
DMR2
— Detailed Mission Requirements Issue #2
LCC
— Land Cover Change
T/S
— Temperature/Salinity
EROS
— European River Ocean System (EEC)
LUCC-CPPC
— Lucc Core Project Planning Committee
CRYSTALLOGR
— crystallography
HEM
— Harmonizations of Environmental Measurement (program)
TOD
— Time-Out Detection
UKAEA
— U.K. Atomic Energy Authorities
Δ
— (Greek letter delta) Defendant
GCSS
— Global Cloud Systems Study
IZMIRAN
— Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Radio Research, and the Ionosphere
UNEP
— United Nations Environmental Program
PAC
— Polar Atmospheric Chemistry
GEOSAT
— Geodesy satellite (USN)
DRAC
— SOI/MDI Data Reduction and Analysis Center
BMG
— Meteorological and Geophysics Agency
ANGL
— Anglian
DGS
— Diego Garcia Station
GA
— geographic analysis
P/M
— Payload Module
HAO
— High Altitude Observatory (NCAR)
NORF
— Norfolk
STCS
— Service Module Thermal Control Subsystem
HILDA
— high-latitude diffusive-advective model
FOAM
— Fates of Aromatic Model
IGC
— International Geophysical Cooperation
UNM
— University of New Mexico
AWDB
— Adirondack Watershed Data Base
EOSC
— Earth Observations Science Committee (of ESA)
TOPOGR
— topography
FL
— ''floruit'' (Latin, "living") (genealogy)
NADP
— National Atmospheric Deposition Program (EPA)
CHARAC
— Character
TDLS
— Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy
IWS
— Instrument Work Stations
MILOX
— Mid-Latitude Ecosystems and Photochemical Oxidants (IGAC)
GRECA
— Group of Experts on Accident Consequences (NEA and OECD)
CVS
— Conference and Visitors'Services
SUBSTA
— Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
CINOF
— Campaign for Integrated Observations of Solar Flares
PREP
— Preposition
IOPG
— Indian Ocean Planning Group (JGOFS)
NASA/EDC
— NASA/Environmental Data Centre
COMBS
— combination
FAPIS
— Formation en Amenagement Pastoral Integre au Sahel
UMTRAP
— Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program
NHTSA
— National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (DOT)
MIPAS
— Michelson interferometer for passive atmospheric sounding (sounder)
GAL
— Galatians
WCDP
— World Climate Data Program
ETC
— European Telecommunications Standards Institute (EC)
CH.HIST
— Church history
SPELDA
— Structure Porteuse External pour Lancements Doubles Ariane (external
SOT
— Science Operations Team
MRM
— Mission Readiness Manager
VET.PATH
— veterinary pathology
SCRIPT
— scripture
FOOTPR
— footprint
F.
— Federal Reporter
RUT
— Reflectance Uniformity Test
ESRC
— Environmental Science Research Center
PHYS
— Physiology
ATLAS
— Airborne Turnable Laser Absorption Spectrometer
SCPP
— Seasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction Program
CUMBLD
— Cumberland
FDA
— facility disposal area
DPR
— development planning review
MIAS
— Marine Information Advisory Service (U.K.)
WODC
— World Ozone Data Center
RGIS
— regional geographic information system
SALARGOS
— Argos-located buoy equipped with temperature and conductivity sensors
MASMP
— Mission Analysis and Suport Management Plan
ORGAN.CHEM
— organic chemistry
MUID
— Map Unit Identification Data
LTER
— Long-Term Ecological Research (program) (NSF)
MODIS-N
— moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer-Nadir
GEIA
— Global Emissions Inventory Activity (IGAC)
INTERROG
— interrogative
IVA
— intra vehicular activities Instituto Venezuelan de Investigaciones Cientificas
MNRT
— Minister of State for Research and Technology
CAO
— Cold Air Outbreak
OIRM
— Office of Information Resources Management (EPA)
COGEOMAP
— Federal-State Cooperative Geologic Mapping
HBL
— Hudson Bay Lowland
ICSU-ACE
— ICSU Advisory Committee on the Environment
LMER
— Land Margins Ecosystem Research
GPM
— Generic Payload Module
GEOSAT
— Geodesy Satellite
ASCEND
— Agenda of Science for Environment and Development into the 21st Century
EMBRYOL
— embryology
GPR
— Greenwich Photoheliographic Results
ZEEI
— Exclusive Economic Zone of Indonesia
SMM
— Solar Maximum Mission
KINGD
— kingdom
CREO
— Cryosphere Research on Qingzang Plateau
INDIC
— indicative
SPECTROSC
— Spectroscopy
LIFFE
— London Interntional Financial Futures and Options Exchange
AUTOBIOGR
— autobiography
CONTEMP
— contemporary
MORPHOL
— morphology
WETNET
— Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data
CIHEAM
— Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterraneenes
CPP
— Cloud Photopolarimeter
PAAD
— Program Assistance Approval Document
GLOSS
— Global Sea-Level Observing System
MMTS
— Maximum-Minimum Temperature System
CYCL
— cyclopaedia
ROSS-SH
— Ross-shire
CERTIF
— certificate
ARA
— atmospheric radiation analysis
DCT
— dedicated carbon tax
FSE
— File Server Ethernet
MUNIM
— muniment
ECCL.LAW
— ecclesiastical law
SHEPH
— shepherd
DUNDEE
— Down Under Doppler and Electricity Experiment
MWL
— Medicamunicipal Waste Leachate
PEMD
— personalized educational materials development
BPKM
— billion passenger kilo metre
TREM
— Tropical Rainfall Experimental Mission
ISS
— Integrated Sounding System
ASCATT
— advanced scatterometer
NZP
— National Zoological Park
IPCC/RSWG/EIS
— IPCC/Response Strategies WorkingGroup/Energy and Industry Subgroup
SCIBP
— Scientific Committee for the International Biological Programme
USO
— UltraStable Oscillator
LEB
— LASCO Electronics Box
FRONTAL
— frontal process studies (France) (JGOFS)
MEX
— Mexican
BS
— Natural forest biomass burned onsite
EOCAP
— Earth Observation Commercialization Application Program
SASANEE
— South and Southeast Asia Network for Environmental Education
METALLIF
— metalliferous
NAH
— Nahum
NWRC
— National Weather Records Center
CUMBERLD
— Cumberland
PROVINC
— provincial
GLOBEC
— Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (SCOR)
RITS
— Radiatively Important Trace Species
CLIMATOL
— Climatology
FGGE
— First GARPGlobal Experiment
LWRM
— longwave radiation model
SWDA
— Solid Waste Disposal Act
AIP
— Algorithm Intercomparison Programme
RAFOS
— SOFAR spelled backwards (float which
TEDDY
— TERI Energy Data Directory Yearbook
INDIGO
— French programme, Indien Gaz Ocean
FL
— Fraction that live
COMPOS
— composition
CSATA
— Centra Studi e Applicazioni in Tecnologie Avanzate (Italy)
SEDAC
— Socio-Economic Data and Applications Center
GLAS
— Goddard Laboratory of Atmospheric Sciences
GREENS
— Global Redevelopment with Energy Environment Sustainability
TEHM
— Terrestrial Ecosystem Hydrology Model
JICST
— Japan Information Center of Science and Technology
SWINGS
— Sterling warrants into gilt-edged securities
ARINC
— Aeronautical Research, Inc.
NASDAQ
— National Assocation of Securities Dealers Automated Quote System
CORNW
— Cornwall
LOTREX
— Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
FLUPAC
— flux dans l'ouest du Pacifique equatorial (France) (JGOFS)
FIREIFO
— First ISCCP Regional Experiment
GSRN
— Global Surface Radiation Network
NLC
— National Laboratory Consortium
DAA
— Data Availability Acknowledgment
HAPEX
— Hydrological-Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
HHMS
— Hydrostatic Head Monitoring Station
ENTOM
— entomology
EPOPE
— Etude de Processes dans l'Ocean Pacifique Equatorial
WILASS
— Water Infiltration in Layered Subfreezing Snow
WGNE
— working group on numerical experimentation (JSC/CAS)
MRR
— Mission Readiness Request
NRPGC
— National Research Program for Global Change
ARC
— Antarctic Research Center
PACER
— Program for the Acceleration of Commercial Energy Research
GPCC
— Global Precipitation Climatology Center (data base)
SLURP
— Simple Linear Unit Reservoir Program
KNMI
— Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
TALK
— Total Alkalinity
BATAN
— Reactor and Nuclear Research Facilities, National Atomic Energy Agency
PDA
— phased-Doppler anemometer
FORAST
— Forest Response to Anthropogenic Stress (model)
ICA
— International Communication Agency
ECHO
— Exchange Clearing House
CCM1
— community climate model one
NCPO
— National Climate Program Office
INTERPR
— interpretation
BET
— Grimco A-700 processor used for data collection
O.D.
— outside diameter
NERDDC
— National Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Council
UCSF
— University of California at San Francisco's
CERES
— Crop Environment Resource Synthesis
ISTAP
— International Space Technology Assessment Program
FB
— Fraction burned annually
MICROSC
— Microscopic
SABLE
— simulator atmospheric boundary layer environment
GEOMORPHOL
— geomorphology
COLOSS
— Colossians
IGOSS
— Integrated Global Ocean Station System (UNESCO)
DWBM
— Office of Defense Waste Byproducts Management
HOI
— Halo Orbit Insertion
TAB
— Timing and Acquisition Bit
SAFCOM
— Southern, Central, and Eastern Africa Regional Committee (START)
FSM
— Flight Synchronizer Module
TLAN
— Tpocc Lan
SCID
— Spacecraft Identification
SSURGO
— soil survey geographic data base (USDA and
PFTS
— perfluorocarbon tracers
LANC
— Lancashire
GEOSECS
— Geochemical Ocean Sections Study
TIMSS
— thermal infrared spectral scanner
WOCE/HP
— Woce/Hydrographic Program
QAC
— Quality and Accounting Capsule
MEDCOM
— Mediterranean Planning Committee (START)
ANTARFIX
— Antarctic fixed station
TIN
— Triangular Irregular Network
SIP
— Solar Influences Program
GSP
— Greenland Sea Project
PDFE
— Programmable Data Formatter Engineer
WTH
— whole-tree harvest
SESC
— Space Environment Service Center
CN
— condensation nuclei
OCEANOGR
— Oceanography
FEWA
— Finite Element of Water Flow through Aquifers
SCORPIO
— Oceanographic cruise in the South Pacific, 1968 (U.S.)
LLL
— Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
IRD
— Instituto de Radioprotecao e Dosimetria (Brazil)
DDA
— Data Delivery Acknowledgement
DP
— Direct Playback
GCTE-SSC
— GCTE Scientific Steering Committee
EOS-ALT
— EOS Altimetry Mission
UGM
— University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
ELECTR.ENGIN
— electrical engineering
NAT.PHILOS
— natural philosophy
VPB
— VIRGO Purple Book
CTS
— Committee on the Teaching of Science
SARB
— surface and atmospheric radiation budget
COSTEP
— Comprehensive Supra Thermal and Energetic Particle Analyzer
GENSAA
— Generic Spacecraft Analysis Assistant
FICCDC/SWG
— FICCDC/Standards Working Group
USJGOFS
— United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
EDD
— Exchange of Digital Data
COBIOTECH
— Scientific Committee for Biotechnology
IGAC-SSC
— IGAC Scientific Steering Committee
BB
— Biomass Burned
PSTS
— Payload Module Structure Subsystem
GEU
— Gyroscope Electronics Unit
DAEDALUS
— Documenting Aerosol Electromagnetics, Defining Aerosol Lifetimes and Understanding Sources
MONSEE
— Monitoring of the Sun-Earth Environment
FAD
— Fraction actually degrades
ENGLISHW
— Englishwomen
LXX
— Septuagint
ARGT
— argument
FIEX-35
— stock index
SHAS
— Service Module Harness Subsystem
DMR
— Detailed Mission Requirements
LOTUS
— Long-Term Upper Ocean Study, Woods Hole, 1983
TIGR
— TOVS Initial Guess Retrieval
POOZ
— Permanently Open Ocean Zone
CARBICE
— Carbon Dioxide Intercalibration Experiment (IGAC)
ICL
— International-Union Commission on the Lithosphere (ICSU)
IMP
— ice mass path
SING
— Singular
EOPM
— electro-optic phase modulation
DOS
— Department of Space
JEDA
— Joint Environmental Data Center
NERP
— National Environmental Research Park
IPO
— WOCE International Planning Office
FFES
— Fossil Free Energy System
RTD
— Real-Time Data
LIRAD
— lidar/radiometer
HYNET
— Intercomparison of Operational Hydrological Network Design Techniques
CARDS
— climatological aerological reference data set
PE
— Pipeline Execution
TSTOL
— TPOCC System Test and Operations Language
NECT
— National Research Council of Thailand
JPOP
— Japanese Polar-Orbiting Platform (JERS)
RESA
— Scientific Research Society of America
LMA
— Laboratoire de Meteorologie
LIDQA
— Landsat Image Data Quality and Analysis
AXCTD
— autonomous expendable CTD profiler
CCI
— Commission for Climatology
HEREFORDSH
— Herefordshire
PBM
— peribacteroid membrane
CMP
— computer modeling package
NRSA
— National Remote Sensing Agency
CHEM.ENGIN
— chemical engineering
OMCS
— Ozone Monitor Comparison System
WIRP
— Watershed Integrated Research Program
HECP
— Herbaceous Energy Crops Program
XN
— Examination in Chief
MMI
— Modified Mercalli Intensities
JJA
— June-July-August
TRSC
— Thailand Remote Sensing Centre
IPB
— Bogor Agriculture Institute (Indonesia)
VARR
— variants
IS92
— IPCC Scenarios, 1992
MIRSL
— Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory
MDI-H
— MDI-Helioseismology
TON
— Total Organic Nitrogen
SC-IGBP
— Special Committee of the International Geosphere BiosphereProgramme
WHP
— WOCE Hydrographic Programme
WTR
— Western Test Range
NEIGHB
— neighbour
OEG
— Office of Environmental Guidance
MLOPEX
— MLO Photochemical Experiment
ERTS-1
— Earth Resources Technology Satellite-1
OBAD
— Obadiah
NCASI
— National Council on Air and Stream Improvement
COMPEND
— compendium
DEPREDAT
— depredation
THERMONUCL
— thermonuclear
NRA
— NASA Research Announcement
TLCF
— Team Leader Computing Facility
SCOT
— Services Consultance en Observation de la Terre
INCD
— International Convention to Combat Decertification
RPSS
— Relative Partial Sum of Squares
MESEEC
— Methodologies to Estimate Social, Environmental, and EconomicConsequences
SCARAB
— Scanner for the Radiation Budget
GTC
— Gigatons Of Carbon
RSMC
— Regional/Specialized Meteorological Centre
ERNI
— wet-only rainfall collector
DOC
— Documentary Organisation of Canada
RETROSP
— retrospective
PSEUDO-SC
— pseudo-Scots
BIBLIOGR
— bibliography
OSR
— Office of Sponsored Research
IMAGES
— International Marine Global Change Study (PAGES and SCOR)
MGE
— MicroStation Foundation and Modular GISEnvironment
SO.
— Southern Reporter
CRYPTOGR
— cryptography
NORTHUMBR
— Northumbrian
SOX
— Oxides of sulfur
T&DS
— Tracking and Data Systems
ORTHOGR
— orthography
LRP
— Landscape Research Project (DOE)
UNFPA
— United Nations Program for Population
CAA
— Central Arid Asia (START)
WESTPAC
— IOC - Programme Group on the WesternPacific
WAMEX
— West African Monsoon Experiment
OFDA
— Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
TRANSPAC
— Trans-Pacific Experiment
FOLAN
— Flight Operations Local Area Network
LOTREX
— Longitudinal Land-Surface Traverse Experiment
POCM
— parallel ocean-climate model
EC
— Executive Council (WMO)
WGR
— Waste Generation Rate
FDI
— field data investor
MSCI
— Morgan Stanley Capital Index
TOF
— theoretical orthogonal function
BBSRC
— Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council
WIND
— Weather Information Display
ERNETS
— Energy Research Networks
PATHOL
— Pathological
AGBD
— Above ground biomass density
PREDICT
— Prediction of Radiation Effects by Digital Computer Techniques
NAFCOM
— Northern Africa Committee (START)
BEST
— Bilan Energetique du Systeme Tropical
LTREB
— Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology
NUC
— National Underseas Research Center
THEATR
— theatre
CRC
— Climate Research Committee
MSP
— Motion-Sensing Platform
ECN
— Netherlands Energy Research Foundation
CMP
— Climate Modelling Programme
NDF
— Narrative Data File
GLOUCESTERSH
— Gloucestershire
CORRESP
— correspondence
R/V
— Research Vessel
TISGLOW
— TERI Information Service on GlobalWarming
ORNL/ACL
— ORNL/Advanced Computing Laboratory
ICRCCM
— Intercomparison of Radiation Codes in Climate Models (program)
COUNC
— council
SUBIM
— Subsidiary Body on Implementation
WEVS
— Wetland Ecosystem Vulnerability Study
EXHIB
— exhibit
NAT.HIST
— natural history
TFAP
— Tropical Forestry Action Plan (coordinated by FAO)
PARL
— Parliament
AMQUA
— American Quaternary Association
NORTH
— northern
CONGRESS
— congressional
BERW
— Berwickshire
GMAN
— General Maneuver
GH
— Gas Heater
CPA
— Centrally Planned Asia
COMMONW
— commonwealth
NWPM
— Numerical Weather Prediction Model
GLONET
— Global Tropospheric Ozone Network (IGAC)
IDP
— Instrument Development Program
MLO
— Mauna Loa Observatory (Hawaii) (CMDL)
IFN
— Ice-Freezing Nuclei
HCCD
— Historical Canadian Climate Database
UARP
— Upper Atmosphere Research Program
IGPO
— International Gewex Project Office
PER
— Program for Ecological Research
VFR
— very far radiation
DMR1
— Detailed Mission Requirements Issue #1
SCAT
— radar scatterometer
FTS
— Fournier transform spectrometer
TUR
— thermal uniformity restoral
COMMANDM
— commandment
GEOSAT
— Geologic Satellite (program) (USN)
NORWEG
— Norwegian
CCL
— Close Circuit Loop
EFEDTA
— European Field Experiment in Decertification Threatened Area
CTR
— computerized trading reconstruction system
FC
— Fuel Consumption
SMOC
— SOHO Science and Mission Operations Center
FOR
— Forestry Resources (project)
TTO
— Transient Tracers in the Ocean
UIC
— Ukpeaguik Inupiat Corp
RRTM
— Rapid Radiative Transfer Model
OPT
— Optimization Under Uncertainty Project
PECO
— CEC-COPERNICUS Program
WISP
— Winter Icing and Storms Programs
COURTSH
— courtship
LPARL
— Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories
EIPO
— European IGAC Project Office Steering Committee
CAS
— Chemical Abstract Series
MRI
— Meteorology Research Inc
SYMMETR
— symmetrical
PHONOL
— phonology
JUSTIF
— justification
NATT
— Northern Australian Tropical Transect
ELECTRO-PHYSIOL
— electro-physiology
NCE
— Net Carbon Emission
MPL
— Micropulse Lidar
RSD
— Residual Standard Deviation
BIOMOVS
— Biospheric Model Validation Study
MPAE
— Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie, Germany
ESTAR
— electronically scanned thinned array radiometer (ARM)
HAMOCC
— Hamburg Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
HDP
— Human Dimensions Program (SEDAC)
FGDC
— Federal Geographic Data Commission
BOVESPA
— Bolsas de Valores de Sao Paulo
OMS
— margin system on OMLX
SWAN
— Solar Wind ANisotropies
NF-EBM
— noise forced energy balance model
LETT
— letters
OFA
— Office of Flight Assurance
IP
— independent pixel
EISCAT
— European Incoherent Scatter Facility
ICOLD
— International Commission on Large Dams
GRAM
— grammar
SNL/PPG
— Snl/Parallel Processing Group
KUM
— Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii
COW
— Committee on Water
UFACNC
— Ultrafine Aerosol Condensation Nucleus Counter
IUCRM
— Inter-Union Commission on Radio Meteorology
UV-A
— ultraviolet type A
PILPS
— Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes
BF
— Biomass quantity burned in fields
PRAREE
— precise range and range rate equipment-extended
NEH
— Nehemiah
ARSMC
— ASEAN Regional SpecializedMeteorological Centre
KCRT
— Keyboard CRT
SEL.COMM
— select committee
HOC
— hydrophobic organic compounds
NIP
— Normal Incidence Pyrheliometer
üO
— Fraction of carbon oxidized
SUBST
— substantive
FIRESCAN
— Fire Research Campaign Asia-North
DPS
— Digital Photogrammetry System
BEDFORD
— Bedfordshire
TCOPS
— Trajectory Computation and Orbit Products System
SGSS
— Solar Generator Subsystem
NORDMAP
— European Nordic Pollen Data Mapping Project
SCIAMACHY
— Scanning, imaging and absorption spectrometer for atmospheric cartography
MVS
— Minimum-Variance-Simultaneous
RSI
— relative strength indicator
VHSA
— Variable Hydrologic Source Areas
BAS
— Block Acquisition Sequence
ECOMARGE
— ecology of the continental margins
ERS
— Earth Resources Survey
VBS
— verbs
SEISMOL
— seismology
UCS
— Secretariat to the U.S. National Commission
SARCS-SAP
— SARCS Scientific Advisory Panel
MASS
— Massachussets
FLM
— federal land manager (e.g., National Park Service)
WCASP
— World Climate Applications and Services Program
FANGIO
— Feedback Analysis for GCM Intercomparison and Observations
VINDIC
— vindication
FOT
— Fourier Optical Transform
URAS
— (a commercial CO2 analyzer)
DOM
— Dissolved Organic Macromolecules
LOS
— Lost of signal
WAIS
— West Antarctic Ice Sheet
PIXE
— Proton induced x-ray emission analysis
PHARM
— pharmacology
TEGD
— Technical Enforcement Guidance Document (EPA)
ORISE
— Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education
NZOI
— New Zealand Oceanographic Institute
PARAPHR
— paraphrase
LITURG
— liturgy
COM
— Communication Department
RWVL
— Raman Water Vapor Lidar
MST
— Ministry of Environment and Science
NEB
— National Environmental Board
SOL
— Science Operations Leader
EGYPTOL
— Egyptology
STRATIGR
— stratigraphy
USNC/IHP
— United States National Committee for IHP
FM
— Flight Module
HYDROL
— Hydrology
ESA
— Equatorial South America (START)
UTM
— University transverse mercator
TDRS
— Tracking and Data Relay Systems
MSE
— Mission Server Element
BERKSH
— Berkshire
TARFOX
— Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observation Experiment
STRATOZ
— Stratospheric Ozone (campaign)
CAC
— Climate Analysis Centre (now CPC) (WMO)
RRN ART
— RRN Arctic
S.D.
— standard deviation
HNRC
— HOMS National Reference Centre
SUBJUNCT
— subjunctive
NHAP
— National High-Altitude Photography Program
BO
— CH4 producing potential
SUMER
— Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation
SOMMA
— Single-Operator Multiparameter Metabolic Analyzer
ELECTRO-MAGN
— electro-magnetism
TIGER/GRF-N
— Tiger/Geographic Reference File-Names
LOCH
— London Options Clearing House
ORPA
— Operational Readiness and Performance Assurance
TECHN
— technical
VIND
— vindication
NHEML
— United States National Hurricane Experimental Meteorological Laboratory
AMD
— Developing America
HD
— hierarchical diagnosis
PPL.ADJS
— participial adjectives
INTROD
— introduction
SWSA
— Solid Waste Storage Area
RAI
— Rainfall Anomaly Index
RGCT
— Reflective Gross Cloud Test
SSSC
— SOI Science Support Center
OTM
— Out-Of-The-Money
TROUB
— troublesome
FIFESH
— Fifeshire
NASQUAN
— National Stream Water Quality Accounting Network
CHRONOL
— chronology
HDRL
— High-Dose Reference Laboratory
CONGR
— congress
PSSI
— Pacific/Sulfur/Stratus Investigation
SSALT
— solid-state (radar) altimeter
FORFARSH
— Forfarshire
RUST
— Remote User Scheduling Terminal
OCAM
— Afro-Malagasy Common Organization
TRAG
— Tragedy
GRADO
— CNES Gravity Satellite (France)
VAMP
— Validation of Model Project
TSD
— Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (facilities)
DIARAD
— Dual Irradiance Absolute Radiometer
PFBC
— Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustor
IFMH
— Institut fur Meereskunde, Hamburg, Germany
SOTER
— Soil and Terrain Survey
R/C
— Residue Crop ratio
DTH
— Technical University of Denmark
GEM-HEX
— Geochemical, Microbiological, and Hydrological Experiment
CF
— Carbon Fraction
AYRSH
— Ayrshire
EUPHEM
— euphemistic
WMS
— World Magnetic Survey
NDSC
— Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change
FEDC
— Fusion Energy Design Center
SPS
— Symbols Per Second
ONWI
— Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
HOP
— Halo Orbit Phase
GLASG
— Glasgow
NIAES
— National Institute of Agro-Environmental Studies
DTB
— Deutsche Terminborse
ELS
— Eastern Lake Survey
OMWOG
— Ocean-Based Measurements Working Group
WEBB
— Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budget (USGS)
CA
— Class action
FRATERN
— fraternity
MORACC
— Modeling Radiation Clouds and Convection
INCLOS
— inclosure
PSFG
— Permanent Service on the Fluctuation of Glaciers
US-IGBP
— United States Geosphere/Biosphere Program
MUIR
— map unit interpretation record
LW
— longwave
ICL
— Integrated Cloud Liquid
PAM
— Portable Automated Mesonet
SRWCP
— Short Rotation Woody Crop Program
LEBS
— Low Emission Boiler Systems
COR
— Corinthians
MWDI
— Master Water Data Index
THES
— Thesaurus
SPECTRE
— Spectral Radiance Experiment
BRAZ
— Brazilian
NIO
— National Institute of Oceanography
MAP3S
— Multistate Atmospheric Power Production Pollution Study
MEM
— Memoirs
WGGC
— Working Group on Global Change
WCIRP
— World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Program
VET.SURG
— veterinary surgery
SFDU
— Standard Formatted Data Units
PSPDC
— Polar Satellite Precipitation Data Centre
RMW
— Roll Maneuver Wheels
SLP
— sea-level pressure
GEOM
— geographically detailed model
NMOS
— Network Mission Operations Support
NCPDI
— National Coastal Pollutant Discharge Inventory
VCP(ES)
— Voluntary Cooperation Program Equipment and Services
FAST
— Fourier amplitude-sensitivity test
PCS
— Predefined Command Sequence
VIRG
— virgin
SPARCLE
— Spaceborne Aerosols and Cloud Lidar Earthprobe
CDI
— Certificado de Depsito Interbancrio
RCRE
— required collaborative research experience
SRO
— Self Regulatory Organisation
TIA
— Territorial and International Affairs
OCTS
— ocean color and temperature sensor
PHYSIOL
— Physiology
SCM
— single-column model
NYBID
— New York Interbank Bid Rate
COMPAR
— comparative
HEPL
— Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratories
SNOTEL
— Snow Survey and Remote Telemetry
CFM
— Chlorofluoromethane
RAAM
— Roll Attitude Acquisition Mode
COLLECT
— collective
SBUV-2
— Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet-2
NARSNDF
— North Atlantic Regional Study Narrative Data File
SD
— said
THESS
— Thessalonians
MUNIF
— munificence
PGS
— Product Generation System
TTI
— Transfer Trajectory Insertion
RSR
— Rotating Shadowband Radiometer
SLS
— stereo line scanner
IFS
— International Foundation for Science
RRAD
— Roll Rate Anomaly Detection
UV-B
— ultraviolet type B (280-320 nanometer wavelength interval)
ETF
— Engineered Test Facility
EPISC
— episcopacy
IRON
— ironically
MSA
— methanesulfonate
SOCEX
— Southern Ocean Cloud Experiment
S/J
— Summary judgment
STAFFORDSH
— Staffordshire
WSI
— whole-sky imager
USNC/SH
— United States National Committee on Scientific Hydrology
SCOTL
— Scotland
NIE
— National Institute for the Environment
RRN
— Regional Research Networks (START)
SIROS
— solar and infrared radiation observation stations
AUTOBIOG
— autobiography
SRDC
— Surface Reference Data Centre
IN
— ice nuclei
ENTOMOL
— entomology
HROI
— high-resolution optical instrument
SSA
— Singular Spectrum Analysis
PSDPC
— Polar Satellite Data Processing Centre
OWSE-NA
— Operational WWW Systems Evaluation -North America
EHPC
— Extended High Priority Command
ICE
— International Cirrus Experiment
NEIDA
— National Estuarine Inventory Data Atlas
NERSC
— National Energy Research Supercomputer Center
PRTC
— Priority Real Time Commands
WESTM
— Westminster
SEPON
— Stock Exchange Pool Nominees
ECCLUS
— Ecclesiasticus
NTM
— Network Test Manager
CONCH
— conchology
PSCN
— Program Support Comunications Network
ILWAS
— Integrated Lake-Watershed Acidification Study (EPRI)
HCBP
— hexachlorobiphenol
UDF
— UAV demonstration flights
EMF
— Energy Modelling Forum
PBMR
— Pushbroom Microwave Radiometer
NHRE
— United States National Hail Research Experiment
PSU
— ''Pennsylvania State University''
CST
— CHAMMP Science Team
MFRSR
— multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer
CONSOL
— consolation
TOPIC
— Teletex output of price informationby computer
SRP
— Soluble Reactive Phosphorus
LEADEX
— Leads Experiment
NERV
— nervous
CHRONS
— chronicles
RCWP
— Rapidly Changing World Policy
ENCYCL
— encyclopaedia
ETYM
— Etymology
GEM
— Geospace Environment Modeling Program
WCDMP
— World Climate Data and Monitoring Program
MCSST
— Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature (algorithm)
SELV
— Small Expendable Launch Vehicle
FOP
— Fligth Operations Plan
EPHES
— Ephesians
ALS
— Adirondack Lake Survey (ALSC)
NAT.SCI
— natural science
PIR
— Precision Infrared Radiometer
RIDGE
— Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment
TRPSA
— Transponder Assembly
OASIS
— Observation At Several Interacting Scales
GERUND
— gerundial
SEASPAN
— SEAREX South Pacific Aerosol Network
T/C
— Temperature/Conductivity sensor chains on drifters
MTP
— Mission Test Plan
METALL
— Metallurgy
PCC
— Power Converter for CDMU
NORTHUMBLD
— Northumberland
CIR
— color-infrared
SELSIS
— SEL Solar Imaging System
CLASS
— classical
PRESERV
— preservation
AGO
— Santiago Ground Station
SERM
— sermon
BW
— bulk water
REFLEX
— Remote Fluvial Experimental Series
NOWES
— Northern Wetlands Study
HCND
— Historical Climatology Network-Daily
SGM
— second-generation model
CSIRO
— Commonwealth Scientific and IndustrialResearch Organization
SLB
— Shallow Land Burial
NMHC
— Nonmethane Hydrocarbons
LINCOLNSH
— Lincolnshire
GLOCHEM
— Global Atmospheric Chemical Survey (IGAC)
MTASS
— Multi-mission Three-Axis Stabilized Satellite
TCR
— tonnes of coal replacement
RPE
— Office of OECD, European Community, andAtlantic
CCR
— California Code of Regulation
MIL-71
— Merritt Island DSN Facility
UNP
— United Nations Political Affairs
STIP
— Study of Travelling Interplanetary Phenomena
BSR
— Back Surface Reflection
TDA
— Telecommunications and Data Acquisition
IUPAC
— International Union of Pure and AppliedChemistry
ASAP
— Against Sailormoon Anti Pages
LTRRS
— Long-Term Regional Research Site
NARRAT
— narrative
IMC
— ice mass content
MGMI
— Metallgezellschaft Metals Index
SIC
— Spacecraft Identification Code
CINEMATOGR
— cinematography
INDUSTR.REL
— industrial relations
MSSL
— Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK
POLYNYA
— Wind or current driven opening in winter sea-ice
WORCESTERSH
— Worcestershire
NCLAN
— National Crop Loss Assessment Network (EPA)
NORTHUMB
— Northumberland
NIF
— Nascom Interface Facilities
EPC
— Environmental Protection Committee (Bahrain)
GOED
— Global Oceans Ecosystems Dynamics
SHROPSH
— Shropshire
SYCOM
— Sydney computerised overnight market
TREATM
— treatment
TEM
— Terrestrial Ecosystem Model
WBIS
— Walker Branch Information System
NMFECC
— National Magnet Fusion Energy Computer Center
OEP
— Office of Economic Planning
LSR
— Launch Support Room
GEO
— George
MR
— Methane Recovery
WWSP86
— Winter Weddell Sea Project 1986
AV
— acoustic velocity
VET.SCI
— veterinary science
DM
— Data Manual
JNOV
— Judgment notwithstanding verdict
OWSE
— Operational Www Systems Evaluation
ASK
— Assisted Search for Knowledge
PRIV
— privative
COLLOQ
— colloquies
EUMELI
— eutrophic, mesotrophic, and oligotrophic sites (France) (JGOFS)
NSA/AAO
— NSA/Adjacent Arctic Ocean
LAM
— Lamentations
VICT
— Victoria
DBS
— Doppler Beam Swinging
ISP
— International Society for Photogrammetry
ANTHROPOL
— anthropology
CAS
— Chinese Academy of Science
SSSD
— state soil survey data base
CLASS.ANTIQ
— classical antiquities
FD
— Fraction that is dead
LEICEST
— Leicestershire
PHOTOGR
— photographic
POLIT
— politics
ATS
— Advanced Turbine Systems
CC
— Constitutional Court
PROPR
— proprietary
PSYCHOANAL
— psychoanalysis
RWC
— Regional Warning Centre
AS
— Area of Savanna
DM
— deep monitoring (wells)DMA
RSF
— LANL computer code
FRIENDSH
— friendship
SERP
— Sedimentary Rock Program
SPREP
— South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme
SJVF
— Veterinary Agricultural Research Council
MAC
— Middle Atmosphere Cooperation (IGAC)
POLDER
— Polarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances
RILWAS
— Regional Integrated Lake-Watershed Acidification Study (EPRI)
SADCC
— Southern African Development Coordination Conference
INTELLECT
— intellectual
DML
— Direct Memory Load
OMLX
— The London Securities and Derivatives Exchange
PHARMACOL
— Pharmacology
INT
— p-iodonitrotetrazolium
TGS
— Timeline Generation System
REPR
— representative
ERS
— Earth Resources Systems
P.
— Pacific Reporter
ATOVS
— Advanced TOVS
EVANG
— evangelical
SCARABE
— Scanner for Radiative Budget Experiment
FT
— Free troposphere
NIPDWS
— National Interim Primary Drinking Water Standards
USDW
— usable supply of drinking water
P
— significance level (statistical)
INVERTEBR
— invertebrate
CSR
— Centra de Sensores Remotes (Italy)
AMS
— Applied Mathematical Sciences (DOE)
N.W.
— North Western Reporter
ASSYRIOL
— Assyriology
VCID
— Virtual Channel Identification
TREES
— Tropical Ecosystem Environmental Observations by Satellite
INC
— International Negotiating Convention
PETROGR
— petrographic
BERWICKSH
— Berwickshire
RIMI
— Riso Integrated Environmental Project
JGOFS-SSC
— JGOFS Scientific Steering Committee
PROC
— proceedings
RUDIM
— rudiment
ISSP
— ICSU Solar System Panel
TECHNOL
— technology
TALISMAN
— Transfer account lodgement for investors, stock management for market-makers
MOS
— Marine Observations Satellite
RELIG
— religion
AN
— Analog Nonsecure
PERSEC
— persecution
EXALT
— exaltation
SOA
— state-of-the-art
WENPEX
— Western North Pacific Cloud-Radiation Experiment
TGCT
— Thermal Gross Cloud Test
FWWTA
— Fraction of waste water treated anaerobically
SAHC
— South Asia Hydrological Cycle
SOUTH
— southern
DOAI
— Department of Agriculture, Indonesia
SRA
— Society for Risk Analysis
MWSR
— Microwave Water Substance Radiometer
UMTRCA
— Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
SSM/I
— SSM/imager
LDS
— Lords
MAA
— moist-adiabatic adjustment
CW
— "Conventional Wisdom" scenario, World Bank, 1990
RTFM
— Read The Fuck Manual
POSEIDON
— Satellite programme
TSL
— Technical Services Laboratory
SRL
— Shuttle Research Laboratory
WIHG
— Waclia Institute of Himalayan Geology
SOCIOL
— sociology
TELECOMM
— telecommunications
NGO
— Nongovernmental Organization
S.W.
— South Western Reporter
HOROL
— Horology
TERATOL
— teratology
FEDMAP
— Federal Geologic Mapping Project
VSSC
— vikram sarabhai space center
CRS
— cavity-ringdown spectrometer
ASF
— Atmospheric Stablization Framework
MAC
— Multiphase Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC)
TOMCAT
— Toulouse Off-Line Model of Chemistry and Transport
TREAT
— treatise
EDA
— elevation difference accuracy
N.E.
— North Eastern Reporter
OMEX
— Ocean Margin Exchanges
REGR
— register
SELECT
— selection
UVCS
— Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer
STATIST
— statistical
MEHALICE
— Methane and Halocarbons Intercalibrations Experiment
REMINISC
— reminiscence
MISPR
— misprinted
RES
— Regional Evaporation Study
MDR
— Minimum Detectable Radiance
MT
— million tonne
TOA
— top of the atmosphere
WOVO
— World Organization of Volcano Observatories
PSO
— Project Science Office
SSI
— Spectral Statistical Interpolation
OXFORDSH
— Oxfordshire
LPI
— low-pressure impactor
SIV
— solar and interplanetary variability
MSC
— Marine Sciences Council
POL.ECON
— political economy
SUM
— SOHO User's Manual
SOP
— Ship of Opportunity Programme
TUNES
— Thomas Washington's Unexpected Nautical Extravaganza South-north
SDB
— Spacecraft Data Base
NLVF
— Norway Agricultural Research Council
TDDR
— Total Direct Diffuse Radiometer
TMACS
— International Mathematics and Computer Simulations
CRANIOL
— craniology
ARB
— Arber
ENCYCL.METROP
— Encyclopaedia Metropolitana
CRANIOM
— craniometry
START-SC
— START Standing Committee
OM-AL
— organic monomeric aluminum
RDT
— Remote Data Transmission
CRIM.LAW
— criminal law
MINERAL
— Mineralogy
PRARE
— precise range and range-rate equipment (ERS-1)
STAR
— Space Three-Axis Accelerometer for Research
CONSTIT.HIST
— constitutional history
METALLOGR
— metallography
REFUT
— refutation
S.E.
— South Eastern Reporter
PETROL
— petrologic
ODC
— Other Data Center
NAF
— Northern Africa (START)
BAP
— BenzoApyrene
OMDR
— Optical Memory Disk Recorder Animation System
PDL
— polarization-diversity lidar
SATOBS
— Satellite Observations
STEM
— solar terrestrial environment model
APC
— Apparent consumption
WP
— Wind Profilers
UCRL
— UC Radiation Laboratory
TERRA
— Terrestrial Ecosystem Regional Researchand Analysis
HCFC-142B
— hydrochloroflourocarbon-142b
COS
— Carbonyl sulfide
TTP
— Transfer Trajectory Phase
ARCHAEOL
— archaeology
TGCR
— thermal gross cloud restoral
DEVONSH
— Devonshire
QUEEN'S BENCH DIV
— Queen's Bench Division
FBS
— Frontal Boundary Study
CAMPANOL
— campanology
SURTROPAC
— Survey of the Tropical Pacific Experiment
CEP
— Comite Ecumenico de Proyectos
BEDFORDSH
— Bedfordshire
CONTRIB
— contribution
OUTL
— outline
TYPOG
— typography
TSP
— Total Soluble Phosphorus
NSDP
— Nascom System Development Plan
METROP
— metropolis
SCA
— snow-covered areas
LOICZ-SSC
— LOICZ Scientific Steering Committee
EPICA
— European Programme for Ice Coring in Antarctica (PAGES)
RCM
— radiative-convective model
ISA
— Italian Space Agency
SID
— Spacecraft Identification Number
SOPAC
— South Pacific Applied Geosciences Commission
TSC
— Transportation Systems Center (DOT)
ENZYMOL
— enzymology
SSP
— Scanning Spectral Polarimeter
ET
— evapotranpiration
RICE
— Rice Cultivation and Trace Gases Exchange (India) (IGAC)
NSA
— Northern Slope of Alaska
HERTFORDSH
— Hertfordshire
SEBEX
— Sahelian Energy Balance Experiment
DAT
— Dative (grammar)
RHIESSYS
— Regional Hydro-Ecological Simulation System
PERTHSH
— Perthshire
NWLISN
— Northwest Land Information System Network
MTOF
— Mass-Time-of-Flight
CRE
— Centro Ricerche Energia, Italy (ENEA)
PSEUDO-DIAL
— pseudo-dialect
TRL
— Transuranium Research Laboratory
TME
— Tropical mountain ecosystems
PERIODONTOL
— periodontologic
POLYTECHN
— polytechnic
PARASITOL
— parasitology
TPOCC
— Transportable POCC
SIT
— Servizio di Taratura in Italia
NAVSWC
— Naval Surface Warfare Center (DOD)
SPECIM
— specimen
CE
— Collateral Estoppel
NYU/ULTRA
— New York University's Ultracomputer
TI
— thermal imagery
EDINB
— Edinburgh
OMP
— Ocean Margins Program
UNSTR
— unstressed
PSYCHOANALYT
— psychoanalytic
PHILEM
— Philemon
TWPO
— Tropical Western Pacific Ocean
SDA
— Stanza di Compensazione Titoli
U.S.
— United States Reports
STRESS
— Sediment Transport Events on Shelves and Slopes
POL
— politics
WRIT
— writing
TROPOZ
— Tropospheric Ozone
LSM
— LAWS Simulation Model
DPC
— display code (CDC)
PS
— Psalms
PMR
— pressure-modulated radiometer
WDSD
— Water Data Sources Directory
IS
— Image Subtraction
SEAMEO
— South East Asian MinistersEducation Organization
SORTI
— solar-radiance-transmission interferometer
SVATS
— Surface Vegetation Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
BIOSYNOP
— Biological Synoptic Ocean Prediction
DISC
— discourse
LVS
— low-volume sampler
PHILOS
— philosophic
SHAKES
— Shakespeare
MAT
— marine air temperature
SAT
— surface air temperature
WORCS
— Worcestershire
PPL.A
— participial adjective
UNNAT
— unnatural
VEG.PHYSIOL
— vegetable physiology
UNOFFIC
— unofficial
VERTEBR
— vertebrate
SASS
— SEASAT-A Scatterometer System
TOCSEEG
— Tradeoffs Among Competing Social, Environmental, and Economic Goals
TDC
— Tropical Data Centre
WESTMORLD
— Westmoreland
NSJI
— North-South Joint Implementation
NTN
— National Trends Network
JRNLS
— journals
PCR
— polymerase chain technology
OKCS
— Oklahoma Climatological Survey
SUS
— Susanna
PHRENOL
— phrenology
YORKSH
— Yorkshire
OPP
— opposed
PHLX
— Philiadelphia Stock Exchange
NROSS
— Navy Remote Ocean Sensing System
RI
— radar interferometry
NORTHAMPTONSH
— Northamptonshire
EXPLIC
— explication
WGRF
— Working Group on Radiative Fluxes
CAP
— Central Arizona Project (USBR)
ICTHYOL
— icthyology
REMONSTR
— remonstrance
TYPOGR
— typography
CC
— Commerce Clause
WST
— Whitecap simulation tank
WGEP
— Working Group on Energy Policy
TEXTBK
— textbook
SMS/GOES
— SMS/Geostationary Operational EnvironmentalSatellite
TELEPH
— telephony
PSYCHOPATHOL
— psychopathologic
PHYSIOGR
— physiography
PPS
— protecte payments system
ORKN
— Orkney
THEOL
— theology
MIR
— Orbital System (Russia)
RENFREWSH
— Renfrewshire
AIM
— approximate inertial manifold
SOWG
— SOHO Science Operations Working Team
PREHIST
— prehistory
OM
— OM Stockholm Fondkommission
WILTSH
— Wiltshire
PERSONIF
— personified
SY
— Seasonal Year
NGO
— Non Government Organizational
CB
— Casebook
PHILOL
— philologic
NS
— nouns
PPL
— participial
ERP
— Environmental Research Parks
REDUPL
— reduplicating
ZECH
— Zechariah
PME
— Pacor Mission Engineer
DST
— data system tests
SAW
— Sawlog Harvest
VIROL
— virology
SETTLEM
— settlement
PARNASS
— Parnassus
®
— Registered Trademark
HI
— human interactions
TERRESTR
— terrestrial
WESTMLD
— Westmoreland
SUPERL
— Superlative
TIMS
— Theoretical Indicatve Margin System
ROM.ANTIQ
— Roman antiquities
SUBORD.CL
— subordinate clause
SHETL
— Shetland
SWE
— shallow-water equations
TA
— Trace Analytical
URIN
— urinary
ZOOGEOGR
— zoogeography
USWOCE
— United States Component of Woce
TF
— throughfall
UTILIT
— utilitarian
PSA
— Pacific Sciences Association
SCR
— Stripchart Recorders
VEG.PHYS
— vegetable physiology
WESTMRLD
— Westmoreland
RE
— Earth radii
REPUB
— republic
SMP
— Systems Management Policy
SF
— screening factor
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