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• US — United States of America
• CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• LAN — Local Area Network
• OPS — Operations
• EDAS — Eta Data Assimilation System
• CF — Cystic Fibrosis
• CCM — Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
• HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus I
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• A BY E — Admission by Exception
• BTW — By The Way
• H2O2 — Hydrogen Peroxide
• CHF — Congestive Heart Failure
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• IP — Internet Protocol
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• AC — Alternating Current
• PPM — parts per million
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• MM — Millimeter
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• PDF — Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• 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
• API — Application Programming Interface
• A — Ampere
• HIPAA — Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
• WRT — "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
• FTE — Full Time Equivalent
• CO2 — Carbon Dioxide
• CCTV — Closed-circuit television
• WHO — World Health Organization
• PS — PostScript
• RF — Radio Frequency
• MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• ICD — Interface Control Document
• ISO — International Organization for Standardization
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• N2O — nitrous oxide (anesthetic)
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation

• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• CBC — Complete Blood Count
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• A-SCAT — Advanced Scatterometer
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• AA — Ascorbic Acid
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• A-SAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
• GIS — Geographic Information System
• RPM — Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• WWW — World Wide Web
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• AD — Atopic Dermatitis
• FY — Fiscal Year
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• XFTS — XMM File Transfer System
• ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
• A.K.A. — Also Known As
• MSDS — Material Safety Data Sheets
• FDA — Food Drug Administration
• CNS — Central Nervous System
• RAM — random-access memory
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• CD — Compact Disc
• UCAAD — University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity
• KG — Kilogram
• DOT — Department of Transport
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• N2O5 — nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
• RDF — Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels
• DO — Dissolved Oxygen
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• ESA — European Space Agency
• AMA — American Medical Association
• AGL — Above Ground Level
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• AARP — American Association of Retired Persons
• CFR — Code of Federal Regulations
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• CV — Curriculum Vitae
• CBO — Congressional Budget Office

• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• BAEPS — Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials
• E&CE — Electrical and Computer Engineering
• S-GCOS — Space-Based Global Change Observation System
• HZ — cycles per second (hertz)
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• BASDAI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index
• A3RI — Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
• TBC — To Be Confirmed
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• CMAP — Compound Muscle Action Potential
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• CO — Carbon Monoxide
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• BAFME — Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• HADCM — Hadley Center Model
• I&T WG — Integration and Test Working Group
• TB — Tuberculosis
• ROI — Return on Investment
• NIH — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
• HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
• ADA — Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 (Text Of ADA Legislation)
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• CGI — Clinical Global Impression
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• NIEO — New International Economic Order
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
• HADRT — Hadley Center Radiosonde temperature
• EOL — End Of Life
• NM — Nanometer
• XIDT — X-Ray Identification Team
• DNS — Domain Name System
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
• UCP&T — University Committee on Privilege and Tenure
• CAD — Coronary Artery Disease
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• XFDS — XMM Flight Dynamics System
• DCP — Defined Contribution Plan
• AHRQ — Agency for Health, Research, and Quality
• IR — Infrared
• RPM — Resale Price Maintenance. The UK Net Book Agreement, as was. Means by which retail prices are controlled by primary suppliers. (Alternatively, Revolutions Per Minute, as in engine speed and 78, 33 and 45 records. In years to come how many people will know
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences

• IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• ASD — Atrial Septal Defect
• PT — Physical Therapy
• PPO — Preferred provider organization
• UCORP — University Committee on Research Policy
• AS — Aortic Stenosis
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• UCM-TF — University of California, Merced Task Force
• BPS — bits per second
• DOJ — Department of Justice (US)
• LPG — Liquid Petroleum Gas
• CAIS — Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• P-N — Positive-Negative
• DC — Direct Current
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• HALLIP — Heterogeneous and Liquid Phase Processes (EUROTRAC)
• MAHLOVS — Middle and High Latitudes Oceanic Variability Study
• UCR&J — University Committee on Rules and Jurisdiction
• UCOLASC — University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication
• NCCLS — National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
• MB — Megabyte
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency
• GMT — Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu)
• EC — European Commission
• CIDI — Composite International Diagnostic Interview
• M — Million
• UCMEXUS — UC Institute for Mexico and the United States
• DBMS — Database Management System
• MUX — Multiplexer
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• UCACCORD — UC All Campus Collaboration on Outreach and Dissemination
• AAAS — American Association for the Advancement of Science
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• AF — Air Force
• UTC — Coordinated Universal Time
• ICU — Intensive Care Unit
• CH — Channel
• CRS — Congressional Research Service
• PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• ALL — Adult Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
• DOL — United States Department of Labor
• NHLBI — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• LF — Low Frequency
• CAA — Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990)

• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• ALPEX — Alpine Experiment
• IOC — Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• NAM — National Association of Manufacturers
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• GMP — Good Manufacturing Practice
• W — Watt
• ABA — American Bar Association
• STP — standard temperature and pressure (0° and 1 atm)
• GAO — Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office]
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• POE — Point of Entry
• GB — Gigabyte
• AICE — American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• CH4 — Methane, Natural Gas
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• CNG — Compressed natural gas
• DSP — Digital Signal Processor
• EM — Electromagnetic
• O2 — Oxygen
• CS — Computer Science
• AAS — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
• URD — User Requirements Document
• WWW — World Weather Watch
• CRO — Contract Research Organization
• G — Gram (g)
• HHS — Health and Human Services Department
• NEMA — National Electric Manufacturer's Association
• OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970)
• CW — Continuous Wave
• ATN — Acute Tubular Necrosis
• AT&T — American Telephone & Telegraph
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• FTC — Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• C — Celsius
• ECOSOC — Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• BOD — Biological Oxygen Demand
• HTML — Hyper Text Markup Language
• TIPS — Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
• AAMC — American Association of Medical Colleges
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• CVS — Concurrent Versions System
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
• CIN — Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia

• POS — Point of Service Plan
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• WFC — World Food Council
• ARDS — Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• OAI — Official Action Indicated (serious Food & Drug Administration post-inspection classification)
• FSA — Flexible Spending Account
• PPMV — Parts Per Million by Volume
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• BBT — Basal Body Temperature
• BFGF — Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• ANP — Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
• AD — autistic disorder
• BASIC — Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• O3 — Ozone
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• IOSH — Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• SONAR — (DOD) A sonic device used primarily for the detection and location of underwater objects.(This term is derived from the words "sound navigation and ranging.")
• NIST — National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
• CCD — Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge.
• CFC-12 — CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
• NIOSH — National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• H2O — Water (vapor)
• KM — Kilometer (1,000 meters)
• CLD — Chronic Liver Disease
• AFB — Air Force Base (USAF)
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• AAMI — Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
• C — Centigrade
• EMF — Electromotive Force
• AHA — American Hospital Association
• OPD — Outpatient Department
• HIV — Hair Is Vanishing. Amusing alternative interpretation (thanks EP) contrasting with the seriousness of the more usual meaning of Human Immunodeficiency Virus.HIVIHusband Is Village Idiot. (ODSA) Classic nurses' shorthand.
• CAPD — Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• HCFA — Health Care Financing Administration
• MBPS — Megabits per second
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• CEN — Committee European de Normalisation
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• ACF — Autocorrelation Function
• AFGL — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• IRB — Institutional Review Board
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• BPI — bits per inch
• ADS — Astrophysics Data System
• BCC — Basal Cell Carcinoma
• XPM — Cross-Phase Modulation
• ASR — Airport Surveillance Radar
• CCHS — Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
• HF — High Frequency
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment

• ITCZ — Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
• CPI — characters per inch
• AATSR — Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• CRF — Case Report Form
• ATCC — American Type Culture Collection
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
• CIN — Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• CFS — Cubic Feet per Second
• DOS — United States Department of State
• AMM — Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• ARC — Ames Research Center (NASA)
• BMA — British Medical Association
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• CDRH — Center for Devices and Radiological Health (Food & Drug Administration)
• ALV — Avian Leukosis Virus
• NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement
• SCR — Software Change Request
• CAI — Codon Adaptation Index
• SCB — Software Control Board
• DOC — Doctor
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• ASD — Autism Spectrum Disorder
• AY — Academic Year
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
• GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
• BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• NO — Nitric Oxide
• EC — European Community
• ACP — Acyl-Carrier Protein
• UNCED — United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• IEC — International Electrotechnical Commission
• SPMP — Software Project Management Plan
• ANC — Absolute Neutrophil Count
• RCS — Revision Control System
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• BLAST — Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
• AIS — Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• ABR — Auditory Brainstem Response
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• ASM — American Society for Microbiology
• AGA — appropriate for gestational age
• EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
• CBD — Common Bile Duct
• NRC — National Response Center

• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• AE — Adverse Event
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• UNITAR — United Nations Institute for Training and Research
• APEC — Avian Pathogenic Escherichia Coli
• TB — Terabyte
• GHZ — Gigahertz
• CK — Creatine Kinase
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• AMU — Atomic Mass Unit
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• ASAP — Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
• WG — Working Group
• ISAS — Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan)
• CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• ODP — Ozone Depletion Potential
• VOC — Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution)
• SISEX — Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
• ARDS — Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
• NAD — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
• ESL — English as a second language
• JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association
• ARE — Antioxidant Response Element
• CIDP — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
• BAC — Boeing Aerospace Company
• SSI — Space Studies Institute
• CHD — Coronary Heart Disease
• ACS — American College of Surgeons
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• HNO3 — Nitric Acid
• TFT — Thin Film Transistor
• CAPE — Convective Available Potential Energy
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• GO — General Observer
• WLAN — Wireless Local Area Network
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
• UNCCD — United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• CG — Celera Genomics Corporation
• TAG — Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds
• DDT — Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlorethane
• DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• FCCC — For the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)

• HV — High Voltage
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• BASFI — Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index
• AJ — Astronomical Journal
• AAU — Association of American Universities
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• ASI — Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• CML — Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• ALS — Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
• AFV — Amniotic Fluid Volume
• COBE — Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
• CIE — Chinese Institute of Electronics
• CTM — Chemical Transport Model
• NOX — Nitrogen Oxide
• GSE — Ground Support Equipment
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• GRID — Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)
• ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
• RIXOS — ROSAT International X-Ray optical Survey
• AMML — Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
• ATSDR — Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
• ATA — Alimentary Toxic Aleukia
• KBPS — kilobits per second
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• SCPI — Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
• LLNL — The Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• USLE — Universal Soil Loss Equation (erosion Model)
• OSO — Orbiting Solar Observatory
• DDD — Detailed Design Document
• CCD — Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• ARA — Attitude Reference Assembly
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• NEMS — NASA Equipment Management System
• SIR — Shuttle Imaging Radar
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• ADF — Amsterdam density functional
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• CMHC — Community Mental Health Center
• APD — Avalanche Photo Diode
• SPR — Software Problem Report
• AFT — Acute Functional Tolerance
• CDF — Common Data Format
• AFM — Atomic Force Microscope
• SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle
• USP — United States Pharmacopeia
• NAAQS — National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)

• CC — Colon Cancer
• ABL — Acute Basophilic Leukemia
• CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• OCONUS — Outside Continental United States
• SDE — Software Development Environment
• AOS — Acquisition Of Signal
• AURA — Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
• ADL — Avionics Development Laboratory
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• CLD — Chronic Lung Disease
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• LHV — lower heating value
• DPU — data processing unit
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• MDCK — Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
• CITECH — Center for Information on Technology in Healthcare
• SERC — Science and Engineering Research Council
• DILHR — Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• UC — University of California
• ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
• CO-I — Co-Investigator
• CGAP — Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
• DNV — Det Norske Veritas
• NDA — New Drug Application
• CHP — Combined heat and power
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• ACF — Asymmetric Crying Facies
• APL — Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins)
• AMS — American Meteorological Society
• AF — Amniotic Fluid
• CID — Combined Immunodeficiency Disease
• PSD — Power Spectral Density
• CCA — Common Carotid Artery
• ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
• CH — Chronic Hepatitis
• ID — IDentifier
• CCB — Calcium Channel Blocker
• AOM — Acute Otitis Media
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• APP — Amyloid Precursor Protein
• MSW — Municipal Solid Waste
• ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• CRO2 — Chromium Oxide
• WASC — Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• DIAL — Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing)

• IEA — International Energy Agency (Paris)
• NABR — National Association for Biomedical Research
• CDM — Clean Development Mechanism
• CCE — Comprehensive Clinical Examination
• B-ISDN — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
• ABMT — Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant
• CONACYT — Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
• HCHO — formaldehyde (also written as CH2O)
• HOPPS — Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• AH — adrenal hypoplasia
• ADC — Astronomical Data Center
• SCF — Standard Cubic Foot
• CWA — Clean Water Act (1977)
• NAI — No Action Indicated (Most Favorable Food & Drug Administration Post-inspection Classification)
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
• BAS — British Andrology Society
• CADIC — Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas
• KJ — kilojoule (energy measure)
• CFC — Chloro Fluoro Carbon
• CIS — Carcinoma in Situ
• HF — Hydrogen Fluoride
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• AGC — atypical glandular cells
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• CC — Combined Cycle
• GCM — General Circulation Model
• UEA — University of East Anglia
• AWACS — Airborne Warning And Control System
• GO — Guest Observer
• TNT — Tri-nitro-toulene
• RID — Review Item Discrepancy
• CAL/VAL — Calibration/Validation
• AMD — Acid Maltase Deficiency
• CBCL — Child Behavior Checklist
• AA — Acrylic Acid
• CDC — Child Development Centre
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• HCL — Hydrogen Chloride
• CEL — Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia
• MSFC — Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
• EIGA — European Industrial Gases Association
• ACF — Aberrant crypt foci
• ATSR — Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
• CLAH — Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US)
• ABPM — ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system

• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• AIN — Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
• MASER — microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
• CCF — Cross-Correlation Function
• EUV — Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical
• S/W — Software
• ONR — Office of Naval Research (U.S.)
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• BCAA — branched chain amino acids
• TMAPI — Topic Map Application Programming Interface
• HEW — Half Energy Width
• CH3CL — Methyl Chloride
• CA — Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• EUVE — Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• CAP — College of American Pathologists
• ACDP — Ancient Conserved Domain Protein
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• FFW — Feet of Fresh Water
• CHD — Congenital Heart Disease
• CARA — Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
• AID — Artificial Insemination Donor
• PM — Particulate Matter
• ASQ — Autism Screening Questionnaire
• CDC — Centers for Disease Control
• ARS — Acute Radiation Syndrome
• CINO3 — chlorine nitrate
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• MKS — meter-kilogram-second (measurement system; replaced by SI) (preferred over "MKS")
• CDT — Cytolethal Distending Toxin
• DMA — U.S. Defense Mapping Agency
• BAD — Bipolar Affective Disorder
• SAW — Surface Acoustic Wave
• DPI — Department of Public Instruction
• K — Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
• SIMD — Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
• AHO — Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy
• ASOS — Automated Surface Observing System
• CMS — Correctional Medical Services
• CD — Celiac Disease
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• EIR — Environmental Impact Report
• AIL — Avionics Integration Laboratories
• RS — Remote Sensing
• EIA — Extended Interaction Amplifier
• MFA — Manned Flight Awareness
• ADPKD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

• CFH — Complement Factor H
• DTS — Data Transfer System
• CA — cytosine arabinoside
• PHRMA — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (formerly PMA, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association)
• AEP — American Electric Power Company, Inc.
• END — Equivalent Narcotic Depth
• CU — University of Colorado at Boulder
• AIS — Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• CDART — Conserved Domain Architecture Retrieval Tool
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• GWP — global warming potential (climate)
• STSCI — Space Telescope Science Institute
• PBL — Planetary Boundary Layer
• BBC — Bilateral Breast Cancer
• CCK — Cancer Center Karolinska
• CC — Colorectal Carcinoma
• ASCA — Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
• MMI — Man-Machine Interface
• CGMP — Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate
• SO2 — Sulfur Dioxide
• ADHSP — Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• MERSAT — Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
• XRD — X-Ray Diffraction
• AP — Acid Phosphatase
• CALAS — Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System
• DSMB — Data Safety Monitoring Board
• CDA — Command and Data Acquisition
• CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
• MHS — Microwave Humidity Sounder
• MSS — Mission Support System
• ETS — Educational Testing Service
• EDC — EROS Data Center
• APL — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• IV&V — independent verification and validation
• AOA — Airborne Optical Adjunct
• AMA — Advanced Maternal Age
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• APR — Acute Phase Response
• AABR — Automated Auditory Brainstem Response
• DOH — Department of Health (various countries)
• BAP — Bacterial Alkaline Phosphatase
• EOF — Empirical Orthogonal Function
• EOS — Earth Observing System (U.S.)
• BEN — Balkan endemic nephropathy
• AES — Agricultural Experiment Station
• ISO 14155 — Current Widely Accepted Standard
• NCI — National Cancer Institute, USA

• TED — Total Energy Detector
• AME — Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess
• IRIS — Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
• DOY — Day of Year
• SMD — Science Mission Division
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• CALLA — common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen
• CCD — Central Core Disease
• APHA — American Pharmaceutical Association
• AIP — Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• EVA — Extra-Vehicular Activity
• AAD — Australian Antarctic Division
• AAOE — Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
• CLO — Chlorine Monoxide
• GCP — Good Clinical Practice
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• JFET — junction field effect transistor
• CEF — chick embryo fibroblast
• FOM — Figure Of Merit
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practice
• CFCS — Chlorofluorocarbons
• GEMS — Global Environmental Monitoring System (UNEP)
• UCI — University of California, Irvine
• AURIO — Auroral Imaging Observatory
• EGSE — Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• CHIME — College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
• OH — Hydroxyl Radical
• CHA — Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia
• ABHI — Association of British Health-Care Industries
• CIMSS — Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
• AAH — Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia
• AK — Actinic Keratosis
• NO3 — Nitrate Radical
• DCP — Data Collection Platform
• CZMA — US Coastal Zone Management Act
• NSTS — National Space Transportation System
• APA — Administrative Procedure Act
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• OP — Office of the President
• AQCR — Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
• LE — Low Energy
• MCP — Microchannel Plate
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• SO4 — Sulfate radical
• ATLAS — ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
• AFTN — Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodule
• DG — Dentate Gyrus
• BBD — Benign Breast Disease
• CSA — Canadian Standards Association (like UL)
• OTEC — ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)

• NTP — National Toxicology Program
• ISU — International Space University
• SAO — Semi-Annual Oscillation
• AHR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
• MITRE — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
• NOS — National Ocean Service
• SME — Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• S&T — Directorate for Science and Technology
• ERS — Earth Resources Satellite
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• FITS — Flexible Image Transport System
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia
• PDR — Physician’s Desk Reference
• AIS — Adenocarcinoma in Situ
• MIPS — Merritt Island Press Site
• CDH — Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
• BDV — Border Disease Virus
• ACML — Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• OIG — Office of Inspector General
• CNRS — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
• DORIS — Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
• AI — Association Index
• CCE — Charge Collection Efficiency
• APECED — Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy
• ISA — Instrument Society of America
• DIS — Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP)
• ANN — Artificial Neural Network
• RMS — Root-Mean-Square
• UT — Universal Time
• BACT — Best Available Control Technology
• CETP — Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein
• DEMUX — Demultiplexer
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• PR — Precipitation Radar
• CART — Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)
• ADALT — Advanced Radar Altimeter
• ARMD — Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• AFIGE — Asymmetric Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
• CME — Cystoid Macular Edema
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• COFR — Certificate of Flight Readiness
• SBSTA — Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
• CHL — Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
• CIP — Cast-In-Place
• ANL — The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill
• AAD — Acidic Activation Domain
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multiple Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• IPY — International Polar Year

• ERSIR — Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
• CCO — Cytochrome C Oxidase
• CA — Cancer Antigen
• BSI — British Standards Institution
• IDE — Investigational Device Exemption
• PSD — Prevention of Significant Deterioration
• HCN — Hydrogen Cyanide Nitrogen
• SARA — Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act
• ACH — Active Chromatin Hub
• AFRRI — (U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
• CMU — Concrete Masonry Unit
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• ASHP — American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• RVU — Relative Value Unit
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• HCIS — Health Care Information System
• DOI — Department of the Interior (US)
• CCA — Chromated Copper Arsenate
• MITI — Ministry of International Trade & Industry (Japan)
• SAA — Solar Aspect Angle
• CAC — Coronary Artery Calcification
• ABLE — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
• CIT — California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
• MRT — Mission Readiness Test
• AFSCN — Air Force Space Command network
• ASE — Aerospace Support Equipment
• CLH — Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• BRO — Bromine Monoxide
• NIF — National Ignition Facility
• AL — Ad libitum
• AER — Apical Ectodermal Ridge
• SWT — Science Working Team
• ATP — Adult Treatment Panel
• AMC — Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
• AGE — Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
• EPACT — Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
• CLMA — Clinical Laboratory Management Association
• LED — Liquid Emitting Diode
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• IST — Instrument Support Terminal
• AAAS — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
• AOS — Active Oxygen Species
• CG — Complementation Group
• RTCS — Real-Time Computer System
• ACLL — Atypical Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• SUNY — State Universityrsity of New York
• CGL — Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia
• CSU — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)

• AASE — Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
• CAH — Chronic Active Hepatitis
• CAH — Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• UPC — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• MFCS — Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
• NO2 — Nitrogen Dioxide
• ITCZ — Intertropical Convergence Zone (of Seawater)
• LPLWS — Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
• MOL — Manned Orbital Laboratory
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• APC — Activated Protein C
• LSSL — Life Sciences Space Laboratory
• AR — Autosomal Recessive
• TCI/TK — Tool Control Language and Toolkit
• CE — Cholesterol Ester
• OSS — Office of Space Sciences
• CTS — Canadian Technology Satellite
• PA — Preliminary Assessment
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• IA — Interactive
• ALT — Radar Altimeter
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• SAO — Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• ABM — Agaricus Blazei Murill
• CRO — Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
• ADG — Average Daily Gain
• AFGF — Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor
• ADAAC — Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center
• PU — Propellant Utilization
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• DMERC — Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier
• AEV — Avian Erythroblastosis Virus
• IDC — Indirect Costs
• ASE — Absence Status Epilepticus
• NSIDC — National Snow and Ice Data Center (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• TNT — Trinitrotoluene
• TOVS — TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
• WEC — World Energy Council
• FD — Flight Dynamics
• ARISTOTELES — Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
• SH — Southern Hemisphere
• AGL — Acute Granulocytic Leukemia
• AVNIR — advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
• NPD — NASA Policy Directive
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• AATP — Acquired Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• AARI — Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation)
• CHR — complete hematologic response
• CLL — Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia
• ROSAT — Roentgen Satellite

• HIAA — Health Insurance Association of America
• ABS — Antenatal Bartter Syndrome
• ISI — International Statistical Institute
• NIR — Near Infrared
• AADC — Aromatic Acid Decarboxylase
• AGWP — Absolute Global Warming Potential
• LIS — Lightning Imaging Sensor
• MOSPO — Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
• THR — Thrust
• CDF — Cerebellar Deficient Folia
• ABS — acute bacterial sinusitis
• CISS — Chromosome In Situ Suppression
• CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• CHB — congenital heart block
• CMP — Competitive Medical Plan
• MPS — Materials Processing in Space
• ACA — Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans
• SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• HE — High Energy
• MB — Millibar(s)
• LMSS — Lunar Mapping and Survey System
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• ASC — Ambulatory Surgery Center
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• PS/2 — Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
• BCP — Basal Cell Papilloma
• BFF — Bovine Follicular Fluid
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program)
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• CGL — Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy
• CD — Conduct Disorder
• ADNFLE — Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
• TAO — Tropical Atmosphere Ocean
• CMD — Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• ISTP — International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• AIMS — Ancestry informative markers
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• CAP — Catabolite Activator Protein
• XRONOS — Time-Series analysis package, part of XANADU
• MOM — Mission Operations Manager
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• ACE — Aerosol Characterization Experiment
• DRG — Diagnosis-Related Groups
• CLD — combined lipase deficiency
• NCC — Network Control Center (GSFC)
• ICH — International Conference of Harmonization
• ACC — Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
• CTI — Charge Transfer Inefficiency

• AAD — Age at Diagnosis
• AVS — Aortic Valve Stenosis
• ARF — Acute Rheumatic Fever
• AGNIC — Agriculture Network Information Center
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• DMS — Dynamic Message Sign
• PDP — Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
• DEC — Declination
• LVS — Launch Vehicle Simulator
• AOL — Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR
• TA — Teaching Assistant
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory
• SRD — Software Requirements Document
• BCRP — Breast Cancer Resistance Protein
• APCR — Activated Protein C Resistance
• CHAMEX — Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
• ADO — Allelic Drop Out
• CIDS — Circular Intensity Differential Scattering
• AP — Anomalous Propagation
• IRAS — Infrared Astronomy Satellite
• ABD — Actin Binding Domain
• DADS — Data Archive and Distribution System
• X-SAR — X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
• FCOS — Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
• SRB — Surface Radiation Budget
• AMIA — The American Medical Informatics Association
• FFRDC — Federally Funded Research & Development Center
• STI — Steel Tank Institute
• ERS — ESA Remote Sensing Satellite
• BOL — Beginning of Life
• AP — alkaline phosphatase
• ADD — Architectural Design Document
• APTTS — Activated Partial Thromboplastin Times
• AR — Aspect Ratio
• CHB — Chronic Hepatitis B
• ICC — Instrument Control Center
• ECS — EOSDIS Core System
• CCAM — Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• CCS — clear cell sarcoma
• CAI — Complete Androgen Insensitivity
• ICSU — International Council of Scientific Unions
• HOCL — Hypochlorous Acid
• ADPLD — Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
• PPT — parts per trillion (1012)
• AMAD — Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter
• JEM — Japanese Experiment Module
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• ND — NASA Document

• NSSL — National Severe Storms Laboratory
• NAREGI — National Research Grid Initiative
• CLG — Certified Local Government
• JHIT — Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance
• JOI — Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc.
• ASMT — American Society for Medical Technology
• CFA — colony forming assay
• LRA — Laser Retroreflector Array
• OCS — Outer Continental Shelf (oil)
• LITE — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
• BCR — Breakpoint Cluster Region
• ARMS — Amplification Refractory Mutation
• BIO — Biotechnology Industry Organization
• 2MASS — Two-Micron All-Sky Survey
• CEP — Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
• AUM — Asymmetric Unit Membrane
• BIBEX — Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme)
• IDS — Interdisciplinary Science
• DGVM — Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
• HBR — Hydrogen Bromide
• RTF — Return To Flight
• AHRR — Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor
• CLA — Cutaneous Lymphocyte Antigen
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• MPE — Mission to Planet Earth
• SSV — Space Shuttle Vehicle
• IWG — Investigators Working Group
• SPAS — Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
• CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
• AB — Alcian Blue
• CLAES — Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
• CG — Ciliary Ganglion
• MSLP — Mean Sea Level Pressure
• CG — Chorionic Gonadotropin
• DFRC — Dryden Flight Research Center
• AAU — Acute Anterior Uveitis
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• ICF — Instrument Control Facility
• GHTF — Global Harmonization Task Force
• AES — Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
• ACMNPV — Autographa Californica Multinucleocapsid Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• CAE — Childhood Absence Epilepsy
• CAM — Cell Adhesion Molecule
• CDL — California Digital Library
• RSS — root-sum-square
• CEES — Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• AEG — Acidic Epididymal Glycoprotein
• HDF — Hierarchical Data Format
• AD — Applicable Document
• BEL — Bovine Embryonic Lung

• RD — Reference Document
• OSSA — Office of Space Sciences and Applications
• DU — Dobson Unit
• ADPKD — Adult Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• MGMA — Medical Group Management Association
• AEH — Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia
• DG — Directorate-General (EU) (government)
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• CSI — Construction Specifications Institute
• AO — announcement of opportunity
• CALLA — Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen
• ADC — Affiliated Data Center
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• JOP — Jupiter Orbiter Probe
• FDLI — Food and Drug Law Institute
• ADR — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
• MDD — Medical Device Directive
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• TAE — Transportable Applications Executive (a computer user interface)
• CSU — Cleveland State University
• CDLS — Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
• EAP — Education Abroad Program
• BARC — Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• PDUFA — Prescription Drug User Fee Act (1992, U.S.)
• AO — Acridine Orange
• AIS — Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
• ERD — Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER)
• SAM — Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
• EDAC — Error Detection And Correction
• CLP — Chromosome Length Polymorphism
• CHR — Complete Hematologic Remission
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia
• CAPE — Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
• CMD — Cartilage Matrix Deficiency
• CA — Contagious agalactia
• ASV — Avian Sarcoma Virus
• UTC — Universal Time Coordinate
• EEC — European Economic Commission
• ACCS — Acinar Cell Carcinomas
• TMU — Transmission Message Unit
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• TWP — Tropical Western Pacific
• SESL — Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
• BD — Bipolar Disorder
• GPC — Global Processing Center
• CORSA — Cosmic Radiation Satellite

• EJ — Expansion Joint
• VIS — Visible
• ADMCKD — Autosomal Dominant Medullary Cystic Disease
• DLR — Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany)
• CLRI — Central Leather Research Institute
• APKD — Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
• ESDAC — European Space Data Center
• FTS — File Transfer System
• CAFS — Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
• AR — Aortic Regurgitation
• CBF — Ciliary Beat Frequency
• AMSU-A — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS
• CRREL — Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE)
• CKI — casein kinase I
• CHH — Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone
• UARS — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer
• CTE — Charge Transfer Efficiency
• QBO — Quasi-biennial Oscillation (atm.)
• ECRI — Emergency Care Research Institute
• CEI — Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• AA — Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
• GCRP — Global Change Research Program
• CALL — Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
• BUFR — Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data)
• GAC — Global Area Coverage
• ACF — Aberrant Crypt Focus
• AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS)
• CKII — Casein Kinase II
• ALD — alcoholic liver diseases
• ERBE — Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• ADCLS — Advanced Data Collection and Location System
• DUART — Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• UCAR — University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• SSBUV — shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
• IPEI — Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
• COMET — Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• CHC — Clathrin Heavy Chain
• AUL — Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
• SMPTRB — Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
• ASSIST — Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
• RA — Research Assistant
• UT — University of Tennessee
• APL — Altered Peptide Ligand
• FFM — Full Face Mask
• CMK — Cytidine Monophosphate Kinase
• CFC — Chloroflourocarbon
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer

• AMTS — Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder
• BCCS — Basal Cell Carcinomas
• TSE — Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
• APAR — Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• CBER — Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• ADCI — American Die Casting Institute
• CDC — Cell Division Cycle
• IDTF — Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
• LRDP — Long Range Development Plan
• CFP — Cyan Fluorescent Protein
• CCRCC — Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
• SZA — Solar Zenith Angle
• ISY — International Space Year (1992)
• EDIS — Environmental Data and Information Service
• NOSS — National Oceanic Satellite System
• AVHRR GAC — AVHRR Global Area Coverage
• CFTD — Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere
• MTS — Microwave Temperature Sounder
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• SSD — Software Specification Document
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP)
• BC — Breast Cancer
• AFLP — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic
• AWD — Alive With Disease
• RMS — Royal Meteorological Society
• CMA — Chemical Manufacturers Association
• PSU — power supply unit
• AGI — Arabidopsis Genome Initiative
• AZOOR — Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
• PCMDI — Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
• DTS — Digital Transmission Systems, Inc.
• ALH — Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
• MAGSAT — Magnetometer Satellite
• GARP — Global Atmospheric Research Program (WMO, ICSU, and NOAA)
• CDCR — Conceptual Design and Cost Review
• AR — Androgen Receptor
• GTE — Global Tropospheric Experiment
• CDR — Common Deleted Region
• SPOT — Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• ICR — Indirect Cost Recovery
• BFH — Benign Familial Hematuria
• ARA — American Rheumatism Association
• AMOS — Air Force Maui Optical System
• TOMS — Transactions On Mathematical Software
• ADI — Autosomal Dominant Ichthyosis
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
• AD — Autosomal Dominant
• APBD — adult polyglucosan body disease

• TTA — Time to Apogee
• SDC — Swiss Development Corporation
• CAPPI — Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
• VOS — Voluntary Observing Ship
• AGR — accessory gene regulator
• CH — congenital hypothyroidism
• SARSAT — Search and Rescue Satellite
• CCR — Cost-Charge Ratio
• DMI — Danish Meteorological Institute
• MMDA — Michigan Medical Device Association
• CEL — Carboxyl Ester Lipase
• IPA — Individual Practice Association
• AO — aldehyde oxidase
• CEOS — Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
• ADRV — Adult Diarrhea Rotavirus
• AIBS — American Institute of Biological Sciences
• TM — Telemetry
• FWHM — Full Width, Half Maximum
• ARPKD — Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• STEP — Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Project
• CE — Caenorhabditis elegans
• ALP — ATHEROGENIC LIPOPROTEIN PHENOTYPE
• ADO — Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis
• S/C — Spacecraft
• GGS — Global Geospace Science
• CEC — critical electrolyte concentration
• VAI — Voluntary Action Indicated (Food & Drug Administration postaudit inspection classification)
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• CLAG — Cytoadherence Linked Asexual Gene
• ELS — Eastern Launch Site
• ECC — Electrochemical Concentration Cell
• AAUC — Alumni Associations of the University of California
• J.D. — Juris Doctor degree
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• NMC — National Meteorological Center (US)
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• AAL — Alternaria Alternata Lycopersici
• VDC — Voltage Direct Current
• IASI — Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• NPI — Norwegian Polar Institute
• CIIT — Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
• AII — Angiotensin II
• QSR — Quality System Regulation
• JMA — Japan Meteorological Agency
• ASAP — Atypical Small Acinar Proliferation
• LIMS — Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
• OASH — Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• AVHRR LAC — AVHRR Local Area Coverage

• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• IWGDMGC — Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
• AMOS — Automated Meteorological Observing System
• AACC — American Association for Clinical Chemists
• EAA — Experiment Aircraft Association
• AGFS — Aviation Gridded Forecast System
• FIFE — First ISLSCP Field Experiment
• ABA — Agaricus Bisporus Agglutinin
• LED — Low Energy Detector
• AS — Asperger Syndrome
• SPADE — Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition
• CAMS — Cell Adhesion Molecules
• TGT — TDRSS Ground Terminal
• ORU — Organized Research Unit
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• ADCP — Adenosine Deaminase Complexing Protein
• AFLPS — Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• DBP — Defined Benefit Plan
• CDM — Common Data Model
• CCHB — Complete Congenital Heart Block
• SAST — Science Analysis Software Team
• UBA — Umweltbundesamt
• VAN — Value-Added Network
• EPTOX — Extraction Procedure Toxicity
• OAR — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• CAK — Cell Adhesion Kinase
• GOS — Geomagnetic Observing System
• JD — Julian Day
• HFC — HydroFluoroCarbon
• MJD — Modified Julian Date
• AER — Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• DLS — Dynamic Limb Sounder
• TRI — Toxics Release Inventory
• AEP — Alkaline Extracellular Protease
• AAO — Age At Onset
• SWHG — Social Welfare History Group
• MOD — Maximum Operating Depth
• ACEC — Area of Critical Environmental Concern
• ADC — Analogue to Digital Converter
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• ASF — African Swine Fever
• BAL — Bronchial Alveolar Lavage
• NISTEP — National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
• J.S.D. — Doctor of the Science of Law
• NAHIT — National Alliance for Health Information Technology
• COSSH — Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities
• CACD — Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy
• CFC-11 — CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
• CCC — Cholangiocellular Carcinoma

• SPP — Solar Physics Payload
• CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
• NAVSTAR — Navigation Satellite Timing & Ranging
• CDA — congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• USBR — United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI)
• GLI — Global Imager
• MEM — Meteoroid Exposure Module
• CIIP — Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction
• OSU — Oregon State University
• LSPDF — Life Science Payload Development Facility
• NIGMS — National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
• AMI — Active Microwave Instrument
• DAAC — Distributed Active Archive Center
• V&V — Validation & Verification
• AL — Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL)
• ARH — Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• AC — Adenylyl Cyclase
• AWIPS-90 — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's
• CDTS — cytolethal distending toxins
• ADOA — Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
• HIS — Health Information Systems
• GSI — Graduate Student Instructor
• NEIC — National Enforcement Investigations Center
• CA — Carbonic Anhydrase
• AIL — Advance Intercross Line
• NCSC — National Council of Senior Citizens
• AO — Agent Orange
• UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• REM — Rocket Engine Module
• SMDA — Safe Medical Devices Act (1990)
• GTS — Global Telecommunications System (WMO and
• EE — End-to-End
• HRSA — U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• AMIP — Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
• LEOP — Launch and Early Orbit Phase
• AFOS — Automation of Field Operations and Services
• FAHS — Federation of American Health Systems
• DSB — Direct Sounding Broadcast
• AGMK — African Green Monkey Kidney
• AE — Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
• CEFS — chicken embryonic fibroblasts
• ARVD — arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• AACI — Association of American Cancer Institutes
• PMEL — Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA and ERL)
• TDT — Total Dive Time
• BED — Bornholm Eye Disease
• PCF — Pounds per cubic foot

• ADT — Actual Dive Time
• EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE)
• KEV — kilo electron volts
• ALERT — Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
• CES — Cat Eye Syndrome
• SDSS — Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
• AMSR-E — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• CPC — Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
• EASOE — European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
• NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly SERI)
• CATS — Comparative Anchor Tagged Sequence
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• HCFCS — Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
• AODC — Association of Offshore Diving Contractors
• IRTS — Infrared Temperature Sounder
• ATS — Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• CMDL — Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder
• CBPI — Cytokinesis-Block Proliferation Index
• MAPS — Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites
• CB — Ciliary Body
• ATD — ASPHYXIATING THORACIC DYSTROPHY
• TMR — TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
• EUMETSAT — European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• WEFAX — Weather Facsimile
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• LANDSAT — Land Remote-Sensing Satellite
• EC — executive committee
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• ASCT — Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• CH — Cluster Headache
• ADPSP — Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
• CE — cornified envelope
• STE — Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
• CIN — Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• WIPP — Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes)
• NODS — NASA Ocean Data System
• BAV — Bicuspid Aortic Valve
• NSC — Norwegian Space Center
• ARC — Arctic Research Commission
• SAFIRE — Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere Using Far-Infrared Emission
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• AE — Assemble Axial Elements
• CHED — Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy
• CDIC — cytoplasmic dynein intermediate chain
• CTD — Conductivity, Temperature and Depth
• NTS — Nevada Test Site

• BEI — Backscattered Electron Imaging (electron microscopy technique)
• TUV — Technische Uberwachungs-Vereine
• PSDF — Power Spectral Density Function
• ACARS — Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• CEC — Commission of the European Communities ;
• AED — Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
• CBN — Cellular Blue Nevi
• CRU — Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
• ACIS — Automated Cellular Imaging System
• CON — Certificate Of Need
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• RSNA — The Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
• CGH — Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis
• POGO — Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• CL — Cleft Lip
• WCSAR — Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
• BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
• PROM — Programmable Read Only Memory (chip)
• GTCE — Global Tropospheric Chemistry Experiment
• SNPA — Subnetwork Point of Attachment
• PSCL — Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
• ADCA — autosomal-dominant cerebellar ataxia
• GCC — Global Change Category
• PLSL — Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
• SAGE — Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment
• NCDC — National Climatic Data Center
• AAP — amino acid permease
• BAEP — Brainstem Acoustic Evoked Potentials
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Clouds (in Antarctic)
• HOX — odd hydrogen (OH and H2O2)
• PSF — Point-Spread Function
• ALL — Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
• AOC — Allene Oxide Cyclase
• ACD — Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
• CAV — Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
• ATMOS — Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy
• AN — Anorexia Nervosa
• ADNIV — Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
• UAF — University of Alaska Fairbanks
• AGT — average generation time
• CBSCT — Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
• ASHOE — Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
• KANUPP — Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
• CISH — Chromosome in Situ Hybridisation
• CTD — Chemical Technology Division (ORNL)
• TC — Telecommand
• CV — Cataclysmic Variable
• MTDC — Modified Total Direct Costs
• CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission

• AR — Aldose Reductase
• RASS — radio-acoustic sounding system
• ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
• UTLS — Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
• PCA — Principal Component Analysis
• CLD — Congenital Lactase Deficiency
• GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
• VT — Visual Testing
• IRIS — Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology
• DCIEM — Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
• CBV — Coxsackie B Viruses
• UW — University of Washington
• AMLS — Acute Myelogenous Leukemias
• INRA — Institut National de Recherche Agronomiques (France)
• ACSYS — Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)
• GTI — Good Time Interval
• SEOS — Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
• AAPC — Attenuated Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
• CM — complete mole
• EODRS — Earth observation data retrieval system
• MEI — Medical Economic Index
• SIO — Scripps Institutetution of Oceanography
• CBT — Cord Blood Transplant
• DWS — Doppler Wind Sensor
• ED — Department of Education (US)
• AHCS — Anterior Horn Cells
• AICR — American Institute for Cancer Research
• LEFI — Local Electric Field Instrument
• NCOS — National Commission on Space
• SLIES — Stratospheric Limb Infrared Emission Spectrometer
• CIBD — Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• BMFT — Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany)
• UCR — University of California, Riverside's
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• CLS — Cloud Lidar System
• ADH — Autosomal Dominant Hypercholesterolemia
• PBX — Public Branch Exchange
• MHW — Ministry of Health and Welfare
• INDA — Investigational New Drug Application
• MIR — Management Information Report
• CDD — Cytidine Deaminase
• ADVAMED — Advanced Medical Technology Association
• ACOS — Attitude and Orbit Control System
• ISSC — International Social Science Council
• AGEP — Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
• MCP — Meteorological Communications Package
• ATLID — Atmospheric LIDAR
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• AHC — Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenital

• OOD — Object-Oriented Design
• AH — Amphipathic Helix
• II — Interdisciplinary Investigator
• IEOS — International Earth Observing System
• BDC — Bellini Duct Carcinoma
• SPART — Space Research and Technology
• LH — Labor-Hour
• COSTAR — Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
• ASD — Aspartate Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
• MMA — Minnesota Medical Association
• OAQPS — Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• HMMR — High-resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer
• GLAS — Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• CCS — Clinical Classification System
• NGDC — National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)
• CIRAC — Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry
• HIDA — Health Industry Distributors Association
• CFAS — Colonization factor antigens
• OAC — Orbital Activation and Checkout
• ASH — Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
• SUSIM — Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
• RALPH — Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• FDH — Fixed Dynamical Heating
• HOP — High Output Paraffin
• CEF — Chicken embryonic fibroblast
• SEU — Single Event Upset
• ACC — Australian Cancer Council
• CITE — Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• AEA — Atomic Energy Authority
• ADMI — American Dye Manufacturers Institute
• CD — Coeliac Disease
• ART — Assisted Reproductive Technology
• CH — cystic hygroma
• MFPE — Mission from Planet Earth
• ARCD — Acquired Renal Cystic Disease
• IRI — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• MAESA — Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• IC — Instrument Controller
• CFRI — Central Fuel Research Institute (India)
• RNA — Ribose Nucleic Acid
• CI — Cerebral Infarction
• ASMD — Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis
• ED — Energy Division
• CALGB — Cancer and Leukemia Group B
• HIRA — Health Industry Representatives Association
• MEO — Mid Earth Orbit
• CH — contact hypersensitivity
• IPOC — International Partner Operations Center

• ACE — Accessory Cholera Enterotoxin
• BD — binding domain
• DOF — Department of Finance
• EXPRESSO — Experiment for Regional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants
• GISS — Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
• NCBI — National Center for Biotechnology Information
• SOLSTICE — Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
• GMS — Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan)
• IMB — Investigator of Micro-Biosphere
• AS — alternative splicing
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• AD — After Disease
• CITRIS — Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
• SHM — Social History of Medicine
• RSRM — Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
• TOGA — Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
• ATM — Atmospheric Transport Model
• MEV — mega electron volts
• CFS — Cancer Family Syndrome
• ALADIN — Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
• PI — Principle Investigator
• INT — Isaac Newton Telescope
• JAAME — Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
• SERI — Solar Energy Research Institute
• CHI — California Healthcare Institute
• ALSC — Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation
• MPI — Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• AAU — Association of African Universities
• MAP — Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• ADH — Atypical Duct Hyperplasia
• FIRE — First ISCCP Regional Experiment
• ISEE — International Sun-Earth Explorer
• ARJP — Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
• PRO — Professional Review Organization
• ASCRS — American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's
• APLS — Acute Promyelocytic Leukemias
• HCMM/AEM-1 — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission/Applications Explorer Mission
• ABC — Autism Behavior Checklist
• CCITT — Comit? Consultatif International T?l?graphique et T?l?phonique
• FACS — Facilities Assignment and Control System
• CMAP — Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
• CDIAC — Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
• CDOS — Customer Data and Operations System
• SHEIR — Society of Higher Education & Industrial Research
• JERS-1 — Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
• WWSEF — Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• ABCS — Active Bacterial Core Surveillance
• ARSS — Autonomous Replication Sequences
• CCT — Computer Compatible Tape

• ECCLS — European Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards
• AVCS — Advanced Vidicon Camera System
• AUP — Adjusted Unbiased Prediction
• CLAVR — Clouds from AVHRR
• AVIRIS — airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer
• AS — Alport syndrome
• CCM — community climate model
• ANA — Autoantibody to Nuclear Antigen
• BBXRT — Broadband XRay Telescope
• AGC — Advanced Gastric Carcinoma
• CM — cytoplasmic membrane
• DHS — Data Handling Subsystem
• INSA — Institut National des Sciences Appliques (France)
• EMEX — Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
• SEASTAR — Spacecraft flying SeaWIFS
• ALTS — Atypical Lipomatous Tumors
• AIRS — Acute Insulin Responses
• AMLL — Acute Mixed Lineage Leukemia
• CM — Centimetre
• BDT — Binary Decision Tree
• CAA — Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
• CHPA — Consumer Healthcare Products Association
• MCIDAS — Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
• GEDEX — Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment
• SI — Solar Influences
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• STC — Science and Technology Center
• NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
• CANS — Central Auditory Nervous System
• TOPEX — Ocean Topography Experiment
• ADPEO — Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
• DAL — Data Access Layer
• CMS — Configuration Management System
• BC — breast carcinoma
• ATM — Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutant
• ITT — Integration and Test Team
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite
• ACASS — Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
• CDR — Complementary determining regions
• TWIP — Terminal Weather Information for Pilots
• CIV — Chilo Iridescent Virus
• PPR — problems with the Photopolarimeter Radiometer
• MF/MAGNOLIA — Magnetic Field Experiment
• UH — University of Heidelberg
• AK — Adenylate Kinase
• NPOESS — National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
• BFIC — Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
• GIMMS — Global Inventory Modeling and Monitoring Study
• IAPM — International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers
• NEXRAD — Next-Generation Weather Radar (NWS)

• CSIS — Centralized Storm Information System
• LEGRI — Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager
• BTD — Brightness Temperature Difference
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• APC — Ambulatory Payment Class
• AROA — Autosomal Recessive Ocular Albinism
• CBB — Common Bacterial Blight
• PMIR — Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer
• OAD — Orbit and Attitude Division
• CFTR — cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein
• BFCNS — Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
• HFMA — Healthcare Financial Management Association
• JEOS — Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
• AN — Aspergillus Nidulans
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• CD — cortical dysplasia
• AAM — Atmospheric Angular Momentum
• ACI — Alloy Casting Institute
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• ANO — Any Other
• ASMCS — Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
• EBC — Executive Budget Committee
• CE — ciliary epithelium
• RAL — Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• ITTP — Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy
• CMA — China Meteorological Administration
• ORR — Oak Ridge Reservation
• ADRP — Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
• CESD — Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease
• CAN — Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
• MTBE — Methyl Tert-butyl Ether
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• BDV — Borna Disease Virus
• ARE — Androgen Response Elements
• CGAT — Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter
• RA — Regulatory Affairs
• IGAC — International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP
• OGIST — Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• PHA — Pulse Height Analyzer
• NRS — Natural Reserve System
• LMSC — Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation
• CDM — Chemically Defined Medium
• ALE/GAGE — Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• ANL — Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia
• AFC — Amniotic Fluid Cells
• MDR — Medical Device Register
• RGS — Reflection Grating Spectrometer
• OST — Office of Science and Technology
• MLS — Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
• AISA — Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia

• BCNS — Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
• BCR — B Cell Receptor
• CFF — Cystic Fibrosis Factor
• AHL — Acyl Homoserine Lactone
• AMANDA — Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array
• ASFV — African Swine Fever Virus
• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
• AMOG — Adhesion Molecule on Glia
• IGAP — International Global Aerosol Program
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• JFMDA — Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations
• UCR — University of California at Riverside
• RDP — Recreational Dive Planner
• ACMSU — Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Support Unit
• ASH — American Society of Hematology's
• CLD — Cholestatic Liver Disease
• OEC — Olfactory Ensheathing Cell
• MIAA — Medical Industry Association of Australia
• BRG — Bureau des Ressources Génétiques
• DAN — Diver’s Alert Network
• AINA — Arctic Institute of North America
• EBI — European Bioinformatics Institutetute
• CLP — Chlorine Loading Potential
• AP — acute pancreatitis
• DSMA — Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance
• APAFO — Advanced Particles And Fields Observer
• ALF — automated laser fluorescence
• AMPS — Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
• CDS — commonly deleted segment
• AP — arterial pressure
• CA — cerebellar atrophy
• AO — Amine Oxidase
• HIMSS — high-resolution microwave spectrometer sounder
• UCRP — University of California Retirement Plan
• SOC — Space Operations Center
• MOPITT — Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
• AHR — Ability of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor
• CFAG — cystic fibrosis antigen
• POEMS — Positron Electron Magnetic Spectrometer
• UNEX — University Extension
• BA — biliary atresia
• LWIR — Long-Wavelength Infrared
• ACP — Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE)
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• ETAC — Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
• SPAN — Space Physics Analysis Network
• AA — Acrylonitrile And Acrylamide
• ALL — Acute Lymphocytic
• CREST — Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
• CGCP — Canadian Global Change Program

• BAL — Biphenotypic Acute Leukemia
• SEC — Sun-Earth Connection
• ARHSP — Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• PROPAC — Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
• NH3 — Ammonia
• ADOM — Acid Deposition And Oxidant Model (air Pollution)
• PREST — Policy Research in Engineering, Science & Technology
• AP — accelerated phase
• CPL — Cloud Physics Lidar
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• CGAM — Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
• CFC — Continuous-Flow Centrifugation
• WBDCS — Wide-Band Data Collection System
• ADA — Automatic Data Acquisition
• CE — Cooperative Extension
• MDT — Maximum Dive Time
• QM — Qualification Model
• WOCE — World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• DAMTP — Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (Cambridge)
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Response
• CRI — Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University)
• MASSMEDIC — Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
• CMCS — cultured mast cells
• CGN — Cerebellar Granule Neurons
• ARIC — Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
• CCFDN — Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy
• DXS — Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer
• ATD — Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
• CECS — cerebral endothelial cells
• RA — Right Ascension
• DDS — Domestic Data Service
• SI — Systeme International
• SRSS — Shuttle Range Safety System
• AE — Atmosphere Explorer
• NORDA — Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
• AHF — Attitude History File
• PAB — Pharmaceutical Affairs Bureau (Japan)
• CDI — Color Doppler Imaging
• JGOFS — Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
• PD — Photo Diode
• ARPS — Affected Relative Pairs
• PPRC — Physician Payment Review Commission
• ARVC — arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• STA — Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
• POSS II — Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, second version
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program
• MISR — Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
• DAR — Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO)
• RANN — Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)

• DSC — Direct Satellite Communications
• CIRA — COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
• CF — Correction Factor
• CARDS — Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
• CMG — Computer Measurement Group
• AMTIC — Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• ARTS — Assisted Reproductive Technologies
• GLOSS — Global Sea Level Observing System (of IOC)
• CE — central element
• CIASTA — Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
• DUD — duodenal ulcer disease
• NERI — National Environmental Research Institute
• GPCP — Global Precipitation Climatology Project
• APPS — Acute Phase Proteins
• CAA — California Alumni Association
• CC — Clomiphene Citrate
• ILAS — Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
• BADC — British Atmospheric Data Centre
• NHGRI — National Human Genome Research Institute
• AAR — abnormal anaphase resolution
• NIWA — National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• TES — Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS)
• CER — Common Eliminated Region
• ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
• JET-X — Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy
• INPAC — Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
• ERM — EPIC Radiation Monitor
• ADEM — Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management
• SEAWIFS — Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
• MDMA — Medical Device Manufacturers Association
• BEV — Baboon Endogenous Virus
• ASCP — American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• RSO — Resident Space Object
• AERONOX — Impact of NOx Emissions from Aircraft upon the Atmosphere
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic leukosis
• AO — active oxygen
• AEV — Avian Encephalomyelitis Virus
• CDGE — Constant Denaturant Gel Electrophoresis
• XIE — X-Ray Imaging Experiment
• AMFR — Autocrine Motility Factor Receptor
• AH — adenomatous hyperplasia
• CLASS — Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
• UCSF — University of California, San Francisco
• CCR — Complex Chromosome Rearrangement
• DPD — Data Processing Division
• AS — Asparagine Synthetase
• CCBS — Calcium Channel Blockers
• TIROS — Television and Infrared Observation Satellite
• APVS — Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
• NDO — National Diving Officer

• CFPS — culture filtrate proteins
• SPSO — Science Processing Support Office
• SIR — Spaceborne Imaging Radar
• ADCC — Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataract
• JIF — Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum
• ACNPV — Autographa Californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus
• BACS — bacterial artificial chromosomes
• TTP — Time to Perigee
• NGI — Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
• AGM — African green monkey
• APRE — Acute Phase Response Element
• HIB — Health Insurance Bureau (Japan)
• BAERS — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Responses
• SEU — Structure and Evolution of the Universe
• CAR — Cell Adhesion Regulator
• CALS — College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
• DPSS — Data Processing Services Subsystem
• MCR — Main Control Room
• AWI — Alfred Wegener Institute
• AEL — After Egg Laying
• POGO — Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
• BISA — Belgium Institute for Space Aeronomy (Belgium)
• ARF — Alternative Reading Frame
• VIRSR — Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
• QRSL — quick-reaction space laboratory
• ASPS — Affected Sibling Pairs
• DEM — Digital Electronics Module
• AI — Aromatase Inhibitor
• TBW — To Be Written
• BA — benzoic acid
• HIRDLS — HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
• CCA — Cortical cerebellar atrophy
• IPC — Imaging Proportional Counter
• SSMS — Society for Sexual Medicine of Slovenia
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• CAMP — Childhood Asthma Management Program
• AVF — Abdominal Visceral Fat
• AIM — Acute Infectious Mononucleosis
• FBTR — Fast Breeder Test Reactor
• TMC — Thinking Machine Corporation
• CM — Capillary malformation
• AHF — Altered Hepatic Foci
• CORP — Corporation
• DLL — Dynamic Link Libraries
• APC — Adenomatosis Polyposis Coli
• OHTA — Office of Health Technology Assessment
• ILE — Institute for Labor and Employment
• AWD — abnormal wing discs
• AD — Agar Dilution
• HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

• ABC — aneurysmal bone cyst
• ARP — Aldehyde Reactive Probe
• CL — Crithidia luciliae
• NASPY — North American Society of Electro Physiology and Pacing
• CNES — Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
• WFC — Wide-Field Camera
• CBPP — Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• MRU — Multicampus Research Unit
• EAS — External Anal Sphincter
• AFA — Ankyloblepharon Filiforme Adnatum
• CDCS — Cri Du Chat Syndrome
• AOCS — Attitude and Orbit Control and Measurement Subsystem
• ASP — Apoptosis Specific Protein
• ALSPP — Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
• POLES — Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface
• IPEM — Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• NERC — National Environmental Research Council
• CGC — Climate and Global Change
• BFNC — Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions
• CAPP — Concerted Action Polyp Prevention
• AHH — anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• SIB — Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• D/C — diarrhea constipation
• CCV — Channel Catfish Virus
• CD — Chemistry Division
• MRI — Meteorlogical Research Institute (Japan)
• AMV — Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
• EVC — Executive Vice Chancellor
• RVAU — Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
• ADL — Acid Detergent Lignin
• SCRIPPS — Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
• ADU — Analogue to Digital Unit
• ELC — Eligibility in the Local Context
• MEDEC — Medical Devices Canada
• ALVS — Avian Leukosis Viruses
• ICWG — International Coordination Working Group
• NIGEC — National Institute for Global Environmental Change
• AMLR — Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
• DANR — Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• CB — cord blood
• AIEE — American Institute for Electrical Engineers
• SDSD — Satellite Data Services Division
• CHD — Congenital Heart Defect
• ESPI — European Space Policy Institute
• CA — Colorectal Adenoma
• CST — Convective-Stratiform Technique
• NOY — total active nitrogen
• MOPH — Ministry of Public Health
• CCGA — Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs

• BCC — British Coal Corporation
• CMD — Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
• CAD — Cold Agglutinin Disease
• CNA — Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
• CC — colorectal cancer
• CRG — Council for Responsible Genetics
• CF — Culture fluid
• SPAC — State Pharmaceutical Administration of China
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• GERB — Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
• GLRS-R — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Ranger
• ORATOS — Orbit and Attitude Operating System
• CL — chromosome loss
• BER — Base Excision Repair (biology)
• ALC — Anaplastic Large Cell
• SSS — Social Studies of Science
• AE — Attaching and effacing
• F&A — Facilities and Administrative
• ARNT — Ah Receptor Nuclear Translocator
• NASSH — North American Society for Sport History
• TERI — Tata Energy Research Institute
• NDBC — National Data Buoy Center
• AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• ASF — Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat
• JRC — Joint Research Center
• ACSOE — Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment
• HED — High Energy Detector
• LWIR — long-wavelength (thermal) infrared
• CBI — Confederation of British Industries
• AS — Acid Succinate
• CSG — Council of State Governments
• ATC — Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
• APBSCT — Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
• DYAX — Dyax Corp.
• ADCAS — Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxias
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• EUV — Extreme Ultra-Violet 2
• AIPS — Astronomical Image Processing System
• AREP — Assembly Representation
• DEMA — Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association
• AIED — Aland Island Eye Disease
• UCSC — University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California)
• HAACP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Program
• ACIS — ACademic Information Services (IBM)
• CIAP — Climatic Impact Assessment Program
• CENR — Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
• ICD-9-CM — International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition
• IES — Institute of Environmental Sciences
• BCCP — Biotin Carboxyl Carrier Protein
• CCS — Chromatin Conformational State

• CAPD — Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
• SOAPEX — Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry EXperiment
• CAPE — Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester
• MOP — Mortgage Origination Program
• RNMI — Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
• NBIOME — Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
• NAT — Nitric Acid Trihydrate (polar Stratosphere Cloud Aerosol)
• ACDS — Astronomical Catalogues Database Subsystem
• CACGP — Commission For Atmospheric Chemistry And Global Pollution
• OOA — Object-Oriented Analysis
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• OLS — Optical Line Scanner
• BAUD — one bit per second
• ANLL — Acute Nonlymphoid Leukemia
• DDE — Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
• BUV — Backscattered UltraViolet
• CGKD — Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency
• ALCLS — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas
• SIR-C — Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
• CGS — Contiguous Gene Syndromes
• APKC — atypical protein kinase C
• NILU — Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• MEDGV — Germany's Medical Equipment Safety Law
• UCRS — University of California Retirement System
• AH — Albumen Height
• SIGMA — High Energy X-ray Instrument
• CAR — Constitutive Androstane Receptor
• SODAR — Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument)
• EAD — Equivalent Air Depth
• BCAC — Basal Cell Adenocarcinoma
• LLC — Limited Liability Partnership
• RPS — Remote Proposal Submission
• MPIC — Max Planck Institut für Chemie (Germany)
• RM — Radiation Monitor
• ERAD — Economic and Regulatory Analysis Division
• CDC — Cell Division Control
• ARCI — Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis
• MBBNET — Minnesota Biomedical Business Network
• CL — cystic lymphangioma
• EXOSAT — European X-Ray Observatory Satellite
• JIM — Job Information Memorandum
• AMV — Avian Myoblastosis Virus
• NESHAP — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
• NIC — National Ice Center
• CFSS — common fragile sites
• ARGOS — Argos Data Collection and Location System (France)
• RFC — RGS Focal Camera Unit
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (NASA)
• NAG — Numerical Algorithms Group Inc.
• AO — Airway obstruction

• EBW — Electron Beam Welding
• NMDC — National Medical Device Coalition
• CDF — Cation Diffusion Facilitator
• CM — cutaneous melanoma
• AC — Amylose Content
• NPOP — NASA Polar Orbiting Platform
• CCMV — Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
• DLCF — Data Link Control Field
• BDA — Bile Duct Adenoma
• DCA — Division of Community Assistance
• MWIR — medium-wavelength infrared
• JANET — Joint Academic Network
• AHA — Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
• DEED — Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
• VLA — Very Large Array
• ASPS — Alveolar Soft-Part Sarcoma
• NED — Network of Egghead Divers
• ASPS — Acid Shock Proteins
• FIRST — Far Infrared Space Telescope
• RUC — Roskilde University Center
• CB — Chromatoid Body
• CA — chromosome aberration
• DESY — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
• EPG — Engineering Proposal Generation
• BCG — bacillus of Calmette and Guérin
• ANNS — Artificial Neural Networks
• BF — Basal Forebrain
• HSQB — Health Standard and Quality Bureau
• INPE — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
• RA — Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• PS — Project Scientist
• CAP — Capital Accumulation Provision
• RTNEPH — real-time nephanalysis
• GAIM — Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling
• CF — culture filtrate
• AE — anion exchanger
• COAPEC — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
• PSPC — Position Sensitive Proportional Counters
• CBFB — Core Binding Factor Beta
• BANF — Bilateral Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
• ASU — Astronomical Server URL
• AT — Arabidopsis thaliana
• NHRI — National Hydrology Research Institute
• SEAWIFS — sea-viewing wide-field sensor
• OGIP — Office of Guest Investigator Programs
• EUD — Exploration of the Universe Division
• DS2 — Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
• SCATT — SCATTerometer
• ISME — Instrument Software Maintenance Environment

• DMAC — Diving Medical Advisory Committee
• AP — Adenomatous POLYPs
• AION — Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
• AOT — Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumour
• AFG — Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
• CGH — Comparative Gene Hybridization
• CA — Chromatid Aberrations
• BDGP — Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• ALCL — Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
• CAA — Chronic Aplastic Anemia
• RPOS — Re-planned Preferred Observation Schedule
• AL — annulate lamellae
• CI — Continuous Infusion
• ASAIO — American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• DPR — Dual Precipitation Radar
• AEEC — attaching and effacing Escherichia coli
• NNPI — Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information
• AMDT — Adjusted Maximum Dive Time
• OMC — Optical Monitoring Camera
• IUCRP — Industry University Cooperative Research Program
• AFES — Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
• ASIM — American Society of International Medicine
• AP — Apple Proliferation
• CC — corpus callosum
• SVT — System Validation Test
• DO — Diving Officer
• CEL — Conserved Effector Locus
• ASADA — Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
• SOM — Spacecraft Operations Manager
• ALT — Atypical Lipomatous Tumor
• RAID — Redundant of Inexpensive Discs
• OM — Optical Monitor
• CDC — Collecting duct carcinoma
• AOS — Allene Oxide Synthase
• ARRP — Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa
• NDPD — National Data Processing Division (EPA)
• CB — carotid body
• CF — colony formation
• IPE — Institute of Physics of the Earth
• CH — congenital hydrocephalus
• IMDA — Independent Medical Distributors Association
• APC — Academic Planning Council
• EPCU — EPIC pn Camera Head Unit
• HEAO-1 — NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
• CITA — Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
• NBIS — Northern Biosphere Information System
• ESD — Environmental Sciences Division (ORNL)
• HIBCC — Health Industry Business Communications Council
• MDS — Medium Deep Survey
• CAAS — Contracted Advisory & Assistance Services

• AS — Ankylosing Spondylitis
• BITNET — Because It's Time Network
• BB — Borrelia burgdorferi
• CEA — Collie Eye Anomaly
• ACGM — Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
• CIRRIS — Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
• MAFI — Medical Alert Foundation International
• POEM — Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission (ESA)
• ASEC — Applied Solar Energy Corporation
• NAMES — National Association of Medical Equipment Services
• ATR — Acid Tolerance Response
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Response
• ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder
• CESH — Comparative Expressed Sequence Hybridization
• AF — activation function
• ASICS — Acid Sensing Ion Channels
• AMDM — Association of Medical Diagnostics Manufacturers
• CES — Central Excitatory State
• CD — Chromatin Diminution
• ACC — Atlantic Climate Change
• WINDII — Wind Imaging Interferometer
• LL.M. — Master of Laws degree
• PGS — Proposal Generation System
• TDG — Tennessee Division of Geology
• CAPS — Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• EFPIA — European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
• LRPT — low-resolution picture transmission
• LU — Leicester University
• CH — chloral hydrate
• DMAP — Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program
• ITE — Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
• UCEP — University Committee on Educational Policy
• BCE — Bovine Capillary Endothelial
• STG — Steering Group
• OCLO — chlorine dioxide
• AH — aniline hydrochloride
• UHV — Ultra-high Vacuum
• DISEL — Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
• COADS — Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
• AK — Adenosine Kinase
• CF — Cladosporium fulvum
• CAA — Congenital Aural Atresia
• WMRS — White Mountain Research Station
• APAG — Academic Policy Advisory Group
• NHIB — National Health Insurance Bureau (Taiwan)
• SVF — Software Validation Facility
• CID — Combined Immune Deficiency
• ERA — Employee Reimbursement Account
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• AN — accessory nuclei

• IOA — Institute Of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• CAF — Conotruncal Anomaly Face
• BEF — Bromine Efficiency Factor
• SAFISY — Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year (1992)
• CRYSYS — Cryospheric System
• CBB — Coomassie Brilliant Blue
• DBU — Digital Bus Unit
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
• MENARG — Middle East and North Africa Research Group
• HDP — Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
• APLP — Amplified Product Length Polymorphism
• ANDI — American Nitrox Divers Incorporated
• AH — absorptive hypercalciuria
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• AK — acetate kinase
• ASDS — Atrial Septal Defects
• CANSO — California Articulation Number System Office
• PSS — Procedures, Specifications and Standards
• AOD — Autoimmune Ovarian Dysgenesis
• SAMS — stratospheric and mesopheric sounder
• JCCT — Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (US-China)
• LR — Laser Retroreflector
• DPV — Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• QSO — Quasar|Quasi-Stellar Object
• SWIRLS — Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder
• CML — Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia
• MDA — Medical Device Amendments
• APMI — American Powder Metallurgy Institute
• CS&S — Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
• AS — Angelman Syndrome
• CG — cortical granule
• FGP — Faculty Grants Program
• HEASARC — High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Centre
• NSI — Nordic Sami Institute
• ATF — Aphid Transmission Factor
• ACCCI — American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute
• NODC — National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)
• DBI — Digital Bus Interface
• H/K — Housekeeping
• SSSM — Scandinavian Society for Sexual Medicine
• TOGA/COARE — Toga/Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
• LCLIYMUUCADULFW.S — le cock la in your mouth until u choke and die u lazy fucking whore. slut
• RAPS — radiologists, anesthesiologists, and pathologists
• BB — Bacterial Blight
• ORS — Outer root sheath
• SESAME — Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Middle Latitude Experiment
• EATD — European Association of Technical Divers
• SPOT — Systeme Pour L'Observation De La Terre (France)
• ASCA — Japanese X-Ray Astronomy satellite launched 1993
• EUDRA — European Drug Regulatory Authorities Network

• JCAHO — Joint Committee on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• NDIU — Network Data Interface Unit
• BDMV — Bean Dwarf Mosaic Virus
• KOPRI — Korea Polar Research Institute
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• ISTAHC — International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• CC — congenital cataract
• CLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• NACNEMS — North American Cooperative Network of Enhanced Measurement Sites
• PT — Pass-Through
• CF — Clastogenic factor
• ALL — acute lymphoblastic lymphoma
• NIRP — National Institute for Radiation Protection
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
• ICAIR — International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research
• MLOPEX — Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment
• DBRA — Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment
• CAD — Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease
• APC — Ateles Paniscus Chamek
• CAO — Chlorophyll A Oxygenase
• ASCII — American Standards Committee for Information Interchange
• XTE — X-Ray Timing Explorer
• NNF — National Nanofabrication Facility
• CH — Centrosome hyperamplification
• RMF — REDISTRIBUTION MATRIX FILE
• PDA — Parenteral Drug Association
• RDE — RGS Digital Electronic Unit
• IFS — SSC-SOC Interface Sub-system
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
• MOZIAC — Measurement of Ozone on Airbus in-service Aircraft
• DIFAX — Digital Facsimile
• CEC — Chick Embryo Cells
• CF — competence factor
• TOASTE — Transport of Ozone and Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange
• ARPS — Advanced Regional Prediction System
• ARIEL-6 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1979
• DP — dermal papilla
• SMS/GOES — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• ECB — Educational Communications Board
• MTI — Minnesota Technology Inc
• APSU — Austin Peay State University
• DOA — Department of Administration (US)
• PDTS — PPS Data Transfer System
• CI — centromeric index
• CA — Cerebellar Ataxia
• CPEC — California Postsecondary Education Commission
• ENSO — El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• ALADIN — Interactive sky atlas developed by CDS Strasbourg
• CICS — Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)

• OBSM — On-Board Software Maintenance
• CFA — Cyclopropane fatty acids
• IPAR — Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• CAMS — Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
• SNRI — Sierra Nevada Research Institute
• EMDU — EPIC MOS Data Handling Unit
• ARS — Antigen recognition sites
• AGCI — Aspen Global Change Institute
• CEO — Centre for Earth Observation
• ARNSHL — Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss
• CM — Cardiac Myxoma
• PCMS — PPS Control & Monitoring System
• XSCS — XMM MOC Control System
• ASI — Advanced Study Institute (NATO)
• UCCP — UC College Preparatory Initiative
• AMS — atypical mole syndrome
• SSC-DB — Survey Science Centre Database
• AL — Acute Leukemia
• CCR — Carbon Catabolite Repression
• COR — Committee on Research
• NORSAR — Norwegian Seismic Array
• CLNS — Connectionless Network Services
• TOMUIS — 3-D ozone mapping with ultraviolet imaging spectrometer
• ANT — Attention Network Test
• RGA — RGS Grating Assembly
• EESC — Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine
• SCOR — Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Research Seasat Sea Satellite
• ASSA — Aminopterin Syndrome Sine Aminopterin
• FNRS — Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (Belgium)
• INTEGRAL — International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• UCT — Universal Time Code
• ARF — Ancillary Response Function
• VCP — Voluntary Cooperation Program (Equipment and Services) (UN)
• CA — Clavulanic Acid
• BE — Branching Enzyme
• BCS — Broadband Cable System (UW)
• CC — Carney complex
• CUCEA — Council of the University of California Emeriti Association
• CCA — Current Cost Accounting
• BF — Bacteroides Fragilis
• MTPPI — Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
• BBV — Black Beetle Virus
• AIEOP — Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica
• APTI — Air Pollution Training Institute
• ARD — Adult Refsum Disease
• CG — Comparative Genometrics
• I&T — Integration and Testing
• MOUT — Message Out
• DIU — Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
• DWS — Division of Water Supply

• OPEP — Organisation des Pays Exportateurs de Pétrole
• CCR — Complete Cytogenetic Remission
• SNR — Super Nova Remnant
• EMCS — EPIC MOS Camera System
• MOSS — Market-Oriented Sector Selective
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• ORA — FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs
• JETRO — Japan External Trade Organization
• DST — Data Systems Test
• DOIT — Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN)
• LTMS — Local Time Management System
• AI — Amelogenesis imperfecta
• IMAU — Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
• FAUI — Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors
• CFC — GM-colony forming cell
• VIRS — Visible Infrared Scanner
• GEMS — Great Expectations in Math & Science Program
• MOSS — Manned Orbital Space Station
• AO&SS — Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• CBS — classic Bartter syndrome
• ASP — The Abnormal Spindle Protein
• CD — Cowden Disease
• CA — Cytogenetic Aberrations
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• AIP — Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
• AM — Achillea Millefolium
• IFS — Integrated Forecast System
• ODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• EDU — Event Detection Unit
• EADS — Engineering and Data Analysis System
• BD — Birth Defects
• QSIT — Quality System Inspection Technique
• SSI — Serial Synchronous Interface
• OCTS — Japanese Ocean Color Temperature Scanner
• IBIS — Image on-Board INTEGRAL Spacecraft
• CCF — Current Calibration File
• SCOS — Spacecraft Control and Operations System
• TOO — Target Of Opportunity
• ESMR — Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
• EPCS — EPIC pn Camera System
• APP — AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
• CD — cytochalasin D
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
• CA — Cytogenetic Abnormalities
• CCST — California Council on Science & Technology
• POWER — Program on Workable Energy Regulation
• AD — Affecting Disease
• AFM — Array File Maker
• BCRS — Breakpoint Cluster Regions
• MRF — Met Office Research Flight

• CSES — Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
• AP — amyloid plaques
• LORAN — Long-Range Navigation
• HK — HouseKeeping Data
• BAC — Bovine Artificial Chromosome
• ARS — Autonomous Replication Sequence
• NAD — Nitric Acid Dihydrate
• CEQA — California Environmental Quality Act
• BCCP — apo-biotin carboxyl carrier protein
• CITE — Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
• BC — Brain Cancer
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Centre
• AVTD — Anomalous Viscosity Time Dependence
• INPA — Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (Brazil)
• EPCE — EPIC pn Control Electronics Unit
• DTS — Digital Termination Service
• GFLOPS — Billions of Floating Point Instructions per Second
• ICB — Instrument Control Bus
• GSM — Ground Segment Manager
• CSG — Clock Sequence Generator
• CC — cervical carcinoma
• CC — Cervical Cancer
• PRAREE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment-Extended Version
• CCA — Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly
• CENELEC — European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation
• RTK — Right-To-Know
• ICOLC — International Consortium of Library Consortia
• CIRTL — Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• STAR — Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research
• CNSI — California NanoSystems Institute
• SIP — Sickness Index Profile
• ALP — Automated Linkage Preprocessor
• ARC — Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
• FDDI — Fibre Distributed Data Interface
• AI — apoptotic index
• BA — Bone Age
• AK — Arginine kinase
• PWSA — Ports and Waterways Safety Act
• AVR — Acute Vascular Rejection
• MPIA — Max Planck Institut für Aeronomie (Germany)
• AJ — adherens junction
• SOE — Security of Employment
• AM — Admixture Mapping
• CI — Coccidioides immitis
• CCN — Cloud Condensation Nucleus
• ADAM — Astronomical Data Acquisition and Management
• GGI — GPS Geoscience Instrument
• BC — blast crisis
• AQS — Air Quality System
• NIMBUS — NASA Meteorological Satellites (1 through 7)

• DES — Divers Environmental Survey
• COTF — Commission on the Future
• CD — Campomelic dysplasia
• STR — Star TRacker
• NINA — Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
• CRCC — Cancer Research Coordinating Committee
• UCSD — University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, California)
• HPB — Health Protection Board (Canada)
• FASTEX — Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track EXperiment
• BLIS — Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
• ST-ECF — Space Telescope - European Coordinating Facility
• DPSS — Data Product Screening Sub-system
• VNIR — Visible And Near InfraRed
• ADLTE — Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy
• MOD — Mission Operations Department
• ASS — Arginosuccinate Synthetase
• NAGRA — Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• JEM-X — Joint European Monitor for X-rays
• BBM — anti-brush border membrane
• BCM — Blue Cone Monochromacy
• CAMEX — CMOS Amplifier and Multiplexing Chip
• GMSLP — Global Mean Sea Level Pressure
• TMPSU — Telescope Module Power Supply Unit
• CM — contrast media
• OSCAR — Online Services for Curriculum and Articulation Review
• AI — Apoptosis Index
• PCS — Payload Calibration Subsystem
• CH — cuticular hydrocarbon
• CGCL — Central Giant Cell Lesion
• MDDI — Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry
• CITE — Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
• CALPIRG — The California Public Interest Research Group
• AR — adaptive response
• RPE — Relative Pointing Error
• UCR — University Of Costa Rica
• WHT — William Herschel Telescope
• WCSP — World Congress of Science Producers
• BCC — Burkholderia Cepacia Complex
• CLSM — confocal laser scan microscope
• BLCMD — BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
• CHAT — Choline Acetyltransferase
• DSWM — Division of Solid Waste Management
• FDRG — Faculty Discipline Review Group
• HAPEX — Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
• NLN — National League for Nursing
• EPDH — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• DPU — digital processing unit
• PROS — X-Ray data analysis package, part of IRAFm supported by CfA
• CIRRUS — Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
• APM — Academic Personnel Manual

• ASUC — Associated Students of the University of California
• CE — colony efficiency
• DCM — Dispersion Compensation Module
• AXAF — Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility, future NASA mission
• AS — Active sleep
• UBA — Universal Breathing Apparatus
• USAEC — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• TGMI — Tennessee Government Management Institute
• CCP — Cytochrome C Peroxidase
• AWPD — Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
• CCR — Continuous Complete Remission
• FDR — Flight Dynamics Room
• RAPS — Regulatory Affairs Professional Society
• PRIC — Polar Research Institute of China
• EDH — EPIC Data Handling Unit
• AIMBE — American Insitute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• NILU — Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning
• XMM — X-ray Multi Mirror Mission
• COARE — Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
• NDSC — Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change
• AI — allelic imbalance
• PERI — Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
• CODAR — COrrelation Detection And Ranging
• AE — Axial Element
• URSI — Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale
• AP — Adaptor Protein
• AR — apoptotic rate
• OCCM — Ocean Carbon Cycle Model
• CCI — Canadian Circumpolar Institute
• CDS — Correlated Double Sampler
• GCE — Ground-base Cloud Experiment (EUROTRAC)
• IRICP — International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
• SLASIAC — Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee
• SDF — Slew Data File
• MPU — Mission Planning Unit
• QE — Quantum Efficiency
• CAA — Cationic Amino Acid
• CE — clonal evolution
• APB — Alternative Pyrimidine Biosynthetic
• ISLSCP — International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
• APH — Attitude Pointing History
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• GRO — Gamma-Ray Observatory
• CNRM — Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
• ERICA — Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones Over the Atlantic
• IST — integrated systems test
• PBPK — Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic
• AD — Arginine Deiminase
• RMF — Response Matrix File
• HTRM — High Time Resolution Mode

• SSALT — Solid-State radar Altimeter
• LERTS — Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en TeledetectionSpatiale (France)
• WMREI — Waste Management Research and Education Institute
• AI — Adiposity Index
• NETC — National Environmental Technology Centre (UK)
• ER-2 — Earth Resources, #2
• GCTE — Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Program of the IGBP
• ECA — Effective Cloud Amount
• AMSAS — AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
• DISC — optical media (CDs)
• BC — Burkholderia cepacia
• AD — axiodistal
• CTP — Cloud-Top Pressure
• SID — Structure Identifier
• APF — Attitude Parameter File
• AST — Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing
• CD — Congenital Defects
• CD — Canavan disease
• HIRLAM — High-Resolution Limited Area Model
• CB — Cajal Bodies
• CAMEX — Convection and Moisture Experiment
• RGS — Reflection Grating Subsytem
• CE — cellular extract
• STREAM — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiment by Aircraft Measurements
• EOSP — Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
• METEOR — USSR Operational Weather Satellite
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• CC — Cumulus cells
• DMIC — Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
• DB — Diversion Box
• AK — Aspartate kinase
• AIST — Advanced Industrial Science Technology
• CCA — Conventional Cytogenetic Analysis
• GCF — Ground Calibration File
• APID — APPLICATION IDENTIFIER
• AESA — Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
• SMHI — Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
• CADC — Canadian Astrophysical Data Centre
• NMAI — National Museum of the American Indian
• TCP/IP — Networking Protocol used on Internet
• ODF — Observation Data File
• AGSP — Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
• MH — Message Handling
• CM — Congenital Malformations
• AU — Atomic Units
• BUCHE — ButyrylCholine Estérase
• K-S — Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic
• LIGG — Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology
• AGN — Active Galaxy Nucleus

• HYREX — Hydrological Radar Experiment
• ATF — anti-activating transcription factor
• AC — Academic Council
• CHF — Calibration History File
• IMG — Interferometric Monitor of Greenhouse Gases
• BAF — Bvg accessory factor
• NIES — National Institute For Environmental Studies (Japan)
• TERSE — Tunable Etalon Remote Sounder of Earth
• CAD — Cinnamyl Alcohol dehydrogenase
• DISK — magnetic media (floppies)
• UCM — University of California, Merced
• CAS — Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
• APU — Academic Program Unit
• GOSTA — Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas
• IGETC — Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• CC — Cell Counts
• STC — Steering Committee
• ACDS — Archival Catalogue and Database Subsystem
• SWIR — Short-Wavelength Infrared
• CITA — Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
• UKMO — United Kingdom Meteorological Office
• ML — Maximum-Likelihood
• DLC — Distributed Learning Center
• FDAMA — FDA Modernization Act of 1997
• CBDMP — California Birth Defects Monitoring Program
• BOARS — Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
• NH — Northern Hemisphere
• AS — Alagille Syndrome
• BASE-A — Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
• ESIS — European Southern Observatory
• AST — Arterial Spin Tagging
• UCMC — University of California Marine Council
• UADE — Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects
• IFCC — International Federation of Clinical Chemists
• ESSA — Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
• CUA — Circumpolar Universities Association
• STP — Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• CCLRC — Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
• PSSM — Polish Society for Sexual Medicine
• LSU — Louisana State University
• MOTIE — Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (Korea)
• SCED — Engineering Department at ESOC
• APM — Affected Pedigree Member
• AM — Acral Melanoma
• EMAE — EPIC MOS Analogue Electronics
• SCHISM — Science Simulator
• BA — Brucella Abortus
• OAL — ODF Access Layer
• AM — Alveolar Macrophage
• WDC — World Data Centre

• CAT — Common Arterial Trunk
• ARA — AppleTalk Remote Access
• MIP — Minimum Ionising Particle
• DNAG — Decade of North American Geology
• CICA — Center for Innovative Computer Applications
• EMSS — Einstein Medium Sensitivity Survey
• DNH — Division of Natural Heritage
• AP — Antimicrobial Peptides
• MPE — Max Planck Institut fur Extaterrestrische Physik, Garching
• CHLC — Cooperative Human Linkage Center
• NUST — National University of Science and Technology
• NODIS — NSSDC Online Data and Information System Services System
• LACTOZ — Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone (EUROTRAC)
• OLA — Off-Line Analysis
• CD — Conjugated dienes
• CA — Constitutively Active
• MOS — Metal Oxide Semi-conductor
• ASP — Agouti Signaling Protein
• GFURD — Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
• P&T — Privilege & Tenure Committee
• CD — cytosine deaminase
• LOICZ — Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
• APTF — Admissions Processing Task Force
• AR — Acrosome reaction
• AS — Argininosuccinate Synthetase
• CA — Chromosome Analysis
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• OTF — On-Target Flag
• METEOSAT — Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA)
• AWD — Abdominal Wall Defects
• PDIC — Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International; Diving Instruction Organization.
• DRH — Division of Radiological Health
• LDRD — Laboratory-Directed Research and Development
• DRIBU — DRIfting BUoy data
• LAMBADA — Large Scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazonia using Data Assimilation (BAHC/GEWEX)
• NEDU — Naval Experimental Diving Unit
• ETTP — East Tennessee Technology Park
• SORI — Subcommittee on Research Initiatives
• CWB — Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
• MEDSUN — Medical Device Surveillance Network
• EPIC — European Photon Imaging Camera
• NASA — National Aeronautic & Space Administration
• IOLM — International Organization of Legal Metrology
• AP — Alkaline Protease
• CHAMMP — Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Program
• NIPR — National Institute of Polar Research
• ASR — acoustic startle response
• CIDC — Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection
• TRACT — Transport of Pollutants over Complex Terrain (EUROTRAC)
• ERSC — Environmental Remote Sensing Center (IES)

• DCTD — Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
• EFSC — Eastern Food Science Conference
• CI — Cephalic Index
• NAHC — National Association of Home Care
• EMCU — EPIC MOS Camera Head Unit
• TGEI — Tennessee Government Executive Institute
• DODS — Distributed Ocean Data System
• CI — Chromosome Index
• BCTV — Beet Curly Top Virus
• UCPB — University Committee on Planning and Budget
• ICC — Intersegmental Coordinating Committee
• CDT — Catalogues and Databases Team
• ASA — Antarctic Support Associates
• UNIPROT — Universal Protein Resource
• PN — p-type/n-type semiconductor
• UCFW — University Committee on Faculty Welfare
• ALEXI — Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
• ISS — Instrument Software System
• ALL — Acute Lymphoblastic
• CET — Central England Temperature
• CTD — Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
• MSU — Memphis State University
• COCIR — Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical Industries
• CAPSTRANS — Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies
• SPO — Sponsored Projects Office
• DWPC — Division of Water Pollution Control
• SEA — Slovak Energy Agency
• HC — Heater Controller
• CM — cisterna magna
• MODIS-N — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Nadir
• BCP — Basic Calcium Phosphate
• EBTC — Edison BioTechnology Center
• CD — Cone Degeneration
• ISS — Integrated Switching System
• ERSAF — Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
• SSDF — Space Science Development Facility
• DEFA — Digital Event Filter and Address Encoder
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• EROS — Earth Resources Observing System
• PARE — Physiological & Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• COVC — Council of Vice Chancellors
• ISVF — Instrument Validation Facility
• CCD — Calcite Compensation Depth
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fuer Normung
• POSIX — Portbale Operating System Interface
• ASP — Audiogenic seizure Prone
• IWC — Instream Waste Concentration
• GISST — Global sea Ice Coverage and Sea Surface Temperature
• CBL — Cord Blood Lymphocytes
• MOHSST — Met Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature

• WETNET — Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I Data (MSFC)
• CIRES — Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
• AHSRL — Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
• MODIS-T — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Tilt
• OFS — Orbiter Flight Simulator
• SAFARI — Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (BIBEX)
• ISSP — Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy
• MOC — XMM Mission Operation Centre
• AF — ameloblastic fibroma
• AU — Activity Units
• CI — cardiac involvement
• DLS — Division of Laboratory Services
• NDC — National Diving Council
• PPQA — Pre-Product Quality Assurance
• UCAP — University Committee on Academic Personnel
• HDIF — Health Care Data Interchange Format
• FIRETRACC — Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change
• ESOC — European Satellite Operations Center
• CH — Channel Header
• UT-K — University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• HER — High Energy Resolution
• AEDU — Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit
• ARIEL-5 — UK X-Ray Astronomy Satellite launched 1974
• BAHC — Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP programme)
• ISIM — Instrument Simulator
• DAC — Digital to Analogue Conversion
• GRD — Government Relations Director
• P/A — PreAmplifier
• AIMS — Australian Institute of Marine Science
• CBAH — Conjugated Bile Acid Hydrolase
• CD — Crohn disease
• UCEAP — University Committee on Education Abroad Program
• DE — Detector Electronics (DXS)
• UNIS — University Centre in Svalbard
• AM — arbuscular mycorrhizal
• MOHMATN — Met Office Historical night Marine Air Temperature
• ODE — Office of Device Evaluation
• OIU — Observer Interface Unit
• APL — Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia
• EMDM — European Medical Device Manufacturer
• AN — Alkaline Nuclease
• MIP — Mission Implementation Plan
• CTS — Committee on Teaching of Science
• CH — Calponin homology
• RIS — reflector in space (laser beam adsorption, measures O3, CFCs, etc.)
• HDU — Header Data Unit
• GLRS-A — Geoscience Laser Ranging System-Altimeter (see GLAS)
• EPDU — EPIC pn Data Handling Unit
• ERMS — EPIC Radiation Monitor System
• SRAM — Sequential Random Access Memory

• UCOP — University of California, Office of the President
• GENEMIS — Generation of European Emission Data (EUROTRAC)
• PAGES — Past Global Changes (IGBP)
• EDMA — European Diagnostics Manufacturer's Association
• AMW-DB — Archive of Multi-Wavelength Data
• GEOSAT — Geodesy Satellite (Navy)
• EINSTEIN — Einstein Observatory
• SFOM — SOC Facility Operations Manual
• AH — anterior horn
• APE — Airborne Polar Experiment
• CE — conventional electrophoresis
• CAS — cellular apoptosis susceptibility
• RAF — Radiation Amplification Factor
• LDO — Locally Designated Officer
• TOD — Theoretical Ocean Depth
• CASPR — Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
• AP — Arbitrarily Primed
• CAC — Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
• WIMP — Window, Icon, Menu and Pop-up
• CA — Cavernous Angiomas
• SAT — Sulphuric Acid Tetrahydrate
• AS — Aldosterone Synthase
• EMCR — EPIC MOS Control,Event Analyzer and Recognition Unit
• ICAS — Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senate
• CSEPA — Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
• OBSW — On-Board Software
• MT — Measured Time
• ESTEC — European Space TEchnical Center
• CC — complete chimerism
• AM — Affected Male
• CA — common antigen
• RAE — RGS Analogue Electronics
• OODBMS — Object-Oriented Data-Base Management System
• IOSDL — Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory
• SASI — Statistical Analysis Systems Institute (Raleigh, North Carolina)
• CH — Cerebral Hemispheres
• USCE — United States Corps of Engineers
• ED — Event Designator
• EXPORT — European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport
• CI — Cytoplasmic incompatibility
• BIO — Bedford Institute of Oceanography
• CIFAR — Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
• WPD — War Plans Division
• UACB — Undergraduate Admissions Coordination Board
• AF — Archaeoglobus Fulgidus
• SCSI — Small Computer Systems Interface, a common disc interface
• JCEE — Joint Conference of EARMA and Euroscience
• ASE — Air-Sea Exchange experiment (EUROTRAC)
• AGO — automated geophysical observatories
• GLOMAC — Global Modelling of Atmospheric Chemistry (EUROTRAC)

• DPS — Division of Planetary Science
• SD — Screening Device
• EUVE — Extreme Ultra-Violet Explorer
• MPI — Minnesota Project Innovation
• STD — Salinity/Temperature/Depth
• AJ — Ashkenazi Jewish
• OECA — Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
• ASTEX — Atlantic STratus EXperiment
• CFHT — Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, on Mauna Kea
• GSR — Graduate Student Researcher
• UCAF — University Committee on Academic Freedom
• MMIC — Medical Manufacturers' Information Council
• UEXT — University Extension
• NISDN — Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network
• EPOS — Enhanced Preferred Observation Schedule
• MODB — MOC Operational Database
• ERMD — EPIC Radiation Monitor Detector
• MTSU — Middle Tennessee State University's
• SSO — Solar System Object
• OAB — Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
• CC — Cellular Cycle
• PXP — XMM Project Payload
• MGLS — Marine Geoscience Leadership Symposium
• CA — Candida albicans
• IMPAC — Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum
• MIPAS — Michelson Interferometric Passive Atmosphere Sounder
• FIMR — Finnish Institute of Marine Research
• OTAC — Observing Time Allocation Committee
• APC — Anterior polar cataract
• NACD — National Association for Cave Diving
• BC — Binucleated Cells
• PERL — Interactive programming language available for Unix
• NMAM — NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods
• MCP — Multi Channel Plate
• NAEI — National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (UK)
• CD — circular dichroic
• PPG — Preliminary Planning Guide
• CCR — Cassette Chromosome Recombinase
• CWS — Committee on World Standards
• NARSTO — North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
• DXRB — Diffuse X-Ray Background
• OSW — OM Science Window
• I&R — Instruction & Research
• QLA — Quicklook Analysis
• SHF — Short History File
• BRDF — Bidirectional Reflective Distribution Function
• AK — activated killer
• SASS — Standard Analysis Software System
• SGS — Sequence Generation Subsystem
• SOPH — SOC Operation Procedures Handbook

• NCTRS — Network Command and Telemetry Router System
• STERAO — Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone
• ARSLOE — Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment
• KAL — Keep Alive Loop
• ODS — Operational Data Server
• OPIA — Optical Precision Instrument Associates
• AS — Anthranilate Synthase
• MIRD — Mission Implementation Requirements Documents
• RPC — RGS Power Converter
• VOB — Vertical Optical Branch
• ARM — Atmospheric Radiation Monitoring
• CCLRC — Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
• AT — Autologous Transplantation
• CDS — Centre de Donnees Stellaires
• GSRR — Ground Segment Requirements Review
• MIDAS — Munich Interactive Data Analysis System
• BHTA — British Healthcare Trades Industry
• IAS — Interactive Analysis Subsystem
• IRMM — Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
• KORDI — Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
• PX — XMM Project
• MRIF — Multicampus Research Incentive Fund
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Procedures
• PRARE — Precise Range and Rate Equipment
• IFOP — Instrument Flight Operation Plan
• EPVC — EPIC pn Low Voltage Converter Unit
• FM — Frequency Modulator
• GINGA — Japanese X-Ray astronomy mission launched 1987
• CD — Complete Deficiency
• BIATEX — Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange of Pollutants (EUROTRAC)
• CAR — Cytokinetic Actomyosin Ring
• SIO — Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
• NDSTC — Naval Dive and Salvage Training Center
• HSPC — Human Subjects Protection Committee
• UOEAP — Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program
• MDR — Medical Device Reports
• TOBI — Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument
• ISI — Infrared Space Observatory
• CRI — Committee on Research Initiatives
• ITIR — Infrared Thermal Imaging Radiometer (renamed ASTER)
• SDOH — SOC Data Operations Handbook
• MICR — Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition
• ADC — Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
• PXS — XMM Project Spacecraft
• CA — Children Age
• HEDIS — Healthplan Employee Data and Information
• COHMEX — Cooperative Huntsville Meteorological Experiment
• IPA — Institute for Polyacryclate Sciences
• SCANSCAT — scanning scatterometer
• CC — Conventional Cytogenetic

• CSMP — Climate System Modeling Project
• ASTERIX — X-Ray astronomy data analysis package for Starlink ADAM environment
• MMDB — Mirror Metrology Database
• UARC — University Affiliated Research Center
• ACUNS — Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
• POL — Physician's Office Laboratory
• MEDMARC — Medical Device Material Assurance and Reinsurance Company, Ltd.
• JOIDES — Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
• IPF — Immediate Parameter File
• EMCH — EPIC MOS Focal Camera Head Unit
• HCPCS — Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
• APP — Abeta precursor protein
• CONUS — Continental U.S.
• PGO — Principal Guest Observer
• OBDH — On-Board Data Handler
• NWRI — National Water Research Institute (Canada)
• SIP — Scientific Operations Centre Implementation Plan
• ESOC — European Satellite Operation Centre
• ICU — Instrument Controller Unit
• POLDER — Polarization and Directionality of Reflectances
• IDOH — Instrument Data Operations Handbook
• TRC — The Research Corporation
• DMS — DiMethylSulphide
• PHA — Pulse Height Amplitude
• TSU — Tennessee State University
• UER — University-Emeriti Relations Committee
• WCSJ — World Conference of Science Journalists
• CAL — Calibration Access Layer
• RNLI — Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• CAT — Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
• WSAD — Websphere Studio Application Developer
• CVS — Concurrent Version System
• AI — Allele Imbalance
• EMCV — EPIC MOS Low Voltage Converter Unit
• BC — biotin carboxylase
• SOR — Standing Orders of the Regents
• WCPS — Women's Caucus for Political Science
• ISI — Institutes for Science and Innovation
• STSCI — Space Telescope Institute
• EPEA — EPIC p-n Event Analyser
• MST — Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere (Radar)
• DENIS — Deep Near-Infra-red Survey
• ANRHRD — Air, Noise and Radiation Health Research Division
• UCEI — UC Energy Institute
• HKD — Housekeeping Data
• NAS — National Academy of the Sciences
• SSID — Survey Science Interface Document
• ICS — Instrument Command Sequence
• SSD — Space Science Department
• ARF — An Ancillary Response File

• PIDAS — Portable Instantaneous Display and Analysis Spectrometer
• CFA — Centre for Astrophysics
• MSIM — Mirror Simulator
• JCMM — Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
• PIEAS — Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Appliead Sciences
• DPI — Derived Product Imagery
• HTR — High Time Resolution
• AD — Alzheimer Disease
• EPS — European Polar Satellite
• LQHUW — Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• UVPI — Ultraviolet Plume Instrument
• SA — Astrophysics Division
• AS — autologous serum
• COR — Council of Research
• XMCS — XMM MissionControl System
• EXSAS — Extended Scientific Analysis System
• UGAMP — Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme
• FTOOLS — FITS-based software utilities developed at GSFC
• DPS — Detector Power Supply
• EUCOMED — European Confederation of Medical Suppliers Associations
• CARE — Cholesterol and Recurrent Events
• MOS-1 — Marine Observation Satellite (Japan)
• CAL-ISI — California Institutes for Science & Innovation
• OSF1 — Open Systems Foundation brand of Unix
• EHWD — Enhanced Hot Water Drill
• OM1 — OM Telescope Unit
• SCARABE — Scanning Radiation Budget Experiment
• AE — Effective Area
• TIMEX — Time Multiplexer
• BD — Bone Density
• OBS — On-Board Software
• DAO — Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• SAG — Science Advisory Group
• SEC — Science Executive Committee of the IWG
• ISA — Institute for System Analysis
• TSTRP — Toxic Substance Research and Training Program
• MDC — Major Diagnostics Category
• SAS — Science Analysis Subsystem
• DPP — Digital Preprocessor
• UCO — UC Observatories
• DP — Data Products
• MD — Medium Frequency
• NEFCO — Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
• APM — Automatic Plate Measurement
• CC — Cleavable Complex
• PRF — Point Response Subsystem
• RGIT — Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology
• SORG — Stratospheric Ozone Review Group
• SCIAMACHY — SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter For Atmospheric CHartographY

• REACH — REmote Access to Circular History-files
• XSELECT — Data selection and binning tool, part of FTOOLS package
• OSC — Offline Satellite Calibration
• SLATEC — Sanida Los Alamos Technical Exchange Committee
• MM — Mirror Model
• BF — Bomb Factory
• COC — Council of Chancellors
• SMT — Software Maintenance Team
• ASA — Academic Staff Assembly
• NEJAC — National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• POS — Preferred Observation Schedule
• ERME — EPIC Radiation Monitor Electronics
• MVCA — Minnesota Venture Capital Association
• XSPEC — X-Ray spectral analysis package, part of XANADU
• PMS — Payload Monitoring Subsystem
• OPSNET — Operational Network
• RRA — ROSAT Results Archive
• UM — Unified Model
• SDM — SOC Development Manager
• OM2 — OM Digital Electronics Unit
• OSIM — OM Simulator
• PPS — XMM Pipeline Processing Subsystem
• DCR — Dedicated Control Room
• VILSPA — Villafranca Station at Villafranca del Castillo, Spain
• LOS — Loss of Signal
• ALPTRAC — High Alpine Aerosol and Snow Chemistry Study (EUROTRAC)
• SIMBAD — Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data
• APS — Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes
• POCE — Pantone Open Color Environment
• BS — Binary Star
• PHS — Proposal Handling Subsystem
• AT — The Ataxia Teleangiectasia
• UCOPE — University Committee on Preparatory Education
• AMS — Archive Management Subsystem
• USCOE — United States Corps of Engineers
• CSM — Comprehensive System Model
• RTA — Real-Time Analysis
• ASG — Accessory Sex Glands
• IPP — Instrument Programmable Parameter
• CI — chromosomal instability
• NSTX — Neosaxitoxin
• ISDN — Switching Digital Network
• STRATOZ — Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
• VISSR — Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES)
• SUPARCO — Space of Upper Atmosphere Research Committee
• GSITT — Segment Integration and Test Team
• CSIM — Cosmic Simulator
• DLESE — The Digital Library for Earth System Education
• D-E — Dermoepidermal
• CTTCA — California Technology Trade & Commerce Agency

• URGENT — Urban ReGeneration and the ENvironmenT
• CAN — California Articulation Number
• JPOP — Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
• IOTP — International Ozone Trands Panel
• SPEVAL — Spacecraft Evaluation System
• PSF — Planning Skeleton File
• ASF — Alaskan SAR Facility
• MNBIO — Minnesota Biotechnology
• PM — Protocol Machine
• CSI — Coastal Studies Institute (LSU)
• SQHUW — Small Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste
• TROPOZ — Tropospheric Ozone Expedition
• AL — Angiotropic lymphoma
• PMC — Pressure-Modulator Cell
• UWERN — University WEather Research Network
• CA — Cyclopiazonic Acid
• UT-BATTELLE — University of Tennessee-Battelle
• VIRTEM — Validation of IASI Radiative Transfer: Experiments and Modelling
• POC — Panel of Counselors
• SSRD — Specific Science Requirements Document
• XIMAGE — Image Display Package, part of XANADU
• CC — Condensed chromatin
• BC — Branhamella catarrhalis
• MA — Mirror Assembly
• TDF — Transaction Data File
• ODS — Observation Datafile Subsystem
• CMS — Control & Monitoring System
• EPCH — EPIC pn Focal Camera Head Unit
• HROI — High Resolution Optical Instrument
• CA — Colanic Acid
• DAP — Dual Admissions Program
• PMA — Premarket Application
• SOVT — System Operations Validation Tests
• RSIM — RGS Simulator
• SMM — Stratosphere Mesosphere Model
• SPACON — Spacecraft Controller
• SIRD — SOC Implementation Requirements Document
• UCOC — University Committee on Committees
• LEDPA — Least Environmental Damaging Plan Alternative
• SCIGETC — Science Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
• COC — Committee on Committees
• MSSL — Mullard Space Science Laboratory, College London
• XID — X-Ray Identification
• DC — Detector Controller (DXS)
• SSC — Survey Science Centre for XMM
• SPE — Solar Proton Event
• GT — Guaranteed Time
• CCC — California Community Colleges
• ISI — Institute for Scientific Information
• SIP — Short Implementation Plan

• BC — Bovine Conglutinin
• CPG — Calibration Proposal Generation
• CRF — Calibration Resource File
• PMR — Pressure Modulator Radiometer
• PIER — Public Interest Energy Research Program
• SUTI — Sensitive but Unclassified Technical Information
• MA — Medical Alley
• DPSST — Data Product Screening Software Team
• CC — Classical Cytogenetic
• UOSAT — University Of Surrey Satellite
• PI — Position Invariant
• PMU — Payload Monitoring Unit
• SOC — Science Operations Centre for XMM
• SCISIM — Science Simulator
• SS — Survey Scientist for XMM
• EARTHKAM — Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers
• PPM — Position and Proper Motion
• SPI — Spectrometer for INTEGRAL
• BSM — Baseline Spectroscopy
• SCC — Spacecraft Coordinates
• PST — Project Science Team
• MP — Mission Planning
• SIM — Simulation Section

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