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KML
— Keyhole Markup Language
N/A
— Not Applicable
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
XML
— Extensible Markup Language
FTP
— File Transfer Protocol
CPU
— Central Processing Unit
L0
— Level 0
PDF
— Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
API
— Application Programming Interface
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
QC
— Quality Control
WRT
— "With respect to", especially in fields such as Mathematics.
RF
— Radio Frequency
ISO
— International Organization for Standardization
ICD
— Interface Control Document
TBD
— To Be Determined
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
GPS
— Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
GIS
— Geographic Information System
QA
— Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
CDR
— Critical Design Review
VCDU
— Virtual Channel Data Unit
PDR
— Preliminary Design Review
RAM
— random-access memory
ESA
— European Space Agency
TBC
— To Be Confirmed
NCR
— Non-Conformance Report
ITU
— International Telecommunication Union
IR
— Infrared
CRC
— Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
I/O
— Input/Output
CSA
— Canadian Space Agency
EC
— European Commission
BER
— Bit-Error Rate
ROI
— Region of Interest
NOAA
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
QA4EO
— Quality Assurance for Earth Observation
O-SPS
— Optical System Performance Simulator
COTS
— Commercial Off the Shelf Software
EMC
— Electromagnetic Compatibility
GAMME
— GMES Harmonisation in a Multi Mission Environment
JPEG
— Joint Photographic Experts Group (24-bit image storage format)
RMS
— root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
IDE
— Integrated Development Environment
RSS
— Root Sum Square
IFOV
— Instantaneous Field Of View
CSS
— Cascade Style Sheet
AU
— Astronomical Unit
AATSR
— Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
CCSDS
— Consultative/Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
DL
— Dimensionless
IF
— Intermediate Frequency
PRF
— Pulse Repetition Frequency
AOCS
— Attitude and Orbit Control System
NASA
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
DDD
— Detailed Design Document
SAR
— synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
I/F
— Interface
LAC
— Local Area Coverage
ITRF
— International Terrestrial Reference Frame
S/W
— Software
NTFS
— New Technology File System
XSD
— XML Schema Definition
SPM
— Suspended Particulate Matter
PAR
— Photosynthetically Active Radiation
UTM
— Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System)
MRD
— mission requirements document
MMI
— Man-Machine Interface
JRC
— Joint Research Centre
TIFF
— Tag Image File Format
EGSE
— Electrical Ground Support Equipment
SRR
— System Requirements Review
SPA
— Software Product Assurance
UV
— Ultra Violet
VC
— Virtual Channel
LSB
— least-significant byte
QI
— Quality Indicator
RCP
— Rich Client Platform
RTC
— Real Time Clock
GFDL
— Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
NIR
— Near Infrared
SDP
— Software Development Plan
AD
— Applicable Document
BOL
— Beginning of Life
ITS-90
— International Temperature Scale of 1990
HDF
— Hierarchical Data Format
DEM
— Digital Elevation Model
RD
— Reference Document
VIS
— Visible
EDAC
— Error Detection And Correction
UCAR
— University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
NRT
— near real time
GAC
— Global Area Coverage
CEOS
— Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
TS
— Technical Specification
SZA
— Solar Zenith Angle
SPOT
— Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
DWH
— Data Warehouse
TM
— Telemetry
S/C
— Spacecraft
SST
— Sea surface temperature
UML
— Unified Modelling Language
GNSS
— Global Navigation Satellite System
AOD
— Aerosol Optical Depth
MERIS
— Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
TC
— Telecommand
SEU
— Single Event Upset
SUM
— Software User Manual
SVP
— Software Verification Plan
RAL
— Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
APID
— Application Identification
CFI
— Customer Furnished Item
OZA
— Observation-Zenith Angle
SI
— Systeme International
GDR
— Geophysical Data Record
MODIS
— Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
SEAWIFS
— Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
MTF
— Modulation transfer function.
SME
— Small to Medium-sized Enterprise
TT&C
— Telemetry, Tracking and Command
RA
— Radar Altimeter (R/A Preferred)
SUHET
— Sentinel User Handbook and Exploitation Tools
LUT
— Look Up Table
PSF
— Point Spread Function
MWR
— Microwave Radiometer
LWIR
— Long-Wave Infrared
TAI
— Temps Atomique International
ICRF
— International Celestial Reference Frame
SVF
— Software Validation Facility
H/W
— Hardware
LAI
— Leaf Area Index
SPS
— System Performance Simulator
WGS
— World Geodetic System
RPE
— Relative Pointing Error
DAP
— Data Access Protocol
ETM
— Enhanced Thematic Mapper
EO
— Earth Observation
JAI
— Java Advanced Imaging
SWIR
— Short Wave Infrared
SLR
— Satellite Laser Ranging
ISPRS
— International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
MLE
— Maximum likelihood estimation
VV
— Vertical Transmit, Vertical Receive
GCP
— Ground Control Point
COV
— Coefficient of Variation
NETCDF
— Network Common Data Format
L1
— Level 1
MPPT
— Maximum Power Point Tracker
USO
— UltraStable Oscillator
FOS
— Flight Operations Segment
FOV
— Field-Of-View
DVP
— Design and Verification Plan
DJR
— Design Justification File
URD
— User Requirement Document
UTC
— Universal Time Code
L2
— Level 2
GODAE
— Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment
GEOTIFF
— Geographic Tagged Image File Format
EW
— Extra-Wide Swath
SSH
— Sea Surface Height
NEDT
— Noise Equivalent Differential Temperature
PA
— Product Assurance
TOPSAR
— Terrain Observation with Progressive Scans SAR
MTCI
— MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index
DDF
— Design Definition File
BEAM VISAT
— BEAM Visualisation and Analysis Tool
QR
— Qualification Review
HH
— Horizontal Transmit, Horizontal Receive
AIL
— Action Item List
GDEM
— Global Digital Elevation Model
GEO
— Group on Earth Observations
GSCDA
— GMES Space Component Data Access
VH
— Vertical Transmit, Horizontal Receive
BBOX
— Bounding Box
CRAAS
— Centralized Routing Authentication and Authorisation Service
CFS
— Canadian Forest Service
OBT
— On-Board Time
EUMETSAT
— European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
PF-SC
— Processing Facility - Stand-alone Chain
ARGANS
— Applied Research in Geomatics, Atmosphere, Nature and Space
SLSTR
— Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer
JAR
— Java archive file
ISVV
— Independent Software Verification and Validation
TSM
— Total Suspended Matter
HV
— Horizontal Transmit, Vertical Receive
TVC
— Thermal Vacuum Chamber
GRD
— Ground Range Detected
ESLS
— Expert Support Laboratories
OAIS
— Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System
UTF
— Uniform Transformation Format
CDS-SPR
— CDS System Performance and Reporting
VISCAL
— Visible Calibration
EEE
— Electrical Electronic and Electromechanical
L3
— Level 3
POO
— Position On Orbit
COSA
— Camera Optical Sub Assembly
SWH
— significant wave height
XSVE
— X-band Subsystem Validation Equipment
POD
— Precise Orbit Determination
FAPAR
— Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
VAL
— Validation
AIT
— Assembly, Integration, and Testing
CDH
— Control and Data Handling
VNIR
— Visible and Near Infra-Red
ATBD
— Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document
LRR
— Laser Retro-Reflector
ADD
— Architecture Design Document
NDSI
— Normalised Difference Snow Index
EEPROM
— Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory
NEDL
— Noise Equivalent Differential Luminance
FTS
— Fast Track Service
PCD
— Product Confidence Data
ART
— Absolute Reference Time
VCID
— Virtual Channel Identifier
NLW
— Normalised Water-leaving Radiance
SMU
— Satellite Management Unit
ACP
— Atmospheric Correction Processor
GMES
— Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
FPA
— Focal Plane Assembly
AIV
— Assembly Integration and Verification
CDHS
— Control and Data Handling Subsystem
TVT
— Thermal Vacuum Test
PF
— Processing Facility
CDS-PPE
— CDS Post Processing Element
MR
— Medium Resolution
IOCR
— In Orbit Commissioning Review
ECSS
— European Cooperation for Space Standardisation
VGT
— Level 2 continuation of SPOT VEGETATION products
CDS
— Coordinated Data access System
VIMS
— Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
TB
— Thermal Balance
CLI
— Command-Line Interface
TMM
— Thermal Mathematical Model
CDS-CI
— CDS Core Infrastructure
TAS-F
— Thales Alenia Space - France
COARDS
— Cooperative Ocean/Atmosphere Research Data Service
SPF
— Single Point Failure
ESRIN
— ESA Centre for Earth Observation
DAM
— Data Access Management
OLCI
— Ocean and Land Colour Instrument
SISTER
— Scanning Infrared Sea surface Temperature Radiometer
COG
— centre of gravity
SRAL
— Synthetic Aperture Radar Altimeter
S-3
— Sentinel-3
GSPS
— GMES Service Projects
FR
— Full Resolution
ISAR
— Infrared SST Autonomous Radiometer
FRP
— Fire Radiative Power
SAFE
— Standard Archive Format for Europe
BT
— brightness temperature
PDS
— Payload Data Segment
ADF
— Auxiliary Data Files
ANX
— Ascending Node Crossing
RSL
— Reference Slant Range
CCS
— Command and Control Subsystem
QWG
— Quality Working Group
GRDM
— Ground Range Detected Multilooked
NOMAD
— NASA Bio-optical Marine Algorithm Data Set
NSSDC
— National Space Science Data Centre
UKMO
— UK Met Office
MERSEA
— Marine Environment and Security for the European Area Integrated project
ECMWF
— European Centre for MediumRange Weather Forecasting
VIRTIS
— Visible and IR Thermal Imaging Spectrometer
IDEAS
— Instrument Data Quality Evaluation and Analysis Service
LST
— Land Surface Temperature
MSI
— Multi-Spectral imaging Instrument
ADS
— Auxiliary Data Set
CDS-SCI
— CDS Services Coordinated Interface
FBDAQ
— Flexible Dynamic Block Adaptive Quantization
IODD
— Input Output Data Definition Document
DAT
— Display and Analysis Tool
NAVATT
— Navigation and Attitude
S-1
— Sentinel-1
CDOM
— Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter
NCML
— netCDF Markup Language
EE
— Earth Explorer
GPM
— Generic Product Model
RSTB
— RADARSAT-2 Toolbox
BOA
— Bottom of Atmosphere
AME
— Absolute Measurement Error
COSAR
— Complex SAR
PDGS
— Payload Data Ground Segment
SV
— State Vector
NDVI
— Normalised Difference Vegetation Index
SWA
— Scrambling Window Assembly
MWIR
— Medium Wave Infrared
TDS
— Test Data Set
TRP
— Temperature Reference Point
OTCI
— OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index
OC
— Ocean Colour
GHRSST
— GODAE High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
SSP
— Sub-Satellite Point
SLC
— Single Look Complex
EOQC
— Earth Observation Quality Control
LRA
— Laser Retro-reflector Array
TNS
— Technical Notes
SRDF
— Spectral Region Distribution Function
NTC
— non time critical
PDU
— Product Data Units
CRR
— Computing Resources Requirements
MPC
— Mission Performance Centres
DIL
— Deliverable Item Status List
EPM
— Earth Pointing Mode
TPD
— Test Procedures Document
SSD
— Spatial Sampling Distance
GIIG-ICD
— Generic IPF Interface Guidelines
SPH
— Specific Product Header
GCMS
— GMES Contributing Missions
GSE
— GMES Service Element
DND
— Canadian Department of National Defence
MPH
— Main Product Header
BEAM
— Basic Envisat AATSR and MERIS Toolbox
RB
— Requirement Baseline
HR
— High Resolution
THREDDS
— Thematic Realtime Environmental Distributed Data Service
AL
— Along Track
TOA
— Top Of Atmosphere
S-2
— Sentinel-2
OE
— Optimal Estimation
VAM
— Video Acquisition Module
SVR
— Software Validation Report
PDL
— Parameters Data List
LRM
— Low Resolution Mode
BEST
— Basic Envisat SAR Toolbox
BC
— Brockmann Consult GmbH
GPF
— Graph Processing Framework
NVRAM
— Non-Volatile RAM
PT
— Product Tree
DLR
— Germany's national research centre for aeronautics and space
OWI
— Ocean WInd field
TPM
— Third Party Mission
OGVI
— OLCI Global Vegetation Index
WV
— Wave Mode
RVL
— surface Radial VeLocity
MGVI
— MERIS Global Vegetation Index
CDM
— Coloured Dissolved Matter
STC
— Short Time Critical
OSW
— Ocean SWell spectra
MIRI
— Mid Infra-Red Instrument
MSS
— Mean Sea Surface
DPM
— Detailed Processing Model document
CDL
— netCDF Common Data Language
OEU
— OLCI Electronic Unit
SSB
— Sea State Bias
GIM
— Geocoded Incidence angle Mask
SAA
— Sun Azimuth Angle
RR
— Reduced Resolution
QP
— Quad-Polarization
MTL
— Mission Timeline
IPF
— Instrument Processing Facility
TDD
— Test Definition Document
OAA
— Observational Azimuth Angle
CQC
— Coordinated Quality Control
DP
— Dual Polarisation
ISP
— Instrument Source Packet
GSC
— GMES Space Component
RAR
— Range Ambiguity Ratio
ACE
— Altimeter Corrected Elevation Model
SSA
— Spatial Sampling Angle
CF
— Climate Format
NEST
— Next ESA SAR Toolbox
PH
— Product Handbook
QL
— Qualification Load
SM
— Stripmap
IW
— Interferometric Wideswath
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