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PAPERBACK list:$34.00 Web:$30.60 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales Other Related Titles Enhancing NASA's Contributions to Polar Science: A Review of Polar Geophysical Data Sets (2001) National Research Council (NRC) Polar Research Board (PRB) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 107   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Page 107 APPENDIX A Acronyms and Initialisms ACSYS Arctic Climate System Study ADEOS-II Japan's Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II AHAP Alaska High-Altitude Aerial Photography AIRS/AMSU Atmospheric Infrared Sounder/Andvanced Microwave Sounding Unit AMM-2 Antarctic Mapping Mission 2 – Radarsat mapping devoted to interferometry AMSR-E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer E AQUA NASA's second Earth Observing System Platform (TERRA is the first) ARCSS Arctic System Science ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE Archive) ASF Alaska SAR Facility ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ATSR Along-Track Scanning Radiometer on ERS-1 AVHRR Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer AVNIR Advance Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer AWS Automated Weather Station BALTEX Baltic Sea Experiment (A GEWEX continental scale experiment) BEDMAP project collecting all ice thickness data of Antarctica BOREAS Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Page 107 Front Matter (R1-R14) Executive Summary (1-14) 1. Introduction (15-20) 2. Overview of NASA Data Sets (21-43) 3. Science -Driving Questions: The Polar Regions in the Context of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (44-71) 4. Assessment (72-94) 5. Conclusions and Recommendations (95-103) References (104-106) Appendix A: Acronyms and Initialisms (107-110) Appendix B: Data Sets Survey (111-120) Appendix C: Biosketches of the Committee's Members (121-124)

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Page 107 APPENDIX A Acronyms and Initialisms ACSYS Arctic Climate System Study ADEOS-II Japan's Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II AHAP Alaska High-Altitude Aerial Photography AIRS/AMSU Atmospheric Infrared Sounder/Andvanced Microwave Sounding Unit AMM-2 Antarctic Mapping Mission 2 – Radarsat mapping devoted to interferometry AMSR-E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer E AQUA NASA's second Earth Observing System Platform (TERRA is the first) ARCSS Arctic System Science ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE Archive) ASF Alaska SAR Facility ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ATSR Along-Track Scanning Radiometer on ERS-1 AVHRR Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer AVNIR Advance Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer AWS Automated Weather Station BALTEX Baltic Sea Experiment (A GEWEX continental scale experiment) BEDMAP project collecting all ice thickness data of Antarctica BOREAS Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

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Page 108 BSRN Baseline Surface Radiation Network CIRES Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences CLIC Climate and Cryosphere program CRYOSAT European mission to measure sea ice using interferometry starting in 2002 DAAC Distributed Active Archive Center DISP Defense Intelligence Satellite Program DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DOD Department of Defense ECMWF European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts ENSO El Nino Southern Oscillation ENVISAT European multi-sensor satellite, follow on to the ERS satellites EOS Earth Observing System EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System ERBE Earth Radiation Budget Experiment EROS Earth Resources Observations Systems ERS European Earth Remote Sensing Satellite ESA European Space Agency ESE Earth Science Enterprise (NASA) FIRE-ACE First ISCCP Regional Experiment–Arctic Cloud Experiment FLUXNET Global CO2 Flux Network FY Fiscal Year GEOSAT US Navy satellite that measures sea surface height with radar altimeter GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment GISP2 Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 GLAS Geoscience Laser Altimeter System G1I Global Imager GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GPCP Global Precipitation Climatology Project GPS Global Positioning System GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center GTOPO30 Global 30 Arc-Second Elevation Data Set GVAP Global Water Vapor Project HARC Human Dimensions of the Arctic System

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Page 109 HIRS High-Resolution Infrared Sounder ICESAT NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite IKONOS A 1-2 m resolution commercial satellite ILAS Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer IMG Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IR Infrared ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project ISLSCP International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project JERS Japanese Earth Remote-Sensing Satellite JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory LAII Land-Atmosphere-Ice-Interactions LANDSAT A series of US satellites carrying visible, near-IR, and thermal IR imagers LMD Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique MAGS Mackenzie GEWEX Study MISR Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSU Microwave Sounding Unit MTPE Mission to Planet Earth (renamed Earth Science Enterprise) NAO/AO North Atlantic Oscillation/Arctic Oscillation NASA National Aeronautic and Space Administration NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPOESS National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System NPP NPOESS Preparatory Project NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center NSF National Science Foundation OAII Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice-Interactions OCTS Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner PALE Paleoclimates of Arctic Lakes and Estuaries PAR Photosynthetically Active Radiation PARCA RadarSat Antarctic Mapping Project, Snow and Hydrology Group, Program for Arctic Climate Input Assessment

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Page 110 PARCS Paleoenvironments of the Arctic System PBL Planetary Boundary Layer PO.DAAC Physical Oceanography DAAC (JPL) POLDER Polarization and Directionality of Earth's Reflectances POLES Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface PI Principal Investigator PROBA Project for On-Board Autonomy PSU Practical Salinity Units QSCAT NASA's Quick Scatterometer RADARSAT Canadian Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite RAMP RADARSAT Antarctic Mapping Project RGPS RadarSat Geophysical Processing System SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar SASS Subsonic Assessment ScaRab Scanner for Radiation Budget SEASAT Sea Satellite SEAWIFS Sea-Viewing Wide-Field-of-View Sensor SHEBA Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic project SIMS Synthesis, Integration, and Modeling Project of NSF-ARCSS SMMR Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer SMOs Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity SPOT Satellite por l'Observation Terre (French earth observation satellites) SRB Surface Radiation Budget SSH Sea Surface Height SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave/Imager SSS Sea Surface Salinity SST Sea Surface Temperature T/P NASA-ERS Topex/Poseidon Satellite TERRA NASA's Earth Observing System first multi-sensor platform TIROS Television Infrared Observing Satellite TOA Top of Atmosphere TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer TOVS TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder WCRP World Climate Research Program WDC World Data Center WMO World Meteorological Organization

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