Appendix F
Acronyms
ADC
Astronomical Data Center
ASF
Alaska SAR Facility
CFC
chlorofluorocarbon
CIO
chief information officer
COTS
commercial off-the-shelf
CSIO
chief science information officer
DAAC
Distributed Active Archive Center
ECS
EOSDIS Core System
EDC
EROS Data Center
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOSDIS
Earth Observing System Data and Information System
ESE
Earth Science Enterprise
ESIP
Earth Science Information Partner
FFARS
Food and Fiber Applications of Remote Sensing
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
GALEX
Galaxy Evolution Explorer
GLOBE
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
GSFC
Goddard Space Flight Center
HEASARC
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
HST
Hubble Space Telescope
IRSA
Infrared Science Archive
LaRC
Langley Research Center
MAST
Multi-mission Archive at Space Telescope
MGS
Mars Global Surveyor
NARA
National Archives and Records Administration
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NED
NASA/Infrared Processing and Analysis Center Extragalactic Database
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSSDC
National Space Science Data Center
NVO
National Virtual Observatory
OAIS
Open Archival Information System
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
OSS
Office of Space Science
PDS
Planetary Data System
PI
principal investigator
PO.DAAC
physical oceanography DAAC
R&DA
research and data analysis
RESAC
Regional Earth Science Applications Centers
RPIF
Regional Planetary Image Facility
SCF
science computing facility
SDAC
Solar Data Analysis Center
SEDAC
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
SEEDS
Strategic Evolution of ESE Data Systems
SIRTF
Space Infrared Telescope Facility
TOMS
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
TRMM
Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
