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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2002. Toward New Partnerships In Remote Sensing: Government, the Private Sector, and Earth Science Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10500.
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Acronyms


ASTER

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer


CBERS

China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite


DOD

Department of Defense


ENVISAT

Environmental Satellite

EOS

Earth Observing System

EOSAT

Earth Observation Satellite Company

EROS

Earth Resources Observation Systems

ERS

European Remote Sensing Satellite

ESA

European Space Agency

ETM

Enhanced Thematic Mapper

ETM+

Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus

EUMETSAT

European Meteorological Satellite Organization


IRS

Indian Remote Sensing Satellite

ISRO

Indian Space Research Organization

ITAR

International Traffic in Arms Regulations


MISR

Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer

MODIS

Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2002. Toward New Partnerships In Remote Sensing: Government, the Private Sector, and Earth Science Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10500.
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MS

Multispectral

MSS

Multispectral Scanner


NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NEMO

Naval EarthMap Observer

NIMA

National Imagery and Mapping Agency

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPOESS

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NRC

National Research Council

NSTC

National Science and Technology Council


OMB

Office of Management and Budget


Pan

Panchromatic

PD

Presidential Directive

PDD

Presidential Decision Directive


R&D

research and development

RBV

Return Beam Vidicon


SAR

synthetic aperture radar

SDB

Science Data Buy

SeaWiFS

Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor

SIMBIOS

Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies

SPIN-2

A trademark for Russian digital ortho-rectified geocoded 2-meter-resolution satellite imagery data

SPOT

System pour l’Observation de la Terre

SSB

Space Studies Board

SWIR

short-wavelength infrared


TM

Thematic Mapper

TIR

thermal infrared


USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2002. Toward New Partnerships In Remote Sensing: Government, the Private Sector, and Earth Science Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10500.
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The technical, scientific, policy, and institutional environment for conducting Earth science research has been changing rapidly over the past few decades. Changes in the technical environment are due both to the advent of new types and sources of remote sensing data, which have higher spatial and spectral resolution, and to the development of vastly expanded capabilities in data access, visualization, spatial data integration, and data management. The scientific environment is changing because of the strong emphasis on global change research, both nationally and internationally, and the evolving data requirements for that research. And the policy and institutional environment for the production of Earth observation data is changing with the diversification of both remote sensing data and the institutions that produce the data. In this report, the Space Studies Board's Steering Committee on Space Applications and Commercialization explores the implications of this changing environment, examining the opportunities and challenges it presents.

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