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PAPERBACK price:$21.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Basin Other Related Titles Scientific Data for Decision Making Toward Sustainable Development: Senegal River Basin Case Study -- Summary of a Workshop (2003) Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format 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. Citation Manager Uhlir, Paul F.. "Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms." Scientific Data for Decision Making Toward Sustainable Development: Senegal River Basin Case Study -- Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003. Please select a format: Page 54   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore 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. Appendix D Acronyms and Initialisms ABN Autorité du Bassin du Niger AGRHYMET Regional Center for Training in Agriculture, Hydrology, and Meteorology AMSU Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CILSS Comité Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse au Sahel CODATA Committee on Data for Science and Technology CONSERE Conseil Supérieur des Ressources Naturelles et de l’Environnement CRODT Centre de Recherches Océanographiques Dakar-Thiaroye CSE Centre de Suivi Ecologique EIS environmental information system ENDA Environment and Development Action in the Third World EROS Earth Resources Observation Systems FEWS NET Famine Early Warning System Network GEF Global Environment Facility GIS geographic information system GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GRF Global River Floodplains project GTS Global Telecommunications System GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit Page 54 Front Matter (R1-R12) 1 Introduction (1-3) 2 The Senegal River Basin and Related Data Sources (4-13) 3 Summary of Presentations on Scientific Data for Decision Making (14-29) 4 Summary Issues Raised by the Participants at the Workshop (30-34) Appendix A: Site Visits and Workshop Agendas (35-42) Appendix B: List of Workshop Participants (43-48) Appendix C: Contact Information on Selected Scientific Data Sources (49-53) Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms (54-56)

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Appendix D Acronyms and Initialisms ABN Autorité du Bassin du Niger AGRHYMET Regional Center for Training in Agriculture, Hydrology, and Meteorology AMSU Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CILSS Comité Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse au Sahel CODATA Committee on Data for Science and Technology CONSERE Conseil Supérieur des Ressources Naturelles et de l’Environnement CRODT Centre de Recherches Océanographiques Dakar-Thiaroye CSE Centre de Suivi Ecologique EIS environmental information system ENDA Environment and Development Action in the Third World EROS Earth Resources Observation Systems FEWS NET Famine Early Warning System Network GEF Global Environment Facility GIS geographic information system GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GRF Global River Floodplains project GTS Global Telecommunications System GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit

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ICSU International Council for Science IRD Institut Français de Recherche pour le Développement ISRA Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles IUCN World Conservation Union MODIS Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectrometer NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration OMVG Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Gambie OMVS Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sénégal PASIE Programme d’Atténuation et de Suivi des Impacts sur l’Environnement de l’OMVS RFE rainfall estimation S&T scientific and technical SAED Société d’Aménagement et d’Exploitation du Delta du Fleuve Sénégal SFM streamflow model SOGED Société de Gestion et d’Exploitation de Diama SOGEM Société de Gestion de l’Energie de Manantali SONADER Société Nationale de Développement Rural SPOT Système Probatoire pour l’Observation de la Terre SRB Senegal River basin SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave/Imager SST sea surface temperature STI scientific and technical information TDR Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme USAID United States Agency for International Development USNC United States National Committee WCD World Commission on DamsWHO World Health Organization

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