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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11281.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations


ACRIM

Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor

APS

Advanced Polarimetric Sensor


CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CCSP

Climate Change Science Program

CDR

climate data record

CFC

chlorofluorocarbon

CMIS

Conical Scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder


EOS

Earth Observing System

ERB

Earth Radiation Budget

ERBS

Earth Radiation Budget Satellite

ESSP

Earth System Science Pathfinder


FY

fiscal year


GEOSS

Global Earth Observing System of Systems

GIFTS

Geostationary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

GOES-R

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (the next generation of GOES satellites)

GPM

Global Precipitation Measurement (mission)

GPS

Global Positioning System

GRACE

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment


IBEX

Interstellar Boundary Experiment

InSAR

interferometric synthetic aperture radar

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11281.
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IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change


JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory


LDCM

Landsat Data Continuity Mission

lidar

light detection and ranging (laser radar)


MTPE

Mission to Planet Earth


NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NPOESS

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NPP

NPOESS Preparatory Program

NRC

National Research Council

NSCAT

NASA Scatterometer


OCO

Orbiting Carbon Observatory

OLI

Operational Land Imager

OSTM

Ocean Surface Topography Mission

OSTP

Office of Science and Technology Policy


R&A

research and analysis


SLC

scan line corrector

SORCE

Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment

SPARCLE

Space Readiness Coherent Lidar Experiment


TIM

Total Irradiance Monitor

TRMM

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission


USGS

U.S. Geological Survey


WMO

World Meteorological Organization

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11281.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11281.
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The Earth is a dynamic planet whose changes and variations affect our communications, energy, health, food, housing, and transportation infrastructure. Understanding these changes requires a range of observations acquired from a variety of land-, sea-, air-, and space-based platforms. To assist NASA, NOAA, and the USGS develop these tools, the NRC was asked by these agencies to carry out a decadal strategy survey of Earth science and applications from space. In particular, the study is to develop the key scientific questions on which to focus Earth and environmental observations in the period 2005-2015, and a prioritized list of space programs, missions, and supporting activities to address these questions. This interim report outlines a key element of the study—the rationale for tying Earth observations to societal need—and identifies urgent near-term actions needed to achieve this goal. A final report, due in late 2006, will provide the list of recommended space missions, programs, and supporting.

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