. "Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Methods to Support International Climate Agreements. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.
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Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Methods to Support International Climate Agreements
ICESat-II Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-II
ICOS Integrated Carbon Observation System
IEA International Energy Agency
INTEX/NA Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment—North America
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPPU industrial processes and product use
kWh kilowatt-hour
LDCM Landsat Data Continuity Mission lidar light detection and ranging
LUCF land-use change and forestry
MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
MOPITT Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere
Mt million tons
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOx nitrogen oxide
N2O nitrous oxide
NWP numerical weather prediction
O2 oxygen
OCO Orbiting Carbon Observatory
ORCA Oregon and California
OSSE Observation System Simulation Experiment
PFC perfluorocarbon
ppb parts per billion
ppm parts per million
ppt parts per trillion
REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
SAR synthetic aperture radar
SCIAMACHY Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography
SF6 sulfur hexafluoride
SMAP Soil Moisture Active-Passive
SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave Imager
SWDS solid waste disposal site
TCCON Total Carbon Column Observing Network
TES Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer
Tg million metric tons
TRACE-P Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change