. "Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms." Precise Geodetic Infrastructure: National Requirements for a Shared Resource. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.
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Precise Geodetic Infrastructure: National Requirements for a Shared Resource
IGS International GNSS Service
ILRS International Laser Ranging Service
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ITRF International Terrestrial Reference Frame
IVS International VLBI Service
JERS-1 Japanese Earth Resources Satellite
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
kHz kiloHertz
LBS Location-Based Services
LEO Low-Earth Orbiting
LiDAR Light Detection and Ranging
LLR Lunar Laser Ranging
LoD Length of Day
MHHW Mean Higher High Water
MHW Mean High Water
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NAD27 North American Datum of 1927
NAD83 North American Datum of 1983
NAREF North American Reference Frame
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVD88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NCALM National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NGS National Geodetic Survey
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC National Research Council
NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NSF National Science Foundation
NSRS National Spatial Reference System
OGCMs Ocean General Circulation Models
PANGA Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array
PBO Plate Boundary Observatory
PGR Postglacial Rebound
PO.DAAC Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center