ACE |
Aerosol-Cloud-Ecosystems |
AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
AVIRIS |
Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer |
BOUSSOLE |
Bouée pour l’acquisition de Séries Optiques à Long Terme |
CALIPSO |
Cloud-Aerosol LIDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation |
CCI |
Climate Change Initiative |
CCMA |
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment |
CDOM |
Colored Dissolved Organic Matter |
CDR |
Climate Data Records |
CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
CHIRP |
Commercially Hosted InfraRed Payload |
CMA |
China Meteorological Administration |
CNES |
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales |
CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
COCTS |
Chinese Ocean Colour and Temperature Scanner |
COMS |
Communications Oceanography and Meteorology Satellite |
CONUS |
Contiguous United States |
CWI |
Coastal Waters Imaging |
CZCS |
Coastal Zone Color Scanner |
CZI |
Coastal Zone Imager |
DOC |
Dissolved Organic Carbon |
DOD |
Department of Defense |
ECV |
Essential Climate Variables |
EDR |
Environmental Data Record |
ENSO |
El Niño Southern Oscillation |
ENVISAT |
Environmental Satellite |
EOS |
Earth Observing System |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ESL |
Expert Support Laboratory |
FOV |
Field-Of-View |
GCOM |
Global Change Observation Mission |
GCOM-C |
Global Change Observation Mission for Climate Research |
GCOS |
Global Climate Observing System |
GEO |
Geostationary Earth Orbit |
GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
GEOCAPE |
Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events |
GHRSST |
Group for High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature |
GLAS |
Geoscience Laser Altimeter System |
GLI |
Global Imager |
GMES |
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security |
GOCI |
Geostationary Ocean Color Imager |
GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
GOES-R |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite “R” Series |
GSD |
Ground Sample Distance |
GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
GUM |
Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement |
HAB |
Harmful Algal Bloom |
HICO |
Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean |
HyspIRI |
Hyperspectral Infrared Imager |
IFA |
Integrated Filter Assembly |
IOC |
Initial Operational Configuration |
IOCCG |
International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group |
IOP |
Inherent Optical Properties |
IPO |
Integrated Program Office |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
ISRO |
Indian Space Research Organization |
ITAR |
International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
JAXA |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
JPSS |
Joint Polar Satellite System |
LED |
Light-Emitting Diodes |
LEO |
Low Earth Orbit |
LIDAR |
LIght Detection And Ranging |
LMR |
Living Marine Resources |
MERIS |
Medium-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
MERSI |
Medium Resolution Spectral Imager |
MOBY |
Marine Optical Buoy |
MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
MTF |
Modulation Transfer Function |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCDC |
National Climate Data Center |
NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |
NGAS |
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems |
NIR |
Near-Infrared |
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOMAD |
NASA bio-Optical Marine Algorithm Dataset |
NOS |
National Ocean Service |
NPOESS |
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
NPP |
NPOESS Preparatory Project |
NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
NRT |
Near-Real Time |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
OBB |
Ocean Biology and Biochemistry |
OBPG |
Ocean Biology Processing Group |
OCM |
Ocean Colour Monitor |
OCM-2 |
Ocean Colour Monitor on-board Oceansat-2 |
OCR |
Ocean Color Radiance |
OCR-VC |
Ocean Colour Radiometry Virtual Constellation |
OCTS |
Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner |
OES |
Ocean Ecology Spectrometer |
OLCI |
Ocean Land Colour Instrument |
ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
OOB |
Out-of-Band |
PACE |
Pre-Aerosol-Clouds-Ecosystems |
PAR |
Photosynthetically Available Radiance |
PIC |
Particulate Inorganic Carbon |
POC |
Particulate Organic Carbon |
POLDER |
Polarization and Directionality of the Earth’s Reflectances |
PRISM |
Portable Remote Imaging SpectroMeter |
R&D |
Research and Development |
RSR |
Relative Spectral Response |
RT |
Radiative Transfer |
RTE |
Radiative Transfer Equation |
SAB |
Scientific Advisory Board |
SCIAMACHY |
SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CartograpHY |
SEADAS |
SeaWiFS Data Analysis System |
SeaWiFS |
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
SIMBIOS |
Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies |
S-GLI |
Second-Generation Global Imager |
SNR |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
SOA |
State Ocean Administration |
SST |
Sea Surface Temperature |
SWIR |
Short Wave Infrared |
TOA |
Top of Atmosphere |
TZCF |
Transition Zone Chlorophyll Front |
USAF |
U.S. Air Force |
UV |
Ultraviolet |
VIIRS |
Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite |
VIS |
Visible Spectrum |
VNR |
Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer |