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Abbreviations and Acronyms CDIAC Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center CEES Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences CGD Committee on Geophysical Data CODMAC Committee on Data Management and Computation, Space Studies Board EOS Earth Observing System EOSDIS . . . Earth Observing System Data and Information System EROS Earth Resources Observation System IAC Information Analysis Center IWG Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change JEDA Joint Environmental Data Analysis Center NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research NCDC National Climatic Data Center NESDIS '.' National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service NGDC National Geophysical Data Center NIS National Information System NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NODC National Oceanographic Data Center NODS NASA Ocean Data System NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center NSSDC National Space Science Data Center PDS Planetary Data System USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program WDC World Data Center
