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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 1992. China and Global Change: Opportunities for Collaboration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2075.
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F Abbreviations and Acronyms


AMEX

Australian Monsoon Experiment

APARE

East Asia/North Pacific Regional Study

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer


BAHC

Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle


CAMS

Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

CAS

Chinese Academy of Sciences

CAST

Chinese Association of Science and Technology

CERN

Chinese Ecological Research Network

CFC

Chlorofluorocarbon

CHAASE

China and America Air-Sea Experiments

CH4

Methane

CISNAR

Commission for Integrated Survey of Natural Resources

CNCC

Chinese National Climate Committee

CNCIGBP

Chinese National Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program

COARE

Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Agreement

CODATA

Committee on Data for Science and Technology

CO2

Carbon dioxide

CRAES

Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 1992. China and Global Change: Opportunities for Collaboration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2075.
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CSCPRC

Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China


DIS

Data and Information Systems

DOE

Department of Energy (U.S.)


EAWEP

East Asia and Western Pacific

ENSO

El Niño Southern Oscillation

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)


GAIM

Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modeling

GCM

General Circulation Model

GCTE

Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems

GEWEX

Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

GIS

Geographic Information System

GMCC

Global Monitoring for Climate Change Laboratory


HEIFE

Sino-Japanese Atmosphere-Land Surface Processes Experiment

HD/GEC

Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change


ICSU

International Council of Scientific Unions

IGAC

International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program

IGBP

International Geosphere-Biosphere Program

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ISSC

International Social Science Council


JGOFS

Joint Global Ocean Flux Study


LASG

Laboratory of Numerical Modelling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

LOICZ

Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone

LREIS

Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information Systems

LTER

Long-Term Ecological Research


MAB

Man and the Biosphere Program

MFECS

Margin Flux in the East China Sea

MOA

Ministry of Agriculture

MOF

Ministry of Forestry

MOFA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MOGM

Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources

MOWR

Ministry of Water Resources

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 1992. China and Global Change: Opportunities for Collaboration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2075.
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NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NCCCG

National Climate Change Coordination Group

NDVI

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

NEPA

National Environmental Protection Agency (China)

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NO2

Nitrite

NOx

Nitrogen oxides

N2O

Nitrous oxide

NPP

Net Primary Productivity

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSFC

National Natural Science Foundation of China


O3

Ozone


PAGES

Past Global Changes

PC

Personal Computer

PEM

Pacific Exploratory Mission

PIXE

Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission


QA/QC

Quality Assurance and Quality Control


RCEES

Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences

RRC

Regional Research Center

RRN

Regional Research Network

RRS

Regional Research Site


SC-IGBP

Scientific Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program

SEDC

State Education Commission

SEPC

State Environmental Protection Commission

SMA

State Meteorological Administration

SOA

State Oceanographic Administration

SO2

Sulfur dioxide

SPC

State Planning Commission

SSTC

State Science and Technology Commission

START

System for Analysis, Research, and Training


TM

Thematic Mapper

TOGA

Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Research Council. 1992. China and Global Change: Opportunities for Collaboration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2075.
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UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNDP

United Nations Development Program

UNEP

United Nations Environment Program

UNESCO

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization


WCRP

World Climate Research Program

WDC

World Data Center

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

WOCE

World Ocean Circulation Experiment

Currency exchange rate used: $1=5.5 yuan.

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Given China's current and potential impacts on the global environment and the contributions Chinese science can make to global change research, China's full participation in international research programs dealing with global change is very important.

This book provides insights into how research priorities are determined and detailed information about institutional infrastructure, human resources, and other factors that will constrain or facilitate Chinese responses to and research on global change issues.

An overview of research relevant to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program and the World Climate Research Program is presented. Additionally, research in certain areas of atmospheric chemistry and physical and ecological interactions of the atmosphere and land surface are explored in further detail.

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