Acronyms and Other Abbreviations
2-D
Two-dimensional
3-D
Three-dimensional
AEAP
Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Project
AESA
Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft
ACE
Aerosol Characterization Experiments (of the International Global Chemistry Programme)
ASHOE/MAESA
Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment and Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft programs
ATTAS
Advanced Technologies Testing Aircraft and Systems
CCN
Cloud condensation nuclei
GLOBE
Global Backscatter Experiment
GMI
Global Modeling Initiative
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IN
Ice nuclei
IUPAC
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
JPL
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MOZAIC
Measurements of Ozone by Airbus In-service Aircraft
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NMHC
Non-methane hydrocarbon
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
ONERA
Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales
PAEAN
NRC Panel on Atmospheric Effects of Aviation
PEM
Particle environment monitor
PI
Principal investigator
RH
Reactive hydrocarbon
SASS
Subsonic Assessment project
SONEX
SASS Ozone and NOx Experiment
SUCCESS
Subsonic Aircraft: Contrail and Cloud Effects Special Study
VOC
Volatile organic compound
WCRP
World Climate Research Programme