APPENDIX B
Acronyms
ABLE
Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition
AGU
American Geophysical Union
AIRI
All-India Rainfall Index
AMIP
Atmospheric Model Inter-Comparison Project
ARCSS
Arctic systems science
ARM
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program
ARS*
USDA Agricultural Research Service
ASTER
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AVIRIS
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
BAHC
Biological Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle Core Project
BASC
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
BOREAS
Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study
BSD
Board on Sustainable Development
CCM2
Community Climate Model
CCN
cloud condensation nuclei
CENR
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
CERES
Cloud and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (NASA)
CFCs
chlorofluorocarbons
CGCR
Committee on Global Change Research
CHAMMP
Computer Hardware and Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics
CIPEC
Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change
CLIMAP
Climate Mapping, Analysis, and Prediction Group
CLIVAR
Program for Climate Variability and Predictability
CMIP
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
COADS
Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
CODMAC
Committee on Data Management and Computation
COFUR
costs of filling user requests
COHMAP
Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project
COWL
cold oceans and warm land
CRREL*
DOD Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
CSREES*
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
CTD
conductivity-temperature-depth
CZCS
coastal zone color scanner
DAAC
Data Acquisition and Archive Center
DIC
dissolved inorganic carbon
DIVERSITAS
IUBS-SCOPE-UNESCO Programme on Biodiversity
DMS
dimethyl sulfide
DMSP
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DOC
dissolved organic carbon
DOD*
U.S. Department of Defense
DOE*
U.S. Department of Energy
DOI*
U.S. Department of the Interior
ECMWF
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting
ENSO
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOSDIS
EOS Data and Information System
EPA*
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERS*
USDA Economic Research Service
ESA
European Space Agency
ES*
NASA Earth Science
ESSC
Earth System Sciences Committee
EUMETSAT
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
EVE
Equilibrium Vegetation Ecology model
FANGIO
Feedback Analysis of GCMs and in Observations
FIFE
First ISLSCP Field Experiment
FS*
USDA Forest Service
FUNCEME
Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hídricos (Ceará's Foundation for Meteorology and Hydrological Resources)
GAIM
Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modelling Program
GCIP
Global Energy Water-Cycle Experiment Continental-Scale International Project
GCM
general circulation model
GCOS
Global Climate Observing System
GCTE
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Core Project
GEOSECS
Geochemical Ocean Sections Study
GEWEX
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GFDL
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GIS
geographic information system
GISP2
Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two
GLOBEC
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
GLOCHANT
Global Changes in the Antarctic
GLOSS
Global Sea Level Observing System
GOALS
Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Surface program
GRIP
Greenland Ice Core Project
GTS
Global Telecommunication System
HALOE
Halogen Occultation Experiment
HAPEX
Hydrological and Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
HCDN
Hydroclimatic Data Network
HCN
Historical Climate Network
HSCT
High-Speed Civil Transport
HHS*
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ICSU
International Council of Scientific Unions
IGAC
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry program
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IHDP
International Human Dimensions Programme
IMAGES
Intermediate Model for Global and Annual Evolution of Species
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IR
infrared
IRI
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
ISLSCP
International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
ITCZ
Intertropical Convergence Zone
IUBS
International Union of Biological Sciences
JGOFS
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
LANDSAT
Land Remote Sensing Satellite
LBA
Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment
LIA
Little Ice Age
LIDAR
light detection and ranging instrument
LMER
Land Margin Ecosystem Research
LOICZ
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
LSP
land surface parameterization
LTER
Long-Term Ecological Research program
LUCC
land use cover change
MBL
marine boundary layer
METOP
meteorological operational
MetOp
Meteorological Operational (Satellite)
MINK
Missouri-Illinois-Nebraska-Kansas
MISR
Multi-Angle Imaging Spectroradiometer
MLS
microwave limb sounder
MODIS
Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MTM-SVD
Multi-Taper Method/Singular Value Decomposition
MWP
Medieval Warm Period
NADP/NTN
National Acid Deposition Program/National Trends Network
NADW
North Atlantic deep water
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAO
North Atlantic Oscillation
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NASA*
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASM*
SI National Air and Space Museum
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
NCEP
National Center for Environmental Prediction
NDSC
Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change
NEE
net ecosystem exchange
NICHD
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIEHS*
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIST*
National Institute of Science and Technology
NMNH*
SI National Museum of Natural History
NOAA*
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPO
North Pacific Oscillation
NPOESS
National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NPP
net primary productivity
NRC
National Research Council
NRCS*
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
NSF*
National Science Foundation
NSTC
National Science and Technology Council
NWS
National Weather Service
NZP*
SI National Zoological Park
OBER*
DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research
OCMIP
Ocean Carbon Model Intercomparison Project
OCS
carbonyl sulfide
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
ONR*
DOD Office of Naval Research
ORD*
EPA Office of Research and Development
OSTP
Office of Science and Technology Policy
OSSE
Observing System Simulation Experiments
OTTER
Oregon Transect Ecological Research
PAGES
past global changes
PAN
peroxyacetylnitrate
PAR
photosynthetically active radiation
PBL
planetary boundary layer
PCI
Polar Circulation Index
PILPS
Project for Intercomparison of Land Surface Parameterization Schemes
PMIP
Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project
PNA
Pacific-North American
R&A
research and analysis
REA
representative elementary area
SAFARI
South African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative
SAGE
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment
SAO*
SI Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
SCAR
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCOPE
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
SEDAC
Social and Economic Data and Applications Center
SERC*
SI Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
SI*
Smithsonian Institution
SLP
sea level pressure
SOI
Southern Oscillation Index
SPADE
Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosol, and Dynamics Expedition
SPECMAP
Spectral Mapping Project
SPOT
Systeme Probatoire pour l'Observatión de la Terre
SST
sea surface temperature
START
Global Change System for Analysis, Research, and Training
STE
stratosphere troposphere exchange
STRI*
SI Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
STN
Simulated Topographical Network
SURFRAD
surface radiation observations
TAO
tropical atmosphere-ocean
TIROS
Television and Infared Observation Satellite
TM
thematic mapper
TOGA
Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere program
TOMS
total ozone mapping spectrometer
TOPEX
Ocean Topography Experiment
TRACE-A
Transport and Chemistry near the Equator over the Atlantic
TRMM
Tropical Rainfall Measurng Mission
UARS
Upper-Atmosphere Research Satellite
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
USAID
U.S. Agency for International Development
USDA*
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGCRP
U.S. Global Change Research Program
USGS*
U.S. Geological Survey
USHCN
U.S. Historical Climate Network
VEMAP
Vegetation and Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project
VOCs
volatile organic compounds
WCRP
World Climate Research Programme
WFS
World Fertility Survey
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WOCE
World Ocean Circulation Experiment
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Agencies and Departments with research funds focused on the USGCRP. |