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PAPERBACK price:$34.75 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Global Environmental Change:Research Pathways for the Next Decade The U.S. Global Change Research Program:An Assessment of the FY 1991 Plans Other Related Titles Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade, Overview (1998) Board on Sustainable Development (BSD) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix D." Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade, Overview. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1998. Please select a format: Page 69   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. APPENDIX D ACRONYMS CFCs Chlorofluorocarbons CGCR Committee on Global Change Research CENR Committee on Environment and Natural Resources DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation EOS Earth Observing System ESSC Earth System Sciences Committee EUMETSAT European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Program MetOp Meteorological Operational (Satellite) NAS National Academy of Sciences NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPOESS National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation NSTC National Science and Technology Council OMB Office of Management and Budget R&A Research and Analysis TOGA Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere USGCRP US Global Change Research Program WMO World Meteorological Organization Page 69 Front Matter (R1-R12) Contents of Report (1-36) Appendixes (37-38) Appendix A (39-48) Appendix B (49-50) Appendix C (51-68) Appendix D (69-69)

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OVERVIEW: Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade APPENDIX D ACRONYMS CFCs Chlorofluorocarbons CGCR Committee on Global Change Research CENR Committee on Environment and Natural Resources DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation EOS Earth Observing System ESSC Earth System Sciences Committee EUMETSAT European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Program MetOp Meteorological Operational (Satellite) NAS National Academy of Sciences NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPOESS National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation NSTC National Science and Technology Council OMB Office of Management and Budget R&A Research and Analysis TOGA Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere USGCRP US Global Change Research Program WMO World Meteorological Organization

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