Appendix E: Acronyms
BGC
Board on Global Change
CDIAC
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
CEES
Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
CGED
Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data
CIESIN
Consortium for International Earth Sciences Information Network
EOSDIS
Earth Observing System Data and Information System
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
GCDIS
Global Change Data and Information System
HDP
Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IODA
Issue Oriented Data Activities
IWGDMGC
Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
NDVI
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
SDTS
Spatial Data Transfer Standard
USGCRP
U.S. Global Change Research Program
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
WCRP
World Climate Research Programme
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