Appendix K
Acronyms
ACOS
Advanced Coronal Observing System
ARTHEMIS
Archive for solar data, including data from the THEMIS telescope
ASP
Advanced Stokes Polarimeter
AST
Advanced Solar Telescope
AURA
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
BAO
Beijing Astronomical Observatory
BASS-2000
BAse Solaire Sol 2000
BBSO
Big Bear Solar Observatory
BIMA
Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association
BiSON
Birmingham Solar Oscillation Network
CCD
Charge-coupled device
CHIP
Chromospheric Helium I Imaging Photometer
CLEAR
Coronagraphic and Low Emissivity Astronomical Reflector
CME
Coronal Mass Ejection
CSUN
California State University at Northridge
DOD
Department of Defense
DPM
Digital Prominence Monitor
ECHO
Experiment for Coordinated Helioseismic Observations (a network that includes the OWL instrument)
ESA
European Space Agency
FASR
Frequency-Agile Solar Radio telescope
FDP
Full-Disk Patrol
GALLEX
Gallium Experiment at Gran Sasso, Italy
GOLF
Global Oscillations at Low Frequencies
GONG
Global Oscillations Network Group
GPS
Global Positioning System
HAO
High Altitude Observatory
HESSI
High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
HiDHN
High Degree Helioseismology Network
HSTRC
Hiraiso Solar Terrestrial Research Center
IR
Infrared
IRIS
International Research on the Interior of the Sun
ISOON
Improved Solar Optical Observing Network
ISTP
International Solar-Terrestrial Physics
IVN
Imaging Vector Magnetograph
KIS
Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics
KP
Kitt Peak
KPNO
Kitt Peak National Observatory
LMSAL
Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory
LOWL
LOW-L (an HAO instrument on Mauna Loa, Hawaii, that observes deeply penetrating low-degree l modes)
MDI
Michelson Doppler Imager
MEDOC
Multi-Experiment Data Operations Center
MK3
Mark 3 K-Coronameter
MLSO
Mauna Loa Solar Observatory
MMA
Millimeter array
MSFC
Marshall Space Flight Center
MSO
Mees Solar Observatory
MWO
Mt. Wilson Observatory
NAOJ
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAO
National Optical Astronomy Observatories
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSO
National Solar Observatory
OAR
Rome Astronomical Observatory
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OTT
Open Tower Telescope
OVRO
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
PSPT
Precision Solar Photometric Telescope
RISE
Radiative Input from Sun to Earth
SAGE
Russian-American Gallium Experiment
SEC
Space Environment Center
SMI
Solar Magnetism Initiative
SNO
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
SOAR
Southern Observatory for Astrophysical Research
SOHO
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
SOI
Solar Oscillations Investigation
SOLIS
Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigation of the Sun
SOON
Solar Optical Observing Network
SP
Sacramento Peak (Sac Peak)
SPD
Solar Physics Division (American Astronomical Society)
SSDS
Space Science Data System
STEREO
Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory
SunRISE
Sun's Radiative Input from Sun to Earth
SVST
Swedish Vacuum Solar Tower
THEMIS
Télescope Héliographique pour l'Etude du Magnétisme et des Instabilités Solaires (Heliographic Telescope for the Study of Solar Magnetism and Atmospheric Instabilities)
TRACE
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer
UCLA
University of California at Los Angeles
UV
Ultraviolet
VIRGO
Variability of Solar IRadiance and Gravity Oscillations
VLA
Very Large Array
VT
Vacuum Telescope
VTT
Vacuum Tower Telescope
WSO
Wilcox Solar Observatory