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Suggested Citation:"Appendix K: Acronyms." National Research Council. 1998. Ground-Based Solar Research: An Assessment and Strategy for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9462.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix K: Acronyms." National Research Council. 1998. Ground-Based Solar Research: An Assessment and Strategy for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9462.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix K: Acronyms." National Research Council. 1998. Ground-Based Solar Research: An Assessment and Strategy for the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9462.
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