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PAPERBACK price:$15.00 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 Emerging Global Water and Energy Initiatives--An Integrated Perspective GEWEX-CLIVAR:Coordination of U.S. Activities Other Related Titles The GEWEX Global Water Vapor Project (GVaP)--U.S. Opportunities (1999) Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER) 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 . "Acronyms." The GEWEX Global Water Vapor Project (GVaP)--U.S. Opportunities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1999. Please select a format: Page 17   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore Page 17 Front Matter (R1-R10) Summary (1-2) Background (3-7) The Need for GVaP (8-9) Comments on the Science and Implementation Plans (10-12) U.S. Opportunities (13-15) References (16-16) Acronyms (17-18)

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Acronyms ACSYS Arctic Climate Systems Study AIRS Advanced Infrared Sounder AMSU-B Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability DIAL Differential Absorption Lidar DOE Department of Energy GCIP GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment GPS Global Positioning System GVaP GEWEX Global Water Vapor Project MDCRS Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System MHS Microwave Humidity Sensor NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NVAP NASA Water Vapor Project SPARC Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate SSM/] Special Sensor Microwave/Imager TIROS Television and Infrared Observation Satellite TOVS TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder UTH upper tropospheric humidity V~BI very long baseline interferometry WCRP World Climate Research Programme WVSS Water Vapor Sensing System 17

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