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Page 85 Appendix B— Acronyms and Abbreviations BASC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate COADS Comprehensive Ocean/Atmosphere Data Set CRC Climate Research Committee ENSO El Niño—Southern Oscillation GCM general circulation model GHz GigaHertz hPa hectoPascal IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change MSU Microwave Sounding Unit MSU 2LT lower to mid-tropospheric temperature derived from MSU channel 2 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NRC National Research Council RMS root-mean-square SST sea surface temperature UKMO United Kingdom Meteorological Office UTC Coordinated Universal Time WMO World Meteorological Organization

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