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ISSUES IN THE INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH: I. SCIENCE AND DESIGN
CCN
cloud condensation nuclei
CDOM
colored dissolved organic matter
CEOS
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CERES
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
CES
Committee on Earth Studies
CHEM
satellite to measure atmospheric chemistry
CMIS
Conical Scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder
CNES
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
CrIS
Cross-Track Infrared Sounder
CRWP
Climate Requirements Workshop Report
CSA
Canadian Space Agency
CZCS
Coastal Zone Color Scanner
DEM
Digital Elevation Model
DIAL
Differential Absorption Laser
DMS
dimethyl sulfide
DMSP
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
EC
elemental carbon
ECS
EOSDIS Core System
EDR
environmental data record
ENSO
El Niño/Southern Oscillation
ENVISAT
Environmental Satellite (European Space Agency's first research polar platform)
EO-1
Earth Observer 1, first satellite of the New Millennium Program
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOS AM
Earth Observing System Morning Satellite
EOS PM
Earth Observing System Afternoon Satellite
EOSDIS
Earth Observing System Data and Information System
EOSP
Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter
EP
Earth Probes
ERB
Earth Radiation Budget
ERBE
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
ERBS
Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
EROS
Earth Resources Observation Satellite or System
ER-2
NASA-ER2 high-altitude research aircraft
ERS
Earth Resources Satellite
ESA
European Space Agency
ESE
Earth Science Enterprise
ESS
Earth System Science
ESSIPs
Earth System Science Information Partnerships
ESSP
Earth System Science Pathfinder
ESTAR
Electronically Scanned Thinned Array Radiometer
ETM+
Enhanced Thematic Mapper
EUMETSAT
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites