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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2000. Improving Atmospheric Temperature Monitoring Capabilities: Letter Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9968.
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Appendix D

ACRONYMNS

ACRIMSAT

Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite

AMSU

Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

CDR

Climate Data Record

EOS

Earth Observing System

GCOS

Global Climate Observing System

GPS

Global Positioning System

hPa

hecto-Pascals

MSU

Microwave Sounding Unit

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NESDIS

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPOESS

National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NPP

NPOESS Preparatory Project

NRC

National Research Council

NWS

National Weather Service

POES

Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites

QuikScat

Quick Scatterometer

RTO

NRC Panel on Reconciling Temperature Observations

SMMR

SeaSat Multi-frequency Microwave Radiometer

SSM/I

Special Sensor Microwave Imager

SSU

Stratospheric Sounding Unit

TMI

TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission) Microwave Imager

TOAR

TIROS (Television and Infrared Observation Satellite) Operational Anomaly Report

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2000. Improving Atmospheric Temperature Monitoring Capabilities: Letter Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9968.
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