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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Climate Data Records from Environmental Satellites: Interim Report Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change Other Related Titles Improving Atmospheric Temperature Monitoring Capabilities: Letter Report (2000) 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 . "Appendix D: Acronyms." Improving Atmospheric Temperature Monitoring Capabilities: Letter Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000. Please select a format: Page 16   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. 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 Page 16 Front Matter (R1-R1) Letter Summary (1-1) 1. Satellite Observing System (2-5) 2. In Situ Observing System (6-8) 3. Climate Data Record Issues (9-10) References (11-12) Appendix A: Panel on Reconciling Temperature Observations (13-13) Appendix B: Statement of Task (14-14) Appendix C: Participants at the June 8, 2000 Meeting in Washington, D.C. (15-15) Appendix D: Acronyms (16-16) Appendix E: Acknowledgments (17-17)

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