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