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Acronyms
3D | three dimensional |
AIS | automatic identification system |
ALMA | Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array |
AMR-2 | Advanced Microwave Radiometer-2 |
AMSR2 | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 |
AMSU-A | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A |
APEX | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment |
ARO | Arizona Radio Observatory |
ASAR | Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ASCAT | Advanced Scatterometer |
ASM | Applications Specific Message |
ATMS | Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (JPSS) |
CAMLS | Compact Adaptable Microwave Limb Sounder |
CEPT | European Post and Telecommunications Conference |
CITEL | Inter-American Telecommunications Commission |
CIWSIR | Cloud Ice Water Sub-millimetre Imaging Radiometer |
CMB | cosmic microwave background |
CS | carbon monosulfide |
DMSP | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
DOD | Department of Defense |
DSM | dynamic spectrum management |
EESS | Earth Exploration-Satellite Service |
EoR | epoch of reionization |
ESIM | Earth Stations in Motion |
FAST | Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FSS | Fixed-Satellite Service |
FWA | fixed wireless access |
FY-3 | Fēngyún satellite series (China) |
GBT | Green Bank Telescope |
GCOM-W1 | Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water |
GEM | Geosynchronous Microwave Sounder/Imager |
GMDSS | Global Maritime Distress Safety Systems |
GMI | GPM Microwave Imager |
GOMAS | Geostationary Observatory for Microwave Atmospheric Sounding |
GPM | Global Precipitation Measurement (NASA) |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GSO | geostationary orbit |
HAPS | High Altitude Platform Stations |
HERA | Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array |
HY-2A | Second-generation ocean observation/monitoring satellite series (China) |
ICI | Ice Cloud Imager |
IMT | International Mobile Telecommunications |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
JCMT | James Clark Maxwell Telescope |
JPSS | Joint Polar Satellite System |
LLAMA | Large Latin American Millimeter Array |
LOFAR | Low Frequency Array |
MADRAS | Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Structures |
MASTER | Millimetre-wave Acquisitions for Stratosphere/Troposphere Exchange Research |
MetOp-SG | Meteorological Operations—Second Generation |
MTVZA-GY | Imaging/Sounding Microwave Radiometer-Improved (Russia) |
MWA | Murchison Widefield Array |
MWI | Microwave Imager |
MWRI | Microwave Radiation Imager |
MWRI′ | Microwave Radiometer Imager |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPP | National Polar-orbiting Partnership |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
OH | hydroxyl radical |
OOBE | out-of-band emission |
PMR | passive microwave radiometry |
RAS | Radio Astronomy Service |
RCM | Radarsat Constellation Mission |
RF | radio frequency |
RFI | radio frequency interference |
RISAT | Radar Imaging Satellite |
RLAN | Radio Local Area Networks |
RR | radio regulations |
RSS | radio source scintillation |
SiO | silicon monoxide |
SKA | Square Kilometer Array |
SKAMP | SKA Molongolo Prototype |
SMA | Submillimeter Array |
SMAP | Soil Moisture Active Passive |
SMOS | Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity |
SMT | Submillimeter Telescope (ARO) |
SPT | South Pole Telescope |
SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
SSMIS | Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder |
STEAM-R | Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange and Climate Monitor-Radiometer |
TEC | total electron content |
TWICE | Tropospheric Water Vapor and Cloud ICE |
VDES | VHF Data Exchange System |
VLA | Very Large Array |
WAS | wireless access system |
WRC | World Radiocommunication Conference |