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Appendix D: Acronyms
Pages 80-82

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... D Acronyms ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CBERS China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite DOD Department of Defense ENVISAT Environmental Satellite EOS Earth Observing System EOSAT Earth Observation Satellite Company EROS Earth Resources Observation Systems ERS European Remote Sensing Satellite ESA European Space Agency ETM Enhanced Thematic Mapper ETM+ Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus EUMETSAT European Meteorological Satellite Organization IRS Indian Remote Sensing Satellite ISRO Indian Space Research Organization ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations MISR Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer 80
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... APPENDIX D MS MSS NASA NEMO NIMA NOAA NPOESS NRC NSTC OMB Pan PD PDD R&D REV SAR SDB SeaWiFS SIMBIOS SPIN-2 SPOT SSB SWIR TM TIR USGS 81 Multi spectral Multispectral Scanner National Aeronautics and Space Administration Naval EarthMap Observer National Imagery and Mapping Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System National Research Council National Science and Technology Council Office of Management and Budget Panchromatic Presidential Directive Presidential Decision Directive research and development Return Beam Vidicon synthetic aperture radar Science Data Buy Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies A trademark for Russian digital or/ho-rectified geocoded 2meter-resolution satellite imagery data System pour ['Observation de la Terre Space Studies Board short-wavelength infrared Thematic Mapper thermal infrared U.S. Geological Survey

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