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APPENDIX B ACRONYMS AND OTHER INITIALS
Pages 159-161

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... B Acronyms and Other Initials ABL Atmospheric boundary layer ACE Aerosol Characterization Experiment ACE-1 Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Ex periment ACE-2 North Atlantic Regional Aerosol Characterization Experi ment ACTM Atmospheric chemical transport model ADEOS Advanced Earth Observation Satellite AGCM Atmospheric general circulation model ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (Program) ASTEX/MAGE Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment/Marine Aerosol and Gas Exchange AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer BASC Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate of the National Research Council CON Cloud condensation nuclei CDNC Cloud drop number concentration CENR Committee on Environment and Natural Resources CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CLAES Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer CN Condensation nuclei COS Carbonyl sulfide 159
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... Department of the Interior Diurnal temperature range E1 Nino/Southern Oscillation Earth Observing System Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Free troposphere Global Atmospheric Watch General circulation model Greenhouse gas Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment Halogen Occultation Experiment Hydrogenated chlorofluorocarbon Interagency Climate-Aerosol Radiative Uncertainties and Sensitivities (Program)
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... Global Change Research Program Office VOC Volatile organic compound WMO World Meteorological Organization
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  • marine aerosol
  • gas exchange
  • atmospheric chemistry
  • atmospheric boundary
  • global atmospheric

  • regional experiment
  • north atlantic
  • atlantic regional
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  • aerosol radiative

  • change research
  • atmospheric watch
  • monitoring experiment
  • international global
  • imaging spectroradiometer

  • water path
  • scanning polarimeter
  • precipitation assessment
  • improved limb
  • global ozone

  • earth observing
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  • multiangle imaging
  • volatile organic
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  • marine boundary
  • radiative uncertainties
  • multiphase atmospheric
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  • ozone monitoring


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