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Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations
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ASOS Automated Surface Observation System AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (satellite instrument) AWIPS Automated Weather Interactive Processing System BASC Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate CAAA-90 Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 CAAI Committee on Atmospheric Applications and Information CAPE convective available potential energy CAPS Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms CASH Commercial Aviation Sensing Humidity (Program)
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differential absorption lidar dimethyl sulfide U.S. Department of Commerce U.S.
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APPENDIX A 343 GDP Gross Domestic Product GEM Geospace Environment Modeling GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment GISS Goddard Institute for Space Studies GLOBE Global Learning and Observing to Benefit the Environment GOALS Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GONG Global Oscillation Network Group GPS global positioning system GTS global telecommunication system HCFC hydrochlorofluorocarbon HE high frequency HIS high-resolution interferometer sounder ICAS Interdepartmental Committee for Atmospheric Sciences IGAC International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (project) IMP interplanetary magnetic field IN ice nucleus IOM Institute of Medicine IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IS incoherent scatter ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project JMA Japan Meteorological Agency Kilt Peak National Observatory LAWS LEARN LES LTER MBA MCS ME MPP MRF MST MUF NAAQS NAE Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder Laboratory Experience in Atmospheric Research at NCAR large eddy simulation Long-Term Ecological Research masters of business administration mesoscale convective system medium frequency massively parallel processor Medium-Range Forecasting mesosphere-stratosphere-troposphere maximum usable frequency National Ambient Air Quality Standard National Academy of Engineering
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344 THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ENTERING THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY NARSTO North American Research Strategy on Troposphere Ozone NAS National Academy of Sciences NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction NCLAN National Crop Loss Assessment Network NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NDSC Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change NESDIS National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service NEXRAD Next Generation Weather Radar NHC nonmethane hydrocarbon NIMBUS series of experimental environmental research satellites NMC National Meteorological Center NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation NSTC National Science and Technology Council NSWP National Space Weather Program NWP numerical weather prediction NWS National Weather Service OFCM Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology ONR Office of Naval Research OSSE observing system simulation experiment OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy PCB polychlorinated biphenyl PM particulate matter PSC polar stratospheric cloud QBO quasi-biennial oscillation RASS radioacoustic sounding system RISE Radiative Inputs of the Sun to Earth SAGE Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment SAR Subcommittee on Atmospheric Research SBUV Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectrometer SEASAT sea satellite (U.S. oceanographic satellite)
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TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission UARS Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite UAV unmanned aerospace vehicle UCAR University Corporation for Atmospheric Research UK United Kingdom UN United Nations USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture USGCRP U.S.
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