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Pages 231-233

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... CIESIN Consortium for International Earth Science Information Networks CIRES Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (University of Colorado) COTS commercial off-the-shelf CZCS Coastal Zone Color Scanner DAAC Distributed Active Archive Center DAO Data Assimilation Office (GSFC)
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From page 232...
... ESIP Earth Science Information Partner FIFE First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project Field Experiment FIRE First ISCCP Regional Experiment FTE full time equivalent ftp file transfer protocol GCMD Global Change Master Directory GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center GTOPO30 Global 30 Arc-Second Elevation Data Set HDF Hierarchical Data Format IMS Information Management System ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project IWG Investigators Working Group (EOS) JERS- 1 Japanese Earth Remote-Sensing Satellite JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory LaRC Langley Research Center LaTIS Langley TRMM Information System LBA Large-Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia MISR Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MOPITT Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere MOU Memorandum of Understanding MTPE Mission to Planet Earth (renamed Earth Science Enterprise)
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From page 233...
... Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment Science Advisory Panel synthetic aperture radar Sea Satellite Sea-Viewing Wide-Field-of-View Sensor Socio-Economic DAAC (CIESIN) Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer Ocean Topography Experiment Television and Infrared Observation Satellite Operational Vertical Sounder Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission U.S.
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Key Terms

  • data center
  • science enterprise
  • active archive
  • climatology project
  • planet earth

  • international satellite
  • science information
  • distributed active
  • imaging spectroradiometer
  • digital elevation

  • elevation data
  • cloud climatology
  • color scanner
  • ozone mapping
  • field experiment

  • master directory
  • flight center
  • elevation model
  • moderate resolution
  • resolution imaging

  • rainfall measuring
  • total ozone
  • mapping spectrometer
  • transfer protocol
  • aperture radar

  • change research
  • measuring mission
  • synthetic aperture
  • vertical sounder
  • satellite program


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