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Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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B Acronyms and Abbreviations 4DDA four-dimensional data assimilations AATSR Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer ACE 1, 2, and 3 Aerosol Characterization Experiments ADEOS-2 or ADEOS-3 Advanced Earth Observation Satellite, also, Advanced Earth Observing System ADM Angular Directional Model AERI Atmospheric Emitted Radiation Interferometer AERONET Aerosol Robotic Network AIRMISR Airborne Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer AIRS Atmospheric Infrared Sounder AirSAR Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar ALI Advanced Land Imager AM-1 or AM-2 morning platform 1 or 2 AMSU-A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit A AMSU-B Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit B AOS Aerosol Observation System ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ATMS Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder ATSR Along Track Scanning Radiometer AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AVIRIS Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer BOREAS Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study BRDF bidirectional reflectance distribution function CAC Climate Analysis Center C-band microwave wavelength used in radar signals CCD charge-coupled device 129
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130 APPENDIX B CCN cloud condensation nuclei CDOM colored dissolved organic matter CEOS Committee on Earth Observation Satellites CERES Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System CES Committee on Earth Studies CHEM satellite to measure atmospheric chemistry CMIS Conical Scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales CrIS Cross-Track Infrared Sounder CRWP Climate Requirements Workshop Report CSA Canadian Space Agency CZCS Coastal Zone Color Scanner DEM Digital Elevation Model DIAL Differential Absorption Laser DMS dimethyl sulfide DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy EC elemental carbon ECS EOSDIS Core System EDR environmental data record ENSO E1 Nino/Southern Oscillation ENVISAT Environmental Satellite (European Space Agency's first research polar platform) EO-1 Earth Observer 1, first satellite of the New Millennium Program EOS Earth Observing System EOS AM Earth Observing System Morning Satellite EOS PM Earth Observing System Afternoon Satellite EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System EOSP Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter EP Earth Probes ERB Earth Radiation Budget ERBE Earth Radiation Budget Experiment ERBS Earth Radiation Budget Satellite EROS Earth Resources Observation Satellite or System ER-2 NASA-ER2 high-altitude research aircraft ERS Earth Resources Satellite ESA European Space Agency ESE Earth Science Enterprise ESS Earth System Science ESSIPs Earth System Science Information Partnerships ESSP Earth System Science Pathfinder ESTAR Electronically Scanned Thinned Array Radiometer ETM+ Enhanced Thematic Mapper EUMETSAT European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FIFE First ISLSCP Field Experiment FMOC Fleet Meteorology and Oceanography Center
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GTOS Global Terrestrial Observing System HALOE Halogen Occulation Experiment HAPEX Hydrological-Atmospheric Pilot Experiment HDF hierarchical data format hh-polarization horizontally polarized emitting and receiving radar signals HIRDLS High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder HIRS High-Resolution Infrared Sounder HIS High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder IAM integrated assessment model IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer IGAC International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Program IGBP-DIS IGBP data and information system IGBP/IHDP LUCC IGBP/International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change/ Land-Use and Land-Cover Change IGOS International Global Observing Strategy IGPO International GEWEX Project Office IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change IIP Instrument Incubator Program ILAS Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer IOCCG International Ocean Color Coordinating Group IOM Institute of Medicine IORD Integrated Operational Requirements Document
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International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project Japan' s Earth Resources Satellite Jet Propulsion Laboratory the Russian panchromatic band leaf area index/fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation Land Remote Sensing Satellite Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in the Amazon low-frequency low Earth orbit Light Synthetic Aperture Radar Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment Marine-Atmospheric Emitted Radiation Interferometer MODIS Airborne Simulator multiband optical and thermal infrared sensor Multi-Channel SST (algorithm) Medium-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Russian Operational Weather Satellite European Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Meteorological Operational satellite EUMETSAT Operational Polar Orbiter 3 Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer Microwave Limb Sounder Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer METEOSAT Second Generation Multispectral Scanner Microwave Sounding Unit medium wavelength infrared National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Space Development Agency-Japan Naval Oceanographic Office National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Climate Prediction Center Normalized Difference Vegetation Index noise-equivalent delta radiance Naval Earth Map Observer National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service network Common Data Format net ecosystem productivity NASA Environmental Research Satellite Series, 7
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OMI Ozone Monitoring Instrument OMPS Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite OPT Ozone Processing Team ORACLE Ozone Research with Advanced Cooperative Lidar Experiments Orbimage-2 Orbital Science's Imaging Satellite 2 OSIP Operational Satellite Improvement Program OTIS Ocean Thermal Optimum Interpolation System PALSAR phased-array type L-band synthetic aperture radar P-band microwave wavelength used in radar signals PI principal investigator PICASSO-CENA Pathfinder Instruments for Clouds and Aerosols using Spaceborne Observations Climatologie Etendue des Nuages et des Aerosols PM-1 or PM-2 afternoon platform 1 or 2 PMC polar mesospheric cloud FOAM Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement POES Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite FOLDER Polarization and Directionality of the Earth' s Reflectances PSC polar stratospheric cloud RADARSAT Canada's Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite RAL/UK Rutherford Appleton Laboratory/United Kingdom rms root mean square SAFARI Southern African Fires Atmosphere Research Initiative SAGE Satellite Aerosol and Gas Experiment SAM Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement SAR synthetic aperture radar SBUV Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet SCIAMACHY Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cartography SeaWiFS Sea Viewing Wide-Field-of-View Sensor S-GLI S-Global Imager SIMBIOS Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies SIR-C Shuttle Imaging Radar-C SIR-C/X SAR Shuttle Imaging Radar-C/X-band synthetic aperture radar SMMR Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer SNR signal-to-noise ratio SOLVE SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment SPOT Systeme pour ['Observation de la Terre (France)
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Global Change Research Program UV ultraviolet VCL Vegetation Canopy Lidar VIIRS Visible/Infrared Imager and Radiometer Suite VNIR visible and near infrared VOCs volatile organic carbons vv-polarization Vertically polarized emitting and receiving radar signals WCRP World Climate Research Program WMO World Meteorological Organization WOCE World Ocean Circulation Project x-band Microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum defined by wavelengths of approximately 2.4 to 3.8 cm
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