Appendix F Acronyms
AGU
American Geophysical Union
CIRES
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science
CORS
Continuously Operating Reference Stations
DMSP
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
FTE
full-time equivalent
FY
fiscal year
GPS
Global Positioning System
ISD
Information Services Division
LDEO
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
MGG
Marine Geology and Geophysics
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NGDC
National Geophysical Data Center
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODC
National Oceanographic Data Center
NOS
National Ocean Service
NPOESS
National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System