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Suggested Citation:"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13405.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations

3D-WINDS

3D Tropospheric Winds from Space-based Lidar

4STAR

Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research (for SEAC4RS)

ABACATE

Airborne Biodiversity Assessment of Coastal and Terrestrial Ecosystems

ACE

Aerosol/Cloud/Ecosystems [Missions]

ACRIMSAT

Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite

ADM

Atmospheric Dynamics Mission

AERONET

Aerosol Robotic Network

AID

Aircraft Instrument Demonstration

AIRS

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

Aladin

Atmospheric Laser Doppler-Lidar Instrument

ALT

[Ocean] Altimeter

AMSR-E

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS

APS

Advanced Polarimetry Sensor

ARCTAS

Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites

ARRA

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ASCENDS

Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons

ASTER

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

ATMS

Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder

AVIRIS CONUS

Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer [over the] continental United States

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13405.
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CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CAR

Cloud Absorption Radiometer

CASIE

Characterization of Arctic Sea Ice Experiment

CC-VEX

Calipso and CloudSat Validation Experiment

CERES

Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy System

CIESEN

Center from International Earth Science Information Network

CLARREO

Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory

CLASIC

Cloud and Land Surface Interaction Campaign

CLPXII

Cold Land Processes Field Experiment (II)

CMIS

Conical Microwave Imager/Sounder

CNES

Centre National d’Études Spaciales

CONAE

Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales

COSMIC

Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate; aka FORMOSAT

CrIS

Cross-track Infrared Sounder

CTM

Chemistry and Transport Model

DESDynI

Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice

DFS

Dual-frequency Scatterometer

DISCOVER-AQ

Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

DLR

German Aerospace Center

DOD

Department of Defense

DOI

Department of the Interior

DPR

Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar

DSCOVR

Deep Space Climate Observatory

DWSS

Defense Weather Satellite System

ECMWF

European Centre from Medium Range Weather Forecasts

EDU

Engineering Development Unit

EELV

Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

EO-1

Earth Observing Mission-1

EOS

Earth Observing System

EOSDIS

Earth Observing System Data and Information System

ERB

Earth Radiation Budget

ERBS

Earth Radiation Budget Sensor

ESA

European Space Agency

ESAS

Earth Science and Applications from Space

ESD

Earth Science Division

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13405.
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ESE

Earth Science Enterprise

ESPO

Earth Science Program Office

ESTO

Earth Science Technology Office

EUMETSAT

European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

EV

Earth Venture

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FNMOC

U.S. Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

FORMOSAT

See COSMIC

GACM

Global Atmospheric Composition Mission

GCOM-C

Global Change Observation Mission-Climate

GCOM-W

Global Change Observation Mission-Water

GEO-CAPE

Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events [mission]

GIFTS

Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transfer System

GLEAM

Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and Mapping [Project]

GloPac

Global Hawk Pacific

GMAO

Global Modeling and Assimilation Office

GMI

GPM Microwave Imager

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GODAE

Global Ocean Data Assimilation Office

GOES-R

Geostationary Orbit Environmental Satellite-R Series

GOSAT

Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite

GPM

Global Precipitation Measurement

GPS

Global Positioning System

GPSRO

Global Positioning System Radio Occultation

GRACE

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

GRACE-FO

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow On

GRACE-II

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-II

GRIP

Genesis and Rapid Intensification Process

GWE

Global Weather Experiment

HES

Hyperspectral Environmental Suite

HEX

Hydrometeorological Experiment

HICO

Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean

HyspIRI

Hyperspectral Infrared Imager

IASI

Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer

ICECAP

Investigating the Crysopheric Evolution of the Central Antarctic Plate

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13405.
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ICESat-2

Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite

ICSU

International Council of Scientific Unions

INTEX-B

Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment Phase B

IPO

Integrated Program Office

ISCCP

International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project

ISS

International Space Station

JASD

Joint Agency Satellite Division

JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

JCSDA

Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

JEM-EF

Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility

JPSS

Joint Polar Satellite System

LASP

Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

LCLUC

Land Cover/Land Use Change

LDCM

Landsat Data Continuity Mission

LIO

Low-Inclination Orbiter

LIST

Lidar Surface Topography

MACPEX

Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment

MAP

Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction

MAPEX

Midlatitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment

MERRA

Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications

MILAGRO

Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations

MODIS

Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

MOE

Mission Operations Element

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NESDIS

National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service

NLS

NASA Launch Services

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPOESS

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NPP

NPOESS Preparatory Project

NRC

National Research Council

NWS

National Weather Service

OCO

Orbiting Carbon Observatory

OIB

Operation IceBridge

OLI

Operational Land Imager

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13405.
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OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OMPS

Ozone Monitoring and Profiling Suite

ONR

Office of Naval Research

OSC

Orbital Sciences Corporation

OSSE

Observing System Simulation Experiment

OSTM

Ocean Surface Topography Mission

OSTP

Office of Science and Technology Policy

PACE

Pre-Aerosol, Clouds, and ocean Ecosystem

PATH

Precipitation and All-weather Temperature and Humidity

POC

Point of Contact

QuikSCAT

Quick Scatterometer

R&A

Research and Analysis

ROSES

Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences

SAC[-D]

Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas

SAGE

Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment

SAR

Synthetic Aperture Radar

SCLP

Snow and Cold Land Processes

SEAC4RS

Southeast Asia Composition, Cloud, Climate Coupling Regional Study

SEDAC

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center

SIMPL

Slope Imagine Multi-polarization Photon-counting Lidar

SMAP

Soil Moisture Active-Passive

SMAPVEX

Soil Moisture Active-Passive-Validation Experiment

SMD

[NASA] Science Mission Directorate

SLR

Satellite Laser Ranging

SORCE

Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment

SPoRT

Short-Term Prediction and Research Transition Center

SWOT

Surface Water and Ocean Topography

TC-4

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

TCCON

Total Carbon Column Observing Network

TIM

Total Irradiance Monitor

TIRS

Thermal Infrared Sensors

TOPEX

Ocean Topography Experiment

TRMM

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13405.
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TSI

Total Solar Irradiance

TSIS

Total Solar Irradiance Sensor

UAS

Unmanned Aircraft System

UAV

Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle

UAVSAR

Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar

ULA

United Launch Alliance

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USGEO

U.S. Group on Earth Observations

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

VIRS

Visible and Infrared Scanner

VLBI

Very Long Baseline Interferometry

XOVWM

Extended Ocean Vector Winds Mission

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13405.
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Understanding the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment and their implications requires a foundation of integrated observations of land, sea, air and space, on which to build credible information products, forecast models, and other tools for making informed decisions.

The 2007 National Research Council report on decadal survey called for a renewal of the national commitment to a program of Earth observations in which attention to securing practical benefits for humankind plays an equal role with the quest to acquire new knowledge about the Earth system. NASA responded favorably and aggressively to this survey, embracing its overall recommendations for Earth observations, missions, technology investments, and priorities for the underlying science. As a result, the science and applications communities have made significant progress over the past 5 years.

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