F Abbreviations and Acronyms
AMEX
Australian Monsoon Experiment
APARE
East Asia/North Pacific Regional Study
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
BAHC
Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
CAMS
Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
CAS
Chinese Academy of Sciences
CAST
Chinese Association of Science and Technology
CERN
Chinese Ecological Research Network
CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon
CHAASE
China and America Air-Sea Experiments
CH4
Methane
CISNAR
Commission for Integrated Survey of Natural Resources
CNCC
Chinese National Climate Committee
CNCIGBP
Chinese National Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
COARE
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Agreement
CODATA
Committee on Data for Science and Technology
CO2
Carbon dioxide
CRAES
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
CSCPRC
Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China
DIS
Data and Information Systems
DOE
Department of Energy (U.S.)
EAWEP
East Asia and Western Pacific
ENSO
El Niño Southern Oscillation
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
GAIM
Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modeling
GCM
General Circulation Model
GCTE
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems
GEWEX
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GIS
Geographic Information System
GMCC
Global Monitoring for Climate Change Laboratory
HEIFE
Sino-Japanese Atmosphere-Land Surface Processes Experiment
HD/GEC
Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
ICSU
International Council of Scientific Unions
IGAC
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISSC
International Social Science Council
JGOFS
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
LASG
Laboratory of Numerical Modelling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
LOICZ
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
LREIS
Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information Systems
LTER
Long-Term Ecological Research
MAB
Man and the Biosphere Program
MFECS
Margin Flux in the East China Sea
MOA
Ministry of Agriculture
MOF
Ministry of Forestry
MOFA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MOGM
Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources
MOWR
Ministry of Water Resources
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCCCG
National Climate Change Coordination Group
NDVI
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NEPA
National Environmental Protection Agency (China)
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NO2
Nitrite
NOx
Nitrogen oxides
N2O
Nitrous oxide
NPP
Net Primary Productivity
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSFC
National Natural Science Foundation of China
O3
Ozone
PAGES
Past Global Changes
PC
Personal Computer
PEM
Pacific Exploratory Mission
PIXE
Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission
QA/QC
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
RCEES
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
RRC
Regional Research Center
RRN
Regional Research Network
RRS
Regional Research Site
SC-IGBP
Scientific Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
SEDC
State Education Commission
SEPC
State Environmental Protection Commission
SMA
State Meteorological Administration
SOA
State Oceanographic Administration
SO2
Sulfur dioxide
SPC
State Planning Commission
SSTC
State Science and Technology Commission
START
System for Analysis, Research, and Training
TM
Thematic Mapper
TOGA
Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program
UNCED
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNDP
United Nations Development Program
UNEP
United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
WCRP
World Climate Research Program
WDC
World Data Center
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WOCE
World Ocean Circulation Experiment
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