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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. A Strategy for Active Remote Sensing Amid Increased Demand for Radio Spectrum. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21729.
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D

Acronyms

ADEOS

Advanced Earth Observing Satellite

ALOS

Advanced Land Observing Satellite

ALT

radar altimeter

AMSR

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer

ARM

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement

ASA

Authorized Shared Access

BLR

boundary layer radar

CASA

Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere

CCD

coherent change detection

CCN

cloud condensation nuclei

CDMA

Code Domain Multiple Access

CITEL

Commission for Inter-American Telecommunications

CNES

French Space Agency

CODAR

Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar

CONUS

continental United States

CYGNSS

Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System

DARN

Dual Auroral Radar Network

DEM

Digital Elevation Model

DOD

Department of Defense

DPR

Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar

 
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. A Strategy for Active Remote Sensing Amid Increased Demand for Radio Spectrum. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21729.
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ECMWF

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

EESS

Earth Exploration-Satellite Service

EIRP

Effective Isotropic Radiated Power

EISCAT

European Incoherent Scatter Radar

ELF

extremely low frequency

EM

electromagnetic

ERS-1

European Remote Sensing Satellite

ESA

European Space Agency

ESM

Electromagnetic Spectrum Management

EUV

extreme ultraviolet

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAI

field-aligned irregularity

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FDMA

Frequency Division Multiple Access

GBT

Green Bank Telescope

GCM

General Circulation Model

GIRO

Global Ionospheric Radio Observatory

GMDSS

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System

GMF

Government Master File

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

GPM

Global Precipitation Mission

GPR

ground-penetrating radar

GR

general relativity

GRACE

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

IMF

interplanetary magnetic field

InSAR

Interferometric SAR

IOOS

Integrated Ocean Observing System

IRAC

Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee

ISR

Ionosondes and Incoherent-Scatter Radar

ISS

International Space Station

ITU

International Telecommunications Union

ITU-R

Radiocommunication Sector of the International Telecommunications Union

JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

LAN

local area networks

LMS

least mean square

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. A Strategy for Active Remote Sensing Amid Increased Demand for Radio Spectrum. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21729.
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LSA

Licensed Shared Access

MetSat

Meteorological Satellite Services

MHR

Mile High Radar

MPAR

Multifunction Phased Array Radar

MSS

Mobile Satellite Service

MST

mesosphere-stratosphere-troposphere

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASDA

National Space Development Agency

Ne

total plasma density

NEA

near-Earth asteroid

NEO

near-Earth object

NEXRAD

WSR-88D radar network

NISAR

NASA/ISRO L-band SAR mission

NPB

National Broadband Plan

NRC

National Research Council

NSCAT

NASA Scatterometer

NSF

National Science Foundation

NTIA

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

NWP

Numerical Weather Prediction

OSTM

Ocean Surface Topography Mission

PALSAR

Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar

PFISR

Poker Flat, Alaska, Incoherent-Scatter Radar

PHA

potentially hazardous asteroid

PMSE

Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes

PR

precipitation radar

PRF

pulse repetition frequency

RFI

Radio Frequency Interference

RLAN

Radio Local Access Network

RLS

Radio Location Service

RSI

Radar Speckle Interferometry

SAR

synthetic-aperture radar

SASS

Seasat-A Satellite Scatterometer

Scat

scatterometer

SINR

signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio

SLAR

systems/side-looking airborne radar

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. A Strategy for Active Remote Sensing Amid Increased Demand for Radio Spectrum. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21729.
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SMAP

Soil Moisture Active Passive

SMMR

Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer

SMS

Spectrum Management for Science in the 21st Century

SOS

Space Operation Services

SOTR

Space Object Tracking Radar (DOD)

SRS

Space Research Services

SRTM

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

SST

sea surface temperature

STA

Special Temporary Authority

SWE

snow water equivalent

SWOT

Surface Water Ocean Topography

SXXI

Spectrum XXI

TEC

total electron content

TNT

trinitrotoluene

TRMM

Tropical Rain Mapping Mission

U.S. WP7C

U.S. Working Party 7C

ULS

Universal Licensing System

VLA

Very Large Array

VLBA

Very Long Baseline Array

VLF

very low frequency

WRC

World Radiocommunication Conference

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. A Strategy for Active Remote Sensing Amid Increased Demand for Radio Spectrum. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21729.
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