Appendix F
Acronyms
ADM-Aeolus | Atmospheric Dynamics Mission-Aeolus |
AERONET | Aerosol Robotic Network |
AMS | American Meteorological Society |
AOD | aerosol optical depth |
ARM | Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (program) |
AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
CALIPSO |
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation |
CCN | cloud condensation nuclei |
CERES | Clouds and the Earth’s Radiative Energy System |
COP21 | United Nations Climate Change Conference |
DoD |
Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DSD | drop size distribution |
EO |
Earth orbit; electro-optical |
ESA | European Space Agency |
FNMOC |
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
GEO |
geostationary orbit |
GEOSS | Global Earth Observing System of Systems |
GISS | Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
GLACIER | Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement, and Resilience |
GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |
HSRL |
High Spectral Resolution Lidar |
IASI |
Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
IC | Intelligence Community |
INP | ice nucleating particle |
IR | infrared |
IWC | ice water content |
JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
LWC |
liquid water content |
LWP | liquid water path |
MEDEA |
Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis (program) |
MISR | Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer |
MODIS | MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
NIR | near infrared |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NRL | Naval Research Laboratory |
OPIR |
Overhead Persistent Infrared |
OSSE |
Observing System Simulation Experiment |
OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
PCW |
Polar Communications and Weather |
PHOTONS | PHOtometrie pour le Traitement Operationnel de Normalisation Satellitaire |
PMAp | Polar Multi-sensor Aerosol Properties |
POLDER | POLarization and Directionality of the Earth’s Reflectances |
PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
RGB |
red, green, blue |
SEVIRI |
Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager |
USGS |
United States Geographical Survey |
UV | ultraviolet |
VIIRS |
Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite |
VIS | visible radiation |