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Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 207-210

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... Composition Explorer satellite Active Cavity Radiometer Irracliance Monitor unofficial name of the International Space Station Aclvancecl Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy British Antarctic Survey British Broaclcasting Company carbon-14 isotope Canadian Broadcast Company 207
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... DOSMAP dosimetric mapping experiment DST disturbance storm-time index ERB Earth Radiation Budget experiment ESA European Space Agency EVA extravehicular activity; also known as a space walk FAA FUSE GIC GOES 20: Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.) Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer GPS HAO HE IMF IGY ISS ISTP LASCO LEO LORAN LWS geomagnetically induced current Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites Global Positioning System High Altitude Observatory (U.S.)
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... National Science Foundation Roentgen equivalent man, a measure of radiation absorption by the human body South Atlantic Anomaly Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer Space Environment Center single-event upset (in satellite computers) Solar Maximum Mission Solar and Heliospheric Observatory NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite unidentified flying object United States Air Force U.S.
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