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Appendix E: Acronyms and Initialisms
Appendix E: Acronyms and Initialisms
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Appendix E Acronyms and Initialisms ABLE Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiments ACTO Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport of Ozone AIRS Atmospheric Infrared Sounder AQS Air Quality Standards ATOFMS aerosol-time-of-flight mass spectrometry CAA Clean Air Act CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations CAMNET Canadian Atmospheric Mercury Network CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule CARIBIC Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container CASTNET Clean Air Status and Trends Network CCM chemistry-climate model CTM chemical transport model DI dry air intrusion EA East Asia EANET Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia EDGAR Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research EI emissions inventory STET European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme
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Monitoring using Satellite and insitu data GEOS Goddard Earth Observing System GHG greenhouse gas GOME Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment HTAP-TF Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution IADN Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer ICARTT International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation IGAC International Global Atmospheric Chemistry IGACO Integrated Global Atmospheric Chemistry Observations IGOS Integrated Global Observing Strategy IMPROVE Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments INTEX-NA Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment-NorthAmerica IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ITCT Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation ITCZ Intertropical Convergence Zone ITOP Intercontinental Transport of Pollution LDAR Light Detection and Ranging LRT long-range transport LRTAP Long Range Transport of Air Pollutantion LSM Land surface model MAXOX Maximum oxidation rates in the free troposphere
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APPENDIX E MCS mesoscale convective system MDA8 maximum daily 8-hour average MDN/AMI Mercury Deposition Network/Atmospheric Mercury Initiative METAALICUS Mercury Experiment to Assess Atmospheric Loading in Canada and the U.S. MLS Microwave Limb Sounder MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MOPITT Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere MOZAIC Measurements of OZone, water vapor, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides by in-service AIrbus airCraft MOZART Model for Ozone and Related Tracers NA North American NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards NARE North Atlantic Regional Experiment NARSTO North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEAQS New England Air Quality Study NEXAFS Near-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy NH Northern Hemisphere NMHC nonmethane hydrocarbon NMVOC nonmethane volatile organic compounds NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOXAR Measurements of Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone Along Air Routes NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation OCP organochlorine pesticide OMI Ozone Monitoring Instrument PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon PBDE polybrominated diphenyl ethers PBL planetary boundary layer PCDD/Fs polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans PEM-West Pacific Exploratory Mission-West PFCA perfluorinated carboxylic acid PFOA perfluorooctanoic acid PHOBEA Photochemical Ozone Budget of the Eastern North Pacific Atmosphere
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APPENDIX E PM particulate matter POLARCAT Polar Study using Aircraft, Remote Sensing, Surface Measurements and Models of Climate Chemistry, Aerosols and Transport POLINAT Pollution from Aircraft Emissions in the North Atlantic Flight Corridor POP persistent organic pollutant PRB policy relevant background PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration RAINS Regional Air Pollution Information and Simulation RGM Reactive Gaseous Mercury RF Radiative forcing S-R source-receptor SA South Asia SCIAMACHY Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric CHartographY SH Southern Hemisphere SOAs secondary organic aerosols SONEX subsonic assessment ozone and nitrogen oxide experiment SRES Special Report on Emissions Scenarios STM Scanning tunneling microscopy TCO tropospheric column ozone TES Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer TOPSE Tropospheric Ozone Production about the Spring Equinox TRACE-P Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific TTN Technology Transfer Network UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNFCCC U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change VOC volatile organic compound WCB warm conveyor belt WHO World Health Organization WMO World Meteorological Organization
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