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... 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)
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... 38 Appendix F 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

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