| Acronyms and Abbreviations |
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| 2-D |
two dimensional
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| 3-D |
three dimensional |
| ACRIM II |
Active Cavity Radiometer
Irradiance Monitor on UARS |
| ACRIMSAT |
Satellite carrying
ACRIM III |
| ADIOS II |
Advanced Earth Observing
Satellite II |
| ADM |
Angular Distribution
Model |
| AGP |
Ancillary Geographic
Product |
| AI |
aerosol index |
| AIRS |
Atmospheric Infrared
Sounder |
| AMSR/E |
Advanced Microwave
Scanning Radiometer-EOS |
| AMSU |
Advanced Microwave
Sounding Unit |
| ASDC |
Atmospheric Sciences
Data Center |
| ASTER |
Advanced Spaceborne
Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High
Resolution Radiometer |
| CALIPSO |
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar
and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations |
| CCD |
charge-coupled device |
| CDC |
Climate Diagnostics
Center |
| CERES |
Clouds and the Earth's
Radiant Energy |
| CF |
oblique (MISR camera "C Forward") |
| CHAART |
Center
for Health Applications of Aerospace Related Technologies |
| CIESIN |
Center for International
Earth Science Information Network |
| CLAES |
Cryogenic Limb Array
Etalon Spectrometer |
| CNES |
Centre National
d'Etudes Spatiales (French space agency) |
| COAPS |
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric
Prediction Studies |
| CONUS |
Continental
United States |
| CSE |
Coincidence
Search Engine |
| CSR |
Communicable Disease
Surveillance and Response |
| CZCS |
Coastal
Zone Color Scanner |
| DAAC |
Distributed Active
Archive Center |
| DIAL |
Data and Information
Access Link |
| EDC |
EROS Data Center |
| EDG |
EOS Data Gateway |
| ENSO |
El Niño/Southern
Oscillation |
| EOS |
Earth Observing
System |
| EOS AM-1 |
EOS Morning Equator
Crossing (Descending) Mission |
| EO-1 |
Earth Observing-1 |
| EOS PM-1 |
EOS Afternoon Equator
Crossing (Ascending) Mission |
| EOSDIS |
EOS Data and Information
System |
| EOSPSO |
EOS Project Science
Office |
| EP |
Earth Probe |
| ERBE |
Earth Radiation
Budget Experiment |
| ERBS |
Earth Radiation
Budget Satellite |
| EROS |
Earth Resources
Observation Systems |
| ERS |
European Remote
Sensing Satellite |
| ERSDAC |
Earth Remote Sensing
Data Analysis Center (Japan) |
| ES |
estimate |
| ESDIS |
Earth Science Data
and Information System |
| ESE |
Earth Science Enterprise |
| ESSP |
Earth System Science
Pathfinder |
| ETM+ |
Enhanced Thematic
Mapper Plus |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture
Organization |
| FITS |
Flexible Image Transport
System |
| FUV |
far ultraviolet
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| GAC |
Global Area Coverage |
| GDS |
Ground Data System
(ASTER) |
| GES |
GSFC Earth Sciences |
| GFMC |
Global Fire Monitoring
Center |
| GIST |
Geographic Information
Science and Technology |
| GLA |
Goddard Laboratory
for Atmospheres |
| GMT |
Greenwich mean time |
| GP |
Geometric Parameter |
| GPW |
Gridded Population
of the World |
| GRP |
Georectified Radiance
Product |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight
Center |
| GVP |
Global Volcanism
Program |
| HALOE |
Halogen Occultation
Experiment |
| HDF |
Hierarchical Data
Format |
| HIRS2 |
High Resolution
Infrared Radiation Sounder Version 2 |
| HPS |
Hantavirus Pulmonary
Syndrome |
| HRDI |
High Resolution
Doppler Imager |
| HSB |
Humidity Sounder
for Brazil |
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup
Language |
| ID |
identifier |
| IDL
Language |
Interface Definition
Interactive Data Language
|
| IDS |
Interdisciplinary
Science |
| IR |
infrared |
| ISAMS |
Improved Stratospheric
and Mesospheric Sounder |
| ITCZ |
Intertropical Convergence
Zone |
| JAROS |
Japan Resources
Observation System (Organization) |
| JPL |
Jet Propulsion
Laboratory |
| KB |
kilobytes |
| km |
kilometers |
| L1 |
Level 1 |
| L2 |
Level 2 |
| LaRC |
Langley Research
Center |
| LP |
Land Processes (DAAC) |
| LST |
land surface temperature |
| LW |
longwave |
| m |
meter |
| MB |
megabytes |
| MEI |
Multivariate ENSO
Index |
| MGDR |
Merged Geophysical
Data Record |
| mi |
mile |
| MIMR |
Multifrequency Imaging
Microwave Radiometer |
| min |
minute |
| MISR |
Multi-angle Imaging
SpectroRadiometer |
| MITI |
Ministry of International
Trade and Industry (Japan) |
| MLS |
Microwave Limb Sounder
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| MODIS |
Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| MOPITT |
Measurements Of
Pollution In The Troposphere |
| MPE |
Monthly Precipitation
Estimate |
| mrt |
with respect to |
| MSU |
Microwave Sounding
Unit |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics
and Space Administration |
| NCAR |
National Center
for Atmospheric Research |
| NCDC |
National Climatic
Data Center (NOAA) |
| NCGIA |
National Center
for Geographic Information and Analysis |
| NDVI |
normalized difference
vegetation index |
| nm |
nanometer |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration |
| NSCAT |
NASA Scattterometer |
| NSIDC |
National Snow and
Ice Data Center |
| ODL |
Object Description
Language |
| ODLO |
Optical Depth Land
and Ocean |
| OMI |
Ozone Monitoring
Instrument |
| ORBIMAGE |
Orbital Imaging
Corporation |
| ORNL |
Oak
Ridge National Laboratory |
| PAHO |
Pan
American Health Organization |
| PARASOL |
Polarization
and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Science coupled with Observations
from a Lidar (CNES) |
| PEM |
Particle Environment
Monitor |
| PO.DAAC |
Physical Oceanography
DAAC |
| SCP |
Scatterometer Climate
Record Pathfinder |
| SDS |
Scientific Data
Set |
| SEDAC |
Socioeconomic Data
and Applications Center |
| SeaWiFS |
Sea-viewing Wide
Field-of-view Sensor |
| SO |
Southern Oscillation |
| SO2 |
sulfur dioxide |
| SOI |
sulfur dioxide index |
| SOLSTICE |
Solar-Stellar Irradiance
Comparison Experiment |
| SOM |
Space Oblique Mercator |
| SSA |
sea surface anomaly |
| SSEC |
Space Science and
Engineering Center |
| SSH |
sea surface height |
| SSM/I |
Special Sensor Microwave
Imager |
| SST |
sea surface temperature |
| SUSIM |
Solar Ultraviolet
Spectral Irradiance Monitor |
| SW |
shortwave |
| SWAMP |
Science Working
Group for the AM Program |
| SWIR |
shortware infrared |
| TIR |
thermal infrared |
| TIROS |
Television Infrared
Observation Satellite |
| TM |
Thematic Mapper |
| TMI |
TRMM Microwave Imager
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| TOA |
Top of Atmosphere |
| TOMS |
Total Ozone Mapping
Spectrometer |
| TOT |
total |
| TOVS |
TIROS Operational
Vertical Sounder |
| TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall
Measuring Mission |
| UARS |
Upper Atmosphere
Research Satellite |
| USGS |
United States Geological
Survey |
| UTH |
Upper Tropospheric
Humidity |
| UV |
ultraviolet |
| VIRS |
Visible and Infrared
Scanner |
| vmr |
volume mixing ratio |
| VNIR |
visible and near
infrared |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WINDII |
Wind Imaging Interferometer
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| WN |
window |
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