| ACRONYM |
MEANING |
| 3-D |
3-Dimensional |
| 3DRT |
3D Radiative Transfer Working
Group |
| 4DDA |
4-Dimensional Data
Assimilation |
| 4-DVAR |
4-Dimensional Variation
Assimilation System |
| AAAS |
American Association for the
Advancement of Science |
| AAN |
Asian AWS
(Automatic Weather Stations) Network |
| AAOE |
Airborne Antarctic Ozone
Experiment |
| AARI |
Arctic and Antarctic Research
Institute |
| AASE |
Airborne Arctic Stratospheric
Expedition |
| ABL |
Atmospheric Boundary Layer |
| ABRFC |
Arkansas-Red Basin River
Forecast Center |
| ACARS |
Aircraft Communication and
Recording System |
| ACC |
Anthropogenic Climate Change |
| ACMAD |
African Center for
Meteorological Applications and Development |
| ACSYS |
Arctic Climate System Study |
| ADCP |
Acoustic Doppler Current
Profiler |
| ADEOS |
Advanced Earth Observation
Satellite |
| ADM |
Advanced Dynamics Mission |
| AERI |
Atmospherically Emitted
Radiance Interferometer |
| AERONET |
AErosol RObotic NETwork (NASA) |
| AEROX |
Aerosol Optical Depths in
Layer |
| AES |
Atmospheric Environmental
Service |
| AFGWC |
Air Force Global Weather
Central |
| AGCMs |
Atmospheric General
Circulation Models |
| AGU |
American Geophysical Union |
| AHPS |
Advanced Hydrologic Prediction
System |
| AIRS |
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder |
| ALMA |
Assistance for Land-Surface
Modelling Activities |
| AMF |
ARM (Atmospheric Radiation
Measurement) Mobile Facility |
| AMIP |
Atmospheric Model
Intercomparison Project |
| AMMA |
African Monsoon
Multidisciplinary Analysis Project |
| AMOS |
Australian Meteorological and
Oceanographic Society |
| AMPEX |
ADEOS-II Mongolian Plateau
Experiment for ground truth |
| AMS |
American Meteorological
Society |
| AMSR |
Advanced Microwave Scanning
Radiometer |
| AMSU |
Advanced Microwave Sounding
Unit |
| AMY |
Asian Monsoon Year |
| ANSTO |
Australian Nuclear Science
Technology Organization |
| AO |
Announcement of Opportunity |
| AOC |
CEOP Advisory and Oversight
Committee |
| AOD |
Aerosol Optical Depth |
| AOPC |
Atmospheric Observation Panel
for Climate |
| AOSIS |
Alliance of Small Island
States |
| AR |
Assessment Report |
| AREAE |
ARM Enhanced Short-wave
Experiment |
| ARIC |
Atmosphere Research and
Information Centre |
| ARL |
Air Resource Laboratory |
| ARM |
Atmospheric Radiation
Measurement |
| ARM-CART |
Atmospheric Radiation
Measurement program – Cloud and Radiation Testbed |
| ASAR |
Advanced Synthetic Aperture
Radar |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for
Information Interchange |
| ASDC |
Atmospheric Sciences Data
Center |
| ASOS |
Automated Surface Observing
System |
| ASTER |
Atmosphere Surface Turbulent
Exchange Research |
| ATMS |
Advanced Technology Microwave
Sounding |
| ATSR |
Along Track Scanning
Radiometer |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution
Radiometer |
| AVIM |
Atmosphere-Vegetation
Interaction Model |
| AVNIR |
Advanced Visible and Near
Infrared Radiometer |
| AVRIS |
Airborne Visible Infrared
Imaging Spectrometer |
| AVSP |
Aviation Safety Program |
| AWCI |
Asian Water Cycle Initiative |
| AWIPS |
Advanced Weather Interactive
Processing System |
| AWOS |
Automated Weather Observing
System |
| AWRP |
Aviation Weather Research
Program |
| AWS |
Automatic Weather Station |
| BAHC |
Biospheric
Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle |
| BALTEX |
Baltic Sea Experiment |
| BALTRAD |
BALTEX Radar Network |
| BASC |
Board on Atmospheric Sciences
and Climate of the National Academies |
| BASE |
Beaufort and Arctic Storms
Experiment |
| BASINS |
Better Assessment Science
Integrating point and Nonpoint Source |
| BATS |
Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer
Scheme |
| BBHRP |
Broadband Heating Rate Profile
|
| BCC |
Beijing Climate Center |
| BEST |
Bare Essential of Surface
Transfer |
| BfG |
Federal Institute of Hydrology |
| BFM |
Biophysical Feedback Module |
| BGC |
Biogeochemical Cycle |
| BLC |
Boundary Layer Clouds (GCSS) |
| BMRC |
Bureau of Meteorology Research
Center |
| BoM |
Bureau of Meteorology
(Australia) |
| BOMEX |
Barbados Oceanographic and
Meteorological Experiment |
| BOREAS |
Boreal Ecosystems-Atmosphere
Study |
| BRDC |
BALTEX Radar Data Centre |
| BRDF |
Bi-directional Reflectance
Distribution Function |
| BSRN |
Baseline Surface Radiation
Network |
| BUFR |
Binary Universal Format for
data Representation |
| CAAC |
Centralized
Archiving and Analyzing Center |
| CAC |
Climate Analysis Center |
| CADRE |
Crop Assessment Data Retrieval
and Evaluation |
| CAGES |
Canadian GEWEX Enhanced Study |
| CAGEX |
CERES/ARM/GEWEX Experiment |
| CAIP |
Consortium of Affiliates for
International Programs |
| CALIPSO |
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and
Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations |
| CAMP |
CEOP Asia-Australia Monsoon
Project |
| CAMS |
Climate Anomaly Monitoring
System |
| CAPE |
Convective Available Potential
Energy |
| CARE |
Centre for Atmospheric
Research Experiments |
| CART |
Cloud and Atmospheric
Radiation Testbed |
| CAS |
WMO Commission for Atmospheric
Sciences |
| CASE99 |
Cooperative
Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study - 1999 |
| CASES |
Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface
Exchange Study |
| CASH |
Commercial Aviation Sensing
Humidity |
| CATCH |
Couplage de l’Atmosphère
Tropicale et du Cycle Hydrologique |
| CATHALAC |
Water Center for the Humid
Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological
Diversity |
| CBERS |
China Brazil Earth Resource
Satellite |
| CCA |
Canonical Correlation Analysis |
| CCAD |
Central American Commission
for Environment and Development |
| CCCN |
Cloud Condensation Nuclei |
| CCIW |
Canadian Centre for Inland
Waters |
| CCRI |
Climate
Change Research Initiative |
| CCRS |
Canada Centre for Remote
Sensing |
| CCSP |
(US) Climate Change Science
Program |
| CDA |
Central Data Archive |
| CDAS |
Climate Data Assimilation
System |
| CDIS |
Central Data Information
Source |
| CEH |
Center for Ecology and
Hydrology |
| CENR |
(US Interagency) Committee on Environment and Natural
Resources |
| CEOP |
Coordinated Enhanced Observing
Period |
| CEOP |
Coordinated Energy and Water
Cycle Observations Project |
| CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation
Satellites |
| CEOS-SIT |
CEOS-Strategic Implementation
Team |
| CEReS |
Center for Environmental
Remote Sensing |
| CERES |
Clouds and the Earth's Radiant
Energy System |
| CFMIP |
Cloud Feedback Model
Intercomparison Project |
| CGCR |
Committee
on Global Change Research |
| CGIAR |
Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research |
| CGMS |
Coordinating Group on
Meteorological Satellites |
| CHASM |
Chameleon Surface Model |
| CICS |
Cooperative Institute for
Climate Studies (University of Maryland) |
| CIRC |
Continuous Intercomparison of
Radiation Codes |
| CIMS |
CEOP Inter-Monsoon Model Study |
| CLASS |
Canadian Land Surface Scheme |
| CLASS |
Cross-chain Loran Atmospheric
Sounding System |
| CLDCLASS |
Cloud Classification |
| CLiC |
Climate and Cryosphere |
| CLIPS |
Climate Information and
Predictions Services |
| CLIVAR |
Climate Variability and
Predictability Project |
| CLM |
Common Land Model |
| CMA |
China Meteorological
Organization |
| CMAP |
CPC (Climate Prediction
Center) Merged Analysis of Precipitation |
| CMAQ |
Community Multiscale Air
Quality Modeling System |
| CMC |
Canadian Meteorological Centre |
| CMIPS |
Coupled Model Intercomparison
Projects |
| CNES |
Centre National d’Etudes
Spatiale |
| COAGMET |
Colorado Agricultural
Meteorology (CSU) |
| COAMPS |
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere
Prediction System |
| COARE |
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere
Experiment |
| CODIAC |
Cooperative Distributed
Interactive Atmospheric Catalog |
| COHS |
Committee
on Hydrologic Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences |
| COLA |
Center for
Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies |
| COMET |
Cooperative Program for
Operational Meteorology, Education and Training |
| CONAE |
Comision
Nacional De Actividades Espaciales (Argentina National Space Agency) |
| CONICET |
Center for Sea and Atmosphere
Research of Argentina |
| COPES |
Coordinated Observation and
Prediction of the Earth System |
| CORINE |
Coordinator of Information of
the Environment |
| CPPA |
Climate Prediction Program for
the Americas |
| COARE |
Coupled Ocean Atmosphere
Response Experiment |
| COPAM |
Coordinated Observation and
Prediction of the Asian Monsoon Climate |
| COSMOS |
Community Earth System Models |
| CPTEC |
Centro de Previsao de Tempo e
Estudos Climaticos (Brazil) |
| CPR |
common pool resources |
| CPROF |
GRP Working Group on Column
Profiling |
| CPTEC |
Centro de Previsão de Tempo e
Estudos Climáticos |
| CPWC |
Cooperative Programme on Water
and Climate |
| CRC |
(National Academy of Science)
Climate Research Committee |
| CRCM |
Canadian Regional Climate
Model |
| CREST |
Core Research for Evolutional
Science and Technology |
| CREWS |
Coral Reef Early Warning
System |
| CrIS |
Cross-track Infrared Sounder |
| CRM |
Cloud Resolving Model |
| CRS |
Cloud Radar Study |
| CRU |
Climate Research Unit |
| CRYSYS |
Cryosohere System in Canada |
| CSA |
Continental-Scale Affiliate |
| CSD |
Commission on Sustainable
Development |
| CSE |
Continental-Scale Experiment |
| CSDIC |
CEOP Satellite Data
Integration Center |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organization |
| CSRM |
Cloud-System Resolving Model |
| CSTP |
(Japan) Council for Science
and Technology Policy |
| DAAC |
Data and
Access Center |
| DAAC |
Distributed Active Archive
Center (NASA) |
| DACOM |
Data Collection and Management
Committee |
| DAO |
Data Assimilation Office |
| DDC |
Data Distribution Center |
| DDIS |
Distributed Data Integration
System |
| DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
| DEWS |
Drought Early Warning System |
| DFD-DLR |
The German Remote Sensing Data
Center for Atmosphere and Land |
| DIAL |
Differential Absorption Lidar |
| DIME |
Data Integration for Model
Evaluation |
| DIVERSITAS |
International Programme of
Biodiversity Science |
| DKRZ |
Deutches Klimarechenzentrum
(German Climate Computing Centre) |
| DM |
Drought Monitoring |
| DMWG |
Data Management Working Group |
| DMA |
Defense Mapping Agency |
| DMC |
Data Management Committee |
| DMG |
Data Management Group |
| DMSP |
Defense Meteorological
Satellite Program |
| DMSS |
Date Management and Service
System |
| DOD |
Department
of Defense |
| DODS |
Distributed Oceanographic Data
System |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOE-ARM |
US Department of Energy's
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (Program) |
| DPC |
Data Processing Center |
| DRI |
Drought Research Initiative |
| DSS |
Decision Support System |
| DVM |
Dynamic Vegetation
Models |
| DWC |
Dialogue on Water and Climate |
| DWD |
Deutscher Wetterdienst (German
Weather Service) |
| DX |
Pixel-Level |
| DYCOMS |
Dynamics and Chemistry of
Marine Stratocumulus experiment |
| EarthCARE |
Earth Clouds
Aerosols and Radiation Explorer (ESA) |
| EC |
European Community |
| ECA |
Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin
America |
| ECMWF |
European Centre for
Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
| ECPC |
Experimental Climate
Prediction Center (Scripps) |
| EDA |
Eta Data Assimilation |
| EDAS |
Eta Model Data Assimilation
System |
| EDC |
EROS Data Center |
| EDOS |
Earth Data Operations System |
| EEA |
European Environmental Agency |
| EGPM |
European Global Precipitation
Measurement Mission |
| EMEX |
Equatorial Mesoscale
Experiment |
| EMC |
Environmental Modeling Center |
| EMIC |
Earth system Models of
Intermediate Complexity |
| ENSO |
El Niño Southern Oscillation |
| ENVISAT |
ENVironmental SATellite
(European Space Agency) |
| EO |
Earth Observation |
| EOL |
Earth Observing Laboratory |
| EOP |
Enhanced Observing Period |
| EORC |
Earth Observation Research
Center (JAXA) |
| EOSDIS |
EOS Data and Information
System |
| EOS |
Earth Observing Satellite |
| EOS |
Earth Observing Summit |
| EOS |
Earth Observing System |
| EPA-STORETUS |
Environmental Protection
Agency Storage and Retrieval |
| ERA |
ECMWF (European Centre for
Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) Re-Analysis |
| ERB |
Earth
Radiation Budget |
| ERBE |
Earth Radiation Budget
Experiment |
| ERBS |
Earth Radiation Budget Sensor |
| EROS |
Earth Resources Observation
Systems |
| ERS |
Earth Remote Sensing Satellite |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| ESDIM |
Environmental Services Data
and Information Management |
| ESMF |
Earth System Modeling
Framework |
| ESOP |
Enhanced Seasonal Observation
Period |
| ESP |
Extended Streamflow Prediction |
| ESSAC |
NASA
Earth System Science and Applications Advisory Committee |
| ESSP |
Earth System Science
Partnership |
| ESTAR |
Electronically Scanned Thinned
Array Radiometer |
| ESTEC |
European
Space Research and Technology Centre |
| ET |
Evapotranspiration |
| ETH |
Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology |
| ETL |
NOAA's Environmental
Technology Laboratory |
| ETM |
Enhanced Thematic Mapper |
| EUMETSAT |
European Organization for the
Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
| EVA-GRIPS |
Evaporation over Grid and
Pixel Scale |
| EWS |
Early Warning System |
| FAA |
Federal
Aviation Administration |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture
Organization |
| FD |
Flux Datasets |
| FGGE |
First GARP (Global Atmospheric
Research Program) Global Experiment |
| FIFE |
First ISLSCP Field Experiment |
| FIRE |
First International Radiation
Experiment |
| FIRE |
First ISCCP Regional
Experiment |
| FLIR |
Forward-Looking Infrared
Imagery |
| FluxNet |
Flux Tower Network |
| FMCW |
Frequency Modulated,
Continuous Wave |
| FNOC |
Fleet Numerical Oceanographic
Center |
| FPAR |
Fractional of Absorbed
Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| FRCGC |
Frontier Research Center for
Global Change |
| FRIEND |
Flow Regimes from
International Experimental and Network Data |
| FSL |
Forecast Systems Laboratory |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| fvGCM |
finite-volume General
Circulation Model |
| GABLS |
GEWEX
Atmospheric Boundary Layer Study |
| GACP |
Global Aerosol Climatology
Project |
| GAIM |
IGBP Global Analysis,
Interpretation, and Modelling |
| GAIN |
GAME Archive Information
Network |
| GAME |
GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment |
| GAPA |
GEWEX Aerosol Product
Assessment |
| GAPP |
GEWEX Americas Prediction
Project |
| GARNET |
Global Applied Research
Network |
| GARP |
Global Atmospheric Research
Program |
| GARS |
Geological Applications of
Remote Sensing |
| GATE |
GARP Atlantic Tropical
Experiment |
| GATS |
Global Applications and
Transferability Strategy |
| GAW |
Global Atmosphere Watch |
| GCDIS |
Global Change Data and
Information System |
| GCE |
Goddard Cumulous Ensemble |
| GCIP |
GEWEX Continental-scale
International Project |
| GCIS |
GCIP Central Information
Source |
| GCM |
Global Climate Model |
| GCM |
Global Circulation Model |
| GCOS |
Global Climate Observing
System |
| GCRP |
Global Change Research Program |
| GCSS |
GEWEX Cloud System Study |
| GCTE |
Global Carbon and Terrestrial
Ecosystem |
| GCTP |
Global Coordinate
Transformation Package |
| GDM |
GAPP (GEWEX Americas
Prediction Project) Data Management |
| GDS |
GrADS-DODS Server |
| GEBA |
Global Energy Balance Archive |
| GECAFS |
Global Environmental Change
and Food Systems |
| GEF |
Global Environmental Facility |
| GEMS |
Global Environmental
Monitoring System |
| GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
| GEO |
Geostationary Earth Orbit
Satellite |
| GEOPROF |
Geometrical Profiling
algorithm |
| GEOS |
Goddard Earth-Observing System |
| GEOSS |
Global Earth Observation
System of Systems |
| GER |
Global Environmental Research |
| GERB |
Geostationary Earth Radiation
Budget |
| GEST |
Goddard
Earth Sciences and Technology |
| GEWEX |
Global Energy and Water Cycle
Experiment |
| GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory |
| GHCC |
Global Hydrology and Climate
Center |
| GHCN |
Global Historical Climatology
Network |
| GHP |
GEWEX Hydrometeorology Panel |
| GHRC |
Global Hydrology Resource
Center |
| GIAM |
Global Integrated Assessment
Models |
| GIOP |
GAME Intensive Observation
Period |
| GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
| GISP |
GAME International Science
Panel |
| GISS |
(NASA) Goddard Institute
for Space Studies |
| GIST |
GCIP Integrated Systems Test |
| GIWA |
Global International Waters
Assessment |
| GKSS |
Gesellschaft für
Kernenergieverwertung in Schiffbau und Schifffahrt |
| GLA |
Goddard Laboratory for
Atmosphere |
| GLACE |
Global Land Atmospheric
Coupling Experiment |
| GLASS |
Global Land Atmosphere System
Study |
| GLDAS |
Global Land Data Assimilation
System |
| GLF |
Greenleaf Fraction |
| GLIS |
Global Land Information System |
| GLOBE |
Global Learning and
Observations to Benefit the Environment |
| GLOCOPH |
Global Continental
PaleoHydrology |
| GLORI |
Global Registration of
Land-Ocean River Inputs |
| GLOWA |
Global Change in the
Hydrological Cycle |
| GMAO |
(NASA) Global Modeling and
Assimilation Office |
| GMES |
Global Monitoring for
Environmental and Security |
| GMPP |
GEWEX Modeling and Prediction
Panel |
| GMS |
Geostationary Meteorological
Satellites |
| GMWL |
Global Metoric Water Line |
| GNIP |
Global Network of Isotopes in
Precipitation |
| GOALS |
Global Ocean Atmospheric Lands
Surface |
| GOCART |
Global Ozone Chemistry Aerosol
Radiation Transport |
| GOCE |
Gravity filed and steady state
Ocean Circulation Mission |
| GODAI |
Global Ocean Assimilation
Experiment |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite |
| GOES-R |
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite -
R Series |
| GOME |
Global Ozone Monitoring
Experiment |
| GOMOS |
Global Ozone Monitoring by
Occultation of Stars |
| GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
| GOS |
Global Observation System |
| GOSIC |
Global Observing Systems
Information Center |
| GPC |
Global Processing Center |
| GPCC |
Global Precipitation
Climatology Centre |
| GPCI |
GCSS Pacific Cross-Section
Intercomparison |
| GPCP |
Global Precipitation
Climatology Project |
| GPM |
Global Precipitation
Measurement satellite |
| GPM |
Global Precipitation Mission |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GRDC |
Global Runoff Data Center |
| GRACE |
Gravity Recovery and Climate
Experiment |
| GrADS |
Grid Analysis and Display
System |
| GrADS-DODS |
GrADS-Distributed
Oceanographic Data System |
| GRDC |
Global Runoff Data Center |
| GREDS |
GCIP Reference Data Set |
| GREEN |
Global Rivers Environmental
Education Network |
| GRIB |
Grid point values expressed in
binary form |
| GRID |
Global Resource Information
Database |
| GRP |
GEWEX Radiation Panel |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
| GSST |
GODAE (Global Ocean Assimilation Experiment ) Scientific
Steering Team |
| GSWP |
Global Soil Wetness Project |
| GTCE |
Global Change and Terrestrial
Ecosystems |
| GTN-H |
Global Terrestrial Network for
Hydrology |
| GTOS |
Global Terrestrial Observing
System |
| GTS |
Global Telecommunication
System |
| GVaP |
Global Water Vapor Project |
| GVI |
Global Vegetation Index |
| GWC |
Global Water Cycle |
| GWCP |
Global Water Cycle Program |
| GWEBS |
Global Water and Energy Budget
Study |
| GWEC |
Global Water and Energy Cycle |
| GWP |
Global Water Partnership |
| GWS |
Global Water System |
| GWSP |
Global Water System Project |
| GWVP |
Global Water Vapor Project |
| HAP |
Hydrologic
Applications Project |
| HAPEX-Sahel |
Hydrological-Atmospheric Pilot
Experiment in the Sahel |
| HDF |
Hierarchical Data Format |
| HELP |
Hydrology for the Environment,
Life and Policy |
| HEPEX |
Hydrological Ensemble
Prediction Experiment |
| HH |
Horizontal Send-Horizontal
Receive |
| HIRS |
High Resolution Infrared
Radiation Sounder |
| HOAPS |
Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere
Parameters and fluxes from Satellite data |
| HOPC |
Hydrology Observation Panel
for Climate |
| HPCN |
High Plains Climate Network |
| HPRFCC |
High Plains Regional Climate
Center |
| HQC |
Horizontal Quality Control |
| HRLDAS |
High-Resolution Land
Data-Assimilation System |
| HRPT |
High Resolution Picture
Transmission |
| HSB |
Humidity Sounder for Brasil |
| HWR |
(WMO) Hydrology and Water
Resources Department |
| HYDROS |
Hydrosphere State Mission |
| IA |
Index of
Agreement |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy
Agency |
| IAEH |
International Association for
Environmental Hydrology |
| IAH |
International Association of
Hydrogeologists |
| IAHR |
International Association of
Hydraulic Engineering and Research |
| IAHS |
International Association of
Hydrological Sciences |
| IAI |
Inter-Americas Institute |
| IAMAS |
International Association of
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences |
| IASWS |
International Association for
Sediment Water Science |
| ICARUS |
Interagency Climate-Aerosol
Radiative Uncertainties and Sensitivities Programme |
| ICC |
Inter-Comparison Centre |
| ICCE |
International Commission on
Erosion |
| ICCLAS |
International Commission on
Coupled Land-Atmosphere System |
| ICCORES |
International Coordinating
Committee on Reservoir Sedimentation |
| ICESat |
Ice, Clouds, and land
Elevation Satellite |
| ICHARM |
International Centre for Water
Hazard and Risk Management (Japan) program |
| ICGW |
International Commission on
Ground Water |
| ICID |
International Commission on
Irrigation and Drainage |
| ICOLD |
International Commission on
Large Dams |
| ICPO |
International CLIVAR Project
Office |
| ICRCCM |
Intercomparison of Radiation
Codes used in Climate Models |
| ICRS |
International Commission on
Remote Sensing |
| ICSI |
International Commission on
Snow and Ice |
| ICTS |
Inter-Continental-Scale
Experiment (CSE) Transferability Study |
| ICSU |
International Council of
Scientific Unions |
| ICSW |
International Commission on
Surface Water |
| ICT |
International Commission on
Tracers |
| ICTP |
International Center for
Theoretical Physics |
| ICTS |
Inter-CSE Transferability
Study |
| ICWLC |
International Liquid Water
Content |
| ICWQ |
International Commission on
Water Quality |
| ICWRS |
International Commission on
Water Resources Systems |
| IEOS |
Integrated Earth Observation
System |
| IERE |
Institute for Environmental
Research and Education |
| IETC |
International Technology
Center |
| IFC |
Intensive Field Campaign |
| IFO |
Intensive Field Observation |
| IGAC |
International Global
Atmospheric Chemistry |
| IGACO |
Intergrated Global Atmospheric
Chemistry Observations |
| IGARS |
International Geoscience and
Remote Sensing Symposium |
| IGBP |
International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
| IGBP-DIS |
IGBP Data and Information
System |
| IGOS-P |
Integrated Global Observing
Strategy – Partners |
| IGPO |
International GEWEX Project
Office |
| IGRAC |
International Groundwater
Resources Assessment Center |
| IGWCO |
Integrated Global Water Cycle
Observations |
| IGWMC |
International Ground Water
Modelling Center |
| IH |
Institute of Hydrology |
| IHD |
International Hydrological
Decade |
| IHDP |
International Human Dimensions
Programme on Global Environmental Change |
| IHP |
International Hydrology
Programme (UNESCO) |
| IIS |
Institute for Industrial
Studies |
| iLEAPS |
Integrated Land
Ecosystem-Atmospheric Processes Study |
| ILSS |
Isotope-Enabled Land-Surface
Schemes |
| IMH |
Institute of Meteorology and
Hydrology (Mongolia) |
| IMOP |
Intensive Model Output Period |
| INBO |
International Network of Basin
Organizations |
| INCA |
Interhemispheric Differences
in Cirrus Properties from Anthropogenic Emissions |
| INFORSE |
International Network for
Sustainable Energy |
| INPE |
Instituto Nacional de
Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil) |
| INQUA |
International Union for
Quarternary Research |
| INSU |
Institut National des Sciences
de l'Univers |
| INWEH |
International Network on
Water, Environment, and Health |
| INWRDAM |
Inter-Islamic Network on Water
Resources Development and Management |
| IOC |
International Oceanographic
Commission |
| IOH |
Institute of Hydrology |
| IOP |
Intensive Observing Period |
| IOP |
Intensive Operation Period |
| IORGC |
Institute of Observational
Research for Global Change |
| IPAR |
Interceptual
Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| IPCC |
(WMO/UNEP) Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change |
| iPilps |
Isotopes in PILPS |
| IPO |
International Project Office |
| IPSL |
Istitut Pierre Simon Laplace |
| IPWG |
International Precipitation
Working Group |
| IPY |
International Polar Year |
| IR |
Infrared |
| IRE-CPSSI |
IRE RAS Center of Processing
and Storing Space Information (Russia) |
| IRI |
Interdisciplinary Research
Initiative |
| IRI |
International Research
Institute |
| IRN |
International Rivers Network |
| IRTCES |
International Research and
Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation |
| ISA |
Intermediate Scale Area |
| ISA-MEIDA |
Israel Space Agency-Middle
East Interactive Data Archive |
| ISARM |
Internationally Shared
(Transboundary) Aquifer Resources Management |
| ISCCP |
International Satellite Cloud
Climatology Project |
| ISDR |
International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction |
| ISEA |
Icosahedral Snyder Equal Area |
| ISLSCP |
International Satellite
Land-Surface Climatology Project |
| ISMWG |
International Soil Moisture
Working Group |
| ISO |
International Organization for
Standardization |
| ISSC |
International Social Science
Council |
| ITCZ |
Inter-Tropical Convergence
Zone |
| ITWG |
International TIROS
Operational Vertical Sounder Working Group |
| IUCN |
The World Conservation Union |
| IUGG |
International Union of Geodesy
and Geophysics |
| IWA |
International Water
Association |
| IWE |
Institute for Water Education |
| IWG |
Interagency Working Group |
| IWHA |
International Water History
Association |
| IW-LEARN |
International Waters Learning
Exchange and Resource Network |
| IWMI |
International Water Management
Institute |
| IWRA |
International Water Resources
Association |
| IWRM |
Integrated Water Resources
Management |
| JAMSTEC |
Japan Marine
Science and Technology Center |
| JAXA |
Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency |
| JCC |
Joint Coordination Committee |
| JERS |
Japanese Earth Resources
Satellite |
| JGOFS |
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| JIIHP |
Joint International Isotopes
in Hydrology Program |
| JMA |
Japanese Meteorological Agency |
| JMP |
Joint Monitoring Programme |
| JOSS |
Joint Office for Scientific
Support |
| JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| JPS |
Joint Planning Staff (for
WCRP) |
| JRA |
Japanese Reanalysis Agency |
| JSC |
WMO/ICSU/IOC Joint Scientific
Committee (for WCRP) |
| JST |
Japan Science and Technology
Corporation |
| KORMEX |
