| 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 |
| ACC |
Atmospheric Composition Constellation (CEOS) |
| ACMAD |
African Center for
Meteorological Applications and Development |
| ACPC |
Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation and Climate Initiative (iLEAPS/GEWEX/IGAC) |
| 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 |
| AGG |
Advisory Group on GSN and GUAN (AOPC) |
| 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 |
| ASPECT |
Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (WCRP CLIC, SCAR) |
| 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 |
| CBS |
Commission for Basic Systems (WMO) |
| CCA |
Canonical Correlation Analysis |
| CCAD |
Central American Commission
for Environment and Development |
| CCCN |
Cloud Condensation Nuclei |
| CCI |
Commission for Climatology (WMO) |
| 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 |
Coordination Group on
Meteorological Satellites |
| CHASM |
Chameleon Surface Model |
| CHy |
Commission for Hydrology (WMO) |
| CICS |
Cooperative Institute for
Climate Studies (University of Maryland) |
| CIRC |
Continuous Intercomparison of
Radiation Codes |
| CIMO |
Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observations (WMO) |
| 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 Project |
| 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 |
| DBCP |
Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (JCOMM) |
| 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 |
| EC |
Executive Council (WMO) |
| ECA |
Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECV |
Essential Climate Variable |
| 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 |
| ET-EGOS |
Expert Team on the Evolution of the Global Observing System (WMO CBS) |
| 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 |
| FAPAR |
Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| FCDR |
Fundamental Climate Data Record |
| 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 |
| GCMP |
GCOS Climate Monitoring Principle |
| 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 |
| GEIA |
Global Emissions Inventory Activity (IGBP IGAC) |
| 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 |
| GEOTRACES |
International Study of the Global Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Nutrients (SCORE) |
| GEWEX |
Global Energy and Water Cycle
Experiment |
| GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory |
| GHCC |
Global Hydrology and Climate
Center |
| GHCN |
Global Historical Climatology
Network |
| GHG |
Greenhouse Gas |
| GHP |
GEWEX Hydrometeorology Panel |
| GHRC |
Global Hydrology Resource
Center |
| GHRSST |
Group for High-Resolution Sea-Surface Temperature |
| 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 |
| GLCF |
Global Land Cover Facility |
| GLDAS |
Global Land Data Assimilation
System |
| GLF |
Greenleaf Fraction |
| GLIMS |
Global Land Ice Measurements from Space Initiative |
| 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 |
| GLOSS |
Global Sea Level Observing System |
| 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 |
| GODAE |
Global Ocean Data Assimilation
Experiment |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite |
| GOES-R |
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite -
R Series |
| GOFC-GOLD |
Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GTOS) |
| GOME |
Global Ozone Monitoring
Experiment |
| GOMOS |
Global Ozone Monitoring by
Occultation of Stars |
| GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
| GOS |
Global Observing System |
| GO-SHIP |
Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigations Program (WCRP CLIVAR, IOCCP) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| GSOP |
Global Synthesis and Observations Panel (WCRP CLIVAR) |
| 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 |
| IACS |
International Association of Cryospheric Sciences/font> |
| 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 |
Integrated Global Observing
Strategy |
| 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) |
| IICWG |
International Ice Charting Working Group |
| IIS |
Institute for Industrial
Studies |
| iLEAPS |
Integrated Land
Ecosystem-Atmospheric Processes Study |
| ILSS |
Isotope-Enabled Land-Surface
Schemes |
| IMBER |
Integrated Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems Research (IGBP) |
| 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 |
| IOCCG |
International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group |
| IOCCP |
International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project |
| IOH |
Institute of Hydrology |
| IOP |
Intensive Observing Period |
| IOP |
Intensive Operation Period |
| IORGC |
Institute of Observational
Research for Global Change |
| IPA |
International Permafrost Association |
| 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 |
| ITWG |
International TOVS Working Group (CGMS) |
| 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 |
| IWWG |
International Winds Working Group (CGMS) |
| JAMSTEC |
Japan Marine
Science and Technology Center |
| JAXA |
Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency |
| JCC |
Joint Coordination Committee |
| JCOMM |
Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (WMO, IOC) |
| 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 |
Korean Monsoon
Experiment |
| LAI |
Leaf Area
Index |
| Lake-ICE |
Lake Induced Convection and
Evaporation |
| LAM |
Limited Area Models |
| LANDSAT |
Land (Remote Sensing)
Satellite |
| LAPS |
Local Analysis Prediction
System |
| LaRC |
Langley Research Center (NASA) |
| LAS |
Live Access Server |
| LBA |
Large-scale Biosphere
Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia |
| LDAS |
Land Data Assimilation Scheme |
| LEAF |
Land-Ecosystem-Atmosphere
Feedback |
| LEO |
Low Earth Orbit |
| LES |
Large Eddy Simulation |
| LIS |
Land Information System |
| LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory |
| LMD |
Laboratoire de Météorologie
Dynamique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| LoCo |
Local Coupled Project |
| LOICZ |
Land Ocean Interactions in the
Coastal Zone |
| LOP |
Long-Term Observing Period |
| LPB |
La Plata Basin |
| LRM |
Low Resolution Mode |
| LSA |
Large-Scale Area |
| LSA-E |
Large Scale Area – East |
| LSA-NC |
Large Scale Area – North
Central |
| LSA-NW |
Large Scale Area – North
West |
| LSA-SW |
Large Scale Area – South
West |
| LSM |
Land Surface Models |
| LSP |
Land Surface Parameterization |
| LSPM |
Land Surface Process Model |
| LSS |
Land Surface Schemes |
| LTER |
Long Term Ecological Research |
| LUCC |
Land Use and Land Cover Change |
| LUCID |
Land-Use and Climate
IDentification of Robust Impacts |
| LW |
Long Wave |
| LWD |
Long Wave Downward Radiation |
| MAGS |
Mackenzie
GEWEX Study |
| MAHASRI |
Monsoon
Asian Hydro-Atmospheric Science Research and prediction Initiative |
| MAIRS |
Monsoon Asia Integrated
Regional Study |
| MAP |
Mesoscale Alpine Program |
| MAPS |
Mesoscale Analysis and
Prediction Systems |
| MASTER |
MODIS/ASTER |
| McICA |
Monte Carlo Independent Column
Approximation |
| MDB |
Murray-Darling Basin Water
Budget Project |
| MDG |
Millenium Development Goal |
| MDG |
Model and Data Group |
| MEA |
Multilateral Environmental
Agreement |
| MERIS |
Medium-Resolution Imaging
Spectrometer |
| MERRA |
Modern Era
Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications |
| METEOSAT |
Meteorological Satellite
(European Operational System) |
| METOP |
ESA Operational Meteorological
Satellite Series |
| MEWIN |
Middle East Water Information
Network |
| MEXT |
Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) |
| MFC |
Moisture Flux Convergence |
| MHS |
Microwave Humidity Sounder |
| MIP |
Model Intercomparison Project |
| MIPAS |
Michelson Inferometer for
Passive Atmospheric Sounding |
| MIMR |
Multifrequency Imaging
Microwave Sounder |
| MIRAS |
Microwave Imaging Radiometer
using Aperture Synthesis |
| MISR |
Multi-angle Imaging
SpectroRadiometer |
| MISR |
Multi-angle Infrared Scanning
Radiometer |
| MJO |
Madden-Julian Oscillation |
| MMA |
Multi-Model Analysis |
| MMF |
Multi-Scale Modeling Framework |
| MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer |
| MOLTS |
Model Output Location Time
Series |
| MOPEX |
Model Parameter Estimation
Experiment |
| MOPITT |
Measurements Of Pollution In
The Troposphere |
| MORDS |
Model Output Reduced Data Set |
| MOS |
Model Output Statistics |
| MOZAIC |
Measurement of Ozone from
Airbus in-Service Aircraft |
| MP |
Monsoon Panel |
| MPACE |
Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud
Experiment |
| MPI |
Max-Planck Institute |
| MPI-M |
Max-Planck Institute for
Meteorology |
| MRB |
Mackenzie River Basin |
| MRF |
Medium-Range Forecast |
| MSFC |
Marshal Space Flight Center |
| MSG |
METEOSAT Second Generation |
| MSS |
Multi-Spectral Scanner |
| MSU |
Microwave Sounding Unit |
| MWR |
MicroWave Radiometer |
| NAME |
North American
Monsoon Experiment |
| NAMHEM |
National Agency for
Meteorology, Hydrology, and Environmental Monitoring |
| NAMMA |
NASA-AMMA (National
Aeronautics and Space Administration African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis) project |
| NAO |
North Atlantic Oscillation |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration |
| NASDA |
National Space Development
Agency of Japan |
| NASS |
National Agricultural
Statistics Service |
| NATSGO |
National Soil Geographic
Database |
| NAWDEX |
National Water Data Exchange |
| NCAR |
National Center for
Atmospheric Research |
| NCDC |
National Climatic Data Center |
| NCEP |
National Centers for
Environmental Prediction |
| NCGIA |
National Center for Geographic
Information and Analysis |
| NCSS |
National Cooperative Soil
Survey |
| NDVI |
Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index |
| NEE |
Net Ecosystem Exchange |
| NEESPI |
Northern
Eurasian Earth Science Partnership Initiative |
| NEG |
Numerical Experimentation
Group |
| NERC |
Natural Environment Research
Council |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental
Satellite Data and Information Service |
| NetCDF |
Network Common Data Format |
| NEWS |
NASA Energy and Water Cycle
Study |
| NEXRAD |
Next
Generation Weather Radar |
| NGDC |
National Geophysical Data
Center |
| NGM |
Nested Grid Model |
| NHS |
National Hydrologic Services |
| NIDS |
NEXRAD Information
Dissemination Service |
| NIES |
National Institute for
Environmental Studies |
| NIP |
Normal Incidence Pyrheliometer |
| NLDAS |
National Land Data
Assimilation System |
| NLDAS |
North American Land Data
Assimilation System |
| NMC |
National Meteorological Center |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration |
| NODC |
National Oceanographic Data
Center |
| NPN |
NOAA Profiler Network |
| NPOESS |
National Polar-orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| NPP |
Net Primary Production |
| NPP |
NOPESS Preparatory Project |
| NRA |
NASA Research Announcement |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NRC/CRC |
National Research
Council/Climate Research Committee |
| NRCS |
National Resources
Conservation Service |
| NRCT |
National Research Council of
Thailand |
| NREL |
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory |
| NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
| NRT |
Near Real Time |
| NSCAT |
NASA Scatterometer |
| NSDIC |
National Snow and Ice Data
Center |
| NSE |
Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency |
| NSERC |
Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council (Canada) |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSIDC |
National Snow and Ice Data
Center |
| NSIPP |
NASA's Seasonal-to-Interannual
Prediction Project |
| NSL |
National Sedimentation
Laboratory |
| NSSFC |
National Severe Storms
Forecast Center |
| NSSL |
National Severe Storms
Laboratory |
| NVaP |
National Water Vapor Project |
| NWIS |
National Water Information
System |
| NWP |
Numerical Weather Prediction |
| NWS |
National Weather Service |
| NWSFRS |
National Weather Service River
Forecast System |
| OCR |
Ocean Colour Radiometry Constellation (CEOS) |
| OES |
NASA Office of
Earth Science |
| OGC |
Open Geospatial Consortium |
| OGP |
Office of Global Programs |
| OH |
Office of Hydrology |
| OOPC |
Ocean Observations Panel for
Climate |
| OPACE |
Open Panel of CCL Experts (WMO CCL) |
| OPeNDAP |
Open-source Project for a
Network Data Access Protocol |
| ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| ORNL-DAAC |
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory-Distributed Active Archive Center |
| OST |
Ocean Surface Topography Constellation (CEOS) |
| OSTP |
Office of Science and
Technology Policy |
| OSVW |
Ocean Surface Vector Wind Constellation (CEOS) |
| PACS |
Pan American
Climate Studies |
| PAGES |
Past Global Changes |
| PAH |
Parametric Aromatic
Hydrocarbons |
| PALSAR |
Phased Array type L-band
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| PAR |
Photosynthetically Active
Radiation |
| PARASOL |
Polarization and Anisotropy of
Reflectances for Atmospheric Sciences Coupled with Obersations from a Lidar |
| PARCA |
Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment |
| PATMOS |
Pathfinder-Atmosphere |
| PBL |
Planetary Boundary Layer |
| PCA |
Principal Component Analysis |
| PCMDI |
Program for Climate Model
Diagnosis and Intercomparison |
| PE |
Parameterization Estimation |
| PERSIANN |
Precipitation Estimation from
Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks |
| PFT |
Plant Functional Type |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| PICO |
Panel for Integrated Coastal Observations (GOOS) |
| PILPS |
Project for the
Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes |
| PIR |
Precision Infrared Radiometer |
| PIRCS |
Project to Intercompare
Regional Climate Situations |
| POC |
Point of Contact |
| POES |
Polar Orbiting Environmental
Satellite |
| POGO |
Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans |
| POLDER |
POLarization and
Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances |
| POLINAT |
Pollution from Aircraft
Emissions in the North Atlantic Flight Cooridor |
| PPT |
Precipitation |
| PR |
Precipitation Radar |
| PRR |
Profiling Reflectance
Radiometer |
| PRAC |
Principal Research Area |
| PREC |
Precipitation Reconstruction |
| PREC/L |
Precipitation Reconstruction
over Land |
| PRISM |
Precipitation-development
Regressions on Independent Slopes |
| PRISM |
Panchromatic Remote sensing
Instrument for Stereo Mapping |
| PRMS |
Precipitation-Runoff Modelling
System |
| PROFS |
Program for Regional Observing
and Forecasting Services |
| PRYSM |
Power and Reservoir Model |
| PSC |
Polar Stratopheric Cloud |
| PUB |
Project for Ungauged Basins |
| QPF |
Quantitative
Precipitation Forecast |
| Quickscat |
Quick Scatterometer |
| R2 |
Correlation Coefficient
Squared |
| RA |
Radar Altimeter |
| RAISE |
Rangelands
Atmosphere-Hydrosphere-Biosphere Interaction Study Experiment |
| RAMS |
Regional Area Modeling System |
| RASS |
Radio Atmospheric Sounding
System |
| Radarsat |
Radar Satellite |
| RadFlux |
Radiative Fluxes |
| RCM |
Regional Climate Model |
| REMO |
Regionales Models |
| RETs |
Renewable Energy Technologies |
| RFA |
Radiative Flux Assessment |
| RFC |
River Forecast Center |
| RH |
Relative Humidity |
| RHi |
Relative Humidity Index |
| RHP |
Regional Hydroclimate Project |
| RICE |
Regional Interactions of
Climate and Ecosystems |
| RICO |
Rain In Cumulus over the Ocean |
| RISOP |
Rapid Interval Scan Operations
Plan |
| RLIWG |
River and Lake Ice Working
Group |
| RMSE |
Root Mean Square Error |
| ROI |
Radius of Influence |
| RPCA |
Related Principal Components
Analysis |
| RRC |
Regional Research Center |
| RRN |
Regional Research Network |
| RRS |
Regional Research Site |
| RTD |
Research and Technology
Development |
| RTNEPH |
Real Time Nephanalysis |
| SAA |
Satellite
Active Archive (NOAA) |
| SAG |
Scientific Advisory Group |
| SAGE |
Stratospheric Aerosols and Gas
Experiment |
| SAHFOS |
Sir Alistair Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science |
| SAHRA |
Sustainability of semi-Arid
Hydrology and Riparian Areas |
| SAL |
Saharan Air Layer |
| SALLJEX |
South American Low Level Jet
Experiment |
| SALSA |
Semi-Arid
Land-Surface-Atmosphere Program |
| SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SAS |
Simplified Arakawa Schubert
scheme |
| SAST |
Snow-Atmosphere-Soil Transfer
Scheme |
| SBLs |
Stable Boundary Layers |
| SBUV |
Solar Backscattered
Ultraviolet System |
| SCAN |
Soil Climate Analysis Network |
| SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
| ScaRaB |
Scanner for Radiation Budget |
| SCAR-B |
Smoke Clouds Aerosol and
Radiation-Brazil Experiment |
| SCAT |
Scatterometer |
| SCM |
Single Column Model |
| SCOPE |
Scientific Committee on
Problems of the Environment |
| SCOR |
Scientific Committee on
Oceanic Research |
| SCOUT |
Stratospheric-Climate Links
with Emphasis on the UTLS (Upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere) |
| SCOWAR |
Scientific Committee on Water
Resources |
| SCPM |
Soil Carbon Pool Module |
| SCS |
Soil Conservation Service |
| SDNP |
Sustainable Development
Networking Programme |
| SDPS |
Surface Deformation Prediction
System |
| SDSM |
Satellite Data Source Module |
| SDT |
Sahelian Dust Transect |
| SeaBASS |
SeaWiFS Bio-Optical Archive
and Storage System |
| SeaWiFS |
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view
Sensor |
| SEBAL |
Surface Energy Balance
Algorithm for Land |
| SEI |
Stockholm Environmental
Institute |
| SEUS |
Snow Water Estimations and
Updating System |
| SEVIRI |
Spinning Enhanced Visible and
InfraRed Imager |
| SGCR |
Subcommittee on Global Change
Research |
| SGP |
Southern Great Plains |
| SH |
Sensible Heat flux |
| SiB |
Simple Biosphere Model |
| SIDA |
Swedish International
Development Agency |
| SIDS |
Small Island Developing States |
| SIL |
Societas Internationalis
Limnologiae |
| SIMBIOS |
Sensor Intercomparison and
Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies |
| SIPS |
Science Investigator-led
Processing System |
| SIR |
Shuttle Imaging Radar |
| SIRAL |
SAR Interferometric Rada
Altimeter |
| SISP |
Science and Implementation
Steering Group (LPB) |
| SIT |
(Committee on Earth Sciences)
Strategic Implementation Team |
| SLP |
Sea Level Pressure |
| SMA |
Soil Moisture Accounting |
| SMHI |
Swedish Meteorological and
Hydrological Institute |
| SMMR |
Scanning Multichannel
Microwave Radiometer |
| SMOS |
Soil Moisture and Ocean
Salinity Mission (ESA) |
| SMOS |
Surface Meteorological
Observation Station |
| SNOTEL |
SNOpack TELemetry observations |
| SNOWMIP |
SNOW Models Inter-comparison
Project |
| SNR |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| SOBS |
Surface Observations cloud
data set |
| SOI |
Southern Oscillation Index |
| SOLAS |
Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere
Study |
| SONEX |
NOx Experiment |
| SOOP |
Ship of Opportunity Programme (JCOMM) |
| SOP |
Special Observing Period |
| SORCE |
Solar Radiation and Climate
Experiment |
| SOWER |
Soundings of Ozone and Water
Vapor in Equatorial Pacific |
| SPARC |
Stratospheric Processes And
their Role in Climate (WCRP) |
| SPOT |
Systeme Pour
d’Observation de la Terre |
| SRB |
Surface Radiation Budget |
| SRF |
Surface Radiative Fluxes |
| SRTM |
Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission |
| SSA |
Small Scale Area |
| SSB |
Space Studies Board (NRC) |
| SSC |
Science Steering Committee |
| SSE |
Surface meteorology and Solar
Energy (NASA) project |
| SSEC |
Space Science and Engineering
Center |
| SSG |
Scientific Steering Group |
| SSiB |
Simplified Simple Biosphere |
| SSM/I |
Special Sensor Microwave
Imager |
| SSM/T |
Special Sensor |
| SST |
Sea Surface Temperature |
| SSTA |
Sea Surface Temperature
Anomoly |
| SSU |
Stratospheric Sounding Unit |
| SSURGO |
Soil Survey Geographic
Database |
| START |
SysTem for Analysis, Research
and Training |
| STATSGO |
State Soil Geographic Database |
| STC |
Science and Technology
Corporation |
| STORMFEST |
Storm-Scale Operational and
Research Meteorology-Fronts |
| STORM-WAVE |
STORM Weather-data
Assimilation and Verification Experiment |
| SUAG |
Senior
Users Advisory Group |
| SUCCESS |
Subsonic Aircraft Contrail and
Cloud Effects Special Study |
| SURFRAD |
Surface Radiation Monitoring
Network |
| SVAT |
Soil Vegetation Atmosphere
Transfer |
| SVD |
Singular Value Decomposition |
| SVIWG |
Snow-Vegetation Interactions
Working Group |
| SW |
Short Wave |
| SWE |
Snow Water Equivalent |
| SWI |
Soil Wetness Index |
| SWI |
Stable Water Isotopes |
| SWING |
Stable Water Isotope
Inter-comparison Group |
| SWWG |
Surface Water Working Group |
| TBRG |
Tipping Bucket
Rain Gauge |
| TCO |
Terrestrial Carbon Observation Panel (GTOS) |
| TDAs |
Tactical Decision Aids |
| TFSP |
Task Force on Seasonal
Prediction |
| THORPEX |
THe Observing System Research
and Predictability Experiment |
| THREDDS |
Thematic Real-time
Environmental Distributed Data Services |
| TIGER |
Terrestrial Initiative in
Global Environment Research |
| TIGGE |
THORPEX Interactive Grand
Global Ensemble Project |
| TIMS |
Thermal Imaging Spectrometer |
| TIP |
Tropical Moored Buoy Implementation Panel |
| TIROS |
Television and Infrared
Observation Satellite |
| TKE |
Turbulent Kinetic Energy
scheme |
| TOA |
Top-Of-Atmosphere |
| TOGA |
Tropical Ocean Global
Atmosphere |
| TOGA-COARE |
Tropical Ocean Global
Atmosphere-Coupled Ocean Atmospheric |
| TOMS |
Total Ozone Mapping
Spectrometer |
| TOPC |
Terrestrial Observation Panel
for Climate |
| TOVS |
TIROS Operational Veritcal
Sounder |
| TOPEX |
The Ocean Topography/Satellite
Altimeter Experiment |
| TOVS |
TIROS Operational Vertical
Sounder |
| TM |
Thematic Mapper |
| TReSS |
Transportable Remote Sensing
Station |
| TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall Measuring
Mission |
| TSI |
Total Solar Irradiance |
| TTL |
Tropical Tropopause Layer |
| TWG |
Transferability Working Group |
| UAV |
Unmanned
Aerospace Vehicles |
| UCAR |
University Corporation for
Atmospheric Research |
| UCLA |
University of California, Los
Angeles |
| UCOWR |
University Council on Water
Resources |
| UHF |
Ultra High Frequency |
| UMBC |
University of Maryland,
Baltimore County |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development
Programme |
| UN ECE |
United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environmental
Programme |
| UNCDD |
United Nations Convention on
the Combat of Desertification |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environmental
Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change |
| UNICEF |
United Nations International
Children's Fund |
| UNU |
United Nations University |
| USACE |
US Army Corp of Engineers |
| USAF |
United States Air Force |
| USDA |
United States Department of
Agriculture |
| USEPA |
United States Environmental
Protection Agency |
| USGCRP |
United States Global Change
Research Program |
| USGS |
United States Geological
Survey |
| USGS-NAWQA |
United States Geological
Survey-National Water Quality Archive |
| USRA |
Universities Space Research
Association |
| USU |
Utah State University |
| USWRP |
United States Weather Research
Program |
| UT |
Upper Troposphere |
| UTC |
Universal Time Coordinated |
| UTLS |
Upper Troposphere Lower
Stratosphere |
| UV |
Ultraviolet |
| UZFW |
Upper Zone Free Water |
| VAMOS |
Variablity of
the American Monsoon System |
| VAS |
VISSR Atmospheric Sounder |
| VASClimo |
Variability Analysis of
Surface Climate Observations |
| VGM |
Vegetation Growth Module |
| VHF |
Very High Frequency |
| VIC |
Variable Infiltration Capacity |
| VIIRS |
Visible/Infrared Imager
Radiometer Suite |
| VIL |
Vertically Integrated Liquid
Water |
| VIRS |
Visible Infrared
Imager/Radiometer Suite |
| VISSR |
Visible and Infrared Spin-Scan
Radiometer |
| VOCALS |
VAMOS (Variablity of the
American Monsoon System) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study |
| VSMOW |
Vienna Mean Ocean Water |
| WALES |
Water Vapor
and Lidar Experiment in Space |
| WAM |
West African Monsoon |
| WAMME |
WAM Model Evaluation |
| WAMP |
West African Monsoon Project |
| WARFS |
Water Resources Forecasting
System |
| WARM |
Illinois Water and Atmospheric
Resources Monitoring Network |
| WatER |
Water Elevation Recovery
mission |
| WCMC |
World Conservation Modeling
Center |
| WCP |
World Climate Programme |
| WCRP |
World Climate Research
Programme |
| WDCC |
World Data Center for Climate |
| WEAP |
Water Evaluation and
Assessment Planning |
| WEBS |
Water and Energy Budget
Synthesis |
| WEDC |
Water Engineering and
Development Center |
| WESP |
Water and Energy Budget
Simluation and Prediction |
| WET-AMC |
Wet Season Atmospheric
Mesoscale Campaign |
| WG |
Working Group |
| WGARO |
Working Group on Atmospheric Reference Observations (AOPC) |
| WGCAP |
Working Groun on Clouds,
Aerosols Profiling |
| WGCM |
JSC/CLIVAR Working Group on
Coupled Modeling |
| WGCV |
Working Group on Calibration and Validation (CEOS) |
| WGDM |
Working Group on Data
Management |
| WGDMA |
Working Group on Data
Management and Analysis |
| WGISS |
Working Group on Information
Systems and Services |
| WGLSA |
Joint Working Group on Land-Surface Atmosphere Issues (AOPC, TOPC) |
| WGMS |
World Glacier Monitoring
Service |
| WGNE |
WMO (CAS)/JSC Working Group on
Numerical Experimentation |
| WGOA |
Working Group on Observations
and Assimilation |
| WGPRN |
Working Group on Precipitation
Radar Networks |
| WGSF |
JSC Working Group on Surface
Fluxes |
| WGSIP |
CLIVAR Working Groupn on
Seasonal-interannual Prediction |
| WGSM |
Working Group on Satellite
Matters |
| WG-SP |
Working Group Surface Pressure (AOPC) |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WHYCOS |
World Hydrological Cycle
Observing System |
| WISE |
Worldwide Integrated Study of
Extremes |
| WMO |
World Meteorological
Organization |
| WMP |
WCRP Modelling Panel |
| WOAP |
WCRP Observation and
Assimilation Panel |
| WOW |
Water on the Web |
| WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation
Experiment |
| WPDN |
Wind Profiler Demonstration
Network |
| WRAP |
Water Resources Applications
Project |
| WRF |
Weather Research Foundation |
| WRI |
Water Resources Institute |
| WRR |
World Resources Report |
| WSHP |
Water, Sanitation, and Health
Program |
| WSI |
Weather Services International |
| WSR-88D |
Weather Service Radar
88-Doppler (formerly NEXRAD) |
| WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable
Development |
| WTF-CEOP |
WGISS Test Facility for CEOP
(Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observation Project) |
| WVSS |
Water Vapor Sensing System |
| WWAP |
World Water Assessment
Programme |
| WWC |
World Water Council |
| WWDR |
World Water Development Report |
| WWF |
World Water Forum |
| WWF |
World Wildlife Fund for Nature |
| WWRP |
World Weather Research Program |
| WHYCOS |
World Hydrological Cycle
Observing System |
| WWW |
World Weather Watch |
| YOTC |
Year of
Tropical Convection |
