Acronyms

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AcronymDefinition
AARIArctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia
AAOAntarctic Oscillation
AOArctic Oscillation
ACCO-NetArctic Circum-Polar Coastal Observatory Network
ACDArctic Coastal Dynamics
ACIAArctic Climate Impact Assessment
ACSYSWCRP Arctic Climate System Study
ADEOSAdvanced Earth Observing Satellite
AIDJEXArctic Ice Dynamic Experiment
AIRSAtmospheric InfraRed Sounder
ALISONAlaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network
ALOSAdvanced Land Observing Satellite
ALTMAirborne LASER Terrain Mapper
AMAPArctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
AMMAntarctic Mapping Mission
AMSRAdvanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
AMSUAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit
AOArctic Oscillation
AOPCAtmospheric Observation Panel of GCOS
AOSBArctic Ocean Sciences Board
APCArctic Data Centre, Finland
Arctic HYCOSArctic (component) of WHYCOS
ARGPSAntarctic RGPS
ARMAtmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
ASARAdvanced SAR
ASOSAutomated Surface Observing System
ASFAlaska Satellite Facility
ASRArctic System Reanalysis
ASPeCtAntarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate
AVHRRAdvanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AUVAutonomous Underwater Vehicle
AWSAutomatic Weather Station
BASBritish Antarctic Survey
BOREASBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study
BUBreak-up (date)
CALMCircumpolar Active Layer Monitoring
CAPPCarbon Pools in Permafrost Regions Project
CASACollaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere
CASOClimate of Antarctica and Southern Ocean
CCCCanadian Centre for Climate
CCINCanadian Cryospheric Information Network
CEOPCoordinated Enhanced Observing Period
CEOSCommittee on Earth Observing Satellites
CERESClouds & The Earths Radiant Energy System
CDRClimate Data Record
CFOComplete freeze-over
CGMSCoordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
CHAMPCHAllenging Mini-satellite Payload
CHINAREData sharing platform, China
CIDCanadian Ice Database
CIMOWMO Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
CISCanadian Ice Service
CliCWCRP Climate and Cryosphere project
CMCCanadian Meteorological Centre
CMISConical Scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder
CNESCentre National des Etudes Spatiales (France)
COSPARCommittee on Space Research (member of ICSU)
COPESCoordinated Observation and Prediction of the Earth System
CryoNetCryospheric Network
CryOSIGOS Theme on Cryosphere
CreSISCenter for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets
CSACanadian Space Agency
CSIROCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
DARMSDrifting Automatic Radio-Meteorological Station
DAACDistributed Active Archive Centers
DAMOCLESDeveloping Arctic Modelling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies
DCPCWIS Data Collection and Production Centre
DEMDigital Elevation Model
DIFData Interchange Format
DInSARDifferential InSAR
DIS(IPY) Data and Information Service
DISCData and Information Service for CliC
DMSPDefense Meteorological Satellite Program
DOE-ARMU.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
ECDSEnvironment Climate Data Sweden
ECMWFEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ECVEssential Climate Variable
EGPMEuropean Global Precipitation Mission
EMElectro-magnetic
ENSOEl Nino and the Southern Oscillation
ENVISATEnvironmental Satellite
EOSNASA Earth Observing System
ERSEuropean Remote Sensing
ESAEuropean Space Agency
ESSPEarth System Science Partnership
ETM+Enhanced Thematic Mapper
EUMETSATEuropean Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
FCDRFundamental Climate Data Record
FLARForward Looking Airborne Radar
FOVField-of-view
FUFreeze-up (date)
GCMGeneral Circulation Model
GCMDGlobal Change Master Directory
GCMPGCOS Climate Monitoring Principles
GCOSGlobal Climate Observing System
GEMSGlobal Environment Monitoring Program
GEOGeostationary satellites
GEOGroup on Earth Observations
GEOSSGlobal Earth Observation System of Systems
GEWEXWCRP Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GHOSTGlobal Hierarchical Observing Strategy
GIIPSYGlobal Inter-Agency IPY Polar Snapshot Year
GIPGCOS Implementation Plan
GISGeographic Information System
GISC Global Information System Centres
GLIMSGlobal Land-Ice Measurement from Space
GLOFGlacial Lake Outburst Flood
GLOSSGlobal Sea-Level Observing System
GLRIDGlobal Lake and River Ice Phenology Database
GMDSSGlobal Maritime Distress and Safety System
GMESGlobal Monitoring for Environment and Security
GNSSGlobal Navigation Satellite System
GOCEGravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer
GOESGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
GOOSGlobal Ocean Observing System
GOSGlobal Observing System
GPCPGlobal Precipitation Climatology Project
GPMGlobal Precipitation Mission
GPRGround-penetrating radar
GPSGlobal Positioning System
GRAGOOS Regional Alliance
GrADSGrid Analysis and Display System
GRACEGravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
GSFCGoddard Space Flight Center
GSWPGlobal Soil Wetness Project
GTN-GGlobal Terrestrial Network for Glaciers
GTN-HGlobal Terrestrial Network for Hydrology
GTN-LGlobal Terrestrial Network for Lakes
GTN-PGlobal Terrestrial Network for Permafrost
GTOSGlobal Terrestrial Observing System
GWSPGlobal Water System Project
HELPHydrology for Environment, Life and Policy
HIRSHigh resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
HYDROSHydrosphere State mission
IABPInternational Arctic Buoy Program
IAHSInternational Association of Hydrologic Sciences
iAOOSIntegrated Arctic Ocean Observing System
IASOAInternational Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere
ICARPInternational Conference on Arctic Research Planning
ICESatIce Cloud and land Elevation Satellite
ICSUInternational Council of Scientific Unions
IDNInternational Directory Network
IFOVInstantaneous field of view
IGOSIntegrated Global Observing Strategy
IGOSPIntegrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership
IGWCOInternational Global Water Cycle Observation
INPOInternational Network of Permafrost Observatories
InSARInterferometric SAR
IOCIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
IPAInternational Permafrost Association
IPABWCRP/SCAR International Programme for Antarctic Buoys
IPCCIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPSIce Profiling Sonar
IPYInternational Polar Year 2007-2008
IPWGInternational Precipitation Working Group
IRInfra-red
ISCCPInternational Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
IHDPInternational Human Dimensions Programme
ITUInternational Telecommunication Union
IUGGInternational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
JAMSTECJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
JAXAJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
J-CADJAMSTEC Compact Arctic Drifter
JCOMMJoint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
JERSJapanese Earth Resources Satellite
JRAJapanese Reanalysis
LASERLight amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
LEOLow earth orbit
LIALittle Ice Age
LIDARLight Detection and Ranging
LTERLong-term Ecological Research
MASTERMODIS/ASTER
MWMicro-wave
MIPModel Intercomparison Project
MISRMulti-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
MIZMarginal Ice Zone
MetOpMeteorological Operational (satellite)
MODISModerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MRRMicro-Rain-Radar
MSAMethanesulphonic Acid
MSUMicrowave Sounding Unit
NAMNorthern Annular Mode
NAONorth Atlantic Oscillation
NARRNorth American Regional Reanalysis
NASANational Aeronautic and Space Administration (USA)
NASDANational Space Development Agency (Japan), now called JAXA
NCEPNational Centers for Environmental Prediction (USA)
NEESPINorth Eurasian Earth Science Partnership Initiative
NESDISNational Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (USA)
MHMSNational Hydrological and Meteorological Service
NIPRNational Institute of Polar Research, Japan
NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
NPINorwegian Polar Institute
NPPNational Polar-orbiting Partnership
NRTNear real time
NSCATNASA Scatterometer
NSIDCNational Snow and Ice Data Center (USA)
NSFNational Science Foundation
NWPNumerical Weather Prediction
NWSNational Weather Service (USA)
OAI-PMHOpen Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
OCG GSWOpen Geospatial Consortium Catalogue Service for the Web
OLSOptical Line Scanner
OOPCOcean Observation Panel for Climate
OPAOpen Program Area
OPeNDAPOpen-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol
OSI SAFOcean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (EUMETSAT)
OSI-TACMyOcean Ocean and Sea Ice Thematic Assembly Center
PACEPermafrost and Climate in Europe
PALSARPhased Array type L-band SAR
PangeaData Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science, Germany
PARCAProgram for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment
PMWPassive Microwave
POESPolar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites
POSSPrecipitation Occurrence Sensing System
QPEQuantitative precipitation estimation
RGPSRadarsat Geophysical Processing System
SAMSouthern Annular Mode
SARSynthetic Aperture Radar
SBASocietal Benefit Areas of GEOSS
SCARScientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCICEXScientific Ice Experiment
SCOBSSubcommittee on Observations
SeaBASSSeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System
SEARCHUS Study of Environmental Arctic Change
SeaWiFSSea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
SHEBASurface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean
SLARSide-Looking Airborne Radar
SMMRScanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
SMOSSurface Moisture _ Ocean Salinity
SNOTELSnow Telemetry
SPOTSatellite Earth Observation System by Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
SRTMShuttle Radar Topography Mission
SSM/ISpecial Sensor Microwave/Imager
SSTSea Surface Temperature
STGSpace Task Group
SWESnow Water-Equivalent
TARRThird Assessment Report (of IPCC)
TEMSTerrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites
THIRTemperature Humidity Infrared Radiometer
TIRThermal Infrared Sensor
TMThematic Mapper
TOVSTIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
TSPThermal State of Permafrost
TRMMTropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
UAVUnmanned Aerial Vehicle
ULSUpward Looking Sonar
UCCSIUGG Commission for Cryospheric Sciences
UNFCCCUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNEPUnited Nations Environment Programme
UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USDAUS Department for Agriculture
USGSUS Geological Survey
VIIRSVisible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (NPOESS)
VisVisible
WCRPWorld Climate Research Programme
WDCWorld Data Center
WDSWorld Data System of ICSU
WGCMWorking Group on Coupled Modelling (CLIVAR)
WGIWorld Glacier Inventory
WGMSWorld Glacier Monitoring Service
WGNEWorking Group on Numerical Experimentation (WCRP)
WHYCOSWorld Hydrological Cycle Observing System
WIGOSWMO Integrated Global Observing System
WISWMO Information System
WMOWorld Meteorological Organization
WOAPWCRP Observation and Assimilation Panel
WWRPWorld Weather Research Programme