(D)PR |
dual precipitation radar |
|
-S |
Arakawa-Schubert |
|
1-D |
one-dimensional |
|
1-D RCM |
one-dimensional radiative-convective model |
|
13C |
carbon-13 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 13) |
|
14C |
carbon-14 (carbon isotope with atomic weight of 14) |
|
18O |
oxygen-18 (oxygen isotope with atomic weight of 18) |
|
2-D |
a.k.a. 2D, two-dimension, two-dimensional |
|
2-D RCAM |
two-dimensional radiative-advective-convective equilibrium model |
|
3-D |
Three-Dimensional |
|
3I |
improved initialization inversion |
|
4-D |
four-dimensional |
|
4DDA |
Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation |
|
A%C |
Animal population ratio living in cool climate region |
|
A-SAR |
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar |
|
A-SCAT |
Advanced Scatterometer |
|
A. |
Atlantic Reporter |
|
A.2D |
Atlantic Reporter 2nd Series |
|
A.D |
Anno Domini |
|
a.d. |
anno domini (latin) |
|
A.L.R. |
American Law Reports |
|
A.L.R. Fed. |
American Law Reports, Federal |
|
A.L.R.2d |
American Law Reports, 2nd Series |
|
A.L.R.3d |
American Law Reports, 3rd Series |
|
A.L.R.4th |
American Law Reports, 4th Series |
|
A.L.R.5th |
American Law Reports, 5th Series |
|
A.L.R.6th |
American Law Reports, 6th Series |
|
A.V |
Authorized Version |
|
AA |
Atomic Absorption |
|
AAAS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
|
AABW |
Antarctic Bottom Water |
|
AAD |
Attitude Anomaly Detector |
|
AAF |
Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France |
|
AAG |
American Association of Geographers |
|
AAIW |
Antarctic Intermediate Water |
|
AAOE |
Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment |
|
AAPP |
Average All Pig Price |
|
AARI |
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russian Federation) |
|
AAS |
atomic absorption spectrometry (spectrometer, spectroscopy) |
|
AAS |
American Astronomical Society |
|
AASE |
Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition |
|
AASP |
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists |
|
AASSREC |
Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils |
|
AATSR |
Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer |
|
AAWORD |
Association of African Women for Research and Development |
|
ABA |
American Bar Association |
|
ABB |
Association des Banques Belges |
|
abbrev |
abbreviation |
|
ABE |
Advisory Board on Energy (India) |
|
Aberd |
Aberdeen or Aberdonensis (Latin) |
|
Aberdeensh |
Aberdeenshire |
|
ABI |
Association of Italian Bankers |
|
ABL |
Atmospheric Boundary Layer |
|
ABLE |
Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment |
|
Abol |
abolition |
|
Aborig |
aboriginal |
|
ABP |
Archbishop |
|
ABR |
Abridged |
|
Abridg |
abridged |
|
Abridgem |
abridgement |
|
absol |
absolute |
|
Abst |
Abstract |
|
ABSTR |
Abstract |
|
ACA |
Advanced Computer Applications (project) |
|
ACABQ |
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions |
|
ACAD |
Academy |
|
ACARS |
Aircraft Communication and Recording System |
|
ACAST |
Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology toDevelopment |
|
ACATS |
Airborne Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species |
|
ACC |
Audit-Comptabilité-Conseil (French: Auditing-Accounting Council) |
|
Acc |
Account |
|
ACC |
Association of Corporate Counsel |
|
ACC |
Air Combat Command (formerly TAC) |
|
Accept |
acceptance |
|
ACCI |
Advisory Committee on Climate Applications and Data (WMO) |
|
ACCLAIM |
ACC Levels by Altimetrics and Island Measurements |
|
ACCM |
Atmospheric General Circulation Model |
|
Accomm |
accommodation |
|
Accompl |
accomplished |
|
Accs |
accounts |
|
ACCT |
Account |
|
Accts |
Accounts |
|
ACCUS |
Accusative |
|
ACD |
Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS) |
|
ACE |
Atmospheric Chemistry Education in Global Change (IGAC) |
|
ACE |
Advisory Committee on the Environment |
|
ACE |
Aerosol Characterization Experiment |
|
ACE-1 |
Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC) |
|
ACE-2 |
North Atlantic Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (IGAC) |
|
ACGIH |
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc. |
|
ACH4 |
Annual methane (CH4) emission from enteric fermentation |
|
ACHEX |
Aerosol Characterization Experiment |
|
Achievem |
achievement |
|
ACID |
Acidification Chemistry Information Data Base (BNL) |
|
ACL |
alternate concentration level |
|
ACM |
advanced climate model |
|
ACMAD |
African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development |
|
ACP |
Atmospheric Chemistry Program (DOE) |
|
ACR |
Active Cavity Radiometer |
|
ACRIM |
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS) |
|
ACS |
American Chemical Society |
|
ACS |
Attitude Control System |
|
ACSM |
American Congress of Surveying and Mapping |
|
ACSYS |
Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP) |
|
ACTM |
Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model |
|
ACTS |
African Centre for Technology Studies |
|
ACU |
Attitude Control Unit |
|
AD |
Acronym Dictionary |
|
ad. |
ad sectam (Latin) |
|
ADAAC |
Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Center |
|
ADALT |
Advanced Radar Altimeter |
|
ADB |
Asian Developing Bank |
|
ADC |
Affiliated Data Center |
|
ADC |
Analog-Digital Converter |
|
ADCLS |
Advanced Data Collection and Location System |
|
ADCP |
Accoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
|
Add |
Addenda |
|
Addit |
addition |
|
ADDNET |
Acid Deposition Data Network (EPA) |
|
ADDR |
Address |
|
ADEOS |
Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (Japan) |
|
ADEOS |
Advanced Earth Observing System |
|
ADJ |
Adjective |
|
adj. |
see "ad." above. |
|
adj.phr |
adjectival phrase |
|
adjs |
adjective |
|
ADM |
Admiral |
|
ADMC |
Agri-residue dry matter content |
|
Admir |
admiralty |
|
Admon |
admonition |
|
Admonit |
admonition |
|
ADP |
Automated Data Processing |
|
ADPE |
Automatic Data Processing Equipment |
|
ADV |
Advance |
|
Advancem |
advancement |
|
advb |
adverb |
|
Advert |
Advertisement |
|
Advoc |
advocate |
|
advs |
adverbs |
|
Advt |
advertisement |
|
Advts |
advertisement |
|
AE |
Atmosphere Explorer |
|
AEC |
Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA) |
|
AEDD |
Arctic Environment Data Directory |
|
AEEI |
Autonomous energy-efficiency index (improvements) |
|
AEEI |
Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument |
|
AEF |
Average Emission Factor |
|
AER |
Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
|
AERI |
Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Instrument |
|
AERI-FEP |
AERI Front End Processor |
|
AEROCE |
Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment |
|
Aerodynam |
aerodynamic |
|
Aeronaut |
aeronautic |
|
AES |
Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada) |
|
AEST |
Australian Eastern Standard Time |
|
AET |
Actual Evapotranspiration |
|
AF |
Agri-residue used for animal feed |
|
AFBC |
Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustor |
|
AFDM |
Ash Free Dry Mass |
|
AFEAS |
Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study |
|
Aff |
Affairs |
|
Affect |
affection |
|
AFFM |
Austrlian Financial Futures Market |
|
AFGL |
Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
|
AFGWC |
Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.) |
|
AFOF |
Authorised Futures and Options Funds |
|
AFR |
Africa |
|
AFS |
American Fisheries Society |
|
AFSCF |
Air Force Satellite Control Facility |
|
AFSCN |
Air Force Satellite Control Network |
|
AFT |
Abbreviated Functional Test |
|
AGA |
American Gas Association |
|
AGAGE |
Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment |
|
AGAL |
Australian Government Analytical Laboratories |
|
AGASP |
Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Programme |
|
AGBD |
Above ground biomass density |
|
AGCM |
Atmospheric General Circulation Model |
|
AGID |
Association for Geoscientists for International Development |
|
AGL |
Above Ground Level |
|
AGO |
Santiago Ground Station |
|
Agr. |
Agriculture (USDA) |
|
AGRHYMET |
Agronmeteorology and Operational Hydrology and Their Applications |
|
Agric |
Agriculture |
|
AGSS |
Attitude Ground Support System |
|
AGST |
Against |
|
AGU |
American Geophysical Union |
|
AGWAT |
Agriculture and Water Project (JECOR) |
|
AGWP |
Absolute Global Warming Potential |
|
AH |
Air Heater |
|
AI |
Associate Investigator |
|
AIAA |
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. |
|
AIBD |
Association of International Bond Dealers |
|
AIBS |
American Institute of Biological Sciences |
|
AIChE |
American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
|
AICRIP |
All India Coordinated Programme for Rice Improvement |
|
AID |
Agency for International Development (U.S.) |
|
AIDJEX |
Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment |
|
AIHA |
American Industrial Hygiene Association |
|
AIJ |
Activities Implemented Jointly |
|
AIM |
approximate inertial manifold |
|
AIME |
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers |
|
AIP |
Algorithm Intercomparison Programme |
|
AIP-1 |
Algorithm Intercomparison Project-1 |
|
AIP-2 |
Algorithm Intercomparison Project-2 |
|
AIP-3 |
Algorithm Intercomparison Project-3 |
|
AIREP |
Aircraft Weather Report |
|
AIRS |
Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS) |
|
AIRS-AMSU |
Atmospheric Infrared-Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |
|
AIRS/MHS |
Advanced Infrared Radiometer Sounder |
|
AIS |
Airborne Imaging Spectrometer |
|
AIS |
Automated Information Security |
|
AIT |
Atomic International Time |
|
AIT |
Asian Institute of Technology |
|
AIT |
Assembly, Integration, and Test |
|
AITP |
Arctic Ice Thickness Project (WCRP) |
|
AIV |
Assembly-Integration-Verification |
|
AJAX |
1983 Oceanographic cruise along; Meridian into Weddell Sea |
|
AL |
Aluminium |
|
AL |
Aeronomy Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado) (ERL) |
|
Al2O3 |
alumina |
|
ala |
American Library Association-Library |
|
Ala. Admin. Code |
Alabama Administrative Code |
|
Ala. Code |
Code of Alabama 1975 |
|
ALACE |
Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (float) |
|
ALADIN |
Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument |
|
ALARA |
As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
|
ALARA |
As Late As Reasonably Achievable |
|
Alaska Admin. Code |
Alaska Administrative Code |
|
Alaska Stat. |
Alaska Statutes |
|
ALBIOS |
Aluminum Biogeochemistry in Soils (EPRI) |
|
ALCH |
ALCHEMY HOLDINGS, INC. |
|
ALE |
Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment |
|
ALE/GAGE |
ALE/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment |
|
ALEXIS |
Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors |
|
Alf |
Grimco A-700 processor used for data analysis |
|
ALFA |
AER Local Forecast and Assimilation (Model) |
|
ALG |
Algebra |
|
ALIAS |
Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer |
|
ALK |
alkalinity |
|
All ER |
All England Law Reports |
|
Alleg |
allegiance |
|
Allit |
alliterative |
|
ALM |
Almanac |
|
ALOHA |
A Long-term Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment |
|
ALPEX |
Alpine Experiment |
|
Alph |
alphabet |
|
ALS |
Adirondack Lake Survey (ALSC) |
|
ALSC |
Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation |
|
ALSS |
Aluminum in Streams Study (EPRI) |
|
ALT |
Alteration |
|
ALT |
Radar Altimeter |
|
ALTA |
Active Long Term Archive |
|
Am. Jur. |
American Jurisprudence |
|
Am. Jur. 2d. |
American Jurisprudence, 2nd Series |
|
AM/FM |
Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society) |
|
AMA |
African Mountains Association |
|
AMAD |
Activity Median Aerodynamic Diameter |
|
AMAP |
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
|
AMBIACE |
Amazon Biogeochemistry and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment |
|
AMD |
Developing America |
|
AMeDAS |
Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System |
|
Amer |
America |
|
AMEX |
Atlantic Meteorology Experiment |
|
AMI |
Active Microwave Instrument |
|
AMIE |
Automated Methane Instrument Evaluation |
|
AMIGO |
America's Inter-hemispheric Geobiosphere Organization |
|
AMIP |
Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project |
|
AMMS |
Advanced Multichannel Microwave Sensor |
|
AMQUA |
American Quaternary Association |
|
AMRIR |
Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer |
|
AMS |
Applied Mathematical Sciences (DOE) |
|
AMS |
American Mathematical Society |
|
AMS |
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry |
|
AMS |
American Meteorological Society |
|
AMSR |
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer |
|
AMSU |
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |
|
AMSU-A |
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMTS |
|
AMTS |
Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder |
|
AMU |
Atomic Mass Unit |
|
AN |
Analog Nonsecure |
|
ANAL |
Analyst |
|
Analyt |
analytic) |
|
ANARE |
Australian National Antarctic Research Establishment |
|
ANAT |
Anatomy |
|
ANBS |
Asian Network of Biological Sciences |
|
ANC |
Ancient |
|
ANC |
acid-neutralizing capacity |
|
Anecd |
anecdotes |
|
ANFC |
Annual Natural Forest Cleared |
|
Ang |
Anglian |
|
Angl |
Anglian |
|
Anglo-Ind |
Anglo-Indian |
|
ANIM |
animal |
|
ANL |
The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill |
|
ANL/ACRF |
ANL's Advanced Computing Research Facility |
|
ANN |
Annual |
|
ANNEX I |
Countries committed to a quantified CO2 target (OECD, EU, Central and Eastern European countries) |
|
ANNEX II |
OECD countries and EU |
|
anniv |
Anniversary |
|
Annot |
annotation |
|
ANON |
Anonymous |
|
Anor |
Another |
|
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute, Inc. |
|
ANSTO |
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Menai, New |
|
answ |
Answer |
|
ANT |
Antarctica |
|
ANTARES |
Antarctic research (France) (JGOFS) |
|
ANTARFIX |
Antarctic fixed station |
|
Anthrop |
Anthropology |
|
Anthropol |
anthropology |
|
Antiq |
antiquity |
|
ANTS |
Antenna Subsystem |
|
ANU |
Australian National University (Canberra, Australia) |
|
AO |
Atmosphere-Ocean |
|
AO |
announcement of opportunity |
|
AOCE |
Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics |
|
AOCMS |
Attitude and Orbit Control Measurement System |
|
AOCS |
Attitude and Orbit Control System |
|
AOD |
Aerosol Optical Depth |
|
AODC |
Acridine Orange Direct Count [of Bacteria] |
|
AOGCM |
Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model |
|
AOIPS |
Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System |
|
AOL |
Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR |
|
AOM |
Australian Options Market |
|
AOML |
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL) |
|
AON |
All or None |
|
AOS |
Acquisition Of Signal |
|
AOSB |
Arctic Ocean Sciences Board |
|
AOSIS |
Association of Small Island States |
|
AOVP |
Arctic Ocean Variability Project |
|
AP |
Annual Production |
|
APA |
Adirondack Park Agency |
|
APA |
Alkaline Phosphatase Activity |
|
APAFO |
Advanced Particles And Fields Observer |
|
APAR |
Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
|
APARE |
East Asian-North Pacific Regional Experiment (IGAC) |
|
APC |
Apparent consumption |
|
APCA |
Air Pollution Control Association (Pittsburgh) |
|
APDA |
Arctic Precipitation Data Archive (ACSYS) |
|
APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
|
APhA |
American Pharmaceutical Association |
|
aphet |
aphetic |
|
API |
American Petroleum Institute (oil) |
|
APID |
Application Identification |
|
APM |
Antenna Pointing Mechanism |
|
APME |
Attitude Pointing Mechanism Electronics |
|
APMP |
Acid Precipitation Mitigation Program (NAPAP) |
|
APN |
Asia-Pacific Network (for Global Change Research) (START) |
|
Apoc |
apocalyptic |
|
Apol |
apology |
|
APP |
Appendix |
|
APP |
Apparently |
|
APPL |
Applied |
|
Applic |
application |
|
appos |
appositive |
|
APR |
April River Airport, April River, Papua New Guinea |
|
APSRS |
Aerial Photo Summary Records System |
|
APT |
Automatic Picture Transmission |
|
AQA |
American Quaternary Association |
|
AR |
Argon |
|
ARA |
atmospheric radiation analysis |
|
Arab |
Arabic |
|
ARAC |
Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (program) |
|
Arb |
Arber |
|
ARC |
Ames Research Center (NASA) |
|
ARC |
Antarctic Research Center |
|
ARC/INFO |
GIS software |
|
Arch |
Archive |
|
Arch |
Architect |
|
Archaeol |
archaeology |
|
Archipel |
archipelago |
|
Archit |
Architecture |
|
ARCS |
Atmospheric Radiation and Cloud Station |
|
ARCSS |
Arctic System Science (program) |
|
ARDB |
Arctic Runoff Database (ACSYS) |
|
ARGOS |
Argos Data Collection and Position Location System (CNES and NOAA) |
|
Argt |
argument |
|
ARINC |
Aeronautical Research, Inc. |
|
ARINC |
Aeronautical Radio Incorporated |
|
ARISTOTELES |
Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite |
|
ARITH |
Arithmetic |
|
Arithm |
arithmetic |
|
Ariz. Admin. Code |
Arizona Administrative Code |
|
Ariz. Admin. Reg. |
Arizona Administrative Register |
|
Ariz. Rev. Stat. |
Arizona Revised Statutes |
|
Ark. Code |
Arkansas Code |
|
ARL |
Australian Radiation Laboratory (Melbourne, Victoria) |
|
ARM |
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE program) |
|
ARMA |
Autoregressive moving-average |
|
ARMSAT |
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Satellite |
|
ARO |
Automatic Reconfiguration Order |
|
arpa |
Advanced Research Project Agency's |
|
ARq |
Authentication Request |
|
Arrangem |
arrangement |
|
ARRCC |
Analysis of Rapid and Recent Climate Change (project) |
|
ARs |
Authentication Response |
|
ARS |
United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service |
|
ARSMC |
ASEAN Regional SpecializedMeteorological Centre |
|
ART |
Another Ray Tracer |
|
ART |
Arctica |
|
ART |
Article (part of speech) |
|
ARTEMIS |
Advanced Relay and Technology Mission Satellite (ESA) |
|
ARTEP |
Ariane Technology Experiment Platform |
|
Artic |
articulation |
|
Artific |
artificial |
|
Artill |
artillery |
|
ARW |
An Advanced Research Workshop |
|
AS |
Area of Savanna |
|
ASA |
American Statistical Association |
|
ASAP |
Automated Shipboard Aerological Program |
|
ASAP |
Against Sailormoon Anti Pages |
|
ASAP |
Atorvastatin versus Simvastatin on Atherosclerosis Progression |
|
ASAP |
As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap) |
|
ASAR |
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar |
|
ASAS |
Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor |
|
ASASP |
Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer Probe |
|
ASB |
Association of Southeastern Biologists |
|
ASC |
American Society of Cinematographers |
|
ASCAT |
Advanced Scatterometer |
|
ASCATT |
advanced scatterometer |
|
asce |
l'American Society of Civil Engineers |
|
ASCEND |
Agenda of Science for Environment and Development into the 21st Century |
|
ASCHE |
American Society of Chemical Engineers |
|
ASCII |
American National Standard Code for Information Interchange |
|
ASCOT |
Atmospheric Studies in Complex Terrain |
|
ASCS |
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service |
|
ASDAR |
Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay |
|
ASE |
Air Sea Experiment |
|
ASE |
Airborne Support Equipment |
|
ASEAMS |
Association of Southeast Asian Marine Scientists |
|
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
|
ASF |
Alaska SAR Facility |
|
ASF |
Atmospheric Stablization Framework |
|
Ashm |
Ashmole |
|
ASHOE |
Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment |
|
ASI |
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana |
|
ASK |
Assisted Search for Knowledge |
|
ASL |
Above Sea Level |
|
ASLO |
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography |
|
ASM |
Applied Simulation and Modelling (IASTED) |
|
ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
|
ASOEN |
ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment |
|
ASOS |
Automated Surface Observing System |
|
ASPP |
American Society of Plant Physiologists |
|
ASPRS |
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
|
ASR |
aerosol solar radiation |
|
ASSAS |
Advanced Solid State Array Sensor |
|
Assemb |
assembly |
|
Assoc.Football |
Association Football |
|
Assyriol |
Assyriology |
|
ASTER |
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS) |
|
ASTER |
Atmosphere-Surface Turbulent Exchange Research Facility |
|
ASTEX |
Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment |
|
ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
|
ASTR |
Astronomy |
|
ASTROL |
Astrology |
|
ASTRON |
Astronomy |
|
ASU |
Air Separation Unit |
|
ASXD |
Australian Stock Exchange Derivatives |
|
AT |
Acceptance Test |
|
ATA |
Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam |
|
ATDD |
Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division |
|
ATDL |
Atmospheric Turbulence and DiffusionLaboratory |
|
ATES |
Alcatel Espace Systems |
|
ATF |
atmospheric transmission factor |
|
Atlantis |
Research vessel |
|
ATLAS |
ACTIVITIES Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science |
|
ATLAS |
Airborne Turnable Laser Absorption Spectrometer |
|
ATLID |
Atmospheric LIDAR |
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ATM |
Atmosphere |
|
ATMOS |
Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy |
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ATOVS |
Advanced TOVS |
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ATP |
Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5) |
|
ATPEX |
ARM Tropical Pacific Experiment |
|
ATS |
Advanced Turbine Systems |
|
ATS |
Advanced Technology Satellite |
|
ATSC |
AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation |
|
ATSR |
Along-Track Scanning Radiometer |
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Att |
Attic |
|
ATTRIB |
Attribute |
|
ATTY |
Attorney |
|
ATX |
Austrian Traded Index |
|
AUG |
August |
|
AURIO |
Auroral Imaging Observatory |
|
AUSTRAL |
Australia |
|
AUTH |
Author |
|
Autobiog |
autobiography |
|
Autobiogr |
autobiography |
|
AUX |
Auxiliary |
|
AV |
acoustic velocity |
|
AVCS |
Advanced Vidicon Camera System |
|
AVD |
acoustic variable density |
|
AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
|
AVHRR GAC |
AVHRR Global Area Coverage |
|
AVHRR LAC |
AVHRR Local Area Coverage |
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AVIRIS |
airborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer |
|
AVISCO |
French group for Analysis, Validation, and Investigation of Satellite Oceanography |
|
AVNIR |
advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer |
|
avtur |
aviation gas turbine fuel |
|
AWDB |
Adirondack Watershed Data Base |
|
AWIPS-90 |
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's |
|
AWIS |
Association for Women in Science |
|
awra |
American Water Resources Association's |
|
AWWA |
American Water Works Association (Denver) |
|
AXCTD |
autonomous expendable CTD profiler |
|
Ayrsh |
Ayrshire |
|
B%T |
Animal population ratio living in temperate climate region |
|
B.A.P. |
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel |
|
b.a.u. |
business as usual (scenario) |
|
B.C |
British Columbia |
|
B.C |
Before Christ |
|
B/W |
Black and White |
|
BaA |
benz[a]anthracene |
|
BAAS |
British Association for the Advancement of Science |
|
Bacteriol |
bacteriology |
|
BAHC |
Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle |
|
BAHC-SSC |
BAHC Scientific Steering Committee |
|
BALTEX |
Baltic Sea Experiment |
|
BAO |
Boulder Atmospheric Observatory |
|
BAP |
BenzoApyrene |
|
BaPDE |
chemically reactive diolepoxides |
|
BAPMON |
Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network |
|
BARA |
Pressure in Atmosphere |
|
BARM |
Block Acceptance Reporting Mechanism |
|
BAS |
Block Acquisition Sequence |
|
BASC |
Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Research Council |
|
BASE |
Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment |
|
BATAN |
Reactor and Nuclear Research Facilities, National Atomic Energy Agency |
|
BATERISTA |
Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfers and Ecological Research in Situ Studies in Amazonia |
|
BATGE |
Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics |
|
BATS |
Bermuda Atlantic Time Series |
|
BATS |
Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme |
|
BAU |
business-as-usual |
|
BB |
Biomass Burned |
|
BBAISR |
British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate |
|
BBF |
Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros |
|
BBHIR |
broadband hemispherical in flux radiometer |
|
BBHSR |
broadband hemispherical solar radiometer |
|
BBL |
Billion Barrels |
|
BBSR |
Bermuda Biological Station for Research |
|
BBSRC |
Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council |
|
BBSS |
Balloon-Borne Sounding System |
|
BBZ |
benthic boundary zone |
|
BC |
Black Carbon |
|
BCC |
British Coal Corporation |
|
BCD |
Binary-Coded Decimal |
|
BCF |
Bio-Concentration Factor |
|
BCP1 |
Broadcast Pulse 1 |
|
BCP3 |
Broadcast Pulse 3 |
|
BDR |
Battery Discharge Regulator |
|
BECO |
Booster Engine Cutoff |
|
Bedford |
Bedfordshire |
|
Bedfordsh |
Bedfordshire |
|
BEF |
Before |
|
Bel & Dr |
Bel and the Dragon |
|
Bel-20 |
stock index |
|
Belfox |
Belgian Futures abd Options Exchange |
|
Belg |
Belgian |
|
BEMS |
Bioelectromagnetics Society |
|
BER |
Bit-Error Rate |
|
BERKS |
Berkshire (English County) |
|
Berksh |
Berkshire |
|
Berw |
Berwickshire |
|
Berwicksh |
Berwickshire |
|
BEST |
Bilan Energetique du Systeme Tropical |
|
Bet |
Grimco A-700 processor used for data collection |
|
betw |
between |
|
BF |
Biomass quantity burned in fields |
|
BFE |
Baltic Futures Exchange |
|
BFI |
Baltic Freight Index |
|
BFP |
Bona Fide Purchaser |
|
BFP |
Bud Fractal Pages |
|
BGC |
Biogeochemical Cycle |
|
BGL |
British Gas Lurgi (gasifier) |
|
BHD |
designation of an ice core drilled in 1977 at Law Dome, Antarctica |
|
BI0-L |
Biphase - Level |
|
BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.) |
|
BIBEX |
Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC programme) |
|
Bibliogr |
bibliography |
|
BiE |
Business in the Environment |
|
BIG-TT |
BAHC-IGAC-GCTE Task Team |
|
BIGSTIG |
biomass integrated gasifier steam-injected gas turbine |
|
BIH |
Bureau International de l'Heureasures |
|
Biochem |
Biochemistry |
|
BIOG |
Biography |
|
Biogr |
biography |
|
BIOL |
Biology |
|
BIOME |
Global Biome Model |
|
BIOMOVS |
Biospheric Model Validation Study |
|
BIOSYNOP |
Biological Synoptic Ocean Prediction |
|
BIOTRANS |
biological transformations |
|
BIOTROP |
Regional Center for Tropical Biology |
|
bipm |
Bureau International de Poids et Mesures |
|
BIS |
Bank of International Settlements |
|
BITNET |
Because It is Time NETwork |
|
BK |
Book |
|
bk |
Book Keeper |
|
Bks |
books |
|
BLM |
Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior |
|
BLS |
Basic Linked System |
|
BM&F |
Bolsade Mercadorias and Futuros Exchange |
|
BMAP |
Biological Monitoring And Abatement Program |
|
BMC |
Baltic Marine Cooperation |
|
BMFT |
Bundes Ministerium fur Forschung und Technologie (Germany) |
|
BMG |
Meteorological and Geophysics Agency |
|
BMRC |
Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre |
|
BMWT |
Biofuels and Municipal Waste Technology |
|
BNA |
block numbering area |
|
BNAP |
Basic Hydrological Network Assessment Project |
|
BNC |
British National Corpus |
|
BNL |
Brookhaven National Laboratory |
|
BNSC |
British National Space Centre |
|
BO |
CH4 producing potential |
|
BOB |
Bureau of the Budget |
|
BOC |
Bureau of Census |
|
BOD |
Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
|
BODC |
British Oceanographic Data Centre |
|
BOF |
Basic Oxygen Furnace |
|
BOFS |
Biogeochemical Ocean Flux Study (UK) |
|
BOJ |
Bank Of Japan |
|
BOL |
Beginning of Life |
|
BoM |
Bureau of Meteorology (DASET) |
|
BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT) |
|
Bord |
border |
|
BOREAS |
Boreal Ecosystems Atmosphere Study |
|
BORIS |
BOREAS Information System |
|
BOT |
Botany |
|
BOVESPA |
Bolsas de Valores de Sao Paulo |
|
BP |
Before Present |
|
BPA |
Bonneville Power Administration (US) |
|
BPKM |
billion passenger kilo metre |
|
BPPT |
Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (Indonesia) |
|
BQ |
Becquerel |
|
BR |
Bankruptcy |
|
Braz |
Brazilian |
|
BRD |
Broadcast |
|
BRDF |
Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function |
|
BRIT |
British |
|
BRML |
Block Recorder Mission Log |
|
BRO |
Bromine Monoxide |
|
BRU |
Battery Regulation Unit |
|
BRW |
Barrow Observatory (Barrow, Alaska) (CMDL) |
|
Bs |
Natural forest biomass burned onsite |
|
BSIP |
Birban Sahani Institute of Paleobotany |
|
BSR |
Back Surface Reflection |
|
BSRN |
Baseline Surface Radiation Network |
|
BTAN |
Bons du Trésor а intérët Annuel Normalisés |
|
BTCs |
breakthrough curves (column-elution tests) |
|
BTP |
Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali |
|
BTU |
British Thermal Unit |
|
BUBOR |
Budapest Interbank Offered Rate |
|
BUCKS |
Buckinghamshire |
|
BUFR |
Binary Universal Form for the Representation (of data) |
|
BULL |
Bulletin |
|
BUR |
Bureau |
|
BuRec |
United States Bureau of Reclamation (government) |
|
BUV |
Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer |
|
BVB |
Belgische Vereniging van Banken |
|
BVE |
Barotropic Vorticity Equation |
|
BVRJ |
Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro |
|
BW |
bulk water |
|
BWTP |
Basalt Waste Isolation Project |
|
C |
Carbone |
|
C&DH |
Command & Data Handling |
|
C&F |
Cost and Freight |
|
C&W |
Animal population ratio living in warm climate region |
|
C-C |
Counterclaim |
|
C-MACCS |
Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation |
|
c. |
Chapter |
|
C.F.R. |
Code of Federal Regulations |
|
C.V. |
coefficient of variation (math) |
|
C/A |
Coarse/Acquisition GPS signal structure |
|
C3AT |
Ch3 Albedo Test (AVHRR) |
|
CA |
Class action |
|
ca |
Copyright Act |
|
CA # |
Court of Appeals |
|
ca. |
circa |
|
CAA |
Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990) |
|
CAA |
Central Arid Asia (START) |
|
CAAP |
Composition and Acidity of Southeast Asian Precipitation |
|
CAC |
Climate Analysis Centre (now CPC) (WMO) |
|
CAC-40 |
Compagnie des Agents de Change-40 |
|
CACGP |
Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (IAMAS) |
|
CAD |
Computer-Aided Design |
|
CADD |
computer-aided design and drafting |
|
CAE |
Control and Actuation Electronic |
|
CAeM |
Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (WMO) |
|
CAF |
Clean Air Facility |
|
CAgM |
Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO) |
|
CAL |
Calendar |
|
Cal. Code |
California Code |
|
Cal. Code Reg. |
California Code of Regulations |
|
CAL/VAL |
Calibration/Validation |
|
CALC |
Calculus |
|
CALCOFI |
California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation |
|
Calend |
calendar |
|
CALIF |
California |
|
Calligr |
calligraphy |
|
CAM |
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway) |
|
CAMB |
Cambridge Capital Acquisition C (NASDAQ Stock Exchange [NASDAQ]) |
|
Cambr |
Cambridge |
|
Campanol |
campanology |
|
CAMS |
Control and Monitoring System |
|
CAN |
Canberra |
|
CANAD |
Canadian |
|
Canterb |
Canterbury |
|
CAO |
Cold Air Outbreak |
|
CAP |
Central Arizona Project (USBR) |
|
CAPPI |
Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator |
|
CAPT |
Captain |
|
CAR |
Caribbean Region |
|
CARBICE |
Carbon Dioxide Intercalibration Experiment (IGAC) |
|
CARDS |
climatological aerological reference data set |
|
CARS |
Climate Applications Referral System |
|
CART |
Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM) |
|
Cartogr |
cartography |
|
CAS |
Chemical Abstract Series |
|
CAS |
Chinese Academy of Science |
|
CASA |
Inter-Union Commission on the Application of Science to Agriculture,Forestry, and Aquaculture |
|
CASSAD |
Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development |
|
CAST |
Chinese Academy of Science and Technology |
|
CAT |
Cataract |
|
Catal |
catalogue |
|
Catech |
catechism |
|
CB |
Casebook |
|
CBA |
Cost Benefit Analysis |
|
CBH |
Catalyst Bed Heater |
|
CBJ |
California Bar Journal |
|
cbj |
Certified Barbeque Judge |
|
CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
|
cboe |
Chicago Board Options Exchange's |
|
CBOT |
Chicago Board of Trade |
|
CBS |
Commission for Basic Systems |
|
CC |
Constitutional Court |
|
CC |
Combined Cycle |
|
cc |
Commerce Clause |
|
cc. |
Chapters |
|
CCAM |
Chikuko Cha Amayi M'Malawi (Women's NGO) |
|
CCAQ |
Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions |
|
CCB |
Configuration Control Board |
|
CCC |
Canadian Climate Centre |
|
CCCN |
CDIAC Computing System Network |
|
CCCO |
Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean (SCOR and IOC) |
|
CCCP |
California Institute of Technology Concurrent Computation Project |
|
CCD |
Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge. |
|
CCDB |
Carbon content of dead biomass |
|
CCDP |
Climate Change Detection Project |
|
CCGT |
Combined Cycle Gas Turbine |
|
CCI |
Commission for Climatology |
|
CCIFP |
Chambre de Compensation des Instruments Financiers de Paris |
|
CCIR |
International Radio Consultative Committee (French Acronym) |
|
CCITT |
International Consultative Committee on Telegraphs andTelecommunications |
|
CCIW |
Canadian Centre for Inland Waters |
|
CCL |
Close Circuit Loop |
|
CCL |
Central CO2 Laboratory, SIO (WMO) |
|
CCLB |
Carbon content of living biomass |
|
CCM |
community climate model |
|
CCM0 |
Community Climate Model (NCAR) |
|
CCM1 |
community climate model one |
|
CCM2 |
community climate model two |
|
CCMS |
Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society |
|
CCN |
Cloud Condensation Nuclei |
|
CCOM |
Control Center Operations Manager |
|
CCOP |
Committee for the Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas |
|
CCR |
California Code of Regulation |
|
CCR |
Cost-Charge Ratio |
|
CCRS |
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing |
|
CCS |
Central Checkout System |
|
CCSDS |
Consultative Committee for Standard Data Services |
|
CCSDS |
Consultive Committee for Space Data Systems |
|
CCSM |
Control Center Systems Manager |
|
CCT |
computer-compatible tape |
|
CCTV |
CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION |
|
CD |
Compact Disc |
|
CD-ROM |
compact disc-read only memory |
|
CDAS |
Climate Data Assimilation System |
|
CDC |
Control Data Corporation, Incorporated |
|
CDCR |
Conceptual Design and Cost Review |
|
CDDI |
Copper Distributed Data Interface |
|
CDDIS |
Crustal Dynamics Data Information System |
|
CDF |
Common Data Format |
|
CDHF |
Central Data Handling Facility |
|
CDI |
Certificado de Depsito Interbancrio |
|
CDIAC |
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente |
|
CDIC |
Carbon Dioxide Information Center (now CDIAC) |
|
CDMS |
Cryospheric Data Management System |
|
CDMU |
Central Data Management Unit |
|
CDNC |
Cloud drop number concentration |
|
CDOS |
Customer Data and Operations System |
|
CDP |
Crustal Dynamics Project (NASA) |
|
CDRD |
Carbon Dioxide Research Division |
|
CDRP |
Carbon Dioxide Research Program (of US Department Of Energy) |
|
CDS |
Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer |
|
CDW |
Circumpolar Deep Water |
|
ce |
Collateral Estoppel |
|
CE |
Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy (US Department of Energy) |
|
CEA |
Central Electricity Authority |
|
CEA |
Council of Economic Advisors |
|
CEAREX |
Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment |
|
CEC |
Cation Exchange Capacity |
|
CEC |
Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC) |
|
CEDAR |
Coupled Energetics and Dynamics of the Atmospheric Regions |
|
CEDDA |
Center for Experiment Design and Data Analysis (NOAA) |
|
Cedel |
Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs mobiles |
|
CEEM |
Center for Energy and Environmental Management |
|
CEES |
Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences |
|
CEI |
Center for Environmental Information |
|
CELIAS |
Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System |
|
CEM |
Cumulus Ensemble Model |
|
CEMA |
Council of Mutual Economic Aid (Russian Federation, formerly U.S.S.R.) |
|
CEN |
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) a European business organization aimed at removing trade barriers for European industry and consumers. |
|
CENELEC |
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (EC) |
|
CENR |
Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources |
|
CENTO |
Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact) |
|
CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
|
cep |
Comite Ecumenico de Proyectos |
|
CEP |
Circular Error Probable |
|
CEPAC |
COSTEP-ERNE Particle Analysis Collaboration |
|
CEPAL |
Comision Economica para America Latina (Spain) (ECLA) |
|
CEPEX |
Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment |
|
CEPT |
Conference Europeenne des Administration des Postes etTelecommunications |
|
CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.) |
|
CER |
carbon dioxide exchange rate |
|
Ceram |
Ceramic |
|
CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 |
|
CERES |
Clouds And The Earth's Radiant Energy System (EOS) |
|
CERES |
Crop Environment Resource Synthesis |
|
CERGA |
Centre d'Etudes et de Rechereches Geodynamiques et Astronomiques |
|
CERL |
Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory (EPA) |
|
CERN |
Conseil European pour la Recherche Nuclaire, or European Organization for Nuclear Research |
|
CERN |
Chinese Ecological Research Network |
|
CERN |
European Laboratory for Particle Physics |
|
CERP |
Cooperative Ecological Research Project |
|
CERSAT |
French group for processing ERTS-1 low bit rate data from ocean areas |
|
CERT |
Certificate |
|
Certif |
certificate |
|
CES |
Committee on Earth Sciences (now CEES) |
|
CETA |
Comprehensive Education and Training Administration |
|
CETA |
Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment |
|
CF |
Carbon Fraction |
|
CfA |
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA |
|
CFAGB |
Carbon fraction of above ground biomass |
|
CFC |
Chloroflourocarbon |
|
CFC-11 |
CC13F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11 |
|
CFC-113 |
CCl2FCClF2, 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane |
|
CFC-12 |
CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12 |
|
CFEM |
Combined Fates and Effects Model |
|
CFF |
Carbon fraction of fuel |
|
CFM |
Chlorofluoromethane |
|
CFO |
Cancel Former Order |
|
CFP |
Cypher Feedback |
|
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
|
cfr |
Call for Response |
|
CFRI |
Central Fuel Research Institute (India) |
|
CFTC |
Commodities Futures Trading Commission |
|
CGBAPS |
Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station |
|
CGC |
Management and Coordination Advisory Committee |
|
CGC |
Committee on Global Change |
|
CGCM |
coupled atmosphere/ocean general circulation model |
|
CGCP |
Canadian Global Change Program |
|
CGED |
Committee on Geophysical Environmental Data (NAS) |
|
CGES |
Center for Global Environmental Studies |
|
CGMS |
Coordination of Geostationary Meteorological Satellites |
|
CGMW |
Commission for the Geological Map of the World |
|
CGO |
Cape Grim (Tasmania) (baseline station) |
|
CGO |
Cape Grim Observatory |
|
Ch.Hist |
Church history |
|
CH.SS |
Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel |
|
CH3CCl3 |
methylchloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane) |
|
CH3CL |
Methyl Chloride |
|
CH4 |
Methane, Natural Gas |
|
CH4-C |
Methane-carbon ratio |
|
Chamb |
chamber |
|
CHAMMP |
Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics, and Model Physics |
|
CHAPS |
Clearing House Automated Payment System |
|
Char |
Character |
|
CHARAC |
Character |
|
CHAS |
Charles |
|
Chem.Engin |
chemical engineering |
|
CHEMRAWN |
Chemical Research Applied to World Needs |
|
Chesh |
Cheshire |
|
CHIPS |
Clearing House Interbank Payments System |
|
CHP |
Combined heat and power |
|
CHRIS |
Chemical Hazard Response Information System |
|
CHRON |
Chronicles |
|
Chronol |
chronology |
|
Chrons |
chronicles |
|
CHY |
Commission for Hydrology |
|
CI |
Conservation International (Washington, D.C.) (NGO) |
|
CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
|
CIAP |
Climate Impact Assessment Program |
|
CIBOR |
Copenhagen Interbank Offered Rate |
|
CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
|
CIE |
Chinese Institute of Electronics |
|
CIEA |
Committee on International Environmental Activities |
|
CIESIN |
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network |
|
CIF |
Cost, Insurance, Freight |
|
CIF |
Coming into Force |
|
CIG |
Commonwealth Industrial Gases |
|
CIHEAM |
Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterraneenes |
|
CIL |
Coal India Limited |
|
CILSS |
Comite Inter-Etats pour la Lutte Contre laSecheresse au Sahel |
|
CIMO |
Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation |
|
CIMSS |
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies |
|
Cinematogr |
cinematography |
|
CINOF |
Campaign for Integrated Observations of Solar Flares |
|
CIR |
color-infrared |
|
CIRAC |
Canadian Institute for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry |
|
CIRES |
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences |
|
CIRT |
cirrus test |
|
CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
|
CISPR |
International Special Committee on Radio Interference |
|
CISTI |
Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information |
|
CIT |
California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) |
|
CITE |
Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation |
|
CIUS |
Conseil International des Unions Scientifiqes (ICSU) |
|
Civ.Law |
civil law |
|
Civil Engin |
civil engineering |
|
CJS |
Corpus Juris Secundum |
|
CKE |
cumulus kinetic energy |
|
CL |
Common Law |
|
CLAES |
Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer |
|
CLARET |
Cloud Lidar and Radar Exploratory Test |
|
Class |
classical |
|
CLASS |
Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System |
|
Class.Antiq |
classical antiquities |
|
Classif |
classification |
|
CLAVR |
Clouds from AVHRR |
|
CLI |
Climate Change (project) |
|
CLIC |
Climate Inventory and Catalog |
|
CLICOM |
Climate Computing |
|
CLIMAP |
Climate Applications Project (WMO) |
|
CLIMAP |
Climate Long-Range Investigation Mapping and Prediction (project) |
|
Climatol |
Climatology |
|
Clin |
Clinic |
|
CLIVAR |
Climate Variability and Predictability program |
|
ClNO3 |
chlorine nitrate |
|
ClO |
Chlorine Monoxide |
|
ClO2 |
chlorine dioxide |
|
ClONO2 |
chlorine nitrate |
|
CLP |
Contract Laboratory Program (EPA) |
|
CLRI |
Central Leather Research Institute |
|
CLS |
Collected Localization Satellites (France) |
|
cm |
Centimeter |
|
cm3 |
cubic centimeter (milliliter) |
|
CMA |
Cement Manufacturers'Association |
|
CMAP |
Climate Modeling, Analysis & Prediction |
|
CMC |
Canadian Meteorological Centre |
|
CMD |
Coordinator for Multi-lateral Development Program |
|
CMD |
Command |
|
CMDL |
Climate Monitoring And Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA Boulder |
|
CME |
Community Modelling Effort (U.K.) |
|
CMIE |
Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy |
|
CMM |
Commission for Marine Meteorology |
|
CMO |
Configuration Management Office |
|
CMP |
Climate Modelling Programme |
|
CMP |
computer modeling package |
|
CMRS |
Coal Mines Research Station |
|
CMS |
Configuration Management System |
|
CMS |
Command Management System |
|
CMSE |
Command Management Systems Engineer |
|
CN |
condensation nuclei |
|
CNC |
Condensation Nucleus Counter |
|
CNeg |
Contributory negligence |
|
CNES |
Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales |
|
CNET |
Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications (France) |
|
CNG |
Compressed natural gas |
|
CNR |
Committee on Natural Resources |
|
CNR |
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy) |
|
CNRET |
Centre for Natural Resources Energy and Transport (UN) |
|
CNRS |
National Scientific Research Center (Centre Nationale de la Recherche |
|
CO |
Carbon Monoxide |
|
CO-C |
Carbon monoxide carbon trace gas emission |
|
CO-I |
Co-Investigator |
|
CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
|
COADS |
Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set |
|
COARE |
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA and WCRP) |
|
COBIOTECH |
Scientific Committee for Biotechnology |
|
COBS |
Central On Board Software |
|
CODATA |
Committee on Data for Science and Technology (ICSU) |
|
CODMAC |
Committee On Data Management, Archiving, and Computation |
|
COE |
Creek Corps of Engineers |
|
COGEOMAP |
Federal-State Cooperative Geologic Mapping |
|
cogn.w |
cognate with |
|
COHMAP |
Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project |
|
COL |
Colonel |
|
COLA |
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies |
|
Coll |
COLLege |
|
collect |
collective |
|
Colloq |
colloquies |
|
Coloss |
Colossians |
|
Com |
Commission |
|
COM |
Communication Department |
|
COM |
Common |
|
COMB |
Combination |
|
comb.form |
combining form |
|
Combs |
combination |
|
COMM |
Commerce |
|
COMM |
Common |
|
COMM |
Commentary |
|
Conversat |
conversation |
|
Convoc |
convocation |
|
COP |
Conference of the Parties |
|
COPS |
continuously operating per fluorocarbon sniffer |
|
COPUOS |
Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN) |
|
COR |
Corinthians |
|
CORES |
Computer Assisted Order Routing and Execution System |
|
Cornw |
Cornwall |
|
Coron |
coronation |
|
Corp. |
Corporation |
|
CORR |
Correspondence |
|
Corresp |
correspondence |
|
COS |
Carbonyl sulfide |
|
CoSAMC |
Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology |
|
COSPAR |
Committee on Space Research (ICSU) |
|
COST |
Committee on Science and Technology (ASEAN) |
|
COSTED |
Committee On Science & Technology in Developing Countries |
|
COSTEP |
Comprehensive Supra Thermal and Energetic Particle Analyzer |
|
COSTR |
Collaborative Solar-Terrestrial Research |
|
COTS |
Commercial Off the Shelf Software |
|
Counc |
council |
|
Courtsh |
courtship |
|
COW |
Committee on Water |
|
COWAR |
Committee on Water Research (ICSU and UATI) |
|
COWRR |
Committee on Water Resources Research |
|
CPA |
Centrally Planned Asia |
|
CPC |
Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center) |
|
cpd |
Compound |
|
CPE |
Eastern Europe (also called Centrally Planned Europe) |
|
CPEs |
Centrally-planned economies |
|
CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
|
CPM |
Critical Path Method |
|
CPMS |
climatological prediction by model statistics |
|
CPO |
Core Project Office |
|
CPP |
Cloud Photopolarimeter |
|
CPPC |
Core Project Planning Committee (IGBP) |
|
CPRS |
cloud-profiling radar system |
|
CPS |
Certified Professional Secretary |
|
CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
|
CPUE |
Catch Per Unit Effort |
|
CR |
Carrington Rotation |
|
Craniol |
craniology |
|
Craniom |
craniometry |
|
CRC |
Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check) |
|
CRC |
Climate Research Committee |
|
CRD |
Carbon released from dead biomass |
|
CRE |
Centro Ricerche Energia, Italy (ENEA) |
|
CRE |
Coal Research Establishment of BCC (U.K.) |
|
CREN |
Chemical Research and Environmental Needs |
|
CREO |
Cryosphere Research on Qingzang Plateau |
|
CRESP |
Coordinated Research and Environmental Surveillance Programme |
|
CRF |
Cloud Radiative Forcing |
|
CRI |
Climate Research Institute (Oklahoma State University) |
|
CRIC |
Computerized River Information System |
|
CRIM |
Criminal |
|
Crim.Law |
criminal law |
|
CRL |
Carbon released from living biomass |
|
CRM |
Certified Reference Material |
|
CRP |
Climate Research Program |
|
CRPE |
Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environment Terrestre et Planetaria |
|
CRREL |
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (COE) |
|
CRS |
cavity-ringdown spectrometer |
|
CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV) |
|
Crts |
courts |
|
CRU |
Climatic Research Unit (UEA, Norwich, U.K.) |
|
Cryptogr |
cryptography |
|
Crystallogr |
crystallography |
|
CRYSYS |
Cryospheric System |
|
CS |
Computer Services Department |
|
CSA |
Chinese Society of Astronautics |
|
CSA |
Canadian Space Agency |
|
CSATA |
Centra Studi e Applicazioni in Tecnologie Avanzate (Italy) |
|
CSCE |
Coffe, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange |
|
csd |
Commission on Sustainable Development's |
|
CSEC |
Centre for the Study of Environmental Change (University of Lancaster) |
|
CSELI |
Centra Studi e Laboratori Telecommunicazioni (Italy) |
|
CSERGE |
Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment |
|
CSES |
Center for the Study of Earth from Space (University of Colorado, Boulder) |
|
CSIR |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
|
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and IndustrialResearch Organization |
|
CSIRO/DAR |
CSIRO/Division of Atmospheric Research |
|
CSM |
Climate System Monitoring |
|
CSMP |
Climate System Modeling Program |
|
CSO |
Central Statistical Organization |
|
CSPAAD |
Coarse Sun Pointing Attitude Anomaly Detection |
|
CSPP |
Collaborative Special Project and Programme |
|
CSR |
Centra de Sensores Remotes (Italy) |
|
CSRS |
Cooperative State Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture) |
|
CSSA |
Center for Space Science and Astrophysics |
|
CST |
CHAMMP Science Team |
|
CSTC |
Consolidated Satellite Test Center |
|
CSTR |
Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research (BASC) |
|
CSU |
Colorado State University (Fort Collins) |
|
Ct. Cl. |
the United States Court of Federal Claims Reporter |
|
CTA-21 |
Compatibility Test Area |
|
CTD |
Chemical Technology Division (ORNL) |
|
CTM |
Chemistry/Transport Models |
|
CTOF |
Charge Time-Of-Flight |
|
CTR |
computerized trading reconstruction system |
|
CTS |
Committee on the Teaching of Science |
|
CTSS |
Cray Time-Sharing System |
|
CTU |
Central Terminal Unit |
|
CTV |
Compatibility Test Van |
|
CU |
University of Colorado at Boulder |
|
CUF |
capacity utilization factor |
|
CUMB |
CUMBERLAND TECHNOLOGIES INC. |
|
Cumberld |
Cumberland |
|
Cumbld |
Cumberland |
|
CV |
Calorific Value |
|
CVS |
Conference and Visitors'Services |
|
CW |
"Conventional Wisdom" scenario, World Bank, 1990 |
|
CW |
Continuous Wave |
|
CWA |
Clean Water Act (1977) |
|
CWR |
continuous-wave radar |
|
CWSF |
Chemical Waste Storage Facility |
|
cx |
Cross-Examination |
|
Cx |
Constitution |
|
Cx-C |
Cross-claim |
|
Cxl |
Constitutional |
|
CY |
Calendar Year |
|
Cycl |
cyclopaedia |
|
Cytol |
Cytology |
|
CZCS |
Coastal Zone Color Scanner |
|
CZM |
Coastal Zone Management |
|
CZMA |
US Coastal Zone Management Act |
|
D |
Deuterium (also abbreviated as 2D or 2H) |
|
D.C |
District of Columbia |
|
D.C. |
District of Columbia |
|
D/H |
deuterium/hydrogen (ratio) |
|
D/L |
Downlink |
|
DA |
discretionary account |
|
DAA |
Data Availability Acknowledgment |
|
DAAC |
Data Active Archive Center |
|
DAAC |
Distributed Active Archive Center |
|
DAC |
Days After Contract |
|
DAC |
Data Assembly Centre (WOCE) |
|
DADS |
Data Archive and Distribution System |
|
DAEDALUS |
Documenting Aerosol Electromagnetics, Defining Aerosol Lifetimes and Understanding Sources |
|
DAR |
Division of Atmospheric Research (CSIRO) |
|
DARA |
Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (Germany) |
|
DARE |
data rescue |
|
DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US) |
|
DAS |
Data Acquisition System |
|
DAS |
Direct Access System |
|
DASA |
Deutsche Aerospace Administration |
|
DASET |
Department of the Arts, Sports, the Environment, Tourism, and Territories |
|
DASETT |
Department of the Arts, Sports, the Environment, Tourism, and Territories |
|
DAT |
Dative (grammar) |
|
DAT |
Department of Science and Technology |
|
DAU |
Daughter |
|
DAX |
deutsche Aktienindex |
|
DB |
Direct Broadcast |
|
DB |
direct-beam (irradiance) |
|
DBE |
Deep Basin Experiment |
|
DBH |
Diameter at Breast Height |
|
dBI |
Decibels referenced to Isotropic gain |
|
dBm |
Decibels referenced to one milliwatt |
|
DBMS |
Data Base Management System |
|
DBS |
Doppler Beam Swinging |
|
dBW |
Decibels referenced to one watt |
|
DCAR |
Danish Centre for Atmospheric Research |
|
DCDS |
Digital Cartographic Data Standard |
|
DCDSTF |
Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force |
|
DCF |
discounted cash flow rate |
|
DCN |
Document Change Notice |
|
DCP |
Data Collection Platform |
|
DCP-OES |
direct coupled plasma--optical emission spectroscopy |
|
DCS |
Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites) |
|
DCT |
dedicated carbon tax |
|
DD |
degree day |
|
DDA |
Data Delivery Acknowledgement |
|
DDF |
descriptive data file |
|
DDFM |
Data Distribution Facility Manager |
|
DDL |
Direct Downlink |
|
DDMP |
domain-decomposition-message-passing |
|
DDN |
Data Delivery Notice |
|
DDRP |
Direct/Delayed Response Project |
|
DDT |
dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (insecticide) |
|
dE/dt |
rate of evaporation (moisture loss from soil) |
|
DE08 |
designation for an ice core drilled in 1977 at Law Dome, Antarctica |
|
Deb |
debate |
|
DEBITS |
Deposition of Biogeochemically Important Trace Species (IGAC) |
|
DEC |
Digital Equipment Corporation |
|
Declar |
declaration |
|
DECNET |
Digital Equipment Corporation Network |
|
DED |
Dedicated |
|
DEF |
Defence |
|
Dehydrite |
magnesium perchlorate anhydrous granular |
|
DEIS |
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US) |
|
DEL |
Data Evaluation Laboratory |
|
Deliv |
deliverance |
|
DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
|
Demonstr |
demonstration |
|
DEMR |
Department of Energy Mines and Resources |
|
Depred |
depredation |
|
Depredat |
depredation |
|
Dept |
Department |
|
Derbysh |
Derbyshire |
|
deriv |
derivative |
|
derog |
derogatory |
|
Descr |
Description |
|
DEUT |
Deuteronomy |
|
Devel |
Development |
|
Devonsh |
Devonshire |
|
DEW |
distant early warning (radar) |
|
DFCD |
Data Format Control Documents |
|
DFD |
Data Flow Diagram |
|
DGCM |
Dynamic Global Vegetation Model |
|
DGIB |
DSN/GSFC Interface Blocks |
|
DGLR |
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany) |
|
DGS |
Diego Garcia Station |
|
DGVM |
Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM) |
|
DH |
chromosome-doubled haploid |
|
DHCN |
Daily Historical Climate Network |
|
DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.) |
|
DHP |
Direct High Power |
|
DHS |
Department of Human Services |
|
DHSS |
Data Handling Subsystem |
|
DI |
Direct Index |
|
DI |
Directorate of Intelligence |
|
DI |
Directorate |
|
DIA |
Denmark's Academy for Engineering |
|
DIAL |
Differential Absorption Lidar (laser Radar Sensing) |
|
DIARAD |
Dual Irradiance Absolute Radiometer |
|
Dibid |
Dublin interbank bid rate |
|
DIC |
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon |
|
DICE |
Dynamic Integrated Climate Economy |
|
DICT |
Dictionary |
|
DIDAC |
digital data acquisition system |
|
DIE |
Designated Investment Exchange |
|
DIF |
Data Interchange Format |
|
Diffic |
difficult |
|
DIM |
Diminutive |
|
Direct |
direction |
|
DIS |
Data and Information Systems (EOS and IGBP) |
|
Dis |
Disease |
|
DIS-SC |
DIS Standing Committee |
|
Disc |
discourse |
|
Discipl |
discipline |
|
Discov |
discovery |
|
Discovery |
Research vessel |
|
Discrim |
discrimination |
|
Discuss |
discussion |
|
DISORT |
Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer |
|
DISORT |
discrete ordinate (model) |
|
Diss |
Dissertation |
|
DISSPLA |
Display Integrated Software System & Plotting Language |
|
DIST |
District |
|
Distemp |
distemper |
|
Distill |
distilling |
|
Distrib |
distribution |
|
DIU |
Data Information Unit (of WOCE Data System) |
|
DIV |
Division |
|
Divers |
diversity |
|
DIW |
Department of Industrial Works |
|
DKD |
Deutscher Kalibrierdienst |
|
DL |
Downlink Message |
|
dlg |
Digital Line Graphic |
|
DLG-E |
Digital Line Graph-Enhanced |
|
DLR |
Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (Germany) |
|
DLS |
Dynamic Limb Sounder |
|
DM |
Data Manual |
|
DM |
deep monitoring (wells)DMA |
|
DM-MIMD |
distributed memory, multiple instruction, multiple data (computer) |
|
DMA |
direct memory access (computer term) |
|
DMA |
U.S. Defense Mapping Agency |
|
DMDS |
Dimethyl Disulfide |
|
DMI |
Direct Member Input |
|
DML |
Direct Memory Load |
|
DMR |
Detailed Mission Requirements |
|
DMR1 |
Detailed Mission Requirements Issue #1 |
|
DMR2 |
Detailed Mission Requirements Issue #2 |
|
DMS |
Dimethyl Sulfide |
|
DMSO |
Dimethyl Sulfoxide |
|
DMSP |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.) |
|
DNA |
Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid |
|
DND |
Department of National Defense (Canada) |
|
DNES |
Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (India) |
|
DOA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
|
DOAI |
Department of Agriculture, Indonesia |
|
DOAS |
Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy |
|
DOC |
United States Department of Commerce |
|
DOC |
dissolved organic carbon |
|
doc |
Documentary Organisation of Canada |
|
Doctr |
doctrine |
|
DOD |
United States Department of Defense |
|
DOD |
Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (Germany) |
|
DOE |
Department of the Environment (Canada) |
|
DOE |
United States Department of Energy (government) |
|
DOI |
United States Department of Interior |
|
DOJ |
Department of Justice (US) |
|
DOL |
United States Department of Labor |
|
DOLY |
Dynamic Global Phytogeography Model (GCTE) |
|
DOM |
Dissolved Organic Macromolecules |
|
DOM |
Dissolved Organic Matter |
|
Domest |
domestic |
|
DOMSAT |
Domestic Communications Satellite System |
|
DOMSTAR |
communications relay set |
|
DOPLID |
Doppler LIDAR |
|
DORIS |
Doppler Orbit And Radio Positioning Integration By Satellite |
|
DORIS |
Determination d'Orbite et Radio Positionement Integre par Satellite (France) |
|
DOS |
Department of Space |
|
DOS |
United States Department of State |
|
DOST |
Department of Science and Technology |
|
DOT |
Deployment Operations Team |
|
DOY |
Day of Year |
|
DP |
Direct Playback |
|
DPC |
display code (CDC) |
|
DPC |
Domestic Policy Council |
|
DPE |
Data Processing Engineer |
|
DPI |
Data Processing Installation |
|
DPR |
development planning review |
|
DPS |
Data Processing Segment |
|
DPS |
Digital Photogrammetry System |
|
DQM |
Data Quality Message |
|
DQO |
Data Quality Objective |
|
DR |
Discrepancy Report |
|
DRAC |
SOI/MDI Data Reduction and Analysis Center |
|
DRAW |
Direct Read After Write Animation System |
|
DRS |
Data Relay Satellite |
|
DRSS |
Data Relay Satellite System |
|
DS |
Data Set |
|
DSB |
Direct Sounding Broadcast |
|
DSCC |
Deep Space Communications Complex |
|
DSDP |
Deep-Sea Drilling Project |
|
DSDS |
Data Storage and Distribution System |
|
DSIR |
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research |
|
DSM |
demand-side management |
|
DSN |
Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities. |
|
DSP |
Digital Signal Processor |
|
DSR |
Delivery Status Report |
|
DSRT |
Deep Sea Reversing Thermometer |
|
DSS |
Data Support Section (NCAR) |
|
dst |
Department of Science and Technology's |
|
DST |
data system tests |
|
DTB |
Deutsche Terminborse |
|
DTD |
Digital Terrain Data |
|
DTH |
Technical University of Denmark |
|
DTR |
Diurnal Temperature Range |
|
DU |
Dobson Unit |
|
DUNDEE |
Down Under Doppler and Electricity Experiment |
|
Durh |
Durham |
|
DVP |
Delivery Versus Payment |
|
DWBM |
Office of Defense Waste Byproducts Management |
|
DWS |
Doppler Wind Sensor |
|
DYFAMED |
atmospheric dynamics and fluxes in the Mediterranean Sea (France) |
|
DYN |
Dynamic Systems Project |
|
dyslog |
dyslogistic |
|
E-LIDAR |
Experimental LIDAR |
|
E.Afr |
East Africa |
|
E.Angl |
East Anglia |
|
E.Anglian |
East Anglian |
|
E.D.D |
English Dialect Dictionary |
|
E.E.T.S |
Early English Text Society |
|
e.g. |
Exempli Gratia (for example) |
|
E.Ind |
East India |
|
e.midl |
east midland |
|
E/GDP |
Ratio of energy consumption to gross domestic product |
|
E/GNP |
Ratio of energy consumption to gross national product |
|
EAA |
Earth Attitude Angle |
|
EADS |
Environmental Assessment Data System |
|
EAF |
Experimenter's Analysis Facility |
|
EARN |
European Academic Research Network |
|
EARSEL |
European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories |
|
EAS |
Environmental Analyses Section (ORNL) |
|
EASIZ |
Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone |
|
EASOE |
European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment |
|
East Ind |
East Indies |
|
EAWEP |
East Asia and Western Pacific |
|
EAZO |
Energy Active Zones of the Ocean |
|
EBBR |
Energy-Balance Bowen Ratio |
|
EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Data Interchange Code (IBM) |
|
EBM |
energy-balance model |
|
EC |
European Community |
|
EC |
Executive Council (WMO) |
|
EC-GC |
Electron Capture-Gas Chromatograph |
|
ECA |
Economic Commission for Africa |
|
ECAFE |
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East |
|
ECAMP |
Environmental Compliance Assessment and Management Program |
|
ECC |
Electrochemical Concentration Cell |
|
Eccl |
ecclesiastical |
|
Eccl.Hist |
ecclesiastical history |
|
Eccl.Law |
ecclesiastical law |
|
Eccles |
ecclesiastical |
|
ECCLUS |
Ecclesiasticus |
|
ECD |
Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography) |
|
ECD |
Effective Cutoff Diameter |
|
ECDIS |
Electronic Chart Display and Information System |
|
ECE |
Economische Commissie voor Europa (United Nations) (Dutch: Economic Commission for Europe) |
|
ECG |
Ecosystem Conservation Group (UNEP, FAO, UNESCO, and IUCN) |
|
ECHAM |
European Centre/Hamburg Model (ECMWF/MPI) |
|
ECHIVAL |
European International Project on Climate and Hydrological Interactions between Vegetation, Atmosphere, and Land Surfaces |
|
ECHO |
Exchange Clearing House |
|
ecla |
Economic Commission for Latin American |
|
ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN) |
|
ECLIPS |
Experimental Cloud Lidar Pilot Study |
|
ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
|
ECN |
Environmental Change Network |
|
ECN |
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation |
|
Ecom. |
EOS communications |
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ECOMARGE |
ecology of the continental margins |
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ECON |
Economics |
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ECOSOC |
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
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ECOWARM |
European Committee for Water Resources Management (IAHS) |
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ECS |
Environmentally Compatible Energy Strategies (project) |
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ECS |
EOSDIS Core System |
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ECSL |
European Centre for Space Law |
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ECTF |
Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests |
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ECU |
Environmental Change Unit (Oxford) |
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ECWA |
Economic Commission for Western Asia |
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ED |
Energy Division |
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EDA |
elevation difference accuracy |
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EDAS |
particulate/radon data system |
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EDC |
EROS Data Center |
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EDD |
Exchange of Digital Data |
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EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
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Edinb |
Edinburgh |
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EDIS |
Environmental Data and Information Service |
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EDL |
Ethernet Data Link |
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EDOS |
EOS Data and Operations System |
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EDP |
Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE]) |
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EDS |
Environmental Data Service |
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EDSG |
Energy Demand Steering Group |
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EDSP |
Exchange Delivery Settlement Price |
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EDTA |
ethylenediaminetetraacetate |
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EDUC |
Educational Development Corporation |
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EDX |
energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry |
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EDXS |
Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy |
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EE |
Employee |
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EEC |
European Economic Commission |
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EEFSU |
Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union |
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EEI |
Edison Electric Institute |
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EEP |
east equatorial Pacific |
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EER |
External Engineering Review |
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EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
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EF |
Emission Factor |
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EFCC |
Externally Fired Combined Cycle |
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EFEDTA |
European Field Experiment in Decertification Threatened Area |
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EFP |
Exchange For Physicals |
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EFQ |
Estimated fuel quantity consumed (Used to determine carbon stored) |
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EFS |
exchange of futures for swaps |
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EG&G |
Edgerton, Germeshauser, and Greer |
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EGCM |
Eddy-Resolving General Circulation Model |
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EGE |
Enhanced Greenhouse Effect |
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EGS |
European Geophysical Society |
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EGSE |
Electrical Ground Support Equipment |
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Egypt |
Egyptian |
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Egyptol |
Egyptology |
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EHP |
Extended High Power |
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EHPC |
Extended High Priority Command |
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EIA |
Environmental impact assessment (international) |
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EID |
Experiment Interface Document |
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EIPO |
European IGAC Project Office Steering Committee |
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EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement (US) |
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EISCAT |
European Incoherent Scatter Facility |
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EISMV |
Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et de Medecine Veterinaire (Dakar) |
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EIT |
Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope |
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EJ |
Exajoule |
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ELEC |
Electronic |
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Electr |
Electric |
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Electr.Engin |
electrical engineering |
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Electro-magn |
electro-magnetism |
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Electro-physiol |
electro-physiology |
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ELEM |
Element |
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Eliz |
Elizabeth |
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Elizab |
Elizabethan |
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Ellipt |
Elliptical |
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ELS |
Eastern Lake Survey |
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ELV |
Expendable Launch Vehicle |
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EM |
Electromagnetic |
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EMAP |
Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA) |
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EMB |
Embassy |
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Embryol |
embryology |
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EMEP |
Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe |
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EMEP-CCC |
EMEP-Chemical Coordination Centre |
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EMEX |
Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment |
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EMF |
Energy Modelling Forum |
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EML |
Environmental Measurements Laboratory (DOE) |
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EMOC |
EOSDIS Mission Operations Center |
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emph |
emphatic |
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EMR |
Electromagnetic Radiation |
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EMSL |
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory (EPA) |
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EMSL-LV |
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory - Las Vegas (Nevada) |
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En |
Natural forest biomass used for energy |
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Encycl |
encyclopaedia |
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Encycl.Brit |
Encyclopaedia Britannica |
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Encycl.Metrop |
Encyclopaedia Metropolitana |
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ENEA |
Comitato Nazionale Per La Ricerca E Lo Sviluppo Dell' Energia Nucleare E Delle Energie Alternative |
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ENEA |
Italian National Agency for New technology, Energy and the Environment |
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ENG |
England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram) |
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Engin |
engineering |
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Englishw |
Englishwomen |
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ENQ |
Enquiry |
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ENRIC |
Environment and Natural Resources Information Center |
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ENRICH |
European Network for Research on Global Change (CEC) |
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ENSO |
El Nino/Southern Oscillation (coupled oceanic-atmospheric change) |
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ENT |
Entomology (code) |
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Enthus |
enthusiasm |
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Entom |
entomology |
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Entomol |
entomology |
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ENVISAT |
European Space Agency Environmental Satellite |
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Enzymol |
enzymology |
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EO-ICWG |
Earth Observations International Coordination Working Group |
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EOC |
EOS Operations Center (NASA) |
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EOC |
Earth Observation Center (NASDA) |
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EOCAP |
Earth Observation Commercialization Application Program |
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EODC |
Earth Observing Data Center (U.K.) |
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EOF |
Empirical Orthogonal Function |
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EOM |
End of Mission |
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EOPM |
electro-optic phase modulation |
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EORCU |
European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit |
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EOS |
Earth Observing System (U.S.) |
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EOS PM |
Earth Observing System afternoon pass |
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EOS-AERO |
EOS Aerosol Mission |
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EOS-ALT |
EOS Altimetry Mission |
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EOS-CHEM |
EOS Chemistry Mission |
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EOSAT |
Earth Observation Satellite Co. |
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EOSC |
Earth Observations Science Committee (of ESA) |
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EOSDIS |
EOS Data and Information System (NASA) |
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EOSP |
Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter |
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EOTC |
European Organization for Testing and Certification (EC) |
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EP |
Earth Probe |
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EP |
Extraction Procedure |
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EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
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EPA |
Environmental Protection Authority (Victoria, Australia) |
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EPC |
Environmental Protection Committee (Bahrain) |
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EPD |
European Pollen Database |
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EPER |
Environmental Processes and Effects Research (program) |
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EPH |
Ephesians |
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Ephes |
Ephesians |
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EPHIN |
Electron Proton Helium Instrument |
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EPI |
environmental productivity index |
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EPICA |
European Programme for Ice Coring in Antarctica (PAGES) |
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Epil |
epilogue |
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Episc |
episcopacy |
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Epist |
epistle |
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Epit |
epitaph |
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EPO |
EOS Project Office |
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EPOCH |
European Programme on Climate and Hazards |
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EPOP |
European Polar-Orbiting Platform |
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EPOPE |
Etude de Processes dans l'Ocean Pacifique Equatorial |
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EPRI |
Electric Power Research Institute (US) |
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epsrc |
l'Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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EPSS |
Electrical Power Subsystem |
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EPV |
Extended Precision Vector |
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EQPAC |
Equatorial Pacific |
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ER |
Energy Research |
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ER |
Employer |
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ER-2 |
Extended Range U-2 (aircraft) |
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ERA |
Exchange Rate Agreement |
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ERB |
Earth Radiation Budget |
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ERBE |
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
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ERBES |
Earth Radiation Budget Explorer Satellite |
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ERBS |
Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
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ERD |
Ecological Research Division (DOE and OHER) |
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ERDA |
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (formerly AEC; now DOE) |
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ERDAS |
Earth Resources Data Analysis System |
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ERFEN |
Estudio Regional Del Fenomeno El Nino |
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ERFU |
Environmental Restoration and Facilities Upgrade Program |
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ERIM |
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan |
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ERL |
Environmental Research Laboratory |
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ERNE |
Energetic and Relativistic Nuclei and Electron Experiment |
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ERNets |
Energy Research Networks |
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ERNI |
wet-only rainfall collector |
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