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AcronymsADEOS. Advanced Earth Observing Satellite AQRS. Air Quality Research Subcommittee of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. The CENR is one of the 9 committees organized under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). AmeriFlux. American network of sites measuring fluxes of carbon and water vapor fluxes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere.AMSR. Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer. AO. Arctic Oscillation. AOSB. Arctic Ocean Sciences Board. APN. Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research BAHC. Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle project. CCRI. Climate Change Research Initiative. CCSM. Community Climate System Model. CCSP. Climate Change Science Program. CEOS. Committee on Earth Observation Satellites. CGIAR. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. CH4. Methane. CliC. Climate and Cryosphere project of the World Climate Research Programme.CLIVAR. Climate Variability and Predictability. COLA. Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies. CO2. Carbon dioxide. CPT. Climate Process Teams. DPC. Domestic Policy Council. ENSO. El Niño-Southern Oscillation. EOS. NASA's Earth Observing System. EPA. Environmental Protection Agency ESE. NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. FAO. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. G3OS. Combination of three observing systems:
GAW. Global Atmosphere Watch. GCOS. Global Climate Observing System. GCRIO. Global Change Research Information Office. GCTE. Global Climate and Terrestrial Ecosystems. GECAFS. Global Environmental Change and Food Systems project. GEF. Global Environmental Facility. GEWEX. Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment. GFDL. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. GIS. Geographic Information System. GISS. Goddard Institute for Space Studies. GOFC-GOLD. Global Observation for Forest and Land Cover Dynamics program. GOOS. Global Ocean Observing System. GPS. Global Positioning System. GRACE. Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment. GSN. Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Surface Network. GTN-P. Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost. GTOS. Global Terrestrial Observing System. GUAN. GCOS (Global Climate Observing System) Upper-Air Network. HELP. Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). HSB. Humidity Sounder of Brazil IAI. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. IASC. International Arctic Sciences Committee. ICSU. International Council for Science . IGBP. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. IGAC: International Global Atmospheric Chemistry, a Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. IGFA. International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research. IGOS. Integrated Global Observing Strategy. IHDP. International Human Dimensions Programme. IOC. the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. IPCC. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IRI. International Research Institute for Climate Prediction . K-12. Kindergarten through grade 12. MOPITT. Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere NACIP. National Aerosol -- Climate Interactions Program. NACP. North American Carbon Program. NAS. National Academy of Sciences. NASA. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NCAR. National Center for Atmospheric Sciences. NCCTI. National Climate Change Technology Initiative. NEC. National Economic Council. NGO. Non-governmental organization. NOAA. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NRC. National Research Council. NSC. National Security Council. NSCAT. NASA Scatterometer. NSF. National Science Foundation. PAGES. Past Global Changes palaeoscience project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. PDO. Pacific Decadal Oscillation. PACOM. Pan-African Committee of START [SysTem for Analysis, Research, and Training]. NASA's Quick Scatterometer.SCOPE. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment. SCOR. Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research of the International Council for Science. SCAR. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research of the International Council for Science. SeaWiFS. Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor. SPARC. Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate. SSC. Scientific Steering Committee START. global change SysTem for Analysis, Research, and Training. TAO. Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean moored array. TOPEX. Ocean Topography Experiment TRMM. Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. TWAS. Third World Academy of Sciences. UN. United Nations. UNDP. UN Development Programme. UNEP. UN Environment Programme. UNESCO. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. USAID. US Agency for International Development. USGCRP. US Global Change Research Program. WCRP. World Climate Research Programme. WMO. World Meteorological Organization. WHO. World Health Organization. |
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