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ACRIM Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor

ACSYS Arctic Climate System Study (WCRP)

AQRS Air Quality Research Subcommittee of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council

AMIP Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project

AMSR Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (NASA)

AOSB Arctic Ocean Sciences Board

APN Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (DOE)

ASOF Arctic and Subarctic Ocean Fluxes Programme

ATBD Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document

AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

B

BAHC Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (IGBP core project)

BSRN Baseline Surface Radiation Network (WCRP)

CACGP Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences

CAP U.S.-Australia Climate Action Partnership

CART/ARM Cloud and Radiation Testbed (ARM)

CCGG Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases group (NOAA CMDL)

CCRI Climate Change Research Initiative

CCSM Community Climate System Model (NSF / DOE)

CCSP Climate Change Science Program

CCSPO Climate Change Science Program Office

CCCSTI Committee on Climate Change Science Science and Technology Integration

CCTP Climate Change Technology Program

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDR Climate Data Record

CDST Climate Data Science Team

CEOP Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period

CEOS Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality

CERES Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System experiment (NASA)

CFC chlorofluorocarbon

CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CH₃SCH₃ dimethyl sulfide

CH₄ methane

CliC Climate and Cryosphere project (WCRP)

CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability (WCRP)

CMDL Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA)

CMI Common Modeling Infrastructure

CMIP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project

CO carbon monoxide

CO₂ carbon dioxide

COLA Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies

CONCAUSA Central American-United States of America Joint Accord

CPT Climate Process & Modeling Team

D

DIF Directory Interchange Format

DIS Data and Information System of the IHDP

DL Digital Libraries

DMWG Data Management Working Group

DOC U.S. Department of Commerce

DOD U.S. Department of Defense

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DOI U.S. Department of the Interior

DOS U.S. Department of State

DOT U.S. Department of Transportation

DPC Domestic Policy Council

E

EMF Energy Modeling Forum (Stanford University)

ENSO El Nino-Southern Oscillation

EOS NASA's Earth Observing System

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ESA European Space Agency

ESG Earth System Grid (DOE)

ESMF Earth System Modeling Framework

ESS-P Earth System Science Partnership (WCRP, IGBP, IHDP, Diversitas)

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FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

FCS-1 Fire-Climate-Society model

FEWS NET Famine Early Warning System Network (USAID)

FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

FY Fiscal Year

G

G3OS Combination of three observing systems: Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)

GACC Geographic Area Coordination Center (National Interagency Fire Center)

GAW Global Atmosphere Watch Programme (WMO)

GCM general circulation model

GCMD Global Change Master Directory (NASA)

GCP Global Carbon Project (IGBP / WCRP / IHDP)

GCOS Global Climate Observing System (WMO / IOC / UNEP / ICSU)

GCTE Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (IGBP core project)

GECAFS Global Environmental Change and Food Systems project (IGBP / WCRP / IHDP)

GEF Global Environment Facility

GEOHAB Global Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (IOC / SCOR)

GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (WCRP)

GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA)

GHG greenhouse gas

GIS geographic information system

GLOBEC Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (IGBP core project)

GOFC-GOLD Global Observation for Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (panel of GTOS)

GOIN Global Observation Information Network

GOOS Global Ocean Observing System (IOC /  WMO / UNEP / ICSU)

GOS Global Observing System of the World Weather Watch (WMO)

GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)

GSN GCOS Surface Network

GTOS Global Terrestrial Observing System

GUAN GCOS Upper-Air Network

GWS Global Water System project (IGBP / WCRP / IHDP)

H

HAB harmful algal bloom

HCDN Hydroclimatic Data Network (USGS)

HFC hydrofluorocarbon

HCFC hydrochlorofluorocarbon

HECRTF High-End Computing Revitalization Task Force

HELP Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy (UNESCO / WMO)

HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HLC U.S.-Japan High-level Consultations on Climate Change

HPS hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

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IAI Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

IASC International Arctic Science Committee

ICSU International Council for Science

IDN International Directory Network (CEOS)

IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

IGAC International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGBP core project)

IGFA International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research

IGOS Integrated Global Observing Strategy

IGOS-P Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership

IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

ILTER International Long-Term Ecological Research Network

IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)

IODP Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (NSF / MEXT)

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IRI International Research Institute for Climate Prediction

ITCT Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation of Anthropogenic Pollution project (IGAC)

ITCZ Intertropical Convergence Zone

IWG Interagency Working Group

IWGCCST Interagency Working Group on Climate Change Science and Technology Integration

J

K

K-12 Kindergarten through grade 12

JCOMM Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP core project)

L

LBA Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia

LOICZ Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone project (IGBP)

LUCC Land-Use and Land-Cover Change project (IHDP / IGBP)

MEA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

MEXT Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology

MMV Measurement, Monitoring, and Verification (CCTP)

MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (NASA)

MOPITT Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere

MSS Multispectral Scanner

MSU Microwave Sounding Unit

N

N nitrogen

N₂O nitrous oxide

NACIP National Aerosol -- Climate Interactions Program (DOE / NASA / NOAA / NSF)

NACP North American Carbon Program

NAM Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode

NAO North Atlantic Oscillation

NAS National Academy of Sciences

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASDA Japan's National Space Development Agency

NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research

NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NOAA)

NEC U.S. National Economic Council

NEESPI Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative

NGO Non-governmental organization

NH₃ ammonia

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOPP National Oceanographic Partnership Program

NO_x nitrogen oxides

NPEO North Pole Environmental Observatory (NSF)

NPP net primary production

NRC National Research Council, operational arm of the NAS

NSC U.S. National Security Council

NSF National Science Foundation

O

O₃ ozone

ODP Ocean Drilling Program

OH hydroxyl radical

OMB U.S. Office of Management and Budget

ONR Office of Naval Research

OSMEC Observing System Management Executive Council

OSOEC Observing System Operations Executive Council

OSSEC Observing System Science Executive Council

OSSE Observation System Simulation Experiments

OSTP U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy

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PAGES Past Global Changes paleoscience element of the IGBP

PDO Pacific Decadal Oscillation

PDSI Palmer Drought Severity Index

PDV Pacific Decadal Variability

PMIP Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project

PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Q

R

RCM regional climate model

RESACs Regional Earth Science Applications Centers (NASA)

RISAs Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Program (NOAA)

SAGE Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment

SAM Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode

SBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (UNFCCC)

SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU)

SCOR Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (ICSU)

SGCR Subcommittee on Global Change Research

SO₂ sulfur dioxide

SOLAS Surface Ocean -- Lower Atmosphere Study (IGBP / WCRP / SCOR / CACGP)

SPARC Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (WCRP)

SSS sea surface salinity

SST sea surface temperature

START Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research, and Training (IGBP / WCRP / IHDP)

SWAQ Sub-committee on Water Availability and Quality

T

TAV Tropical Atlantic Variability

TISO Tropical Intra-Seasonal Oscillation

TM Thematic Mapper

TOGA Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere project

TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (NASA / NASDA)

U

UN United Nations

UNDP UN Development Programme

UNEP UN Environment Programme

UNESCO UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFCCC UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program

USGS U.S. Geological Survey

UV-B Ultraviolet-B radiation

V

VOC Volatile organic carbon

W

VAMOS Variability of the American Monsoon Systems panel of CLIVAR

WCRP World Climate Research Programme

WDCS World Data Center System

WGCM WCRP / CLIVAR Working Group on Coupled Modeling

WG/IRC Interagency Working Group on International Research and Cooperation

WHO World Health Organization

WMO World Meteorological Organization

WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WCRP)

WRAP Water Resources Applications Project (GEWEX)

WWW World Weather Watch

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Y

Z