Acronym List
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Acronym | Definition |
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3ROX | Three Rivers Optical Exchange |
3S | Small Satellite System, Suite de Systeme SPOT, SPOT Successor System |
A | Back to top |
AAOE | Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment |
AATSR | Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer |
ACCESS | Advancing Collaborative Connections for Earth System Science program |
ACR | Active Cavity Radiometer |
ACRIM | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor |
ACRIMSAT | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite |
ACRS/TLAS | Automated Conflict Resolution System/TDRSS Look Angle System |
ACSI | American Customer Satisfaction Index |
ACTS | Advanced Communication Technology Satellite |
ADC | Affiliated Data Center |
ADEO | Advanced Earth Observing Satellite |
ADEOS | Advanced Earth Observing System |
ADM | Atmospherics Dynamics Mission |
ADN | ASTER Data Network |
ADRG | ARC-Digitized Raster Graphics |
ADS40 | Airborne Digital Sensor 40 |
ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
ADURD | Archiving, Distribution and User Services Requirements Document |
AEB | Agencia Espacial Brasileira |
AEM-2 | Application Explorer Mission-2 |
AERI | Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer |
AERONET | Aerosol Robotic Network |
AES | Atmospheric Environmental Service |
AESICS | ASTER Emergency Scheduling Interface and Control System |
AGI | Advanced Global Imager |
AGS | Alaska Ground Station |
AGU | American Geophysical Union |
AHAP | Alaska High-Altitude aerial Photography |
AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
AIMs | Africover Interpretation and Mapping System |
AIMS | Airborne Integrated Mapping System |
AIR | Airborne Imaging Radar |
AirMISR | Airborne Multi-Angle Imaging Spectroradiometer |
AIRS | Atmospheric Infrared Sounder |
AIRSAR | Aircraft Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ALEXIS | Array of Low Energy X-Ray Imaging Sensors |
ALI | Advanced Land Imager |
ALOS | Advanced Land Observation Satellite |
ALS | Aerial (Airborne) Laser Scanning |
ALTM | Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper |
ALTMS | Airborne Lidar Topographic Mapping System |
AM | Automated Mapping |
AM/FM | Automated Mapping/Facilities Management |
AMI SAR | Active Microwave Imager Synthetic Aperture Radar |
AMPR | Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer |
AMPS | Automatic Mapping and Planning System |
AMR | Altimetry Microwave Radiometer |
AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer |
AMS | American Meteorological Society |
AMSD | Adjusted Mapping Support Data |
AMSR | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer |
AMSR-CU | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Control Unit |
AMSR-E | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS |
AMSR-SU | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Sensor Unit |
AMSU | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |
AMSU-A1 | AMSU-A1 Module - Receives V and W Band Frequencies on Channels 3-15 |
AMSU-A2 | AMSU-A2 Module - Receives K and Ka Band Frequencies on Channels 1 & 2 |
AMSU-B | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (Earlier MHS, Became HSB) |
AMTS | Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder |
ANGe | Archive Next Generation |
ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
AO | Announcement of Opportunity |
AOIPS | Atmospheric and Oceanographic Image Processing System |
AOL | Airborne Oceanographic Lidar |
AOS | ASTER Operation Segment |
AOSP | Advanced On-Board Signal Processor |
APAN | Asia Pacific Area Network |
APAR | Absorbed Photosynthetic Active Radiation |
APCM | Aerial Photography Contract Management System |
API | Application programming interface |
APID | Application Process Identifier |
APT | Automatic Picture Transmission |
AQT | Association Québecoise de Télédétection |
ARA | Atmospheric Radiation Analysis |
ARB | 48" Lidar Aerosol Reserach Branch |
ARC | Ames Research Center |
ARESE | ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) Enhanced Shortwave Experiment |
ARGOS | Argos Data Collection and Position Location System |
ARIN | American Registry of Internet Names |
ARISTOTELES | Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing The Earths' field from Low Earth orbiting Satellite |
ARMSAT | Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Satellite |
ARVI | Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index |
AS | Access Subgroup (Part of CEOS-WGISS) |
ASAR | Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ASAS | Advanced Solid-State Array Spectrometer |
ASC | Agence Spatiale Canadienne |
ASCA | Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics |
ASCAT | Advanced Scatterometer |
ASCIE | American Standard Code for Information Exchange |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASDC | Atmospheric Science Data Center (Langley Research Center) |
ASF | Alaska Satellite Facility |
ASF SDC | Alaska Satellite Facility SAR Data Center (DAAC) |
ASFUWG | ASF User Working Group |
ASI | Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (Italian Space Agency) |
ASM | Acquisition Strategy Meeting |
ASP | Alaska SAR Processor |
ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer |
ASTGTM | ASTER Global DEM |
ATBD | Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document |
ATDRSS | Advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System |
ATES | Alcatel Espace Systems |
ATLAS | Advanced Thermal and Land Applications Sensor |
ATLID | ATmospheric LIDar |
ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
ATMOS | Atmospheric Observations Satellite (Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy) |
ATMS | Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder |
ATOST | Atlantic - THORpex Observing System Test |
ATR1 | Automatic Target Recognition Module (Leica) |
ATS | Advanced Technology Satellite |
ATSR | Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ESA ERS) |
AVHRR | Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer |
AVHRR GAC | AVHRR Global Coverage Area |
AVHRR LAC | AVHRR Local Area Coverage |
AVIRIS | Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer |
AVIS | Airborne Vegetation Index Sensor |
AVNIR | Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer |
AWARE |
A tool for monitoring and forecasting Available WAter REsource in
mountain environment
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AWiFS | Advanced Wide Field Sensor |
AWOTS | Automated Wallops Orbital Tracking Station |
B | Back to top |
bbFTS | BaBar File Transfer Protocol |
BGP | Boundary Gateway Protocol |
BIH | Bureau International de l’Heure |
BIPM | Bureau International des Poids et Mesures |
BNSC | British National Space Centre (UK) |
BRDF | Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function |
BUFR | Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data |
BWC | Bandwidth Compression |
BWE | Bandwidth Expansion |
C | Back to top |
C5/6 | Collection 5/6 MODIS data |
C-MARE | Central Mediterranean Aerosol and Radiation Experiment |
C-STAR | Conically Scanning Two-Look Airborne Radiometer |
CADU | Channel Access Data Units |
CAL WG | Calibration Working Group |
CAL/VAL | Calibration/Validation |
CALIOP | Cloud-Aerosol LIdar and with Orthogonal Polarization |
CALIPSO | Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation |
CalREN | California Research and Education Network |
CALS | Cloud and Aerosol Lidar System |
CAMEX | Convection and Moisture Experiment |
CBERS | China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Program |
CCB | Configuration Control Board |
CCD | Charged Coupled Device |
CCRS | Canada Centre for Remote Sensing |
CCSDS | Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems |
CDAS | Command and Data Acquisition Station |
CDB | Command Data Block |
CDDIS | Crustal Dynamics Data Information System |
CDF | Common Data Format |
CDIAC | Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center (DOE/ORNL) |
CDMS | Cryospheric Data Management System (NSIDC) |
CDR | Critical Design Reviews |
CDRC | CIESIN Data and Research Center |
CEES | Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Research |
CEMSCS | Central Environmental Monitoring Satellite Computer System (NOAA) |
CEMSDS | Central Environmental Satellite Data System |
CEO | European Centre for Earth Observation |
CEOS | Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
CEOSWGD/CS | CEOS Working Group on Data, Catalog Subgroup |
CERES | Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System |
CERR | Critical Events Readiness Review |
CESA | Conical Earth Sensor Assembly |
CESBIO | Centre d’ Études Spatiales de la Biosphère (France) |
CESDIS | Center for Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences (GSFC) |
CFC | Chlorofluorocarbon |
CFI | Claes Fornell International |
CIESIN | Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network |
CINTEX | CEOS Catalogue Interoperability Experiment |
CIR | Color Infrared |
CIRS | Composition Infrared Spectrometer |
CIS | Cryogenic Interferometer Spectrometer |
CIWG | Catalog Interoperability Working Group |
CL | Command Language |
CLAES | Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer |
CLAMS | Cheasapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites |
CLC | CORINE Land Cover |
CLCW | Command Link Control Word |
CM | Configuration Management |
CMG | Climate modeling grid |
CMIS | Conical Scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder |
CMO | Configuration Management Office |
CMR | Common Metadata Repository |
CNES | Centre National d’Études Spatiales (France) |
CNR | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy) |
CNRS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) |
CO | Contracting Officer |
COARE | Continental Ocean-Atmosphere Regional Experiment |
CODMAC | Committee on Data Management, Archiving, and Computing |
COMMGR | Communications Manager |
CONAE | Comision National de Actividades Espaciales |
CONUS | Conterminous United States |
CORINE | Coordination of Information on Environment |
COS | Constellation Operations System |
COSMIC | Computer Software Management and Information Center (NASA) |
COSMO/SkyMed | Constellation of Small satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation |
COSPAR | Congress for Space Research |
COTR | Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative |
COTS | Commercial Off-The Shelf |
CPP | Cloud Photopolarimeter |
CPR | Cloud Profiling Radar |
CR | Correlation Radiometer |
CrIMSS | Cross-track Infrared and Advanced Technology Microwave Sounders |
CrIS | Cross-track Infrared Sounder |
CRISTA/SPAS | Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere/ Shuttle Pallet Satellite |
CRP | Command Relay Processor |
CRSS | Canadian Remote Sensing Society |
CRYSYS | Cryospheric System |
CSA | Canadian Space Agency |
CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) |
CSLC | California Space Launch Complex |
CSMA/CD | Carrier-Sense Multiple-Access With Collision Detection |
CTGNSS | Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System |
CV | Cube Visualization |
CVA | Change Vector Analysis |
CZCS | Coastal Zone Color Scanner (Nimbus-7) |
D | Back to top |
DAAC | Distributed Active Archive Center |
DADS | Data Archive and Distribution System |
DAF | Data Archive Facility |
DAIS-1 | Digital Airborne Imagery System |
DAR | Data Acquisition Request |
DAS | Data Analysis Subsystem |
DAS | Detailed Activity Schedule |
DCN | Document Change Notice |
DCS | Data Collection System |
DDL | Direct Downlink |
DEDS | DAAC to EDOS Data Set |
DEL | Data Evaluation Laboratory (GSFC) |
DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
DEM-G | Digital Elevation Model - Graphic (coordinates) |
DEM-P | Digital Elevation Model - Planar (coordinates) |
DEMEX | Alternate name for the ASTER GDEM Explorer |
DFCD | Data Format Control Document |
DGDF | Digital Geospatial Data Files |
DGPS | Differential Global Positioning System; Differential Global Positioning Satellite |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DHF | Data Handling Facility |
DIAL | Differential Absorption Lidar |
DIF | Directory Interchange Format |
difSAR | Differential SAR |
DIGCAT | Digital Catalogue |
DIGEST | Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard |
DISC | Data and Information Services Center |
DLG | Digital Line Graph |
DLR | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Agency) |
DLS | Dynamic Limb Sounder |
DMO | DEM and Orthorectified |
DMR | Detailed Mission Requirements |
DMSP | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
DMZ | Demilitarized Zone |
DNS | Domain Name Service |
DOC | Department of Commerce |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DOI | Digital Object Identifier |
DOPLID | Doppler Lidar |
DOQ | Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle |
DORIS | Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite |
DOS | Department of State |
DPR | Dual Precipitation Radar |
DR | Decommissioning Review |
DRG | Digital Raster Graphic |
DRR | Disposal Readiness Review |
DRSS | Data Relay Satellite System |
DSCOVR | Deep Change Observation Mission |
DTED | Digital Terrain Elevation Data |
DTM | Digital Terrain Model |
DUE | DAAC Unique Extension |
DWL | Doppler Wind Lidar |
DWS | Doppler Wind Sensor |
E | Back to top |
E-ISAT | EOSDIS Internet Security Assessment Team |
E-LIDAR | Experimental Lidar |
EARLSeL | European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories |
EarthCARE | Earth Clouds Aerosols and Radiation Explorer |
EAS | Electrical Accommodation Subsystem (Terra AM-1) |
EBnet | EOSDIS Backbone network |
EBS | EOS Broadcast Stations |
EC | European Community |
ECA | Earth Central Angle |
ECC | Earthdata Code Collaborative |
ECE | Earthdata Collaboration Environment |
ECHO | EOS Clearing House |
ECMP | ECS Configuration Management Plan |
ECMWF | European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting |
ECOM | EOSDIS Communications System |
ECRB | EOS Configuration Review Board |
ECRB | EMOS Configuration Review Board |
ECRS | ESDIS Consolidated Requirements System |
ECS | EOSDIS Core System |
ECSS | EOS Common Spacecraft Specification |
ECSTVP | ECS Test and Verification Procedures |
ECSVDB | ECS Verification Database |
ECT | EOS Compatibility Test |
ED50 | European Datum 1950 |
EDC | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Data Center (USGS) |
EDF | ECS Development Facility |
EDG | EOS Data Gateway (V0 Client – Replacement of B0SOT) |
EDGRS | Earth Data Gathering and Reporting System |
EDHS | ECS Data Handling System |
EDMA | ESDIS Data Model Analysis |
EDOCS | EOS Data Operations and Communications System |
EDOS | EOS Data and Operations System |
EDS | Expedited Data Sets |
EDU | EDOS Data Unit |
EE | Earth Explorer |
EECF | Earthnet ERS-1 Central Facility |
EEID | EOSDIS External Interface Document |
EER | External Engineering Review |
EETS | EOS Electronic Transfer System |
EGS | EOS Ground Station |
EGT | EOSDIS Ground Terminal |
EGTS | EOS Ground Test System |
EIN | ECS Identification Number |
EIONET | European Environment Information and Observation Network |
EIT | EOSDIS Integration Team |
EITSO | ESDIS Information Technology Security Official |
ELANOR | Earth Limb And Nadir Operational Retrieval |
ELV | Expendable Launch Vehicle |
EMACC | EOS Multiple Applications Control Center |
EMD | EOSDIS Core System Maintenance and Development |
EME | ECS Maintenance Environment |
EMIS | EDOS Management Information System |
EMLS | EOS Microwave Limb Sounder |
EMOC | EOSDIS Mission Operations Center |
EMOS | EOS Mission Operations System |
EMOWG | EOS Mission Operations Working Group |
EMS | ESDIS Metrics System |
EMSn | EOS Mission Support network |
ENMC | Enterprise Network Management Center |
ENSO | El Nino Southern Oscillation |
ENVISAT | Environmental Satellite |
EO | Earth Observation |
EO-1 | Earth Orbiter-1 |
EO-ICWG | Earth Observations International Coordination Working Group |
EOC | EOS Operations Center |
EOCC | EOS Operations and Control Center |
EOIS | Earth Observation Information System |
EOP | EDOS Operation Protocol |
EOPS | ERBE Operational Processing System (LaRC) |
EORC | Earth Observation Research Center |
EOS | Earth Observing System |
EOS AERO | EOS Aerosol Mission |
EOS ALT | EOS Altimetry Mission |
EOS AM | Earth Observing System AM or morning crossing (Terra satellite) |
EOS CHEM | EOS Chemistry Mission |
EOS COLOR | EOS Color Mission |
EOS PM | Earth Observing System PM or afternoon crossing (Aqua satellite) |
EOS-G | Earth Observing System - Goddard |
EOSAT | Earth Observing Satellite Company |
EOSC | EOS Operations Support Capability |
EOSDIS | Earth Observation System Data and Information System |
EOSFDS | EOS Flight Data System |
EOSIWG | EOS Investigator Working Group |
EOSP | Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter |
EOSPSO | EOS Project Science Office |
EOSSALT | Earth Observing Solid-State Radar Altimeter |
EOSSMS | EOS Space Measurement System |
EOSSRP | EOS Scientific Research Program |
EOT | EDOS Operational Timeline |
EOWG | ESDIS Operations Working Group |
EP | Earth Probe |
EPDS | EMOS Production Data Set |
EPG | ECS Process Improvement Group |
EPGN | EOS Polar Ground Network |
EPGS | EOS Polar Ground Station |
EPGSS | Earth Observing Polar Ground Station Services |
EPOP | European Polar-Orbiting Platform |
EPS | EUMETSAT Polar System |
EPTOMS | Earth Probe Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
ER-2 | Earth Resources NASA research aircraft |
ERAST | Experimental Research Aircraft Sensor Technology Program |
ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
ERDAS | Earth Resources Data Analysis System |
ERDET | ESDIS Requirements Database Engineering Team |
ERG | EOSDIS Review Group |
EROS | Earth Resources Observation System |
ERPS | EOS Real-Time Processing System |
ERS-1 | Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1 |
ERSAR | Earth Resources Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ERSDAC | Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center |
ERTS-1 | Earth Resources Technology Satellite –1 |
ESA | European Space Agency |
ESAD | Earth Science and Applications Data System |
ESDD | Earth Science Data Directory |
ESDIS | Earth Science Data and Information System |
ESDR | Earth Science Data Record |
ESDSWG | Earth Science Data System Working Group |
ESDT | Earth Science Data Type |
ESE | Earth Sciences Enterprise |
ESH | EDOS Service Header |
ESIC | Earth Science Information Center |
ESID | EOSDIS Systems Interface Document |
ESIP | Federation of Earth Science Information Partners |
ESIPS | EOSDIS Science Investigator-Led Processing System |
ESMES | EOS System Management and Engineering Site |
ESMO | Earth Science Mission Operations |
ESMOS | Earth Science Mission Operation System |
ESMP | ECS Schedule Management Plan |
ESMR | Electronically Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
ESN | EOSDIS Science Network (ECS) (Replaced By Ebnet) |
ESO | ESDIS Standards Office |
ESOC | EOSDIS System and Operations Concept (Document) |
ESOD | Earth Science On-Line Directory |
ESOO | ESDIS Science Operations Office |
ESQL | Earth Science Query Language |
ESRIN | European Space Research Institute (ESA) |
ESSAAC | Earth System Science and Applications Advisory Committee |
ESSC | Earth System Sciences Committee |
ESSE | EDOS System Support Environment |
ESSI | Earth and Space Science Informatics |
ESSn | EOS Science Support network |
ESSO | Earth Science Support Office |
ESSP | Earth Science Systems Program |
ESST | Earth Science Search Tool |
ESTB | EGNOS System Test Bed |
ESTEC | European Space Research and Space Technology Centre (ESA) |
ESTOL | EOS Standard Text and Operation Language |
ETM+ | Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (Landsat 7) |
ETRS89 | European Terrestrial Reference System 1989 |
ETS | EOS Test System |
ETSF | EOSDIS Test System Facility |
ETTS | ECS Trouble Ticketing System |
EUMETSAT | European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
EUMS | ESDIS User Model Scenario |
EVR | ECS Verification Report |
F | Back to top |
FA | Formulation Agreement |
FAD | Formulation Authorization Document |
FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
FCCSET | Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology |
FCDAS | Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station |
FDF | Flight Dynamics Facility |
FDS | Flight Dynamics System |
FE | Fast Ethernet |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FEWS | Famine Early Warning System |
FGDC | Federal Geographic Data Committee |
FIFE | First ISLSCP Field Experiment |
FIRE | First ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project) Regional Experiment |
FIRMS | Fire Information for Resource Management System |
FM-1 | Flight Model 1 (NASA EOS MODIS) |
FOIA | Freedom Of Information Act |
FORTE | Fast On-Orbit Recording of Transient Events |
FORTRAN | FORmula TRANslation |
FOS | Flight Operations Segment (ECS) |
FOT | Flight Operations Team (ECS) |
FOV | Field of View |
FPAR | Fraction of photosynthetically active radiation |
FRGP | Front Range GigaPOP |
FRR | Flight Readiness Review |
FSA | Federal Space Agency (Russia) |
FST | Field Support Terminal |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
FY | Fiscal Year |
G | Back to top |
G3OS | Global Terrestrial Observing System |
GAC | Global Area Coverage (AVHRR) |
GALILEO | Informal name of GNSS |
GATES | Geostationary Advanced Technology Environmental System |
GB | gigabyte (109) |
GBAD | Ground Based Attitude Determination |
gbps | Giga bits per second |
GCC | Goddard Communications Control |
GCDC | Global Change Data Center |
GCDIS | Global Change Data and Information System |
GCLDC | Global Change Landsat Data Collection |
GCMD | Global Change Master Directory |
GCOM | Global Change Observation Mission |
GCPs | Ground Control Points |
GDAAC | Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center |
GDAO | Goddard [Space Flight Center] Data Assimilation Office |
GDAS | NCEP 1-Degree Global Data Assimilation Model |
GDEM | Global Digital Elevation Model |
GDEx | Global Data Explorer |
GDR | Geophysical Data Record (JPL) |
GDS | Ground Data System |
GDS IMS | Ground Data System Information Management System |
GDT | Global DIgital Topography |
GEBA | Global Energy Budget Archive |
GEMI | Global Environment Monitoring MSAVI |
GENESIS | Global Environmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems |
GEO | Geosynchronous Earth Orbit |
GEOS | Goddard Earth Observing System |
GEOSS | Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
Geosat | Naval Geodetic Satellite |
GeoTIFF | Geographic Tagged Image File Format |
GeoVIS | Geographic Vector Interpretation System (Africover) |
GERIS | Geophysical Environmental Research Imaging Spectrometer |
GES | Goddard Earth Sciences |
GES DISC | GSFC Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center |
GESSEP | GSFC Earth Space Science Education Project |
GEWEX | Global Energy and Water cycle Experiment |
GFCC | Global Forest Cover Change |
GFS | Global Forecast System |
GGI | GPS Geoscience Instrument |
GHRC | Global Hydrology Resource Center |
GIBS | Global Imagery Browse Services |
GIS | Geographical Information System |
GISIG | Geographical Information Systems International Group |
GISS | Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
GLA | Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres |
GLAS | Geoscience Laser Altimeter System |
GLAST | Gamma Ray Large-Area Space Telescope |
GLCC | Global Land Cover Characterization |
GLCN | Global Land Cover Network |
GLCTS | Global Land Cover Test Sites |
GLI | Global Imager (Japan, ADEOS) |
GLIS | Global Land Information System |
GLL | Galileo |
GLM | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
GLOBE | Global Change Observing Mission |
GLONASS | Global'naya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema, Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System (Russia) |
GLOSS | Global Observation Surveillance System |
GloVIS | Global Visualizer |
GLRS | Geoscience Laser Ranging System |
GLRS-A | Geoscience Laser Ranging System Altimeter |
GLRS-R | Geoscience Laser Ranging System Ranger |
GMAO | Global Modeling and Assimilation Office |
GML | Geography Markup Language |
GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
GMST | Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
GMU | George Mason University |
GN | Ground Network |
GN&C | Guidance, Navigation and Control |
GN&CS | Guidance, Navigation, and Control Subsystem (Terra AM-1) |
GNS | GEOnet Names Server |
GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite System |
GOCE | Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer |
GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
GOFC | Global Observations of Forest Cover (IGOS) |
GOLD | Global Observation of Land Cover Dynamics |
GOME | Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment |
GOMI | Global Ozone Monitoring Instrument |
GOMOS | Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars |
GOMR | Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer |
GOMS | Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellites |
GOPM | Goddard Orbital Parameters Message |
GOS | Geomagnetic Observing System |
GPD | Goddard Policy Directive (formerly called GMI) |
GPG | Goddard Procedures and Guidelines |
GPI | Global Precipitation Index |
GPM | Global Precipitation Measurement |
GPP | Gross Primary Productivity |
GPR | Ground Penetrating Radar |
GPROF | Goddard PRO Filing algorithm for instantaneous rain retrieval |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GPSDIS | Global Positioning System Data Information System (JPL) |
GPSDR | Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver |
GPSOS | Global Positioning Sensor Occultation System |
GPSR | Global Positioning Satellite Receiver |
GPSSS | Global Positioning System Sustaining Support |
GRACE | Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment |
GRASS | Geographic Resource Analysis Support System |
GRDC | Global Runoff Data Center |
GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation |
GridFTP | Grid File Transfer Protocol |
GRS 80 | Geodetic Reference System of 1980 |
GRT | Ground Receipt Time |
GS | [EOS] Ground System |
GSDI | Global Spatial Data Infrastructure |
GSDM | Global Spatial Data Model |
GSDS | Global Spatial Data System |
GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |
GSIF | Ground Station Interface Facility |
GSIP | Ground Station Interface Processor |
GSLV | Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle |
GSM | Global System for Mobile Communication |
GTDS | Goddard Trajectory Determination System |
GTE | Global Tropospheric Experiment |
GTOPO30 | A global digital elevation model (DEM) with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc seconds |
GTWAY | Gateway [for Version 0 interoperability] |
GUI | Graphical User Interface |
GURP | Goddard Uncosted Reduction Project |
GV | Ground Validation |
GW | Gateway |
H | Back to top |
HALOE | Halogen Occultation Experiment |
HCR | HDF EOS Configuration Record |
HDF | Hierarchical Data Format |
HDF-EOS | Hierarchical Data Format - Earth Observing System |
HDDS | Hazards Data Distribution System |
HEG | HDF-EOS to GeoTIFF Conversion Tool |
HEO | High Earth Orbit |
HEW | HDF-EOS WEB-based subsetter |
HGML | Hyper Graphics Markup Language (Graphical Alternative to HTML) |
HIMSS | High-Resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder (Replaced By MIMR) |
HIRDLS | High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder |
HIRIS | High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
HIRRLS | High-Resolution Research Limb Sounder |
HIRS | High-Resolution Infrared Sounder |
HIS | High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder |
HPGN | High-Precision Geodetic Network |
HRDFEP | High Rate Demodulator Front End Processor |
HRG | High-Resolution Geometry (SPOT) |
HRPT | High-Resolution Picture Transmission (AVHRR) |
HRV | Haute Résolution dans le Visible (SPOT) |
HRVIR | High Resolution Visible Infrared (scanner) |
HSB | Humidity Sounder - Brazil (Derivative of AMSU-B, Replacing MHS) |
HSI | Hue, Saturation, Intensity – Hyperspectral Imaging Instrument |
HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
HTTP | Hypertext Transport Protocol |
HYDICE | Hyperspectral Digital Imagery Collection Experiment |
HYMAP | Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging |
I | Back to top |
I&CLC2000 | Image and CORINE Land Cover 2000 |
I-SIPS | ICESat Science Investigator-led Processing System |
IASI | Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
IAU | International Astronomical Union |
IBM | International Business Machines |
ICARTT | International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation |
ICC | Instrument Control Center |
ICD | Interface Control Document |
ICESat | Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite |
ICF | Instrument Control Facility (ECS) |
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
ICSU | International Council of Scientific Unions |
IDL | Interactive Data Language |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IELV | Intermediate Expendable Launch Vehicle |
IEOS | International Earth Observing System |
IERS | International Earth Rotation Service |
IFOV | Instantaneous Field of View |
IFREMER | Instiut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploration de la Mer |
IFSARE | Inter-ferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Elevation |
IGAC | International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program of the IGBP |
IGAP | International Global Aerosol Program |
IGARSS | IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium |
IGBP | International Geosphere - Biosphere Programme |
IGMP-DIS |
International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme – Data and
Information System
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IGMP | Internet Group Multicast Protocol |
IGN | International Geodetic Network |
IGOS | Integrated Global Observing Strategy |
IGS | ICEsat Ground System |
IGST | ICESat Ground System Test |
IKAR-N | scanning microwave radiometer system |
IKAR-P | nadir microwave radiometer |
ILAS | Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer |
IMG | Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases |
IMOC | ICESat Mission Operations Center |
IMS | Information Management System |
INPE | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brasil) |
InSAR | Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar |
INSAT | Indian National Satellite |
INSPIRE | Infrastructure of Spatial Information in the European Community |
Intelsat | International Telecommunications Satellite |
IOC | ICESat Orbit Control Software |
IONET | Internet Protocol Operational Network |
IOT | Instrument Operations Team |
IP | Internet Protocol |
IPA | Inter-Project Agreement |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IPD | Information Processing Division (GSFC) |
IPNOC | Internet Protocol Network Operations Center |
IPOC | International Partner Operations Center |
IPOMS | International Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Committee |
IR | Infrared |
IR | Interim Release |
IR&D | Independent Research and Development |
IR-RAD | Infrared Radiometer |
IRAD | Independent Research And Development |
IRCD | Interface Requirements Control Document |
IRD | Interface Requirements Document |
IRTS | Infrared Temperature Sounder |
ISAMS | Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
ISAS | Institute of Space and Astronautical Science |
ISCCP | International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project |
ISDN | Integrated Systems Digital Network |
ISF | Instrument Support Facility |
ISIPS | ICEsat Science Investigator-Led Processing System |
ISIR | Infrared Spectral Imaging Radiometer |
ISLSCP | International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
ISP | Internet Service Provider |
ISPRS | International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
ISRO | Indian Space Research Organisation |
ISS | International Space Station |
ISSN | International Standard Serial Number |
IST | Instrument Support Terminal |
ITIR | Intermediate Thermal Infrared Radiometer |
ITRF | International Terrestrial Reference Frame |
ITRS | International Terrestrial Rotation Service |
IWG | Investigator Working Group |
IWGDD | Interagency Working Group on Digital Data |
IWGDMGC | Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change |
J | Back to top |
JAVA | Joint Academic Virtual Application |
JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
JEOC | Japan's Earth Observation Center |
JEOS | Japanese Earth Observing System |
JERS-1 | Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1 |
JGOFS | Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
JMA | Japan Meteorological Agency |
JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
JPLAIRSAR | JPL Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar |
JPOP | Japanese Polar-Orbiting Platform |
JPSS | Joint Polar Satellite System |
JRC | Joint Research Centre (Italy) |
JRC CEO | European Commission Joint Research Centre |
JSC | Johnson Space Center |
K | Back to top |
K | Kelvin |
KARI | Korea Aerospace Research Institute |
KB | kilobyte (103) |
KDP | Key Decision Point |
KML | Keyhole Markup Language |
KNMI | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
KOMPSAT | Korea Multipurpose Satellite |
KSC | Kennedy Space Center |
L | Back to top |
L0 | Level 0 (zero) |
L0R | Level 0 Release |
L1 | Level 1 |
L1G | Level 1 Geometrically Corrected |
L1R | Level 1 Radiometrically Corrected |
L2 | Level 2 |
L3 | Level 3 |
L4 | Level 4 |
LAADS | Level 1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System |
LAC | Local Area Coverage |
LADAR | Laser Detection and Ranging |
LAGEOS | Laser Geodynamics Satellite |
LAI | Leaf area index |
LAMP | Low Altitude Mapping Photogrammetry |
LAMPS | Laser-scan Automated Map Production System |
LAN | Local Area Network |
LANCE | Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (Earth Observing System) |
LANL | Los Alamos National Lab |
Landsat | Land Remote-Sensing Satellite |
LaRC ASDC | Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center |
LaRCNET | Langley Research Center Network |
LARSE | Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing in Ecology |
LASE | Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment |
Laser | Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
LaTIS | Langley Research Center's TRMM Information System |
LBS | Location-Based Services |
LCCS | Land Cover Classification System |
LDHF | Landsat-7 Data Handling Facility |
LDOPE | Land Data Operational Product Evaluation |
LDOS | Landsat Data and Operations System |
LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
LERTS | Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Teledetedion Spatiale |
LIDAR | LIght Detection And Ranging instrument |
LIDQA | Landsat Image Data Quality and Analysis |
LIGHTSAR | Lightweight Synthetic Aperture Radar |
LIMS | Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere |
LIS | Lightning Imaging Sensor |
LITE | Lidar-in-space Technology Experiment |
LLC | Logical Link Control |
LMD | Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique |
LOGSWG | Landsat Operations Ground Segment Working Group |
LOS | Loss Of Signal |
LP DAAC | Land Processes DAAC |
LR | Laser Retroreflector |
LRPT | Low-Resolution Picture Transmission |
LRR | Launch Readiness Review |
LRRL | Low Rate Return Link |
LRS | Landsat Recorder System |
LSPIM | Land-Surface Processes and Interactions Mission |
LSR | Land Surface Reflectance |
LTA | Long Term Archive |
LUT | Look Up Table |
LV | Launch Vehicle |
LW | Longwave radiation |
LWIR | Long-Wave Infrared (spectral region) |
LZP | Level Zero Processing |
LZPF | Level Zero Processing Facility |
LZPS | Level Zero Processing System |
LZW | Lempel Ziv Welch |
M | Back to top |
MAGSAT | Magnetic Field (Magnetometer) Satellite |
ManLan | Manhattan Landing (high performance exchange point in New York City) |
MAP | Map Accuracy Programme (Africover) |
MAPS | Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution from Satellites |
MAPSAT | Mapping Satellite |
MAS | MODIS Airborne Simulator |
MASTER | MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator |
Matlab | Matrix laboratory |
MAX | Mid-Atlantic Crossroads |
MB | megabyte |
mb | millibar |
MBLA | Multi-Beam Laser Altimeter |
MCIP | Mission Critical IP |
MCP | Meteorological Communications Package |
MCR | Mission Concept Review |
MCST | MODIS Characterization Support Team (EOS) |
MDR | Mission Definition Review |
MEaSUREs | Making Earth System data records for Use in Research Environments |
MEBS | MODIS Emergency Backup System (EOS) |
MEIS | Multispectral Electrooptical Imaging Sensor |
MELV | Medium Expendable Launch Vehicle |
MEO | Middle Earth Orbit (Satellite) |
MERES | Mineral and Energy Resources Exploration Satellite (Japan) |
MERIS | Medium-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (ESA Envisat) |
MESSR | Multispectrum Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer |
METEOSAT | Geosynchronous Meteorology Satellite (ESA) |
METI | Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (Formerly Known As MITI) |
METOP | Meteorological Operational Weather Satellite |
METSAT | Meteorological Satellite |
METSOAT | European Weather Satellite |
MFOV | Medium Field of View |
MGRS | Military Grid Reference System |
MHS | Microwave Humidity Sounder (EOS) |
MHz | MegaHertz |
MIAS | Multispectral Image Analysis System |
MIDAS | Multispectral Interactive Data Analysis System |
MIMR | Multifrequency Imaging Microwave Radiometer |
MIPAS | Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding |
MIR | Multispectral Imaging Radiometer |
MIRAS | Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis (ESA) |
MIRIAM/DOPI | Mir Infrared Atmospheric Measurements/Double Pendulum Interferometer |
MISR | Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (EOS) |
MITI | Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
MIVIS | Multispectral Infrared and Visible Imaging Spectrometer |
MLS | Microwave Limb Sounder |
MMR | Modular Multi-Band Radiometer |
MO&DSD | Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate (GSFC Code 500) |
MOA | Memorandum Of Agreement |
MOC | Mission Operations Center |
MODAPS | MODIS Adaptive Processing System |
MODExtract | MODIS Data Pool Extraction Tool |
MODIS | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (EOS) |
MODIS-N | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer - Nadir |
MODLAND | MODIS Land Discipline Group (EOS) |
MODS | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
MOMS | Modular Optoelectric Multispectral Scanner |
MOP | Meteosat Operational Programme |
MOPITT | Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere |
MOS | Marine Observation Satellite |
MOSPF | Multicast Open Shortest Path First |
MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
MP-MP | Multipoint-Multipoint Systems |
MPPP | Multi-Link Point-to-Point Protocol |
MPRD | Modified Proportional Radial Displacement |
MPS | Mission Planning System (ASF) |
mrad | microradians |
MRIR | Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer (Nimbus) |
MRR | Mission Readiness Review |
MrSID | Multiresolution Seamless Image Database |
MRT | MODIS Reprojection Tool |
MRTP | Mission Readiness Test Plans |
MRTSwatch | MODIS Reprojection Tool for Swath |
MRTWeb | MODIS Reprojection Tool for the Web |
ms | millisecond |
MSAS | MTSAT Satellite-Based Augmentation Satellite |
MSAVI | Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index |
MSC | Multispectral Camera |
MSFC | Marshall Space Flight Center |
MSG | Meteosat Second Generation (ESA) |
MSL | Mean Sea Level |
MSMR | Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
MSR | Microwave Scanning Radiometer |
MSS | Multi-Spectral Scanner (Landsat 1-5) |
MSU | Microwave Sounding Unit |
MSU-SK | Multispectral Optical Scanner |
MTF | Modulation Transfer Function |
MTS | Meteoroid Technology Satellite (NASA) |
MTSAT | Multi-functional Transport Satellite (Japan) |
MTTR | Mean Time To Recover |
MTTRS | Mean Time To Restore Service |
N | Back to top |
NAALSED | North American ASTER Land Surface Emissivity Database |
NACP | North American Carbon Program |
NAD | North American Datum |
NAL | National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan |
NALC | North American Land Characterization |
NAM | NASA Advisory Manager |
NAPP | National Aerial Photography Program |
NARA | National Archives and Records Administration |
NARSA | National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications Program |
NARSTO | North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone |
NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
NAS | NASA Advisory Council |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASCOM | NASA Communications Network |
NASCOP | NASA Communications Operating Procedures |
NASDA | National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
NASIRC | NASA Automated Systems Incident Response Capabilities |
NASTRAN | NASA Structural Analysis (Program) |
NAVSTAR | Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging Global Positioning System |
NBAR | Nadir BRDF Adjusted Reflectance |
NBIS | Northern Biosphere Information System |
NBSM | National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (China) |
NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
NCC | National Cartographic Centre (Iran) |
NCDC | National Climatic Data Center (NOAA) |
NCDS | NASA Climate Data System |
NCEP | National Center for Environmental Prediction (NOAA) |
NCEP AWC | National Center for Environmental Prediction Air Weather Center |
NCF | NSSDC Computer Facility |
NCGIA | National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis |
NCSA | National Center for Supercomputer Applications |
NCSC | National Computer Security Center |
NCSL | National Computer Systems Laboratory |
NDCS | National Digital Cartographic Standards |
NDMC | National Drought Mitigation Center |
NDPR | NASA Defense Purchase Request |
NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
NED | National Elevation Dataset |
NEPP | NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging |
NERC | National Environmental Research Centre (UK) |
NESDD | NOAA Earth Science Data Directory |
NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA) |
NET | National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |
netCDF | Network Common Data Format |
NewDISS | New Data and Information Systems and Services |
NEWS | NOAA’s Earth Watch Service |
NEXRAD | Next Generation Weather Radar |
NGDC | National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA); National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse |
NGDF | National Geospatial Data Files |
NGIX | Next Generation Internet Exchange |
NGMA | National Geoscience Mapping Agency (Australia) |
NGMBD | National Geologic Map Database (USGS) |
NGT | NASA Ground Terminal |
NGWIC | National Ground Water Information Center |
NHAP | National High Altitude Photography |
NIAC | NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts |
NIC | NASA Information Center |
NICMOS | Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer |
NIMBUS | NASA Meteorological Satellites (1 through 7) |
NIR | Near Infrared (spectral region) |
NISE | Near Real-Time SSM/I EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent |
NISN | NASA Integrated Services Network |
NISS | NASA Institutional Support Systems |
NITRD | Networking and Information Technology Research and Development |
NIX | NASA Image Exchange |
NLAPS | National Landsat Archive Production System (USGS) |
NLCD | National Land Cover Dataset (USGS) |
NLDC | NASA Landsat Data Collection |
NLOS | Not Line of Sight |
NMAS | National Map Accuracy Standards |
NMC | National Meteorological Center (NOAA) |
NMD | NASA Master Directory |
NMI | NASA Management Instruction |
NMOS | Network and Mission Operations Support (NASA Program) |
NMOS | NASA Management and Operations Support |
NMP | New Millenium Program |
NNSS | Navy Navigational Satellite System |
NO2 | Nitrogen Dioxide |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOAA SAA | NOAA Satellite Active Archive |
NOARL | Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Lab |
NOC | Network Operations Center |
NODC | National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA) |
NODS | NASA Ocean Data System |
NODIS | NSSDC Online Data and Information Service |
NOMC | Network Operations Management Center |
NOSIE | NODC Ocean Science Information Exchange |
NOSS | National Oceanic Satellite System |
NOX | Northern Crossroads |
NPAS | Network Planning and Analysis System |
NPG | NASA Procedure and Guidelines |
NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
NPOP-1 | NASA Polar Orbiting Platform (One) |
NPP | NPOESS Preparatory Project |
NPR | NASA Procedural Requirements |
NRA | NASA Research Announcement |
NRC | National Research Council |
NRDN | NOAA Radar Data Network |
NREN | National Research and Education Network |
NRL | Naval Research Laboratory |
NRSA | National Remote Sensing Agency (India) |
NRSC | National Remote Sensing Centre (UK) |
NRSCC | National Remote Sensing Centre of China |
NRT | Near Real-Time |
NRTP | Near Real-Time Processor |
NRTPE | Near Real-Time Processing Effort |
NRTS | Near Real-Time System |
NSAP | Network Services Access Point |
NSAU | National Space Agency of Ukraine |
NSC | Norwegian Space Centre |
NSCAT | NASA Scatterometer |
NSDS | NASA Software Documentation Standard |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
NSIDC | National Snow and Ice Data Center |
NSM | Network Service Manager |
NSN | NASA Science Network |
NSP | Korean National Space Development Plan |
NSpC | National Space Council |
NSPD | National Space Policy Directive |
NSR | NISN Service Request |
NSRS | National Spatial Reference System (NOAA) |
NSSDC | National Space Science Data Center |
NSTC | National Space and Technology Council |
NSTR | NASA Standard Tape Recorder |
NTIS | National Technical Information Service |
NTS | National Topographic Series (Canada); National Topographic System (Canada); Navigation Technology Satellite |
NTTF | NASA Test and Training Facility |
NVAP | NASA Water Vapor Project |
NVCS | National Vegetation Classification Standard |
NWP | Numerical Weather Prediction |
NWS | National Weather Service (NOAA) |
NWS-HRL | NWS - Hydrologic Research Laboratory |
NWS-RFC | NWS - Regional Forecast Center |
NWS-RFO | NWS - River Forecast Office |
O | Back to top |
O3 | Ozone |
OA | Operations Agreement |
OBPG | Ocean Biology Processing Group |
OCDPS | Ocean Color Data Processing System |
OCM | Ocean Colour Monitor |
OCO | Orbiting Carbon Observatory |
OCR | Optical Character Recognition; Optical Character Reader |
OCTS | Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (Japan, ADEOS) |
ODB | Orbit Determination Beacon |
ODL | Object Description Language |
ODS | One Day Schedule |
OEC | Optical-Electronic Camera |
OGC | Open Geospatial Consortium |
OLS | Optical Line Scanner |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
OMI | Ozone Monitoring Instrument |
OMIS | Optical Multichannel Imaging Sensor (NPOESS) |
OMPS | Ozone Mapper/Profiler Suite |
ONVS | Ozone Near-real-time and Very-fast-delivery System |
ORFEO | Optical and Radar Federated Earth Observation |
ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
ORR | Operational Readiness Review |
OSC | Orbital Sciences Corporation |
OSCAR | Online Satellite Catalogue and Request System (NOAA) |
OSDPD | Office of Space Data Processing and Distribution (NOAA) |
OSF | Observation Schedule File |
OSMI | Ocean Scanning Multispectral Imager |
OSPF | Open Shortest Path First (Routing Protocol) |
OSTA | Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications |
OSTM | Ocean Surface Topography Mission |
OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
<strong id="ed-acronym-p" "="">P | Back to top |
PACOR | Packet Processor |
PALSAR | Phased-Array L-band SAR (Japan) |
PB | petabyte (1015) |
PDR | Product Delivery Record |
PDR | Preliminary Design Review |
PDS | Production Data Set |
PE&RS | Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (journal) |
PFAR | Post-Flight Assessment Review |
PFM | Proto-Flight Model |
PGE | Product Generation Exectuable |
PGS | Product Generation System |
PGS | Polar Ground System |
PGS | Product Generation System |
PHD | Polar HDF-EOS Data Imaging and Subsetting |
PI | Principal Investigator |
PIM | Protocol Independent Multicast |
PIP | Premium Internet Protocol |
PL | Public Law |
PLAR | Post-Launch Assessment Review |
PLDS | Pilot Land Data System |
P-MP | Point-MultiPoint systems |
PMR | Pressure-Modulated Radiometer |
PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
POAM | Polar Ozone and Aerosols Mission |
POC | Point Of Contact |
PO DAAC | Physical Oceanography Distribution Active Archive Center |
POEM | Polar-Orbit Earth Observation Mission |
POEMS | Positron Electron Magnet Spectrometer |
POES | Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite |
POGO | Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory |
POLARIS | Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region In Summer |
POLDER | Polarization and Directionality of Earth's Reflectances (CNES, ADEOS) |
POLES | Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface |
POP | Program Operating Plan |
POS | Product Order Status |
PP | Principal Point |
PPR | Photopolarimeter Radiometer |
PPS | Precipitation Processing System |
PR | Precipitation Radar (TRMM) |
PRARE | Precise Range and Range Rate Equipment |
PRAREE | Precise Range and Range Rate Equipment - Extended |
PRIRODA | Nature Instrument Model on Russian MIR Station |
PRISM | Panchromatic Remote Sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (Japan); Processes Research by an Imaging Space Mission |
PRR | Production Readiness Review |
PSA | Product Specific Attributes |
PSAT | Predicted Site Acquisition Table |
PSD | Product Specification Document |
PSLA | Project Service Level Agreement |
PSLV | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
PTH | Performance Test Host |
PU | Processing Unit |
PV | Precision Visuals |
PVI | Perpendicular Vegetation Index |
Q | Back to top |
QA | Quality Assurance |
QC | Quality Control |
QOS | Quality of Service |
QUASAR | Quality Assurance and Stability Reference |
R | Back to top |
RA | Radar Altimeter |
RADAR | RAdio Direction And Ranging |
RADARSAT | Radar Satellite |
RAMP | Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Program |
RAR | Real Aperture Radar |
RASA | Russia Aviation-Space Agency |
RASCAL | Raster Scanning Airborne Laser |
RBD | Rate Buffered Data |
RCIP | Real-Time Critical IP |
RCSSMRS | Regional Center for Services in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing |
REYNSST | NCEP Reynolds Blended SST Weekly Product |
RF | Radio Frequency |
RFC | Request For Comment |
RGB | Red-Green-Blue |
RGS | Receiving Ground Station (ASF) |
RINEX | Receiver Independent Exchange (GPS data format) |
RIP | Router Information Protocol |
RIS | Raster Image Set |
RMS | Requirements Management System |
RMSE | Root-Mean-Square Error |
RNSS | Radio Navigation Satellite Service |
ROA | Remotely Operated Aircraft |
ROM | Rough Order of Magnitude |
ROM | Read-Only Memory |
ROSA | Radio Occultation for Sounding the Atmosphere |
ROSHYDROMET | Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring |
ROSIS | Reflective Optics System Imaging Spectrometer |
rpm | revolutions per minute |
RQMT | Requirements Document |
RSA | Russian Space Agency Rosaviakosmos |
RSAC | Remote Sensing Applications Center |
RSG | Remote Sensing Group (UAZ) |
RSI | RADARSAT International |
RSMAS | Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences |
RSS | Remote Sensing Society (UK) |
RST | Remote Science Terminal |
RT | Real-Time |
RTADS | Real-Time Attitude Determination System |
RTCM | Radio Technical Commission for Maritime (format) |
RTCP | Real-Time Control Protocol |
RTCS | Real-Time Command Sequence |
RTP | Real-Time Positioning |
RTS | Real-Time System |
RTSP | Real-Time Streaming Protocol |
RTSS | Real-Time System Simulator |
RTSW | Real Time Solar Wind |
S | Back to top |
S&R | Search and Rescue |
S4PM | Simple, Scalable, Script-based, Science Processor for Measurements |
S-GCOS | Space-Based Global Change Observation System |
S-PDS | Session-based Production Data Sets |
SAFIRE | Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere using Far Infrared Emission |
SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment |
SAM | Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement |
SAMS | Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
SAP | Service Access Point |
SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SAR | System Acceptance Review |
SARSAT | SAR Satellite |
SAS-C | Scientific Applications Satellite - C |
SASS | Seasat-A Satellite Scatterometer System |
SATC | Software Assurance Technology Center (GSFC) |
SAVE | Southern African Validation of EOS |
SAVI | Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index |
SB-PDS | Session-Based Production Data Sets |
SBUV | Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet |
ScaLARS | Scanning Laser Altitude and Reflectance Sensor (Germany) |
SCANSAR | Scanning Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SCANSCAT | Scatterometer (Dual Pencil-Beam), Advanced Scatterometer for Studies in Meteorology and Oceanography |
SCAR-A | Smoke/Sulfates, Clouds and Radiation - America |
SCAR-B | Smoke/Sulfates, Clouds and Radiation - Brazil |
SCARAB | Scanner for the Radiation Budget |
SCF | Science Computing Facility |
SCIAMACHY | Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cartography |
SCP | Secure Copy |
SDAC | Satellite Data Analysis Center |
SDCS | SAR Data Catalog System |
SDMP | Science Data Management Plan |
SDOC | Science Data Operations Center |
SDPF | Science Data Processing Facility |
SDPS | Science Data Processing Segment (ECS) |
SDPS | Science Data Processing System |
SDR | System Definition Review |
SDS | Scientific Data Set |
SDSC | San Diego Supercomputer Center |
SDSD | Satellite Data Services Division |
SE&I | System Engineering and Integration |
SE/RC | System Evolution/Release C (ECS) |
SeaPAC | SeaWinds Project (JPL) |
SEASAR | Sea Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SEASAT | Sea Satellite |
SEASTAR | Spacecraft Flying SeaWiFS |
SeaWiFS | Sea-Viewing Wide-Field Sensor |
SeaWinds | Seawinds Scatterometer (for Flight on ADEOS II) |
SEDAC | Socio-Economic Data and Applications Center |
SEE | Sustaining Engineering Facility (EDOS Component) |
SEEDS | Strategic Evolution of ESE Data Systems (formerly NewDISS) |
SEF | Sustaining Engineering Facility (EDOS) |
SELV | Small Expendable Launch Vehicle |
SEM | Space Environment Monitor |
SESPD | Space and Earth Science Programs Directorate |
SEVIRI | Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (ESA) |
SFE | Science Formatting Equipment (Terra AM-1) |
SFSI | Shortwave-Infrared Full Spectrum Imager (Canada) |
SFTP | Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol |
SGI | Silicon Graphics - Iris |
SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language |
SGS | Svalbard Ground Station (Norway) |
SI | Spatial Information |
SIASGE | Sistema Italo-Argentino de Satélites protects Gestión de Emergencias |
SIG | Special Interest Group |
SIM | Spectral Irradiance Monitor |
SIMBIOS | Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies |
SIMIP | Sea Ice Model Intercomparison Project |
SIMMS | Scalable Integrated Multi-Mission Simulator |
SIN | Sinusoidal |
SIP | Standard Internet Protocol |
SIPS | Science Investigator-led Processing System |
SIR | System Integration Review |
SIR-C | Shuttle Imaging Radar-C |
SIR-C/X-SAR | Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band SAR |
SIRS | Satellite Infrared Spectrometer |
SIS | Spatial Information System |
SISS | Software Implementation Support System |
SIT | System Integration Test |
SKS | Svalbard Kongsberg Ground Station |
SLA | Service Level Agreement |
SLAR | Side-Looking Airborne Radar |
SLR | Satellite Laser Ranging |
SMAP | Soil Moisture Active Passive |
SMC | System Management Center |
SMD | Science Mission Directorate |
SMIL | Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language |
SMM | Solar Maximum Mission |
SMMR | Scanning Multispectral Microwave Radiometer |
SMOS | Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity |
SMS | Structures and Mechanisms Subsystem (Terra AM-1) |
SMS | Synchronous Meteorological Satellite |
SMS/GOES | Synchronous Meteorological Satellite/Geostationary |
SMSR | Safety and Mission Success Review |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transport Protocol |
SN | Space Network |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SNOW-I | Search 'N Order Web Interface |
SNPP | Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership |
SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
SNSB | Swedish National Space Board |
SOCC | Science Operations Control Center |
SOLSPEC | Solar Spectrum (Space Shuttle instrument from Europe) |
SOLSTICE | Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment |
SOM | Space Oblique Mercator (projection); Spatial Object Manager |
SONAR | Sound Navigation and Ranging |
SONET | Synchronous Optical Network |
SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
SORCE | Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment |
SOX | Southern Crossroads |
SOW | Statement of Work |
SPANS | Simple Protocol for Asynchronous Transfer Mode Network Signaling |
SPDB | Science Processing Database |
SPIE | Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers |
SPIN-2 | Space Information-2 Meter Data (Russian Space Agency) |
SPOT | Systeme Pour l'Observation de la Terre |
SPoRT | Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center |
SPS | SAR Processing System (ASF) |
SPS | Science Processing System |
SRB | Surface Radiation Budget |
SRB | Standing Review Board |
SRL | Shuttle Research Laboratory |
SROM | Spectro-radiometer for Ocean Monitoring |
SRR | System Requirements Review |
SRS/GPS | Stellar Reference System/Global Positioning System |
SRTM | Shuttle Radar Topology Mission |
SSA | Solid State Altimeter (See EOS ALT) |
SSALT | Solid-State Altimeter |
SSB | Space Studies Board |
SSBUV | Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet |
SSC | Stennis Space Center |
SSE | Science System Element |
SSE | Surface Solar Energy |
SSEC | Space Science and Engineering Center (University of Wisconsin) |
SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave/Imager |
SSI&T | Science Software Integration and Test |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave/Imager |
SSM/T | Special Sensor Microwave/Temperature Sounder |
SSO | Single Sign-On |
SST | Sea Surface Temperature |
SSU | Stratospheric Sounding Unit |
STA | Science and Technology Agency |
STDM | Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network |
STGT | Second TDRSS Ground Terminal |
STIKSCAT | Stick Scatterometer |
STS | Short Term Schedule |
STS | Space Transport System |
SUCCESS | SUbsonic aircraft Contrail and Clouds Effects Special Study |
SUDS | Science, User and Data Services |
SW | Shortwave radiation |
SWBD | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Water Body Dataset |
SWG | Science Working Group |
SWIR | Shortwave infrared (TM5 and TM7 spectral region) |
SWIRLS | Stratospheric Wind Infrared Limb Sounder |
T | Back to top |
T&C | Telemetry and Command |
TT&C | Tracking, Telemetry and Command |
TARFOX | Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment |
TB | terabyte (1012) |
TBD | To Be Determined |
TCP | Transport Control Protocol |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
TDOPF | Time Dependent Operational Parameter Fire |
TDRS | Tracking and Data Relay Satellite |
TDRSS | Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System |
TEDA | Technical Data Acquisition Equipment (ADEOS) |
TES | Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer |
TGD | Thermal Infrared |
TGDDIS | Trace Gas Dynamics Data Information System |
THORpex | THe Observing-system Research and predictability experiment |
THREDDS | THematic Realtime Environmental Distributed Data Services |
TIGER | Thermal Infrared Ground Emission Radiometer |
TIM | TRMM Microwave Imager |
TIMS | Therms Infrared Multispectral Scanner |
TIN | Triangular Irregular Network |
TIR | Thermal Infrared |
TIROS | Television and Infrared Operational Satellite |
TIRS | Thermal Infrared Scanner |
TIS | Topographic Information Systems |
TISF | Tape Inventory Sequential Files (GSFC) |
TLS | Terrestrial Laser Scanning |
TLSCF | Team Led Science Computing Facility |
TM | Thematic Mapper (Landsat 5) |
TMI | TRMM Microwave Instrument (Japan) |
TWMS | Tile Web Map Service |
TMR | TOPEX Microwave Radiometer |
TOAST | Total Ozone Analysis using SBUV/2 and TOVS |
TOGA | Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere |
TOMS | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
TOPEX | Ocean Topography Experiment |
TOPSAR | Topographic Synthetic Aperture Radar |
TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
TRACER | Tropospheric Radiometer for Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Research |
TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
TRUST | TDRSS Resource User Support Terminal |
TSAVI | Transformed Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index |
TSDIS | TRMM Science Data and Information System |
TSS | TRMM Support System |
TSTOL | TRMM System Test and Operations Language |
TSU | TRMM Science User |
TURFTS | TDRSS User Radio Frequency Test Set |
U | Back to top |
UAF | University of Alaska-Fairbanks |
UARP | Upper Atmosphere Research Program |
UARS | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite |
UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
UCAR | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
UCL | University College, London |
UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
UDP/IP | User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol |
UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
UIUC | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
um | micrometer |
UMBC | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
UNOOSA | United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs |
URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
URS | User Registration System (EOSDIS) |
UserDIS | User Data Information System |
USDA | United State Department of Agriculture |
USGCRP | United States Global Change Research Program |
USGS | United States Geological Survey |
USNO | United States Naval Observatory |
USNVC | United States National Vegetation Classification |
USO | Ultra-Stable Oscillator |
UTC | Universal Time, Coordinated |
UTCF | Universal Time Correlation Factor |
UTDF | Universal Tracking Data Format |
UTM | Universal Transverse Mercator |
UV | Ultraviolet |
UWG | User Working Group |
V | Back to top |
V0 | Version 0 |
VAS | VISSR Atmospheric Sounder |
VCF | Vegetation Continuous Fields |
VCL | Vegetation Canopy Lidar |
VGT | SPOT-4 VEGETATION instrument (France) |
VHRPC | Very High Resolution Panchromatic Camera |
VHRR | Very High Resolution Radiometer |
VI | Vegetation Index |
VID | Vegetation Index Differencing |
VIIRS | Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite |
VIP | Vegetation Index Products |
VIRGO | Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations |
VIRR | Visible and Infrared Radiometer |
VIRS | Visible Infrared Scanner |
VIRSR | Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer |
VIS | Visible (spectral region) |
VIS-UV | Visible/Ultraviolet Spectrometer |
VIS/IR | Visible/Infrared |
VISSR | Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (GOES) |
VML | Vector Markup Language |
VMM | VISSR Multiplexor/Modulator |
VNIR | Visible and Near-infrared (spectral region) |
VOLCAM | Volcanic Ash Mission |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
VSAR | Variable Synthetic Aperture Radar |
VTIR | Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer |
W | Back to top |
W/A | Working Agreement |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
WCRP | World Climate Research Program |
WCS | Web Coverage Service |
WDVI | Weighted Difference Vegetation Index |
WELD | Web Enabled Landsat Data |
Wetnet | Network for Distribution and Joint Analysis of SSM/I (MSFC) |
WFF | Wallops Flight Facility |
WFOV | Wide Field Of View |
WG | Working Group |
WGCV | Working Group on Calibration and Validation (CEOS) |
WGD | Working Group on Data (CEOS) |
WGISS | Working Group on Information Systems and Services |
WGS | Wallops Ground System |
WGS 84 | World Geodetic System 1984 |
WHOI | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
WiFS | Wide Field-of-view-Sensor |
WiMAX | Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
WIST | Warehouse Inventory Search Tool |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
WMS | Web Map Service |
WMTS | Web Map Tile Service |
WOCE | World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
WOTIS | Wallops Orbital Tracking Information System |
WSC | White Sands Complex |
WSGT | White Sands Ground Terminal |
WSMC | Western Space and Missile Center |
WTS | Wallops Tracking Station |
WWW | World Wide Web |
WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get |
X | Back to top |
X-SAR | X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar |
xDLS | eXtensible Distance Learning System |
XHTML | eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language |
XML | eXtensible Markup Language |
XP | Exchange Point |
XPS | XUV Photometer System |
XSL | eXtensible Stylesheet Language |
XSLT | eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation |
Y | Back to top |
YIBS-CEO | Yale Institute of Biospheric Studies - Center of Earth Observation |
YTD | Year To Date |
Z | Back to top |
Last Updated: Dec 1, 2016 at 9:01 AM EST