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| Cloud Chemistry and Cloud Physics Organization |
| access authorization |
| Byte |
| Epsilon |
| Gulfstream IV |
| input/output |
| Joint Air Force NASA Facility |
| mega |
| not applicable |
| priority playback |
| rayleigh |
| Salary and Benefits |
| tropical platform |
| University of Massachusetts |
| velocity-azimuth display |
| W = precipitation content, Z = radar reflectivity |
| armor/anti-armor |
| Accident Analysis Computer Program |
| Command, Control, & Communication |
| Center for Clouds, Chemistry, and Climate |
| Sporadic E |
| Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation |
| abatement & control |
| air and radiation |
| Aircraft |
| air conditioning |
| analog-to-digital |
| air handling |
| accident/incident |
| accountable/activity area |
| activity area |
| adverse action |
| affirmative action |
| assistant administrator |
| affirmative action/equal employment opportunity |
| American Arbitration Association |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Angle-American cataloging rules |
| airborne activity confinement system |
| average annual weekday traffic |
| American Academy of Environmental Engineers |
| Association of American Geographers |
| advanced attack helicopter |
| amphibious assault landing craft |
| airborne activity monitor |
| air-to-air missile |
| Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment |
| Aviation Applications Program |
| Atmospheric Analysis and Prediction Division |
| affirmative action program |
| asbestos action program |
| affirmative action representative |
| US Army Armanents R&D Command |
| Alliance for Acid Rain Control |
| American Association of Retired People |
| American Astronomical Society |
| acid addition system |
| atomic absorption spectroscopy |
| Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition |
| Advanced Air to Surface Missile |
| Army Aeronautical Service Office |
| antiair warfare |
| Architect Building |
| American Bar Association |
| finite-element computer code |
| Asea Brown Boveri |
| Aerobiochemical |
| accelerator-based conversion |
| advanced ball concept |
| Army Background Experiment |
| Alliance for Balanced Environmental Solutions |
| air-based free-electron laser |
| air blast heat exchanger |
| airborne laser |
| atmospheric boundary layer |
| activity balance line evaluation |
| Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment |
| Arctic/Atlantic/Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment |
| antiballistic missile |
| advanced ballistic re-entry system |
| advanced ballistic re-entry vehicle |
| automatic backup shutdown |
| automatic backup shutdown of safety computer |
| abatement & residual forecasting model |
| auxiliary building ventilation |
| American Business Women's Association |
| alternating current |
| Adirondac Conference |
| actual commitment |
| advisory circular/committee |
| alternating current |
| Ancho Canyon |
| area coordinator |
| Atmospheric Chemistry of Aerosols |
| American Conservation Association, Inc. |
| applied combinatorial analysis |
| A Consortium for the Application of Climate Impact Assessments |
| Advanced computer for array processing |
| ARINC Communications and Relay System |
| ARINC Communication, Addressing, and Reporting System |
| Advisory Committee for Atmospheric Sciences |
| Airborne Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species |
| air-operated circuit breaker |
| asbestos-containing building material |
| abnormal condition control |
| Abrupt Climate Change |
| Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
| accumulator |
| aircraft compatibility control drawing |
| Atmospheric Chemistry of Combustion Emissions Near the Tropopause |
| Atmospheric Chemistry Division |
| advanced conceptual design |
| Arms Control and Disarmament Agency |
| acoustic radar |
| Advanced Chemical Diagnostics Facility |
| Atmospheric Center of Data Working Group |
| Alliance for Clean Energy |
| American Council on Education |
| Antarctic Current Experiment |
| Aerosol Characteristics Experiment |
| Accelerated Computing Environment |
| Aerosol Characterization Experiment |
| Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment |
| American Consulting Engineers Council |
| DOC Advisory Committee, Export Policy |
| acid concentrator feed |
| automatic control feature |
| actual cubic feet per minute |
| alternating current frequency modulation |
| Advanced Computing Group |
| American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
| air changes per hour |
| Atmospheric Chemistry Model |
| Advanced Computing Initiative |
| automatic closure and interlock |
| automated chemical inventory system |
| Academic Information Systems |
| Advanced Computing Laboratory |
| alternative concentration level/limit |
| auxiliary cooling loop |
| Association for Computing Machinery |
| advanced conventional munitions |
| advanced cruise missile |
| asbestos-containing material |
| Airborne Carbone in the Mountains Experiment |
| communication network |
| Advisory Committee on Nuclear Facility Safety |
| administrative consent order |
| advance change order |
| Atomic Coordinating Office |
| ACO/United Kingdom |
| Advanced Coronal Observing System |
| Acoustic Doppler profilers |
| Active Cavity Radiometer |
| air conditioner, cooling only |
| active cavity radiometer irradiance monitor |
| Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor |
| Advisory Committee, Reactor Safeguards |
| Aircraft report |
| American Chemical Society |
| Administrative Computing and Systems |
| automated cartridge system |
| account control system |
| Aldus color file |
| auxiliary cooling system |
| association control service element |
| American Council on Science & Health |
| Arctic Climate System Study |
| atmospheric chemical transformations |
| Atmospheric Chemistry of Transient Species |
| Advanced Communications Technology Satellite |
| air-cushion vehicle |
| at-completion variance |
| arms control verification committee |
| American Clean Water Association |
| actual cost of work performed |
| accidental death and dismemberment |
| Americans with Disabilities Act |
| applied decision analysis |
| EOS program |
| Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Centers |
| Aircraft Data Acquisition and Recoding System |
| Automated Data Acquisition and Transfer System |
| Apple desktop bus |
| analog-to-digital converter |
| affiliated data center |
| authorized derivative classifier |
| Advanced Data Collection and Location System |
| Abstract Distributed Data Environment |
| Aviation Digital Data Service |
| Advanced Earth Observing Satelite |
| Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype |
| automatic direction finding |
| Advanced Development Facility |
| acceptable daily intake |
| Alternating Direction Implicit |
| air defense initiative |
| analytical data interchange and storage standards |
| above detection limit |
| Alexandria Digital Library |
| action description memorandum |
| arrow diagram method |
| atomic demolition munition |
| Administrative Services Section |
| Acid Deposition Modeling Project |
| Associate Director for Operations |
| administrative data processing |
| Automatic data processing |
| Anderson, DeBartolo and Pan |
| automatic data processing equipment or ADP equipment |
| alternative dispute resolution |
| audit discrepancy report |
| activity data sheet |
| Airborne Data System |
| Aircraft Data Systems |
| ancillary data service |
| Advanced Display Systems Branch |
| advanced self-contained chemical energy propulsion |
| aerated drain tank |
| At Depth Test Facility |
| atmospheric dump valve |
| All Digital Video Imaging System for Atmospheric Research |
| Atmospheric Explorer |
| architect/engineer |
| Atomic Energy Authority |
| Atomic Energy Act of 1954 |
| auxiliary equipment building |
| Associate Enforcement Counsel |
| Atomic Energy Commision |
| Arms Export Control Act |
| Atomic Emission Detector |
| Air Enforcement Division |
| atomic energy detection system |
| Alliance for Environmental Education |
| Agence Europeenne pour l'Energie Nucleaire |
| Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory |
| Atmosphere Ecosystem Gas Interchange Study |
| application evaluation matrix |
| administrative exception note |
| Atomic Energy Organization |
| analytic equation-of-state |
| alkaline earth precipitate |
| advanced electric reactor |
| average evoked response |
| AWIPS Forecast Preparation System |
| Atomic Energy Research Establishment |
| Association of Environmental & Resources Economists |
| Air Ocean Exchange Experiment |
| Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment |
| Atmospheric Environment Service |
| atomic emission spectroscopy |
| Auger electron spectroscopy |
| Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft |
| Advanced Energy System Division |
| airborne early warning |
| United States Air Force affiliate |
| auxiliary feed |
| audio frequency |
| arming, fuzing, and firing |
| Air Force Assistant Chief of Staff, Director of Policy, Plans, & Programs |
| American Forestry Association |
| artillery-fired atomic projectile |
| Association for Applied Solar Energy |
| Air Force Armament and Testing Laboratory |
| air force base |
| atmospheric fluidized bed |
| automatic flow control |
| Air Force Chief Scientist |
| Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories |
| Commander, Air Force Center for Studies and Analysis |
| axial flux difference |
| acid fractionator distillate |
| Alternate Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study |
| advanced free-electron laser |
| Air Force Engineering & Sciences Center |
| Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
| Air Force Global Weather Central |
| Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. |
| automated fingerprint identification system |
| atomic force microscopy |
| US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board |
| American for Nuclear Energy |
| available for obligations |
| advanced fiber optic echelle |
| Automation of Field Operations and Services |
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| Apple File Protocol |
| advanced flexible processor |
| approved financial/funding plan |
| approved funding program |
| Air Force Programs Executive Officer, Director of Strategic Programs |
| Air Force Plan Representative Office |
| AWIPS Forecast Preparation System |
| audit finding report |
| auxiliary feedwater system |
| Air Force Director for Strategic Force Analysis |
| Air Force Systems Command |
| Air Force Special Security Office |
| Antifreeze protein |
| Air Force Technical applications Center |
| alternative fuel vehicle |
| armored fighting vehicle |
| auxiliary feedwater |
| Air Force Weather Agency, 4/98 |
| Air Force Weapons Laboratory |
| alternating gradient |
| Australia Group |
| automatic gas analyzer |
| Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development |
| Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Program |
| Automatic gain control |
| atmospheric general circulation models |
| Air-Ground Data Telemetry System |
| advanced gust front algorithm |
| Aviation Gridded Forecast Systems |
| Advisory Group on Greenhouse Gases |
| American Geological Institute |
| above ground level |
| Atmospheric Gas Measurements Section |
| Automatic Geophysical Observatory |
| advanced gas-cooled reactor |
| Agicultural Climate Service System |
| alternating-gradient synchrotron |
| annulus gas system |
| above-ground test |
| advanced ground transport |
| American Geophysical Union |
| Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act |
| Advanced Hadron Facility |
| analytical hierarchy process |
| automated highway system |
| Artificial Intelligence |
| action item |
| authorized inspector |
| annual inspection and overhaul |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts |
| Army Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center |
| automatic incident actuation system |
| acceptable intake for chronic exposure |
| adiabatic isochoric complete combustion |
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| Agency for International Development |
| air inlet damper |
| Arecibo Initiative with Dynamics of the Atmosphere |
| Archive 1 Data Analyzer |
| Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment |
| Activity Information Data Systems |
| autoimmune deficiency syndrome |
| Atomic Industrial Health Forum, Inc. |
| adaptive injection molding |
| advanced industrial materials |
| artificial ionization mirror |
| airborne imaging microwave radiometer |
| advanced information management systems |
| American Institute of Physics |
| additions in progress |
| agreement in principle |
| International Association for Research on High Pressure Science & Technology |
| Artificial Intelligence Research in Environmental Science |
| American Indian Religious Freedom Act |
| AIRmen METeorological information |
| Advanced Infared Studies |
| Atmospheric Infrared Sounder |
| advanced inertial reference sphere |
| Airborne Imaging Spectrometer |
| acceptable intake for subchronic exposure |
| accumulator injection system |
| administrative information systems |
| affiliate information system |
| advanced isotope separation |
| Affiliate and Immigration Services |
| Assessment and Information Services Center |
| Industry, Science, & Technology Canada |
| Army Information Engineering Command |
| Agency of Industrial Science & Technology |
| audit inventory team |
| aviation-impact variable |
| Advanced Interactive Executive |
| Atmospheric Kinetics Project |
| Aeronomy Laboratory |
| Ames Laboratory |
| analytical laboratory |
| authorized leave with pay |
| Albuquerque Field Office |
| ALO Advance Planning Division |
| AL Environmental Protection Division |
| AL Facilities Planning & Maintenance Division |
| AL Health Protection Division |
| AL Kirtland Area Office |
| AL Management Review Division |
| AL Office of Environment, Safety, and Health |
| AL Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs |
| AL Operation Safety Division |
| AL Personnel, Industrial Relations Division |
| AL Special Programs Division |
| AL Waste Management & Operational Surety Division |
| atmospheric laser Doppler instrument |
| delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydrates |
| as low as possible |
| as low as practical |
| Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials |
| as low as reasonably achievable |
| air-launched ballistic missile |
| Albuquerque budget reform task |
| airlift circulator |
| allocations |
| clad aluminum alloy |
| air-launched cruise missile |
| Alden Electronics |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund |
| Atmospheric Lifetimes Experiment |
| arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian |
| Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment |
| American Legislative Exchange Council |
| Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time |
| array of low-energy x-ray imaging sensors |
| Alpha/LAMP Integration |
| annual limit on intake |
| Administrative Law Judge |
| atomic line molecular spectroscopy |
| Airborne Lidar Observations and Hawaiian Airglow |
| Albuquerque Operations Office |
| assemble language preprocessor |
| Airline Pilots Association |
| parallel program developed at LLNL |
| Alpine Experiment |
| Argonne Low Power Reactor |
| accidental launch protection system |
| alternate launch point system |
| Part of EUROTRAC |
| advanced launch system |
| advanced light source |
| AT Line Solution Assay |
| aluminum silicon alloy |
| Altimeter |
| Altimeter/Radar Altimeter |
| arithmetic logic unit |
| Advanced Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System |
| Albuquerque Operations, Weapons Development Division |
| Ampex, Inc. |
| Audio modulation |
| Amplitude modulation |
| activity-median aerodynamic diameter |
| American Metals Climax |
| atmospheric mass balance of industrially emitted & natural sulfur |
| American Mining congress |
| Army Materiel Command |
| appraisal management center |
| alpha activity median diameter |
| autonomous machine environmental surveillance system |
| Australian Monsoon EXperiment |
| advanced manufacturing feasibility studies |
| Active Microwave Instrument |
| Active Microwave Instrument 2 |
| Assimilative Mapping of the Ionospheric Electrodynamics |
| Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project |
| Advanced Microwave Imaging Radiometer |
| acronym master list |
| Advanced Materials Laboratory |
| Adaptation of Meso-beta-scale Models for Operational and Research Applications |
| Advanced Microwave Moisture Sounder |
| Advanced Munitions Office |
| Atlantic Marine Oceanographic Laboratory |
| Automatic Meteorological Observation System |
| Automatic Meteorological Observation System |
| advanced machining program |
| Ampere |
| asynchronous multiprocessing |
| automated message processing exchange |
| Antarctica Mesoscale Prediction System |
| Atmospheric, Magnetospheric, and Plasma Studies |
| Advanced Microwave Radiometer |
| adaptive mesh refinement |
| Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer |
| Army Material Research Reactor |
| advanced maneuvering re-entry vehicle |
| American Meteorological Society |
| American Mathematical Society |
| Accelerator Mass Spectrometer |
| automated meteorological station |
| aerial monitoring/measurement system |
| aerial measurement station |
| analysis mass spectrometer |
| applied mathematical science |
| appraisal management system |
| Army Map Service |
| atomic mass spectrometry |
| appropriate military systems guide |
| American Miscellaneous Society |
| Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer |
| Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer |
| advanced microwave sounding unit |
| Advanced Materials Testing & Evaluation Laboratory |
| Air Mass Transformation Experiment |
| Army Material Test Laboratory |
| Arctic Mesopause Temperture Study |
| Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder |
| aqueous makeup |
| atomic mass unit |
| Aviation Model Verification Program |
| Atmosphere Model Working Group |
| AN/GSN, AN/FPQ-16, AN/MPS-19, AN/ASR-7 |
| intense electron beam accelerator |
| (The Atlanta) Aerosol Nucleation and Real-time Characterization Experiment |
| Across North America Tracer Experiment |
| Advanced Neutron Detection Analysis System |
| American Nuclear Energy Council |
| Air National Guard |
| authorized nuclear inspector |
| Argonne National Laboratory |
| Argonne National Laboratory-East |
| Argonne National Laboratory-West |
| alternate nuclear materials, secondary |
| advance notice of proposed rulemaking |
| Air, Noise, & Radiation Health Research Division |
| advanced neutron source |
| American National Standard |
| American Nuclear Society |
| autonomic nervous system |
| American National Standards Institute |
| American Nature Study Society |
| Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization |
| 5-amino-3-nitro-1H-1,2,4-triazole |
| Advanced Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Simulator |
| plasma simulation code |
| Arctic Oscillation |
| announcement of oppurtunity |
| abnormal occurrence |
| administrative order |
| air overseas |
| annotated outline |
| area of concern |
| award of contract |
| area of contamination |
| argon-oxygen decarbonization |
| acid offgas |
| augmented offgas |
| Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System |
| Airborne Oceanographic LIDAR |
| annual operating & maintenance |
| Atlantic Ocean Meteorological Laboratory |
| Atmospheric Odd Nitrogen Species Project |
| anticipated operational occurrence |
| abnormal operating procedure |
| annual operating plan |
| associated offices of primary responsibility |
| Astronaut Operations Requirements Document |
| Advanced Orbiting System |
| Archive and Operations System |
| advanced operating system/virtual storage |
| Advance orbiting solar observatory |
| advanced onboard signal processor |
| air-operated valve |
| Anomalous Propagation |
| attached payload |
| access permit |
| action plan |
| administrative procedure |
| Amparo |
| assigned personnel |
| Allied Pilot's Association |
| Administrative Procedures Act |
| American Planning Association |
| Atmospheric Physical and Chemical Monitor |
| Asian/Pacific Regional Experiment |
| Astrophysical, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences |
| argon purge cart |
| ammonium perchlorate |
| Air Pollution Control Association |
| Advanced Planning Division |
| advance planning document |
| areal power density |
| avalanche photodiode |
| axial power distribution monitoring system |
| accelerator performance demonstration facility |
| action plan element |
| air pollution emissions notice |
| accident progression event tree |
| Acid Precipitation Experiment |
| advance purchase excursion |
| APLE Prototype Experiment |
| Aberdeen Proving Ground |
| American Public Health Association |
| American Petroleum Institute |
| application program interface |
| axial power indicator |
| absolute position indication |
| Aircraft Produced Ice Particles |
| The Astrophysical Journal |
| Applied Physics Laboratory |
| average power laser |
| average power laser experiment |
| Applied Physics Laboratory John Hopkins University |
| axial power monitor |
| Administrative Policy Office |
| Analytical Photonics and Opto-Electronics Laboratory |
| RTD SRL code for operating limits |
| American Public Power Association |
| parallel program generation |
| automatic pressure relief |
| Aberdeen Pulsed Reactor Facility |
| average power range monitor |
| American Physical Society |
| Advanced Power Source |
| array processing system |
| atomic power station |
| auxiliary power system |
| autocorrelated photon spectroscopy |
| axial power shape |
| automatic picture transmission |
| Alliance for Photonic Technology |
| accelerator production of tritium |
| auxiliary power unit |
| Air Quality Control Act |
| Air Quality Control Region |
| Air Quality Control Regulation |
| Atmospheric Quality Division |
| Air Quality Digest |
| Atmospheric Quality and Modification |
| air quality maintenance area |
| air quality simulation model |
| administrative requirement |
| Appletalk Remote Access |
| atmospheric release advisory capability |
| applicable or relevant and appropriate |
| adjusted running book inventory |
| Ames Research Center |
| Antarctic Research Center |
| Applied Research Corporation |
| accelerating rate calorimetry |
| all-purpose Rocket for the Collection of Atmospheric Soundings |
| American Rivers Conservation Council |
| Attached Resource Computer Network |
| Arctic Systems Science |
| Arctic Regional Climate simulation |
| Air & Radiation Division |
| Army Armament Research and Development Engineering Center |
| File format used for graphic images by the McIDAS application |
| Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Lab |
| advanced reentry system |
| Aviation Route Forecast |
| Appointments Review Group |
| American Resources Group |
| Accident Response Group |
| data collection and location system |
| French satellite-borne data relay and platform location system |
| ARGonne Unified Safeguards |
| alternate rod insertion |
| automated retirement and integrated extraction system |
| Atmospheric Radiation Investigation and Measurements Project |
| Aerospace Resource Information Network |
| Aeronautical Radio, Inc. |
| Airborne Research Instrumentation System |
| Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth's Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite |
| Air Resources Laboratory |
| Army Research Laboratory |
| Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program |
| Airborne Rain Mapping Radar |
| Atmospheric Radiation Measurement-Clouds and Radiation Testband |
| Army Research Office |
| Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| Archaeological Resources Protection Act |
| Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
| Advanced Regional Prediction System |
| Association for Radiation Research |
| Amateur Radio Relay League |
| American Rocket Society |
| Air Route Surveillance Radar |
| Aqueous Recycle Technologies |
| Air Route Traffic Control Center |
| Advanced Research Workshop |
| Atmospheric Radiation Working Group |
| American Science and Engineering, Inc. |
| Advanced Strategic Air Launched Missile |
| Automated Shipboard Aerological Program |
| as soon as possible |
| Ariane structure for auxiliary payloads |
| Aerospace Safety Automation Program |
| Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel |
| Accelerated Situational Awareness Prototype |
| Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor |
| Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer |
| Advanced Solid-State Array Sensor |
| Advanced Science Computer |
| ASTER Steering Committee |
| American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Atmospheric Sounding, Central Evaluation, and Test Support |
| American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| Atmospheric Studies in Complex Terrain |
| Aircraft Situation Display |
| Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay |
| Air Sea Experiment |
| Amplified Spontaneous Emission |
| Accident Sequence Evaluation Program |
| Annual Site Environmental Report |
| Alaska SAR Facility |
| Project Ash Can |
| Asbestos in Schools Hazard Abatement Act |
| Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment |
| American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers |
| Advanced Simulation Initiative |
| Agenzia Spaxiale Italiano |
| Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| American Society for Industrial Security |
| Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators |
| Atmospheric Science Laboratory |
| above sea level |
| American Sign Language |
| Atomic Safety Licensing Board |
| American Society for Metals |
| American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| American Society for Nondestructive Testing |
| Automated Surface Observing System |
| Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| Advanced Study Program |
| Advanced Stokes polarimeter |
| alarms and shutdown process |
| American Society of Public Administration |
| Association Suisse pour l'Energie Atomique |
| Armed Services Procurement Regulation |
| American Society for Quality Control |
| Airport Surveillance Radar |
| Annual Scientific Report |
| Atmospheric Sciences Research Center |
| Advanced Size Reduction Facility |
| Atmospheric Science Research Laboratory |
| antisubmarine rocket |
| Aerothermodynamicelastic Structure Systems Environmental Tests |
| ADPE system sizing tool |
| algorithm support team |
| AVCO Systems Textron |
| Atmosphere-Surface Turbulent Exchange Research Facility |
| advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer |
| French acronym for ELDORA |
| Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment |
| Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment/Marine Aerosol and Gas Exchange |
| Association of State & Territorial Health Officials |
| Armed Services Technical Information Agency |
| American Society for Testing Materials |
| Association of State & Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials |
| antisubmarine warfare |
| IBM Advanced Technology personal computer |
| abnormal transient |
| Accelerator Technology |
| Antarctic Treaty |
| Air Transport Association |
| Advanced Technology Advisory Committee |
| Army Tactical Missile System |
| Air Transport Association Meteorological Committee |
| Air Traffic Control |
| Adiabatic Toroidal Compressor |
| Air Traffic Control Systems Command Center |
| Atmospheric Technology Division |
| Advanced TDRSS |
| Association Technique de l'Energie Nucleaire |
| Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| Atlantic Tradewind Experiment |
| Advanced Thermal-Hydraulic Energy Network Analyzer |
| Airport Terminal Information System |
| Atlanta Aerosol Nucleation and Real-time Characterization Experiment |
| Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science |
| Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer |
| Advanced Testing Line for Actinide Separations |
| Atmospheric LIDAR |
| Apollo Telescope Mount |
| Division of Atmospheric Sciences |
| Adobe Type Manager |
| Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy |
| Advanced Traffic Management System |
| Abnormal Test Procedure Operator Guidelines |
| attenuated total reflection |
| Alliance for Transportation Research |
| detailed atmospheric radiation model |
| Alliance for Transportation Research |
| Air, Toxics, & Radiation Monitoring Research Division |
| Advanced Technology Satellite |
| Application Technology Satellite |
| Accelerator Test Stand |
| Assistant to the Secretary of Defense |
| Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| Argonne Thermal Source Reactor |
| along track scanning radiometer |
| Advanced Technology Solar Telescope |
| Accelerator Test Stand Upgrade |
| Ariane transfer vehicle |
| astronomical unit |
| Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy |
| Atmospheric Utility Signatures-Predictions and Experiments |
| Aircraft Vertical Accelerometer Reports |
| advanced vector computer |
| automatic volume control |
| advanced vidicon camera service |
| Atmospheric Variability Experiment |
| Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| Airborne Visible and Infared Imaging Spectrometer |
| Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers Association |
| Aviation model at NCEP |
| Application Visualization System |
| upgraded version of the Application Visualization System |
| Annual Worth |
| Airborne Warning and Control System |
| Aviation Weather Center |
| Association of Women in Computing |
| Automatic Weather Data Acquisition and Archiving System |
| Aviation Weather Development Laboratory |
| Aviation Weather Development Program |
| Automated Weather Distribution System |
| Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| American Wind Energy Association |
| American Wind Energy Systems |
| Aging Waste Facility |
| Aviation Weather Forecasting Task Force |
| American wire gage |
| Air Force Global Weather Center |
| Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System |
| Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System for the 90's |
| Association of Women in Science and Engineering |
| Aviation Weather Network |
| Automated Weather Observing System |
| Aviation Weather Program |
| Aviation Weather Products Generator |
| Ambient Water Quality Criteria |
| Advanced Weapons Radiochemical Diagnostics Facility |
| Atomic Weapon Research Establishment |
| Aviation Weather Service |
| Air Weather Service |
| Australian Winter Storm Experiment |
| Air Weather Service Master Station Catalog |
| Associated Western Universities |
| atomic weight unit |
| American Waterworks Association |
| auxiliary systems |
| Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
| Air-Deployed Expendable Bathythermographs |
| Expendable Bathythermographs Air dropped temperature device |
| Airborne Expendable Current Profiler |
| Sandia National Laboratory |
| bit |
| Synoptic scale ranging from 100 to 1,000 km |
| Budget and Planning Office |
| Buy American Act |
| Biosphere-Atmosphere Chemistry |
| Budgeted Cost at Completion |
| Boeing Airplane Company |
| Biological & Climatological Effects Research |
| biosphere-atmosphere-chemistry |
| British Aerospace |
| Best and Final Offer |
| Boulder Aeronomy Group |
| Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle |
| Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Project |
| Berkeley Abstract Machine |
| Brooklyn Arts Museum |
| Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) Experiment |
| Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |
| Beam Accelerator for Novel Super High Energy Electron |
| Boulder Atmospheric Observatory |
| Baseline Air Pollution Monitoring Network |
| Bhabha Atomic Research Centre |
| Bay Area Regional Research Network |
| Biosphere Atmosphere Research and TRaining |
| Bay Area Rapid Transit |
| Barrow Arctic Science Consortium |
| Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate |
| beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code |
| Battelle Automated Search Information System |
| routine that runs sequences of McIDAS commands from a script |
| Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics |
| biosphere-atmosphere transfer scheme |
| British Broadcasting Corporation |
| Brookhaven Beam Research Reactor |
| Bulletin Board System |
| Big Bear Solar Observatory |
| Biological Component of the Air Pollution Studies |
| Baseline Change Control Board |
| binary-coded decimal |
| barcode decal |
| Battelle Columbus Laboratory |
| Boeing Computer Services |
| Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer |
| Budgeted Cost for Work Performed |
| Budgeted Cost for Work Scheduled |
| blowdown |
| Boundary Layer |
| Bacteria-derived nuclei |
| Basic Data Set Project |
| Bus Data Unit |
| best estimate |
| best expert judgment |
| Boulder Emergency Management Center |
| balloon electronics package |
| bit error rate |
| Biological and Environmental Research |
| Black Educational Science Trust |
| Bilan d'energie du systeme tropical |
| Block Floating Point Quantizer |
| Business and Financial Services |
| Biogeochemistry Working Group |
| Block Gaussian Elimination |
| Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 |
| Biogeosciences Initiative |
| brake horsepower |
| The Brookings Institution |
| part of EUROTRAC |
| Biomass Burning Experiment |
| A binary digit |
| bistatic Doppler radar receiver network |
| Bioaerosol flux |
| Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks |
| Biological Imaging and Observational Mission to Earth |
| Bio Response |
| Bio Response |
| balloon-borne (instrument) platform |
| binary digit |
| Binary digit (either 0 or 1) |
| built-in test |
| Because It's Time Network |
| Biologically Important Trace Species |
| beta lambda |
| Boundary Layer Instrument Package |
| Bureau of Land Management |
| Boundary Layer Profiler |
| Boundary Layer Profiler System |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Boundary Layer Sensing Group |
| Ballistic Missile Defense Organization |
| Bundesminsterium fur Forschung und Technologie |
| Battelle Memorial Institute |
| Ballistic Missile Office |
| Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre |
| Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor |
| British Nuclear Fuels Limited |
| Bechtel National, Inc. |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Bandelier National Monument |
| British National Space Centre |
| Battelle Northwest |
| Battelle Northwest Laboratory |
| board of directors |
| Beneficial Occupancy Date |
| Birds of a Feather |
| Bureau of Mines |
| Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Analysis Program |
| BOMEX Analysis Program |
| Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment |
| burnout risk |
| Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study |
| Badge Office Security Sytem |
| boundary profile |
| Budget and Planning Office |
| Bonneville Power Administration |
| Blanket Purchase Award |
| bits per inch |
| Budget, Plans, and Information |
| bits per second |
| baud-per-second |
| Budget Planning and Systems Group |
| Boulder Research and Administrative Network |
| Basic Rapid Alarm Security System |
| Boeing Robotic Air Vehicle |
| Basic Rate Interface |
| Basic Research in Industrial Technologies Europe |
| Ballistics Research Laboratory |
| Basin Rainfall Monitoring System |
| Bibliographic Retrieval Service |
| Biotechnology Science Advisory Committee |
| Berkeley Software Distribution |
| Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX |
| Berkeley Software Design,Inc. |
| British Standards Institute |
| Budget Surplus Report |
| Bus Select Relay |
| Boulder Science Resource Network |
| Baseline Surface Radiation Network |
| Boost Surveillance and Tracking System |
| Beam Steering Unit |
| Biological Technical Assistance Group |
| British thermal unit |
| bargaining unit |
| Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data |
| Bureau of Reclamation |
| Business Operations |
| backscatter ultraviolet |
| building ventilation |
| Biological Weapons Convention |
| Baltimore-Washington International Airport |
| Basalt Waste Isolation Project |
| base exchange |
| Bureau of Export Administration |
| A programming language used extensively in systems software, and scientific program applications |
| Consultation and Cooperation Agreement |
| command and data handling |
| configuration and data management |
| integrated Phase C and Phase D contract |
| An object-oriented programming language based on C |
| CFC-113 |
| Halon 2402 |
| Citizen Act |
| Clean Air Act |
| Concepts Analysis Agency |
| Clean Air Act Amendments |
| Civil Aviation Administration of China |
| Consortium on Automated Standards |
| Composition and Acidity of SE Asian Precipitation |
| CCSM Advisory Board |
| Carrier Balloon System |
| Central Analysis Center (NMC) |
| Climate Analysis Center |
| California Administrative Code |
| Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution |
| Communications of the ACM |
| Commission on Air Chemistry and Radioactivity |
| Computer-Aided Design |
| Computer-Aided Dispatch |
| Control Alternate Delete (PC keyboard reset sequence) |
| Coronary Artery Disease |
| computer-design/computer-aided manufacturing |
| Computer-Aided Design and Drafting |
| Center for Analysis of Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions |
| Center for Analysis of the Dynamics of Regional Ecosystems |
| cooler, air evaporative |
| Computer Aided Engineering |
| Complex atmospheric energetics experiment |
| corporate average fuel economy |
| carcinogen assessment group |
| Convective Airspace Guidance |
| Computing Advisory Group |
| Continental Africa GATE Experiment |
| CERES/ARM/GEWEX Experiment |
| computer-aided instruction |
| Controlled Air Incinerator |
| computer-aided learning |
| Cray Assembly Language |
| Continental Air Lines |
| Calibration/Validation |
| California Computer Products, Inc. |
| Consortium for Study of the California Crust |
| California Academia Libraries List of Serials |
| computer-aided acquisition and logistics support |
| California Institute of Technology |
| California University Cyclotron |
| Computer Aided Machining |
| Cost Account Manager |
| computer-aided manufacturing |
| constant air monitor |
| Cost Account Manager |
| computer-automated measurement and control |
| Coastal AMOS (Experiment) |
| Committee on Aeronautical Meteorological Problems |
| Central Aerological Observatory |
| Center for Atmosphere/Ocean Studies |
| Civil Air Patrol |
| Corporate Affiliates Program |
| Cost Account Plan |
| CGD Advisory Panel |
| Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment |
| Convective Available Potential Energy |
| Chemistry and Production of Smoke |
| Center for Applied Parallel Processing |
| Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People International |
| Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms |
| Cassini plasma spectrometer |
| Cross-Appalachian Tracer Experiment |
| Central African Republic |
| Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica |
| California Air Resources Board |
| Citizens Against Radioactive Dumping |
| Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries |
| Carpenter Research Project |
| Colorado-Amudarya Rivers Project |
| coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy |
| Center for Atmospheric and Remote Sounding Studies |
| Cloud and Radiation Testbed |
| Cooperative Application Satellite |
| Committee on Atmospheric Sciences |
| Commission for Atmospheric Science |
| Climate Analysis Section |
| Center for Automotive Safety |
| Chemical Abstract Service |
| Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee |
| Coalition for Academic Supercomputer Centers |
| computer aided software engineering |
| Cooperative Atmosphere Surface Exchange Study |
| Commercial Aviation Sensing Humidity program |
| Commercial Aviation Sensing of Humidity |
| Canadian Aerospace Institute |
| Canadian Atlantic Storms Project (or Program) |
| Computer-Assisted Surveillance System |
| Council for Agricultural Science and Technology |
| Chinese Academy of Space Technology |
| Council for the Advancement of Science Writing |
| clear air turbulence |
| coordinated analysis of the thermosphere |
| Colorado Advanced Technology Institute |
| cumulonimbus |
| Meteorological symbol |
| Commission on Behavioral & Social Sciences and Education |
| Contract Budget Baseline |
| China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite |
| convective boundary Layer |
| Computer-based Learning |
| Central Bureau of Nuclear Measurements |
| Carrier Balloon/Omegasonde |
| Congressional Budget Office |
| Coastal Barrier Resources System |
| change board support system |
| Computer Based Training |
| Canadian Clean Air Act |
| CGD Computing Advisory Board |
| Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research |
| Computer Controlled Automatic Rain Sampler |
| Climate Change and Assessment Working Group |
| Center for Capacity Building |
| change control board |
| Configuration Control Board |
| Cray Computer Corporation |
| Canadian Climate Centre |
| Center for Clouds, Chemistry, and Climate |
| Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis |
| Committee for Climatic Change and the Ocean |
| change and configuration control system |
| Chemistry and Climate Change Working Group |
| Charge-Couple Device |
| Conference of the Committee on Disarmament |
| Center for Climatic and Environmental Assessment |
| Central Computing Facility |
| Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes |
| Confidential Chemicals Identification System |
| Cloud Climate Interactions Group |
| Comite Consultatife International de Telephonique et Telegraphique |
| Convection Condensation Level |
| convective condensation level |
| Commerce Control List |
| Community Climate Model |
| community climate model 1 |
| Community Climate Model Version 2 |
| Community Climate Model Version 3 |
| community climate model 4 |
| community climate model 5 |
| CCM0B, CCM0A, CCM1, CCM2, etc. are generation versions |
| computer-to-computer network |
| Cloud Condensation Nuclei |
| Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety |
| City College of New York |
| Coordinating Committee on the Ozone Layer |
| Cooperative Convective Precipitation Experiment |
| Clouds in Climate Program |
| Climate Change Prediction Program |
| Coherent Cloud Physics Radar |
| Clouds and Climate Program |
| configuration change request |
| Climate Change Research |
| commitment, concurrency, and recovery protocol |
| California Code of Regulations |
| Center for Communications Research/Institute for Defense Analyses |
| Climate Change Research Initiative |
| Canada Centre for Remote Sensing |
| Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems |
| Colorado Computational Science Fair |
| Community Climate System Model |
| Community Climate System Model š 2nd generation |
| Coupled Climate Systems Program |
| U.S. Climate Change Science Program |
| computer-compatible tape |
| Cylindrical Core Test Facility |
| Community Chemistry Transport Model |
| Clean Coal Technology Program |
| CRAY charging unit |
| Cooler Control Unit |
| compact disk |
| command and data acquisition |
| Climate Data Center |
| Control Data Corporation |
| Centers for Disease Control |
| Contract Document Control List |
| Concept Design and Cost Review |
| Central Data Distribution Facility |
| Crustal Dynamics Data Information System |
| Common Desktop Environment |
| Core Dynamics and the Earth's Dynamo |
| Common Data Format |
| Cloud Depiction and Forecast System |
| Colorado Department of Health |
| Central Data Handling Facility |
| Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
| command and data interface simulator unit |
| Cryospheric Data Management System |
| Customer Data and Operations System |
| Community Data Portal |
| circular depolarization ratio |
| critical design review |
| contract data requirements list |
| Compact disk-read only memory |
| Computing, Data and Software Services |
| Coronal Doppler Spectrometer |
| Customer Data Service Facility |
| Conventional Defense Technology |
| critical design walk-through |
| Combustion Engineering |
| Commissariat a |
| determination and findings |
| digital-to-analogue conversion |
| downlink |
| Digital Radar Experiment |
| Digital Radar Experiment |
| drift angle |
| deka |
| Defense Acquisition Board |
| Douglas Aircraft Corporation |
| Director's Advisory Committee |
| Disaster Assistant Center |
| Data Archive and Distribution System |
| Denver Area Employees Service and Recreation Association |
| Data Acquisition Facility |
| Device Assembly Facility |
| Data Assimilation Initiative |
| Differential Absorption Infrared Sensor |
| Data Access Management |
| Data Management and User Services |
| data acquisition request |
| Denver AWIPS Risk Reduction and Requirements Evaluation |
| a weather service work station at PROFS |
| a weather service work station at PROFS |
| Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DAR3E |
| Data Assimilation Research Testbed |
| DOE Audit Reporting & Tracking System |
| Data-Acquisition System |
| Defense Atomic Support Agency |
| Division of Advanced Scientific Computing |
| Defense Logistics Agency Administrative Support Center |
| Direct Access Storage Device |
| design and analysis support model |
| Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Application |
| Data Acquisition Test |
| Digital audio tape |
| Data Assimilation Working Group |
| Direct Broadcast |
| Division Burden |
| Davis-Bacon Act |
| data base administrator |
| Division of Biomedical and Environmental Research |
| Data Base Management System |
| Directed Balloon Sounding System |
| debugger for UNIX |
| Decibles |
| direct current |
| Dublin Core--metadata |
| Washington National Airport |
| data collection assignment |
| Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| data collection analysis request |
| Direct Connect Service |
| Distributed Computing Environment |
| Data Capture Facility |
| Derived Air Concentration Guide for Uncontrolled Areas |
| Data Collection Location System |
| Deep Convection Model |
| delayed compliance order |
| Data Collection Platform |
| data collection request |
| Direct Connect Service |
| distributed CSL |
| Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network |
| Denver Convergence Vorticity Zone |
| Delta Clipper experimental |
| dated, delivered |
| Demonstration Division |
| Domestic Data Plus |
| delayed direct broadcast |
| Defense Documentation Center |
| Wind direction |
| Dynamic (or Direct) Data Exchange |
| Distributed data environment |
| Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board |
| digital data formatter |
| Digital Data Handling System |
| Data Defense Network |
| Deutsche Demokratische Republik |
| Domestic Data Service |
| Data Delivery Services |
| doctor of dental science, doctor of dental surgery |
| Dynamics Explorer |
| Drug Enforcement Administration |
| Department of Energy acquisition regulation |
| Deposition of Biogeochemical Important Trace Species |
| Digital Equipment Corporation |
| DOE environmental checklist |
| dynamique Et Chimie de l'Atmosphere en Foret Equitoriale |
| DEC's version of DOS |
| An electronic mail facility provided by DEC |
| Digital Equipment Corporation network |
| Developmental & Educational Communications Unit |
| Digital Equipment Computer Users Society |
| data element directory |
| Digital Equipment Local Network Interconnect |
| Digitized Elevation Models |
| digital elevation model |
| Demonstration and validation |
| Dynamic Extended Range Forecasting |
| Data Encryption Standard |
| Directed Energy Science & Technology |
| Defense Technology Evaluation Code |
| Directed Energy Weapon Power Integration |
| Doppler Electronic Weather Sensor |
| direction finding |
| data flow diagram |
| Digital Flight Data Recorder |
| Design and Fabrication Services |
| Deutsche Forschungs-und Versuchanstalt f?r Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. |
| Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport |
| Data General, Inc. |
| diesel generator |
| Division of Grants and Contracts |
| Differential Global Positioning System |
| Director of Health & Human Services |
| Data Handling Center |
| Department of Health, Education, and Welfare |
| Director of Human Resources |
| Data Handling Services |
| direct-interaction approximation |
| Denver International Airport |
| Defense Intelligence Agency |
| differential absorption lidar |
| directory information base |
| Disabilities Issues Board |
| dissolved inorganic carbon |
| Defense Intelligence College |
| Online graphics recorder used at NCAR for producing microfilm and microfiche output |
| data item description |
| Data Interface Facility |
| Directory Interchange Format |
| Digital facsimile map |
| DOE Interaction Group |
| DIstributed MEtadata System |
| |
| |
| Director's Office |
| DOE Internal Review Committee |
| DOE Internal Review Panel |
| Data Information System |
| Data Interface System |
| Defense Intelligence Service |
| Defense Information Systems Agency |
| Defense Information Systems Network |
| Defense Logistics Agency |
| Digital Loran Dropwindsonde |
| Digital Library for Earth System Education |
| data link protocol data unit |
| Deutsche Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfarht |
| Dynamic Limb Sounder |
| Digital Linear Tape |
| data management |
| Defense Mapping Agency |
| Directory of Military Application |
| Defense Mapping Agency Inter-American Geodetic Survey |
| DiMethyDiSulfide |
| distance-measuring equipment |
| Danish Meteorological Institute |
| RF Dimensional Metrology Laboratory |
| Distributed-Memory Microprocessor systems |
| Data Management Plan |
| data management system |
| Device Management System |
| Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
| DMSP System Program Office |
| Defense Nuclear Agency |
| Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board |
| do not operate |
| Division of Nuclear Physics |
| direct numerical simulation |
| domain name service |
| Domestic Name System |
| Department of Agriculture |
| Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy |
| Department of Commerce |
| dissolved organic carbon |
| Digital Omega Dropwindsonde |
| Department of Defense |
| Digital Optical Disk |
| Department of Defense Computer Institute |
| Department of Defense Programs |
| Distributed Ocean Data System |
| Department of Energy |
| Department of Energy Headquarters |
| DOE Headquarters, Environment & Health |
| DOE Idaho |
| DOE Nevada Operations Office |
| DOE Rocky Flats Operations Office |
| DOE Rocky Flats Office |
| DOE Richland Operations |
| DOE Savannah River |
| DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program |
| Department of Interior |
| Department of Justice |
| Department of Labor |
| Johnsten Island Experiment |
| Domestic satellite |
| DICOMED Online Operating System |
| Doppler Lidar |
| Doppler and Lightning Program |
| Determination d'Orbite et Radiopositionement Integre par Satellite |
| Doppler orbitography & radiopositioning integrated by satellite |
| Department of State |
| Department of Space |
| |
| Deep Observation and Sampling of the Earth's Continental Crust, Inc. |
| Department of Transportation |
| Defenders of Wildlife |
| data processing |
| Defense Programs |
| DLESE Program Center |
| Data Processing and Distribution Center |
| Defense Program Field Council |
| Dahlgren Proving Ground |
| dew-point hygrometer |
| Defense Programs Management Board |
| DOS Protected Mode Interface |
| Data Production Services |
| Du Pont Savannah River Operations Logbook |
| Director of Quality |
| data quality assessment |
| data quality monitor |
| discrepancy report |
| Defense Research & Applications |
| Design Review and Acceptance Group |
| Design Review Board |
| Environmental Research, Development and Demonstration Authorization Act |
| Defense Research and Engineering |
| Direct Read-out Ground Station |
| Defense Research Internet |
| Desert Research Institute |
| Deliverables Requirement List |
| data requirements list |
| design reference mission |
| Data Record Management System |
| Direct Read Out Terminal |
| Design Review Presentation |
| Division de Recherche en Precision Numerique |
| Data Relay and Tracking Satellite |
| Mesoscale Alpine Project |
| Lightning Detection Systems |
| digital signal 1 |
| directory system agent |
| Defense Security Assistance Agency |
| DOE special analysis project |
| Distributed System Administration Team |
| direct soundings broadcast |
| Deep Sea Drilling Project |
| Desert Sunshine Exposure Testing, Inc. |
| Ministry of Defense |
| Defense Security Installation |
| Department of Scientific & Industrial Research |
| distributed software libraries |
| DiMethylSulfide |
| demonstration support model |
| Deep Space Network |
| Defense Switched Network |
| Data Storage and Retrieval System |
| Data Support Section |
| Defense Science Study Group |
| Data Systems Test |
| Developmental Testbed Center |
| distance traveled count |
| Office of Defense Trade Controls |
| data test facility |
| development and test facility |
| Diagnostic Turbulent Flux algorithm |
| same as DTF3 |
| data time group |
| Defense Technical Information Center |
| digital terrain map |
| development and test resource |
| David Taylor Research Center |
| Defense Technology Security Administration |
| Denver Urban Drainage and Flood Control District |
| University of Denver Low Turbulence Inlet |
| Depleted Uranium Oxide Facility |
| digital voltmeter |
| Dynamic Vegetation Model |
| Library, US Weather Bureau |
| Developers Workbench |
| Library, US Weather Bureau |
| Dropwindsonde |
| Decontamination and Waste Treatment Facility |
| data exchange format |
| Dynamics Adapted Network for the Atmosphere |
| Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus |
| Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus, Phase II |
| structural dynamics analysis |
| Export Administration Act |
| Employee Activities Committee |
| Estimated Cost at Completion |
| Environmental Area Characterization Report |
| Energy and Air Division (EPA, ORD) |
| Environmental Assessments Group |
| Exposure Assessment Group |
| Economy Act Order |
| Ethics Advisory Review |
| Export Administration Regulations |
| European Academic Research Network |
| Earth Science and Applications Data System |
| European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment |
| electron-beam-accessed-memory |
| equivalent blockbody |
| Extended Binary-coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| Experimental Breeder Reactor II |
| Enhanced Binary Universal Form |
| European Community |
| Earth-crossing asteroids |
| Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office |
| Export Control Classification Number |
| Environmental Coordinating Group |
| European Center HAMburg 4 |
| Experimental Center for Mesoscale Ocean Predictions |
| European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
| European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting |
| Energy Research Foundation, Netherlands |
| Export Control Operations Division |
| engineering change proposal |
| Economic Cleanup Responsibility Act |
| engineering change request |
| EOSDIS core system |
| Early Career Scientists Assembly |
| Emission Control Technology Division |
| Environmental Crimes Unit |
| ecosystem dynamics and the atmosphere |
| Ecosystem Dynamics and the Atmosphere Section |
| EROS Data Center |
| Exploratory Development Facility |
| Electricit? de France/ Direccion des Etudes et Recherche |
| Electra Data Management System |
| Electronic Data Processing |
| embedded data processor |
| European Data Relay Satellite |
| Environmental Data Service |
| Electronic Data Systems |
| A consortium of industrial organizations and university computing administrators |
| European Environment Agency |
| European Economic Community |
| Earthnet ERS-1 Central Facility |
| Exposure Evaluation Division |
| Edison Electric Institute |
| EOSDIS External Interface Document |
| Engineering and Energy Management |
| European EMOC |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| Electronically Eraseable and Programmable Read Only Memory |
| Eastern Environmental Radiation Lab |
| Environmental Emergency Response Unit |
| Earth & Environmental Science |
| Environment & Energy Study Institute |
| Environmental Effects, Transport, & Fate Committee |
| Exclusive Economic Zone Scan |
| error function |
| emission factor |
| Experimental Forecast Center |
| European Field Experiment in Desertification-Threatened Area |
| Experimental Forecast Facility |
| Enrico Fermi Institute |
| Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science |
| Enhanced Forecaster Tools |
| European Free Trade Association |
| European Fluorocarbon Technical Committee |
| Formerly Edgerton, Gremerhausen, and Grier |
| Enhanced graphics adapter |
| Effluent Guidelines Division |
| Exterior Gateway Protocol |
| European Geophysical Society |
| Electronic Ground Support Equipment |
| Electron Gun Test Facility |
| oxidation potential |
| Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health |
| extremely high frequency |
| extremely high frequency |
| electron ionization |
| Energy Information Administration |
| Electronic Industries Association |
| Environmental Improvement Board |
| Earth Information System |
| emergency information control center |
| Enterprise Integration Network |
| Eidgenossisches Institut fur Reaktorforschung |
| environmental impact statement |
| Extended Industry Standard Architecture |
| European Incoherent Scatter Radar System |
| eigensystem package subroutine computing facility |
| The little boy |
| Electrified Clouds as Sources of NOx, and O3 |
| European Launcher Development Organization |
| Electra Radome |
| Electra Doppler Radar |
| France-United States collaborative development of the ELDORA |
| extremely low frequency |
| extremely low frequency |
| (French) Study of African Squall Lines |
| Environmental Law Institute |
| electronic intelligence |
| Enhanced Low-Level Windshear Alert System |
| emission line polarimeter |
| Equipment Loan Program |
| Electra Scalar Measurements |
| Every Launch Vehicle Directorate |
| ELectromagnetic Very weak Instabilities Saturated |
| Export Licensing Voice Information System |
| Engineering Model |
| electromagnetic |
| electromagnetic conductivity |
| electronic mail |
| electron microscope |
| evaluation model |
| Electrodynamics of the Middle Atmosphere |
| Extended Memory Addressing |
| An on-line text editor distributed as part of the GNU package of UNIX software |
| Equatorial Middle Atmosphere Dynamics |
| electronic mail |
| Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program |
| Environmental Modeling Center |
| Environmental Management Career Opportunities for Minorities |
| Environmental Management Center Opportunities Resource |
| Emergency Management Decision Support system |
| European Model and Evaluation Program |
| Equatorial Monsoon Experiment |
| Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment |
| electromotive force |
| Electromagnetic field/force |
| Electromagnetic Gravity Data |
| electomagnetic interference |
| electromagnetic radiation interference |
| Environmental Monitoring and Mitigation Plan |
| Elk Mountain Observatory |
| Emergency Management Office |
| Environmental Management Office |
| electromagnetic pulse |
| electomagnetic radiation |
| electronic mail registration |
| Emergency Management & Response Office |
| electromagnetic scattering |
| Electromagnetic Modeling and Simulation Environment for Systems |
| electromagnetic units |
| electromotive unit |
| Energetic Neutral Atom Camera |
| Energetic Neutral Atom Camera for EOS |
| Enclosed Cryopump for Air Sample Recovery |
| Environmental Data Index |
| Comitato Nazionale per la Ricerca e lo Sviluppo dell' Energia Nucleare e delle Energie Alternative |
| Electronic Navigation Research Institute |
| European Nuclear Society |
| El Ni-o-Southern Oscillation |
| |
| European Environmental Satellite |
| Office of Education and Outreach |
| ethylene oxide |
| Executive Office Building |
| Earth Observation Center |
| EOS Operations Center |
| Earth Observations Commercialization Applications Program |
| Earth Observation Data Centre |
| empirical orthogonal function |
| empirical orthogonal functions |
| Earth Observation International Coordination Working Group |
| Earth Observing Laboratory (formerly ATD) |
| End of Life |
| The French program like GHOST |
| 10 to the 9th years |
| Equal Employment Opportunity |
| electro-optic phase modulated |
| Emergency Operations Center |
| Earth Observation Research Center |
| Emergency Operating Records Vault |
| Earth Observing System |
| first NPOP |
| Earth Observation Satellite Company |
| Earth Observing System Data and Information System |
| EOS Information System |
| Earth Observing Scannign Polarimeter |
| electrical power |
| Environmental Protection Agency |
| Environmental Programs Assistance Act |
| External Program Advisory Committee |
| Environmental Forecast Center |
| Emergency Planning Commission |
| electronic position indicator |
| Environmental Policy Institute |
| Engineering Physics Information Center |
| Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center |
| Energetic Pion Channel and Spectrometer |
| Experimental Physics & Industrial Control System |
| Electron Prototype Lab |
| Estuarine Programs Office |
| European Program on Climatology and Natural Hazards |
| Eastern Pacific Ocean Climate Study |
| European Polar Orbiting Platform |
| electon paragmagnetic resonance |
| Electric Power Research Institute |
| Electronically Programmable Read Only Memory |
| Equatorial scatter |
| electrical resistivity |
| Energy Reorganization Act |
| Engineering Research Associates |
| Energy Research Advisory Board |
| Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System |
| earth radiation budget |
| Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| Earth Radiation Budget Instrument |
| Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| Equatorial ring current |
| Environmental Research Center |
| Energy Research and Development Administration |
| Energy Research and Development Administration |
| Exploratory Research and Development Center |
| Experimental R & D Incentives Program |
| External Review Group |
| Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones and Anticyclones |
| Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones in the Atlantic |
| Electromagnetic Radiation Laboratory |
| Environmental Research Laboratory |
| Ecological Rates of Change |
| Earth Resources Observation System |
| Earth Remote-Sensing Satellite |
| element requirements specification |
| Earth Resources Satellite |
| European Remote Sensing Satellite 1 |
| European Remote Sensing |
| Earth Resources Satellite Data Analysis Center |
| European Research Satellite |
| Environmental Research and Technology, Inc. |
| ERT air quality |
| Environmental Research & Technology Division |
| Earth Resources Technology Satellite |
| European Space Agency |
| Endangered Species Act |
| Exploratory Shaft Facility |
| Engineering Support Activity |
| Earth Science and Applications Division |
| Engineering Support Center |
| Economic Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| Earth Sciences Curriculum Project |
| Environmental Satellite Data, Inc. |
| Electronic System Division |
| Employment Security Department |
| Earth Science Data Directory |
| Enhanced Samll Device Interface |
| Earth System Data and Information Management |
| Environmental Science Data Integration and Management |
| Energy Supply & Environmental Coordination Act |
| European Science Foundation |
| enhanced standard format unit |
| Empirical Study Group |
| effective shaft horse power |
| Earth Systems Institute |
| EOSDIS Systems interface document |
| Environmental and Societal Impacts Group |
| Earth System Information Partners Federation |
| Earth Science Information System |
| ESA Space Information Systems |
| Earth Science Joint Working Group |
| Earth Sciences Laboratories |
| Earth Systems Model |
| Earth System Model Framework |
| Earth Science Markup Language |
| Electronically Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
| ECS Science Network |
| Energy Sciences Network |
| European Southern Observatory |
| European Strategic Programme for R&D in Information Technology |
| electron spin resonance |
| European Space Research Organization |
| Earth System Science |
| Engineering Equipment Surveillance System |
| Environmental Science Services Administration |
| Earth System Science Committee |
| Environmental Science Services Administration |
| Electronic Space Systems Corporation |
| Environmental Science & Services Corporation |
| Earth System Science Information System |
| Earth & Sun Systems Laboratory (formerly ATD) |
| Electrically Steered Thinned Array Radiometer |
| European Space Research and Space Technology Centre |
| Exploratory Shaft Test Plan |
| Energy Science and Technology Software Center |
| electrostatic unit |
| evapotranspiration |
| A vendor of supercomputers and associated software |
| A hydrostatic model that employs the eta vertical coordinate |
| A subsidiary of Control Data Corporation that manufactures supercomputers |
| Educational Technologies Assistance Group |
| Estimate Time to Complete |
| engineering training course |
| Effects of Tropical Convection Experiment |
| External Tanks Corporation |
| estimated time en route |
| Energy Technology Engineering Center |
| Enhanced Technology Flight Segment Prototype |
| Eclipse Task Group |
| Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule |
| Experimental Technology Incentive Program |
| Environmental Technology Laboratory |
| Energy Technology Programs |
| Enhanced Thematic Mapper |
| element test review |
| Emergency Transponder System |
| European Union |
| European Cooperation for the Long Term in Defense |
| European Cirrus Research Experimetn |
| part of EUROTRAC |
| European Meteorological Satellite |
| European Research in Advanced Materials |
| European Atomic Energy Agency/Community |
| European Research Cooperation Agency |
| European Experiment for Transporting and Transforming Environmentally Relevant Trace Construction in the Troposphere |
| extreme ultraviolet |
| Earned Value |
| Equilibrium Vegetation Ecology |
| Equatorial Winds Experiment |
| Early Warning Form |
| Boulder-based computer company |
| Experimental Inter-American Meteorological Rocket Network |
| Experimental Chloride Extraction Line |
| Executable program |
| European X-ray Observatory Satellite |
| EXPeriment for REgional Sources and Sinks of Oxidants |
| EXpendable Probe Receiver System |
| Fahrenheit |
| femto |
| frequency |
| forad |
| Finance and Administration |
| Fabry-Perot Interferometer |
| Fabry Perot Interferometer |
| FORTRAN77 |
| Federal Aviation Administration |
| Facilities Advisory Council |
| Friday Afternoon Club |
| Federal Advisory Committee Act |
| Florida Area Cirrus Experiment |
| Also known as FACE '75 |
| Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services |
| Frontier Airline |
| Florida Area Mesoscale Experiment |
| formatting and multiplexing equipment |
| File Array Notation |
| Food and Agriculture Organization |
| Fate of Atmospheric Pollutants Study |
| freedom attached payloads |
| Frequently asked questions |
| Federation of American Scientists |
| Financial Accounting Standards Board |
| Fast Atmosphere Signature Code |
| Foundation for Advancement in Science and Education |
| Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment |
| Fronts Atlantic Storm Track Experiment |
| factory acceptance test |
| Factory Acceptance Test Specification |
| Firearms Training Simulator |
| FORTRAN Automatic Timing System |
| Forward Area Target Surveillance System |
| South African Air Force Tactical Support Command |
| blanketing frequency |
| funds Budgeted |
| Fleischmann Building |
| forecasting by analogy |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| functional configuration audit |
| Federal Communications Commission |
| Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering and Technology |
| Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research |
| Federal Coordinators Office of Meteorology |
| Federal Council for Science and Technology |
| Facility Division |
| Food and Drug Administration |
| Fluid Dynamics Conference |
| Federal Drug and Cosmetics Act |
| Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| fiber-distributed data interface |
| Flight Dynamics Facility |
| full-depth model |
| frequency division multiple access |
| Fully Developed Turbulence |
| Front-end |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Federal Employee Occupational Safety and Health |
| front end processor |
| Federal Environmental Pesticides Control Act |
| Federal Environmental Pollution Control Act |
| Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FERMI National Acceleration Laboratory |
| Fronts Experiment Systems Test |
| field-effect transistor |
| Follow-on Early Warning System |
| Federal Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act |
| Firm Fixed Price |
| Federally Funded Research and Development Centers |
| Flight Facilities Survey |
| Fast Fourier Transform |
| Fast Flux Test Facility |
| Fast-Fourier transforms |
| Fast GC / MS = Fast Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry |
| First GARP Global Experiment |
| Federal Hazardous Substances Act |
| Federal Highway Administration |
| European aviation partnership |
| Federal Insurance Contributions Act |
| Facility Information and Control System |
| First ISLSCP Field Experiment |
| First ISLSCP Field Experiment II |
| |
| Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act |
| Far Infrared Limb Observing Spectrometer |
| Federal Information Processing Standard |
| First ISLSCP Regional Experiment |
| First ISCCP Radiation Experiment |
| Fast Imaging Ranicon Experiment |
| First ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program |
| Fourier Transform Infrared Sounder |
| Financial Information System |
| Financial Information Variance Reporting System |
| Foothills Laboratory |
| first flight model |
| second flight model |
| Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment |
| Full Look at Turbulent Kinetic Energy |
| first level destination |
| Federal Law Enforcement Training Center |
| Floating Instrument Platform |
| Federal Land Management Policy Act |
| Floating Point Operations |
| Floating point operations per second |
| FAA/Lincoln Laboratory Operational Weather Studies |
| relocating floating point interpreter |
| Fair Labor Standards Act |
| Federal Lease to Ownership Program |
| MELPROG subcode |
| frequency modulation |
| Failure Modes Effects and Critical Analysis |
| Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act |
| Fusion Materials Irradiation Test Facility |
| Family and Medical Leave Act |
| French Meteorological Society |
| Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| Federal Networking Council |
| Fleet Numerical Operations Center |
| orbital frequency |
| Field Office |
| Free On Board |
| Facilities Operations Branch |
| full operational capability |
| Programme Francais Ocean et Climat dans d'Atlantique Equatorial |
| Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation Study |
| Field Observing Faciltilty |
| Freedom of Information Act |
| federally owned LANDSAT data |
| Measuring and modeling the surface Footprint of scalar fluxes |
| Flight Operations Requirements Document |
| Funds for Overseas Research Grants for Education |
| not an acronym |
| FORmula TRANslation |
| |
| Family of Services |
| flight operations segment |
| field of view |
| plasma frequency |
| Fixed Price contract |
| Focal Plane Assembly |
| Federal Pesticide Act |
| Facilities Planning and Design |
| Flight Projects Directorate |
| Fabry-Perot Interferometer |
| Facilities and Property Management Division |
| Flight Plan Processing System |
| Field Project Services |
| feet per second |
| fast packet switch |
| foot-pound second system of measurements |
| Radar Designation |
| full resolution |
| Federal Register |
| Front Range Consortium |
| Federal Radiation Council |
| Federal Records Center |
| Forecast Research Division |
| DuPont trade name |
| Federal Republic of Germany |
| Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center |
| First Repository States |
| flight segment |
| final system design review |
| Florida Solar Energy Center |
| frequency shift key(ing) |
| Forecast Systems Laboratory |
| Facilities Support Services |
| Forward Scattering Spectometer Probe |
| field support terminal |
| Foreign Science & Technology Center |
| Fourier Tachometer |
| Identification for an aviation terminal forecast |
| forward-in-time |
| Fourier Tachometer |
| file transfer access management |
| full-time equivalent |
| full-time employees |
| Fourier transform flow cytometer |
| Fourier transformed infrared |
| FGGE Tropical Observing System |
| File Transfer Protocol |
| Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| Federal Telecommunications System |
| FSL Technical Steering Committee |
| Fuel Use Act |
| FL-4 Uniform Network Project |
| Fussell-Vesely |
| full width, half maximum |
| Federal Water Pollution Control Act |
| Federal Water Quality Criteria |
| filter wedge spectrometer |
| Fish and Wildlife Service |
| FSL's X-window workstation |
| FSL X-window AWIPS-Like Prototype for Hydrometeorological Applications |
| fiscal year |
| General and Administrative |
| activity per ton |
| Billion years unit |
| Global Atmospheric Aerosol and Radiation Study |
| gallium arsenide |
| global atmospheric chemistry |
| global area coverage |
| GATE Aircraft Data Management Program |
| Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment |
| Gulf-Stream Atmospheric Gradient Exchange |
| Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling |
| Global Air-ocean IN-situ System |
| galileo |
| Geoscience Airborne Laser Altimeter |
| Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment |
| Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment on Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases |
| not an acronym |
| Global Atmospheric Measurements Program |
| General Accounting Office |
| GATE Advisory Panel |
| GATE Advisory Panel |
| Ground-based Atmospheric Profiling Experiment |
| billions (109) of actions per second |
| GBL Point Defense System |
| Global Atmospheric Research Program |
| GEMPAK Analysis and Rendering Program |
| Global Atmospheric Research Program |
| General aviation transponder |
| Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| general accounting unit |
| Global Atmospheric Watch |
| gigabyte |
| Gigabits |
| GARP Basic Data Set |
| gigabity (109) per second |
| gigabyte (109) |
| gas chromatograph |
| Geophysics Corporation of America |
| Gas Chromatography-Atomic Emission Detection |
| Generic Control Center Development Facility |
| Global Carbone Cycle Modeling |
| Global Change Data and Information System |
| part of EUROTRAC |
| Global Change and Ecological Complexity |
| Global Change Institute |
| GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project |
| general circulation model |
| Global Change Model |
| General Circulation Model |
| Global Climate Modeling Group |
| Global Climate Modeling Group |
| Global Climate Modeling Group |
| Global Climate Observing System |
| Global Chemistry Program |
| Global Change Program |
| GEWEX Continental-Scale Project |
| Global Change Research Program |
| GWEX Cloud Systems Studies |
| Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| global chemical transport model |
| Global Data Assimilation System |
| GARP Data Center |
| GARP Data Processing |
| Ground Data Processor |
| gross domestic product |
| Government Development Platforms |
| Global Data Processing System |
| geophysical data record |
| Global Dynamics Section |
| GeoMet Data Services, Inc. |
| Global Ecosystem Dynamics |
| Global Environmental Facility |
| Global Emissions Inventory Activity |
| Management and Study of Atmospheric Spectroscopic Information |
| Global Environmental Multiscale Model |
| Geospace Environment Modeling program |
| general mesonetwork interpolation interface |
| General Meteorological Package |
| Global Environment Monitoring System |
| Global Environmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems |
| General Processor |
| Geosciences Directorate |
| National Science Foundation's Geosciences Beyond 2000 |
| Geostationary Earth-Orbiting Satellite |
| Geodesy Satellite |
| Geochemical Ocean Sections |
| Geoscientific Information Framework |
| Gyro Electronics Unit |
| Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment |
| Continental-Scale Project |
| gigaflops |
| Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| government furnished equipment |
| Gigaflops |
| Government furnished Property |
| Global Forecast System |
| Government Fiscal Year |
| Gravity Gradiometer Explore Mission |
| GPS Geoscience Instrument |
| Grand Gulf Nuclear Station |
| Global Geospace Science Program |
| Global Geospace Study |
| Goddard Handbook |
| Global Horizontal Sounding Technique |
| Goddard high resolution spectograph |
| Giga Hertz |
| Graphics interchange format |
| General Instrument Interface Specification |
| Global Inventory and Monitoring and Modeling Study |
| GOES Product Assurance Plan |
| GOES Ingest & NOAAPORT Interface |
| billions of instructions per second |
| Geographic Information Systems |
| Global Incoherent Scatter Measurements of Substorms |
| Greeland Ice Sheet Program |
| Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
| Global Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature |
| graphic kernal system |
| Goddard Laboratory of the Atmospheres |
| Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheric Science |
| Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab |
| GOES Local Groundstation System |
| Global Land Information System |
| Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment |
| Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics |
| Global Atmospheric Chemistry (or Chemical) Survey |
| part of EUROTRAC |
| Global Ozone Observing System |
| Geodynamics (or Geoscience) Laser Ranging System |
| GOMR Limb Sounder |
| Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement |
| General Motors |
| Gent-McWilliams parameterization scheme |
| Geophysical Monitoring for Climatic Change |
| geometric mean diameter |
| |
| Ground Water Monitoring Plan |
| Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
| global multivariate statistical analysis |
| Greenwich mean time |
| Gyro Mechanical Unit |
| ground network |
| guidance, navigation, and control |
| ground network scheduling system |
| GNU's not UNIX (a recursive acronym) |
| Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System |
| Gulf of Alaska Experiment |
| GARP Operations Control Center |
| government owned, contractor operated |
| Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| |
| Global Ocean Euphotic Zone Study |
| Global Ocean Flux Study |
| Global Observations and Modeling Project |
| Gulf of Main Ocean Observing System, Inc. |
| Global Observations, Modeling and Optical Techniques Section |
| Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer |
| Global Oscillations Network Group |
| Global Ocean Observing System |
| Global Observing System |
| Geomagnetic Observing System |
| Government Open Systems Interconnect Protocol |
| Goals Objectives Strategies Tactics |
| GALE Oceanographic Temperature Studies |
| Global Processing Center |
| Global Precipitation Chemistry Project |
| General Purpose Interface Board |
| geopotential meter |
| Government Printing Office |
| Gross Primary Productivity |
| Government Performance and Results Act |
| Global Positioning System |
| Geophysical Processor System |
| Grants Program Section |
| Global Positioning System Continuously Operating Reference Stations |
| GPS Meteorological Satellite |
| Global Positioning System-Integrated Precipitable Water |
| A suffix which designates graphics capabilities on the DEC MicroVax system (typically seen as "DEC VAXstation/GPX.") |
| graduate research assistant |
| Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
| Gridded Representation of Analyses and Forecasts |
| Graphic Animation System for Professionals |
| Geophysics Research Directorate |
| Geopotential Research Explorer Mission |
| Geologic Record of Global Change |
| Gas Research Institute |
| Grid in Binary, or GRIdded Binary |
| Global Resource Information Database |
| graphical interactive display, a computing facility |
| Greenland Ice Project |
| Geopotential Research Mission |
| Global and Remote Observations Section |
| Geophysical Research program |
| General Services Administration |
| Geographical Situation Display |
| geometric standard deviation |
| Ground Support Equipment |
| gross square feet |
| Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Global Seismic Network |
| ground systems operations |
| GPS Surface Observing System |
| Geophysical Statistics Project |
| GPS Science and Technology program |
| Ground Surveillance and Tracking System |
| Global Scale Wave Model |
| gigatons of carbon |
| Global Tropospheric Chemistry Program |
| Global Tropospheric Chemistry Systems Model |
| Global Tropospheric Experiment |
| Global Tropospheric Experiment/Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator |
| Ground Test Facility |
| GARP Task Group |
| Global Thermospheric Mapping Study |
| Germantown |
| Global Terrestrial Observing System |
| Geophysical Turbulence Program |
| Global Telecommunication System |
| G-Tunnel Underground Facility |
| graphical user interface |
| Group for Unidata Interface Software Exploration |
| GOES Variable |
| Geosynchonous very high resolution radiometer |
| Geostationary VHRR |
| Global Weather Center |
| Global Weather Experiment |
| Ground Wave Emergency Network |
| global warming potential |
| global warming potential |
| Ground Water Protection Act |
| gateway service |
| ground zero |
| henry |
| hecto |
| hardware |
| Heads and Chairs |
| Hydrometeorological Automated Data System |
| South Dakota Hail Studies |
| |
| Halogen Occultation Experiment |
| |
| High Altitude Observatory |
| Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment |
| Hawaiian Rainband Project |
| High-Altitude Route Structure workstation |
| Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| hard black |
| Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
| Historical Climatology Network |
| High-Capacity Satellite Network |
| Hierarchical Data Format |
| Human Dimensions of Global Change Program |
| Human Dimension of global Environment Change |
| high level data link control |
| High-resolution Data Service |
| High Energy Astronomy Observatory |
| Heihe Basin Field Experiment |
| |
| highly eccentric orbit satellite |
| highly eccentric orbit satellite |
| Human Ecology Research Service |
| High-Energy Solar Physics |
| Health, Environment, Safety, and Security |
| Health, Education, & Welfare |
| high frequency |
| high frequency |
| human interface |
| High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research |
| Balloon Group of a special lubricated polyethylene |
| High Resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder |
| High Plains Experiment |
| High Performance Parallel Interface |
| High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder |
| High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| High Resolution Research Limb Sounder |
| High Infrared Radiometer (or Radiation) Sounder |
| High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |
| high-resolution interferometer sounder |
| High-resolution Infrared Sounder |
| Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| half life |
| Hough mode extensions |
| High Resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer |
| High-altitude Multispectral Sounder |
| Hungarian Meteorological Service |
| higher order language |
| Hydrocarbon Oxidation Studies |
| Hewlett-Packard |
| horse power |
| High Power Amplifier |
| High-performance computing and communications |
| High-performance Computing Section |
| Hourly Precipitation Data |
| High Performance Option |
| high performance parallel interface |
| High Performance Systems |
| Human Resources |
| Hurricane Research Division |
| High Resolution Doppler Imager |
| High Resolution Doppler Interferometer |
| High-resolution Doppler Lidar |
| high-resolution infrared radiometer |
| High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |
| high rate multiplexer |
| High Resolution Picture Transmission |
| High-resolution Data Service |
| hardwae requirements specification |
| High Resolution Solar Observatory |
| High Resolution Scanning Radiometer |
| High Rate Tape |
| high-resolution telescope spectrograph |
| high-resolution visible |
| high speed |
| high speed channel |
| High Speed Civil Transport |
| high-speed interferometer |
| Hierarchical Storage Management |
| helical scan magnetic tape |
| High Speed Research Program |
| Hubble Space Telescope |
| Hypertext mark-up language |
| tritiated water |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| high-volume precipitation spectrometer |
| hardware configuration item |
| High-speed communications link |
| integration and test |
| integration and test |
| interface |
| input/output |
| integrated injection logic |
| international angstrom |
| International Academy of Astronautics |
| International Antarctic Analysis Center |
| International Advisory Committee on Marine Sciences |
| Dulles International Airport |
| interactive ancillary data base |
| International Atomic Energy Agency |
| International Association of Geodesy |
| Interagency agreement |
| Instrumentation Advisory Group |
| International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy |
| International Acoustic Gravity Waves |
| International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
| International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics Sciences |
| International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences |
| International Affiliates Program |
| International Association of Physical Oceanography |
| International Association of Physical Sciences of the Ocean |
| International Atmospheric Research Program |
| indicated air speed |
| International Association of Scientific Hydrology |
| International Atmospheric Surveillance Program |
| International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior |
| Independent Acceptance Test Organization |
| International Astronomical Union |
| International Association of Volcanology |
| International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior |
| Intergrated Aviation Wind Shear Plan |
| International Business Machines Corporation |
| IBM Advanced Technology personal computer |
| Generic term for IBM personal computers |
| One class of IBM personal computers |
| The IBM RISC Technology computer system |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| International Central Archive |
| Interdepartmental Committee on Applied Meteorological Research |
| International Civil Aviation Organization |
| International Cooperation in Aviation Research |
| Interdepartmental Committee on Atmospheric Science |
| Interdepartmental Communication for Atmospheric Science |
| Instrument Control Center |
| International Commission of Clouds and Precipitation |
| Interface Control Document |
| International Commission on Dynamic Meteorology |
| Intercomparison Experiment |
| Isoprene Closure Experiment |
| Isoprene Canopy Experiment |
| International Cirrus Experiment |
| Cold water component of WATERCOLORS |
| International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| Ice Experiment |
| Instrument Control Facility |
| Institute for Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| International Coordination Group |
| Inter-Union Commission on the Lithosphere |
| Inter-Union Commission on the Lithosphere |
| International Cooperative Investigation of the Tropical Atlantic |
| International Cooperative Investigation of the Tropical Atlantic |
| IBM-to-Cray Interactive Interface |
| CSMP |
| Interagency Committee for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research |
| IAMAS Commission on the Meteorology of the Upper Atmosphere |
| international communications network |
| Interagency Committee on Oceanography |
| Initial Operating Capability |
| International Commission on Polar Meteorology |
| Intercom System |
| Interdisciplinary Climate Systems |
| International Commission on Snow and Ice |
| International Council of Science |
| Interactive Computer Worded Forecast |
| International Coordinating Working Group |
| Interagency Committee for World Weather Programs |
| inside diameter |
| Institute for Defense Analysis |
| Integrated Data Assimilation/Sounding System |
| immediate direct broadcast |
| image-dissector camera system |
| Internet Data Distribution |
| interface definition document |
| Interactive's Digital Environmental Analysis Lab |
| Instrumentation Development and Education in Airborne Science |
| Instrumentation Development and Intercomparisons |
| Interactive Display Language |
| Interactive Data Language |
| Interface Definition Language |
| International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| International Decade of Natural Hazard Reduction |
| International Decade of Ocean Exploration |
| incremental design review |
| interdisciplinary study |
| International Data Service |
| International Energy Agency |
| Institute of Electrical Engineers |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| Inventory Exchange Format |
| Integrated Earth Information Server |
| International Earth Rotation Service |
| intermediate frequency |
| in-flight |
| Intensive Flux Array |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare |
| Intensive Field Campaign |
| InFlight Black Body Calibrator |
| indirect flare detector |
| in-flight deployment |
| International Forum on Earth Observations Using Space Station Elements |
| International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study |
| Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System |
| instantaneous field of view |
| instrument flight rules |
| Institut Francais Re'checche pour L'Exploitation de la Mer |
| International Field Year for the Great Lakes |
| International Global Atmospheric Chemistry |
| International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program |
| International Geophysical Bulletin |
| International Geophysical Bulletin |
| International Geosphere-Biosphere Program |
| International Geophysical Cooperation |
| international group elements |
| Intergovernmental Funding Agency |
| Integrated Global Ocean Station System |
| International GEWEX Program Office |
| Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics |
| International Geographical Union |
| internal gravity waves |
| International Geophysical Year |
| International H2O Project |
| International H2O Project 2002 |
| International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| International Indian Ocean Expedition |
| Interactive Information and Processing Systems [for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology] |
| Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications |
| independent integration, verification, and validation |
| International Investigator Working Group |
| International Lake Environment Committee |
| Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement |
| International Lithosphere Programme |
| instrument landing system |
| Integrated Logistics Support System |
| |
| Institute for Mathematics Applied to the Geosciences |
| intermediate model for the annual and global evolution of species |
| Intermediate Model for the Annual and Global Evolution of Interactive Systems |
| Intermediate Model of Global Evaluation of Species |
| International Meteorological Center |
| Indian Meteorology Department |
| International Meteorological Educational Program |
| interplanetary magnetic field |
| Inadvertent Modification of the Stratosphere |
| Interface message processor ARPANET |
| Interplanetary Monitoring Platform |
| Improvement of Cloud & Precipitation Physics in Mesoscale Models ? 2nd generation |
| International Magnetospheric Study |
| Information Management Service |
| information management system |
| International Mathematical and Statistical Library |
| International Meteorological Service Program |
| Inertial Measurement Unit |
| Indian Ocean Experiment |
| Indian Ocean Experiment |
| international environmental research and referral service of UNEP |
| Institute for Naval Oceanography |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia |
| Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais |
| |
| International Quaternary Research Association or International Association on Quaternary Research |
| Inertial Navigation System |
| Indian National Satellite System |
| Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research |
| Indonesian Seas Flow Through Experiment |
| National Institute for Sciences of the Universe |
| International Telecommunications Satellite |
| A common boundary between software systems or pieces of equipment |
| The collection of all interconnected computer networks around the globe that use the TCP/IP protocol |
| NASA's Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment |
| inertial navigation unit |
| Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| International Ozone Commission |
| inception of contract |
| initial operating capability |
| intensive observation period |
| Input/Output Subsystem |
| interplanetary scintillation |
| Internet protocol |
| Institute of Paper Chemistry |
| Instrument Processing Center |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument |
| interpersonal messaging |
| International Photolysis Measurements and Modeling Intercomparison |
| Intellectual Property Management Program (UCAR) |
| International Programs Office |
| International Partner Operations Center |
| International Polar-Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Group |
| inches per second |
| Integrated Product Teams |
| Instrument Processor Unit |
| International Years of the Quiet Sun |
| International Quiet Years of the Sun Experiments |
| Infrared |
| infrared |
| internal research and development |
| Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee |
| Infrared Astronomical Satellite |
| International Research Council |
| International Radiation Commission |
| Infrared radiometer to detect (CAT) horizontal temperature gradients |
| International Research Centre for Telecommunication-transmission and RADAR |
| Instrument Requirement Document |
| interface requirements document |
| Institute of Radio Engineers |
| Infrared hygrometer |
| Interagency Research Internet |
| International Research Institute for Climate Prediction |
| International Research Center for Climate Prediction |
| Inertial Rate (MIT) or Reference (NASA) Integrating Gyroscope |
| Inter-range Instrumentation Group |
| infrared interferometer spectrometer |
| Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology |
| Italian Research Interim Stage |
| Internet remote job entry |
| interrogation & reading location system |
| Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer |
| Integrated Requirements Review |
| Infrared Radiometer |
| infrared radiometer |
| Indian Remote-sensing Satellite |
| Information Retrieval Service |
| Institute Sponsors |
| Instrument Society of America |
| Improved stratospheric and mesospheric sounder |
| Institute of Space and Astronautical Science |
| International Standard Book Number |
| Investigation of Sulfur Chemistry in Antarctic Troposphere |
| International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program |
| Integrated Services Digital Network |
| In-Situ Sensing Facility |
| International Symposium on Forecasting |
| Integrated Surface Flux Facilities |
| Immersion Sensing Group |
| International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies |
| International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project |
| in situ measurements |
| International Scientific and Management Group |
| In-Situ Measurements Project |
| Integrated Soil Moisture Retrieval Models |
| International Service for National Agricultural Research |
| International Standards Organization |
| Integrated Science Operations Center |
| International Southern Ocean Study |
| Internet Service Provider |
| Information Stream Project for AWIPS NOAAport |
| |
| individual schedule request |
| Incoherent Scatter Radar Data Base |
| International Soil Reference and Information Centre |
| Indian Space Research Organization |
| Integrated Sounding System |
| Information Support Services |
| Institute for Space Studies |
| Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment |
| International Standard Serial Number |
| International Society of Soil Science |
| Instrument Support Terminal |
| International Solar Terrestrial Program |
| Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science |
| intermediate storage unit |
| Integrated Surface and Upper-air Sounding System |
| Illinois State Water Survey |
| International Space Year |
| Information Transport |
| Information Technology |
| Information Technology Council |
| Inter-Continental Transport and Chemical Transformation |
| intertropical convergence zone |
| Imaging Thermal Infrared |
| Intermediate Thermal Infrared Radiometer |
| Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere |
| independent test organization |
| Improved Tiros Operational Satellite |
| Infrared temperature profile radiometer |
| Institute Technical Reports |
| Instrument Technical Specification |
| Institute for Telecommunications |
| International Telecommunications Union |
| Integration, Test, and Verification Facility |
| Integration, test, and verification model |
| Integrated Terminal Weather Information System |
| Integrated Terminal Weather System |
| International Union of Crystallography |
| Inter Union Commission on Radio Meteorology |
| International Ultraviolet Explorer |
| International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics |
| International Union of Geological Sciences |
| International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics |
| International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| International Union of Pure and Applied Physics |
| International Union of Physiological Sciences |
| International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
| independent verification and validation |
| Interactive Verification and Visualization System (RTVS) |
| ice water content |
| Implementation Working Group |
| Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change |
| International Working Group on Global Change and Data Management |
| International Working Group on Magnetic Field Satellites |
| International Water Resources Association |
| Improved Weather Reconnaissance System |
| Japan Resources Observation System Organization |
| Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences |
| Joint Air-Sea Interaction experiment |
| Group of physicists at Stanford that study various projects and are funded by government defense money |
| Joint Automated Weather Observing Program |
| Joint Airport Weather Studies |
| Joint Committee on Atomic Energy |
| job control language |
| Joint Climate Program/Projects Office |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Joint-Evaluation Committee |
| Jeffco Network Infrastructure Completion Project |
| Joint environmental monitoring |
| Japan Earth Remote Sensing Satellite |
| Japanese Earth Resources Sensing Satellite 1 |
| Job Entry System |
| part of EUROTRAC |
| Joint Forecast System Project |
| Joint Global Ocean Flux Study |
| Journal of Geophysical Research |
| Johns Hopkins University |
| Joint Hawaii Warm Rain Project |
| Joint Implementation Committee |
| Japan International Development Agency |
| Japanese ICC |
| now JOSS, Joint International Climate Projects/Planning Office |
| Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics |
| Japan Meteorological Agency |
| Joint Meteorological Group |
| Joint Meteorological Observing Facility |
| Joint Meteorological Rocket Network Steering Committee |
| Joint Meteorological Satellite Communication |
| Joint Organizing Committee |
| Japan Ocean Data Center |
| Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. |
| Joint North Sea Wave Project |
| Joint Office for Science Support |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform |
| Joint Planning Staff |
| Johnson Space Center |
| Joint Scientific Committee |
| Joint Systems Program Office |
| Job Table Area |
| John von Neumann National Supercomputing Center |
| John Volpe National Transportation Systems Center |
| Joint working group |
| potassium |
| a symbol for planetary wave number |
| King Air Equivalent Hours |
| Kirkland Air Force Base |
| Kilobyte (s) |
| Kilobit(s) |
| Kbits/s |
| Kilobits (103) per second |
| kilobyte (103) |
| potassium dihydrogen phosphate |
| kinetic energy |
| coronal emission line polarimeter |
| Kanton Island Sounding System |
| combination kite and balloon |
| kilolines (103) of code |
| Korean Meteorological Administration |
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| Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut |
| Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment |
| Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Atmospheric Measurements Program |
| low magnetic activity |
| geomagnetic planetary index |
| Kitt Peak National Observatory Arizona |
| K Profile Parameterization |
| kilorayleigh |
| Ka-band Radiometer Mapping System |
| Ku-band single access |
| Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| lunar |
| Lightweight LORAN Digital Dropsonde |
| Longmont anticyclone |
| local area coverage |
| lower atmosphere composition and temperature experiment |
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| Laser Geodynamics Satellite |
| Laser Geodynamics Satellite-2 |
| Leaf Area Index |
| Limited-area model |
| Amazon Basin Experiment |
| Large Antenna Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| Large Antenna Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| Laboratoire Associe de Meteorologie Physique |
| Limited-Area Mesoscale Prediction System |
| Laser Air Motion Sensing System |
| local area network |
| Land Remote Sensing Satellite |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Lantau Experiment |
| Los Alamos Opacity Library |
| Local Analysis and Prediction Branch |
| Local Analysis and Prediction System |
| Local Area Prediction System |
| Langley Research Center |
| Limited Area Remote Collector |
| Laboratory of Atmospheric Science |
| LAGEOS apogee stage |
| Lidar Atmospheric Sounder and Altimeter |
| Learning about Science Easily and Readily |
| Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics |
| Laser True Airspeed System |
| Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder |
| Low Altitude Wind Shear |
| Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia/Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| Lydon B. Johnson Space Center |
| Lydon B Johnson Space Center |
| Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
| inductance-capacitance |
| life cycle cost |
| Liquid crystal display |
| lifting consdensation level |
| large core memory |
| Local Data Acquisition |
| Local Data Acquisition and Dissemination |
| Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| Local Data Manager |
| local data network |
| LIDAR |
| linear depolarization ratio |
| Lightning Detection System |
| Linear Depolarization Ratio |
| Loral Defense Systems |
| Lead Experiment |
| Laboratory Experience in Atmospheric Research |
| Laboratory Experience in Atmospheric Research |
| light emitting diode |
| On-line Earthnet Data Access |
| Lewis Research Center |
| large-eddy simulation |
| Large Earth-Based Solar Telescope |
| Labrador Extreme Waves Experiment |
| Low frequency |
| large format camera |
| limited-area fine mesh |
| Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group |
| left-hand side |
| Light Detection and Ranging Instrument |
| Line Islands Experiment |
| Limb Infrared Monitor of the Statosphere |
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| Loral IR Imaging System |
| Library and Information Systems |
| Lightning Imaging Sensor |
| List Processing Language |
| Lidar In Space Technology Experiment |
| Lincoln Laboratories |
| logical link control |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(ies) |
| Lightning Location and Protection |
| Lunar Laser Ranging |
| Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System |
| lumen |
| Large Model |
| layer management entity |
| Land Margin Ecosystems Research |
| Lake Michigan Ozone Study |
| Low-noise amplifier |
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| lines of code |
| Lightweight Omega Digital Dropwindsonde |
| Level of Effort |
| Local Hardware and Software Systems |
| Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone |
| Long Range (aid to) Navigation-C |
| loss of signal |
| Working LORAN |
| Lower Thermosphere and Upper Stratosphere |
| Low Degree Oscillations Experiment |
| Liquid Oxygen |
| Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory |
| Lightning Position and Tracking System |
| large particle count |
| lines per inch |
| lines per minute |
| Langley Research Center |
| Latest Revised Estimate |
| Limb Radiance Inversion (or Infrared) Radiometer |
| Low Rate Type |
| laser recording unit |
| line replaceable unit |
| logistics support analysis |
| large-scale dynamics |
| Langley Space Flight Center |
| large scale integration |
| Lunar Science Institute |
| local system management |
| Land Surface Model |
| Large Space Telescope |
| Louisiana State University |
| land surface transfer scheme |
| local time |
| Lower Thermosphere Coupling Study |
| local thermodynamic equilibrium |
| Long Term Ecological Research |
| Long-Term Ecological Research program |
| Landsat Technical Working Group |
| Ling-Temco-Vaught Inc. |
| Laramie Valley Boundary Layer Experiment |
| linear variable differential transformer |
| liquid water content |
| Mach |
| milli |
| maintenance and operations |
| Materials and Services |
| Magnetism & Volcanoes |
| Magmatism & Volcanoes |
| M cubed |
| Man and the Biosphere program |
| Meteorological Applications Branch |
| Machine Aided Cognition |
| Multiple Access Computer |
| Manager's Advisory Council |
| Apple Macintosh Computer |
| medium access control |
| Middle Atmosphere Community Climate Model, Version 2 |
| Middle Atmosphere Community Climate Model, Version of CCM3 |
| Middle-Atmosphere Chemistry, Radiation, and Transport program |
| Master Data Acquisition Module |
| Management of Atmospheric Data for Evaluation and Research |
| Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| Mesoscale Analysis Forecasting |
| Magnetosphere Currents/Fields |
| Marine Aerosol and Gas Exchange Experiment |
| Marine Gas Emissions |
| Magnetic Field Satellite |
| Marine Layer Thickness Study |
| Marine Automatic Meteorological Observing Station |
| Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor |
| metropolitan area network |
| Argonne National Laboratory |
| Mesoscale Alpine Project |
| Metro-Agro-Plex |
| Middle Atmosphere Program |
| A routine developed by Unidata for contouring NPS gridded data on a background map from netCDF files |
| Multi-angle Profiling Radar |
| Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites |
| Multiple Aircraft Positioning System |
| Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System |
| millions of actions per second |
| MAPS is the research version of the Rapid Update Cycle |
| Modernization and Associated Restructing |
| Marshall Field Site |
| Middle Atmosphere Responses to Changes |
| Machine Readable Cataloging |
| Modernization Associated Restructuring Demonstration |
| Middle Atmosphere Research Initiative |
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| Meteorological Airborne Radar Data System |
| Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounder |
| Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| Middle Atmosphere Science Initiative |
| mainframe and server network |
| Multi-angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe |
| Massachusetts Computer Corporation |
| Model for Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport |
| McGill University; technical improvements to the large-scale spectral element ocean model (SEOM) |
| Massive Air Tracer Experiment |
| MOPITT Algorithm Test Radiometer |
| May Polarization Experiment |
| millibar |
| Megabits |
| megabytes |
| Millibar |
| MB Associates |
| Batelle Northwest |
| Management by Objective |
| Multicast backBONE |
| megabits |
| Miscellaneous Budget Transactions |
| megabyte |
| megabyte |
| moist convective adjustment |
| moist convective adjustment |
| Micro Channel Architecture |
| Manufacturing Chemists Association |
| McIDAS Broadcast Evaluation |
| mesoscale convective complex |
| Mission Control Center |
| mesoscale convective complexes |
| Man-computer Interactive Data Access System |
| Multichannel Cloud Radiometer |
| mesoscale convective system |
| Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment |
| mesoscale cyclonic vortex |
| Master Directory |
| Modernization Division |
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| Modified Direct Costs |
| Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System |
| Maintenance Decision Support System |
| Michelson Doppler Imager |
| multiplexer/demultiplexer |
| Manually Digitized Radar |
| Minimum detectable signal |
| Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment |
| Mesoscale Experiment Center for Control and Analysis |
| Master E-mail Facility |
| Department of Energy Network |
| Model of the Exchange of Gases between the Atmosphere and Nature |
| Mesosphere/ Lower Thermosphere Explorer |
| Minority Engineering Program |
| Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| MERIT, Inc. |
| Medical Emergency Response Team |
| Mesoscale Network |
| Meteorological Applications Task Force |
| meteorological aviation reports |
| Multiple Experiment Transporter into Earth Orbit and Return |
| Meteorological Satellite |
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| Metropolitan Meteorological Experiment |
| medium frequency |
| medium frequency |
| Master File Directory |
| Magnetic Field Explorer |
| Magnetic Field Experiment |
| Magnetic Field Explorer/Magnolia mission |
| Magnetic Fusion Energy Computation Center |
| Magnetic Field Explorer Mission |
| National Magnetic Fusion Energy Network |
| Megaflops |
| standard hard drives |
| mean free path |
| Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts |
| magnetohydrodynamic |
| Mile High Radar |
| message handling system |
| Megahertz |
| management information base |
| magnetic ink character reader |
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| Microsoft Corporation |
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| Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
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| Matrix Isolation/Electron Spin Resonance |
| MASnet Internet gateway server (or system) |
| Military Network |
| Mid-Latitutde Ecosystem and Photochemical Oxidants |
| multiple instruction multiple data |
| Multiband Imaging Microwave Radiometer |
| Minority Institutions in Marine Sciences Association |
| millions of Instructions per second |
| Millions of Instructions per second |
| Millions of Instructions per second |
| Management Information Research Associates |
| Megacity Impacts on Regional and Global Environments |
| Megacity Impact on Regional and Global Environments-Mexico campaign |
| Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| Microburst and Severe Thunderstorm Experiment |
| Illinois State Water Survey |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
| Marginal Ice Zone Experiment |
| Madden-Julian Oscillation |
| meter-kilogram-second system of measurement |
| unit of force replaced by Newtons |
| Absolute MKS |
| Mesa Laboratory |
| Multiple Layer Insulation |
| Time-varying horizontal model of the Lavoice type |
| Mesa Lab Network Access Completion |
| Mauna Loa Observatory |
| Mauna Loa Photochemistry Experiment |
| Microwave Limb Sounder |
| Mauna Loa Solar Observatory |
| magnetic local time |
| milli mole |
| mesoscale model, version 4 |
| Fifth-generation Mesoscale Model |
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| Multi-Media Access Center |
| mass median diameter |
| mass median diameter |
| Monthly Management Information Report |
| man-made interface |
| Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology |
| Manned Orbital Laboratory |
| Minerals Management Service |
| Microscale Meteorology Section |
| multimission support service |
| Microcom Network Protocol |
| Monthly Notes of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate |
| Memorandum of Agreement |
| Memorandum of Agreement |
| Modelisation du Bilan Hydrique |
| Mobile Operations Center for Communication and Analysis |
| magneto-optics compact disk |
| Ministry of Defense |
| Meteorological Observation and Data Assimilation Center |
| A machine manufactured by Modular Computer Systems Inc. |
| Meteorological and Omega Data Digitizer |
| Mid-Oceanic Dynamics Experiment |
| MODE in cospar papers |
| Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer-Tilt |
| Mission Operations and Data Systems |
| Measure of Effectiveness |
| Manned Orbital Laboratory |
| Mono Lake APIPS Study |
| MASnet Operations Monitor |
| mission operations manager |
| Monsoon Experiment |
| Monsoon Trough Boundary Layer Experiment |
| Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere |
| millions of operations (106) per second |
| Model Output Statistics |
| Marine Observation Satellite |
| metal-oxide semiconductor |
| Manned Open Sea Experiment Station |
| Meteorological Observing Station, extremely simple |
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| Memorandum of Understanding |
| Colored Movie Software produced by Brigham Young University |
| Model for Ozone and Related Chemical Tracers |
| melting point |
| Mono-processing |
| MASnet code for the Xerox 4050 laser printers |
| Maintenance Purchase Award |
| mother-of-pearl clouds |
| Magnetospheric Particles Detectors |
| Multidimensional Positive Definite Advection Algorithm |
| multiplexed protocol data unit |
| Max Planck Institute |
| message passing interface |
| Message Passing Interface Forum |
| Multi-Protocol Over ATM |
| massively parallel processor |
| advanced microwave precipitation radiometer |
| radar system |
| Mesoscale Prediction Section |
| Management Reserve |
| Materials Review Board |
| Medium-Range Forecast |
| Meteorological Rocket Facility |
| Meteorological Research, Inc. |
| Meteorological Research Institute |
| Minority Research Initiation |
| Mesoscale Research Initiative |
| Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| Media Relations & Information Services |
| Meteorological Rocket Network |
| Mesoscale Research Section |
| MASnet code for the Mass Storage System |
| the company Microsoft |
| Manned Spaceflight Center |
| mass store control processor |
| mass storage device |
| Microsoft Disk Operating System |
| mean square error |
| Magnetic Flux Structures |
| Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Mechanisms of Soil Formation and Evolution |
| Measurements, Standards, and Intercomparisons |
| Maximum Strategy, Inc |
| mass spectrometer and incoherent scatter |
| Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radar |
| mean sea level |
| Mean sea-level pressure |
| Multisatellite Operations Control Center |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Stanford Resource Institute |
| Multi-spectral Scanner |
| mass storage system |
| mesospheric/stratospheric/tropospheric |
| microwave sounding unit |
| mass storage unit |
| Magnetic Tape |
| message transfer agent |
| mean time between failure |
| Main Trunk Circuit |
| Magnetosphere-Thermosphere Explorer Mission |
| Mississippi Test Facility |
| moving target indicator |
| message transfer layer |
| Mechanical Test Model |
| Mean Time to Failure |
| mean time to repair |
| University of California at San Diego |
| McIDAS Users Group |
| monitor of ultraviolet solar energy |
| Multiple Virtual Storage |
| Multiple Virtual Systems/Extended Architecture |
| Microwave |
| Megawords |
| Meteorological Working Group |
| Mt. Washington Winter Icing and Storms Project |
| Mt. Washington Observatory |
| MicroWave Profiler |
| NCAR Administrators Committee |
| National Coordinating Committee on Aviation Meteorology |
| National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere |
| New Airport Development Office |
| National Aeronautical Establishment |
| National Academy of Engineering |
| Analog facsimile map |
| North American Free Trade Agreement |
| Numerical Algorithms Group Inc. |
| National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center |
| NCAR Airborne Infrared Lidar System |
| North American Oscillation |
| North Atlantic Oscillation |
| North Atlantic Ocean |
| North Atlantic Ocean Prediction Systems |
| North American Observing System |
| National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program |
| National Aerial Photography Program |
| nonadvocacy review |
| U.S. National Archives and Records Administration |
| North Atlantic Regional Experiment |
| National Academy of Sciences |
| National Airspace System |
| Naval Air Station |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| National Association of State Aeronautics and Organizations |
| NAS Committee on Atmospheric Sciences |
| NAS Committee on Oceanography |
| NASA Communications Network |
| upgraded version of NASA Communications Network |
| National Space Development Agency |
| National Air Surveillance Network |
| NASN cascade impacter in aerosol studies |
| National Association of Science Writers |
| Nitric Acid Trihydrate |
| National Air Traffic Control Administration |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NCAR Aircraft (or Airborne) Telemetry System |
| NASCOM Augmentation |
| Navigation aid |
| NAVigation Signal Timing and Ranging System |
| National Aviation Weather Advisory Unit |
| National Centers Advanced Weather Interactive Processing Systems |
| National Centers Advanced Weather Interactive Processing Systems |
| National Aviation Weather Products Generator |
| New Building Design Review Committee |
| National Bureau of Standards |
| Network Coordination and Advisory Board |
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