A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y
A—Ampere
A3RI—Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Institute
AAAS—American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAS—American Astronomical Society
ABBA—Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
ABI—Advanced Baseline Imager (GOES)
ABLE—Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment
ABOM—Australian Bureau of Meteorology* (abbreviation no longer used.
12-2004)
ABS—Advanced Baseline Sounder
ac or AC—alternating current
ACARS—Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Communication and Recording System
ACC—Atlantic Climate Change
ACIS—ACademic Information Services (IBM)
ACRIM—Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS)
ACS—Asynchronous Communications Server
ADA—Americans with Disabilities Act
ADC—Astronomical Data Center
ADC—Atlantic Data Coverage (Meteosat)
ADDE—Abstract Distributive Data Environment
ADEOS—ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
ADOM—Acid Deposition and Oxidant Model
ADP—Administrative Data Processing (UW-Madison)
ADR—Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
AERI—Atmospheric
Emitted Radiance Interferometer
AES—Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada)
AF—Air Force
AFB—Air Force Base
AFGL—Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
AFOS—Automation of Field Operations and Services (NWS)
AFOSR—Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFWEX—Atmospheric Radiation Measurement First ISCCP Regional field Experiment
Water Vapor Experiment (Nov.-Dec. 2000)
AGCM—Atmospheric General Circulation Model
AGCM—Australian General Circulation Model
AGFS—Aviation Gridded Forecast System
AGL—Above Ground Level
AGO—Automated Geophysical Observatories
AGU—American Geophysical Union
AHSRL—Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar
AI—Artificial Intelligence
AIAA—American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIREP—AIRcraft REPort
AIRS—Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder
(EOS)
AISC—Assessment and Information Services Center
AIX—Advanced Interactive eXecutive (IBM’s UNIX)
AJ—Astronomical Journal
a.k.a.—also known as
ALERT—Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time
ALEXI—Atmospheric Land EXchange Inversion (CIMSS)
ALPEX—ALPine EXperiment
ALSPP—Atmospheric and Land Surface Processes Project
ALT—ALTimeter
AMANDA—Antarctic Muon and
Neutrino Detector Array
amp—Ampere
AMPS—Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
AMRC—Antarctic
Meteorological Research Center
AMRIR—Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
AMS—American Meteorological Society
AMSAS—AOA Meteorological Satellite Analysis System
AMSR-E—Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
AMSU—Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (EOS)
AniS—AnimationS applet
ANL—Argonne National Laboratory
ANSI—American National Standards Institute
AO—Announcement of Opportunity
AOA—Airborne Optical Adjunct
AO&SS—Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences (building)
AOML—Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
Laboratory (NOAA)
AOS—(Department of) Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
AOT—Aerosol Optical Thickness
AP—Anomalous Propagation
AP—Associated Press
API—Application Program Interface
Ap.J—Astrophysical Journal
APP—AVHRR Polar Pathfinder
APSATS—Asia-Pacific Satellite Applications Training Seminar.
APT—Automatic Picture Transmission
APU—Auxiliary Power Unit
ARA—Appletalk Remote Access
ARC—Ames Research Center (NASA)
ARC—Arctic Radiation and Chemistry experiment
ARCMIP—Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project
ARCSyM—Arctic Region Climate System Model
ARM—Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
(DOE)
ARM—Australian Region McIDAS
ARPA—Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD, formerly DARPA)
ARPS—Advanced Regional Prediction System
ARSLOE—Atlantic Remote Sensing Land/Ocean Experiment
ASA—Academic Staff Assembly
ASA—Antarctic Support Associates
ASADA—Automated Smoke/Aerosol Detection Algorithm
ASCII—American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASDAR—Aircraft to Satellite DAta Relay
ASEAN—Association of SouthEast Asian Nations
ASHOE—Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
ASIS—American Society for Information Science
ASOS—Automated Surface Observing System (NWS)
ASPT—Advanced Satellite Products Team (NOAA/ORA)
ASPRO—Academic Staff Public Representation Organization
ASR—Airport Surveillance Radar
ASRC—Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
ASTER—Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (EOS)
ASTEX—Atlantic STratus EXperiment
AT&T—American Telephone & Telegraph
ATBD—Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (EOS)
ATC—Air Traffic Control
ATM—Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM—Division of ATMospheric Sciences (NSF)
ATMES—ATmospheric Model Evaluation Study
ATOVS—Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
A-TReC—Atlantic THORPEX Regional Campaign
ATS—Applications Technology Satellite
AU—Astronomical Unit
AURA—Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
AUTONAV—AUTOmatic NAVigation
AVE-SESAME—Atmospheric Variability Experiment-Severe Environmental Storm
and Mesoscale Experiment (1970s)
AVHRR—Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AVIRIS—Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (JPL)
AWC—Aviation Weather Center (form.
NSSFC; NWS Center)
AWIPS—Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (NWS)
AWS—Air Weather Service (USAF)
AWS—Automatic Weather Stations
BACIMO
BAHC—Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
BAMS—Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
BAPMoN—Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network (WMO)
BASE-A—Biomass burning Airborne and Spaceborne Experiment-Amazonia
baud—one bit per second
BBS—Bulletin Board System
BBXRT—Broad Band X-Ray Telescope
BCS—Broadband Cable System (UW)
BIBEX—Biomass Burning Experiment
bit—binary digit
BITNET—Because It’s Time NETwork
BLCMD—BiLevel CoMmanD (DXS)
BLIS—Boundary Layer Instrumentation System
BMEE—Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
BMO—British Meteorological Office
BMRC—Bureau of Meteorology Research
Centre (Australia)
BOM—Bureau of Meteorology (abbreviation no longer used.* Australia)
BOREAS—Boreal Ecosystems Atmosphere Study (BAHC/GEWEX)
bpi—bits per inch
bps or BPS—bits per second
BSEE—Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
BTD—brightness temperature difference
BTW—By The Way (e-mail)
BUFR—Binary Universal FoRm
BUV—Backscattered UltraViolet
C—Capacitance
C—Centigrade
CAC—Climate Analysis Center
CACGP—Commission of Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (IAMAP)
CAD—Computer Aided Design
CALS—College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
CAMEX—Convection and Moisture Experiment
CAMS—Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
CaPE—Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
CAPE—Convective Available Potential Energy
CAPPI—Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
CAPS—Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
CARA—Center for Astrophysical
Research in Antarctica
CART—Cloud And Radiation Testbed (DOE/ARM)
CAS—Calibrated Air Speed
CASPR—Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
CAT—Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
CCD—Charge-Coupled Device
CCFF—Cape Canaveral Forecasting Facility
CCM—Community Climate Model
CCN—Cloud Condensation Nucleus (or Nuclei)
CCR—Center for Climatic Research (IES)
CCT—Computer Compatible Tape
CDDF—Central Data Distribution Facility
CDDIS—Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
CDE—Common Desktop Environment
CDF—Common Data Format (NASA/SSDC)
CDF—Communications Data Field
CD-ROM—Compact Disc-Read Only Memory
CEES—Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences (U.S.)
CEOS—Committee for Earth Observation Satellites
CEPEX—Central Equatorial Pacific EXperiment
CERES—Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (EOS)
CERN—Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire (European Laboratory
for Particle Physics; Geneva, Switzerland)
CFC—ChloroFluoroCarbon
CFTC—Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CG—Center of Gravity (DXS)
CGC—Climate and Global Change
CGCP—Climate & Global Change Program
CGI—Common Gateway Interface (Internet)
CGM—Computer Graphics Metafile
CGMS—Coordination
Group for Meteorological Satellites (international group)
CGSE—Customer electrical Ground Support Equipment (DXS)
CH4—methane
CHAMEX—Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
CHAMMP—Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics
CHAMP
CIASTA—Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
CICA—Center for Innovative Computer Applications
CICS—Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
CIESIN—Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
(U.S.)
CIMMS—Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (OK)
CIMSS—Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies
CIRA—Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CSU)
CIRES—Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CO)
CIRRUS—Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
CIRTL—Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning
CISE—Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (NSF)
CIT—Convection-Induced Turbulence
CITA—Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
CITE—Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
CITE —Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
CLASS—Cross-chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
CLAVR—Clouds from AVHRR
CLS—Cloud Lidar System
CMA—China Meteorological Administration
CMAQ—Community Multiscale Air Quality model (EPA)
CMS—Conversational Monitoring System
CNA—Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
CNES—Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
CNN—Cable News Network
CNRS—Centre National de la Récherche Scientifique
CO—carbon monoxide
CO2—carbon dioxide
COADS—Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Dataset
COARE—Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
CODAR—COrrelation Detection And Ranging
COHMEX—COoperative Huntsville Meteorological EXperiment
Co-I—CoInvestigator
COMET—Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training
(NOAA and UCAR)
COMSAT—COMmunications SATellite
CONUS—CONtinental (or CONterminus) United States
COSPAR—Committee On SPAce Research
COSTAR—Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
COTS—Commercial Off-The-Shelf
CPA—Certified Public Accountant
CPC—Climate Prediction Center (NWS Center)
cpi—characters per inch
CPL—Cloud Physics Lidar
CPR—CardioPulmonary Resuscitation
CPSC—Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPU—Central Processing Unit
CRAS—CIMSS Regional Assimilation System
CREST—Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto
Rico)
CrIS—Cross-track Infrared Sounder
CrO2—Chromium Oxide
CRT—Cathode Ray Tube
CS—Computer Science
CS&S—Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
CSBT—Clear-Sky Brightness Temperature
CSC—Computer Sciences Corporation
CSI—Coastal Studies Institute (LSU)
CSIRO—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
CSIS—Centralized Storm Information System
CSM—Comprehensive System Model
CSMP—Climate System Modeling Project
CSREES—Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service (USDA)
CST—Central Standard Time
CST—Convective-Stratiform Technique
CSU—Colorado State University (Ft. Collins)
CTD—Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
CTP—Cloud-Top Pressure
CTS—Committee on Teaching of Science
CU—University of Colorado
CVS—Concurrent Versions System
CWB—Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
CZCS—Coastal Zone Color Scanner
DAAC—Distributed Active Archive Center
DAO—Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
DARPA—Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASD—Direct Access Storage Device
DAT—Digital Audio Tape
DC—Detector Controller (DXS)
dc—direct current
DCS—Data Collection System (NOAA polar orbiting satellites)
DDE—Distributive Data Environment (McIDAS)
DDS—Domestic Data Service (NWS)
DE—Detector Electronics (DXS)
DEC—Digital Equipment Corporation
DESY—Deutsches
Elektronen-SYnchrotron
DFAD—Digital Feature Analysis Data
DFRC—Dryden Flight Research Center
DGVM—Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (GAIM)
DIFAX—DIgital FAcsimile map
DILHR—Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations
DIS—Data and Information System
disc—optical media (CDs)
DISEL—Diseno e Ingenieria de Systemas Electronicos
disk—magnetic media (floppies)
DIU—Detector Interface Unit (DXS)
DLESE—The Digital Library for Earth
System Education
DLL (or .dll)—Dynamic Link Libraries
DMA—Defense Mapping Agency
DMAP—Digital MAPping, charting and geodesy analysis program (USN)
DMIC—Deputy Meteorologist-In-Charge (NWS)
DMS—DiMethylSulphide
DMSP—Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (USAF)
DNAG—Decade of North American Geology
DNR—Department of Natural Resources
DNS—Domain Name System
DOA—Department of Administration (U.S.)
DOC—Department of Commerce (U.S.)
DOD—Department of Defense (U.S.)
DODS—Distributed Ocean Data System
DOE—Department of Energy (U.S.)
DOI—Department of the Interior (U.S.)
DoIT—Department of Information Technology (UW-MSN)
DOJ—Department of Justice (U.S.)
DOL—Department of Labor (U.S.)
DORIS—Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite
(EOS)
DOS—Department of State (U.S.)
DOS—Disk Operating System
DOT—Department of Transportation (U.S.)
DPI—Department
of Public Instruction
DPI—Derived Product Imagery
DPS—Detector Power Supply
DPS—Division of Planetary Science
DPSS—Data Processing Services Subsystem
DRIBU—DRIfting BUoy data
DS2—Second Dark Spot (Neptune)
DSDP—Deep Sea Drilling Project
DSP—Digital Signal Processing
DST—Data Systems Test
DTE—Data Terminal Equipment
DTED—Digital Terrain Elevation Data
DXS—Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer
E&CE—Electrical and Computer Engineering
EAA—Experimental Aircraft Association
EADS—Engineering and Data Analysis System
EarthKAM—Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle-schoolers
EBCDIC—Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
ECA—Effective Cloud Amount
ECB—Educational Communications Board
ECMWF—European Centre for Medium-range
Weather Forecasts
ECOSOC—ECOnomic and SOcial Council (UN)
ED—Department of Education (U.S.)
EDAS—Eta Data Assimilation System
EDC—EROS Data Center
EGA—Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EGSE—Electrical Ground Support Equipment
EHWD—Enhanced Hot Water Drill
EIA—Electronic Industries Association
EM—ElectroMagnetic
e-mail or email—electronic mail
EMC—ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
EMC—Environmental Modeling Center (NWS Center)
EMI—ElectroMagnetic Interference
EMT—Emergency Medical Technician
ENSO—El Niño/Southern Oscillation
EOS—Earth Observing System
EOSDIS—Earth Observing System Data and Information System
EOSP—Earth Observing Scanner Polarimeter
EPA—Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
EPS—European Polar Satellite
ER-2—Earth Resources (plane), #2 (NASA)
ERA—Employee Reimbursement Account
ERBE—Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
ERBS—Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
ERICA—Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic
ERL—Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
EROS—Earth Resources Observing System
ERS—ESA Remote Sensing satellite
ERSAF—Environment Remote Sensing Analysis Facility
ERSC—Environmental
Remote Sensing Center (IES)
ESA—European Space Agency
ESDD—Earth Science Data Directory
ESE—Earth Science Enterprise (NASA)
ESMR—Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
ESOC—European Satellite Operations Center
ESSA—Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA)
ESSP—Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission (ESSP)
ESTEC—European Space TEchnical Center
ETAC—Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAF)
EUMETSAT—EUropean organization for
the exploitation of METeorological SATellites
EVA—Extra Vehicular Activity
FAA—Federal Aviation Administration
FAM—Flight Assurance Manager (DXS)
FAO—Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
FAQ—Frequently Asked Questions (Internet)
Fax—facsimile
FCCC—Framework Convention on Climate Change
FD—Flight Day (NASA)
FDA—Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
FDIC—Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S.)
FedEx—Federal Express (colloquial till mid-1994, then new name)
FEMA—Federal Emergency Management Agency (U.S.)
FFA—Future Farmers of America
FFT—Fast Fourier Transform
FGGE—First GARP Global Experiment
FIFE—First ISLSCP Field Experiment
FIFO—First In, First Out
FIRE—First ISCCP Regional Field Experiment
FLAMBE—Fire Locating and Monitoring of Burning Emissions
FLOP—FLoating point OPeration
FLOWS—FAA-Lincoln Operational Weather Study
FNMOC—Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (U.S. Navy)
FOB—Federal Office Building
FOC—Faint Object Camera (HST)
FORTRAN—FORMula TRANslation
FOS—Family Of Services (NWS)
FOV—Field Of View
FPDT—Forecast Products Development Team (NOAA/ORA)
FPO—Field Project Office
FRB—Federal Reserve Board (U.S.)
FSL—Forecast Systems Laboratory (a NOAA ERL)
FTC—Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
FTE—Full-Time Equivalent
FTP—File Transfer Protocol (TCP/IP)
FTS—Fourier Transform Spectrometer (HIS, AERI, etc.)
FY—Fiscal Year
FYI—For Your Information
GAC—Global Area Coverage
GAIM—Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modeling (IGBP)
GALE—Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment
GAO—General Accounting Office (U.S.)
GAPEX—Ground-based Atmospheric Profiling EXperiment
GARP—Global Atmospheric Research Program
GARS—GOES Archive and Retrieval System
GASP—GOES Aerosol Smoke Product
GATE—GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment
GAW—Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO)
GB or Gb—Gigabyte
GB-HIS—Ground-Based HIS
GCIP—GEWEX Continental-scale International Project
GCM—General Circulation Model
GCOS—Global Climate Observing System
GCRP—Global Change Research Program
GCTE—Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (IGBP)
GDAS—Global Data Assimilation System
GDEM—Generalized Digital Environmental Model
GDS—Great Dark Spot (Neptune)
GEMPAK—GEneral Meteorological PAcKage (NASA/GSFC)
GEODAS—GEOphysical DAta System
GEOS—GEodetic Orbiting Satellite
GEOS—Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite
GEOSAT—GEOdetic SATellite
GET-WISE—Geoscience Enhancement for Teachers-Wisconsin Initiative for
Space Education
GEWEX—Global Energy and Water cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
GFDL—Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA)
GFMAO—Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (NASA)
GGI—Global positioning system Geoscience Instrument
GHz—GigaHertz
GIF—Graphics Interchange Format
GIFTS—Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer
GIFTS-IOMI—GIFTS-Indian Ocean METOC Imager(U.S.Navy)
GIMPAP—GOES I/M Product Assurance Plan
GINI—GOES Ingest & NOAAport Interface
GIS—Geographic Information System
GISP—Greenland Ice Sheet Project (PAGES)
GISS—Goddard Institute for Space Studies
GLAS—Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (ICEsat)
GLAS—Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences
GLERL—Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
GLIS—Global Land Information System (USGS)
GLOBE—Global Learning
and Observations to Benefit the Environment
GLRS—Geoscience Laser Ranging System
GMD—Grants Management Division (NOAA)
GMS—Geostationary Meteorological
Satellite (Japan)
GMT—Greenwich Mean Time (repl. by UTC)
GO3OS—Global Ozone Observing System (WMO)
GOES—Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
GOEZS—Global Ocean Euphotic Zone Study (IGBP)
GOFC—Global Observation of Forest Cover
GOLD—Global Observation of Landcover Dynamics
GORF—Goddard Optical Research Facility
GOS—Geomagnetic Observing System
GOWON—Gulf Offshore Weather Observing Network
GPCI—General Purpose Channel Interface
GPHIS—GeoPlatform High-resolution Interferometer Sounder
GPS—Global Positioning System
GRASP—GRaphic Animation System for Professionals
GRIB—GRIdded Binary
GSA—General Services Administration (U.S.)
GSAS—Geostationary Satellite Archive System
GSE—Ground Support Equipment
GSFC—Goddard Space Flight Center
GSOS—GPS Surface Observing System
GTE—Global Tropospheric Experiment (NASA)
GTM—Global Transport Model
GTS—Global Telecommunication System (WMO)
GUFMEX—GUlF of Mexico EXperiment
GUI—Graphical User Interface
GVAR—GOES VARiable
GWE—Global Weather Experiment (a.k.a. FGGE)
GWINDEX—GOES Rapid-Scan
Winds Experiment
H2O—water (vapor)
HAASC—Hughes/Aerojet/Aerospace/Space Command
HAWC—High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera
HDF—Hierarchical Data Format
HDS—High-resolution Data Stream (NWS)
HEAB—High Energy Astrophysics Branch (NASA)
HES—Hyperspectral Environmental Suite(NOAA, formerly the Advanced Baseline
Sounder)
HF—High Frequency
HHS—Department of Health and Human Services (U.S.)
HIMSS—HIgh-resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder
HIRDLS—HIgh-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (EOS)
HIRES—HIgh RESolution
HIRIS—HIgh-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (EOS)
HIRS—High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
HIS—High-resolution Interferometer Sounder
HITC—Hughes Information Technology Company
HLA—Human Leukocyte Antigen
HMO—Health Maintenance Organization
HMS—Hazard Mapping
System (NOAA)
HP—Hewlett-Packard
hPa—hectopascal
HPC—Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (NWS Center)
HPCC—High Performance Computing and Communications
HPD—Hourly Precipitation Data
HPGL—Hewlett Packard Graphics Language
HQ—HeadQuarters
HRIR—High Resolution Infrared Radiometer
HRPT—High Resolution Picture Transmission
HRS—High-Resolution data Service (NWS)
HSB—Humidity Sounder for Brazil
HSP—High Speed Photometer
HSR—High Spectral Resolution
HSRL—High Spectral Resolution Lidar
HST—Hubble Space Telescope
HTML—HyperText Markup Language
HTTP—HyperText Transfer Protocol (World Wide Web)
HUD—Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
HVPS—High Voltage Power Supply
Hz—Hertz
IAF—International Astronautical Federation
IAMAP—International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
IAP—Institute for Atmospheric Physics (PRC)
IAPP—International ATOVS Processing Package
IASI—Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (Europe)
IBL—Internal Boundary Layer
IBM—International Business Machines
ICDS—Ice Coring and Drilling Services
ICE—Image Composite Editor
ICEsat—Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (NASA)
ICI—Inversion Coupled with Imager (Meteo France)
ICSU—International Council of Scientific Unions
IDD—Internet Data Distribution (Unidata)
IDEA—Infusing satellite Data into Environmental Applications (NASA,
EPA, NOAA)
IDL—Interactive Data Language
IDS—International Data Service (NWS)
IDV—Integrated Data Viewer (Unidata)
IEEE—Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IERC—IceCube Education Resource Center
IES—Institute for Environmental Studies
IG—Inspector General
IGAC—International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project (IGBP)
IGARSS—International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
IGBP—International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (ICSU)
IGFA—International Group of Funding Agencies (IGBP)
IHC—Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference
IHOP—International H2O Project
IIPS—(International Conference on) Interactive Information and Processing
Systems (for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology-AMS)
IMAP—Internet Message Access Protocol
IMAPP—International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package
IMAX—MAXimum Image
IMD—India Meteorology Department
IMDC—Instructional Media Development Center (UW)
IMG—Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse gases
IMS—Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (NOAA)
INM—Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (Spain)
INO—Institute for Naval Oceanography
INPE—Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
INTERNET—INTERconnected computer NETwork
I/O—Input/Output
IOMI—Indian Ocean METOC Imager (Navy)
IOP—Intensive Observing Period
IP—Internet Protocol
IPCC—Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO/UNEP)
IPEI—Ionospheric Plasma and Electrodynamics Instrument
IPL—Initial Program Load
IR—InfraRed
IR/MW
IRIS—Infrared Radiation Interferometer Spectrometer (1960s)
IRS—Internal Revenue Service (U.S.)
IRTF—Infrared Telescope Facility (NASA)
ISCCP—International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (WCRP)
ISDN—Integrated Services Digital Network
ISI—Information Services International
ISI—Institute for Scientific Information
ISLSCP—International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (WCRP)
ISO—International Standards Organization
ISP—Internet Service Provider
ISRO—Indian Space Research Organisation
ISS—International Space Station
ISY—International Space Year (1992)
ITASE—International
Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition
ITCZ—InterTropical Convergence Zone
ITOVS—International TOVS
ITOS—Improved Television and infrared Observation Satellite (1970s)
ITPP—International TOVS Processing Package
ITS—Interferometer Thermal Sounder (HIS)
ITSC—International TOVS Study Conference
ITT—International Telephone and Telegraph
ITWG—International TOVS Working Group
IUGG—International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
IWG—Implementation Working Group
IWGDMGC—Interagency Working Group on Data Management for Global Change
JAM—Journal of Applied Meteorology
JASIN—Joint Air-Sea INteraction
JCL—Job Control Language
JCSDA—Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
JGOFS—Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP)
JGR—Journal of Geophysical Research
JMA—Japanese Meteorological Agency
JOI—Joint Oceanographic Institutions
JOSS—Joint Office for Science Support (UCAR)
JPEG—Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPL—Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JSC—Johnson Space Center (NASA, Houston)
K—Kelvin
K—Kilo, thousand
K–12—Kindergarten through 12th grade
Kb/s—kilobits per second
km—kilometer
KSC—Kennedy Space Center
LAC—Local Area Coverage
LAFM—Limited-Area Fine Mesh
Lake-ICE—Lake-Induced Convection Experiment
LAMBADA—Large scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazonia using Data
Assimilation (BAHC/GEWEX)
LAMPS—Limited-Area Mesoscale Prediction System
LAN—Local Area Network
LAPS—Local Analysis and Prediction System
LaRC—Langley Research Center (NASA)
laser—Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LAWS—Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (EOS)
LBA—Large-Scale Atmosphere-Biosphere Experiment in Amazonia
LBLRTM—Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model
LDA—Local Data Acquisition
LDM—Local Data Manager (Unidata)
LDW—Loran DropWindsonde
LED—Light Emitting Diode
LES—Large Eddy Simulation
LFM—Limited-area Fine Mesh (NMC)
LI—Lifted Index
LIDAR—LIght Detection And Ranging
LIMS—Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
LIS—Lightning Imaging Sensor
LMD—Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (France)
LOC—Library of Congress
LOICZ—Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
LORAN—LOng RAnge Navigation
LPN—Licensed Practical Nurse
LSE—Land Surface Emissivity
LST—Land Surface Temperature
LSU—Louisiana State University
LTE—Limited Term Employee
m—meter(s)
M—million (finance)
MACC—Madison Academic Computing Center
MAGICS—Meteorological Applications Graphics Integrated Colour System
MAMS—Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor
MAPS—Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System (NOAA/FSL)
MAS—MODIS Airborne Simulator
mb—millibar(s)
Mb or MB—Megabytes (or megabits)
MBA—Master of Business Administration
Mbps—Megabytes per second
Mb/s—Megabytes per second
MBT—Mechanical BathyThermograph
McIDAS—Man computer Interactive Data Access System
McIDAS-MVS—McIDAS on Multiple Virtual Storage
McIDAS-OS2—PC-McIDAS on Operating System/2
McIDAS-X—McIDAS running a UNIX-based operating system
McIDAS-XCD—McIDAS running UNIX for Conventional Data
McIDAS-XSD—McIDAS running UNIX for Satellite Data
MCS—Mesoscale Convective System
MD—Meteorological Data (McIDAS)
MDR—Manually Digitized Radar
MECCA—Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment (UCAR)
MELV—Minimum Local Emissivity Variance
MERLIN—Multisource EnviRonmental data dispLay for INternet archives (obsolete)
MET—Mission Elapsed Time (from time of launch)
METAR—METeorological Aviation Report
Meteosat—METEOrological SATellite (European)
METOC—METeorology and OCeanography
METOC—METeorological and OCeanographic
MHz—MegaHertz
MIDAS—Meteorological Interactive Data Access System
MIDDS—Meteorological Interactive Data Display System
MIEC—Meteorological Information Extraction Center
MIMR—Multifrequency Imaging Microwave Radiometer
MISR—Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
MIST—MIcroburst and Severe Thunderstorm program
MIT—Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MLEV—Minimum Local Emissivity Variance
MLS—Master of Library Science
MLS—Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS)
MM5—5th generation Pennsylvania State-NCAR Mesoscale Modeling system
MMCR—MilliMeter Cloud Radar
Modem—MOdulator-DEModulator
MODIS—MODerate-resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (EOS)
MODIS-N—MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer-Nadir (EOS)
MONEX—MONsoon EXperiment
MOODS—Master Ocean Observation Data Set
MOPITT—Measurements of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS)
MOS—Model Output Statistics
MOU—Memorandum Of Understanding
MPC—Marine Prediction Center (NWS Center)
MPEG—Motion Pictures Experts Group
MPL—MicroPulse Lidar
MPP—Massively Parallel Processing
MRE—Major Research Equipment
MRF—Medium Range Forecast (NCEP)
MSC—Meteorological Service of Canada
MS-DOS—MicroSoft Disk Operating System
MSFC—Marshall Space Flight Center
MSG—Meteosat Second Generation
MSL—Mean Sea Level
MSLP—MSL Pressure
MSS—Mass Storage System
MSS—Multi-Spectral Scanner
MSU—Microwave Sounding Unit
MTDC—Modified Total Direct Costs
MUG—McIDAS Users’ Group
MURI—Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (U.S. Navy)
MVS—Multiple Virtual Storage
NAAPS—Navy
Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System
NAIF—Navigation Ancillary Information Facility (JPL)
NAPAP—National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
NAS—National Academy of Sciences
NASA—National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASDA—National Space Development Agency (Japan)
NAST-I—NPOES Atmospheric Sounder Testbed-Interferometer
NAVAID—NAVigational AID
NCAR—National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCDC—National Climatic Data Center
NCDS—NASA Climate Data System
NCEP—National Centers for Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
NCSA—National Center for Supercomputing Applications (UI-Urbana/Champaign)
NCUA—National Credit Union Administration
NDBC—National Data Buoy Center
NDBO—Non-Directional Beacon Observation
NDVI—Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NEA—National Endowment for the Arts
NEDRES—National Environmental Data Referral Service
NEDT—Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature
NEH—National Endowment for the Humanities
NEPRF—Naval Environmental Prediction Research Facility
NESDIS—National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA)
netCDF—Network Common Data Form (UNIDATA)
NETWX—NETwork Weather
NEXRAD—NEXt generation RADar
NFRE—Net Flux Radiometer Experiment
NFS—Network File System
NGDC—National Geophysical Data Center
NGM—Nested Grid Model (NCEP)
NGS—National Geodetic Survey
NHC—National Hurricane Center (1996 colocated with TPC; NWS Center)
NIC—National Ice Center
NIC—Network Interface Card
NIDS—NEXRAD Information Dissemination Service
NIDS—NEXRAD Information Display System
NIH—National Institute of Health
NII—National Information Infrastructure
NIMH—National Institute of Mental Health
NIMS—Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (Galileo)
NIST—National Institute for Standards and Technology
NLDN—National Lightning Detection Network
NLS—Network Library System
nm—usually, nautical miles (unless specified as nanometers)
NMC—National Meteorological Center (old. NCEP, 1996; NWS Center)
NML—National Media Lab
NOAA—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAAport—satellite broadcast service that provides access to NOAA data and products
NOAASIS—NOAA Satellite Information System
NOAO—National Optical Astronomy Observatories
NOARL—Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory
NOAT—NPOESS Operational Algorithm Team
NODC—National Oceanic Data Center
NOGAPS—Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System
NOMHICE—Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Intercomparison Experiment (IGAC)
NOO—Naval Oceanographic Office
NORDA—Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
NORPEX—North Pacific Experiment
NOS—Network Operating System
NPOESS—National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NPR—National Public Radio
NPS—Numerical Products Service
NRAO—National Radio Astronomy Observatory
NRC—National Research Council
NRL—Naval Research Laboratory
N-ROSS—Navy-Remote Ocean Sensing System
NSA—National Security Agency
NSCAT—NASA wind SCATterometer
NSF—National Science Foundation
NSFnet—NSF network
NSIDC—National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSMC—National Satellite Meteorological Center (China)
NSSDC—National Space Science Data Center
NSSFC—National Severe Storms Forecast Center (old. 1996 AWC)
NSSL—National Severe Storms Laboratory (NWS Center)
NTIS—National Technical Information Service (DOC)
NTSB—National Transportation Safety Board
NTSC—National Television Standards Committee
NWP—Numerical Weather Prediction
NWS—National Weather Service (NOAA)
NWSFO—NWS Forecast Office
OAO—Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
OACT—Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology (NASA/HEAB)
OAR—Office of Atmospheric Research (NOAA)
OAT—Operational Algorithm Team
OCEANIC—OCEAn Network Information Center
OCLC—On-line Computer Library Center
ODT—Objective Dvorak Technique
OGP—Office of Global Programs
OIES—Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies (UCAR)
OIT—Office of Information Technology
OLS—Optical Line Scanner
OM—Operational Measurement
OMB—Office of Management and Budget
ONR—Office of Naval Research
OPSAT—OPerational SATellite
ORA—Office of Research & Applications (NOAA)
ORNL—Oak Ridge National Lab
OS/2—Operating System, Version 2
OSDPD—Office of Satellite Data Production
and Distribution (NOAA/NESDIS)
OSEI—Operational Significant Events Imagery (NOAA)
OSO—Orbiting Solar Observatory
OSS—Office of Space Science (NASA)
OSSE—Office of Space
Science Education (SSEC)
OSTP—Office of Science and Technology Policy (U.S.)
OSU—Oklahoma State University
OWL—On-line Weather Looper
PAAP—Planetary Astronomy & Atmospheres Programs
PAC—Processor Augmentation Card
PACJET—Pacific Landfalling Jets Experiment
PAGES—Past Global ChanGES
PALMS—Precision Agricultural-Landscape Modeling System
PARTS—Program to Address
ASEAN Regional Transboundary Smoke
Pas—Pascal
PATHFINDER—Probing ATmospHeric/AsTropHysical Flows in an INtegrated and
Distributed EnviRonment
PBL—Problem Based Learning
PBS—Public Broadcasting Service
PbSt—Lead Stearate
PC-McIDAS—Personal Computer-based McIDAS
PCRAS—CIMSS Regional Assimilation System
PDRC—Professional Development and Recognition Committee (UW-Madison)
PDT—Product Development Team
PDUS—Primary Data Utilization Site
PE—Processor Element
PEOPLE—Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence
(UW-Madison)
Perl—Practical extraction and report language
PGU—Plant Growth Unit
Ph.D.—Doctor of Philosophy
PHIGS—Programmer’s Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System
PHOXA—PHotochemical OXidant and Acid deposition (Europe)
PI—Principal Investigator
PIFTS—Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer
PLDS—Pilot Land Data System
PM—Program Manager
PMT—PhotoMultiplier Tube
POCC—Payload Operations Control Center (NASA)
POES—Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite
POP—Post Office Protocol
PORSEC—Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference
POSIX—Portable Operating System Interface-UNIX
PPI scan—Plan Position Indicator (lidar)
ppm—part per million
PPP—Point to Point Protocol
PPS—Public Products Service (NWS)
P.R.—Public Relations
PRC—People’s Republic of China
PRC, Inc.—Planning Research Corporation
PROFS—Program for Regional Observing and Forecasting Services (NOAA/ERL/FSL)
PROM—Programmable Read-Only Memory
PS/2—Personal System/2
PSL—Physical Sciences Lab
PV—PhotoVoltaic
PWV—Precipitable Water Vapor
RADM—Regional Acid Deposition Model
RAID—Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
RAM—Random Access Memory
RAMS—Regional Atmospheric
Modeling System (CSU)
RAOB—RAdiosonde OBservation
RASS—Radar Altimeter Speedometer Sounder
RASS—Radio Acoustic Sounding System
RESAC—Regional Earth Science Applications Center (NASA)
RF—Radio Frequency
RFI—Radio Frequency Interference
RFP—Request for Proposals
RGB—Red/Green/Blue
RGL—ReGionaL forecast Model
RHI scan—Range-Height Indicator (lidar)
RIG—Rooftop Instruments Group
RISC—Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RME—Relay Mirror Experiment
rms or RMS—root mean square
RMSD—Root Mean Square Difference
RMSE—Root Mean Square Error
ROM—Read-Only Memory
RUC—Rapid Update Cycle
SAA—South Atlantic Anomaly
SAB—Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS)
SAC—Scientific Advisory Council (of IGBP)
SAFARI—Southern African Regional Science Initiative
SAFIRE—Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere using Far InfraRed Emission
SAG—Systems Administration Group
SAGE—center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (UW-Madison
IES)
SAGE—Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (EOS)
SAIC—Science Applications International Corporation
SAIDAS—Sistema de Adquisicion e Integracion de DAtos de Satelite (Satellite
data integration and acquisition system, Spain)
SAL—Saharan Air Layer
SAL—Space Astronomy Laboratory
SAM—Signal Analyzing Monitor
SAO—Surface Aviation Observation
SAR—Synthetic Aperture Radar
SAs—Stratospheric Aerosols
SATEM—SAtellite TEMperature
SATOB—SATellite OBservation
SBN—Satellite Broadcast Network (NOAA)
SBRC—Santa Barbara Research Center
SBUV—Solar Backscatter UltraViolet radiometer (EOS)
SCAR—Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (ICSU)
SCOPE—Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU)
SCOR—Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (ICSU)
SCUBA—Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SDA—SSEC Display Adapter
SDAB—Systems Design and Applications Branch (old. NESDIS)
SDHS—Satellite Data Handling System
SDI—SSEC Desktop Ingestor
SDL—Space Dynamics Laboratory
SDM—Scientific Data Management (UNIDATA)
SDS—Satellite Data Services
SDSD—Satellite Data Services Division
S|E|A|—Software Engineering Australia
SEASAT—SEA SATellite
SEC—Space Environment Center (NWS Center)
SECC—State Employees’ Combined Campaign
SERON—South-Eastern Regional Oxidant Network (DOE, HIS)
SEVIRI—Spinning Environmental Visible and InfraRed Instrument (Europe)
SFOV—Single Field-Of-View
SFY—State Fiscal Year
SGI—Silicon Graphics Incorporated
SGML—Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGP—Southern Great Plains
SHARP—Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA)
SHEAL—Shuttle High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory (NASA, old)
SHEBA—Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean
S-HIS—Scanning High resolution Interferometer Sounder
SI—International Standard
SIGGRAPH—Special Interest Group on computer GRAPHics
SIRS—Satellite Infrared Radiation Spectrometer (1960s)
SLIP—Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLP—Sea-Level Pressure
SMA—State Meteorological Agency (PRC)
SMEX—SMall EXplorer
SMEX—Soil Moisture EXperiment
SMMR—Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
SMOCC—SMOke aerosols, Clouds, rainfall and Climate
SMOKE—Satellite Monitoring of Oil Fires in Kuwait Expedition (Limaye)
SMoKE—Satellite Measurements of Kuwait’s Effluent (Limaye)
SMS—Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
SMTP—Simple Mail Transport Protocol (Internet)
SN—Serial Number
SNR—Signal to Noise Ratio
SNR—Super Nova Remnant
SO2—sulfur dioxide
SOAT—Sounder Operational Algorithm Team
SOCC—Satellite Operations Control Center
SOHFI—Skin-layer Ocean Heat Flux Instrument
SOLSTICE—SOLar/STellar Irradiance interComparison Experiment
SONIC—SPAN: Ocean Network Information Center
SOP—Special Observing Period
SOPFEU—SOciété de Protection des forêts contre
le FEU (Quebec)
SOTER—SOil TERrain project
SPACE—Satellite Precipitation And Cloud Experiment
SPACE—Standards Performance Achievement & Curriculum Enhancement-WISE
SPAN—Space Physics Analysis Network (NASA)
SPANDAR—SPace ANd range RaDAR
SPC—Storm Prediction Center (NSSL; NWS Center)
SPECTRE—SPECTral Radiance Experiment (DOE)
SPECTRUM—SPecial Experiment Concerning Typhoon Recurvature and Unusual
Movement
SPF—South Polar Feature (Neptune)
SPIE—Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
SPIU—Sensor Processor Interface Unit
SPOC—Shuttle Payload of Opportunity Carrier
SPoRT—Short-term
Prediction Research and Transition (NASA)
SPOT—Systeme Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre satellite
SPRESO—South Pole Remote Earth Science Observatory
SRF—Spectral Response Function
SRI—Stanford Research Institute
SSA—Social Security Administration
SSAI
SSC—Suspended Sediment Concentration
SSDC—Space Science Data Center
SSEC—Space Science and Engineering Center
SSF—Specialized Service Facility (UW)
SSI—Space Studies Institute
SS/L—Space Systems/Loral, Inc. (formerly Ford Aerospace Corporation)
SSM/I—Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
SSM/T—Special Sensor Microwave/Temperature
SST—Sea Surface Temperature
SSU—Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
ST—Space Telescope
START—SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (IGBP)
STD—Salinity-Temperature-Depth
STEP—Satellite Technology Education Program (WSGC)
STIB—Stratosphere-Troposphere Interactions and the Biosphere
STIKSCAT—STIcK SCATterometer
STORM—Stormscale Operational and Research Meteorology
STORM-FEST—STORM-Fronts Experiment Systems Test
STS—Space Transportation System
STScI—Space Telescope Science Institute
STUC—Space Telescope User’s Committee
SUCCESS—SUbsonic aircraft: Contrail and Cloud Effects Special Study (NASA/Ames)
SUNY—State University of New York
SURE— Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
SVAT—Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer
SW—Short Wave
SWAMP—Science Working Group for the AM Platform (EOS)
SWIRLS—Stratospheric Wind InfraRed Limb Sounder
SYNOP—SYNoptic OPeration
Synop—synoptic (surface) observation
SYSOP—SYStem OPerator
TASC—The Analytic Sciences Corporation
Tb—Terabytes
TBD—To Be Determined
TC—Technical Computing
TC—Tropical Cyclones
TCIPO—TOGA COARE International Project Office
TCM—Tropical Cyclone Motion
TCP—Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP—Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDRSS—Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
TEA—Teacher Exploring Antarctica
TES—Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (EOS, Aura)
TESAC—TEmperature-SAlinity-Currents
THORPEX—THe Observing system Research and
Prediction EXperiment
3D-Var—Three-Dimensional Variational analysis
TIP—TIROS Information Processor (POES)
TIROS—Television InfraRed Observation Satellite
TLA—Three-Letter Acronym
TMR—TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
TN—Technical Note
TOGA—Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere (WCRP)
TOMS—Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
TOPEX—TOPographic EXperiment
TOS—TIROS Operational Satellite
TOVS—TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
TPC—Tropical Prediction Center (incl. NHC; NWS Center)
TPW—Total Precipitable Water
TRAGEX—TRAce Gas EXchange: Mid-latitude terrestrial ecosystems & atmosphere
(IGAC)
TRMM—Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
TSR—Terminate and Stay Resident program
TSR—Thermal and Solar Radiometer
TWERLE—Tropical Wind, Energy conversion and Reference Level Experiment
UA—Upper Air observation
UARS—Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
UART—Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
UAV—Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle
UCAR—University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
udres—Unidata resource library (not cap.)
UFO—Unidentified Flying Object
UHF—Ultra High Frequency
UI—University of Illinois
UIR—University/Industry Research (UW-Madison))
UIUC—University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UK—United Kingdom
ULTRIX—Berkeley UNIX 4.2 (DEC)
UN—United Nations
UNAVCO—University NAVstar COnsortium
UNCED—UN Conference on Environment and Development
UNEP—United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO—United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UnESS—University-class Earth System Science (NASA)
UNIX—not an acronym, a play on MULTIX (TM, AT&T)
UPC—Unidata Program Center
UPI—United Press International
UPS—Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL—Universal Resource Locator (Internet)
USAF—United States Air Force
USAKA—United States Army Kwajalein Atoll
USAP—United States Antarctic Program
USDA—U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS—U.S. Geological Survey
USPS—U.S. Postal Service
USRA—Universities Space Research Association
USSR—Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (up to September 1991)
USSR—Union of Sovereign Socialist Republics (after September 1991)
UTC—Universal Coordinated Time or Universal Time Coordinated (replaces
GMT)
UTH—Upper Tropospheric relative Humidity
UV—UltraViolet
UW—University of Wisconsin
V—Volts
VAAC—Volcanic Ash Advisory Center
VAB—Vehicle Assembly Building (KSC)
VAC—Volts Alternating Current
VAFB—Vandenberg Air Force Base
VAS—VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (launch, 9-9-80)
VAX—Virtual Address eXtension
VCP—Venus Composition Probe
VCR—Video Cassette Recorder
VDT—Video Display Terminal
VDUC—VAS Data Utilization Center
VEEGA—Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist (Galileo)
VGA—Video Graphics Array (IBM)
VHF—Very High Frequency
VIIRS—Visible/Infrared Imager and Radiometer Suite (NPOESS)
VIL—Volume Imaging Lidar
VIPS—VDUC Interactive Processing System
Vis5D—Visualization
of Five-Dimensional data
VisAD—Visualization for Algorithm Development
VISIT—Virtual
Institute for Satellite Integration Training (NWS)
VISSR—Visible and Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer
VLBI—Very Long Baseline Interferometry
VLF—Very Low Frequency
VM—Virtual Machine
VMS—Virtual Memory Systems
VOAT—VIIRS Operational Algorithm Team
VOC—Volatile Organic Compound
VOCAR—Variation of Coastal Atmospheric Refractivity (Navy)
VORTEX—Verification Of Tornadoes EXperiment
VRML—Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VROOM—Virtual Reality ROOM (SIGGRAPH)
VTPR—Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (ITOS)
VTR—VideoTape Recorder
WAA—Wisconsin Alumni Association
WAISCORES—West Antarctic Ice Sheet CORES
WARF—Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
WBI—Wisconsin Buffer Initiative
WCP—World Climate Programme
WCRP—World Climate Research Program (WMO/ICSU)
WCSAR—Wisconsin Center for Space Automation & Robotics (UW-MSN,
Coll.Eng.)
WF-ABBA—WildFire
ABBA
WFF—Wallops Flight Facility (NASA)
WFO—Weather Forecast Office (NWS)
WFPC—Wide Field and Planetary Camera (HST)
WG—Working Group
WHOI—Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
WIMO—WMO International Meteorological Organization
WINCE—WINter Cloud Experiment
Windii—Wind Doppler Imaging Interferometer (UARS)
WINNERSS—Wisconsin Idea National Network Education and Research in the
Space Sciences
WISC-T2000—Wisconsin Snow Ice-Terra 2000
WISE—Wisconsin Initiative for Space Education WISP—Wide-field Imaging
Survey Polarimeter (SAL)
WISP—Winter Icing and Storms Project
WIYN—Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO
consortium
w/m2—watt per meter squared
WME—Wisconsin Model Engine
WMO—World Meteorological Organization (UN)
WOCE—World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WCRP)
WPOP—Winds Product Oversight Panel (NESDIS)
WPR—Wisconsin Public Radio
WPS—Wisconsin Physicians Service
WRF—Weather Research Forecast model
WSGC—Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium
WSI—Weather Services International
WSMC—Western Space and Missile Center
WSST—Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers
WUPPE—Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimeter Experiment
WVIOP—Water Vapor Intensive Observing Period
WWII—World War II
WWRP—World Weather Research Programme (WMO)
WWW—WIDE WORD Workstation (TM, DataRam)
WWW—World Weather Watch
WWW—World Wide Web
WXP—Weather Processor (Unidata/Purdue University)
XBSS—X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer
XBT—eXpendable BathyThermograph
XGKS—X-window Graphics Kernel System (Unidata)
XIE—X-ray Imaging Experiment
XRAP—X-windows Radar Analysis Processing
X-Term—X-windows Terminal
Ynot—software from MacDonald Dettwiler (Unidata)
Y2K—Year 2000
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