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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2004. Review of NASA's Solid-Earth Science Strategy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11084.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations


ASTER

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer

AVIRIS

Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer


CCSP

Climate Change Science Program

CHAMP

CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload

CNRS

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique


DFG

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

DOE

Department of Energy


EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERS

European Remote-Sensing Satellite

ESA

European Space Agency


GLAS

Geoscience Laser Altimetry System

GOCE

Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Mission

GPS

Global Positioning System

GRACE

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment


ICESat

Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite

IGRF

International Geomagnetic Reference Field

InSAR

interferometric synthetic aperture radar

IS

imaging spectroscopy

IT

information technology


LIDAR

LIght Detection And Ranging


Magsat

Magnetic Field Satellite

MASTER

MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer


NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NEHRP

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program

NGA

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRC

National Research Council

NSF

National Science Foundation


PBO

Plate Boundary Observatory


SAC-C

Satelite de Aplicanciones Cientificas-C

SAFOD

San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth

SESWG

Solid-Earth Science Working Group (NASA)

SPOT

Systeme Probatoire pour l’Observation de la Terre

SRTM

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2004. Review of NASA's Solid-Earth Science Strategy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11084.
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TOPEX

Ocean TOPography EXperiment


USArray

United States Seismic Array

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

USGS

United States Geological Survey

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2004. Review of NASA's Solid-Earth Science Strategy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11084.
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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2004. Review of NASA's Solid-Earth Science Strategy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11084.
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The report reviews NASA's solid-earth science strategy, placing particular emphasis on observational strategies for measuring surface deformation, high-resolution topography, surface properties, and the variability of the earth’s magnetic and gravity fields. The report found that NASA is uniquely positioned to implement these observational strategies and that a number of agency programs would benefit from the resulting data. In particular, the report strongly endorses the near-term launch of a satellite dedicated to L-band InSAR measurements of the land surface, which is a key component of the U.S. Geological Survey’s hazards mitigation program and the multi-agency EarthScope program.

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