| ACE |
Aerosol-Cloud-Ecosystems |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| AVIRIS |
Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer |
| BOUSSOLE |
Bouée pour l’acquisition de Séries Optiques à Long Terme |
| CALIPSO |
Cloud-Aerosol LIDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation |
| CCI |
Climate Change Initiative |
| CCMA |
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment |
| CDOM |
Colored Dissolved Organic Matter |
| CDR |
Climate Data Records |
| CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
| CHIRP |
Commercially Hosted InfraRed Payload |
| CMA |
China Meteorological Administration |
| CNES |
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales |
| CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
| COCTS |
Chinese Ocean Colour and Temperature Scanner |
| COMS |
Communications Oceanography and Meteorology Satellite |
| CONUS |
Contiguous United States |
| CWI |
Coastal Waters Imaging |
| CZCS |
Coastal Zone Color Scanner |
| CZI |
Coastal Zone Imager |
| DOC |
Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| ECV |
Essential Climate Variables |
| EDR |
Environmental Data Record |
| ENSO |
El Niño Southern Oscillation |
| ENVISAT |
Environmental Satellite |
| EOS |
Earth Observing System |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| ESL |
Expert Support Laboratory |
| FOV |
Field-Of-View |
| GCOM |
Global Change Observation Mission |
| GCOM-C |
Global Change Observation Mission for Climate Research |
| GCOS |
Global Climate Observing System |
| GEO |
Geostationary Earth Orbit |
| GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
| GEOCAPE |
Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events |
| GHRSST |
Group for High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature |
| GLAS |
Geoscience Laser Altimeter System |
| GLI |
Global Imager |
| GMES |
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security |
| GOCI |
Geostationary Ocean Color Imager |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| GOES-R |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite “R” Series |
| GSD |
Ground Sample Distance |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
| GUM |
Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement |
| HAB |
Harmful Algal Bloom |
| HICO |
Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean |
| HyspIRI |
Hyperspectral Infrared Imager |
| IFA |
Integrated Filter Assembly |
| IOC |
Initial Operational Configuration |
| IOCCG |
International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group |
| IOP |
Inherent Optical Properties |
| IPO |
Integrated Program Office |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| ISRO |
Indian Space Research Organization |
| ITAR |
International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
| JAXA |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| JPSS |
Joint Polar Satellite System |
| LED |
Light-Emitting Diodes |
| LEO |
Low Earth Orbit |
| LIDAR |
LIght Detection And Ranging |
| LMR |
Living Marine Resources |
| MERIS |
Medium-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| MERSI |
Medium Resolution Spectral Imager |
| MOBY |
Marine Optical Buoy |
| MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| MTF |
Modulation Transfer Function |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCDC |
National Climate Data Center |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |
| NGAS |
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems |
| NIR |
Near-Infrared |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOMAD |
NASA bio-Optical Marine Algorithm Dataset |
| NOS |
National Ocean Service |
| NPOESS |
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| NPP |
NPOESS Preparatory Project |
| NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
| NRT |
Near-Real Time |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| OBB |
Ocean Biology and Biochemistry |
| OBPG |
Ocean Biology Processing Group |
| OCM |
Ocean Colour Monitor |
| OCM-2 |
Ocean Colour Monitor on-board Oceansat-2 |
| OCR |
Ocean Color Radiance |
| OCR-VC |
Ocean Colour Radiometry Virtual Constellation |
| OCTS |
Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner |
| OES |
Ocean Ecology Spectrometer |
| OLCI |
Ocean Land Colour Instrument |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| OOB |
Out-of-Band |
| PACE |
Pre-Aerosol-Clouds-Ecosystems |
| PAR |
Photosynthetically Available Radiance |
| PIC |
Particulate Inorganic Carbon |
| POC |
Particulate Organic Carbon |
| POLDER |
Polarization and Directionality of the Earth’s Reflectances |
| PRISM |
Portable Remote Imaging SpectroMeter |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RSR |
Relative Spectral Response |
| RT |
Radiative Transfer |
| RTE |
Radiative Transfer Equation |
| SAB |
Scientific Advisory Board |
| SCIAMACHY |
SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CartograpHY |
| SEADAS |
SeaWiFS Data Analysis System |
| SeaWiFS |
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
| SIMBIOS |
Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies |
| S-GLI |
Second-Generation Global Imager |
| SNR |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| SOA |
State Ocean Administration |
| SST |
Sea Surface Temperature |
| SWIR |
Short Wave Infrared |
| TOA |
Top of Atmosphere |
| TZCF |
Transition Zone Chlorophyll Front |
| USAF |
U.S. Air Force |
| UV |
Ultraviolet |
| VIIRS |
Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite |
| VIS |
Visible Spectrum |
| VNR |
Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer |
