| ACS |
American Community Survey |
| APL |
Applied Physics Laboratory |
| ASPRS |
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| AVIRIS |
Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer |
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| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
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| CDR |
climate data record |
| COSMIC |
Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate |
| COSMO-SkyMed |
Constellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation |
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| DESDynI |
Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice mission |
| DMC |
Disaster Monitoring Constellation |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOI |
Department of the Interior |
| DSM |
digital surface model |
| DTM |
digital terrain model |
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| ECV |
essential climate variable |
| EOSAT, Inc. |
Earth Observation Satellite (company) |
| EROS A |
Earth Resources Observation Satellite |
| EROS Center |
Earth Resources Observation and Science Center |
| ERS-1/2 |
European Remote Sensing Satellites 1 and 2 |
| ERTS |
Earth Resources Technology Satellite, also Landsat 1 |
| ETM+ |
Enhanced Thematic Mapper |
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| FCDR |
fundamental climate data record |
| FNCCC |
First National Climate Change Communication |
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| FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| GCOS |
Global Climate Observing System |
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| HyspIRI |
Hyperspectral Infrared Imager |
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| InSAR |
interferometric synthetic aperture radar |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
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| JERS-1 |
Japanese Earth Resources Satellite 1 |
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| KOMPSAT 2, 3A |
Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite 2 and 3A |
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| LANDFIRE |
Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools |
| LDCM |
Landsat Data Continuity Mission |
| LiDAR |
light detection and ranging |
| LIST |
LiDAR Surface Topography |
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| MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| MSI |
Multispectral Imager |
| MSS |
Multispectral Scanning System |
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| NAIP |
National Agriculture Imagery Program |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NGA |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPOESS |
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| NPP |
National Polar-orbiting Partnership |
| NPS |
National Park Service |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
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| OLI |
Operational Land Imager |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
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| R&D |
research and development |
| RBV |
Return Beam Vidicon |
| REDD |
United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries |
| RFI |
request for information |
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| SAR |
synthetic aperture radar |
| SEASAT |
Seafaring Satellite Mission |
| SELIP |
Sustained and Enhanced Land Imaging Program |
| SIR-C |
Spaceborne Imaging Radar C band |
| SPOT 5, 6, 7 |
Système pour l’Observation de la Terre (System for Earth Observation) |
| SWIR |
shortwave infrared region |
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| TACSAT-3 |
Tactical Satellite 3 |
| TCDR |
thematic climate data record |
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| TerraSAR-X |
Terra Synthetic Aperture Radar X-band |
| TIR |
thermal infrared region |
| TIRS |
Thermal Infrared Sensor |
| TM |
Thematic Mapper |
| TOPEX/Poseidon |
Topography Experiment/Poseidon |
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| UCAR |
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| USFS |
U.S. Forest Service |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
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| VIIRS |
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite |
| VNIR |
visible and near-infrared region |
