CAcronyms and Other Initials
ACCP
Atlantic Climate Change Program
ADEOS
Advanced Earth Observing Satellite
AIRS
Aerometric Information Retrieval System
AIREP
Aircraft Enroute Report
AOML
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
ARCS
Atmospheric Radiation and Cloud Station
ARM
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program
ATSR
Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
CART
Cloud and Radiation Testbed
CENR
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability program
CNES
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (French National Center for Space Studies)
COADS
Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
COARE
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
CRC
Climate Research Committee
DERF
dynamic extended-range forecasting
ECMWF
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting
EMEX
Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
ENSO
El Niño/Southern Oscillation
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOSDIS
Earth Observing System Data and Information System
EPOCS
Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies
ERS
Earth Remote Sensing Satellite
ESA
European Space Agency
FSU
Florida State University
GEOSAT
Geodetic satellite
GFO
GEOSAT follow-on
GAME
GEWEX Asia Monsoon Experiment
GARP
Global Atmospheric Research Program
GCIP
GEWEX Continental-scale International Project
GCM
general circulation model
GCOS
Global Climate Observing System
GEWEX
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GOALS
Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System
GOOS
Global Ocean Observing System
GTS
Global Telecommunication System
ICSU
International Council of Scientific Unions
IFREMER
Institut Français de Rechèrche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IRICP
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
ITCZ
Intertropical Convergence Zone
JGOFS
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
MODIS-N
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Nadir
MSU
Microwave Sounding Unit
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASDA
National Space Development Agency of Japan
NMC
National Meteorological Center
NOAA
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NORPAX
North Pacific Experiment
NRC
National Research Council
NSCAT
NASA Scatterometer
OCTS
Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner
OLR
outgoing longwave radiation
PEQUOD
Pacific Equatorial Ocean Dynamics
PMEL
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
SACZ
South Atlantic Convergence Zone
SAR
Synthetic Aperture Radar
SeaWiFS
Sea-Viewing, Wide Field-of-View Sensor
SEQUAL-FOCAL
Seasonal Equatorial Atlantic Experiment-Francais Ocean et Climat dans l'Atlantique Equatorial
SHEBA
Surface Heat and Energy Budget of the Arctic
SOI
Southern Oscillation Index
SPCZ
South Pacific Convergence Zone
SSMI
Special Sensor Microwave Imager
SST
sea-surface temperature
STORM
Storm-scale Operational and Research Meteorology
TAO
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (array)
TIWE
Tropical Instability Wave Experiment
TOGA
Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere program
TOPEX
Ocean Surface Topography Experiment
TPFO
TOPEX/Poseidon Follow-On
T-POP
TOGA Program on Prediction
TRMM
Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission
VISSR
Visible and Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer
VOS
Volunteer Observing Ships
WCRP
World Climate Research Program
WEPOCS
Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Studies
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WOCE
World Ocean Circulation Experiment
WWW
World Weather Watch
XBT
Expendable Bathythermograph
ZC
Zebiak-Cane model
