Appendix G
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AO
announcement of opportunity
ASCA
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics
AXAF
Advanced X-ray Astronomy Facility (renamed Chandra X-ray Observatory)
BBXRT
Broadband X-ray Telescope
BCS
Bragg crystal spectrometer
CCD
charge-coupled device
CDAW
coordinated data analysis workshop
CGRO
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
CISP
Committee on International Space Programs
COSPAR
Committee on Space Research
DSN
Deep Space Network
DUC
data use coordinator
ELV
Expendable Launch Vehicle
EML
Equatorial Magnetosphere Laboratory
EPIC
energetic particle and ion composition
ESA
European Space Agency
ESF
European Science Foundation
ESSC
European Space Science Committee
GIS
gas imaging spectrometer
GSFC
Goddard Space Flight Center (United States)
GTL
Geomagnetic Tail Laboratory
HEASARC
Geomagnetic Tail Laboratory
HEP
high-energy particle
HESSI
High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
HXT
hard X-ray telescope
IACG
Inter-Agency Consultative Group (for space science)
IPL
Interplanetary Physics Laboratory
ISAS
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)
ISTP
International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (program)
JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
JSC
Science Council of Japan
KSC
Kagoshima Space Center (Japan)
LAC
large-area proportional counter
LEP
low-energy plasma analyzer
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MITI
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
MOU
memorandum of understanding
MSFC
Marshall Space Flight Center
MSSL
Mullard Space Science Laboratory (United Kingdom)
NAOJ
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States)
NASCOM
NASA Communications
NASDA
National Aeronautics and Space Development Agency (Japan)
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology (United States)
NOAA
National Institute of Standards and Technology (United States)
NRC
National Research Council
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory (United States)
NSSDC
NASA's Space Science Data Center
OPEN
Origin of Plasmas in the Earth's Neighborhood
PI
principal investigator
PPARC
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (United Kingdom)
PPL
Polar Plasma Laboratory
PV
performance verification
RAL
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom)
ROSAT
Roentgen Satellite
SAC
Space Activities Commission (Japan)
SCOSTEP
Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics
SERC
Science and Engineering Research Council (United Kingdom)
SIS
solid-state imaging spectrometer
SMM
Solar Maximum Mission
SOHO
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SR&T supporting research and technology
SRC
Space Research Committee (Japan)
SSB
Space Studies Board (United States)
SSOC
Sagamihara Spacecraft Operation Center (Japan)
STS
Space Transportation System
SWG
science working group
SXO
Spectroscopic X-Ray Observatory
SXT
soft X-ray telescope
TRACE
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer
WBS
wideband spectrometer
WG
working group
XRT
X-ray telescope