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Appendix E: Acronyms
Pages 158-163

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... Acronyms ADEOS ADM AFGWC AIRS ALADI N AMSU AO APS ASCAT ASOS ATMS AWS CALI PSO CERSAT CMIS CNES COSMIC CRD CrlS Advanced Earth Observation Satellite Atmospheric Dynamics Mission Air Force Global Weather Center Atmospheric Infrared Radiation Sounder Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit Announcement of Opportunity Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor Advanced Scatterometer Automated Surface Observi ng System Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Air Weather Service Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Centre ERS d'Arch ivage et de Traitement Conical Microwave Imager/Sounder Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, ionosphere, and Climate Capstone Requirements Document Cross-track Infrared Sounder 158
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... Imager GMES Global Monitoring for Environmental Security GOES Geostationary Operational Envi ronmental Satel I ite GOES-N EXT Geostationary Operational Envi ronmental Satel I ite-Next Generation G PM G lobal Precipitation Measurement GPS Global Positioning System G PS/MET G lobal Position i ng System/Meteorology GPSOS Global Positioning System Occultation Sensor G RACE G ravity and Cl i mate Experi ment GSFC Goddard Space Fl ight Center 159
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... 160 Satellite Observations of the Earth's Environment HIRS IASI ICESat IFREMER IORD IPO IR ITO ITOS IV&V JCSDA JHT lidar LIS LLWAS LMS METOP MHS MNS MODIS MOU MSU NASA NASDA NCAR NCDC NCEP NESDIS N ESS NHC Nimbus NMC NMP NOAA High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder I nterferometer Atmospheric Sou nd i ng I nstrument Ice, Clouds, and Land Elevation Satellite French Research I nstitute for Exploitation of the Sea I ntegrated Operational Requ i remeets Document I ntegrated Program Office infrared Interagency Transition Office I mproved Tl ROS Operational Satel I ite Independent Verification and Val idation Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Joint Hurricane Testbed light detection and ranging Lightn i ng I magi ng Sensor Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System Lightning Mapper Sensor Meteorological Operational Polar satel I ites of EUMETSAT Microwave Humidity Sounder Mission Needs Statement Moderate-resol ution I magi ng Spectroradiometer Memorandum of Understanding Microwave Sounding Unit National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Space Development Agency of Japan National Center for Atmospheric Research National Climate Data Center National Centers for Environmental Prediction National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA) National Envi ronmental Satel I ite Service National Hurricane Center NASA environmental research satellite series National Meteorological Center New Millennium Program National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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... Appendix E NOAA SEC NOAA Space Environment Center NOMSS National Operational Meteorological Satellite System NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System N PP N POESS Preparatory Project N RC National Research Counci I NRO National Reconnaissance Office N ROSS Navy Remote Ocean Sensing System NSCAT NASA Scatterometer NSF National Science Foundation NWP Numerical Weather Prediction NWS National Weather Service OFCM Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology OLS Operational Linescan System OMB Office of Management and Budget OMPS Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite ORD Operational Requirements Document OSE Observing System Experiment OSI P Operational Satel I ite I mprovement Program OSTM Ocean Surface Topography Mission OTA Office of Technology Assessment OTD Optical Transient Detector PI principal investigator PMR Pressure-Modulator Radiometer POES Polar-orbiti ng Operational Envi ronmental Satel I ite QuikSCAT Quick Scatterometer Qui kTOMS Quick Total Ozone Mappi ng Spectrometer R&D research and development RCA Radio Corporation of America RMS root mean square RO radio occultation S3 Satellite Surface Stress SAR synthetic aperture radar SASS Seasat-A Satellite Scatterometer SCAMS Scan n i ng Microwave Spectrometer 161
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... Weather Research Program UW U n iversity of Wisconsi n UV ultraviolet VAS VISSR Atmospheric Sounder VH RR/AVH RR Very H igh Resol ution Radiometer/Advanced VH RR VIIRS Visible/lnfrared Imager/Radiometer Suite Vl RS Visible I nfrared Scan ner VISSR Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer VOLCAM Volcan ic Ash Mapper VTPR Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
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... Appendix E 163 WSOA Wide Swath Ocean Altimeter WSR88-D Weather Survei I lance Radar-1 988 Doppler
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Key Terms

  • geostationary operational
  • profile radiometer
  • temperature profile
  • weather research
  • spin scan

  • infrared spin
  • vertical temperature
  • global positioning
  • goddard space
  • occultation sensor

  • scan radiometer
  • environmental security
  • research program


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