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Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 47-48

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... Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AgRISTARS Agriculture and Resources Inventory Surveys Through Aerospace Remote Sensing AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CBWP Corn Blight Watch Program EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EROS Earth Resources Operations and Science EUMETSAT European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites EWS early warning system FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FEWS Famine Early Warning System FEWS NET Famine Early Warning System Network GIS geographic information system GPM Global Precipitation Measurement mission GPS Global Positioning System HPS hantavirus pulmonary syndrome IKONOS Commercial earth observation satellite collecting high resolution multispectral and panchromatic imagery LACIE Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment MERIS Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MOPITT Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere; instrument on Terra spacecraft measuring CO and CH4 in the troposphere
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... Geological Survey USGS/EDC U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Operations and Science Data Center UN United Nations VIIRS Visible Infrared Imager Raidometer Suite VRT variable rate technology WatER Water Elevation Recovery mission WRSI Water Requirement Satisfaction Index
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