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Appendix F: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Pages 209-212

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... FAbbreviations and Acronyms AMEX Australian Monsoon Experiment APARE East Asia/North Pacific Regional Study ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer BAHC Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle CAMS Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences CAST Chinese Association of Science and Technology CERN Chinese Ecological Research Network CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CHAASE China and America Air-Sea Experiments CH4 Methane CISNAR Commission for Integrated Survey of Natural Resources CNCC Chinese National Climate Committee CNCIGBP Chinese National Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program COARE Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Agreement CODATA Committee on Data for Science and Technology CO2 Carbon dioxide CRAES Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences 209
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... GAIM Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modeling GCM General Circulation Model GCTE Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment GIS Geographic Information System GMCC Global Monitoring for Climate Change Laboratory HEIFE Sino-lapanese Atmosphere-Land Surface Processes Experiment HD/GEC Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions IGAC International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Program IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ISSC International Social Science Council IGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study LASG Laboratory of Numerical Modelling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics LOICZ Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone LREIS Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information Systems LTER Long-Term Ecological Research MAB Man and the Biosphere Program MFECS Margin Flux in the East China Sea MOA Ministry of Agriculture MOF Ministry of Forestry MOFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs MOGM Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources MOWR Ministry of Water Resources
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... APPENDIX F NAS NASA NCAR NCCCG NDVI NEPA NOAA NO2 NOx N2O NPP NSF NSFC National Academy of Sciences National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Center for Atmospheric Research National Climate Change Coordination Group Normalized Difference Vegetation Index National Environmental Protection Agency (China) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nitrite Nitrogen oxides Nitrous oxide Net Primary Productivity National Science Foundation National Natural Science Foundation of China Ozone PAGES Past Global Changes PC Personal Computer PEM Pacific Exploratory Mission PIXE Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission QA/QC Quality Assurance and Quality Control RCEES Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences RRC Regional Research Center RRN Regional Research Network RRS Regional Research Site SC-IGBP Scientific Committee for the International Geosphere Biosphere Program State Education Commission State Environmental Protection Commission State Meteorological Administration State Oceanographic Administration Sulfur dioxide State Planning Commission State Science and Technology Commission System for Analysis, Research, and Training Thematic Mapper Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Program SEDC SEPC SMA SOA so2 SPC SSTC START TM TOGA 211
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... 212 APPENDIX F UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development UNDP United Nations Development Program UNEP United Nations Environment Program UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization WCRP World Climate Research Program WDC World Data Center WMO World Meteorological Organization WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment Currency exchange rate used: $1=5.5 yuan.


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