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Appendix I: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix I: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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ASCENDS Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons ATLAS Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System ATMS Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder AWS automated weather station B benefit BSRN Baseline Surface Radiation Network CALIOP Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations CEOS Committee on Earth Observing Satellites CERES Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System CH4 methane CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Network CLARREO Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory CMIP Climate Model Intercomparison Project CNES Centre National d'Études Spaciales CO2 carbon dioxide CRF cloud radiative forcing DESDynI Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice 102
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APPENDIX I 103 DSCOVR Deep Space Climate Observatory ECS equilibrium climate sensitivity ECV essential climate variable ENSO El Niño southern oscillation EOS Earth Observing System ERBE Earth Radiation Budget Experiment ERF effective radiative forcing ESA European Space Agency ESD Earth Science Division ESSP Earth System Science Pathfinder EUMETSAT European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites EV Earth Venture EVI Earth Venture-Instrument EVM Earth Venture Mission EVS Earth Venture Suborbital FY fiscal year GCOS Global Climate Observing System GEDI Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation GEO-CAPE Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events GIA Glacial Isostatic Adjustment GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System GOSAT Greenhouse gases Observing Satellite GPM Global Precipitation Measurement GPS-RO GPS-Radio Occultation GRACE Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment GRACE-FO Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on GRUAN GCOS Reference UpperAir Network GSICS Global Space-based Intercalibration System HyspIRI Hyperspectral Infrared Imager I importance ICESat Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite ICESat-2 Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 IDPS Interface Data Processing Segment InSAR interferometric synthetic aperture radar IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IR infrared ISRO Indian Space Research Organization JPSS Joint Polar Satellite System JPSS-2 Joint Polar Satellite System-2 LDCM Landsat Data Continuity Mission LW longwave MOD merged ozone data
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104 CONTINUITY OF NASA EARTH OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE MODIS Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MSU Microwave Sounding Unit NAC NASA Advisory Council NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NESDIS National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service NISAR NASA-ISRO synthetic aperture radar NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NPP NPOESS Preparatory Project NRA NASA Research Announcement NRC National Research Council OCO Orbiting Carbon Observatory OCO-2 Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 OIB Operation IceBridge OMPS-L Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb OSSE Observing System Simulation Experiment PACE Pre-Aerosol, Clouds, and Ocean Ecosystem PMOD Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos Q quality QBO quasi-biennial oscillation QESO quantified Earth science objective QuickSCAT Quick Scatterometer RBI Radiation Budget Instrument ROSES Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences RSS Remote Sensing System S success probability SAGE III Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment–III SAR synthetic aperture radar SBUV Solar Backscatter UltraViolet SCC Social Cost of Carbon memo SMAP Soil Moisture Active-Passive SMMI Special Sensor Microwave Imager S-NPP Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership SORCE Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment SST sea surface temperature SW shortwave SW CRF shortwave cloud radiative forcing SWOT Surface Water and Ocean Topography SYN Synoptic Radiative Fluxes and Clouds TIM Total Irradiance Monitor TIR thermal infrared TLT temperature lower troposphere
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APPENDIX I 105 TOA top of the atmosphere TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer TOPEX Ocean Topography Experiment TRL technology readiness level TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission TSI total solar irradiance TSIS Total Solar Irradiance Sensor TSIS-2 Total Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 U utility UAH University of Alabama in Huntsville USGS U.S. Geological Survey UV ultraviolet V value VIIRS Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite VIS visible WMO World Meteorological Organization
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