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Appendix D: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Special Names
Pages 241-246

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... COSPAR Scientific Committee on Space Research (ICSU) CRRES Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite CSEDI Cooperative Studies of the Earth's Deep interior pop data collection platform DE-2 Dynamics Explorer DIM declination inclination magnetometer 241
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... General Accounting Office GDS geomagnetic deep sounding GEM Global Environmental Monitoring GGS Global Geospace Science GIN Geomagnetic Information Node GIS geographic information systems GLONASS USSR Global Navigation Satellite System GMS Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (Japan) GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GPS Global Positioning System HILAT High-Latitude Satellite IAGA International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IUGG
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... International Geomagnetic Reference Field International Geophysical Year (1957-1959) International Lithosphere Program interplanetary magnetic field IMP Interplanetary Monitoring Platform INTERMAGNET International Real-Tune Geomagnetic Observatory Network 243 IRIS Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology IRM Institute for Rock Magnetism ISEE International Sun-Earth Explorer ISTP International Solar-Terrestrial Physics IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics JUGS International Union of Geological Sciences IZMIRAN Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism (Russia)
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... NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation ODP Ocean Drilling Program OEDIPUS Observations of Electric-Field Distributions in the Ionospheric Plasma- a Unique Strategy Oersted Danish national satellite program OSSA Office of Space Science and Applications (NASA) PACEM Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials Pc, Pi Rapid fluctuations of the geomagnetic field having periods from a fraction of a second to tens of minutes, lasting from minutes to hours.
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... STP solar-terrestrial physics SYNOP Synoptic Ocean Prediction TIMED Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics TIROS Television Infrared Observation Satellite UARS Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite ULF ultra-low frequency ULYSSES NASA/ESA spacecraft to investigate heliospheric phenomena out of the ecliptic plane UNOLS University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System USAF U.S. Air Force USGC U.S.
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... 246 VLBI VLF WDC Wind THE NATIONAL GEOMAGNETIC INITIATIVE very-long-baseline interferometry very low frequency World Data Center solar-wind monitoring satellite (NASA)
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  • global geospace
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  • data acquisition

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  • space environment
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  • field satellite
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  • environmental services
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  • ecliptic plane
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  • intermagnet international


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