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Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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... Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations AABW Antarctic bottom water ACC Antarctic Circumpolar Current ASL Amundsen Sea Low CESM Community Earth System Model CFC chlorofluorocarbon CMIP5 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 CO2 carbon dioxide CP El Niño Modoki EM electromagnetic ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation Envisat Environmental satellite EP Canonical El Niño ERA European reanalysis ERS European Remote Sensing ESMR Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer GHG greenhouse gas ICESat Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change MIZ marginal ice zone MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MPAS Model for Prediction Across Scales MSA methanesulfonic acid MSLP mean sea level pressure NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research PSA Pacific South American SAM Southern Annular Mode SOSE Southern Ocean State Estimate SST sea surface temperature UCDW Upper Circumpolar Deep Water 51

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