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From page 185... ... Appendix C Acronyms ABoVE Artic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment ACCP Aerosol and Cloud, Convection and Precipitation ACTIVATE Aerosol-Cloud-Meteorology Interaction Airborne Field Investigations AGL above ground level AirMOSS Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface AIRSAR Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar AirSWOT Air Surface Water and Ocean Topography ARCTAS Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites ARISE Arctic Radiation IceBridge Sea and Ice Experiment ASCENDS Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons ASL above sea level ASO Airborne Snow Observatory ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ATM Airborne Topographic Mapper ATom Atmospheric Tomography Mission ATTREX Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment AVIRIS Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Classic AVIRIS-NG Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Next Generation BioSCape Biodiversity: Marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Biodiversity Survey of the Cape CAMEX Convection And Moisture EXperiment CBLAST Coupled Boundary Layer Air–Sea Transfer CH4 methane CH2O formaldehyde CLPX Cold Land Processes Field Experiment CO carbon monoxide CO2 carbon dioxide CORAL COral Reef Airborne Laboratory CPEX Convective Processes Experiment CPEX-AW Convective Processes Experiment -- Aerosols and Winds DC3 Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry DC-8 Douglas DC-8-72 aircraft 185 Read the entire page →
From page 186... ... Department of Interior DopplerScat Doppler Scatterometer ECOSTRESS ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station eMAS Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator EMIT Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation ER-2 Earth Resources 2 ESAS Earth Science and Applications from Space Decadal Survey ET evapotranspiration EUFAR European Facility for Airborne Research EVI Earth Venture Instrument EVS Earth Venture Suborbital FAA Federal Aviation Administration FIREX-AQ Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality GCPEx Global Precipitation Measurement Cold Season Precipitation Experiment GEDI Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation GEO geostationary Earth orbit GeoCARB Geostationary Carbon Observatory GEOS Goddard Earth Observing System GIII Gulfstream III GIV Gulfstream IV GLISTIN-A Glacier and Ice Surface Topography Interferometer GPM Global Precipitation Measurement GPS Global Positioning System GRIP Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes GV Gulfstream V HASP High Altitude Student Platform HIAPER High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research HIPPO High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research (HIAPER) Pole-to-Pole Observations HyspIRI Hyperspectral Infrared Imager ICESat NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite IIP Instrument Incubator Program InSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Read the entire page →
From page 187... ... Appendix A 187 IR infrared ISDAC Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation ITOP Impacts of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific KORUS-AQ Korea-United States Air Quality LEO low Earth orbit LVIS Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor MAIA Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols MASS Modular Aerial Sensing System MASTER Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) / Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer Airborne Simulator MIZOPEX Marginal Ice Zone Observations and Processes EXperiment MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer NAAMES North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystem Study NAMMA NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NAST-I National Airborne Sounder Testbed -- Interferometer NISAR NASA-Indian Space Research Organization Synthetic Aperture Radar NO2 nitrogen dioxide NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF National Science Foundation OCO-3 Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 OIB Operation IceBridge OLYMPEX Olympic Winter Precipitation Experiment OMG Oceans Melting Greenland ONR Office of Naval Research PACE Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem PBL planetary boundary layer PECAN Plains Elevated Convection at Night POLARCAT Polar Study using Aircraft, Remote Sensing, Surface Measurements and Models, of Climate, Chemistry, Aerosols, and Transport POLSAR polarimetric synthetic aperture radar POS AV Applanix Position and Orientation System PREFIRE Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment PRISM Portable Remote Imaging SpectroMeter RaDFIRE Rapid Deployments to Wildfires Experiment RSP Research Scanning Polarimeter SABOR Ship Aircraft BioOptical Research SAR synthetic aperture radar Read the entire page →
From page 188... ... 188 Airborne Platforms to Advance NASA Earth System Science Priorities SARP Student Airborne Research Program SBG Surface Biology and Geology SEAC4RS Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling Regional Surveys SIERRA-B Sensor Integrated Environmental Remote Research Aircraft SIR-C Shuttle Imaging Radar with Payload C SMAP Soil Moisture Active-Passive SO2 sulfur dioxide SOARS Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics SWOT Surface Water Ocean Topography TC4 Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment TEMPO Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution TOGA COARE Tropical Ocean–Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean– Atmosphere Response Experiment TRACE-P Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific TROPOMI TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument UAS uncrewed airborne systems UAVSAR Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar USAF U.S. Air Force USFS U.S. Read the entire page →

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... Appendix C Acronyms ABoVE Artic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment ACCP Aerosol and Cloud, Convection and Precipitation ACTIVATE Aerosol-Cloud-Meteorology Interaction Airborne Field Investigations AGL above ground level AirMOSS Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface AIRSAR Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar AirSWOT Air Surface Water and Ocean Topography ARCTAS Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites ARISE Arctic Radiation IceBridge Sea and Ice Experiment ASCENDS Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons ASL above sea level ASO Airborne Snow Observatory ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ATM Airborne Topographic Mapper ATom Atmospheric Tomography Mission ATTREX Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment AVIRIS Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Classic AVIRIS-NG Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Next Generation BioSCape Biodiversity: Marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Biodiversity Survey of the Cape CAMEX Convection And Moisture EXperiment CBLAST Coupled Boundary Layer Air–Sea Transfer CH4 methane CH2O formaldehyde CLPX Cold Land Processes Field Experiment CO carbon monoxide CO2 carbon dioxide CORAL COral Reef Airborne Laboratory CPEX Convective Processes Experiment CPEX-AW Convective Processes Experiment -- Aerosols and Winds DC3 Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry DC-8 Douglas DC-8-72 aircraft 185

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... Department of Interior DopplerScat Doppler Scatterometer ECOSTRESS ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station eMAS Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator EMIT Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation ER-2 Earth Resources 2 ESAS Earth Science and Applications from Space Decadal Survey ET evapotranspiration EUFAR European Facility for Airborne Research EVI Earth Venture Instrument EVS Earth Venture Suborbital FAA Federal Aviation Administration FIREX-AQ Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality GCPEx Global Precipitation Measurement Cold Season Precipitation Experiment GEDI Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation GEO geostationary Earth orbit GeoCARB Geostationary Carbon Observatory GEOS Goddard Earth Observing System GIII Gulfstream III GIV Gulfstream IV GLISTIN-A Glacier and Ice Surface Topography Interferometer GPM Global Precipitation Measurement GPS Global Positioning System GRIP Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes GV Gulfstream V HASP High Altitude Student Platform HIAPER High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research HIPPO High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research (HIAPER) Pole-to-Pole Observations HyspIRI Hyperspectral Infrared Imager ICESat NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite IIP Instrument Incubator Program InSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar

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From page 187...

... Appendix A 187 IR infrared ISDAC Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation ITOP Impacts of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific KORUS-AQ Korea-United States Air Quality LEO low Earth orbit LVIS Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor MAIA Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols MASS Modular Aerial Sensing System MASTER Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) / Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer Airborne Simulator MIZOPEX Marginal Ice Zone Observations and Processes EXperiment MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer NAAMES North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystem Study NAMMA NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NAST-I National Airborne Sounder Testbed -- Interferometer NISAR NASA-Indian Space Research Organization Synthetic Aperture Radar NO2 nitrogen dioxide NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF National Science Foundation OCO-3 Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 OIB Operation IceBridge OLYMPEX Olympic Winter Precipitation Experiment OMG Oceans Melting Greenland ONR Office of Naval Research PACE Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem PBL planetary boundary layer PECAN Plains Elevated Convection at Night POLARCAT Polar Study using Aircraft, Remote Sensing, Surface Measurements and Models, of Climate, Chemistry, Aerosols, and Transport POLSAR polarimetric synthetic aperture radar POS AV Applanix Position and Orientation System PREFIRE Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment PRISM Portable Remote Imaging SpectroMeter RaDFIRE Rapid Deployments to Wildfires Experiment RSP Research Scanning Polarimeter SABOR Ship Aircraft BioOptical Research SAR synthetic aperture radar

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From page 188...

... 188 Airborne Platforms to Advance NASA Earth System Science Priorities SARP Student Airborne Research Program SBG Surface Biology and Geology SEAC4RS Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling Regional Surveys SIERRA-B Sensor Integrated Environmental Remote Research Aircraft SIR-C Shuttle Imaging Radar with Payload C SMAP Soil Moisture Active-Passive SO2 sulfur dioxide SOARS Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics SWOT Surface Water Ocean Topography TC4 Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Experiment TEMPO Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution TOGA COARE Tropical Ocean–Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean– Atmosphere Response Experiment TRACE-P Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific TROPOMI TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument UAS uncrewed airborne systems UAVSAR Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar USAF U.S. Air Force USFS U.S.

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Appendix C: Acronyms Pages 185-188

Appendix C: Acronyms
Pages 185-188