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APPENDIX C: ACRONYMS AND OTHER INITIALS
Pages 93-96

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... c Acronyms and Other Initials ACCP Atlantic Climate Change Program ADEOS Advanced Earth Observing Satellite AIRS Aerometric Information Retrieval System AIREP Aircraft Enroute Report AOML Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory ARCS Atmospheric Radiation and Cloud Station ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program ATSR Along-Track Scanning Radiometer AVHRR Advanced Nlery High Resolution Radiometer CART Cloud and Radiation Testbed CENR Committee on Environment and Natural Resources CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability program CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (French National Center for Space Studies) COADS Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set COARE Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment CRC Climate Research Committee DERF dynamic extended-range forecasting ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting EMEX Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment ENSO E1 Nino/Southern Oscillation EOS Earth Observing System EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System 93
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... 94 APPENDIX C EPOCS Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate Studies ERS Earth Remote Sensing Satellite ESA European Space Agency FSU Florida State University GEOSAT Geodetic satellite GFO GEOSAT follow-on GAME GEWEX Asia Monsoon Experiment CARP Global Atmospheric Research Program GCIP GEWEX Continental-scale International Project GCM general circulation model GCOS Global Climate Observing System GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment GOALS Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System COOS Global Ocean Observing System GTS Global Telecommunication System ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions IFREMER Institut :F;ranc~ais de Recherche pour ['Exploitation de la Mer IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IRICP International Research Institute for Climate Prediction ITCZ Intertropical Convergence Zone ROOFS loins Global Ocean Flux Study MODIS-N Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer-Nadir MSU Microwave Sounding Unit NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASDA National Space Development Agency of Japan NMC National Meteorological Center NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration NORPAX North Pacific Experiment NRC National Research Council NSCAT NASA Scatterometer OCTS Ocean Color and 'Temperature Scanner OLR outgoing longwave radiation PEQUOD Pacific Equatorial Ocean Dynamics PMEL Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory SACZ South Atlantic Convergence Zone SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar SeaWiFS Sea-Viewing, Wide Field-of-View Sensor SEQUAL- Seasonal Equatorial Atlantic Experiment FOCAL Francais Ocean et Climat dans l'Atlantique Equatorial SHEBA Surface Heat and Energy Budget of the Arctic
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... APPENDIX SOI SPCZ SSMT SST STORM TAO TIWE TOGA TOPEX TPFO T-POP TRMM NIlSSR VOS WCRP WEPOCS WMO WOCE WWW XBT ZC c 95 Southern Oscillation Index South Pacific Convergence Zone Special Sensor Microwave Imager sea-surface temperature Storm-scale Operational and Research Meteorology Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (array) Tropical Instability Wave Experiment Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere program Ocean Surface Topography Experiment TOPEX/Poseidon Follow-On TOGA Program on Prediction Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission Visible and Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer Volunteer Observing Ships World Climate Research Program Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Studies World Meteorological Organization World Ocean Circulation Experiment World Weather Watch Expendable Bathythermograph Zebiak-Cane model

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