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Acronyms and Other Initialisms
Pages 55-56

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... CIAP Climatic Impact Assessment Program CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization EI Emission index (grams of reference substance emitted per kilogram of fuel burned) GISS Goddard Institute for Space Studies GMI Global Modeling Initiative GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center HRDI High-resolution Doppler imager HSCT High-speed civil transport HSRP High-Speed Research Program LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 55
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... NOy HNO3 + 2(N2O5) + NO3 + HNO4 + ClONO2 + NO + NO2 NRC National Research Council NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research OSLO University of Oslo model PAEAN Panel on Atmospheric Effects of Aviation PSC Polar stratospheric cloud SAT Sulfuric acid tetrahydrate SBUV Solar Backscatter UV Spectrometer SPADE Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols, and Dynamics Expedition SST Supersonic transport STRAT Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport STS Supercooled ternary solution of nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and water TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer UARP Upper Atmosphere Research Program UARS Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite UKMO U.K.
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