AATSR |
Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer |
AIRS |
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder |
ASAR |
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ATSR |
Along Track Scanning Radiometer |
AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
BDC |
BioDiversity Convention |
BOREAS |
Boreal Ecosystem - Atmosphere Study |
CBL |
Convective Boundary Layer |
CCD |
Convention to Combat Desertification |
CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
CH4 |
Methane |
CLIMDB |
Climatic Data Base |
CO |
Carbon monoxide |
COP |
Conference Of Parties |
CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
CWG |
Carbon Working Group |
DAAC |
Distributed Active Archive Centre |
DIC |
Disolved inorganic carbon |
DIS |
Data and Information System |
DMSP |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Programme |
DOC |
Disolved organic carbon |
ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
EOS |
Earth Observing System |
ERS |
European Research Satellite |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ETM |
Enhanced Thematic Mapper (Landsat) |
FACE |
Free Air Enrichment Experiment |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FCCC |
Framework Convention on Climate Change |
FIFE |
First ISLSCP Field Experiment |
GAIM |
Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modelling |
GAW |
Global Atmospheric Watch |
GCM |
General Circulation Model |
GCOS |
Global climate observing systems |
GEWEX |
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment |
GHG |
Greenhouse Gas |
GLI |
Global Imager |
GOOS |
Global observing systems for oceans |
GPCP |
Global Precipitation Climatology Project |
GtC |
Gigatonne of carbon |
GTOS |
Global Terrestrial Observing System |
GTOS |
Global terrestrial observing environment |
HAPEX |
Hydrological - Atmospheric Pilot Experiment |
HRV |
High Resolution Video (SPOT) |
HRVIR |
High Resolution Visible and Infrared sensor |
IASI |
Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
ICSU |
International Council of Scientific Unions |
IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
IGFA |
International Group of Funding Agencies |
IGOS-P |
Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership |
IHDP |
International Human Dimensions Programme |
IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
ISLSCP |
International Satellite Land Surface Climatology project |
JERS |
Japanese Earth Remote Sensing |
JRC |
Joint Research Centre of the European Commission |
LAI |
Leaf Area Index |
Landsat |
and Remote Sensing Satellite |
LIDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging Instrument |
LTER |
Long-Term Ecological Research |
MERIS |
Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
MOPITT |
Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere |
N2O |
Nitrous Oxide |
NASA |
U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration |
NMVOC |
Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compound |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPOESS |
NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System |
NEP |
Net ecosystem productivity |
NOX |
Nitrogen oxides (NO, NO2, NO3) |
NPP |
Net primary productivity |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NWP |
Numerical Weather Prediction |
O2 |
Molecular oxygen |
PAR |
Photosynthetically active radiation |
SAR |
Synthetic aperture radar |
SOTER |
Soil and Terrain Database |
TCO |
Terrestrial Carbon Observation |
TEMS |
Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites |
TM |
Thematic Mapper |
TOPC |
Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate |
TRAGNET |
United States Trace Gas Network |
TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall Measuing Mission (U.S. Japan) |
UKMO |
United Kingdom Meteorological Office |
UNEP |
UN Environmental Programme |
UNESCO |
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
VCL |
Vegetation Canopy Lidar |
VOC |
Volatile organic carbon |
WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |