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ANNEX 11: ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS


AMAP

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

AOPC

Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate

ASTER

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and reflection Radiometer

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

BAHC

Biological Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle

CALM

Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring network

CAPS

Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System

CCRS

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

CEOS

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

CLIVAR

Climate Variability and Predictability (WCRP)

EOS

Earth Observing System

EUMETSAT

European Organization for Meteorological Satellites

FAO

Food and Agricultural Organization

FCCC

Framework Convention on Climate Change

FDDA

Four Dimensional Data Assimilation

FRIEND

Flow Regimes from International Experiments and Network Data

G3OS

Three Global Observing Systems

GCM

General Circulation Model

GCOS

Global Climate Observing System

GEMS

Global Environment Monitoring System

GEWEX

Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

GHG

Greenhouse Gases

GHOST

Global Hierarchical Observing Strategy

GLIMS

Global Land Ice Monitoring form Space

GOFC

Global Observation of Forest Cover

GOOS

Global Ocean Observing System

GOSIC

Global Observing Systems Information Center

GOSSP

GCOS/GOOS/GTOS Global Observing Systems Space Panel

GPCC

Global Precipitation Climatology Centre

GRDC

Global Runoff Data Centre

GSN

Global Surface Network

GSWP

Global Soil Wetness Project

GT-Net

GTOS System of Networks

GTOS

Global Terrestrial Observing System

GTSC

GTOS Steering Committee

GUAN

Global Upper Air Network

HDP

Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme

IAHS

International Association for Hydrological Sciences

IBFRA

International Boreal Forest Research Association

ICSU

International Council for Science

IGBP

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

IGOS

Integrated Global Observing Strategy

IHP

International Hydrology Programme

ILTER

International Long-Term Ecological Research

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IOS

Initial Observing System

IPA

International Permafrost Association

IPA

International Permafrost Association

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change

ISLSCP

International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project

IUGG

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

JDIMP

GCOS/GOOS/GTOS Joint Data and Information Management Panel

JSTC

Joint Scientifical and Technical Committee for GCOS

LAI

Leaf Area Index

LTER

Long Term Ecological Research

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA

NASDA

National Space Development Agency, Japan

NCDC

National Climatic Data Centre

NPP

Net Primary Productivity

NWP

Numerical Weather Prediction

OOPC

Ocean Observation Panel for Climate

PACE

Permafrost and Climate in Europe

SBSTA

Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technical Advice

SIT

Strategic Implementation Team

TEMS

Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites meta-database

TOPC

GCOS/GTOS Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

WCMC

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

WCRP

World Climate Research Programme

WGMS

World Glacier Monitoring Service

WHO

World Health Organization

WHYCOS

World Hydrological Cycle Observing System

WMO

World Meteorological Organization


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