AGLS |
Soil Resources Management and Conservation Service |
AGLW |
Water Resources, Development and Management Service |
AML |
Arc Macro Language |
AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
CIMMYT |
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre |
CR |
Consistency ratio |
CRES |
Center for Resource and Environmental Studies |
CRSSA |
Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis |
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
DCW |
Digital Chart of the World |
DEIA |
Division of Environmental Information and Assessment |
DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
DM |
Dry Matter |
DSMW |
Digital Soil Map of the World |
ECMWF |
European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting |
ESRI |
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
EROS |
Earth Resources Observation Systems |
ET0 |
Reference Evapotranspiration |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FTP |
Anonymous File Transfer Protocol |
GIS |
Geographical Information System |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GRID |
Global Resource Information Database |
GSI |
Japan's Geographical Survey Institute |
GTOPO30 |
Global Topography at 30 arc/seconds |
GTZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit |
IIASA |
International Institute for Applied System Analyses |
ICLARM |
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management |
IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Program |
INEGI |
Mexico's National Institute for Statistics, Geography and Information |
IUCN |
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
LA |
Latin America |
LGP |
Length of Growing Period |
LUC |
Land Use Change Project |
MCE |
Multi-Criteria Evaluation |
MT |
Metric tons |
NASA |
United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCGIA |
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis |
PET |
Potential evapotranspiration |
SSA |
sub-Saharan Africa |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
W |
Kendall coefficient of concordance |
WCM |
World Conservation Monitoring Center |
