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AATSR Advanced Along-Track Scanning ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Emission and Reflection ACR Active Cavity Radiometer Radiometer ACRIM Active Cavity Radiometer ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Irradiance Monitor Applications and Science ADEOS Advanced Earth Observing Satellite ATN Advanced TIROS-N AES Atmospheric Environment Service ATMOS Atmospheric Trace Molecules AID Agency for International Observed by Spectroscopy Development AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution AIRS Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Radiometer ALEXIS Array of Low Energy X-Ray AVIRIS Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Imaging Sensors Spectrometer ALT Altimeter AVNIR Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared AMS American Meteorological Society Radiometer AMSR Advanced Microwave Scanning CCD Charged Coupled Device Radiometer CCDS Centers for Commercial AMSU Advanced Microwave Sounding Development of Space Unit CCRS Canada Centre for Remote Sensing AMTS Advanced Moisture and CEES Committee on Earth and Temperature Sounder Environmental Science APT Automatic Picture Transmission CENR Committee on Environment and ARA Atmospheric Radiation Analysis Natural Resource Research ARGOS Argos Data Collection and Position CEOS Committee on Earth Observations Location System Satellites ARM Atmospheric Radiation Monitor CERES Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy ARPA Advanced Research Projects System Agency CES Committee on Earth Studies ASAR Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar CFC Chlorofluorocarbon ASCAT Advanced Scatterometer CGC Committee on Global Change ASF Alaska SAR Facility I 155 156 I Civilian Satellite Remote Sensing: A Strategic Approach
CGMS Coordination of Geostationary EOSAT Earth Observation Satellite Meteorological Satellites company CIESIN Consortium for International Earth EOS-CHEM EOS Chemistry Mission Science Information Network EOSDIS EOS Data and Information System CLAES Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon EOSP Earth Observing Scanning Spectrometer Polarimeter CNES Centre National d’Études Spatiales EOS-PM EOS Afternoon Crossing CNRS Centre National de la Recherche (Descending) Mission Scientifique EPA Environmental Protection Agency COSPAR Congress for Space Research ERBE Earth Radiation Budget Experiment CPP Cloud Photopolarimeter ERBS Earth Radiation Budget Satellite CSA Canadian Space Agency EROS Earth Resources Observation CZCS Coastal Zone Color Scanner System DAAC Distributed Active Archive Center ERS European Remote-Sensing Satellite DARA Deutsche Agentur fur ERTS-1 Earth Resources Technology Raumfahrt-Angelegenheiten Satellite- 1 DB Direct Broadcast ESA European Space Agency DCS Data Collection System ESDIS Earth Science Data and Information DDL Direct Downlink System DMA Defense Mapping Agency ESOC European Space Operations Center DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite ESRIN European Scientific Research Program Institute DOC Department of Commerce ETS-VI Engineering Test Satellite-VI DOD Department of Defense Eumestat European Organisation for the DOE Department of Energy Exploitation of Meteorological DOI Department of the Interior Satellites DORIS Doppler Orbitography and FAA Federal Aviation Administration Radiopositioning Integrated by FAO Food and Agriculture Organization Satellite FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for DOS Department of State Science, Engineering, and DPT Direct Playback Transmission Technology DRSS Data Relay Satellite System FEMA Federal Emergency Management EC European Community Agency EDC EROS Data Center FEWS Famine Early Warning System EDOS EOS Data and Operations System FOV Field-of-View EDRTS Experimental Data Relay and FST Field Support Terminal Tracking Satellite FY Feng Yun ELGA Emergency Locust Grasshopper GCDIS Global Change Data and Assistance Information System ENSO El Niño/Southern Oscillation GCOS Global Climate Observing System EOC EOS Operations Center GDP gross domestic product EO-IC-WG Earth Observation International GDPS Global Data-Processing System Coordination Working Group Geosat Navy Geodetic Satellite EOS Earth Observing System GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle EOS-AERO EOSAerosal Mission Experiment EOS-ALT EOS Altimetry Mission GFO Geosat Follow-On EOS-AM EOS Morning Crossing (Ascending) GGI GPS Geoscience Instrument Mission GIS geographic information system(s) Appendix G Abbreviations 1157
GLAS Geoscience Laser Altimeter System ILAS Improved Limb Atmospheric GLI Global Imager Spectrometer GLRS Geoscience Laser Ranging System INSAT Indian Satellite GMS Geostationary Meteorological IMG Interferometric Monitor for Satellite Greenhouse Gases GOES Geostationary Operational IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Environmental Satellite Commission GOMI Global Ozone Monitoring IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Instrument Change GOMOS Global Ozone Monitoring by IPO Integrated Program Office Occultation of Stars IPOMS International Polar Operational GOMR Global Ozone Monitoring Meteorological Satellite Radiometer organization GOMS Geostationary Operational IRS Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Meteorological Satellite IRTS Infrared Temperature Sounder GOOS Global Ocean Observing System ISAMS Improved Stratospheric and GOS Global Observing System Mesospheric Sounder GPS Global Positioning System ISY International Space Year GTS Global Telecommunications System ITS Interferometric Temperature HIRDLS High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder Sounder JOES Japanese Earth Observing System HIRIS High-Resolution Imaging JERS Japan’s Earth Resources Satellite Spectrometer JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory HIRS High-Resolution Infrared Sounder JPOP Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform HIS High-Resolution Interferometer LAGEOS Laser Geodynamics Satellite Sounder Landsat Land Remote-Sensing Satellite HRMSI High-Resolution Multispectral Lidar Light Detection and Ranging Stereo Imager LIMS Limb Infrared Monitor of the HRPT High-Resolution Picture Stratosphere Transmission LIS Lightning Imaging Sensor HSST House Committee on Science, LISS Linear Imaging Self-scanning Space, and Technology Sensors HRV High-Resolution Visible LITE Lidar In-Space Technology HYDICE Hyperspectral Digital Imagery Experiment Collection Experiment LR Laser Retroreflector IAF International Astronautical MELV medium-class expendable launch Federation vehicle IASI Interferometric Atmospheric MERIS Medium-Resolution Imaging Sounding Instrument Spectrometer IEOS International Earth Observing MESSR Multispectrum Electronic System Self-Scanning Radiometer IELV intermediate-class expendable METOP Meteorological Operational Satellite launch vehicle MHS Microwave Humidity Sounder ICSU International Council of Scientific MIMR Multifrequency Imaging Microwave Unions Radiometer IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Program 158 I Civilian Satellite Remote Sensing: A Strategic Approach
MI PAS Michelson Interferometer for POEM Polar-Orbit Earth Observation Passive Atmospheric Sounding Mission MISR Multi-Angle Imaging POES Polar-orbiting Operational SpectroRadiometer Environmental Satellite MITI Ministry of International Trade and POLDER Polarization and Directionality of Industry Earth’s Reflectance MLS Microwave Limb Sounder RA Radar Altimeter MODIS Moderate-Resolution Imaging Radarsat Radar Satellite Spectroradiometer RESTEC Remote Sensing Technology Center MOP Meteosat Operational Programme RF Radio Frequency MOPITT Measurements of Pollution in the RIS Retroreflector in Space Troposphere SAFIRE Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere MOS Marine Observation Satellite using Far Infrared Emission MSR Microwave Scanning Radiometer SAFISY Space Agency Forum on ISY MSS Multispectral Scanner SAGE Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas MSU Microwave Sounding Unit Experiment MTPE Mission to Planet Earth SAMS Stratospheric and Mesospheric MTS Microwave Temperature Sounder Sounder NASA National Aeronautics and Space SAR synthetic aperture radar Administration SARSAT NASDA National Space Development or S&R Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Agency (Japan) Tracking System NESDIS National Environmental Satellite, SBUV Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Data and Information Service Radiometer NEXRAD Next-Generation Weather Radar SCARAB Scanner for the Radiation Budget NIST National Institute for Standards and SCST Senate Committee on Commerce, Technology Science, and Transportation NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric SeaWiFS Sea-Viewing Wide Field Sensor Administration SEDAC Socio Economic Data Archive NOSS National Oceanic Satellite System Center NREN National Research and Education SEM Space Environment Monitor Network S-GCOS Space-based Global Change NROSS Navy Remote Ocean Sensing Observation System Satellite SIR Shuttle Imaging Radar NRSA National Remote Sensing Agency SLR Satellite Laser Ranging NSCAT NASA Scatterometer SMMR Scanning Multispectral Microwave NSPD National Space Policy Directive Radiometer NSTC National Science and Technology SMSIGOES GOES synchronous meteorological Council satellite OCTS Ocean Color and Temperature SNR signal-to-noise ratio Scanner SOLSTICE Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison OLS Operational Linescan System Experiment OMB Office of Management and Budget SPOT Système pour I ’Observation de la OPS Optical Sensors Terre OSB Ocean Studies Board SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave/Imager OSC Orbital Sciences Corporation SSTI Small Satellite Technology OSIP Operational Satellite Improvement Initiative Program SSU Stratospheric Sounding Unit Appendix G Abbreviations I 159
STIKSCT Stick Scatterometer USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture SWIR Short Wave Infrared USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research TDRSS Tracing and Data Relay Satellite Program System USGS U.S. Geological Survey TUSK Tethered Upper Stage Knob VAS VISSR Atmospheric Sounder TIROS Television Infrared Observing VHRR Very High Resolution Radiometer Satellites VISSR Visible and Infrared Spin Scan TM Thematic Mapper Radiometer TOGA Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere VTIR Visible and Thermal infrared TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer Radiometer TOPEX Ocean Topography Experiment WCRP World Climate Research Program TOVS TIROS Operational Vertical WDC World Data Center Sounder WEU Western European Union TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring WMO The U.N. World Meteorological Mission Organization UARS Upper Atmosphere Research WOCE World Ocean Circulation Satellite Experiment UAVS Unpiloted aerospace vehicles WWW World Weather Watch UNEP United Nations Environment X-SAR X-band synthetic aperture radar Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization