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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms." National Research Council. 2003. Scientific Data for Decision Making Toward Sustainable Development: Senegal River Basin Case Study: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10546.
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Appendix D
Acronyms and Initialisms


ABN

Autorité du Bassin du Niger

AGRHYMET

Regional Center for Training in Agriculture, Hydrology, and Meteorology

AMSU

Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer


CILSS

Comité Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse au Sahel

CODATA

Committee on Data for Science and Technology

CONSERE

Conseil Supérieur des Ressources Naturelles et de l’Environnement

CRODT

Centre de Recherches Océanographiques Dakar-Thiaroye

CSE

Centre de Suivi Ecologique


EIS

environmental information system

ENDA

Environment and Development Action in the Third World

EROS

Earth Resources Observation Systems


FEWS NET

Famine Early Warning System Network


GEF

Global Environment Facility

GIS

geographic information system

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

GRF

Global River Floodplains project

GTS

Global Telecommunications System

GTZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms." National Research Council. 2003. Scientific Data for Decision Making Toward Sustainable Development: Senegal River Basin Case Study: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10546.
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ICSU

International Council for Science

IRD

Institut Français de Recherche pour le Développement

ISRA

Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles

IUCN

World Conservation Union


MODIS

Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectrometer


NDVI

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


OMVG

Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Gambie

OMVS

Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sénégal


PASIE

Programme d’Atténuation et de Suivi des Impacts sur l’Environnement de l’OMVS


RFE

rainfall estimation


S&T

scientific and technical

SAED

Société d’Aménagement et d’Exploitation du Delta du Fleuve Sénégal

SFM

streamflow model

SOGED

Société de Gestion et d’Exploitation de Diama

SOGEM

Société de Gestion de l’Energie de Manantali

SONADER

Société Nationale de Développement Rural

SPOT

Système Probatoire pour l’Observation de la Terre

SRB

Senegal River basin

SSM/I

Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

SST

sea surface temperature

STI

scientific and technical information


TDR

Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases


UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USNC

United States National Committee


WCD

World Commission on Dams

WHO World Health Organization
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms." National Research Council. 2003. Scientific Data for Decision Making Toward Sustainable Development: Senegal River Basin Case Study: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10546.
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Scientific databases relating to the environment, natural resources, and public health on the African continent are, for various reasons, difficult to create and manage effectively. Yet the creation of these and other types of databases--and their subsequent use to produce new information and knowledge for decision-makers--is essential to advancing scientific and technical progress in that region and to its sustainable development. The U.S. National Committee for CODATA collaborated with the Senegalese National CODATA Committee to convene a "Workshop on Scientific Data for Decision-Making Toward Sustainable Development: Senegal River Basin Case Study," which was held on 11-15 March 2002, in Dakar, Senegal. The workshop examined multidisciplinary data sources and data handling in the West Africa region, using the Senegal River Basin as a case study, to determine how these data are or can be better used in decision making related to sustainable development.

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