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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2004. Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10993.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations


ACR

anomalous cosmic ray

AU

astronomical unit (150,000,000 km)

AURA

Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy


CIR

corotating interaction region

CME

coronal mass ejection


DNL

distant neutral line


ESA

European Space Agency


FAST

Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (satellite)


GCR

galactic cosmic ray


ICE

International Cometary Explorer (spacecraft)

IMAGE

Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (satellite)

IMF

interplanetary magnetic field


LISM

local interstellar medium


MHD

magnetohydrodynamic


NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NENL

near-Earth neutral-line (model)

NRAO

National Radio Astronomy Observatory


Rm

(nondimensional) magnetic Reynolds number


SOHO

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

STScI

Space Telescope Science Institute


TRACE

Transition Region and Coronal Explorer


VLA

Very Large Array

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2004. Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10993.
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