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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation's Support of the Atmospheric Sciences: An Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11454.
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Acronyms


AGU

American Geophysical Union

AMISR

Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar

AMS

American Meteorological Society

APS

American Physical Society

ATD

NCAR Atmospheric Technology Division

ATM

NSF Division of Atmospheric Sciences


C4

Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate

CAPS

Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms

CASA

Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere

CAWSES

Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System

CCSM

Community Climate System Model

CCSP

Climate Change Science Program

CISM

Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling

CLIVAR

Climate Variability and Change

COARE

Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment

COLA

Center for Ocean, Land, and Atmosphere

COMET

Cooperative Meteorological Education and Training

COSMIC

Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate

CUASHI

Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.


DoD

Department of Defense

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation's Support of the Atmospheric Sciences: An Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11454.
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DOE

Department of Energy


EOL

NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory

EOS

Earth Observing System

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERC

engineering research center

ESSL

NCAR Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory

EU

European Union


FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FFRDC

federally funded research and development center


GAOS

Global Atmospheric Observing System

GARP

Global Atmospheric Research Program

GATE

GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment

GEO

NSF Geosciences Directorate

GEWEX

Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

GLOBE

Global Learning through Observations for the Benefit of the Environment

GPS

Global Positioning System


HAO

High Altitude Observatory

HIAPER

High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research


ICSU

International Council for Science

IGBP

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

IHOP_2002

International H2O Project

INDOEX

Indian Ocean Experiment

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IRI

International Research Institute

ITR

International Technology Research


JOSS

Joint Office for Science Support


LEAD

Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery

LORAN

LOng RAnge Navigation


MALT

Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere

MLSO

Mauna Loa Solar Observatory


NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation's Support of the Atmospheric Sciences: An Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11454.
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NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSWP

National Space and Weather Program

NTP

National Toxicology Program


OFCM

Office to the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

ORION OOI

Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks Ocean Observing Initiative


PAGES

Past Global Changes

PI

principal investigator


REU

Research Experience for Undergraduates


S-Pol

S-Band Dual Polarization Radar

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research

SCOSTEP

Scientific Committee On Solar TErrestrial Physics

SEC

NOAA Space Environment Center

SGER

Small Grants for Exploratory Research

SHINE

Solar and Heliospheric Interaction

SOARS®

Scientific Opportunities in Atmospheric and Related Sciences

STC

science and technology center

STTR

Small Business Technology Transfer


TAOS

Tethered Atmospheric Observing Systems

TOGA

Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere


UCAR

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

“UCAR”

University Committee for Atmospheric Research

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UOP

UCAR Office of Programs

USWRP

U.S. Weather Research Program


WCRP

World Climate Research Programme

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

WWRP

World Weather Research Program

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation's Support of the Atmospheric Sciences: An Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11454.
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