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Suggested Citation:"ACRONYMS." National Research Council. 1994. Solar Influences on Global Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4778.
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Acronyms

ACRIM

Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor

AE-E

Atmospheric Explorer-E

ARRCC

Analysis of Rapid and Recent Climatic Change

AU

Astronomical Unit

BGC

Board on Global Change (of NRC)

BP

Before Present

CEDAR

Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions

CFC

Chlorofluorocarbon

CSTR

Committee on Solar Terrestrial Research (of NRC)

DoD

Department of Defense

DMSP

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

EOS

Earth Observing System

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERB

Earth Radiation Budget

ERBE

Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

ERBS

Earth Radiation Budget Satellite

ESA

European Space Agency

ESSC

Electrically Self-Calibrating Cavity

EUV

Extreme Ultraviolet

EW

Equivalent Width

GCM

General Circulation Model

GCR

Galactic Cosmic Rays

Suggested Citation:"ACRONYMS." National Research Council. 1994. Solar Influences on Global Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4778.
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GEM

Geospace Environment Modeling

GeV

Billion Electon Volts

GGS

Global Geospace Study

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

GONG

Global Oscillation Network Group

ICSU

International Council of Scientific Unions

IR

Infrared

ISAS

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japanese Space Agency)

ISTP

International Solar Terrestrial Program

MAHRSI

Middle Atmosphere High Resolution Spectrographic Instrument

MeV

Million Electron Volts

MSV

Mechanisms of Solar Variability

NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NDSC

Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRC

National Research Council

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSO

National Solar Observatory

PEM

Particle Environment Monitor

QBO

Quasibiennial Oscillation

RAIDS

Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System

RE

Radius of the Earth

REP

Relativistic Electron Precipitation

RISE

Radiative Inputs of the Sun to Earth

SAGE

Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment

SAMPEX

Solar, Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particles Explorer

SBUV

Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet

SCOSTEP

Scientific Council on Solar Terrestrial Physics

SEE

Spectrometer for Energetic Electrons

SERDP

Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program

SME

Solar Mesosphere Explorer

SMM

Solar Maximum Mission

Suggested Citation:"ACRONYMS." National Research Council. 1994. Solar Influences on Global Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4778.
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SOHO

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

SOLSTICE

Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment

SOURCE

Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Correlative Emissions

SPARC

Stratospheric Processes and their Relation to Climate

STEP

Solar-Terrestrial Energy Program

SUSIM

Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor

TIMED

Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics

TOMS

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

TTO

Ten to Twelve Year Oscillation

UARS

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

USGCRP

United States Global Change Research Program

UV

Ultraviolet

WCRP

World Climate Research Program

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

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