Appendix B—
Glossary
ADEOS
Advanced Earth Observing System
ARI
Advanced Research Initiative
BLD
Boundary layer dynamics
COAMPS
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System
DLR
Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Raumfahrt Angelegenheiten (Germany)
ECMWF
European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting
EM
Electromagnetic
EOS
Earth Observing System
ERIM
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
ERS
Earth resources satellite
ESA
European Space Agency
FNMOC
Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Center
FOPAIR
Focused phase-array imaging radar
FPN
Forschungs Platformnordsee
GEOSAT
Geodesy satellite (U.S. Navy)
HF
High frequency
HIRES
High Resolution Environmental Sensing project
HRRS
High Resolution Remote Sensing Advanced Research Initiative
JERS
Japanese ERS
JGOFS
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JSA
Japan Space Agency
LES
Large eddy simulation
LEWEX
Labrador Sea Extreme Waves Experiment
MABL
Marine atmospheric boundary layer
MARSEN
Maritime Remote Sensing Project
MBL
Marine boundary layer
MERIS
Medium-resolution imaging spectrometer
MISR
Multiangle imaging spectroradiometer
MODIS-N
Moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer, nadir viewing
NADC
Naval Air Development Command
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEPRF
Naval Environmental Prediction Research Facility
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NORDA
Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity
NRC
National Research Council
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory
NRL-E
Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, D.C.)
NRL-W
Naval Research Laboratory (Monterey, California)
NRL-S
Naval Research Laboratory (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi)
NSCAT
NASA scatterometer
OBL
Oceanic boundary layer
ONR
Office of Naval Research
RADARSAT
Canadian C-Band SAR satellite
RAR
Real aperture radar
ROV
Remotely operated vehicle
ROWS
Radar ocean wave spectrometer
RPV
Remotely piloted vehicle
SAR
Synthetic aperture radar
SAXON-CLT
Synthetic Aperture Radar and X-band Nonlinearities at Chesapeake Light Tower
SAXON-FPN
Synthetic Aperture Radar and X-band Nonlinearities at Forschungs Platformnordsee
SEASAT
Sea satellite
SeaWIFS
Sea viewing wide-field-of-view sensor
SIR-B
Shuttle Imaging Radar-B
SWADE
Surface Wave Dynamics Experiment
TOWARD
Tower Ocean Wave and Radar Dependence Experiment
TRMM
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
