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Acronyms and Abbreviations
AAGRUUK
Arctic Archive for Geophysical Research: Unlocking Undersea Knowledge
ABEKC
Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Co-op
ACD
Arctic Coastal Dynamics
ACIA
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
ADCP
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
ADIS
ACSYS Data and Information Service
AEPS
Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
AFOSR
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AGU
American Geophysical Union
AHDR
Arctic Human Development Report
AICEMI
International Network of Arctic Indigenous Community-Based Environmental Monitoring and Information Stations
AIM
Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere
ALIS
Auroral Large Imaging System
ALISON
Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network
ALOMAR
Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research
AMAP
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
ANKN
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
AO
Arctic Oscillation
AOMIP
Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project
AON
Arctic Observing Network
AOOS
Alaska Ocean Observing System
AOSB
Arctic Ocean Science Board
APDA
Arctic Precipitation Data Archive
ARCMIP
Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project
ARCN
Arctic Network—National Park Services (United States)
ARCN I&M
Arctic Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
ARCSS
Arctic System Science (NSF-OPP)
Arctic-CHAMP
Arctic Community-wide Hydrological Analysis and Monitoring Program
ArcticNet
A Canadian multidisciplinary team of arctic scientists, Inuit, and government managers
ARCUS
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
ARDB
Arctic Runoff Data Base
ARM
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
ARN
Arctic Residents’ Network
ASOF
Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes
ASR
Arctic System Reanalysis
ASSW
Arctic Science Summit Week
ASTER
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
AUV
autonomous underwater vehicle
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
BEO
Barrow Environmental Observatory
BSEO
Bering Strait Environmental Observatory
BTF
Back to the Future
CABOS
Canadian Basin Observational System
CAFF
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
CALIPSO
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
CALM
Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring
CANOPUS
Canadian Auroral Network for the Open Program Unified Study
CANTEX
Canadian Tundra Experiment
CARCMIP
Coupled Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project
CARDS
Comprehensive Aerological Data Set
CARMA
Circumarctic Rangifer Monitoring & Assessment Network
CASES
Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study
CAT-B
Circum-Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity
CAVM
Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map
CBMP
Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program
CCIN
Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
CEDAR
Coupling Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
CEON
Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network
CEON-IMS
Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network Internet Map Server
CEOP
Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period
CEOP II
Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period II
CEOS
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
C-GOOS
Coastal GOOS
CIFAR
Cooperative Institute For Arctic Research
CliC
Climate and Cryosphere
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability
COMAAR
Consortium for coordination of Observation and Monitoring of the Arctic for Assessment and Research
COOP
Coastal Ocean Observations Panel
CO-OPS
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
COPES
Coordinated Observation and Prediction of the Earth System
CSA
Canadian Space Agency
CTD
Conductivity, Temperature, Depth sensor
CUAHSI
Consortium of Universities for Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences
DAAC
Distributive Active Archive Centers
DAMOCLES
Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DEMs
Digital Elevation Models
DISC
Data and Information Service for CliC
DMI
Danish Meteorological Institute
DMO
Distributed Marine Observatories
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
DQU
Detecting and Quantifying Unaami
DTO
Distributed Terrestrial Observatories
EGU
European Geophysical Union
eGY
electronic Geophysical Year
Eiscat
European Incoherent Scatter Radar
ELOKA
Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic
EMEP
European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme
EMSO
European Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observatory
ENVINET
European Network for Arctic-Alpine Environmental Research
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOS AM
Earth Observing System Terra
EOS PM
Earth Observing System Aqua
EOSDIS
EOS Data and Information System
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPPR
Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response
ESA
European Space Agency
ESFRI
European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructure
EU
European Union
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FAPAR
Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
FARO
Forum of Arctic Research Operators
F-MAP
Future of Marine Animal Populations
FPAR
Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation
GAW
Global Atmosphere Watch
GCMD
Global Change Master Directory
GCOS
Global Climate Observing System
GCTE
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems
GEMS
Global Environment Monitoring System
GEO
Group on Earth Observations
GEOSS
Global Earth Observation System of Systems
GINA
Geographic Information Network of Alaska
GIS
Geographic Information System
GLIMPSE
Global Implications of Arctic Climate Processes and Feedbacks
GLIMS
Global Land Ice Measurements from Space
GLOBE
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
GLOSS
Global Sea Level Observing System
GOOS
Global Ocean Observing System
GOS
Global Observing System
GOSIC
Global Observing System Information Center
GPS
Global Positioning System
GSN
GCOS-Surface Network
GTN
Global Terrestrial Network
GTOS
Global Terrestrial Observing System
GUAN
GCOS Upper Air Network
HARC
Human Dimensions of the Arctic System
HD
Human Dimensions
HLEO
High Latitude Ecological Observatory
H-MAP
History of Marine Animal Populations
IABP
International Arctic Buoy Programme
iAOOS
Integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System
IARPC
Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee
IASC
International Arctic Science Committee
IASC-WAG
International Arctic Science Committee-Working group on Arctic Glaciology
ICARP
International Conference on Arctic Research Planning
ICARP II
Second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning
ICES
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICS
International Circumpolar Surveillance
ICSU
International Council for Science
IEOS
Integrated Earth Observation System
IGBP
International Geosphere Biosphere Programme
IGOS
Integrated Global Observing Strategy
IGY
International Geophysical Year
INCHR
International Network for Circumpolar Health Research
INPO
International Network of Permafrost Observatories
IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IOOS
Integrated Ocean Observing System
IPA
International Permafrost Association
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPR
Intellectual Property Rights
IPY
International Polar Year
IPY DIS
International Polar Year Data and Information Service
IPY IPO
IPY International Program Office
IRISs
Integrated Regional Impact Studies
ISAC
International Study of Arctic Change
ITC
Inuit Tapirisat of Canada
ITEX
International Tundra Experiment
IUGG
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
JCOMM
Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
JCOMMops
JCOMM in situ Observing Platform Support Centre
JOSS
Joint Office for Science Support
JWACS
Joint Western Arctic Climate Study
LAI
Leaf Area Index
LAII
Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions
LAO
Large-scale Atmospheric Observatories
LTA
Long-term archival
LTER
Long Term Ecological Research Network
LTK
Local and traditional knowledge
MACCS
Magnetometer Array for Cusp and Cleft Studies
MAGICS
Mass balance of Arctic Glaciers and Ice sheets in relation to Climate and Sea level changes
MARS
Mars Arctic Research Station
MEMS
Microelectromechanical systems
Miracle
Magnetometers-Ionospheric Radars-Allsky Cameras Large Experiment
MISR
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
MODIS
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MOSJ
Monitoring of Svalbard and Jan Mayen
MSU
Microwave Sounding Unit
NABOS
Nansen and Amundsen Basin Observational System
NAO
North Atlantic Oscillation
NARL
Naval Arctic Research Lab
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA DAAC
NASA Distributive Active Archive Centers
NATEX
North American Tundra Experiment
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
NDBC
National Data Buoy Center
NDVI
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NEMS
Nanoelectromechanical systems
NEON
National Ecological Observatory Network
NERC
Natural Environment Research Council
NGDC
National Geophysical Data Center
NILU
Norwegian Institute for Air Research
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODC
National Oceanographic Data Center
NOP
National Observer Program
NOW
North Water Polynya
NPEO
North Pole Environmental Observatory
NPOESS
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NPP
NPOESS Preparatory Project
NRC
National Research Council
NRI
Nunavut Research Institute
NRPA
Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSSDC
National Space Science Data Center
NWS
National Weather Service
OCO
Orbiting Carbon Observatory
OGC
Open Geospatial Consortium
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OOPC
Open Ocean Panel for Climate
OPP
Office of Polar Programs
OSSEs
Observing System Sensitivity Experiments
OSTP
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
PAGES
Past Global Changes project of IGBP
PAME
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
PAR
Photosynthetically Active Radiation
PARASOL
Polarization and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Sciences coupled with Observations from a Lidar
PARCA
Program for Regional Climate Assessment
pCO2
partial Carbon Dioxide
PI
Principle Investigator
PLUTO
Polar Links to Undersea Telecommunications and Observatories
POP
Persistent Organic Pollutant
PRB
Polar Research Board
R-ArcticNet
Regional-ArcticNet
RENNET
Reindeer Network
SBI
Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions Project
SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research program
SCANNET
Scandinavian/North European Network of Terrestrial Field Bases
SCAR
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SDO
Solar Dynamics Observatory
SDWG
Sustainable Development Working Group
SEARCH
Study of Environmental Arctic Change
SEEDS
Strategic Evolution of Earth Science Enterprise Data System
SEI
Social and Economic Interactions
SHEBA
Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean
SliCA
Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic
SOOP
Ship of Opportunity Programme
SPOT
Satellite Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre
SST
Sea Surface Temperature
STTR
Small Business Technology Transfer program
SuperDARN
Super Dual Auroral Radar Network
TDC
Thematic Data Center
TEK
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
THORpex
The Observing-system Research and predictability experiment
TIMED
Thermospheric, Ionospheric, Mesospheric Energetics and Dynamics
TOVS
TIROS (Television and Infrared Observational Satellite) Operational Vertical Sounder
TSG
Thermosalinograph
TSP
Thermal State of Permafrost
UAF
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle
UCAR
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
UNAVCO
University NAVSTAR Consortium
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
US NCDC
United States National Climate Data Center
USGS
United States Geological Survey
UV
Ultraviolet
VGMO
Virtual Global Magnetic Observatory
VOS
Voluntary Observing Ship
VOSClim
Voluntary Observing Ships Climatology
VSO
Virtual Solar Observatory
WAG
Working Group on Arctic Glaciology
WCRP
World Climate Research Programme
WDC
World Data Center System
WGI
World Glacier Inventory
WGMS
World Glacier Monitoring Service
WHYCOS
World Hydrological Cycle Observing System
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WOUDC
World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre
WWW
World Weather Watch
XBT
Expendable Bathythermograph
XCTD
Expendable Conductivity Temperature Data
ZERO
Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations