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Appendix B: Acronyms
Pages 44-46

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... service AMSR2 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 AMSR- E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth AMSU-A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit ARNS Aeronautical Radionavigation Service ARO Arizona Radio Observatory ATMS JPSS's Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder CI neutral carbon CIWSIR Cloud Ice Water Sub-millimetre Imaging Radiometer CSO Caltech Submillimeter Observatory DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DOD Department of Defense EESS Earth Exploration-Satellite Service EIRP equivalent isotropically radiated power EOS Aqua EOS Aqua (NASA) GEM Geosynchronous Microwave Sounder/Imager GMI GPM Microwave Imager GOMAS Geostationary Observatory for Microwave Atmospheric Sounding GPM Global Precipitation Measurement (NASA)
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... National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation OOB out of band OSCR Ocean Surface Current Radar PREMIER Process Exploration Through Measurement of Infrared and Millimeter-wave Emitted Radiation RAS Radio Astronomy Service RFI radio frequency interference SAFIR Single Aperture Far-Infrared Observatory SM soil moisture SMA Submillimeter Array SMILES Submillimeter-Wave Limb Emission Sounder SMMR Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer SMT Sub-Millimeter Telescope (ARO) SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Far-Infrared Astronomy SOPRANO Sub-millimeter Observations of Processes in the Atmosphere Noteworthy for Ozone SPT South Pole Telescope SSB single-sideband SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave Imager SSMI/S Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder SST sea surface temperature TMI TRMM Microwave Imager TRMM Tropical Rain Fall Measurement Mission UAS unmanned aircraft systems WERA wave radar systems WMO World Meteorological Organization WRC World Radiocommunication Conference 45
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  • microwave atmospheric
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  • isotropically radiated
  • ozone spt
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  • aeronautical radionavigation
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