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Appendix F Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 86-89

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... F Acronyms and Abbreviations ACCESS Advanced Cosmic-ray Composition Experiment for the Space Station ACE Advanced Composition Explorer AGN active galactic nucleus AIRS Advanced Infrared Sounder ALEXIS Array of Low-Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors AO announcement of opportunity ARISE Advanced Radio Interferometry between Space and Earth ASCA Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics AXAF Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (now Chandra X-ray Observatory) CAA Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics CATSAT Cooperative Astrophysics and Technology Satellite CES Committee on Earth Studies CFC chlorofluorocarbon CGRO Compton Gamma Ray Observatory CHAMP Challenging Minisatellite Payload CHIPS Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer CISP Committee on International Space Programs CMBR cosmic microwave background radiation CME coronal mass ejection COMPLEX Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration CRAF Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby CSSP Committee and Solar and Space Physics CZCS Coastal Zone Color Scanner DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DOD Department of Defense DSN Deep Space Network 86
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... Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope guest observer geostationary operational environmental satellites Gravity Probe-B Global Positioning System general relativity Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Goddard Space Flight Center High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager High-Energy Transfer Explorer High-Resolution Infrared Sounder Hubble Space Telescope Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite Instrument Incubator Program Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration Integrated Multispectral Atmospheric Sounder Inner Magnetosphere Explorer Interplanetary Monitoring Platform International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory Integrated Program Office International Sun-Earth Explorer interstellar medium International Solar-Terrestrial Physics program Jet Propulsion Laboratory Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
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... Magnetospheric Multi Scale mission operations and data analysis mission of opportunity Mars Polar Lander National Aeronautics and Space Administration Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Next Generation Space Telescope Neutral Mass Spectrometer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NPOESS Preparatory Project National Research Council National Science and Technology Council Office of Space Science (NASA) principal investigator Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Quick Scatterometer research and analysis Roentgen Satellite Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer synthetic aperture radar Satellite per Astronom~a in Raggi X Strategic Defense Initiative Sea Viewing Wide Field of View Sensor Sun-Earth Connection Space Interferometry Mission Space Infrared Telescope Facility Solar Mesosphere Explorer Small Explorer (program)
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... USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program USRA Universities Space Research Association VLA Very Large Array WIRE Wide-field InfraRed Explorer XEUS X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy mission XMM X-ray Multi-Mirror mission
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  • operational environmental
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  • gamma ray
  • science institute
  • telescope science
  • auroral snapshot
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  • integrated multispectral
  • global geospace
  • geospace science
  • atmospheric sounder

  • inner magnetosphere
  • oxide experiment
  • instrument definition
  • research association
  • nitric oxide

  • particle explorer
  • integrated program
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