March 23, 2015

Acronyms

AMSU-AAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A
AMSU-BAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B
ATOVSAdvanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
AVHRRAdvanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
CFCChloroFluoroCarbon
CLIVARClimate Variability and Predictability
CNESCentre National d'Etudes Spatiales
CoICo-Investigator
EPSEUMETSAT Polar System
ERBEEarth's Radiation Budget Experiment
ESAEuropean Space Agency
EUMETSATEuropean Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
GEWEXGlobal Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GCTEGlobal Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems
HIRSHigh Resolution Infrared Sounder
IASIInfrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
IPCCIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IFOVInstantaneous Field-of-View
IGACInternational Geosphere-Biosphere Program
IOSInitial Observing System
IRCCMIntercomparison of Radiation Codes in General Circulation Models
ISSWGIASI Sounding Science Working Group
ITRAIntercomparison of Transmittance and Radiance Algorithms
METOPMeteorological Operational Satellite
MHSMicrowave Humidity Sounder
NEDTNoise Equivalent Differential Temperature
NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPOESSNOAA Polar Orbiting Earth Operational Environmental Satellite
NWPNumerical Weather Prediction
PIPrincipal Investigator
ScaRaBScanner for Earth's Radiation Budget
SIRSSatellite InfraRed Spectrometer
TBCTo Be Confirmed
TIROSTelevision InfraRed Observing Satellite
TOVSTIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
UNEPUnited Nations Environment Program
VTPRVertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
WMOWorld Meteorological Organisation
WRCPWorld Climate Research Program
WWWWorld Weather Watch
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