AATSR |
Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer |
ADEOS |
Advanced Earth Observation Satellite |
AIRS |
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder |
ALI |
Advanced Land Imager |
ALOS |
Advanced Land Observing Satellite |
AMI |
Active Microwave Instrument |
AMSR |
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer |
ASAR |
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar |
ASCAT |
Advanced Scatterometer |
ASTER |
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer |
ATSR |
Along Track Scanning Radiometer |
AWiFS |
Advanced Wide Field Sensor |
AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
AVNIR |
Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer |
BAHC |
Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle |
CAST |
Chinese Academy of Space Technology |
CCRS |
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing |
CESBIO |
Centre dEtudes Spatiales de la Biosphère |
CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
CERES |
Clouds and Earths Radiant Energy System |
CH4 |
Methane |
CMIS |
Conical Scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder |
CNES |
Centre National dEtudes Spatiales |
CO |
Carbon monoxide |
CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
COBRA |
CO2 Budget and Rectification Airborne |
COP |
Conference Of Parties |
CSA |
Canadian Space Agency |
CSIR |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
DISS |
Data and Information Systems and Services |
DOD |
Department of Defence (USA) |
ENVISAT |
ESA Satellite |
EO |
Earth Observing |
EOS - Aqua |
Earth Observation Satellite - Water |
EOS - Aura |
Earth Observation Satellite - Air |
EOS - Terra |
Earth Observation Satellite - Land |
EPIC |
Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera |
ERBE |
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
ERS |
European Remote Sensing satellite |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ESRIN |
European Space Research Institute |
ESSP |
Earth System Science Pathfinder |
ETM |
Enhanced Thematic Mapper |
EUMETSAT |
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FDGC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee (USA) |
FLUXNET |
Flux Network |
FRA |
Forest Resources Assessment |
GAIM |
Global Analysis, Intergrating and Modelling |
GAW |
Global Atmospheric Watch |
GCMD |
Global Change Master Directory |
GCOM |
Global Change Observation Mission |
GCOS |
Global Climate Observing System |
GCTE |
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems |
GEWEX |
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment |
GLAS |
Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (formerly GLRS-A) |
GLI |
Global Land Imager |
GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
GOFC |
Global Observation of Forest Cover |
GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
GOSIC |
Global Observing Systems Information Center |
GOSSP |
Global Observing Systems Space Panel |
GT-Net |
Global Terrestrial Observing Network |
GTOS |
Global Terrestrial Observing System |
GUAN |
GCOS Upper Air Network |
HIRDLS |
High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder |
HPREN |
High Performance Research and Education Networks |
HRG |
High Resolution Geometry |
HR-PAN |
High Resolution Panchromatic sensor |
HRV |
High Resolution Visible |
IASI |
Improved Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
ICESat |
Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite |
ICSU |
International Council for Science |
IGAC |
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry |
IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
IGCO |
Integrated Global Carbon Observations |
IGOS |
Integrated Global Observing Strategy |
IGOS-P |
Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership |
IJPS |
Initial Joint Polar-Orbiting Operational Satellite System |
ILAS |
Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer |
ILTER |
International Long Term Ecological Research |
INPE |
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IRS |
Indian Remote Sensing Satellite |
ISLSCP |
International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project |
ISRIC |
International Soil Reference and Information Centre |
ISRO |
Indian Space Research Organisation |
IT |
Implementation Team |
IUSS |
International Union of Soil Sciences |
JERS |
Japanese Earth Resources Satellite |
JME |
Ministry of Environment (Japan) |
JRC |
Joint Research Centre |
LAI |
Leaf Area Index |
LANDSAT |
Land Remote Sensing Satellite |
LBA |
Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia |
LDAS |
Land Data Assimilation System |
LISS |
Linear Imaging Self-Scanning sensor |
LUCC |
Land Use and Cover Change |
MBLA |
Multi-Beam Laser Altimeter |
MECB |
Missão Espacial Completa Brasileira |
MERIS |
Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
MetOp |
Meteorological Operational satellites |
MIRAS |
Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis |
MISR |
Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer |
MITI |
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan) |
MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
MOPITT |
Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere |
MOS |
Marine Observation Satellite |
MSG |
Meteosat Second Generation |
MSMR |
Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) |
NASDA |
National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
NEP |
Net Ecosystem Productivity |
NERC |
Natural Environment Research Council |
NGO |
Non-governmental Organization |
NMP |
New Millennium Program |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA) |
NPOESS |
National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System |
NPP |
Net Primary Productivity |
NREN |
NASA Research and Educational Network |
NWP |
Numerical Weather prediction |
ODUS |
Ozone Dynamics Ultraviolet Spectrometer |
ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA) |
OSC |
Orbital Sciences Corp |
OSTC |
Federal Office for Scientific Technical and Cultural Affairs (Belgium) |
PALSAR |
Phased-Array type L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar |
PAN |
Panchromatic |
PAR |
Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
PIK |
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
POLDER |
Polarisation and Directionality of Earth Reflectances |
PR |
Precipitation Radar |
PRISM |
Panchromatic Remote Sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping |
QuikScat |
Quick Scatterometer |
RADARSAT |
Canadian Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite |
SAI |
Space Applications Institute |
SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SBSTA |
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice |
SCIAMACHY |
SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY |
SeaWiFS |
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
SEI |
Special Events Imager |
SEVIRI |
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra Red Imager |
SGLI |
Second Generation Global Imager |
SIT |
Strategic Implementation Team (CEOS) |
SMOS |
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity |
SNSB |
Swedish National Space Board |
SOFIS |
Solar Occultation FTS for Inclined-orbit Satellite |
SOMNET |
Soil Organic Matter Network |
SOTER |
Soil and Terrain Database |
SPOT |
Système Pour lObservation de la Terre |
SRB |
Surface Radiation Budget |
SSR |
Satélites de Sensoriamento Remoto |
SW |
Shortwave |
TCO |
Terrestrial Carbon Observation |
TES |
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer |
TIROS |
Television and InfraRed Observation Satellite |
TMI |
TRMM Microwave Imager |
TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (USA, Japan) |
UNEP |
United Nations Environmental Programme |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
USGCRP |
United States Global Change Research Programme |
USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
VCL |
Vegetation Canopy Lidar mission |
VIIRS |
Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite |
VIRS |
Visible Infrared Scanner |
WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme |
WFW |
World Fire Web |
WGCV |
Working Group on Calibration and Validation (CEOS) |
WGISS |
Working Group on Information Systems and Services (CEOS) |
WiFS |
Wide Field Sensor |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
WRI |
World Resources Institute Executive Summary |