| ACC |
Administrative Committee on Coordination |
| AMAP |
Arctic
Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
| AVHRR
|
Advanced
Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| |
|
| BATERISTA
|
Biosphere-Atmosphere
Transfer and Ecolog.Research insitu Studies in Amazonia |
| BAHC
|
Biospheric
Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle |
| BCIS |
Biodiversity
Conservation Information System |
|
|
|
| CAB
|
Centre
for Agriculture and Bioscience International |
| CALM |
Circumpolar
Active Layer Monitoring Network |
| CBD |
Convention
on Biodiversity |
| CCD |
Convention
to Combat Desertification |
| CDIAC
|
Carbon
Dioxide Information Analysis Centre |
| CEO |
Centre for Earth Observation |
| CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
| CERN
|
Chinese
Ecosystem Research Network |
| CGIAR
|
Consultative
Group for International Agricultural Research |
| CIAT |
International
Centre for Tropical Agriculture |
| CICERO |
Centre for International Climate and Energy Research,
Oslo |
| CIESIN |
Consortium for International Earth Science Information
Network |
| CIFOR
|
Centre
for International Forestry Research |
| CITES
|
Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species |
| COP |
Conference
of the Parties |
| CORINE |
Coordination of Information on the Environment |
| CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development |
|
|
|
| DIMP |
Data
and Information Management Panel |
| DGVM |
Dynamic
Global Vegetation Model |
| DIVERSITAS |
International
Programme of Biodiversity Science |
|
|
|
| EC |
European Community |
| ECN |
Environmental Change Network |
| EEA |
European Environment Agency |
| EEOS
|
European
Earth Observing System |
| ELANEM |
Euro-Latin
American Network for Environmental Assessment and Monitoring
|
| EMAP
|
Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
| ENRICH |
European
Network for Research in Global Change |
| EOS |
Earth Observing System |
| EOSDIS |
Earth Observing System Data and Information System |
| EROS |
US
Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation Systems |
| ERS
|
ESA
Remote Sensing Satellite |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| EU
|
European
Union |
| EUROSTAT
|
European
Statistical Office |
|
|
|
| FAO |
Food and Agricultural Organization |
| FCCC |
Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| FLUXNET |
Flux
and Energy Exchange Network |
| FRIEND |
Flow
Regimes from International Experiments and Network Data |
|
|
|
| G3OS |
GCOS,
GOOS and GTOS |
| GAIM |
Global
Analysis and Modelling |
| GAW |
Global Atmospheric Watch |
| GCM |
General Circulation Model |
| GCOS |
Global Climate Observing System |
| GCTE
|
Global
Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (IGBP) |
| GDP
|
Gross
Domestic Product |
| GEF
|
Global
Environment Facility |
| GEMS |
Global Environment Monitoring System |
| GEO |
Global
Environment Outlook |
| GEWEX |
Global
Energy and Water Cycle Experiment |
| GHG |
Greenhouse
gases |
| GHOST |
Global
Hierarchical Observing Strategy |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GOFC |
Global
Observation of Forest Cover |
| GOOS |
Global
Ocean Observing System |
| GOSIC |
Global
Observation Systems Information Center |
| GOSSP |
Global
Observing Systems Space Panel |
| GPCC |
Global
Precipitation Climatology Center |
| GRDC |
Global Run-off Data Centre |
| GRID |
Global Resource Information Database |
| GT-Net |
GTOS
System of Networks |
| GTOS
|
Global
Terrestrial Observing System |
| GTSC |
GTOS
Steering Committee |
|
|
|
| HDP
|
Human
Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme |
| HEM |
Harmonization
of Environmental Measurement Unit |
| |
|
| IAI |
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research |
| IBFRA |
International
Boreal Forest Reserach Association |
| IBPGR |
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources |
| ICPs |
International
Cooperative Programmes |
| ICRAF |
International
Center for Research in Agroforestry |
| ICSU
|
International Council for
Science |
| IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
| IGBP-DIS |
Data and Information System for the IGBP |
| IGFA |
International
Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change |
| IGOS |
Integrated
Global Observing Strategy |
| IHP |
International Hydrological Programme |
| IHPD |
International
Human Dimensions Programme |
| ILEC |
International
Lake Environment Committee |
| ILRI |
International
Livestock Research Institute |
| ILTER
|
International
Long-Term Ecological Research |
| INCO |
International
Cooperation Programme |
| INENCO
|
Centre
for International Environmental Cooperation |
| INSURF |
International
Network on Soil Fertility and Sustainable Rice Farming |
| IOC |
Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Comission of UNSECO |
| IPA |
International
Permafrost Association |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute, Philippines |
| IRS |
Information Retrieval Service (ESA) |
| ISLSCP |
International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project |
| ISNAR |
International
Service for National Agricultural Research |
| ISRIC |
Soil Reference and Information Centre |
| ITE |
Institute for Terrestrial Ecology |
| ITU |
International
Telecommunication Union |
| IUCN |
World Conservation Union |
| IUFRO |
International Union of Forestry Research |
|
|
|
| JRC |
Joint
Research Council |
| JSTC |
Joint Scientifical and Technical Committee for GCOS |
|
|
|
| LAI |
Leaf
Area Index |
| LAMBADA
|
Large
Scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazonia using
Data Assimilation |
| LME
|
Large
Marine Ecosystem |
| LOICZ |
Land - Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone |
| LTER |
Long
Term Ecological Research |
| LUCC |
Land-Use and Land-Cover Change project of IGBP and HDP |
|
|
|
| MAB |
Man and the Biosphere Programme |
| MARS |
Monitoring Agriculture with Remote Sensing |
| MERIS
|
Medium
Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| MODIS |
Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
|
|
|
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) |
| NASDA |
National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
| NAWQA
|
National
Water Quality Assessment |
| NEP |
Net
Ecosystem Production |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NOAA
|
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NoLimits |
Networking
of Long-term Intgrated Monitoring in Terrestrial Systems |
| NPP
|
Net
Primary Production |
|
|
|
| PG |
Planning
Group |
| PHARE |
Technical assistance to Eastern European States |
|
|
|
RAMSAR
|
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially
as Waterfowl Habitat (RAMSAR Convention) |
| ROSELT
|
Reseau
d'Observatoires de Surveillance Ecologique a Long Terme |
| RS |
Remote
sensing |
|
|
|
| SADC
|
Southern
Africa Development |
| SBSTTA |
Subsidiary
Body on Scientific and Technical Advice |
| SAR |
Synthetic
Aperture Radar |
| SC
|
Steering
Committee |
| SCOPE |
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
(ICSU) |
| SOTER
|
Soil
and Terrain database |
| SPOT |
Systeme
Probatoire d'Observation de la Terre |
| START
|
Global
Change System for Analysis, Research and Training (IGBP) |
|
|
|
| TAG |
Technical Advisory Group |
| TEMS |
Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites database |
| TOPC |
Terrestrial
Observation Panel on Climate |
| TREES
|
Tropical
Ecosystem Environment Observations by Satellite (EC) |
| |
|
| UN
|
United
Nations |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNEP-HEM |
UNEP-Harmonization
of Environmental Measurement |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNITAR |
United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
| USAID |
United
States Agency for International Development |
| US
LTER |
US
Long-Term Ecological Research network |
|
|
|
| WCMC
|
World
Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme |
| WDC |
World Data Centre (ICSU) |
| WG
|
Work
Group |
| WGMS |
World
Glacier Monitoring Service |
| WHO |
World
Health Organization |
| WHYCOS |
World Hydrological Cycle Observing System |
| WMO
|
World
Meteorological Organization |
| WRI
|
World
Resources Institute |
| WWW |
World
Weather Watch |
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