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