| A |
ADC |
Atlantic Data
Coverage |
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ADEOS |
Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) |
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AHRPT |
Advanced High Rate Picture Transmission |
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AMSU |
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |
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APT |
Automatic Picture Transmission |
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ARGOS |
Data Collection and Location System |
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ASCII |
American Standard
Code for Information Interchange |
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ASDAR |
Aircraft to
Satellite Data Relay |
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ATMS |
Advanced
Technology Microwave Sounder |
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ATN |
Advanced
TIROS-N |
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ATOVS |
Advanced TOVS |
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AVHRR |
Advanced Very High
Resolution Radiometer |
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| B |
BoM |
Bureau of
Meteorology (Australia) |
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| C |
CCD |
CCD Charge Coupled
Device |
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CCIR |
CCIR Consultative
Committee on International Radio |
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CD |
CD Compact
Disc |
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CDA |
CDA Command and
Data Acquisition |
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CDAS |
CDAS Command and
Data Acquisition Station |
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CEOS |
CEOS Committee on
Earth Observation Satellites |
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CGMS |
CGMS Coordination
Group for Meteorological Satellites |
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CHRPT |
CHRPT Chinese
HRPT |
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CMA |
CMA China
Meteorological Agency |
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CMS |
CMS Centre de
Meteorologie Spatiale (Lannion) |
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CMV |
CMV Cloud Motion
Vector |
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CMW |
CMW Cloud Motion
Wind |
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COSPAR |
COSPAR Committee
on Space Research |
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COSPAS |
Cosmicheskaya
Sistyema Poiska Avariynich Sudov (Russian equivalent of SARSAT) |
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CDCS |
Data Collection
System |
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| D |
DMSP |
Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program (USA) |
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DOMSAT |
Domestic
telecommunications relay Satellite |
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DVD |
Digital Versatile
Disc |
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DWD |
Deutscher
Wetterdienst (Germany) |
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| E |
EARS |
ATOVS
Retransmission Service |
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ECT |
Equator Crossing
Time |
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ECMWF |
European Centre
for Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
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ENVISAT |
Environment
monitoring Satellite |
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EOS |
Earth Observation
System |
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EPS |
EUMETSAT Polar
System |
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ERBE |
Earth Budget
Radiation Experiment |
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ESA |
European Space
Agency |
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ESOC |
European Space
Operations Centre |
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ESSA |
Environmental
Science Services Administration |
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EUMETSAT |
European
Meteorological Satellite Organisation |
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| F |
FAA |
Federal Aviation
Authority |
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FAX |
Facsimile |
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FOV |
Field of View |
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FY |
Feng Yun (cloud
and wind) Chinese weather satellites |
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| G |
GAC |
Global Area
Coverage |
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GDPT |
Global Data
Picture Transmission (FY polar satellites) |
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GERB |
Geostationary
Earth Radiation Budget |
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GMS |
Geostationary
Meteorological Satellite (Japan) |
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GOES |
Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite (USA) |
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GOMS |
Geostationary
Operational Meteorological Satellite (Russian Fed.) |
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GPS |
Global Positioning
System |
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GTS |
Global
Telecommunications System (WMO) |
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GVAR |
GOES Variable |
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| H |
HiRID |
High Resolution
Imager Data |
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HIRS |
High Resolution
Infrared Radiation Sounder |
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HR |
High
Resolution |
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HRD |
High Rate Data |
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HRIT |
High Rate
Information Transmission |
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HRPT |
High Resolution
Picture Transmission |
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HSRS |
High Spectral
Resolution Sounder |
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| I |
IDCS |
International Data
Collection System |
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IFOV |
Instantaneous
Field of View |
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IFRB |
International
Frequency Registration Board |
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INSAT |
INSAT Indian
geostationary Satellite |
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IR |
Infrared |
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ITOS |
Improved TIROS
Operational Satellite |
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ITU |
International
Telecommunications Union |
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| J |
JAXA |
Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency |
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JMA |
Japan
Meteorological Agency |
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| K |
KNMI |
Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute |
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| L |
LAC |
Local Area
Coverage |
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LDPT |
Local Data Picture
Transmission (FY polar satellites) |
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LRD |
Low Rate Data
(NPOESS) |
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LRIT |
Low Rate
Information Transmission |
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LRPT |
Low Rate Picture
Transmission |
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LST |
Local Solar
Time |
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| M |
MARF |
Meteorological
Archive and Retrieval Facility (EUMETSAT) |
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MDD |
Meteorological
Data Distribution |
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METEOR |
Polar-orbiting
weather satellite (Russian Federation) |
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METEOSAT |
Geostationary
weather satellite (EUMETSAT) |
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METOP |
Meteorological
Operational Polar satellite (EUMETSAT) |
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METSAT |
Indian
geostationary weather satellite |
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MIRP |
Manipulated
Information Rate Processor |
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MODIS |
Moderate
resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
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MSG |
Meteosat Second
Generation |
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MSU |
Microwave Sounding
Unit |
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MTG |
Meteosat Third
Generation |
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MTP |
Meteosat
Transition Programme |
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MTSAT |
Multi-functional
Transport Satellite (Japan) |
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| N |
NASA |
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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NASDA |
National Space
Development Agency (Japan) |
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NESDIS |
National
Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service |
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NMC |
National
Meteorological Centre |
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NOAA |
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration |
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NPOESS |
National
Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
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NPP |
NPOESS Preparatory
Project |
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NWS |
National Weather
Service (USA) |
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| O |
OCEANSAT |
Ocean applications
Satellite (India) |
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| P |
PDUS |
Primary Data User
Station |
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POES |
Polar-orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite (USA) |
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| Q |
QFH |
Quadrifilar
Helix |
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| R |
RSO |
Rapid Scan
Operations |
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RSS |
Rapid Scan
Service |
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| S |
SAF |
SAF Satellite
Applications Facility |
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SAR |
Search and
Rescue |
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SARSAT |
Search and Rescue
Satellite Aided Tracking |
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SBUV |
Solar
Backscattered Ultra Violet (Ozone instrument) |
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SDUS |
Secondary Data
User Station |
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SEM |
Space Environment
Monitor |
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SEVIRI |
Spinning Enhanced
Visible and Infrared Imager (MSG) |
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SMA |
State
Meteorological Administration (China) |
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SMD |
Stored Mission
Data (NPOESS) |
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SOCC |
Satellite
Operations Control Center |
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SSP |
Sub-Satellite
Point |
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SST |
Sea Surface
Temperature |
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SSU |
Stratospheric
Sounding Unit |
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S-VISSR |
Stretched
VISSR |
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| T |
TBUS |
Satellite
prediction bulletin |
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TD |
Technical
Document |
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TIP |
TIROS Information
Processor |
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TIROS |
Television Infra
Red Observation Satellite |
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TOMS |
Total Ozone
Mapping Spectrometer |
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TOVS |
TIROS Operational
Vertical Sounder |
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| U |
UTC |
Universal
Coordinated Time |
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| V |
VHRR |
Very High
Resolution Radiometer |
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VIRSR |
Visible and
Infrared Scanning Radiometer (EPS) |
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VIS |
Visible
channel |
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VISSR |
Visible and
Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer |
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| W |
WEFAX |
Weather
Facsimile |
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WMO |
World
Meteorological Organisation |
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WV |
Water Vapour |
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WWW |
World Weather
Watch (WMO) |
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| Z |
ZAP |
Z-axis Precession
Mode (GOES) |
