Transforming Remote Sensing Data into Information and Applications (2001)
Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms
D Acronyms
ARC
affiliated research center
AVHRR
advanced very high resolution radiometer
DOT
Department of Transportation
EOCAP
Earth Observations Commercialization/Applications Program
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOSAT
Earth Observation Satellite Company
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ESE
Earth Science Enterprise
FGDC
Federal Geographical Data Committee
GIS
geographic information systems
GPS
Global Positioning System
HAB
harmful algal bloom
HRPT
high-resolution picture transmission
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NSF
National Science Foundation
POES
Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research (program)
SeaWiFS
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
SHOALS
Scanning Hydrographic Operations Airborne Lidar Survey
SPOT
Système pour l’Observation de la Terre
TIROS
Television Infrared Observing Satellite
USACE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
