Review of EarthScope Integrated Science (2001)

Chapter: Appendix C: Acronyms

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Appendix C Acronyms

ANSS

Advanced National Seismic System

ASAR

Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar

DNAG

Decade of North American Geology

DOE

United States Department of Energy

EAR

NSF Division of Earth Sciences

ERS

European Remote-Sensing Satellite

ESA

European Space Agency

GPS

Global Positioning System

InSAR

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar

IRIS

Incorporated Research Institutions in Seismology

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

MRE

Major Research Equipment

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASDA

National Space Development Agency of Japan

NSF

National Science Foundation

NRC

National Research Council

PALSAR

Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar

PBO

Plate Boundary Observatory

OBS

Ocean Bottom Seismometer

SAR

Synthetic Aperture Radar

SCEC

Southern California Earthquake Center

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

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