ADEOS

Advanced Earth Observation Satellite

ADM

Atmospheric Dynamics Mission

AFGWC

Air Force Global Weather Center

AIRS

Atmospheric Infrared Radiation Sounder

ALADIN

Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument

AMSU

Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit

AO

Announcement of Opportunity

APS

Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor

ASCAT

Advanced Scatterometer

ASOS

Automated Surface Observing System

ATMS

Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder

AWS

Air Weather Service

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CERSAT

Centre ERS d’Archivage et de Traitement

CMIS

Conical Microwave Imager/Sounder

CNES

Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales

COSMIC

Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate

CRD

Capstone Requirements Document

CrIS

Cross-track Infrared Sounder

DIAL

Differential Absorption Lidar

DMSP

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DMSP (SPO)

DMSP Systems Program Office

DOD

Department of Defense

DORIS

Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite

EADM

European Atmospheric Dynamics Mission

ECMWF

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

EDR

environmental data record

EIS

Earth Information System

EMC

Environmental Modeling Center

ENVISAT

Environmental Satellite

EOS

Earth Observing System

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERS

European Remote Sensing satellite

ESA

European Space Agency

ESE

Earth Science Enterprise

ESSA

Environmental Science Services Administration

ESSP

Earth System Science Pathfinder

EUMETSAT

European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

EXCOM

Executive Committee

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

GAO

General Accounting Office

GEOS

Goddard Earth Observing System

GIFTS

Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer

GIFTS-IOMI

GIFTS Indian Ocean METOC (Meteorology and Oceanography) Imager

GMES

Global Monitoring for Environmental Security

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

GOES-NEXT

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–Next Generation

GPM

Global Precipitation Measurement

GPS

Global Positioning System

GPS/MET

Global Positioning System/Meteorology

GPSOS

Global Positioning System Occultation Sensor

GRACE

Gravity and Climate Experiment

GSFC

Goddard Space Flight Center

HIRS

High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder

IASI

Interferometer Atmospheric Sounding Instrument

ICESat

Ice, Clouds, and Land Elevation Satellite

IFREMER

French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

IORD

Integrated Operational Requirements Document

IPO

Integrated Program Office

IR

infrared

ITO

Interagency Transition Office

ITOS

Improved TIROS Operational Satellite

IV&V

Independent Verification and Validation

JCSDA

Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

JHT

Joint Hurricane Testbed

lidar

light detection and ranging

LIS

Lightning Imaging Sensor

LLWAS

Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System

LMS

Lightning Mapper Sensor

METOP

Meteorological Operational Polar satellites of EUMETSAT

MHS

Microwave Humidity Sounder

MNS

Mission Needs Statement

MODIS

Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MSU

Microwave Sounding Unit

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASDA

National Space Development Agency of Japan

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NCDC

National Climate Data Center

NCEP

National Centers for Environmental Prediction

NESDIS

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA)

NESS

National Environmental Satellite Service

NHC

National Hurricane Center

Nimbus

NASA environmental research satellite series

NMC

National Meteorological Center

NMP

New Millennium Program

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA SEC

NOAA Space Environment Center

NOMSS

National Operational Meteorological Satellite System

NPOESS

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NPP

NPOESS Preparatory Project

NRC

National Research Council

NRO

National Reconnaissance Office

NROSS

Navy Remote Ocean Sensing System

NSCAT

NASA Scatterometer

NSF

National Science Foundation

NWP

Numerical Weather Prediction

NWS

National Weather Service

OFCM

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

OLS

Operational Linescan System

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OMPS

Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite

ORD

Operational Requirements Document

OSE

Observing System Experiment

OSIP

Operational Satellite Improvement Program

OSTM

Ocean Surface Topography Mission

OTA

Office of Technology Assessment

OTD

Optical Transient Detector

PI

principal investigator

PMR

Pressure-Modulator Radiometer

POES

Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite

QuikSCAT

Quick Scatterometer

QuikTOMS

Quick Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

R&D

research and development

RCA

Radio Corporation of America

RMS

root mean square

RO

radio occultation

S³

Satellite Surface Stress

SAR

synthetic aperture radar

SASS

Seasat-A Satellite Scatterometer

SCAMS

Scanning Microwave Spectrometer

SDR

sensor data record

SDRR

System Definition and Risk Reduction

SE&TD

Systems Engineering and Technical Direction

SeaWiFS

Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor

SEC

Space Environment Center

SEI

Special Events Imager

SESS

Space Environment Sensor Suite

SIRS

Solar Infrared Radiation Station

SMOP OR

Operational Requirement for Satellite Measurement of Oceanographic Parameters

SPO

System Program Office

SSM/I

Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

SXI

Solar X-ray Imager

SXT

Solar X-ray Telescope

TDRS

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite

TDWR

Terminal Doppler Weather Radar

TIROS

Television Infrared Observation Satellite

TMI

TRMM Microwave Imager

TOMS

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

TOPEX

Ocean Topography Experiment

TOS

TIROS Operational System

TOVS

TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

TRMM

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

USAF

U.S. Air Force

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

USWRP

U.S. Weather Research Program

UW

University of Wisconsin

UV

ultraviolet

VAS

VISSR Atmospheric Sounder

VHRR/AVHRR

Very High Resolution Radiometer/Advanced VHRR

VIIRS

Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite

VIRS

Visible Infrared Scanner

VISSR

Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer

VOLCAM

Volcanic Ash Mapper

VTPR

Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer

WSOA

Wide Swath Ocean Altimeter

WSR88-D

Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler