Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos (2004)
Chapter: Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations
C
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACR
anomalous cosmic ray
AU
astronomical unit (150,000,000 km)
AURA
Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy
CIR
corotating interaction region
CME
coronal mass ejection
DNL
distant neutral line
ESA
European Space Agency
FAST
Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (satellite)
GCR
galactic cosmic ray
ICE
International Cometary Explorer (spacecraft)
IMAGE
Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (satellite)
IMF
interplanetary magnetic field
LISM
local interstellar medium
MHD
magnetohydrodynamic
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NENL
near-Earth neutral-line (model)
NRAO
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Rm
(nondimensional) magnetic Reynolds number
SOHO
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
STScI
Space Telescope Science Institute
TRACE
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer
VLA
Very Large Array
