Thinking Strategically: The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program (2005)

Chapter: Appendix E Abbreviations and Acronyms

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Appendix E
Abbreviations and Acronyms


ACRIM

Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor

AIChE

American Institute of Chemical Engineers


CCSP

Climate Change Science Program

CFC

chlorofluorocarbon


DOE

Department of Energy


ENSO

El Niño-Southern Oscillation

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERBS

Earth Radiation Budget Satellite


FY

fiscal year


GHG

greenhouse gas

GPRA

Government Performance and Results Act


HF

Hickey-Frieden radiometer


IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change


NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRC

National Research Council

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NSF

National Science Foundation


OMB

Office of Management and Budget


PART

Program Assessment Rating Tool

PI

principal investigator

PMOD

Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos


R&D

research and development

RISA

Regional Integrated Science and Assessments


TAO

Tropical Atmosphere Ocean

TOGA

Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere

TSI

total solar irradiance


USGCRP

U.S. Global Change Research Program

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

UV

ultraviolet


VIRGO

Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations


WREN

Washington Research Evaluation Network

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