AAGRUUK

Arctic Archive for Geophysical Research: Unlocking Undersea Knowledge

ABEKC

Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Co-op

ACD

Arctic Coastal Dynamics

ACIA

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment

ADCP

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

ADIS

ACSYS Data and Information Service

AEPS

Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy

AFOSR

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

AGU

American Geophysical Union

AHDR

Arctic Human Development Report

AICEMI

International Network of Arctic Indigenous Community-Based Environmental Monitoring and Information Stations

AIM

Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere

ALIS

Auroral Large Imaging System

ALISON

Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network

ALOMAR

Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research

AMAP

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

ANKN

Alaska Native Knowledge Network

AO

Arctic Oscillation

AOMIP

Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

AON

Arctic Observing Network

AOOS

Alaska Ocean Observing System

AOSB

Arctic Ocean Science Board

APDA

Arctic Precipitation Data Archive

ARCMIP

Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project

ARCN

Arctic Network—National Park Services (United States)

ARCN I&M

Arctic Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

ARCSS

Arctic System Science (NSF-OPP)

Arctic-CHAMP

Arctic Community-wide Hydrological Analysis and Monitoring Program

ArcticNet

A Canadian multidisciplinary team of arctic scientists, Inuit, and government managers

ARCUS

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States

ARDB

Arctic Runoff Data Base

ARM

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement

ARN

Arctic Residents’ Network

ASOF

Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes

ASR

Arctic System Reanalysis

ASSW

Arctic Science Summit Week

ASTER

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

AUV

autonomous underwater vehicle

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

BEO

Barrow Environmental Observatory

BSEO

Bering Strait Environmental Observatory

BTF

Back to the Future

CABOS

Canadian Basin Observational System

CAFF

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CALM

Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring

CANOPUS

Canadian Auroral Network for the Open Program Unified Study

CANTEX

Canadian Tundra Experiment

CARCMIP

Coupled Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project

CARDS

Comprehensive Aerological Data Set

CARMA

Circumarctic Rangifer Monitoring & Assessment Network

CASES

Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study

CAT-B

Circum-Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity

CAVM

Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map

CBMP

Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program

CCIN

Canadian Cryospheric Information Network

CEDAR

Coupling Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions

CEON

Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network

CEON-IMS

Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network Internet Map Server

CEOP

Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period

CEOP II

Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period II

CEOS

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

C-GOOS

Coastal GOOS

CIFAR

Cooperative Institute For Arctic Research

CliC

Climate and Cryosphere

CLIVAR

Climate Variability and Predictability

COMAAR

Consortium for coordination of Observation and Monitoring of the Arctic for Assessment and Research

COOP

Coastal Ocean Observations Panel

CO-OPS

Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services

COPES

Coordinated Observation and Prediction of the Earth System

CSA

Canadian Space Agency

CTD

Conductivity, Temperature, Depth sensor

CUAHSI

Consortium of Universities for Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences

DAAC

Distributive Active Archive Centers

DAMOCLES

Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DEMs

Digital Elevation Models

DISC

Data and Information Service for CliC

DMI

Danish Meteorological Institute

DMO

Distributed Marine Observatories

DOD

Department of Defense

DOE

Department of Energy

DQU

Detecting and Quantifying Unaami

DTO

Distributed Terrestrial Observatories

EGU

European Geophysical Union

eGY

electronic Geophysical Year

Eiscat

European Incoherent Scatter Radar

ELOKA

Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic

EMEP

European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme

EMSO

European Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observatory

ENVINET

European Network for Arctic-Alpine Environmental Research

EOS

Earth Observing System

EOS AM

Earth Observing System Terra

EOS PM

Earth Observing System Aqua

EOSDIS

EOS Data and Information System

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPPR

Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response

ESA

European Space Agency

ESFRI

European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructure

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FAPAR

Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation

FARO

Forum of Arctic Research Operators

F-MAP

Future of Marine Animal Populations

FPAR

Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation

GAW

Global Atmosphere Watch

GCMD

Global Change Master Directory

GCOS

Global Climate Observing System

GCTE

Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems

GEMS

Global Environment Monitoring System

GEO

Group on Earth Observations

GEOSS

Global Earth Observation System of Systems

GINA

Geographic Information Network of Alaska

GIS

Geographic Information System

GLIMPSE

Global Implications of Arctic Climate Processes and Feedbacks

GLIMS

Global Land Ice Measurements from Space

GLOBE

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment

GLOSS

Global Sea Level Observing System

GOOS

Global Ocean Observing System

GOS

Global Observing System

GOSIC

Global Observing System Information Center

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSN

GCOS-Surface Network

GTN

Global Terrestrial Network

GTOS

Global Terrestrial Observing System

GUAN

GCOS Upper Air Network

HARC

Human Dimensions of the Arctic System

HD

Human Dimensions

HLEO

High Latitude Ecological Observatory

H-MAP

History of Marine Animal Populations

IABP

International Arctic Buoy Programme

iAOOS

Integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System

IARPC

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee

IASC

International Arctic Science Committee

IASC-WAG

International Arctic Science Committee-Working group on Arctic Glaciology

ICARP

International Conference on Arctic Research Planning

ICARP II

Second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ICS

International Circumpolar Surveillance

ICSU

International Council for Science

IEOS

Integrated Earth Observation System

IGBP

International Geosphere Biosphere Programme

IGOS

Integrated Global Observing Strategy

IGY

International Geophysical Year

INCHR

International Network for Circumpolar Health Research

INPO

International Network of Permafrost Observatories

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IOOS

Integrated Ocean Observing System

IPA

International Permafrost Association

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPR

Intellectual Property Rights

IPY

International Polar Year

IPY DIS

International Polar Year Data and Information Service

IPY IPO

IPY International Program Office

IRISs

Integrated Regional Impact Studies

ISAC

International Study of Arctic Change

ITC

Inuit Tapirisat of Canada

ITEX

International Tundra Experiment

IUGG

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

JCOMM

Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

JCOMMops

JCOMM in situ Observing Platform Support Centre

JOSS

Joint Office for Science Support

JWACS

Joint Western Arctic Climate Study

LAI

Leaf Area Index

LAII

Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions

LAO

Large-scale Atmospheric Observatories

LTA

Long-term archival

LTER

Long Term Ecological Research Network

LTK

Local and traditional knowledge

MACCS

Magnetometer Array for Cusp and Cleft Studies

MAGICS

Mass balance of Arctic Glaciers and Ice sheets in relation to Climate and Sea level changes

MARS

Mars Arctic Research Station

MEMS

Microelectromechanical systems

Miracle

Magnetometers-Ionospheric Radars-Allsky Cameras Large Experiment

MISR

Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

MOSJ

Monitoring of Svalbard and Jan Mayen

MSU

Microwave Sounding Unit

NABOS

Nansen and Amundsen Basin Observational System

NAO

North Atlantic Oscillation

NARL

Naval Arctic Research Lab

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA DAAC

NASA Distributive Active Archive Centers

NATEX

North American Tundra Experiment

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NCDC

National Climatic Data Center

NDBC

National Data Buoy Center

NDVI

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

NEMS

Nanoelectromechanical systems

NEON

National Ecological Observatory Network

NERC

Natural Environment Research Council

NGDC

National Geophysical Data Center

NILU

Norwegian Institute for Air Research

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NODC

National Oceanographic Data Center

NOP

National Observer Program

NOW

North Water Polynya

NPEO

North Pole Environmental Observatory

NPOESS

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NPP

NPOESS Preparatory Project

NRC

National Research Council

NRI

Nunavut Research Institute

NRPA

Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSIDC

National Snow and Ice Data Center

NSSDC

National Space Science Data Center

NWS

National Weather Service

OCO

Orbiting Carbon Observatory

OGC

Open Geospatial Consortium

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

ONR

Office of Naval Research

OOPC

Open Ocean Panel for Climate

OPP

Office of Polar Programs

OSSEs

Observing System Sensitivity Experiments

OSTP

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

PAGES

Past Global Changes project of IGBP

PAME

Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment

PAR

Photosynthetically Active Radiation

PARASOL

Polarization and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Sciences coupled with Observations from a Lidar

PARCA

Program for Regional Climate Assessment

pCO₂

partial Carbon Dioxide

PI

Principle Investigator

PLUTO

Polar Links to Undersea Telecommunications and Observatories

POP

Persistent Organic Pollutant

PRB

Polar Research Board

R-ArcticNet

Regional-ArcticNet

RENNET

Reindeer Network

SBI

Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions Project

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research program

SCANNET

Scandinavian/North European Network of Terrestrial Field Bases

SCAR

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

SDO

Solar Dynamics Observatory

SDWG

Sustainable Development Working Group

SEARCH

Study of Environmental Arctic Change

SEEDS

Strategic Evolution of Earth Science Enterprise Data System

SEI

Social and Economic Interactions

SHEBA

Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean

SliCA

Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic

SOOP

Ship of Opportunity Programme

SPOT

Satellite Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre

SST

Sea Surface Temperature

STTR

Small Business Technology Transfer program

SuperDARN

Super Dual Auroral Radar Network

TDC

Thematic Data Center

TEK

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

THORpex

The Observing-system Research and predictability experiment

TIMED

Thermospheric, Ionospheric, Mesospheric Energetics and Dynamics

TOVS

TIROS (Television and Infrared Observational Satellite) Operational Vertical Sounder

TSG

Thermosalinograph

TSP

Thermal State of Permafrost

UAF

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

UAV

Unmanned aerial vehicle

UCAR

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

UNAVCO

University NAVSTAR Consortium

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

US NCDC

United States National Climate Data Center

USGS

United States Geological Survey

UV

Ultraviolet

VGMO

Virtual Global Magnetic Observatory

VOS

Voluntary Observing Ship

VOSClim

Voluntary Observing Ships Climatology

VSO

Virtual Solar Observatory

WAG

Working Group on Arctic Glaciology

WCRP

World Climate Research Programme

WDC

World Data Center System

WGI

World Glacier Inventory

WGMS

World Glacier Monitoring Service

WHYCOS

World Hydrological Cycle Observing System

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

WOUDC

World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre

WWW

World Weather Watch

XBT

Expendable Bathythermograph

XCTD

Expendable Conductivity Temperature Data

ZERO

Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations

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