Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Methods to Support International Climate Agreements (2010)
Chapter: Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix F
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AFOLU agriculture, forestry, and other land use
AIRS Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
ALE-GAGE Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment-Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
ASCENDS Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons
ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AVIRIS Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
CFC chlorofluorocarbon
CH4 methane
CO2 carbon dioxide
COP Conference of Parties (United Nations)
CTMs chemistry-transport models
DESDynI Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice
DETER Real-Time Detection of Deforestation
DIAL differential absorption lidar
DOC degradable organic carbon
DOE Department of Energy
ECMWF IFS European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Integrated Forecast System
EDGAR Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research
ESRL Earth System Research Laboratory
FAO UN Food and Agriculture Organization
FIA U.S. Forest Service Inventory and Analysis
GAW Global Atmosphere Watch
GDP gross domestic product
GEMS Global and Regional Earth System Monitoring Using Satellite and In situ Data
GOFC-GOLD Global Observations of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics
GOSAT Greenhouse gases Observing Satellite
Gt billion metric tons
GTOS-TCO Global Terrestrial Observing System-Terrestrial Carbon Observations
HFC hydrofluorocarbon
HiFIS High-fidelity Imaging Spectrometer
IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
ICESat-II Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-II
ICOS Integrated Carbon Observation System
IEA International Energy Agency
INTEX/NA Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment—North America
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPPU industrial processes and product use
kWh kilowatt-hour
LDCM Landsat Data Continuity Mission lidar light detection and ranging
LUCF land-use change and forestry
MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
MOPITT Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere
Mt million tons
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOx nitrogen oxide
N2O nitrous oxide
NWP numerical weather prediction
O2 oxygen
OCO Orbiting Carbon Observatory
ORCA Oregon and California
OSSE Observation System Simulation Experiment
PFC perfluorocarbon
ppb parts per billion
ppm parts per million
ppt parts per trillion
REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
SAR synthetic aperture radar
SCIAMACHY Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography
SF6 sulfur hexafluoride
SMAP Soil Moisture Active-Passive
SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave Imager
SWDS solid waste disposal site
TCCON Total Carbon Column Observing Network
TES Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer
Tg million metric tons
TRACE-P Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WRF Weather Research and Forecast model
