Accomplishments of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (2017)
Chapter: Acronyms
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Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Accomplishments of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24670.
Acronyms
| AR6 | 6th Assessment Report |
| CCSP | U.S. Climate Change Science Program |
| CCTP | Climate Change Technology Program |
| CDC | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CEES | Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| DMUU | Decision Making Under Uncertainty |
| DOD | U.S. Department of Defense |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOI | U.S. Department of the Interior |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| GCRA | Global Change Research Act |
| GEO | Group on Earth Observations |
| GEOSS | Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
| GLISA | Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center |
| IAM | Integrated Assessment Modeling |
| IGIM | Interagency Group on Integrative Modeling |
| IHDP | International Human Dimensions Program |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IWGCCH | Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health |
| IWG | interagency working group |
| NACP | North American Carbon Program |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| NCA | National Climate Assessment |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSTC | National Science and Technology Council |
| ObsIWG | Integrated Observations Interagency Working Group |
| OCBP | Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program |
| OCP | Our Changing Planet |
| OTA | Office of Technology Assessment |
| RISA | Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments |
| SAP | Synthesis and Assessment Product |
| SCIPP | Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program |
| SOCCR | State of the Carbon Cycle Report |
| TAO | Tropical Atmosphere Ocean |
| TOGA | Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere |
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Accomplishments of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24670.
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGCRP | U.S. Global Change Research Program |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| USP | Update to the Strategic Plan |
| WCRP | World Climate Research Program |
| WOCE | World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
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