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Appendix A: Statement of Task
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science Services at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24899.
B
Acronyms
| 3D | three dimensional |
| AIS | automatic identification system |
| ALMA | Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array |
| AMR-2 | Advanced Microwave Radiometer-2 |
| AMSR2 | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 |
| AMSU-A | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A |
| APEX | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment |
| ARO | Arizona Radio Observatory |
| ASAR | Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| ASCAT | Advanced Scatterometer |
| ASM | Applications Specific Message |
| ATMS | Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (JPSS) |
| CAMLS | Compact Adaptable Microwave Limb Sounder |
| CEPT | European Post and Telecommunications Conference |
| CITEL | Inter-American Telecommunications Commission |
| CIWSIR | Cloud Ice Water Sub-millimetre Imaging Radiometer |
| CMB | cosmic microwave background |
| CS | carbon monosulfide |
| DMSP | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DSM | dynamic spectrum management |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science Services at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24899.
| EESS | Earth Exploration-Satellite Service |
| EoR | epoch of reionization |
| ESIM | Earth Stations in Motion |
| FAST | Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FSS | Fixed-Satellite Service |
| FWA | fixed wireless access |
| FY-3 | Fēngyún satellite series (China) |
| GBT | Green Bank Telescope |
| GCOM-W1 | Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water |
| GEM | Geosynchronous Microwave Sounder/Imager |
| GMDSS | Global Maritime Distress Safety Systems |
| GMI | GPM Microwave Imager |
| GOMAS | Geostationary Observatory for Microwave Atmospheric Sounding |
| GPM | Global Precipitation Measurement (NASA) |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GSO | geostationary orbit |
| HAPS | High Altitude Platform Stations |
| HERA | Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array |
| HY-2A | Second-generation ocean observation/monitoring satellite series (China) |
| ICI | Ice Cloud Imager |
| IMT | International Mobile Telecommunications |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| JCMT | James Clark Maxwell Telescope |
| JPSS | Joint Polar Satellite System |
| LLAMA | Large Latin American Millimeter Array |
| LOFAR | Low Frequency Array |
| MADRAS | Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Structures |
| MASTER | Millimetre-wave Acquisitions for Stratosphere/Troposphere Exchange Research |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science Services at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24899.
| MetOp-SG | Meteorological Operations—Second Generation |
| MTVZA-GY | Imaging/Sounding Microwave Radiometer-Improved (Russia) |
| MWA | Murchison Widefield Array |
| MWI | Microwave Imager |
| MWRI | Microwave Radiation Imager |
| MWRI′ | Microwave Radiometer Imager |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPP | National Polar-orbiting Partnership |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| OH | hydroxyl radical |
| OOBE | out-of-band emission |
| PMR | passive microwave radiometry |
| RAS | Radio Astronomy Service |
| RCM | Radarsat Constellation Mission |
| RF | radio frequency |
| RFI | radio frequency interference |
| RISAT | Radar Imaging Satellite |
| RLAN | Radio Local Area Networks |
| RR | radio regulations |
| RSS | radio source scintillation |
| SiO | silicon monoxide |
| SKA | Square Kilometer Array |
| SKAMP | SKA Molongolo Prototype |
| SMA | Submillimeter Array |
| SMAP | Soil Moisture Active Passive |
| SMOS | Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity |
| SMT | Submillimeter Telescope (ARO) |
| SPT | South Pole Telescope |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
| SSMIS | Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder |
| STEAM-R | Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange and Climate Monitor-Radiometer |
| TEC | total electron content |
| TWICE | Tropospheric Water Vapor and Cloud ICE |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science Services at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24899.
| VDES | VHF Data Exchange System |
| VLA | Very Large Array |
| WAS | wireless access system |
| WRC | World Radiocommunication Conference |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science Services at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24899.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science Services at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24899.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science Services at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24899.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items of Interest to the Science Services at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24899.
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