Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (2022)
Chapter: Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
B
Acronyms and Abbreviations
| ACT | Atacama Cosmology Telescope |
| AI | Agenda Item |
| ALMA | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
| ALOS | Advanced Land Observing Satellite |
| AMR | Advanced Microwave Radiometer |
| AMR-C | Advanced Microwave Radiometer—Climate Quality |
| AMS | Aeronautical Mobile Service |
| AMSR2 | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 |
| AMSR3 | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3 |
| AMSU-A | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit A |
| APEX | Atacama Pathfinder Experiment |
| APR | Airborne Precipitation Radar |
| ARO | Arizona Radio Observatory |
| ATCA | Australia Telescope Compact Array |
| ATMS | Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (JPSS) |
| BICEP-Keck | The BICEP and Keck arrays of small CMB telescopes |
| CEPT | European Post and Telecommunications Conference |
| CFOSAT | Chinese-French Oceanography Satellite |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations (U.S.) |
| CH | methyladyne |
| CH3OH | methanol |
| CIMR | Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (ESA) |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
| CIR | Coronal Interaction Region |
| CITEL | Inter-American Telecommunications Commission |
| CLASS | Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor |
| ClO | chlorine monoxide |
| CMA | China Meteorological Administration |
| CMB | cosmic microwave background |
| CME | coronal mass ejection |
| CNPC | Control and Non-Payload Communications |
| CNSA | China National Space Administration |
| CO | carbon monoxide |
| COMPIRA | Coastal and Ocean Measurement Mission with Precise and Innovative Radar Altimeter (JAXA) |
| CONAE | Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (Argentinian space agency) |
| CS | carbon monosulfide |
| dBW | decibel watt [power in dBW = 10 log10 (Power/1W)] |
| DLITE | Deployable Low Frequency Ionosphere and Transient Experiment |
| DMSP | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DPR | Dual frequency Precipitation Radar |
| DSM | Dynamic Spectrum Management |
| EESS | Earth Exploration-Satellite Service |
| e.i.r.p. | equivalent isotropically radiated power |
| EOP | Earth Orientation Parameters |
| epfd | equivalent power flux density |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ESAA | Earth Stations Aboard Aircraft |
| ESIM | Earth station in motion |
| EUMETSAT | European Meteorological Satellite agency |
| EVN | European VLBI Network |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAST | Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope |
| FEDOME | Fédération des Données Météorologiques de l’Espace (France) |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FFT | fast Fourier transform |
| FS | Fixed Service |
| FSS | Fixed-Satellite Service |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
| GBT | Green Bank Telescope |
| GCOM-W | Global Change Observation Mission—Water |
| GLT | Greenland Telescope |
| GMDSS | Global Maritime Distress Safety Systems |
| GMI | GPM Microwave Imager |
| GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite Service |
| GOSAT-GW | Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite—Gasses and Water Cycle |
| GPM | Global Precipitation Measurement (NASA) |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GSO | geostationary orbit |
| HartRAO | Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| HCN | hydrogen cyanide |
| HCO+ | formylium |
| HF | high frequency [3-30 MHz] |
| HIBS | high-altitude platform stations as IMT Base Stations |
| HIRAX | Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time Analysis Experiment |
| ICI | Ice Cloud Imager (ESA) |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IFOV | instantaneous field of view |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| IMT | International Mobile Telecommunications |
| IRAM | Institute for Radio Astronomy in the Millimeter Range |
| ISRO | Indian Space Research Organization |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| JASON | Joint Altimetry Satellite Oceanography Network |
| JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| JCMT | James Clark Maxwell Telescope |
| JPSS | Joint Polar Satellite System |
| KP | Kitt Peak |
| KVN | Korean VLBI Network |
| LEO | low Earth orbit |
| LMS | land mobile service |
| LMT | Large Millimeter Telescope |
| LOFAR | Low Frequency Array |
| LoFASM | Low Frequency All Sky Monitor |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
| LWA | Long Wavelength Array |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| MERLIN | Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network |
| MicroMAS | Microsized Microwave Atmospheric Satellite |
| MLS | Microwave Limb Sounder |
| MSS | Mobile-Satellite Service |
| MTVZA-GY | “Module for Temperature and Humidity Sounding of the Atmosphere – G.Ya.Guskov” (Russian) |
| MWA | Murchison Widefield Array |
| MWI | Microwave Imager |
| MWR | Microwave Radiometer |
| MWRI | Microwave Radiation Imager |
| NANTEN2 | Second Nanten (南天, Southern Sky) telescope |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NenuFAR | New Extension in Nançay Upgrading LOFAR |
| NEO | near Earth objects |
| NEXRAD | Next Generation Weather Radar |
| ngVLA | Next Generation Very Large Array |
| NISAR | NASA ISRO SAR |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOEMA | Northern Extended Millimeter Array |
| NPOESS | National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite |
| NPP | NPOESS Preparatory Program |
| NRAO | National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSOAS | National Satellite Ocean Application Service (China) |
| OOBE | out-of-band emission |
| ORFEES | Observation Radiospéctrale pour FEDOME et les Etudes des Eruptions Solaires |
| OSCAT | OceanSat Scatterometer |
| PALSAR | Phased Array Type L-Band SAR |
| POLARBEAR | Name of a CMB experiment, formerly an acronym |
| QTT | Qitai Radio Telescope |
| RA.769 | Recommendation ITU-R RA.769 contains threshold levels considered harmful to RAS |
| RAS | Radio Astronomy Service |
| RF | radio frequency |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
| RFI | radio frequency interference |
| RNSS | Radionavigation-Satellite Service |
| RR | Radio Regulation |
| RR 5.149 | Footnote RR 5.149 lists frequency bands for which Administrations are urged to take all practicable steps to protect radio astronomy |
| RR 5.340 | Footnote RR 5.340 lists frequency bands for which all emissions are prohibited |
| RRL | Radio Recombination Line |
| RS.2017 | Recommendation ITU-R RS.2017 contains threshold levels considered harmful to EESS |
| SAOCOM | Satélite Argentino de Observación Con Microondas |
| SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SHF | super high frequency [3–30 GHz] |
| SIRAL | SAR Interferometric Radar Altimeter |
| SKA | Square Kilometre Array |
| SMA | Submillimeter Array |
| SMAP | Soil Moisture Active Passive |
| SMOS | Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity |
| SMR | Submillimeter Radiometer |
| SMT | Sub-Millimeter Telescope (ARO) |
| spfd | spectral power flux density |
| SPT | South Pole Telescope |
| SRAL | Synthetic Aperture Radar Altimeter |
| SRS | Space Research Service |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
| SSMIS | Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder |
| SWE | snow water equivalent |
| SWIM | Surface Waves Investigation and Monitoring |
| SWOT | Surface Water and Ocean Topography |
| TGRS | Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing |
| TMI | TRMM Microwave Imager |
| TRAO | Taeduk Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| TRMM | Tropical Rain Fall Measurement Mission |
| TROPICS | Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats |
| TWICE | Tropospheric Water Vapor and Cloud Ice |
| UAS | unmanned aircraft system |
| UHF | ultra high frequency [300–3000 MHz] |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
| USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| VERA | VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry |
| VHF | very high frequency [30-300 MHz] |
| VLA | Very Large Array |
| VLBA | Very Long Baseline Array |
| VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
| VLF | very low frequency [3-30 kHz] |
| WISM | Wideband Instrument for Snow Measurements |
| WRC | World Radiocommunication Conference |
| WSF | Weather Satellite Follow-on |
| WSR | Weather Surveillance Radar |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Views of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26080.
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