Appendix A
Acronyms
ACC
Anthropogenic Climate Change
ACCP
Atlantic Climate Change Program
ACSYS
Arctic Climate System Study
ARGOS
ARGOS Data Collection and Location System (France)
ARM
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program
ARTS
Annual Record of Tropical Systems
BASC
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
CCDD
Climate Change and Data Detection
CDEP
Climate Dynamics and Experimental Prediction
CENR
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (OSTP)
CLIPS
Climate Information and Prediction System (WMO)
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability programme
CNES
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
COARE
Coupled Ocean—Atmosphere Response Experiment
CRC
Climate Research Committee
DecCen
Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales
EMEX
Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
ENSO
El Niño/Southern Oscillation
EOS
Earth Observing System
FGGE
First GARP Global Experiment (also known as the Global Weather Experiment)
GAME
GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment
GARP
Global Atmosphere Research Program
GCIP
GEWEX Continental-scale International Project
GCM
general circulation model
GCOS
Global Climate Observing System
GEWEX
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment(WCRP)
GMWG
GOALS Modeling Working Group
GOALS
Global Ocean—Atmosphere—Land System
GOOS
Global Ocean Observing System
GOS
Global Observing System
GOWG
GOALS Observation Working Group
GPCP
Global Precipitation Climatology Project
GTOS
Global Terrestrial Observing System
GTS
Global Telecommunication System (WMO)
GWE
Global Weather Experiment
IGBP
International Geosphere—Biosphere Programme (Global Change)
IGOS
Integrated Global Observing Strategy
IHDP
International Human Dimensions of Global Change Programme
IOC
International Oceanographic Commission
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRI
International Research Institute for Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Prediction
ISCCP
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
JASMINE
Joint Air—Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment
LBA
Land Biosphere—Atmosphere Program
LSPM
Land Surface Process Model
MSU
Microwave Sounding Unit
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASDA
National Space Development Agency of Japan
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NEG
Numerical Experimentation Group
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPOESS
National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System
NRC
National Research Council
NWS
National Weather Service
OGP
Office of Global Programs
OSTP/CENR
Office of Science and Technology Policy/Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
PACS
Pan American Climate Studies
PAGES
Past Global Changes
PIRATA
Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic
SCPP
Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Prediction Program
SCSMEX
South China Sea Meteorological Experiment
SST
sea surface temperature
TAO
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (array of moorings)
TOGA
Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere
TRITON
Triangle Trans-Ocean buoy network
TRMM
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (NASA)
USGCRP
U.S. Global Change Research Program
VAMOS
Variability of the American Monsoon Systems
VOS
Volunteer Observing Ship(s) (WMO)
WCRP
World Climate Research Programme (WMO/ICSU)
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WOCE
World Ocean Circulation Experiment
WWW
World Weather Watch
