The Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft Project: An Interim Review of Science and Progress (1998)
Chapter: Acronyms and Other Initialisms
Acronyms and Other Initialisms
AASE
Airborne Arctic Stratosphere Expedition
AEAP
Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Project
AER
Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.
AESA
Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft project
ASHOE
Antarctic Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
CAMED
Universities Cambridge and Edinburgh of UK (universities' model)
CIAP
Climatic Impact Assessment Program
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
EI
Emission index (grams of reference substance emitted per kilogram of fuel burned)
GISS
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
GMI
Global Modeling Initiative
GSFC
Goddard Space Flight Center
HRDI
High-resolution Doppler imager
HSCT
High-speed civil transport
HSRP
High-Speed Research Program
LLNL
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
MAESA
Measurements for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft (experiment)
MPIC
Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAT
Nitric acid trihydrate
NOx
Reactive nitrogen species (NO + NO2)
NOy
HNO3 + 2(N2O5) + NO3 + HNO4 + ClONO2 + NO + NO2
NRC
National Research Council
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
OSLO
University of Oslo model
PAEAN
Panel on Atmospheric Effects of Aviation
PSC
Polar stratospheric cloud
SAT
Sulfuric acid tetrahydrate
SBUV
Solar Backscatter UV Spectrometer
SPADE
Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols, and Dynamics Expedition
SST
Supersonic transport
STRAT
Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport
STS
Supercooled ternary solution of nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and water
TOMS
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
UARP
Upper Atmosphere Research Program
UARS
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
UKMO
U.K. Meteorological Office
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UV
Ultraviolet (radiation)
VOC
Volatile organic compound
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
