Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Science (2001)
Chapter: Acronyms
Acronyms
AMS
accelerator mass spectrometry
AT
Active Tectonics (NSF)
ATM
Atmospheric Sciences Division (NSF)
BTU
British thermal unit
CAREER
Faculty Early Career Development (NSF)
CD
Continental Dynamics (NSF)
CMB
core-mantle boundary
CMS
Civil and Mechanical Systems Division (NSF)
CSEDI
Cooperative Studies of the Earth’s Deep Interior (NSF)
CTBT
comprehensive test ban treaty
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
EAR
Earth Science Division (NSF)
EGB
Environmental Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry (NSF)
EHR
Education and Human Resources (NSF)
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ESH
Earth System History (NSF)
ESNL
Earth Science Natural Laboratory
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
GCM
global circulation model
GEWEX
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
G&P
Geology and Paleontology (NSF)
GPS
Global Positioning System
GSN
Global Seismic Network
ICPMS
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
I&F
Instrumentation and Facilities (NSF)
IGERT
Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training (NSF)
IMS
International Monitoring System
InSAR
interferometric synthetic aperture radar
IRIS
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
IT2
Information Technology for the Twenty-First Century (NSF)
KDI
Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence (NSF)
LExEn
Life in Extreme Environments (NSF)
LTER
Long Term Ecological Research (NSF)
MARGINS
Continental Margins Research (NSF)
MG&G
Marine Geology and Geophysics (NSF)
MGS
Mars Global Surveyor
MRE
Major Research Equipment (NSF)
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEHRP
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
OCE
Ocean Sciences Division (NSF)
PBO
Plate Boundary Observatory
PI
principal investigator
R&D
research and development
REU
Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF)
RUI
Research in Undergraduate Institutions (NSF)
SAFOD
San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth
UNAVCO
University NAVSTAR Consortium
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
WWSSN
World Wide Standardized Seismographic Network
