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AR5
Fifth Assessment Report
ASL
Above Sea Level
°C
Degree Celsius
CCAFS
Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security
CMIP5
Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase 5
DEM
Digital Elevation Model
DSMW
Digital Soil Map of the World
ENSO
El Niño Southern Oscillation
ESACCI-LC
European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative Land Cover
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
GCM
Global Climate Model
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
HWSD
Harmonized World Soil Data
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Kazhydromet Hydro-Meteorological Agency of Kazakhstan
LULC
Land Use and Land Cover
MC
Mean Correlation
MS
Mean Sensitivity
MSE
Mean Square Error
MODIS
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MUSLE
Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation
NAO
North Atlantic Oscillation
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
NDVI
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSE
Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency Coefficient
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
R
Correlation Coefficient
R
2
Coefficient of Determination
Abbreviations and Acronyms