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NCEI
National Centers for Environmental Information
NOAA
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Non-Annex I
UNFCCC list of developing nations, prominently featured in
Kyoto Protocol
Non-Annex I* UNFCCC list of developing nations, minus China and India. This
is our nomenclature, not that of UNFCCC
NPP
National Polar-orbiting Partnership of the US NASA, NOAA, and
Department of Defense
ODS
Ozone Depleting Substance
OHC
Ocean Heat Content
OHE
Ocean Heat Export
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory of the US DOE
PBL
Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving; the Environmental Assessment
Agency of the Netherlands
pC
EQ-IN
Per-capita release of CO 2
FF + CO 2
LUC + CH 4 + N 2 O, expressed in
terms of CO 2 -equivalent, by individual nations
pC
EQ-GL
Per-capita release of CO 2
FF + CO 2
LUC + CH 4 + N 2 O, expressed in
terms of CO 2 -equivalent, globally
pC
GL
Per-capita release of CO 2 due to the combustion of fossil fuels,
flaring, and the cement manufacturing, globally
pC
IN
Per-capita release of CO 2 due to the combustion of fossil fuels,
flaring, and the cement manufacturing, by individual nations
PDO
Pacific Decadal Oscillation
PFCs
Perfluorocarbons: these gases do not deplete stratospheric ozone,
but they warm climate
PICR
Potsdam Institute for Climate Research
ppy
Per person, per year
RCP
Representative Concentration Pathway
RF
Radiative Forcing
SEDAC
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
SOD
Stratospheric Optical Depth
SPO
South Pole Observatory
TCRE
Transient Climate Response to cumulative CO 2 Emissions
Tg
Teragram, 10
12 g
TSI
Total Solar Irradiance
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
VEI
Volcanic Explosivity Index
VIIRS
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, US NASA and NOAA
Abbreviations and Acronyms