List of Acronyms
ADEOS II
AFCC
AGCM
AGNPS
AlP
AIRSAR
ALU
AMSR
APWL
ASAR
AVHRR
AVIRIS
BALTEX
BOREAS
BSQ
CCD
CCD
CD
CERES
CIR
CISC
CMIS
CN
CNES
CORINE
CPU
CRT
CSA
CZCS
DEM
DMSP
DOM
DP
DPCM
DRASTIC
DSS
DVD
DVI
DWD
ENVISAT
EOS
EOS-PM
EPSF
ERS-l,2
ERTS-l
ESA
ESMR
Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II: see App. 20.1
Accumulated Fractional Cloud Cover
Atmospheric General Circulation Model
AGricultural NonPoint Source model
Algorithm Intercomparison Projects
Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer: see App. 20.2
Accumulated Potential Water Loss
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar: see App. 20.2
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer: see App. 20.2
Airborne VisiblelInfrared Imaging Spectrometer
Baltic Sea Experiment
Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study
Band Sequential Fonnat
Charge Coupled Detector
Cold Cloud Duration
Compact Disc
Cloud and Earth Radiant Energy System: see App. 20.2
Color Infrared
Complex -Instruction-S et -Computers
Conical Scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder
Curve Number
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
Co-ordination of Infonnation on the Environment
Central Processing Unit·
Cathode Ray Tube
Canadian Space Agency
Coastal Zone Color Scanner
Digital Elevation Model
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Dissolved Organic Matter
Dynamic Programming
Differential Pulse Code Modulation (Image Fonnat)
Depth to water table, net Recharge, Acquifer media, Soil medium,
Topography, Impact of vadose zone media and hydraulic Conductivity
Decision Support System
Digital Video Disc
Difference Vegetation Index
Deutscher Wetter Dienst (Gennan Weather Service)
ENVIronmental SATellite (ESA) : see App. 20.1
Earth Observing System: see App. 20.1
Earth Observing System - PM (afternoon equatorial crossing) : see App.
20.1
Encapsulated PostScript (Image Fonnat)
European Resources Satellite 1,2: see App. 20.1
Earth Resources Technology Satellite-l (early Landsat)
European Space Agency
Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer