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Acronyms
CIRIMS
Calibrated InfraRed In-Situ Measurement System
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability
CLS
Collect Localisation Satellite
CMC
Canadian Meteorological Centre
CNES
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
COAMPS
Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System
COMS
Communication Ocean and Meteorological Satellite
CONAE
Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales
CPC
Circular Polarization Coherence
CryoSat-2
Cryosphere Satellite 2
CSA
Canadian Space Agency
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CZCS
Coastal Zone Color Scanner
DAAC
Distributed Active Archive Center
DLR
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
DMSP
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DNSC
Danish National Space Center
DOISST
Daily Optimally Interpolated SST
DOMSAT
Domestic Communications Satellite
DopRIM
Numerical Model for Doppler Simulations
DRA mode
Dual Receive Antenna Mode (of TerraSAR-X)
DV
Diurnal Variability
ECCO
Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean
ECMWF
European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
EGM
Earth Gravity Model
EKE
Eddy Kinetic Energy
EKWC
East Korean Warm Current
EMSA
European Maritime Safety Agency
ENL
Equivalent Number of Looks
ENSO
El Niño – Southern Oscillation
ENVISAT
Environmental Satellite (ESA)
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOSDIS
EOS Data and Information System
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ERIM
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
ERM
Exact Repeat Mission
ERS-1
ESA Remote Sensing Satellite 1
ERS-2
ESA Remote Sensing Satellite 2
ESA
European Space Agency
ESAC
European Space Astronomy Centre
ESMR
Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
ESSF
Earth System Science Pathfinder
ESTAR
Electronically Steered Thinned Array Radiometer
ESTEC
European Space Technology Centre
ETM+
Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
EU
European Union
EUMETSAT
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
FANNs
Artificial Neural Networks
FCDR
Fundamental Climate Data Record
FOAM
Forecasting Ocean Assimilation Model
FOV
Field-of-View
FRAC
Full Resolution Area Coverage
Acronyms
CIRIMS
Calibrated InfraRed In-Situ Measurement System
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability
CLS
Collect Localisation Satellite
CMC
Canadian Meteorological Centre
CNES
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
COAMPS
Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System
COMS
Communication Ocean and Meteorological Satellite
CONAE
Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales
CPC
Circular Polarization Coherence
CryoSat-2
Cryosphere Satellite 2
CSA
Canadian Space Agency
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CZCS
Coastal Zone Color Scanner
DAAC
Distributed Active Archive Center
DLR
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
DMSP
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DNSC
Danish National Space Center
DOISST
Daily Optimally Interpolated SST
DOMSAT
Domestic Communications Satellite
DopRIM
Numerical Model for Doppler Simulations
DRA mode
Dual Receive Antenna Mode (of TerraSAR-X)
DV
Diurnal Variability
ECCO
Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean
ECMWF
European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
EGM
Earth Gravity Model
EKE
Eddy Kinetic Energy
EKWC
East Korean Warm Current
EMSA
European Maritime Safety Agency
ENL
Equivalent Number of Looks
ENSO
El Niño – Southern Oscillation
ENVISAT
Environmental Satellite (ESA)
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOSDIS
EOS Data and Information System
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ERIM
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
ERM
Exact Repeat Mission
ERS-1
ESA Remote Sensing Satellite 1
ERS-2
ESA Remote Sensing Satellite 2
ESA
European Space Agency
ESAC
European Space Astronomy Centre
ESMR
Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
ESSF
Earth System Science Pathfinder
ESTAR
Electronically Steered Thinned Array Radiometer
ESTEC
European Space Technology Centre
ETM+
Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
EU
European Union
EUMETSAT
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
FANNs
Artificial Neural Networks
FCDR
Fundamental Climate Data Record
FOAM
Forecasting Ocean Assimilation Model
FOV
Field-of-View
FRAC
Full Resolution Area Coverage