Acronyms
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MVISR
Multispectral Visible and Infra-Red Scan Radiometer
MW
Microwave
MWIR
Mid Wave Infra Red
MWR
Microwave Radiometer
N
N o r t h
NAO
North Atlantic Oscillation, a Climatic Index
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVOCEANO
NAVal OCEANographic Office (USA)
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center (USA)
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Protection (USA)
NCODA
Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation Analysis (USA)
NCOM
Naval Coastal Ocean Model
NE
North–East
NEDT
Noise Equivalent Temperature Difference
NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite Data Information Service
NESS
National Environmental Satellite Service (Now NESDIS)
NESZ
Noise Equivalent Sigma Zero
NET
Nimbus Experiment Team
NetCDF
Network Common Data Format
NIR
Near InfraRed
NIRST
New InfraRed Scanner Technology
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLSST
Non-Linear Sea Surface Temperature
NMEFC
National Marine Environment Forecast Centre (China)
NNE
North–North–East
NNW
North–North–West
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODC
National Oceanographic Data Center
NOSS
National Ocean Satellite System (USA)
NPOESS
National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NPP
NPOESS Preparatory Program
NRCS
Normalised Radar Cross Section
NRIO
National Research Institute for Oceanology
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory
NRT
Near Real Time
NSCAT
NASA Scatterometer
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center (USA)
NWP
Numerical Weather Prediction
OBPG
Ocean Biology Processing Group
OceanMAPS
Ocean Model, Analysis and Prediction System
OCS
Ocean Color Scanner
OCTS
Ocean Color and Temperature Sensor
ODYSSEA
Ocean Data analYsis System for merSEA
OISST
Reynolds Optimally Interpolated SST
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OPeNDAP
Open-Source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol
OSCAR
Ocean Surface Current Analyses – Realtime
OSI-SAF
Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility
OSMM
Ocean Salinity Measurement Mission
OST
Ocean Surface Topography
OSTIA
Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis
OSWG
Oceans Science Working Group
PAR
Photosynthetically Available Radiation
365
MVISR
Multispectral Visible and Infra-Red Scan Radiometer
MW
Microwave
MWIR
Mid Wave Infra Red
MWR
Microwave Radiometer
N
N o r t h
NAO
North Atlantic Oscillation, a Climatic Index
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVOCEANO
NAVal OCEANographic Office (USA)
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center (USA)
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Protection (USA)
NCODA
Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation Analysis (USA)
NCOM
Naval Coastal Ocean Model
NE
North–East
NEDT
Noise Equivalent Temperature Difference
NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite Data Information Service
NESS
National Environmental Satellite Service (Now NESDIS)
NESZ
Noise Equivalent Sigma Zero
NET
Nimbus Experiment Team
NetCDF
Network Common Data Format
NIR
Near InfraRed
NIRST
New InfraRed Scanner Technology
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLSST
Non-Linear Sea Surface Temperature
NMEFC
National Marine Environment Forecast Centre (China)
NNE
North–North–East
NNW
North–North–West
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODC
National Oceanographic Data Center
NOSS
National Ocean Satellite System (USA)
NPOESS
National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NPP
NPOESS Preparatory Program
NRCS
Normalised Radar Cross Section
NRIO
National Research Institute for Oceanology
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory
NRT
Near Real Time
NSCAT
NASA Scatterometer
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center (USA)
NWP
Numerical Weather Prediction
OBPG
Ocean Biology Processing Group
OceanMAPS
Ocean Model, Analysis and Prediction System
OCS
Ocean Color Scanner
OCTS
Ocean Color and Temperature Sensor
ODYSSEA
Ocean Data analYsis System for merSEA
OISST
Reynolds Optimally Interpolated SST
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OPeNDAP
Open-Source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol
OSCAR
Ocean Surface Current Analyses – Realtime
OSI-SAF
Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility
OSMM
Ocean Salinity Measurement Mission
OST
Ocean Surface Topography
OSTIA
Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis
OSWG
Oceans Science Working Group
PAR
Photosynthetically Available Radiation