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Acronyms
SeaWiFS
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
SEC
South Equatorial Current
SEM
Scanning Electronic Microscopy
SEVIRI
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager
SLA
Sea Level Anomaly
SMAC
Simplified Method for Atmospheric Correction (processor)
SOPRAN
Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene (project)
SPM
Suspended Particulate Matter
SPOT
Système Pour l’Observation de la Terre
SRTM
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
SSALTO
Segment Sol multi-missions dALTimetrie, d’orbitographie et de
localisation précise
SSH
Sea Surface Height
SSHA
Sea Surface Height Anomaly
SSM/I
Special Sensor Microwave / Imager
SSM/T2
Special Sensor Microwave / Temperature & Humidity Profile
SSS
Sea Surface Salinity
SST
Sea Surface Temperature
SSTL
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
S&R
Search & Rescue
SRC
Slant Range Complex
SWBD
Shuttle radar topography mission Waterbody Dataset
SWOT
Surface Water and Ocean Topography (instrument)
SWS
small warm season (of the Cˆ ote d’Ivoire)
TCT
Tasseled-Cap-Transformation
TCW
Tasseled-Cap Wetness
TD-X
TanDEM-X, i.e. TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation
Measurement
TG
Taylor-Goldstein (model)
TIR
Thermal Infrared
TM
Thematic Mapper (on Landsat satellites)
TMI
TRMM Microwave Imager
TRMM
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
TSM
Total Suspended Matter
TS-X
TerraSAR-X
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USDA
US Department of Agriculture
US
United States
UTC
Coordinated Universal Time
UV
Ultraviolet
VH
vertical/horizontal cross-polarisation
VIIRS
Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
VMS
Vessel Monitoring System