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This table contains the acronyms used in NCAR GCIP Archive.
| Abbreviation | Fully Expanded Name |
|---|---|
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| BUFR | Binary Universal Format Representation |
| CDAS | Climate Data Assimilation System |
| CDC | Climate Diagnostics Center |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc - Read Only Memory |
| COADS | Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set |
| COLA | Center for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere |
| CQC | Complex Quality Control |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| ECMWF | European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
| ENSO | El Nino-Southern Oscillation |
| ERL | Environmental Research Laboratories |
| FGGE | First GARP Global Experiment (1979) |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| GARP | Global Atmospheric Research Program |
| GATE | GARP Atmospheric Tropical Experiment |
| GB | Gigabytes (1012 bytes) |
| GDAS | Global Data Assimilation System |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| GISST | Global Ice and Sea Surface Temperature data set |
| GLA | Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres |
| GrADS | Grid Analysis and Display System |
| GRIB | GRidded Binary format |
| GTS | Global Telecommunications System |
| HIRS | High Resolution Infrared Sounder |
| hPa | hecto Pascals (also pronounced "milli bars") |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IR | Infrared |
| TCZ | InterTropical Convergence Zone |
| JMA | Japan Meteorological Agency |
| MEDS (Canada) | |
| MSU | Microwave Sounding Unit |
| NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| NCDC | National Climate Data Center |
| NCEP | National Center for Environmental Modeling (formerly NMC) |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service |
| NH | Northern Hemisphere |
| NCEP | National Meteorological Center (now NCEP) |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| OA | Optimal Averaging |
| OGP | Office of Global Programs |
| OI | Optimal Interpolation |
| OLR | Outgoing Long-wave Radiation |
| OIQC | OI-based Quality Control |
| QBO | Quasi-biennial Oscillation |
| QC | Quality Control |
| SiB | Simple Biosphere Model |
| SH | Southern Hemisphere |
| SIRS | Satellite Infrared Spectrometer |
| SSI | Spectral Statistical Interpolation (also known as a 3-D VAR scheme) |
| SSM/I | Special Sounding Microwave/Imager |
| SMMR | Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| SST | Sea Surface Temperature |
| SSU | Stratospheric Sounding Unit |
| T62 | Triangular 62 waves truncation |
| TB | Tera byte (1015 bytes) |
| TOVS | TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder |
| TWERLE | Tropospheric Wind Earth Radio Location Experiment |
| UKMO | United Kingdom Meteorological Office |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| VTPR | Vertical Temperature and Pressure Radiometer |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| XBT | Bathythermograph |
| NCAR's GCIP Model Output Archive | Archive Overview | Product Description | Summary of Archives | Data User's Guide | "How To" Shortcuts | FAQ List | Acronyms Used |
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| Updated 22 July 2005 |
