Acronyms

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Acronyms

Description

1 x CO2  

ingle level of carbon dioxide

 

2 x CO2  

doubling of carbon dioxide level

 

50Y  

100Y  

ACAPS   

ACE(ED)  

ACI  

ACSYS  

ADB  

ADEOS  

ALGAS  

APARE  

APN  

ARTS  

ARIC  

ASCII  

ASEAN  

AVHRR  

AWMA  

AWWAs  

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BATGE  

BDP  

BIBEX  

BIG-TT  

BOAT  

BOD  

CACGP   

CAPE  

CARBICE  

CERES  

CERESIS  

CCBS  

CCCM  

CD-ROM  

CEOS  

CGCM  

CGCR  

CIESIN  

CIP  

CIQC  

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CLIVAR  

CODATA  

COSPAR  

CPO  

CPPC  

CREST  

CSIRO  

CTEM  

DAACs   

DARF  

DARLAM   

DEBITS   

DEDP   

DEM   

DGVM   

DIAL   

DiB   

DIS-SC   

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DOC   

ECMWF    

EEGS   

EGAT   

EHS   

EIPO   

E-mail   

EMAS   

EMS   

ENRICH   

ENSO   

EOS   

EOSDIS   

EPA   

EPC   

EPICA   

ERIC   

ESMAP   

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FAG     

FAO    

FEWS    

FTP    

GAIM     

GCCIP    

GCDIS    

GCM    

GEC    

GEIA    

GFDL    

GCM    

GCMD    

GCOS    

GCRC    

GCTE    

GDP    

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GCRIO    

GEF    

GEWEX    

GFDL    

GHG/A    

GIM    

GIS    

GISP    

GISS    

GLOBEC    

GLOCARB    

GLOCHEM    

GLONET    

GLORI    

GLOSS    

GNP    

GOES    

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GOOS    

GPS    

GRDC    

GRID    

GRIP    

GS & M    

GTOS    

HazWrap     

HDF    

HIFS    

HITE    

HDP    

HEIFE    

HESS    

HI/FS    

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IAHS     

IAI    

IAMAS    

IATUL    

IAU     

ICACGP    

ICES    

ICIC    

ICSU    

ICSU-ACE    

IDEAL    

IGAC    

IGAP    

IGBP    

IGBP SAC    

IGBP-DIS     

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IGU     

IHDP    

IIASA    

IMAGES    

IMU    

INQUA    

IOC    

IODE    

IPO    

IRRI     

IRS     

IPcC    

ISCCP    

ISDN    

ISLSCP    

ISO    

ISSC    

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ITOY    

IUBMB    

IUBS    

IUFRO    

IUGG    

IUGS    

IUHPS    

IUPAB    

IUPAC    

IUPHAR    

IUPsyS    

JGOFS     

JSC-WCRP    

LAN     

LANDSAT    

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LDIS    

LDIS-MU    

LOICZ    

LPG    

LUCC    

MAB     

MAC    

MAGE    

MEDCOM    

MEHALICE    

MILOX    

MSDS    

MSL    

MSLP    

MSW    

NACD     

NAD    

NAF    

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NARE    

NASA     

NAVI     

NCAR    

NCEP    

NCSA    

NEHA    

NOAA    

NOHALICE    

NOMHICE    

NPP    

NSF    

ORNL     

PACOM     

PAGES    

PANASH    

PASC    

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PEP    

PERI    

PG    

PIBA    

PICES    

PM    

PM-II    

PMAP    

PMIP    

POTWs    

RCM     

RDP    

RFD    

RICE    

RRC    

RRN    

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SAC     

SAFCOM    

SAIPO    

SAP    

SARA    

SARCS    

SASCOM    

SC    

SC-IGBP    

SCAR    

SCOPE    

SCOR    

SCOSTEP    

SEA    

SEA START RC    

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SETAC    

SPARC    

SPOT    

SPOT HRV    

SPOT PAN    

SSC    

SST    

START    

START-SC    

TDRI     

TEACOM    

TEI    

TIGER file     

TIN    

TIR    

TF    

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TRAGEX    

TT    

TWAS    

UKMO     

UNCED    

UNCTAD    

UNDP    

UNEP    

UNESCO    

UNFCCC    

URSI    

US-AEP    

USAID    

USCSMT    

USCSP    

USEPA    

USGCRP    

USGS    

UTC    

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WAIS-cores    

WCRP    

WDC    

WG    

WHO    

WMO    

WOCE    

WOTRO    

WWF    

WWW    

simulation centred 50 years into the future

simulation centred 100 years into the future

Aerosol Characterization and Process Studies (IGAC)

Atmospheric Chemistry Education in Global Change (IGAC)

Aerosol-Cloud Interaction (IGAC)

Arctic Climate System Study

Asian Development Bank

Advanced Earth Observing Satellite

Asia Least-cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy

East Asian-North Pacific Regional Study (IGAC)

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

Annual Records of Tropical Systems (PAGES)

Atmospheric Research and Information Center

American Standards Committee for Information Interchange

Association of South East Asian Nations

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Air & Waste Management Association

American Water Works Association

Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (Core Project of IGBP)

Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics (IGAC)

Baikal Drilling Project (PAGES)

Biomass Burning Experiment (IGAC)

BAHC-IGAC-GCTE Science Task Team

Joint JGOFS/IGAC Task Team on Biogeochemical Ocean Atmosphere Transfers

Biochemical Oxygen Demand

Intergovernmental Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution

Circum Arctic Paleo Environments (PAGES)

Carbon Dioxide Intercalibration Experiment (IGAC)

Coalition of Environmentally Responsible Economies and Societies

Regional of Seismology Center for South America

Committee on Capacity Building in Science

Canadian Climate Center Model

Compact Disk with Read-only Memory

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

Coupled General Circulation Model

Center for Climate and Global Change Research

Consortium for Intemational Earth Science Information Network

Catalog Interoperability Protocal

Computer Industry Quality Conference

Chemical Manufacturers Association

Climate Variability and Predictability Programme (WCRP)

Committee on Data for Science and Technology

Committee on Space Research

Core Project Office

Core Project Planning Committee

Center for Renewable Engery and Sustainable Technology

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

Clean technology & Environmental Management

Distributed Active Archive Centers

Direct Aerosol Radiative Forcing (IGAC)

Division of Atmospheric Research Limited Area Model

Deposition of Biogeochemically Important Trace Species (IGAC)

Department of Energy Development and Promotion

Digital elevation model

Development of a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (IGAC)

Data and Information Access Link

DAAC-in-a-Box

DIS Standing Committee

Data and Information Systems

Degradable Organic Carbon

European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts

Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society

Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand

Environmental, Helth, and Safety

European IGAC Project Office Steering Committee

Electronic mail-usually Internet

Eco-Management and Audit Scheme

Environmental Management Systems

European Network for Research in Global Change (EC)

EI Ni?o/Southern Oscillation

Earth Observing System

Earth Observing System Data and Information System

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

European Paleoclimate and Man (PAGES)

European Programme for Ice Coring in Antarctica (PAGES)

Environmental Research Institute of Chulalongkorn University

Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme/UNDP

Earth Science Technology Organization

Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Famine Early Warning System

File Transfer Protocol

IGBP Programme Element-Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modelling

Global Climate Change Information Programme

Global Change Data and Information System

General Circulation Model

Global Environment Centre Foundation

Global Emissions Inventory Activity (IGAC)

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

General Circulation Model

Global Change Master Directory

Global Climate Observing System

Global Change Research Centre (Thailand)

Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (Core Project of IGBP)

Gross Demestic Product

Global Data Runoff Centre

Global Change Research Information Office

Global Environmental Facility

Global Energy and Water-cycle Experiment

Geofluid Dynamic Laboratory

Greenhouse Gases and Aerosol Influences (PAGES)

Global Integration and Modelling (IGAC)

Geographical Information Systems

Greenland Ice Sheets Project (USA) (PAGES)

Goddard Institute of Space Studies

Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (SCOR)

Global Tropospheric Carbon Dioxide Network (IGAC)

Global Atmospheric Chemical Survey (IGAC)

Global Tropospheric Ozone Network (IGAC)

LOICZ Global River Discharge Index

Global Sea Level Observing System

Gross National Product

Geostationary Operational Environmental Sattellities

Global Ocean Euphotic Zone Study (SCOR/IGBP/WCRP)

Global Ocean Observing System

Global Positioning System

Global Runoff Data Center

Global Resource Information Data Base

Greenland Ice Sheets Project (Europe) (PAGES)

Global Synthesis and Modelling (Task Team)

Global Terrestrial Observing System

Hazardous Waste Remedial Actions Program

Hierarchical data format

Human Impacts on Fluvial Systems (PAGES)

Human Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems (PAGES)

Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme

Heihe River Field Experiment

High Latitude Ecosystems as Sources and Sinks of Trace Gases

Human Impacts on Fluvial Systems (PAGES)

Himalayan Interdisciplinary Paleoclimate Project (PAGES)

International Association of Hydrological Sciences

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

International Association of Meteorological and Atmospheric Science

International Association of Technological University Libraries

International Astronomical Union

International Commission on Atmospheic Chemistry and Global Pollution

International Council for the Exploration of the Seas

Intercalibrations-Intercomparisons (IGAC)

International Council of Scientific Unions

ICSU Advisory Committee on the Environment

International Decade of the East African Lakes (PAGES)

Intemational Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project (ICACGP/IGBP)

International Global Aerosol Programme

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme.A Study of Global Change:ICSU

Scientific Advisory Council

IGBP Programme Element-Data and Information System

Institute for Global Change Research and Education

International Geographical Union

Internation Human Dimensions of Global Enviromnental Change Programme

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

International Marine Global Change Study (PAGES/SCOR)

International Mathematical Union

International Union for Quaternary Research

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IOC)

International Project Office

International Rice Research Institute

Indian Remote Sensing

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project

Integrated Services Digital Network

International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project

International Organization for Standardization

International Social Science Council

International Society of Soil Science

International Tropospheric Ozone Year

International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

International Union Biological Sciences

International Union Forestry Research Organizations

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

International Union of Geological Sciences

International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science

International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

International Union of Pharmacology

International Union of Psychological Science

IGBP Project-Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

Joint Scientific Committee for the WCRP (ICSU/WMO)

Local Area Network

Land Satellite

Land Cover Change

LOICZ Data and Information System

LOICZ Data and Information System Management Unit

Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zones (Core Project of IGBP)

Liquid Petroleum Gas

Land Use/Cover Change (Core Project of IGBP and IHDP)

Man and the Biosphere Programme (UNESCO)

Multiphase Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC)

Marine Gas Emissions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate (IGAC)

Mediterranean Planning Committee (START)

Methane and Halocarbons Intercalibrations Experiment (IGAC)

Mid-Latitude Ecosystems and Photochemical Oxidants (IGAC)

Materials Safety Data Sheet

Mean Sea Level

Mean Sea Level Pressure

Municipal Solid Waste

National Association of Chemical Distributors

Nansen Arctic Drilling (PAGES)

Northern Africa

Northern Africa Regional Committee for START

North Atlantic Regional Study (IGAC)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration [USA]

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA)

National Center for Environmental Prediction

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

National Environmental Health Association

National Oceanics and Atmospheric Administration (United States)

Nitrous Oxide and Halocarbons Intercalibration Experiment (IGAC)

Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Intercomparison Experiment (IGAC)

Net Primary Production (IGBP-DIS/GAIM Working Group)

National Science Foundation

Oak Ridge National

Pan-African START Committee (START)

Past Global Changes (Core Project of IGBP)

Paleoclimate of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (PAGES)

Polar Atmospheric Snow and Chemistry (IGAC)

PC Personal Computer

Pole Equator Transects (PAGES)

Public Environmental Reporting Initiative

Planning Group

Pacific Industry Business Association

North Pacific Marine Science Organization

Photosynthetic Measurements (Task Team) (JGOFS)

Paleomonsoons II (PAGES)

Paleoenvironmental Multiproxy Analysis and Mapping Project (PAGES)

Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PAGES)

Publicly Owned Treatments Works

Regional Climate Model

Responsible Distribution Process

Royal Forest Department

Rice Cultivation and Trace Gas Exchange (IGAC)

Regional Research Centre

Regional Research Network

Regional Research Site

Scientific Advisory Council

Southern, Central and Eastern Africa Committee (START)

South Asia IGAC Office (IGAC)

Scientific Advisory Panel

Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act

Southeast Asian Regional Committee for START

START Regional Committee for Southern Asia SEA Southeast Asia

Standing Committee

Scientific Committee for the IGBP

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research

Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Southeast Asia

START Regional Center

Socio-economic Data and Applications Center

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Stratospheric Processes and their Role in the Climate (WCRP)

System pour I'Observation de la Terre

SPOT High Resolution Visible

SPOT Panchromatic

Scientific Steering Committee

Sea Surface Temperature

System for Analysis Research and Training

START Standing Committee

Thailand Development Research Institute

Temperate East Asia Planing Committee (START)

Thailand Environment Institute

Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding Reference file

Triangulated Irregular Network

Thermal Infrared Radiation

Task Force

The Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere project (WCRP)

Trace Gas Exchange between Mid-Latitude Terrestrial Ecosystems and Atmosphere (IGAC)

Task Team

Third World Academy of Science

United Kingdom Meteorological Office

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

United National Conference on Trade and Development

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Environment Programme

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Union Radio Scientifique International

United States-Asia Environmental Partnership

U.S. Agency for International Development

United States Country Study Management Team

United States Country Study Program

United States Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Global Change Research Programme

U.S. Geological Survey Global Change Research Programme

Universal Time Code

Volcanic Influences on Paleoclimate (PAGES)

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Project (USA) (PAGES)

World Climate Research Programme

World Data Center (ICSU)

Working Group

World Health Organization

World Meteorological Organization

World Ocean Circulation Experiment

Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research

World Wide Fund for Nature

World Wide Web

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