Annex C - Abbreviations

ASI
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
BNSC
British National Space Centre
CAST Chinese Academy of Space Technology
CCRS Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
CEOP Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period
CEOS Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CFCs Chlorofluorcarbons
CGMS Coordinating Group for Meteorological Satellites
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability
CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale
CONAE Comisión de Actividates Espaciales
COP
Conference of the Parties
CRI Crown Research Institute
CSA
Canadian Space Agency
CSD United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development
CSIR Satellite Applications Centre (SAC)/ Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DLR
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt
DMSG Ad Hoc Working Group on Disaster Management Support
DoD US Department of Defense
EC
European Commission
ENSO El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EO
Earth Observation
ESA
European Space Agency
ESCAP Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific
EUMETSAT
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FIR
Far Infra-Red
FPAR Fraction of absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
GCOS
Global Climate Observing System
GEWEX The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GFMC Global Fire Monitoring Center
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GISTDA
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency
GLOSS
Global Sea Level Observing System
GOOS
Global Ocean Observing System
GPS
Global Positioning Satellites
GTOS
Global Terrestrial Observing System
ICSU International Council for Science
IDNDR
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
IGACO
The Integrated Global Atmospheric Chemistry Observations
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IGCO Integrated Global Carbon Observations
IGOS
Integrated Global Observing Strategy
IGOS-P
Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership
IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme
INPE Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IOCCG International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IR
Infra-Red
ISDR
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
ISPRS
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation
KARI Korea Aerospace Research Institute
KNMI
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
LIDAR LIght Detection And Ranging instruments
LST Land Surface Temperature
MEXT Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
MWIR
Medium Wave Infra-Red
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASDA National Space Development Agency of Japan
NDVI Normalised Difference Vegetation Indices
NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations
NIR
Near Infra-Red
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRSC
Norwegian Space Centre
NRSCC
National Remote Sensing Center of China
NSAU
National Space Agency of Ukraine
NWP
Numerical Weather Prediction
OSTC
Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs
ROSHYDROMET Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring
Rosaviakosmos
Russian Aviation and Space Agency
SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar
SIT Strategic Implementation Team
SNSB
Swedish National Space Board
SST
Sea Surface Temperature
SWIR
Short-wave Infra-Red
TCO Terrestrial Carbon Observations
TIR Thermal Infra-Red
TSI
Total Solar Irradiance
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNOOSA
United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs
USGS
United States Geological Survey
UV
Ultra-Violet
VIS
Visible
WCRP
World Climate Research Programme
WGCV
Working Group on Calibration and Validation
WGEdu
Ad Hoc Working Group on Education and Training
WGISS
Working Group on Information Systems and Services
WMO
World Meteorological Organisation
WWC
World Water Council
WWW World Wide Web