Atmospheric Science at NASA: A History

AAOE

Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment

AASE

Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

ABLE

Atlantic (Arctic) Boundary Layer Experiment

ABMA

Army Ballistic Missile Agency

ACRIM

Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor

AEC

Atomic Energy Commission

AIRS

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

AMSU

Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

APARE

East Asia / North Pacific Regional Study

APT

Automatic Picture Transmission

ARM

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement

ARPA

Advanced Research Projects Agency

ATMOS

Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy

ATS

Advanced Technology Satellite

AVCS

Advanced Vidicon Camera System

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

BIC

Balloon Intercomparison Campaigns

BOMEX

Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment

BUV

Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectrometer

CALIPSO

Cloud Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation

CERES

Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System

CFCs

chlorofluorocarbons

CIAP

Climate Impact Assessment Program

CITE

Chemical Instrumentation Test and Evaluation

CLIMAP

Climate: Long range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction

CLIMSAT

Climate Satellite

CNES

Centre National d’Études Spatiales

COSPAR

Committee on Space Research

CrIs

Crosstrack Infrared Sounder

CRYSTAL-FACE

Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers–Florida Area Cirrus Experiment

DAAC

Distributed Active Archive Center

DIAL

Differential Absorption Lidar

DMSP

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DST

Data Systems Test

ENSO

El Niño / Southern Oscillation

EOS

Earth Observing System

EOSDIS

Earth Observing System Data and Information System

EOSP

Earth Observing Scanning Polarimeter

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ERBE

Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

ESMR

Electrically Scanned Microwave Radiometer

ESSA

Environmental Science Services Administration

ESSP

Earth System Science Pathfinder

FGGE

First GARP Global Experiment

FIRE

First ISCCP Regional Experiment

GARP

Global Atmospheric Research Program

GATE

GARP Atlantic Tropic Experiment

GFDL

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

GHOST

Global Horizontal Sounding Technique

GISS

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

GLEEM

Global Environment and Ecology Mission

GOES

Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite

GPM

Global Precipitation Mission

GRACE

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

GTE

Global Tropospheric Experiment

GWE

Global Weather Experiment

HIRIS

High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer

HIS

High resolution Infrared Sounder

HMMR

High-Resolution Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer

HRIR

High Resolution Imaging Radiometer

IAS

Institute for Advanced Study

ICSU

International Council of Scientific Unions

IGAC

International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program

IGBP

International Geosphere/Biosphere Program

IGY

International Geophysical Year

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPO

Integrated Project Office

IRIS

InfraRed Intferometer Spectrometer

IRLS

Interrogation, Recording, and Location System

ISCCP

International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project

ITOS

Improved TIROS Operational System

IUGG

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

LASA

Lidar Atmospheric Sounder and Altimeter

LIMS

Limb Irradiance Monitor of the Stratosphere

LITE

Laser In-space Technology Experiment

MAS

MODIS Aircraft Simulator

McIDAS

Man-Computer Interactive Data Access System

MLS

Microwave Limb Sounder

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

MOPITT

Measurements of Pollution In The Troposphere

MRIR

Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer

MUSE

Monitor of Solar Ultraviolet Energy

NACA

National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics

NASDA

National Space Development Agency of Japan

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NEMS

Nimbus E Microwave Spectrometer

NESDIS

National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOMS

Nimbus Operational System

NOSS

National Ocean Surveillance Satellite

NOZE

National Ozone Expedition

NPOESS

National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System

NPP

NPOESS Preparatory Project

NRL

Naval Research Laboratory

NSF

National Science Foundation

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

PEM

Pacific Exploratory Mission

PLATO

Permanent Large Array of Terrestrial Observatories

PSC

Polar Stratospheric Cloud

RAVE

Research on Atmospheric Volcanic Emissions

SAFARI

Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative

SAGE

Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment

SAM

Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement

SAR

Synthetic Aperture Radar

SBUV

Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet

SCAMS

Scanning Microwave Spectrometer

SCAR

Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation

SCEP

Study of Critical Environmental Problems

SDI

Strategic Defense Initiative

SHEBA

Surface HEat Budget of the Arctic ocean

SIRS

Satellite InfraRed Sounder

SMS

Synchronous Meteorological Satellite

SOLVE

SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment

SSB

Space Science Board

SSEC

Space Science Engineering Center

SST

Supersonic Transport

STEP

Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange Project

SUCCESS

SUbsonic aircraft Contrail and Cloud Effect Special Study

TARFOX

Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment

THESEO

Third European Stratospheric Experiment on Ozone

TIROS

Television-Infrared Observations Satellite

TOGA

Tropical Oceans / Global Atmosphere Program

TOMS

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

TOPEX

Ocean Topography Experiment

TOS

TIROS Operational System

TOVS

TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

TRACE

TRopospheric Aerosols and Chemistry Expedition

TREM

Tropical Rainfall Explorer Mission

TRMM

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

TWERLE

Tropical Wind, Energetics, and Reference Level Experiment

UARP

Upper Atmosphere Research Program

UARS

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

UCAR

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

USNC

U.S. National Committee

VAS

Visual/infrared spin-scan radiometer Atmospheric Sounder

VISSR

Visual-Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer

VTPR

Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer

WCRP

World Climate Research Program

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

WOCE

World Ocean Circulation Experiment