AES | Atmospheric Environment Service |
AGAGE | Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
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ALE | Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment
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AmeriFlux | Eddy Covariance Flux Network in North, Central, and South America
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ASRC | Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
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BGC | biogeochemical cycle
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BIOME-BGC | global biome model-biogeochemical cycle
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BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory
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BOREAS | Boreal Ecosystems Atmosphere Study
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CARINA | CARbon In the North Atlantic program
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CDIAC | Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
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CIRES | Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
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CMDL | Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory
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CMP | computer model package
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CO | carbon monoxide
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CO2 | carbon dioxide
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CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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DAAC | Distributed Active Archive Center
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DLT | digital linear tape
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DMHB | Data Management Handbook
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DB | database
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DOE | Department of Energy
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EDGAR | Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research
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ERULF | Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowship
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ESD | Environmental Sciences Division
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FACE | Free-Air CO2 Enrichment
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FTP | File Transfer Protocol
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fCO2 | fugacity of carbon dioxide
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FRM/FEM | Federal Reference Methods/ Federal Equivalent Methods
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FY | fiscal year
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GAGE | Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
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GAW | Global Atmosphere Watch
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GHCN | Global Historical Climatology Network
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GISS | Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
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GLODAP | Global Ocean Data Analysis Project
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GPP | gross primary production
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GTS | Global Telecommunications Systems
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HCN | Historical Climatology Network
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ICRCCM | Intercomparison of Radiation Codes in Climate Models
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IfMK | Institute for Marine Sciences
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IG | Institute of Geography (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
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INSTAAR | Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
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IOW | Institut für Ostseeforschung
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IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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JGOFS | Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
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LAI | leaf area index
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MAPS | Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites
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MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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MODIS | moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer
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NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement
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NARSTO | (formerly) North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone
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NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research
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NCDC | National Climatic Data Center
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NDP | numeric data package
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NEP | Net Ecosystem Production
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NMOC | non-methane organic compound
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NO2 | nitrogen dioxide
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NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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NOPP | National Oceanographic Partnership Program
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NPP | Net Primary Production
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NSF | National Science Foundation
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OACES | Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study
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ORISE | Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
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ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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PAMS | Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations
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pCO2 | partial pressure carbon dioxide
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PDF | portable document format
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PI | principal investigator
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PICES | North Pacific Marine Science Organization
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PMEL | Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
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ppmv | parts per million by volume
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QPHB | Quality Planning Handbook
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QSMP | Quality Systems Management Plan
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QSSC | Quality Systems Science Center
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RAID | redundant array of independent disks
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RFP | request for proposal
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SIO | Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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SOMMA | Single-Operator Multiparameter Metabolic Analyzer
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STC | Society for Technical Communications
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SUNY | State University of New York
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TALK | total alkalinity
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TCO2 | total carbon dioxide
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TECO | Terrestrial Ecological and Global Change
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UC | University of California
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USDA | United States Department of Agriculture
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VOC | volatile organic compound
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WDC | World Data Center
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WHP | WOCE Hydrographic Program
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WMO | World Meteorological Organization
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WOCE | World Ocean Circulation Experiment
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YOTO | Year of the Ocean
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