CDIAC ANNUAL
REPORT 2000Acronyms and Abbreviations
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9. Acronyms and Abbreviations 3-D - three-dimensional AES - Atmospheric Environment Service AGAGE - Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment ALE - Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment AmeriFlux - Eddy Covariance Flux Network in North, Central, and South America BIOME-BGC - Biome model - biogeochemical cycle CARINA - CARbon dioxide In the North Atlantic ocean CDIAC - Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center CHAAMMP - Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics, and Model Physics CMDL - Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory CMP - computer model package CO2 - carbon dioxide CO2 Map - Carbon Dioxide MetaAnalysis Project CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CTD - conductivity, temperature, and depth DAAC - Distributed Active Archive Center DB - database DIST - Data and Information Sharing Tool DMHB - Data Management Handbook DLT - digital linear tape DOE - U.S. Department of Energy EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ESD - Environmental Sciences Division FACE - Free-Air CO2 Enrichment FGDC - Federal Geographic Data Committee FTP - File Transfer Protocol FY - fiscal year GAGE - Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment GCDIS - Global Change Data and Information System GLODAP - GLobal Ocean Data Analysis Project GPP - gross primary production GTS - Global Telecommunications System HTML - Hypertext Markup Language IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change JGOFS - Joint Global Ocean Flux Study JODC - Japan Oceanographic Data Center LAI - leaf area index MEDS - Marine Environmental Data Service (Canada) MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology MODIS - moderate-resolution imaging spectro-radiometer NARSTO - formerly North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEP - net ecosystem production NDP - numeric data product NIGEC - National Institute for Global Environmental Change NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NODC - National Oceanographic Data Center NPP - net primary production NSF - National Science Foundation NTSG - Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group OACES - Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study OME - ORNL Metadata Editor OSU - Ohio State University ORNL - Oak Ridge National Laboratory pCO2 - partial pressure carbon dioxide PD - A permanent data archive PDF - portable document format pH - pH value Pg - petagram PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization PIs - principal investigators PM - particulate matter PMEL - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory ppmv - parts per million by volume QSSC - Quality Systems Science Center QSMP - Quality Systems Management Plan QPHB - Quality Planning Handbook RAID - redundant array of independent disk R/V - Research Vessel SF5CF3 - trifluoromethyl sulphur pentafluoride SF6 - sulphur hexafluoride SIO - Scripps Institution of Oceanography TALK - total alkalinity TCO2 - total carbon dioxide Tg - teragram UN - United Nations UPS - uninterruptible power supply WDC - World Data Center WHP - World Hydrographic Program WOCE - World Ocean Circulation Experiment WWR - World Weather Records XML - eXtensible Markup Language Y2K - Year 2000 |
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CDIAC, Carbon
Dioxide Information Analysis Center,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN USA
Tel: (865) 574-0390 FAX: (865) 574-2232
Internet: cdiac@ornl.gov
