AVHRR & ATOVS Pre-processing Package

Software developed by NWP SAF

Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer

Instrument on Envisat

Advanced Baseline Imager

Instrument on GOES-R series

Advanced Baseline Sounder

Atmospheric Climate Experiment

ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite

JAXA satellite

Advanced Dissemination Methods

WMO, IGDDS

Atmospheric Dynamics Mission

ESA satellite

Advanced HRPT

Metop dissemination standard

Advanced Infra-Red Sounder

Instrument on Aqua, NASA

Advanced Land Observing Satellite

JAXA satellite

Ante Meridian

Before noon

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer / EOS

JAXA instrument on Aqua (NASA)

Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

Instrument on NOAA/POES and Metop

Atmospheric Motion Vector

Level 3 product

Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate

GCOS

Automatic Picture Transmission

NOAA/POES,analog transmission

NASA Earth Observation Satellite in p.m. orbit

NASA, EOS pm

Data collection and location system on NOAA/POES

Automated Shipboard Aerological Programme

Advanced Scatterometer

Instrument on Metop

African Satellite Meteorology Education and Training

Computer Aided Learning

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

Instrument on Terra

Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder

Instrument on NPP and NPOESS

Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

Instrument suite on NOAA/POES and Metop

Applications Technology Satellite

Demonstrator for GEO satellites before GOES

Along Track Scanning Radiometer

Instrument on ERS

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Instrument on NOAA/POES, Metop

Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research 

Germany

Bureau of Meteorology  (Australia)

Australia

Binary Universal Form for data Representation

Codes and Format

Cloud Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

CALIPSO satellite

Commission for Basic Systems

WMO

Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research  (USA)

Charged Couple Device

Type of camera flown on several meteorological satellites

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

Comittee on Earth Observation Satellites

www.ceos.org

Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy System

Instrument on Aqua, Terra, NPOESS-1

Chlorofluorocarbon

Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites

cgms.wmo.int

CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload for magnetic & gravity field measurement

DLR (Germany) and CNES (France)

China's High Resolution Picture Transmission

Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

University of Wisconsin, USA

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

Colorado State University, USA

Collecte, Localisation Satellites

DCS operator (France)

China Meteorological Administration

China

Climate Moisture Index

Conically Scanning Microwave Imager / Sounder

Planned instrument for NPOESS

Centre de Météorologie Spatiale  (France)

Meteo-France

Centre Nationale d’Etudes Spatiales

French National Space Agency

China National Space Administration

China

Centre of Excellence

Virtual Laboratory, Training

Cooperative programme for Operational Meteorology Education & Training

UCAR

Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales

Argentina

United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

UN-OOSA

Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate

UCAR

Cross track Infrared Sounder

Instrument on NPP and NPOESS

Coastal Zone Colour Scanner

Ocean colour demonstrator on Nimbus-7 (NASA)

Data Collection Platform

See DCS

Data Collection and Product Centre

WIS component, WMO

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt 

German Aerospace Centre

Danish Meteorological Institute

Denmark

Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Norway

Defence Meteorological Satellite Program (USA)

USA

Digital Video Broadcast by Satellite

Telecommunication standard

Deutscher Wetterdienst

German national meteorological service

EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service

EUMETSAT, RARS

European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts

www.ecmwf.int

Equatorial Crossing Time

Local solar time of equator crossing (fixed for sun-synchronous orbits)

El Niño Southern Oscillation

Environmental Satellite

ESA satellite

Earth Observation Satellite

See: Aqua, Terra, Aura

EUMETSAT Polar System

See: Metop, EUMETSAT

Earth Radiation Budget

European Remote-sensing Satellite

ESA satellite

European Space Agency

www.esa.int

Expert Team on the Evolution of the Global Observing system

CBS, WMO

Expert Team on Satellite Systems

CBS, WMO

Expert Team on Satellite Utilisation and Products

CBS, WMO

European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

eumetsat.int

Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation

Vegetation product

Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center 

US Navy

Field of View

File Transfer Protocol

Feng Yun- 1,3 (Chinese polar orbiting meteorological satellite series)

CMA

Feng Yun-2, 4  (Chinese geostationary satellite series)

CMA

Global Atmospheric Watch

WMO programme

Global Change Observation Mission

JAXA

Global Climate Observing System

WMO, UNESCO/IOC, UNEP, ICSU

Global Data processing System

WMO

Global Digital Sea Ice Database,

WMO, IOC, JCOMM

Geostationary orbit

Group on Earth Observations

www.earthobservations.org

Global Earth Observation System of Systems

GEO

Geostationary Earth radiation Budget instrument

Instrument on MSG

Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

WCRP

Giga-Hertz

Geostationary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer

NASA developed instrument

Global Information Service Centre

WIS component, WMO

Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

IceSat, NASA

Global Imager

JAXA

Global Navigation Satellite System (Russian)

Russian federation

Global Monitoring of Environment and Security

European Union and ESA

Geostationary Meteorological Satellites  (Japan)

MTSAT, Japan

Global Navigation Satellite System

GPS

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (USA)

NOAA/NESDIS, USA

Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment

Instrument on ERS-2

Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars

Instrument on Envisat

Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite

Russian Federation

Global Observing System

A WWW component, WMO

Global Precipitation Climatology Project

GEWEX, WCRP

Global Precipitation Measurement 

NASA-JAXA programme

Global Positioning System Occultation Sensor

Global Positioning System

Meteorological applications of GPS

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

NASA

GNSS Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding

Metop, GPS/Met

Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)

NASA

Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System

WMO - CGMS project

Global Telecommunications System

A WWW component, WMO

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (Germany)

Germany

Hierarchical Data Format

Format

Highly Elliptical Orbit

e.g. Molniya orbit

High resolution Infrared Sounder

Instrument on NOAA/POES, Metop

hecto-Pascal

Unit of atmospheric pressure otherwise known as millibar

High resolution

High Rate Information Transmission (dissemination standard for GEO)

Direct broadcast standard agreed through CGMS

High Resolution Picture Transmission (dissemination standard for LEO)

Direct broadcast standard agreed through CGMS

Humidity Sounder - Brazil

Instrument on Aqua

Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer

Instrument on Metop

International Council for Science

International Data Collection System

DCS

Integrated Global Data Dissemination Service

WMO, WIS

International Geostationary Laboratory for demonstration missions

Cooperation concept

Integrated Global Observing Strategy - Partnership

Initial Joint Polar System

NOAA, EUMETSAT

Improved Limb Atmospheric Sounder

Instrument on ADEOS II

India Meteorological Department

India

Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme

WMO

Institute of Meteorology and Water Management 

Poland

Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia   (Spain)

Spain

National Institute for Space Research   (Brazil)

Brazil

Indian geostationary multi-function SATellite

India

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

UNESCO

Internet Protocol

Telecommunication protocol

International Precipitation Working Group

CGMS

Infrared Atmospheric Sounder

Instrument on FY-3 series (China)

Indian Remote Sensing Satellite

ISRO, India

International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project

GEWEX, WCRP

Indian Space Research Organization

India

Inter Tropical Convergence Zone

International TOVS Study Conference

ITWG, CGMS

International (A)-TOVS Working Group

CGMS

International Wind Working Group

CGMS

Ocean surface topography mission

NASA, CNES, NOAA, EUMETSAT

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Japan

Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

USA

Japan Meteorological Agency

Japan

Joint Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

WMO, UNESCO/IOC

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)

NASA

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

Korea

Korea Meteorological Administration

Korea

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

National meteorological service of the Netherlands

Local Area Coverage

NOAA/POES

Leaf Area Index

Low Bit Rate

Low Earth Orbit

LIght Detection And Ranging

Lightning Imaging Sensor

TRMM, NASA

Low Rate Information Transmission (dissemination standard for GEO)

Direct broadcast standard agreed through CGMS

Low Resolution Picture Transmission (dissemination standard for LEO)

Direct broadcast standard agreed through CGMS

Land Surface Temperature

Level 2 product

Local Solar Time (usually Mean Local Solar Time)

Sun-Synchronous orbits

Man-computer Interactive Data Access System

UNIDATA, UCAR

Meteorological Data Distribution

Meteosat

A joint CNES-ISRO mission

CNES, ISRO

Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer

Instrument on Envisat

Medium Resolution Spectral Imager

Instrument on FY-3, China

Meteorological Satellite

Series of European geostationary meteorological satellites (EUMETSAT) - see MSG, MTG

METeorological OPerational (polar) satellite of EUMETSAT

EUMETSAT

Microwave Humidity Sounder

Instrument on Metop, NOAA/POES

Microwave Imager Sounder

Planned instrument on NPOESS

Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer

Instrument on Terra

MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Instrument on Aqua and Terra

Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere

Instrument on Terra

Marine Observation Satellite

Meteosat Second Generation

EUMETSAT

Multichannel Scanning Microwave Radiometer 

Oceansat-1, ISRO

Multispectral Infrared Conical Scanning Radiometer

Resurs and Okean, Roscosmos

Multi-purpose Transport Satellite

JMA, Japan

Multi-purpose Transport Satellite Follow-On

JMA, Japan

Microwave Scanning Radiometer

Meteor 3M, Russian Federation

Microwave Humidity Sounder

Instrument on FY-3 series, China

Microwave Temperature Sounder

Instrument on FY-3 series, China

Microwave Radiometers

Instrument on Envisat

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

USA

National Space Development Agency (Japan)

Now: JAXA

National Center for Atmospheric Research

USA

National Center for Environmental Prediction 

NOAA, USA

National Center for Supercomputing Applications  

HDF, University of Illinois

Normalised Differential Vegetation Index

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NOAA, USA

Network Common Data Format

Near InfraRed

National Institute of Standards and Technology

GSICS Member, USA

National Meteorological and Hydrological Services

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

USA

DVB-S dissemination system for AWIPS products

NOAA, USA

National Polar Operational Environmental Satellite System

USA

NPOESS Preparatory Project

USA

National Remote Sensing Centre 

China

Near-Real Time

NASA wind Scatterometer

Instrument on ADEOS

National Satellite Meteorology Centre 

CMA, China

Numerical Weather Prediction

Ocean monitoring Satellite

ISRO, India

Ocean Colour Imager

Ocean Colour Monitor

Oceansat, ISRO

Ocean Colour and Temperature Scanner

ADEOS, JAXA

Outgoing Long-wave radiation

Ozone Mapping Instrument

Aura

Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite

NPOESS

Open Programme Area Group on Integrated Observing Systems

WMO, CBS

Operational Significant Event Imagery team

NOAA/NESDIS

Ocean Scanning Multispectral Imager

Observing System Simulation Experiments

Panchromatic sensor

"Planeta" Scientific and Research Centre on Space Hydrometeorology

Russian Federation

Post Meridian

After noon

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

NOAA

Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite

NOAA satellite series

Polarization and Directionality of Earth Reflectance

ADEOS

Practical Salinity Units

Project for Preparing the Use of Meteosat second generation in Africa

EUMETSAT

Ocean surface wind measurement mission with Seawinds instrument

NASA

Radar satellite

CSA (Canada)

RADiosonde OBServations

Regional ATOVS Retransmission Services

IGDDS, EARS

Regional Meteorological Training Centre

WMO

Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring

Russian Federation

Russian Federal Space Agency

Russian Federation

Research and Development

Rolling Review of Requirements

WMO

Regional/Specialized Satellite Centre on Climate Monitoring . This initiative is now renamed "SCOPE-CM"

Renamed: SCOPE-CM

Scientific Applications Satellite-S

CONAE (Argentina)

Satellite Applications Facility

EUMETSAT (SAF web page)

Synthetic Aperture Radar

Satellite Animation and Interactive Diagnosis

JMA, Japan

Solar Backscatter Ultra Violet  (radiometer)

Instrument on NOAA/POES

SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY

Instrument on Envisat

Sea Satellite

NASA, USA

Sea Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor

Instrument on Orbview-2
(former SeaStar) satellite

Scatterometer for sea surface wind measurement

Instrument on QuikSCAT

Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

Instrument on MSG

Space Frequency Coordination Group

www.sfcgonline.org

Satellite Infrared Spectrometer

Soil Moisture Index

Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite

Earth Explorer, ESA

Statement of Guidance

WMO, RRR

Space Science Engineering Center

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

DMSP

Sea surface salinity

Level 2 product

Sea Surface Temperature

Level 2 product

Significant Wave Height

Level 2 product

Table Driven Code Form

Examples are BUFR and GRIB

Television InfraRed Observation Satellite

NOAA former satellite series

TRMM Microwave Imager

Instrument on TRMM

Top of Atmosphere

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

TOPographic EXPeriment – Poseidon  ocean surface topography mission

NASA - CNES

TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

NOAA/POES

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

NASA - JAXA

Upper Atmosphere research Satellite

NASA satellite

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

USA, www.ucar.edu

United Kingdom Meteorological Office

Now: "Met Office, UK "

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UCAR program Center for Earth Sciences data and tools

(Unidata website) , UCAR

United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs

Universal Time Coordinated

Upper Tropospheric Humidity

Level 2 product

Ultraviolet

Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite

Instrument on NPP and NPOESS

Visible and Infrared Radiometer

Instrument on FY-3 series, China

Visible Infrared Scanner

Instrument on TRMM

Visible channel

Software tool for distance learning

Virtual Laboratory

Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer  

Instrument on GMS, JMA, Japan

Virtual Laboratory

Training concept

Virtual Resources Library

Virtual Laboratory

World Climate Research Programme

WMO, UNESCO/IOC, ICSU

Weather Facsimile

WMO Integrated Global Observation Systems

WMO Information System

A WWW component

World Meteorological Organization

World Weather Watch

WMO programme

World Wide Web Consortium

XML

Extensible Markup Language

Format developed by W3C

Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics