|
NUMBERS |
|
1D-C
|
PMS
optical array probe; 20-600 m @ 20 m resolution
|
1D-P
|
PMS
optical array probe; 0.3-4.5 m @ 0.3 m resolution
|
1-D
|
one-dimensional
|
2D-C
|
PMS
optical array probe; 31-992 m @ 31 m resolution
|
2D-GA2
|
(PMS
optical aerosol probe; cloud particles)
|
2D
Grey 25
|
aerosol
probe(25 m < D < 1.5 mm)
|
2D
Grey 40
|
aerosol
probe(40 m < D < 2.6 mm)
|
2D-P
|
PMS
optical array probe; 100 m to 6 millimeters
|
2-D
|
two
dimensional
|
3-D
|
three
dimensional
|
3M
|
Minnisota
Mining and Manufacturing, Inc.
|
|
|
SUBSCRIPTS
|
|
a
|
refers
to atmospheric signal
|
B
|
bottom
of cloud layer
|
c
|
refers
to cloud signal
|
clr
|
clear
sky
|
cld
|
cloudy
sky
|
cs
|
clear
sky
|
i
|
channel
number
|
lc
|
lower
level cloud
|
T
|
top
of cloud layer
|
uc
|
upper
level cloud
|
|
|
GREEK
|
|
|
cloud
albedo or reflectance; cloud extinction coefficient; off-axis angle for
Fraunhofer diffraction
|
c
|
cloud
albedo
|
d
|
diffuse
cloud albedo
|
s
|
surface
reflectivity
|
sd
|
clear-sky
diffuse albedo
|
|
coefficient
of volume expansion; volume backscatter coefficient; backscatter fraction;
lidar relative backscatter; aspect ratio
|
(R)
|
backscatter
cross-section per unit volume
|
(R)
|
extinction
cross-section per unit volume
|
ext
|
extinction
coefficient
|
p
|
backscatter
cross-section
|
|
anisotropic
reflectance correction factor; off vertical beam axis angle
|
|
difference
|
BT
|
difference
in equivalent brightness temperature
|
N
|
change
in cloud drop concentration
|
qt
|
jump
in total water mixing ratio
|
R
|
change
in upward radiance; range resolution
|
r
|
cloud
top total water jump
|
T
|
temperature
difference
|
z
|
cloud
geometrical thickness
|
|
depolarization
ratio; optical thickness of cloud
|
c
|
correction
term for reduced cloud emission
|
s
|
correction
term for scatter into radiometer FOV
|
t
|
sampling
interval
|
|
turbulent
dissipation rate; TKE dissipation rate; cloud emissivity; emittance
|
*
|
IR
downward effective emmitance
|
|
scan
angle; viewing azimuth relative to solar plane(=0o is forward
scatter)
|
v
|
ERBE
spectral response function
|
|
volume
reflrctivity; radar backscatter coefficient
|
|
wavelength
|
|
cosine
of viewing zenith angle; coefficient of molecular viscosity; droplet radius;
mean; cos
|
m
|
micrometer(10-6)
|
o
|
cosine
of solar zenith angle
|
|
shape
parameter
|
|
angle
of incidence
|
;
e; THETAE
|
equivalent
potential temperature; satellite zenith angle(measured from downward normal
direction)
|
l
|
liquid
water potential temperature or saturation point potential temperature
|
o
|
solar
zenith angle
|
v
|
virtual
potential temperature
|
w
|
wet
bulb potential temperature
|
|
visible
reflectance; ice density
|
i
|
ice
crystal density
|
L
|
water
density
|
s
|
clear-sky
bidirectional reflectance albedo
|
|
backscatter
cross-section; Stefan-Boltzmann constant; volume extinction coefficient;
standard deviation
|
1
|
standard
deviation of downward longwave radiation
|
e
|
extinction
coefficient
|
u
|
rms
horizontal wind fluctuation
|
w
|
rms
vertical wind fluctuation
|
|
visible
optical depth; Reynolds stress; momentum flux; persistance time; laser pulse
length
|
*
|
optical
thickness
|
a
|
IR
absorption optical depth
|
c
|
optical
thickness of cloud; surface flux
|
L
|
time
for complete homogenization
|
nir
|
NIR
optical depth
|
s
|
ratio
of scattering optical depth to absorption optical depth
|
|
wave
number
|
|
single
scattering albedo
|
m
|
measured
liquid water content
|
|
stream
function; relative azimuth angle
|
|
shortwave
effective extinction; vorticity; zenith angle
|
|
|
ALPHABETICAL
|
|
A
|
member
of Arctic Working Group; ascending; measured sampling area
|
a
|
width;
particle radius
|
AAO
|
Adjacent
Arctic Ocean
|
Ab
|
cloud
absorption
|
ABCD
|
doppler
wind field analysis using Cartesian coordinate system[CETP]
|
ABL
|
atmospheric
boundary layer; albedo
|
ABLE
3A
|
Arctic
Boundary Layer Experiment; first part of third mission in ABLE series
|
absorp
|
absorption
|
AC
|
Aerospace
Corporation; Ackerman & Cox; total accepted counts
|
Ac
|
altocumulus
clouds; fractional cloud cover
|
A/C
|
aircraft
|
ACARS
|
ARINC
Communications, Addressing and Reporting System
|
ACE-1
|
first
mission in Aerosol Characterization Experiment
|
ACRF
|
atmospheric
cloud radiative forcing
|
ACSYS
|
Arctic
Climate System Study(WCRP)
|
A/D
|
analog
to digital
|
ADCP
|
Acoustic
Doppler Current Profiler
|
addv
|
addvection
|
ADEOS-1
|
first
Advanced Earth Observing Satellite(Japan)
|
ADIFR
|
angle
of attack
|
ADS
|
airborne
data system(NAILS)
|
ADT
|
Alaska
Daylight Time; anomalous diffraction theory
|
Ae
|
effective
sampling area
|
AEAP
|
Atmospheric
Effects of Aviation Project(NASA)
|
aeff
|
effective
radius of particle
|
AEM-2;
AEM-B
|
second
Applications Explorer Mission(ERBS)
|
AERI
|
Atmospheric
Emitted Radiance Interferometer
|
AEROCE
|
Atmosphere-Ocean
Chemistry Experiment
|
AES
|
Atmospheric
Environment Service(Canada)
|
AFB
|
Air
Force Base
|
AFGL
|
Air
Force Geophysical Laboratory(USAF)
|
AFGWC
|
Air
Force Global Weather Center
|
AFIXL;
AFIXR
|
angle
of attack
|
AFOS
|
Automated
Forcasting Operational System; Automation of Field Operations and Services
|
AFOSR
|
Air
Force Office of Scientific Research
|
AGASP
|
Arctic
Gas and Aerosol Sampling Program
|
AGL
|
above
ground level
|
AGU
|
American
Geophysical Union
|
AIDJEX
|
Arctic
Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment
|
AIMR
|
Airborne
Imaging Microwave Radiometer
|
AIP-3
|
Algorithm
Intercomparison Project(GPCP)
|
AIR
|
Atmospheric
Instrumentation Research, Inc.; (CSU sonde)
|
AIRS
|
Atmospheric
Infrared Sounder
|
AK
|
Akademik
Kurchatov R/V
|
AL
|
above
cloud layer
|
Al
|
aluminum
|
ALACE
|
Autonomous
Lagranagian Circulation Explorer(float)
|
AlCu;
Acu
|
altocumulus
|
ALPHA-1;
-2
|
SRI
downward-viewing lidar; upward
|
ALS
|
Airborne
Lidar System
|
alt
|
altitude
|
alto
cu
|
alto-cumulus
cloud
|
ALWIND
|
along(with)
wind direction
|
åm
|
10-9
meter
|
AM-1
|
first
EOS Satellite; AM Equator crossing time
|
AMA
|
Amarillo,
TX met station designator
|
AMC
|
Atlantic
Marine Center
|
AMEX
|
Australian
Monsoon Experiment
|
AMI
|
Advanced
Microwave Instrument(ERS-1)
|
AMIPS
|
(GLA
simulation model)
|
AMMR-1
|
Airborne
Multichannel Microwave Radiometer-nadir viewing
|
AMMR-2
|
AMMR
viewing at 45 deg through left window
|
AMMS
|
Advanced
Microwave Moisture Sounder
|
AMP
|
ARGOS
Meteorological Platform
|
AMPR
|
Advanced
Microwave Precipitation Radiometer
|
AMS
|
Alternate
Mission Scientist; American Meteorological Society
|
AMSR
|
Advanced
Microwave Scanning Radiometer
|
AMSU
|
Advanced
Microwave Sounding Unit
|
AMTEX
|
Air-Mass
Transportation Experiment(Japan)
|
ANA
|
Santa
Maria airport building designator
|
AN/APN
|
(military
equipment designator)
|
ANG
|
Air
National Guard
|
angl
|
angle
|
ANSI
|
American
National Standards Institute
|
Ant
|
antenna
|
AN/TPQ-11
|
radar
designator
|
AOA
|
airplane
angle of attack
|
AOC
|
Aircraft
Operations Center
|
AOML
|
Atlantic
Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory(NOAA)
|
AOSS
|
airplane
angle of sideslip
|
Ap
|
antenna
area; plate area
|
APD
|
avalanche
photo-diode
|
APL
|
Applied
Physics Laboratory
|
APS
|
Aerodynamic
Particle Sizer(ER-2)
|
APT
|
Autonomous
Picture Transmission system(DC-8)
|
AR
|
Atmospheric
Research(company)
|
Ar
|
receiver
area; lidar telescope effective area
|
ARAD
|
(should
have been ARAP) Aeronautical Research Associates of Princeton
|
ARAT
|
Avion
de Recherche Atmospherique(France)
|
ARC
|
Ames
Research Center(NASA)
|
ARCHV
|
archive
|
ARCS
|
Atmospheric
Radiation and Clouds Station
|
ARCSS
|
Arctic
System Science(NSF)
|
ARCSyM
|
Arctic
Regional Climate System Model
|
ARGOS
|
(satellite
used to telemeter data to shore station[France])
|
ARINC
|
Aeronautical
Radio, Inc.
|
ARK
|
Arkansas,
KS met station designator
|
ARL
FRD
|
Air
Resources Laboratory-Forecast Research Development(NOAA)
|
ARM
|
Atmospheric
Radiation Measurments program(DOE)
|
ARMAR
|
Airborne
Rain Mapping Radar
|
ARMCAS
|
Arctic
Radiation, Microphysics, Clouds and Aerosols Study
|
ARO
|
(Army
research organization)
|
AROS
|
Automated
Regional Operations System
|
ARS
|
Atmospheric
Radiance Study
|
AS
|
Academy
of Sciences(Russia); Aircraft Scientist; Arakawa-Schubert
|
As;
as
|
altostratus
clouds
|
ASAP
|
as
soon as possible
|
ASASP
|
Axially-Scattering
Aerosol Spectrometer Probe(PMS)
|
Asc
|
ascent
|
ASCII
|
American
Standard Code for Information Interchange
|
ASD
|
Atmospheric
Sciences Division(LaRC); Analysis and Simulation Division(AFGL)
|
ASF
|
Alaska
SAR Facility
|
AS
IAP
|
Academy
of Sciences; Institute of Atmospheric Physics(Russia)
|
ASL
|
above
sea level
|
ASM
|
angular
second momentum
|
ASRC
|
Atmospheric
Sciences Research Center(SUNYA)
|
ASSP
|
Aerosol
Scattering Spectrometer Probe
|
AST
|
Arctic
Cloud Experiment Science Team
|
ASTER
|
Advanced
Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer
|
ASTEX
|
Atlantic
Stratocumulus Transition Experiment
|
ASTRAIA
|
(NCAR
Electra instrument)
|
AT
|
(ASTEX
R/V); air temperature
|
ATB
|
Rosemount
temperature sensor
|
ATC
|
Air
Traffic Control
|
ATD
|
Atmosphere
Technology Division(NCAR)
|
ATEX
|
Atlantic
Tropospheric Experiment
|
ATI
|
area-time
integrals; (designator of sonic anemometer type)
|
ATKP
|
(Electra
fast response temperature sensor)
|
ATLAS
|
(type
of buoy for TOPEX/POSEIDON validation)
|
ATMOS
|
Atmospheric
Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy(JPL)
|
Atmos.
Chem.
|
Atmospheric
Chemistry
|
Atmos.
Environ.
|
Atmospheric
Environment
|
Atmos.
Res.
|
Atmospheric
Research
|
ATR
|
(attenuated
total reflection switch on ARMAR)
|
ATr
|
radar
area-time integral
|
ATRAD
|
algorithm
for adding doubling calculations
|
ATRF
|
(Electra
reverse flow temperature sensor)
|
Ats
|
satellite
area-time integral
|
ATSR/MS
|
Along-Track
Scanning Radiometer and Microwave Sounder (ERS-1)
|
AUW
|
Wausau,
UT met station designator
|
AVHRR
|
Advanced
Very High Resolution Radiometer
|
AVIRIS
|
Airborne
Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
|
AVNIR
|
Advanced
Visible and Near-infrared Radiometer
|
AXBT
|
Airborne
Expendible Bathythermograph
|
AXCP
|
Airborne
Expendible Current Profiler
|
AZC,
AZF
|
airplane
true heading
|
AZIM;
AZ; azm
|
azimuth
angle
|
|
|
B
|
Planck
function; broken; tethered balloon; integrating filter bandwidth
|
b
|
buoyancy
|
B1
|
reflectance
of cloud at =1
|
B3
|
reduced
resolution radiance data(ISCCP)
|
B-23
|
(U.
WA cloud and aerosol research aircraft)
|
BABA
|
Balloons
Bassee Altitude
|
BAO
|
Boulder
Atmospheric Observatory
|
BASE
|
Beaufort
Arctic Storms Experiment
|
BB
|
broad
band; black body
|
BBHIR
|
Broad
Bandpass Hemispheric IR Radiometer
|
BBHSR
|
Broad
Bandpass Hemispheric Solar Radiometer
|
BBIR
|
broadband
IR
|
BBR
|
(ASTEX
UKC-130 instrument)
|
BBSS
|
Balloon
Bourne Sounding System
|
B.C.
|
tethered
balloon measurments
|
BC
|
cloud
emission
|
Bcld
|
Planck
function of the cirrus layer temperature
|
BCS
|
backscatter
cross section
|
BDIFR
|
angle
of sideslip
|
BE
|
measured
radiance
|
BEN
|
(a
type of ship log on ASTEX R/V Le Suroit)
|
BER
|
bit
error rate
|
BFIXB;
BFIXT
|
angle
of sideslip
|
BL
|
boundary
layer
|
BLW
|
below
|
BMAP
|
Background
Measurement and Analysis Program
|
BMO
|
British
Meteorological Office
|
BNL
|
Brookhaven
National Laroratory
|
BOMEX
|
Barbados
Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment
|
Bound.
Lay. Meteor.
|
Boundary-Layer
Meteorology
|
BOX
|
Functional
Box Counting cloud retrival algorithm
|
BPI
|
bytes
per inch
|
BPRT
|
radiometric
surface temperature
|
BPYR1;
TPYR1
|
visible
radiation
|
BPYRG;
TPYRG
|
IR
radiation
|
BR
|
briefing
room; region of broken stratocumulus clouds
|
BRDF
|
bi-directional
reflectance distribution function
|
BS
|
surface
emission
|
BSCAT
|
(related
to EOC viewing angle)
|
BSHR
MGO
|
(ASTEX
R/V LeSuroit engine type)
|
BT
|
brightness
temperature
|
B(T)
|
Planck
function at temperature T
|
BTD
|
brightness
temperature difference
|
BTDIF
|
(related
to MAS spectral channels)
|
Bull.
Amer. Met. Soc.
|
Bulletin
of the American Meteorological Society
|
BUV;
TUV
|
ultraviolet
radiation
|
BW
|
bandwidth
|
|
|
C
|
member
of Cirrus Working Group; centigrade; most of IFA area; cloud amount; average
speed of propogation; calibration constant
|
c
|
speed
of light; particle concentration
|
C1
|
gridded
cloud product(ISCCP)
|
C2
|
climatological
summary product(ISCCP)
|
C5;
C6; CI175
|
(equivalent
sphere ice particle distributions)
|
C2H4
|
ethene
|
C4
|
Center
for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate(SIO)
|
C7F14
|
perfluoromethylchlohexane(cyclohexane)
|
C20
|
ISCCP
20m/20m hexagonal crystal model
|
C-130Q
|
(NCAR
airplane)
|
C-131A
|
(University
of Washington airplane)
|
Ca++
|
calcium
ion
|
CAC
|
Climate
Analysis Center(NOAA)
|
CADC
|
Central
Air Data Computer(NASA DC-8)
|
CAGES
|
(Canadian
hydrological experiment in Mackenzie river basin)
|
calc
|
calculated
|
CALS
|
Cloud
and Aerosol Lidar System
|
Cal
Tech
|
California
Institute of Technology
|
CAM
|
Centre
d'Aeronautique Meteorologique(France)
|
CAMAC
|
computer-automated
measurment and control(component of VIRL)
|
CAP
|
cloud-atmospheric
parameter
|
CAPE
|
convective
available potential energy
|
CaPE
|
Convection
and Precipitation/Electrification experiment
|
CAPPI
|
Constant-Altitude
Plan Position Indicator
|
CAR
|
Cloud
Absorption Radiometer
|
CARAFE
|
Cloud,
Aerosol and Radiation Arctic Field Experiment
|
CART
|
Cloud
and Atmospheric Radiation Testbed facility
|
CARSS
|
Center
for Atmospheric and Remote Sounding Studies
|
Cb;
CB
|
cumulonimbus
|
C
Band Scatt
|
C-Band
Scatterometer
|
CBL
|
cloud
boundary layer
|
Cc
|
cirrocumulus
|
CCAR
|
Colorado
Center for Astrodynamics Research(U. CO-Boulder)
|
CCC
|
(organization
conducting atmospheric modeling)
|
CCCL
|
(POINT
SUR instrument on MS; measures surface wind, T and RH)
|
CCD
|
charged-couple
device
|
CCl4
|
carbon
tetrachloride
|
CCM
|
continuous
core measurments; Centre de Meteorologie Marine(France); organization
conducting atmospheric modeling)
|
CCM1,
3
|
Community
Climate Model; versions(NCAR)
|
CCN
|
cloud
condensation nuclei
|
CCNC
|
(ASTEX
UKC-130 instrument)
|
cctv
|
closed
circuit television
|
Cd
|
cadmium
|
CDF
|
common
data format
|
CDIU
|
COARE
Data Information Unit
|
CDR
|
circular
depolarization ratio
|
CD-ROM
|
compact
disk-read only memory
|
CDT
|
Central
Daylight Time
|
CE
|
cloudiness
element
|
CEAREX
|
Coordinated
Eastern Arctic Experiment
|
CEI
|
cloudtop
entrainment instability
|
CENCAL
|
Central
California Oceanographic Cooperative
|
CEPEX
|
Central
Equatorial Pacific Experiment
|
CERES
|
Clouds
and the Earth's Radient Energy System(LaRC)
|
CES
|
Committee
on Earth Sciences
|
C.E.T.P.
|
Centre
d'études des Environnements Terrestre et Planétaire(France)
|
CFA
|
cloud
fractional absorptance
|
CFADs
|
Contoured
Frequency by Altitude Diagrams
|
CFC
|
chlorofluorocarbons
|
CFD
|
continuous
flow diffusion
|
CFR
|
Centre
def Faibles Radioactivités(French)
|
CG
|
(description
for LIP lightning locations)
|
Cg
|
total
surface cloudiness
|
CH
|
(ASTEX
R/V); high cloud type code
|
Ch
|
channel
|
CH3CCl3
|
methyl
chloroform
|
CH4
|
methane
|
chem
|
chemistry
|
chn
|
channel
|
Ci;
CI
|
cirrus
clouds
|
CIDS
|
CEPEX
Integrated Data System
|
CIFKU
|
conditional
instability of the first kind upside-down
|
CIIFO
|
CIRRUS
I IFO(FIRE I)
|
CIMMS
|
Cooperative
Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies(University of Oklahoma)
|
CIMSS
|
Cooperative
Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies(U. Wisc.-Madison)
|
CIPS
|
continuous
ice particle sampler
|
CIRES
|
Cooperative
Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences(University of Colorado)
|
CIRRUS
I
|
Cirrus
IFO-I(Wisconsin 1986)
|
CIRRUS
II
|
Cirrus
IFO-II(Kansas 1991)
|
CIS
|
Cryogenic
Interferometer Spectrometer
|
CISK
|
conditional
instability of the second kind
|
CiSt
|
cirrostratus
clouds
|
CIT
|
California
Institute of Technology
|
CL
|
low
cloud type code
|
Cl
|
chlorine
|
CLARET
I & II
|
Cloud
Lidar and Radar Exploratory Tests
|
CLASS
|
Cross-Chain
Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
|
CLAT
|
aircraft
latitude(LORAN)
|
CLAVR
|
Clouds
from AVHRR
|
CLDRADI
|
(GFDL
GCM)
|
clds
|
clouds
|
CLDSTATS
|
(WPL
program for determining echo boundaries)
|
CLIVAR
|
Climate
Variability and Predictability Program(WCRP)
|
CLONG
|
aircraft
longitude(LORAN)
|
cloudtop
saw t
|
cloudtop
saw tooth
|
CLR
|
cloud-free
subframes
|
CLS
|
Cloud
Lidar System(ER-2)
|
CM
|
middle
cloud type code
|
cm
|
centimeter(10-2)
|
CMATRIX
|
THIR
cloud product
|
CMM
|
Centre
de Meteorologie Marine(France)
|
CMS
|
Centre
de Meteorologie Spatiale(France); College of Marine Studies(U. of Deleware)
|
CN
|
condensation
nuclei
|
Cn
|
refractive
index structure function parameter
|
CNES
|
Centre
National d'Etudes Spatiales(France)
|
CNET
|
Centre
National Etude des Telecommunications(France)
|
CNRM
|
Centre
National de Recherche Meteorologique(France)
|
CNRS
|
Centre
National de Recherche Scientifique(France)
|
CNSA
|
Centro
Nacional de Sanidad Ambiental(Spain)
|
CO
|
carbon
monoxide
|
CO2
|
carbon
dioxide
|
COADS
|
Comprehensive
Oceanic and Atmospheric Data Set
|
COARE
|
Coupled
Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
|
coef
|
coefficient
|
COF
|
Coffeyville,KS
met station designator
|
COHMEX
|
Cooperative
Huntsville Meteorological Experiment(field experiment)
|
Co-I
|
co-investigator
|
COMSAT
|
Commercial
Satellite Corporation
|
conc
|
concentration
|
CONCNC
|
aerosol
concentrations
|
cond
|
condition
|
conf
|
conference;
confirmed
|
contin
|
continuous
|
COPLAN
|
(doppler
radar analysis in a cylindrical coordinate system[CETP])
|
copol
|
copolarized
|
COR
|
cold
optics radiometer
|
cor
|
correlation
|
corr
|
correlation
|
COS
|
Cloud
Observing System(ASTEX)
|
COSSA
|
Commonwealth
Office of Space Science and Applications(CSIRO)
|
cov
|
covariance
|
CP
|
Conference
Publication(NASA); center point; common point
|
Cp
|
specific
heat at constant pressure
|
cP,
mT
|
(air
mass descriptor)
|
CP-2
|
(type
of radar used during CaPE)
|
CPE
|
Central
Pennsylvania Experiment
|
CPU
|
central
processing unit
|
CR-1
|
(cryogenic
hygrometer model)
|
CRAY
YMP
|
(large,
fast Cray Research computer model)
|
CRF
|
cloud
radiative forcing
|
CRL
|
(T/C
organization having radar on DC-8)
|
CRM
|
cloud
resolving model
|
cross
pol
|
cross
polarization
|
CRPE
|
Centre
de Recherches en Physiques de l'Environment(France)
|
CRS
|
Center
de la Recherche Scientifique(France)
|
CS
|
ISCCP
cirrostratus hexagonal crystal model; cross section; Calahan & Snider
|
CS
|
cloud
fractional coverage from satellite
|
Cs
|
cirrostratus
|
CSASP
|
(Marine
Stratocumulus particle spectrometer)(PMS)
|
CSC
|
Computer
Sciences Corporation
|
CSH
|
convective
stratiform heating
|
CSI
|
Campbell
Scientific, Inc.
|
CSIRO
|
Comonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organization(Australia)
|
CST
|
Central
Standard Time
|
CSU/PO
|
Colorado
State University Project Office
|
CT2
|
structure
function of temperature fluctuations
|
CTBL
|
cloud-topped
boundary layer
|
CTD
|
Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
Profiler
|
CTEI
|
cloud-top
entrainment instability
|
Ctr
|
center
|
CTT
|
cloud
top temperature
|
CU
|
ISCCP
cirrus uncinus hexagonal crystal model
|
Cu
|
cumulus;
copper; cirrouncinus
|
CuCl2
|
copper
chloride
|
CUSBL
|
cumulus
under stratocumulus boundary layer
|
CV-580
|
University
of Washington airplane; Canadian National Research Council airplane
|
CVI
|
counterflow
virtual impactor
|
CW
|
center
wavelength/wave number
|
CX
|
pixel
level cloud product(ISCCP)
|
CY
|
calendar
year
|
|
|
D
|
lidar
off-zenith pointing; diameter; descending; distance between plates; bouyancy
reversal parameter; GOES VIS counts; cloud cell diameter; particle long
dimension
|
D*
|
detectivity
|
D1
|
gridded
cloud product with revised algorithm(ISCCP)
|
D1
|
transmittance
of cloud at =1
|
De;
Dm
|
mean
droplet diameter
|
Dmax
|
largest
ice particle dimension
|
Dn
|
characteristic
diameter of the crystal distribution
|
DAAC
|
Distributed
Active Archive Center
|
DAB-UL
|
dual-polarization
and backscatter-unattended LIDAR
|
DADS
|
Data
Acquisition and Distribution System(NASA DC-8)
|
Daedalus
|
(Scanning,
Visible and IR(window) Imaging Radiometer[ER-2])
|
DAMTP
|
(Cambridge
U. organization)
|
DAO
|
Data
Assimilation Office(GSFC)
|
DAS
|
data
acquisition system
|
DAT
|
digital
archival tape
|
db
|
decibel
|
DBARM
|
equivalent
melted diameter
|
DBMS
|
data
base management system
|
DBZ
|
(decibel)
|
DC-8
|
(NASA
ARC high altitude research aircraft)
|
DCR
|
Dual
Channel Microwave Radiometer
|
DDA
|
discrete
dipole approximation
|
DDMS
|
Deputy
Daily Mission Scientist
|
DDR
|
data
description record
|
DECnet
|
Digital
Equipment Corporation network
|
deg
|
degree
|
DEOF
|
double
end of file
|
Dept.
|
department
|
DESC
|
descent
|
DET
|
detector
|
DF
|
direction
finding
|
DFBS
|
(model
with microphysics specific to marine stratocumulus clouds)
|
DFO
|
Department
of Fisheries and Oceans(Canada)
|
DHG
|
double
Henyey-Greenstein function
|
DHL
|
(company
specializing in express delivery service)
|
Dia
|
diameter
|
DIAL
|
Differential
Absorption Lidar
|
DIFACS
|
Digital
Facsimile workstation
|
DIR
|
downwelling
IR
|
DISORT
|
discrete
ordinate method
|
DL
|
Doppler
Lidar
|
DLR
|
Deuthsche
Forschungsanstalt für Luft-und Raumfahrt(Germany)
|
DM
|
Data
Manager; member of Data Management Working Group
|
DMA
|
Differential
Mobility Analyzer
|
DMN
|
Direction
de la Meteorologie Nationale(France)
|
DMPL
|
Depolarization
Micropulse Lidar
|
DMPS
|
Differential
Mobility Particle Sizer
|
DMS
|
dimethyl
sulfide; Deputy Mission Scientist; Daily Mission Scientist
|
DMSO
|
dimethyl
sulfoxide
|
DMSP
|
Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program(DOD)
|
DMWG
|
Data
Management Working Group
|
DN
|
down
|
D0
|
day
zero
|
DOC
|
Department
of Commerce
|
DOD
|
Department
of Defense
|
DODR
|
airplane
drift angle
|
DOE
|
Department
of Energy
|
DOGS
|
airplane
ground speed
|
Domsat
|
Domestic
Satellite
|
Dop
|
doppler
|
DORADE
|
(ARMAR
data type for T/C)
|
DP
|
Drafting
Panel
|
Dp
|
particle
diameter
|
DPB
|
dewpoint
temperature
|
DPBC;
DPTC
|
Electra
dewpoint hygrometers(bottom and top)
|
DPL
|
Dual-polarization
Lidar
|
DRAKKAR
|
(2-channel
vertically pointing MW radiometer[CaPE])
|
DRI
|
Desert
Research Institute(University of Nevada)
|
DRT
|
Del
Rio, TX met station designator
|
DS
|
downwelling
solar
|
DU
|
Drexel
University
|
DUNDEE
|
Down
Under Doppler and Electricity Equipment
|
DWIPS
|
Digital
Weather Imaging Processing System
|
DX
|
pixel
level cloud product with revised algorithm(ISCCP)
|
DY
|
day
|
DYCOMS
|
Dynamics
and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus
|
Dz
|
drizzle
|
|
|
E
|
Eastern
part of IFA area; water vapor flux; incomming irradiance
|
(E)
|
evaluation
data; for model evaluation
|
E
|
spectral
solar constant
|
Ecld
|
emissivity
if the cloud layer
|
Eeff
|
effective
emissivity
|
Ei
|
collimated
irradiance
|
Eo
|
energy
of transmitted pulse
|
E(r)
|
backscattered
power
|
e
|
saturated
vapor pressure
|
EA
|
extended
area
|
EC
|
elemental
carbon
|
ECHAM-3
|
(a
coupled global ocean-atmosphere model[MPI])
|
ECL
|
(ARMAR
electronic component)
|
ECLIPS
|
Experimental
Cloud Lidar Pilot Study
|
ECMWF
|
European
Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts
|
EDIS
|
Environmental
Data Information Service(NOAA)
|
EDOP
|
ER-2
Doppler Radar
|
EDP
|
Environmental
Definition Program
|
EDT
|
Eastern
Daylight Time
|
EDX
|
energy-dispersive
x-ray
|
EERC
|
(ASTEX
organization)
|
EERM
|
Etablissement
d'Etudes et de Recherches Meteorologiques(France)
|
E
G & G
|
Edgerton,
Germeshausen and Grier
|
EHP
|
equivalent
horsepower
|
EI
|
entrainment
instability criterion
|
ei
|
cloud
mean emissivity
|
EL
|
Eppley
Laboratories; Electra(NCAR); elevation
|
ELDORA
|
Electra
Doppler Radar
|
ELP
|
El
Paso, TX met station designator
|
EM
|
enhanced
monitoring
|
EMA
|
enhanced
monitoring array
|
EMD
|
(NOAA
R/V Oceanus engine type)
|
EMES
|
Earth
Moniroring Educational System
|
EMEX
|
Equatorial
Mesoscale Experiment
|
EMP
|
enhanced
monitoring period
|
ENE
|
East-North-East
|
ENR
|
(describes
ARMAR noise source)
|
ENSO
|
El
Niño Southern Oscillation
|
ENT
|
entropy
|
EOC;
EO-cam
|
Electro
Optics camera(ER-2)
|
EOCT
|
Electro-optical
Camera(TSEC)(ER-2)
|
EOF
|
end
of file(single); empirical othogonal function analysis
|
EOMET
|
Electro-Optics
Meteorology program(NRL/NOSC)
|
EOS
|
Earth
Observing System(NASA)
|
EOS-AM(AM-1)
|
first
launch in NASA EOS satellite series(mid-1998); morning equator
crossings(descending)
|
EOSDIS
|
Earth
Observing System Data and Information System
|
EOSP
|
Earth
Observing Scanning Polarimeter
|
EOS-PM
|
second
launch in NASA EOS satellite series(late 2000); afternoon equator
crossings(ascending)
|
EPOCS
|
Eastern
Pacific Ocean Climate Study
|
ER
|
extended
range
|
ERB
|
Earth
Radiation Budget instrument(NIMBUS 6 & 7)
|
ERBE
|
Earth
Radiation Budget Experiment(ERBS)(LaRC)
|
ERBS
|
Earth
Radiation Budget Satellite(NASA)
|
ER-2
|
NASA
Ames high altitude aircraft; Extended Resources-2
|
ERC
|
(NOAA
organization)
|
ERL
|
Environmental
Research Laboratory(NOAA)
|
EROS
|
Earth
Resources Observation System
|
ERS-1
|
first
European Remote Sensing Satellite
|
ESA
|
European
Space Agency
|
ESG
|
Empirical
Study Group(NOAA)
|
ESMR
|
Electronically
Scanned Microwave Radiometer
|
ESS
|
University
of Essex(UK)
|
ESTAR
|
Electrically
Scanning Thinned Array Radiometer
|
ESTEC
|
European
Space Research and Space Technology Center
|
ET
|
extended
time
|
ETA
|
estimated
time of arrival
|
ETH
|
Eidgenossische
Technische Hochschule(Switzerland)
|
ETL
|
Environmental
Technology Laboratory(NOAA)
|
ETLA
|
Extended
Time Limited Area
|
ETO
|
extended
time observation
|
EUCREX
|
European
Cloud and Radiation Experiment
|
EUROTRAC
|
European
Experiment on Transport and Transformation of Environmentally Relevant Trace
Constituents in the Trosposphere over Europe
|
EVAD
|
(analysis
of T/C shipborne radar data to reveal kinematic, fluxes and latent heat
distribution)
|
exp;
expt
|
experiment
|
Ez
|
(related
to cloud amount)
|
|
|
F-F
|
(EDOP
system)
|
f
|
viewing
azimuth angle; cloud fraction; Coriolis parameter; fraction of pixel covered by
cloud
|
f1
|
(coefficient
depending on particle size distribution)
|
F-8,
10, 11, 12
|
DMSP
Satellite designations
|
(F)
|
for
forcing at boundaries
|
FAA
|
Federal
Aviation Administration
|
FAPMO
|
(bathythermograph
winch)
|
FARS
|
Facility
for Atmospheric Remote Sensing(U. of Utah)
|
FASCOD3(or
III)
|
(line-by-line
radiance/transmittance model developed by AFGL--used to calculate cloud
conditions)
|
FASINEX
|
Frontal
Air-Sea Interaction Experiment
|
FAST
|
(forward/aft
scanning mode)
|
fax
|
facsimile
|
FCA
|
FIRE
Central Archive
|
FCC
|
Federal
Communications Commission
|
FCST
|
Federal
Council for Science and Technology
|
FD
|
finite-difference
model
|
FDDA
|
Four
Dimensional Data Assimilation
|
Fe
|
iron
|
FFSP
|
(Knollenberg
1-D probe)
|
FFT
|
Fast
Fourier Transform
|
FIAMS
|
Flinders
Institute for Atmospheric and Marine Studies
|
FIFE
|
First
ISLSCP Field Experiment
|
FIR
|
IR
flux
|
FIRE
|
First
ISCCP Regional Experiment
|
FIRE
86
|
first
FIRE Cirrus field experiment
|
FIRE
87
|
FIRE
I Marine Stratocumulus IFO
|
FIRE
91
|
second
FIRE Cirrus field experiment
|
FIRE
93
|
TOGA
COARE; FIRE Pilot Tropical Cirrus Experiment
|
FIRE
I
|
FIRE,
phase I(1984-1989)
|
FIRE
II
|
FIRE,
phase II(1990-1994)
|
FIRE
III
|
Fire,
phase III(1995-??)
|
FIRE
IFO II
|
second
FIRE Cirrus field experiment
|
FIRE
MS
|
FIRE
Marine Stratus
|
FIRE
Stratos
|
Marine
Stratocumulus IFO(California 1987)
|
FL
|
flight
leg
|
FL
|
large
scale eddy latent heat flux
|
FLORENCE
|
(sea-surface
flux model[Météo-France])
|
FLT
|
flight
|
FM
|
frequency
modulation; flow meter
|
F
& M
|
FOKKER
F-27 & Merlin IV; (ASTEX airplanes)
|
FMC
|
Fort
McCoy, WI met station identifier
|
FM-CW
|
frequency
modulated- continuous wave
|
FMO
|
Flatland
Meteorological Observatory
|
FMT
|
convective
flux
|
fnct
|
function
|
FNOC
|
Fleet
Numerical Oceanography Center
|
FNT
|
Flint,
MI met station identifier
|
FOGS
|
(ARC
grating spectrometer)
|
FOKKER
|
(Dutch
airplane manufacturer)
|
forc
|
forcing
|
FORTRAN
|
formula
translation; IBM scientific programming language
|
FOV
|
field
of view
|
FP
|
final
point
|
Fp
|
reflected
flux
|
Fr
|
pulse
repetition frequency
|
fr
|
from
|
fra
|
fractal(cu
cloud structure)
|
freq
|
frequency
|
FS
|
full
scale
|
FS
|
small
scale eddy latent heat flux
|
FSL
|
Forecast
Systems Laboratories(NOAA)
|
FSM
|
Federated
State of Micronesia
|
Fsol
|
downward
solar radiation
|
FSSP300
|
PMS
Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe; (cloud droplets)
|
FST
|
FIRE
Science Team
|
FSET
|
FIRE
Science Experiment Team
|
FSU
|
Florida
State University
|
FT
|
free
troposphere
|
FT/BL
|
(description
of trace gas and aerosol fluxes and conversion rates)
|
FTIR
|
fourier
transform interferometer radiometer
|
ftp
|
file
transfer protocol
|
FTS
|
fourier
transform spectrometer
|
FWHH
|
full
width half height
|
FWHM
|
full
width; half maximum
|
FWVS
|
(ASTEX
UKC-130 instrument)
|
FYIB
|
(NPS
satellite imager[ASTEX])
|
|
|
G
|
gain
|
g
|
gravitational
acceleration; asymmetry factor
|
GaAs
|
gallium
arsenide
|
GAC
|
global
area coverage(AVHRR)
|
galb
|
surface
albedo
|
GALT
|
airplane
GPS altitude
|
GAMP
|
Global
Atmospheric Measurments Program(ATD)
|
GAPEX
|
Ground-based
Atmospheric Profiling Experiment
|
GARP
|
Global
Atmospheric Research Program
|
GASP
|
Global
Atmospheric Sampling Program
|
GATE
|
GARP
Atlantic Tropical Experiment
|
GCE
2D
|
convective
scale model(GSFC)
|
GCEM
|
Goddard
Cumulus Ensemble model
|
GCM
|
global
climate model; general circulation model
|
GCSS
|
GEWEX
Cloud System Studies
|
GDR
|
(TOPEX
instrument)
|
GE
|
General
Electric
|
Gen
|
generator
|
GenPlot
|
(general
visualization software tool)
|
GEO
|
geosynchronous
|
Geophys.
Res. Lett.
|
Geophysical
Research Letters
|
GEOS
|
GSFC
EOS data assimilation system
|
GEWEX
|
Global
Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
|
GFDL
|
Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory(Princeton Univ.)
|
GGG
|
Midland,
TX met station designator
|
GHIS
|
Geostationary
High-resolution Interferometer Sounder
|
Ghz
|
gigahertz(10+9)
|
GI
|
Geophysical
Institute(University of Alaska-Fairbanks)
|
GIF
|
graphics
interchange format
|
GISS
|
Goddard
Institute of Space Studies
|
GL
|
gray
level
|
GLA
|
Goddard
Laboratory for Atmospheres(GSFC)
|
GLAS
|
Geoscience
Laser Altimeter System
|
GLAT
|
airplane
GPS latitude
|
GLDV
|
gray
level difference vector
|
GLI
|
Global
Imager
|
GLON
|
airplane
GPS longitude
|
GMS
|
Geostationary
Meteorological Satellite(Japan)
|
GMT
|
Greenwich
Mean Time
|
GOALS
|
Global
Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System
|
GOES
|
Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite(NOAA)
|
GOES-NEXT
|
next
generation GOES
|
GOFIRE
|
(NCDS
FORTRAN program)
|
GPCP
|
Global
Precipitation Climatology Project
|
GPI
|
GOES
Precipitation Index
|
GPS
|
Global
Positioning System
|
GRB
|
Green
Bay, WI met station identifier
|
GRS-1
|
(satellite)
|
GRT
|
(R/V
Valdiva dimension)
|
GSFC
|
Goddard
Space Flight Center(NASA)
|
GSO
|
Graduate
School of Oceanography(URI)
|
GTE
|
Global
Troposphere Experiment
|
GTRI
|
Georgia
Tech Research Institute
|
GTS
|
WWW
Global Telecommunications System(WMO)
|
GUM
|
Guam
met station site designator
|
|
|
H
|
cloud
depth; hydrogen; differential heating in zonal direction;sensible heat flux;
shear layer depth
|
H()
|
observed
downwelling IR irradiance
|
h
|
hour;
moist static energy; cloud thickness
|
h*
|
saturation
moist static energy
|
H2O
|
water
|
H2O2
|
peroxide
|
H2SO4
|
sulfuric
acid
|
HART
|
Height
Area Rain Threshold
|
HBR
|
(?,KS
met station designator)
|
HBTM
|
Hybrid
Bispectral Threshold Method
|
HC
|
hydrocarbons
|
HDDR
|
(magnetic
tape)
|
HDF
|
hierarchical
data format
|
HDF/netCDF
|
hierarchical
data format/net common data format
|
He
|
helium
|
HEA
|
high
energy approximation
|
HF
|
high
frequency
|
Hfil
|
HIS
simulated filtered radiance of ERBE
|
HFOVR
|
Hemispherical
Field-of-View Radiometer
|
HFS
|
hierarchical
file system
|
HG7
|
Henyey-Greenstein
approximation with assumed asymmetry factor of 0.7; phase functions
|
HGM;
HGME
|
geometric
altitude(low and high)
|
HH
|
hydrometeor
heating; ARMAR polarization mode
|
HHMMSS
|
hours,
minutes, seconds(each expressed by 2 digits)
|
HH-VV
|
(ARMAR
dual polarization mode)
|
HIR
|
Honiara,
SI met station site designator
|
HIRES
|
high
resolution
|
HIRS2
|
High
Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder; part of TOVS
|
HIS
|
High-resolution
Interferometric Sounder(ER-2)
|
HITRAN
|
(database
of gas absorption characteristics)
|
Hi
Vol
|
high
volumn
|
HL
|
cloud
base height
|
HNO3
|
nitric
acid
|
HOAG
|
Honiara
Aircraft Operations Group
|
HOH
|
water
|
HOM
|
homogeneity
|
horiz
|
horizontal
|
h
Pa
|
hecta
Pascals
|
Hq
|
headquarters
|
HRD
|
Hurricane
Research Division(NOAA)
|
HRPT
|
High
Resolution Picture Transmission(AVHRR)
|
HRZ
|
hour
GMT
|
HS
|
Hu
and Stevens
|
HSRL
|
High
Spectral Resolution Lidar
|
HTI
|
height-time
|
Htr
|
heater
|
hum
|
humidity
|
Hunfil
|
HIS
simulated unfiltered radiance of ERBE
|
HV
|
(ARMAR
dual polarization mode); (type of filter)
|
hz
|
Hertz
|
|
|
I
|
cloud
radiance; detector current
|
(I)
|
input
data; for model initialization
|
I(,
)
|
azimuthally
average monochronomatic intensity
|
I
|
HIS
measured radiance
|
Io
|
detector
current with path length set to zero
|
IAEA
|
International
Atomic Energy Agency(UN)
|
IAG
|
Interagency
Group
|
IAMAP
|
International
Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics(ICSU)
|
IAP
|
Institute
of Atmospheric Physics(Russia)
|
IAS
|
indicated
air speed
|
IBM-PC
|
International
Business Machines-Personal Computer
|
i/c
|
icing
condition
|
IC
|
icing
condition; intercomparison; ice crystals
|
I()
|
observed
spectral radiance at wavenumber
|
Ic
|
opaque
cloud radiance
|
ICAA
|
(designation
for ASTEX turbulence/sounding intercomparison variant mission)
|
ICAO
|
International
Civil Aviation Organization
|
ICAS
|
International
Committee for Atmospheric Sciences(FCST)
|
ICCP
|
Intyernational
Cloud Climatology Program
|
ICDG
|
Institute
of Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere
|
ICE
|
International
Cirrus Experiment
|
Ice
Col
|
Ice
Column model of Takano/Liou
|
Ice
XAL
|
ice
crystal
|
Ici
|
radiance
at cloud temperature
|
Icl
|
clear
sky radiance
|
ICR
|
Ice
Crystal Replicator
|
ICRCCM
|
Intercomparison
of Radiation Codes in Climate Models
|
ICSU
|
International
Council of Scientific Unions
|
ICT
|
radiometric
air temperature
|
ICTP
|
International
Center for Theoretical Physics(IAEA-UNESCO)
|
ID
|
identification;
ISCCP water droplet model; scene identification
|
IDL
|
Interactive
Data Language
|
IEEE
|
Institute
for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
|
IFA
|
intensive
flux array
|
IFO
|
intensive
field observations
|
IFOV
|
instantaneous
field of view
|
IFN
|
ice
forming nuclei
|
IFP
|
intensive
field program
|
IFR
|
instrument
flight rules
|
IFREMER
|
Institut
Francais de Rechercher Sur la Mer(France)
|
IGAC
|
International
Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program
|
IGBP
|
International
Geosphere-Biosphere Program
|
IGDR
|
(TOPEX
instrument)
|
IGN
|
Institut
Geographique Nationale(France)
|
IILs
|
intermediate
inversion layers
|
ILAT
|
airplane
INS latitude
|
ILON
|
airplane
INS longitude
|
IMC
|
ice
mass content
|
IMET
|
Improved
Meteorological Instrumentation(WHOI)
|
imf
|
ice
mass flux
|
IMG
|
Interferometric
Monitor of Greenhouse Gases
|
IN
|
ice
nuclei
|
INAA
|
Integrated
Neutron Activation Analysis
|
include
|
including
|
INDOEX
|
Indian
Ocean Experiment
|
INE
|
inertial
navigation equipment
|
InGaAs
|
indium
gallium arsenide
|
INL
|
International
Falls, MN met station identifier
|
INMARSAT
|
International
Marine Satellite Organization
|
INMG
|
National
Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics(Portugal)
|
INS
|
inertial
navigation system; insulation
|
inst
|
instrument
|
INSU
|
Institut
National des Sciences de l'Univers(France)
|
integ
|
integration
|
Internet
|
Worldwide
computer network
|
Int.
J. Climate
|
International
Journal of Climatology
|
inv
|
inversion
|
I/O
|
input/output
|
IOEB
|
(SHEBA
buoy)
|
IOP
|
intensive
observing period
|
IOS
|
Institute
of Ocean Sciences(Canada)
|
IP
|
Implementation
Plan; initial point
|
Ipa()
|
particulate
backscatter phase function
|
IPITCH
|
airplane
IRS pitch angle
|
IR
|
infrared
|
IRAMMP
|
(ASTEX
instrument)
|
IRB;
IRT
|
infrared
radiation
|
IRF
|
instantaneous
radiative flux
|
IRIS
|
Interactive
Radar Information System; Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer(Nimbus 4)
|
IROLL
|
airplane
IRS roll angle
|
IRRAMP
|
Infrared
Analysis, Measurments and Modeling Program(Navy)
|
IRS
|
inertial
reference system
|
IRST
|
Infrared
Search and Track system(Navy)
|
IRT
|
Infrared
Thermometer
|
Is;
Isi
|
cloud-free
radiance
|
IS
# 3
|
insitu
airplane number designation
|
ISCCP
|
International
Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
|
ISLSCP
|
International
Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
|
ISO
|
isolation
|
ISOT
|
International
Scientific Oversight Team
|
ISR
|
Infrared
Scanning Radiometer
|
ISS
|
Integrated
Sounding System(NCAR)
|
ITCZ
|
Inter-tropical
Convergence Zone
|
ITHDG
|
airplane
IRS true heading
|
IUGG
|
International
Union of Geology and Geophysics(ICSU)
|
IVEW
|
airplane
IRS East-West ground speed
|
IVICS
|
interactive
visual image classification system
|
IVNS
|
airplane
IRS North-South ground speed
|
IW
|
ice
water
|
IWC
|
ice
water content
|
IWP
|
ice
water path
|
|
|
J
|
joule
|
J.
Appl. Meteor.; JAM
|
Journal
of Applied Meteorology
|
JASIN
|
Joint
Air-Sea Interaction Experiment
|
J.
Atmos. Sci.; JAS
|
Journal
of the Atmospheric Sciences
|
J.
Atmos. Oceanic Technol.
|
Journal
of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
|
J.
Clim. Appl. Meteor.; JCAM
|
Journal
of Climate and Applied Meteorology
|
J.
Climate
|
Journal
of Climate
|
JD
|
Julian
day
|
JERS-1
|
first Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite
|
JGOFS
|
Joint
Global Ocean Flux Study
|
J.
Geophy. Res.; JGR
|
Journal
of Geophysical Research
|
JIC
|
Joint
Ice Center
|
JLE
|
(R/V
Akademik Kurchatov navigation system type)
|
JMA
|
Japan
Meteorological Agency
|
JPL
|
Jet
Propulsion Laboratory(NASA)
|
J
W
|
Johnson-Williams
|
|
|
K
|
Kelvin;
potassium; kinetic energy flux; Boltzmann's constant
|
k
|
coefficient
of conductivity; relative sensitivity; absorption coefficient
|
ki
|
greybody
mass absorption coefficient
|
K+
|
potassium
ion
|
K
& S
|
Kipp
& Sonn(Germany)
|
KA
|
King
Air airplane
|
Ka-band;
K-band
|
8.6
mm/35 Ghz wavelength radar
|
kc
|
cloud
backscatter/extinction ratio
|
KCARTCC
|
Kansas
City Air Regional Traffic Control Center
|
KE
|
kinetic
energy
|
kg
|
kilogram(10+3)
|
KH
|
Kelvin-Helmholtz(waves)
|
kHz
|
kilohertz(10+3)
|
KITE
|
Kuiper
IR Technology Experiment
|
km
|
kilometer(10+3)
|
KOSMOS
|
(Russian
meteorological satellite)
|
K-R
|
(related
to T/C ARMAR)
|
KSHLCNV
|
(GFDL
GCM)
|
KTAS
|
knots
air speed
|
kW
|
kilowatt(10+3)
|
KVG
|
Kavieng,
PNG met station site designation
|
|
|
L
|
characteristic
horizontal scale of cloud elements; cloud height; liquid water content; landing
time; length; liquid water path; spectral radiance; latent heat of consendation
|
l
|
liter
|
L-
|
Lyman-Alpha
|
L
|
latent
heat of vaporization
|
LA
|
limited
area; Laboratoire d'Aerologie(France)
|
LAC
|
local
area coverage(AVHRR)
|
LAG
|
lagrangian
|
LAMPS
|
Limited-Area
Mesoscale Prediction System
|
LAN
|
local
area network
|
LANDSAT
|
(NASA
Earth observing satellite series)
|
LANL
|
Los
Alamos National Laboratory(DOE)
|
LAOI
|
Laboratory
of Atmosphere and Oceanology Institute(Russia)
|
LaRC
|
Langley
Research Center(NASA)
|
LAS-X
|
(custom
PMS particle counter for 0.15-7.0 åm)
|
lat
|
latitude
|
LATC;
LATF
|
airplane
latitude
|
LBA
|
Large-scale
Land Processes in the Basin of the Amazon
|
LBTM
|
layer
bispectral threshold method
|
LCL
|
lifting
condensation level
|
LDR
|
linear
depolarization ratio
|
LE
|
latent
heat flux
|
LEADEX
|
Lead
Experiment
|
Least
Sq St Dev
|
least
squares standard deviation
|
LED
|
light
emitting diode
|
LERTS
|
Laboratoire
d'Etudes et Recherches en Teledetection Spatial(France)
|
LES
|
large
eddy simulation model
|
LF
|
lower
fuselage radar
|
LGC
|
nadir
IR radiation
|
LIDAR
|
light
detection and ranging
|
LIMA
|
Laboratoire
d'Instrumentation Meteorologique Aeroportee(France)
|
LIP
|
Lightning
Instrument Package
|
LIP
90
|
(independent
component of LIP
|
Liq
|
liquid
|
LIRAD
|