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ASF Acronyms Key

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A/D   analog-to-digital converter
AAAS   American Association for the Advancement of Science
AADC   Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation
AADN   Americas ALOS Data Node
ACM   Asbestos Containing Material
ACRES   Australian Centre for Remote Sensing
ACS   Archiving and Catalog System (subsystem of AOS)
ACU   Antenna Control Unit
ADC   Archive Digital Cassette; Analog to Digital Converter
ADDS   Application Development Data System
ADEOS   Advanced Earth Observing Satellite
ADEOS-1   Advanced Earth Observing Satellite 1
ADEOS-2   Advanced Earth Observing Satellite 2
ADF   ALOS Distributors Forum
ADN   ALOS Data Node
ADRO   Application Development and Research Opportunity
ADSP   Advanced Digital SAR Processor (protype of the ASP)
ADVAL   Alaska Data Visualization and Analysis Laboratory
AECS   Atmospheric Effect Correction System
AES   Atmospheric Environment Services (Canada)
AF   Auto Focus
AFRP   Archive Full Resolution Product
AGC   Automatic Gain Control
AGDC   Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
AGDC   Alaska Geographic Data Committee
AGS   Alaska Ground Station
AGUAmerican Geophysical Union
AHAP   Alaska High Altitude Photography
AIC   Antarctic Imaging Campaign (part of AMM/RAMP)
AIM   Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere
AIP   AIRSAR Integrated Processor
AIRSAR   Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar
AISP   Alaska Interferometric SAR Processor
AKDEM   Alaska Digital Elevation Model
ALE   Absolute Location Error
ALI   Alaska Landsat Inventory
ALOS   Advanced Land Observing Satellite
ALRP   Archive Low-Resolution Product
AMI   Active Microwave Instrumentation (ERS-1)
AML   Automated Media Library
AMM   Antarctic Mapping Mission
AMM-1   Antarctic Mapping Mission 1
AMSR   Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
ANSI   American National Standards Institute
AO   Announcement of Opportunity
AOS   Acquisition of Signal
APAR   Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
APC   Antenna Pattern Correction
APD   Advanced Product Development
API   Application Programming Interface
APID   Application Process IDentifier
APOP   Automated Program Operating Plan System
APR   Archive Product Request
APSAcquisition Planning Subsystem
APS   Array Processor System
APT   Automated Picture Transmission
AR   Anomaly Report
ARCSS   Arctic System Science
ARCUS   Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
ARS   Action Request System
ARSC   Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (UAF)
AS   Archive Signal
ASAP   Artificial Satellite Analysis Program
ASAR   Advanced SAR (on ENVISAT 1 & 2)
ASF   Alaska Satellite Facility
ASF UWG   ASF User Working Group
ASFD   Alaska SAR Facility Development Project at JPL
ASGP   Alaska Space Grant Program
ASP   Alaska SAR Processor
ASPRS   American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
ASTER   Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
ATBD   Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document
ATI   Along-Track Interferometry
ATM   Asyncronous Transfer Mode
ATP   Acceptance Test Plan
ATSR   Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ERS-1)
AVHRR   Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AVNIR-2   Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2
AVO   Alaska Volcano Observatory
AVS   Advanced Visualization System
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BERbit error rate
BO   Business Office
BOM   Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
BP   Browse Product
BPDF   Bidirectional Polarization Distrbution Function
BPRC   Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University
bps   bits per second
BPSK   Bit Phase Shift Keying
BRDF   Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
BRF   Bidirectional Reflectance Factor
BSR   Blind Scan Request
BSSC   Bit Synchronizer Signal Conditioner
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C&DH   Communications and Data Handling
CADU   Channel Access Data Units
CAL/VAL   Calibration and Validation
CAM   Computer Assisted Mapping
CAMEO   Collaboration on Advanced Multispectral Earth Observation
CAP   Cartridge Access Port
CARP   Computer-Aided Aerial Photgraphy
CASI   Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager
CAT   Clear-Air Turbulence
CCA   Change Control Authority
CCB   Change/Configuration Control Board
CCD   Charge Coupled Device
CCL   Change Coordination/Control Letter
CCRS   Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
CCS   Control Computer Subsystem
CCSDComputer Compatible Signal Data
CCSDS   Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
CCT   Computer Compatible Tape
CD   Compact Disk
CD-ROM   Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
CDA   Command and Data Acquisition Station (used at Gilmore Creek)
CDE   Cognizant Design Engineer
CDF   Comman Data Format
CDL   Common Data Link
CDMS   Carrier Doppler Measurement System
CDPF   Canadian Data Processing Facility
CDR   Critical Design Review
CDS   Comprehensive Discrepancy System
CEDAR   Central European Environmental Data Request Facility
CEOS   Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CERES   Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
CGI   Common Gateway Interface
ChUI   Character User Interface
CIESIN   Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
CIS   Canadian Ice Service
CL   Clutter Lock
CM   Configuration Management
CMD   Command
CNES   Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
COB   Close of Business
COBE   Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite
CONAE   Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciale
CoOContinuous Operation Evaluation
COR   CSA Order Request
CORBA   Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CORISTA   collaboration with an Italian consortium
COtr   Contracting Officer's Technical Representative
COTS   Commercial Off-the-Shelf
CP   Control Processor
CP-PPS   Control Procesor-Production Planning System
CP/RDS   Control Processor/Raw Data Scanner
CPF   Calibration Parameter File
CPLX   Complex Image Data
CPP   Custom Processed Product
CPU   Central Processing Unit
CPX   Complex Frame
CR   corner reflector
CRC   Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRF   Canadian Retransmission Facility
CRREL   Cold Regions Research & Engineering Lab
CRS   Central Reporting Subsytem
CRSSP   Commercial Remote Sensing Space Program
CSA   Canadian Space Agency
CSAFS   Central Standard Autonomous File Server
CSTARS   Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (University of Miami)
Ctd   Charge Transfer Device
CTM   Corner-Turn Memory
CVS   Concurment Version Control
CWD   Current Working Directory
CYCalendar Year
CYtd   Current Year To Date
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D/C   Down Converter
DAAC   Distributed Active Archive Center
DADS   Data Archive and Distribution System
DAPPS   Data Acquisition & Production Planning System
DAR   Data Acquisition Request
DARTE   Discrete Angle Radiative Transfer Equation
DAS   Differential Absorption and Scattering
DASE   Differential Absorption of Scattered Energy
DB   Database
DBA   Database Administrator; Database Administration
DBD   Database Driver
DBI   Database Interface
DBM   Database Management (software application)
DCE   Distributed Computing Environment
DCE   Data Circuit-terminating Equipment
DCL   Development Coordination Letter
DCLS   Data Collection and location System
DCP   Data Collection Platform
DCRSi   Digital Cassette Recording System, improved version
DCS   Direct Capture System
DEC   Digital Equipment Corporation
DEM   Digital Elevation Model
DEMR   Department of Energy, MInes, and Resources (parent of CCRS)
DERA   Defense Evaluation & Research Agency
DES   Data Encryption Standard
DES&OGData Systems Engineering & Operations Group
DESDynI   Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice
DFD   Data Flow Diagram
DFT   Discrete Fourier Transform
DGPS   Differential GPS
DHCP   Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIAL   Differential Absorption LIDAR
DIPL   Digital Image Processing Laboratory (NRL)
DISC   Differnetial Scattering
DL2DK   Downlink to Datatake
DLPO   Department of Defense Landsat Program Office
DLR   German Aero-Space Research Establishment
DLT   Digital Linear Tape
DMOP   (ESA's) Detailed Mission Operation Plan
DMSP   Defense Meteorolgical Satellite Program
DN   Digital Number
DNLK   Downlink
DNS   Domain Name Server
DOD   Digital Optical Disk
DOD   Department of Defense
DOE   Department of Energy (US)
DOI   Department of Interior (US)
DOM   Discrete Ordinate Method
DOWS   Directional Ocean Wave Spectrum
DPCM   Differential Pulse-Code Modulation
DPS   Derived Product System (UAF name for Geophysical Processing System)
DPS   Data Path Switch
DQAData Quality Assurance
DQWG   Data Quality Working Group (ASF)
DRF   Data Reception Facility
DRTS   Data Relay Test Satellite
DS   Data Stripper
DSC   Data Stripper Controller
DSMC   Data Services Management Center
DSN   Deep Space Network
DTE   Data Terminating Equipment
DTM   Digital Terrain Map
DVD   Digital Video Disk
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EBIR   Electron Beam Image Recorder
ECHO   Earth Observing System Clearing HOuse (not a typo, "HO" is capitalized!)
ECL   Emitter Coupled Logic
ECS   EOSDIS Core System
EDC   EROS Data Center (DAAC; Sioux Falls, SD)
EDG   EOSDIS Data Gateway
EDGRS   EOS Data Gathering and Reporting System
EDHS   ECS Data Handling System
EDS   Electronic Data Systems, Inc
EECF   Earthnet ERS-1 Central Facility (Frascati, Italy)
EIS   Environmental Information System
ELF   Extremely Low Frequency
EM Wave   Electromagnetic Wave
EMR   Electromagnetic Radiation
EMS   Electromagnetic Spectrum
EMS   EOSDIS Metric System (formerly EDGRS Metrics System)
ENGEngineering Department
Envisat   Future ESA SAR Satellite
ENVISAT-I   Future ESA SAR Satellite
EOC   ERS-1 Operations Centre (Darmstadt, Germany); Earth Observation Center (NASDA; Tokyo, Japan)
EORC   Earth Observation Research and Application Center
EOS   Earth Observing System
EOSAT   Earth Observation Satellite Coporation (Owner of Landsat)
EOSDIS   Earth Observing System Data and Information System
EPCA   Extended Principle Components Analysis
EPO   Earthnet Programme Office (Frascati, Italy)
ERD   Entity Relationship Document
ERIM   Environmental Research Istitute of Michigan
EROS   Earth Resource Observation Systems
ERS   European Remote Sensing Satellite
ERS-1   European Remote Sensing Satellite 1
ERS-2   European Remote Sensing Satellite 2
ERTS   Earth Resource Technology Satellite
ESA   European Space Agency
ESDIS   Earth Science Data and Information System
ESDR   Earth Science Data Records
ESDWG   Earth Science Data Systems Working Group
ESE   Earth Science Enterprise is now SES (Sun Earth System)
ESIC   Earth Science Information Center
ESIP   Earth Science Information Partners
ESOC   European Space Operations Center (Darmstadt, Germany)
ESRIN   European Space Research Institute
ESSL   Earth and Space Science Laboratory
ESTECEuropean Space Technology Centre (Noordwijk, Holland)
ETA   Estimated Time of Arrival
EUSAR   European Conference in Synthetic Aperture Radar
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F   Fahrenheit
FA   Flight Agency
FAB   Flight Agency Backup
FAIF   Flight Agency Interface
FAQ   Frequently Asked Questions
FAT   Factory Acceptance Test
FBD   Fine-Beam, Dual Polarization
FBS   Fine-Beam, Single Polarization
FCC   Federal Communicaitons Commission
FCP   Forest Canopy Profile
FD   Fast Delivery
FDD   Functional Design Document
FDDI   Fiber Disbtributed Data Interface
FDF   Flight Dynamics Facility
FDM   Frequency Division Multiplexing
FDR   Functional Design Review; File Description Record
FEC   forward-error correction
FFT   Fast Fourier Transform
FGS   Foreign Ground Station
FIDC   Fairbanks Industrial Development Corporation
FIRE   Fast Image Recording Equipment
FM   Frequency Modulation
FMC   Foward Motion Compensation
FN   Fine Beam
FN1Fine Narrow Beam Mode 1
FOV   Field of View
FPAR   Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation
FPMS   File-based Processing and Migration System
FPR   Future Production Request
FPS   Film Processing System
FR   Full Resolution
FRD   Functional Requirements Document
FRF   Full Res Film Generator
FRIA   Far Range Incidence Angle
FRND   Far Range Distance From Nadir
FRR   Far Range Resolution
FRRP   Full Resolution Raw Product
FSI   Foreign Station Ingest
FT   Fourier Transform
FTE   Full-Time Equivalent
FTP   File Transfer Protocol
FTS   File Transfer Service/System
FTS   Fourier Transform Spectrometer
FU   Freeze Up
FXFR   File Transfer
FY   Fiscal Year
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G   Giga
GAP   Generic Acquisition and Processing
GB   Gigabyte
GBFM   Global Boreal Forest Mapping Project
GCDIS   Global Change Data and Information System
GCFRGeoCoded Full Resolution
GCLR   GeoCoded Low Resolution
GCM   General (Global) Circulation Model
GCMD   Global Change Master Directory
GCP   Ground Control Point
GDC   Geo Data Center
GEI   Geocentric Equatorial Inertial, a rectangular coordinate system
GEM   Goddard Earth Model
GEOREF   Geographic Reference System
GEOSS   Global Earth Observation System of Systems
GHA   Greenwich Hour Angle
GHRC   Global Hydrology Resource Center
GHz   Gigahertz
GI   Geophysical Institute
GIBO   GI Business Office
GIF   Graphical Interchange Format
GINA   Geographic Information Network of Alaska
GIS   Geographic Information System
GIStdA   Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency
GIWG   Ground Segment Implementation Working Group (now Systems Operations Board-SOB) (CSA)
GLAI   Green Leaf Area Index
GLC   Gray Level Co-Occurrence
GLCM   Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix
GLDV   Grey Level Difference Vector
GLIMS   Global Land Ice Measurements from Space
GMI   Gray-McCrary Index
GMT   Greenwich Mean Time (Alaska Standard Time plus 9 Hours)
GNDGround Networks Division
GOCE   Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer
GOLD   Global On-Line Data Catalog (component of NODS)
GOME   Ground Operators Working Group (now Operations Planning Board-OPB) (CSA)
GPAF   German Processing and Archiving Facility (Oberpfafenhoffen, Germany)
GPIP   Geophysical Processed Image Product
GPS   Global Positioning System
GPS   Geophysical Processing System (JPL name for DPS)
GRASS   Geographical Resource Analysis Support System
GRFM   Global Rainforest Mapping Project
GSA   Geological Soceity Association
GSFC   Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA, Greenbelt, MD)
GSS   Gatineau Satellite Station
GST   Greenwich Sidereal Time
Gtr   Ground Truth Radiometer
GUI   Graphical User Interface
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H/W   Hardware
HAARP   High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
HAC   Hughes Aircraft Corporation
HAIS   Hughes Applied Information System
HC   Host Controller
HDDR   High Density Digital Recorder
HDDT   High Density Digital Tape
HDF   Hierarchical Data Format
HEOC   Hatoyama Earth Observation Center
HF   High Frequency
HFS   Hierarchical File System
HHHorizontal Transmit, Horizontal Receive Polarization
HIPPI   High Performance Parallel Interface
HIROS   see ALOS
HITC   Hughes Information Technology Company
HITS   Hughes Information Technology Systems
HLS   Hue-Lightness-Saturation Color Model
HPA   High-Power Amplifier
HQ   Headquarters
HRPT   High Resolution Picture Transmission
HSI   Human Systems Integration
HSM   Hierarchical Storage Management
HTML   HyperText Markup Language
HTSC   Hughes Technical Services Company
HTTP   Hypertext Transport Protocol
HV   Horizontal Transmit, Vertical Receive Polarization
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I/F   Interface
I/O   Input/Output
IAH   Ice Age Histogram
IARC   International Arctic Research Center
IBGE   Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
IC   Integrated Circuit
ICD   Interface Control Document
ICU   Instrument Control Unit
ID   Identification
IDFS   Ice Data Forecasting Service (Batelle)
IDH   Input Data Handler
IDHTS   Instrument Data Handling and Transmission System (ERS-1)
IDPImage Display Processor
IDR   Incremental Design Review
IEEE   Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFOV   Instanteous Field of View
IFT   Inverse Fourier Transform
IGARSS   International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium
IGBP   International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IGY   International Geophysical Year
IIAS   Interactive Image Analysis System
IICWG   International Ice Charting Working Group
ILAS   Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ADEOS)
ILAS-II   Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (ADEOS II)
IMG   Interferometric MOnitor for Greenhouse Gases (ADEOS)
IMOU   International Memorandum of Understanding
IMS   Information Management System
IMS/DADS   Information Management System and Data Archive and Distribution System (NASA)
IMS/PPS   Information Management System/Production Planning Subsystem
InSAR   Interferometric SAR
ION GNSS   Institute of Navigation Global Navigation Satellite System
IP   Internet Protocol
IPOD   Image Processor for Optical Data (JERS-1 Sensors)
IPY   International Polar Year
IRD   Interface Requirement Document
ISAR   Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar
ISBA   International Space Business Assembly
ISD   Interface Specification Document
ISDN   Integrated Services Digital Network
ISLRIntegrated Side-Lobe Ratio
ISO   International Standards Organization
ISRO   Indian Space Research Organisation
ISRSE   International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
IV&V   Independent Verfication and Validation
IVAS   Image Analysis and Viewing System
IWG   Interface Working Group
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JAMMS   JERS Amazon Mulit-season Mapping Study
JAROS   Japan Resources Observation System Organization
JAXA   Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JERS   Japanese Earth Resources Satellite
JERS-1   Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1
JIC   Joint Ice Center (now NIC)
JL0   Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Level 0
JOI   Joint Oceanographic Institution (Washington, DC)
JPL   Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/Cal Tech, Pasadena, CA)
JRC   Joint Resource Center
JRC   Joint Research Centre (Italy)
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K   Kelvin
k   Kilo
KLC   Kodiak Launch Complex
KML   Keyhole Markup Language
KSAT   Kongsberg Satellite Services
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L0   Level 0
L0AM   Level-0 Archive Manager/MIgration
L0C   Level-0 Controller
L0PS   Level-0 Processing System
L1Level 1
LAII   Land/Atmosphere/Ice Interaction
LAN   Local Area Network
LANDSAT   Land Satellite
LaRC   Langley Research Center (DAAC)
LAS   Land Analysis System
Laser   Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LASP   Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
LBR   Low Bit Rate; L-Band Radiometer
LEO   Low Earth Orbit
LGSOWG   Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group
LHC   Left-hand circular
LIS   Land Information System
LNA   Low-Noise Amplifier
LO   local oscillator
LOC   Lines of Code
LOP   Long-Term Orbit Program
LOROP   Long Range Oblique Photography
LOS   Loss of Signal
LR   Low Resolution; Laser Retroreflector
LRF   Low Res Film Generator
LRRP   Low-Resolution Raw Product
LVOP   Level-0 Processing Information
LZAMS   L0 Archive Migration System
LZP   Level-0 Processor
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MAMM   Modified Antarctic Mapping Mission
MAU   Major Administrative Unit
MbMegabit
MB   Megabyte
Mbps   Megabits per second
MCDL   Master Controlled Document List
MCF   Mission Control Facility
MCM   McMurdo Ground Station
MCS   Mission Control System
MDA   MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
MDA   MDA Geospatial Services Incorporated ("Inc." not International)
MDIS   Mission Data Information System
MDR   Mission Data Recorder
MEaSUREs   Making Earth System data records for Use in Research Environments
MERIS   Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Instrument
MESSR   Multispectrum Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
METI   Management and Engineering Technologies, Inc.
MFLOPS   Million Floating Point Operations per Second
MGS   McMurdo Ground Station (Antarctica)
MIPS   Million Instructions Per Second
MIT   Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MITI   Minisry for International Trade and Industry (Japan)
MLM   Multi Look Memory
MMCC   Mission Management and Control Centre
MMO   Mission Management Office
MO&DA   Mission Operations and Data Acquisition
MOA   Memorandum of Agreement
MOC   Missions Operations Center
MODIS   Modeling, Data & Information Systems
MOMMission Operations Meeting
MOPITT   Measurements of Pollution in the Troposhpere
MOS   Marine Observation Satellite (NASDA)
MOU   Memorandum of Understanding
MPDT   Microwave Polarization Difference Temperature
MPS   Mission Planning Subsystem (part of AOS)
MPT   Mission Planning Timeline Evaluation
MRR   Mission Readiness Review
MSFC   Marshall Space Flight Center
MSGE   Message File Format (NASDA free format)
MSS   MultiSpectral Scanner (Landsat medium-resolution sensor)
MSX   Mid-Course Space Experiment
MSX   Mid-course Space Experiment
MTBF   Mean Time Between Failure
MTBM   Mean Time Between Maintenance
MTBR   Mean Time Between Repair
MtdC   Modified Total Direct Cost
MTF   Modulation Transfer Function
MTPE   Mission to Planet Earth
MWR   Microwave Radiometer
MWS   Microwave Sounder; Mocrowave Wind Scatterometer
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NAIS   North American Ice Service
NAS   National Academy of Science
NASA   National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASDA   National Space Development Agency of Japan
NAT   Network Address Translation
NCAR   National Center for Atmospheric Research
NENSNear Earth Network Services
NESDIS   National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NOAA)
NFS   Network File System
NGA   National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly NIMA)
NGSPS   Next Generation SAR Processing System
NIC   National Ice Center (New Name for NOAA-Navy JIC)
NIC   Network Information Center
NIC   Network Interface Controller
NIMA   National Image and Mapping Agency (now NGA)
NIS   Network Information System
NISN   NASA Integrated Services Network
NIST   National Institute of Standards and Technology
NNTP   Network News Transfer Protocol
NOA   New Obligation Authority
NOAA   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODS   NASA Ocean Data System
NOS   National Ocean Services (NOAA's wet counterpart of NWS)
NRA   NASA Research Announcement
NRCS   Normalized Radar Cross Section
NRDN   Near Range Distance from Nadir
NRL   Naval Research Laboratory
NRR   Near Range Resoultion
NRSL   Northern Remote Sensing Laboratory (collective UAF/GI remote sensors)
NRT   near real time (hyphenate each word when used as an modifier, etc.)
NSA   National Security Agency
NSCAT   NASA Scatterometer (ADEOS)
NSF   National Science Foundation
NSIDCNational Snow and Ice Data Center (DAAC: Boulder, CO)
NSN   NASA Science Network
NSP   Network Support Plan
NSSDC   National Space Science Data Center
NTIA   National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NWS   National Weather Service (NOAA's weather bureau)
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OAII   Ocean/Atmospheric/Ice Interactions
OBDH   on-board data handler
OBR   on-board recorder
OD   Optical Disk
ODDG   Order Desk Discussion Group
ODH   Output Data Handler
ODS   Optical Data System
ODSys   Order Desk System (CSA)
OIS   Operation Interface Specification
ONR   Office of Naval Research
OPB   Operations Planning Board
OPLAN   Operations Plan
OPS   Operations Departmant
OPS   Optical Sensor (JERS-1)
ORNL   Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DAAC: Oak Ridge,TN)
OS   Operating System
OSO   Office of Space Operation (NASA HQ)
OSSA   Office of Space Science and Applications (NASA HQ)
OSU   Ohio State University
Otd   Office of the Director
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PAD   Project Approval Document
PAFProcessing and Archive Facility (ERS-1)
PALSAR   Phased Array L-band SAR
PAP   Preliminary Activity Plan
PASS   Prince Albert Satellite Station
PASUB   Preliminary Activity Subplan
PBW   Processor BandWidth
PCA   point of closest approach
PCM   Pulse Coupled Modulation
PCS   Product Control Service
PDR   Preliminary Design Review
PDS   Planetary Data System
PEM   Payload Electronics Module
PFRR   Poker Flat Research Range (UAF)
PGS   Product Genration System
PI   Principal Investigator
PIN   Positive Intrinsic Negative (Semiconductor Diode)
PIP   Project Implementation Plan
PIPOR   Programme of International Polar Oceans Research
PLDS   Pilot Land Data System
PO.DAAC   Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
POC   Point of Contact
PoDAG   Polar DAAC Advisory Group (now ASF UWG)
POLDER   Polarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances (ADEOS, ADEOS II)
POLES   Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface (an EOS study)
PolSAR   Polarimetry Synthetic Aperture Radar
POP   Program Operating Plan
PP   Precision Processor
PPOProduction Planning Subsystem Operator
PPPB   Post-Processor HDDT PlayBack
PPS   Post-Processor System
PPS   Production Planning System
PR   Problem Report
PRARE   Precise Range and Range-rate Equipment (ERS-1)
PRF   Pulse Repetition Frequency
PRISM   Panchromatic Remote-Sensing Instruments for Stereo Mapping
PS   Polar Stereographic (map projection)
PSARA   Parallel SARA (switching and Routing Assembly)
PSDN   Packet Switching Data Network
PSI   PacketNet System Interface
PSLR   Peak-to-side lobe ratio
PSWT   Prelaunch Science Working Team
PTP   Programmable Telemetry Processor
PVS   Product Verficiation System
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QA   Quality Assurance
QC   Quality Control
QL   QuickLook
QMOC   QuikSCAT Mission Operations Center
QPSK   Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying
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RA   Research Announcement; Radar Altimeter
RADAR   Radio Detection and Ranging
RADARSAT   Canada's RADARSAT Satellite
RAID   Redundant Array of Independent Disk
RAINS   RADAR Imaging Natural Systems
RAM   Random Access Memory
RAMPRADARSAT Antarctic Mapping Project
RAMS   RADARSAT Antarctic Mapping System
RAR   real aperture radar
RARR   Range and Range-Rate (tracking data for orbit determination)
RCS   Radar Cross Section
RDBMS   Relational Database Management System
RDS   Raw Data Scanner
REASoN CAN   Research, Education, and Applications Solutions Network Cooperative Agreement Notice
REQA   NASDA Quarterly Assessment File
REQM   NASDA Request File for Tape Dumps
REQQ   NASDA Quarterly Request File
RESTEC   Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
RF   radio frequency
RFI   radio-frequency interference
RGPS   RADARSAT Geophysical Processor System
RGS   Receiving Ground Station
RIS   Retroreflector In Space (ADEOS)
RISAT   Radar Imaging Satellite
RM   Rocky Moutain (HP proprietary Basic Language)
RMM   Range Migration Memory
RMP   Risk Management Plan
RSAT   RADARSAT
RSD   Raw Signal Data
RSI   RADARSAT International
RSS   Recording and Switching Subsystem
RSSC   Remote Sensing Support Center
RT   real time
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S/CSpacecraft
S/N   signal-to-noise ratio
S/W   Software
SA   Scientific Atlanta (manufacturer of ASF's Antennas) also known as ViaSat
SA   System Analyst
SAFS   Standard Autonomous File Server
SAIC   Science Applications International Inc.
SAMPEX   Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer
SAN   Storage Area Network
SAR   Interferometric SAR
SAR   Synthetic Aperture Radar
SARA   Switching and Routing Assembly
SARCOM   SAR Communications System (NOAA-JIC ASF Augmentation)
SCA   Spacecraft Anomaly
SCC   Station Control Computer
SCCS   Source Code Control System
SCF   Science Computing Facility
SCP   Science Computing Program
SCR   System Change Request
SCSI   Small Computer Serial Interface
SD-1   Sony Data Tape
SDCS   SAR Data Catalog System
SDIPS Satellite Digital Imaging Processing System
SEASAT   Sea Satellite
SeaWiFS   Sea-Viewing Wide-Angle Field-of-View Sensor
SEDAC   Socioeconomic Data & Applications Center (DAAC)
SEEDS   Strategic Evolution of ESE Data Systems
SESSun Earth System (NASA's)
SGI   Silicon Graphics, Incorporated
SHEBA   Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (U.Wash.)
SIPS   Science Investigator-led Processing System
SIR   Spaceborne Imaging Radar
SIR-C   Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
SIRD   System Instrumentation Requirements Document
SIRTF   Space Infrared Telescope Facility
SIS   Software Interface Specification
SIZ   Seasonal Ice Zone
SLAR   side-looking airborne radar
SLC   single-look complex
SMAP   Soil Moisture Active and Passive
SMTP   Simple Mail Transer Protocol
SNA   ScanSAR Narrow A
SNB   ScanSAR Narrow B
SNR   signal-to-noise ratio
SOM   Software Operations Manual
SPAN   Space Physics Analysis Network
SPLC   Saturation Power Loss Compensation
SPOT   Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (France)
SPS   SAR Processor Ssytem
SRTM   Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission
SSCM   Spacecraft Scheduling and Command Management
SSH   Secure Shell
SSMI   Special Sensor Microwave Imager
SSP   ScanSAR Processor
SSPASolid State Power Amplifier
STA   Science and Technology Agency (Japan)
STAPLE   Structured Applications Program Language Executive (Aptec 1/0 Processor)
Std   Standard Beam
STEP   Science Technology and Education Program (ASF Science Division)
STF   Space Task Group
STF   Sky Telemetry Format
STG   Space Task Group
STGS   Satellite Tracking Ground Station
STK   StorageTek
STV   State Vector
SWA   ScanSAR Wide A
SWB   ScanSAR Wide B
SWIR   ShortWave Infrared Radiometer
SWOHR   Statewide Office of Human Resource
SWT   Science Working Team
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TACC   Tracking and Control Center
TACS   Tracking and Control Station
TAE   Transportable Applications Executive
TAM   Technical Analysis Memorandum
TAP   Topgraphy Analysis Project
TAR   Tape Archive
TCE   Time Correlation Elements
TCP/IP   Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
tdAS   Tracking & Data Acquisition System
tdF   Tracking Data Formatter
tdRS   Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
tdRSSTracking and Data Relay Satellite System (tdRSS Ground Station)
TEMP   Test and Evaluation Master Plan
TIM   Technical Interface Meeting
TIP   Task Implementation Plan
TLE   two-line elements
TM   Thematic Mapper (Landsat High-Resolution Sensor)
TOMS   Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
TSO   Technical Services Office
TSPD   Technology and Space Program Development
TT&C   Tracking, Telemetry and Command Facility
TTC   Telemetry, Telecommand and Control
TtdB   Trak Team Database
TTL   Transistor to Transistor Logic
TWT   Traveling Wave Tube
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U-PASS   User--Proposal Application Submission System (use an "em dash" not 2 hyphens)
U/C   Up Converter
UAF University of Alaska Fairbanks
UAP   User Acquisition Plan
UAV   Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UAV   Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UBA   Unibus Adapter
UCAR   University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
UFDROC   U.S. and Foreign Data Reception Operations Center
UJC   Universal Job Controller
UK   United Kingdom
UKPAF   UK Processing and ARchiving Facility (Farnborough UK)
UQPSK   Unbalanced Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying
URLUniversal Resource Locator
URSA   User Remote-Sensing Access
URSI   Union Radio-Scientifique International (International Union of Radio Science)
USDA   United States Department of Agriculture
USGR   United States Government Research
USGRC   United States Government Research Consortium
USGS   United States Geological Survey
USO   User Services Office
USWG   User Services Working Group
UT   Universal Time
UTC   Coordinated Universal Time
UTM   Universal Transverse Mercator (map projection)
UWG   User Working Group
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V0 IMS   Version 0 Information Management System
VCDU   Virtual Channel Data Units
VCID   Virtual Channel IDentification
VH   Vertical Transmit, Horizontal Receive Polarization
ViaSAT   Company name: Satellite Ground Systems
VMS   Virtual Memory System (VAX operating system)
VNIR   Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer (MOS-1)
VV   Vertical Transmit, Vertical Receive Polarization
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WB1   Wide Beam Mode 1
WFF   Wallops Flight Facility
WHOI   Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, MA)
WInSAR   Western North America InSAR
WIST   Warehouse Inventory Search Tool
WNS   Wind Scatterometer
WOCEWorld Ocean Circulation Experiment
WORM   Write Once-Read Many (optical disk)
WOS   Weekly Operations Schedule
WOSUB   Weekly Operations Subplan
WOTIS   Wallops Orbital Tracking Information System
WOTS   Wallops Orbital Tracking Station
WSC   White Sands Complex
WWW   World Wide Web
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XTICross-Track Interferometry