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|'''AIRS''' || Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder
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|'''AMSR-E''' || Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
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|'''AVHRR'''  || Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
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|'''CA'''  || Cloud Amount
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|'''CALIPSO'''  || Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
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|'''CLOUDSAT'''  || Cloud satellite mission operated by NASA
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|'''cm'''  || cloud mask
|'''cm'''  || cloud mask
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|'''CM-SAF'''  || Climate Monitoring - Satellite Application Facility
|'''CM-SAF'''  || Climate Monitoring - Satellite Application Facility
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| '''cph'''  || cloud phase
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|'''COT'''  || Cloud Optical Thickness
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|'''COD'''  || Cloud Optical Depth
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| '''cph'''  || Cloud (thermodynamic) PHase
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| '''ctt'''  || cloud top temperature
| '''ctt'''  || cloud top temperature
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| '''cod'''  || cloud optical depth  
| '''cod'''  || cloud optical depth  
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|'''ECMWF'''  || European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
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|'''ESA'''  || European Space Agency
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|'''EUMETSAT'''  || Europe’s Meteorological Satellite Organisation
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|'''GOES'''  || Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite
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|'''IASI'''  || Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
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|'''IPCC'''  || Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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|'''IR'''  || Infrared
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|'''ISCCP'''  || International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
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| '''iwp'''  || (cloud) ice water path
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|'''LUT'''  || Look Up Table
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| '''lwp'''  || (cloud) liquid water path
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|'''MODIS'''  || Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (NASA/Terra, Aqua)
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|'''METEOSAT'''  || Meteorological satellite
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|'''MSG'''  || Meteosat Second Generation
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|'''MWR'''  || MicroWave Radiometer
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|'''NASA'''  || National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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|'''NIR'''  || Near-infrared
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|'''NOAA'''  || National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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|'''NWP'''  || Numerical Weather Prediction model
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| '''ref'''  || effective radius
| '''ref'''  || effective radius
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| '''lwp''' || liquid water path
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|'''RTM'''   || Radiative Transfer Model
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|'''SEVIRI'''  || Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
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|'''TOA'''  || Top Of Atmosphere
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|'''VIS'''  || Visible
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| '''iwp''' || ice water path
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|'''WV'''   || Water-Vapor
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AIRS Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder
 
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AMSR-E Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
 
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AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
 
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CA Cloud Amount
 
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CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite
 
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Observation
 
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CLOUDSAT Cloud satellite mission operated by NASA
 
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LWP cloud Liquid Water Path
 
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COT Cloud Optical Thickness
 
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COD Cloud Optical Depth
 
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CPH Cloud thermodynamic PHase
 
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ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather
 
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Forecasts
 
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ESA European Space Agency
 
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EUMETSAT Europe’s Meteorological Satellite Organisation
 
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GOES Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite
 
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IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
 
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IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
 
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IR Infrared
 
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ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
 
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LUT Look Up Table
 
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MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
 
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(NASA/Terra, Aqua)
 
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METEOSAT Meteorological satellite
 
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MSG Meteosat Second Generation
 
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MWR MicroWave Radiometer
 
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NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
 
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NIR Near-infrared
 
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NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 
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NWP Numerical Weather Prediction model
 
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RTM Radiative Transfer Model
 
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SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
 
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TOA Top Of Atmosphere
 
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VIS Visible
 
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WV Water-Vapor
 

Revision as of 17:15, 9 June 2011

Acronym
AIRS Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder
AMSR-E Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
CA Cloud Amount
CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
CLOUDSAT Cloud satellite mission operated by NASA
cm cloud mask
CNRS
CM-SAF Climate Monitoring - Satellite Application Facility
COT Cloud Optical Thickness
COD Cloud Optical Depth
cph Cloud (thermodynamic) PHase
ctt cloud top temperature
ctp cloud top pressure
cth cloud top height
cod cloud optical depth
ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ESA European Space Agency
EUMETSAT Europe’s Meteorological Satellite Organisation
GOES Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite
IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IR Infrared
ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
iwp (cloud) ice water path
LUT Look Up Table
lwp (cloud) liquid water path
MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (NASA/Terra, Aqua)
METEOSAT Meteorological satellite
MSG Meteosat Second Generation
MWR MicroWave Radiometer
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NIR Near-infrared
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NWP Numerical Weather Prediction model
ref effective radius
RTM Radiative Transfer Model
SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
TOA Top Of Atmosphere
VIS Visible
WV Water-Vapor
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