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|'''CLOUDSAT'''  || Cloud satellite mission operated by NASA
|'''CLOUDSAT'''  || Cloud satellite mission operated by NASA
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|'''cm'''  || cloud mask
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|'''CM'''  || Cloud Mask
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|'''CNRS'''  ||  Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research)
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|'''CM-SAF'''  || Climate Monitoring - Satellite Application Facility
|'''CM-SAF'''  || Climate Monitoring - Satellite Application Facility
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|'''cot'''  || Cloud Optical Thickness
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|'''CNRS'''  || Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research)
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|'''cod'''  || Cloud Optical Depth
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|'''COD'''  || Cloud Optical Depth
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| '''cph''' || Cloud (thermodynamic) PHase
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|'''COT'''   || Cloud Optical Thickness
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| '''ctt'''  || cloud top temperature
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| '''CPH'''  || Cloud (thermodynamic) PHase
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| '''ctp'''  || cloud top pressure
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| '''CTT'''  || cloud top temperature
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| '''cth'''  || cloud top height
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| '''CTP'''  || cloud top pressure
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| '''cod'''  || cloud optical depth
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| '''CTH'''  || cloud top height
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| '''DISORT'''  || DIScrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer
| '''DISORT'''  || DIScrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer
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| '''DLR (e.V.)'''  || Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (energie und Verkehr)
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| '''DWD'''  || Deutscher WetterDienst
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| '''ECC'''  || European Cloud Climatology
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|'''ECMWF'''  || European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
|'''ECMWF'''  || European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
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|'''ENVISAT'''  || ENVIronmental SATellite
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|'''ERBE'''  || Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
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|'''ESA'''  || European Space Agency
|'''ESA'''  || European Space Agency
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|'''GERB'''  || Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget
|'''GERB'''  || Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget
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|'''GEWEX'''  || Global Energy and Water Cycle EXperiment
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|'''GISS'''  || Goddard Institute for Space Studies
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|'''GMS'''  || Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
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|'''GOES'''  || Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite
|'''GOES'''  || Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite
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|'''GSFC'''  || Goddard Space Flight Center
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|'''HRV'''  || High Resolution Visible (channel)
|'''HRV'''  || High Resolution Visible (channel)
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|'''IASI'''  || Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
|'''IASI'''  || Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
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|'''IPA'''  || Independent Pixel Approximation
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|'''IPCC'''  || Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
|'''IPCC'''  || Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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|'''ISCCP'''  || International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
|'''ISCCP'''  || International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
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| '''iwp'''  || (cloud) ice water path
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| '''IWP'''  || (cloud) ice water path
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|'''LUT'''  || Look Up Table
|'''LUT'''  || Look Up Table
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| '''lwp'''  || (cloud) liquid water path
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| '''LWP'''  || (cloud) liquid water path
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|'''MODIS'''  || Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (NASA/Terra, Aqua)
|'''MODIS'''  || Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (NASA/Terra, Aqua)
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| '''RAL'''  || Rutherford Appleton Laboratory  
| '''RAL'''  || Rutherford Appleton Laboratory  
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| '''ref'''  || effective radius
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| '''REF'''  || effective radius
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|'''RTM'''  || Radiative Transfer Model
|'''RTM'''  || Radiative Transfer Model
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DLR e.V. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, energie und Verkehr
 
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DNI Direct Normal Irradiance
 
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DU Dobson Units
 
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DWD Deutscher WetterDienst
 
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ECC European Cloud Climatology
 
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ECHAM ECMWF model, HAMburg version
 
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ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
 
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ENVISAT ENVIronmental SATellite
 
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ERBE Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
 
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GADS Global Aerosol Data Set
 
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GAW Global Atmosphere Watch
 
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GCM General Circulation Model
 
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GEBA Global Energy Balance Archive
 
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GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle EXperiment
 
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GHI Global Hemispherical Irradiance
 
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GISS Goddard Institute for Space Studies
 
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GMS Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
 
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GMT Greenwich Mean Time
 
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GOCART Georgia Tech/Goddard Global Ozone Chemistry Aerosol Radiation Transport model
 
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GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
 
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GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
 
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IPA Independent Pixel Approximation or Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre
 
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IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
 
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IR Infra-Rot
 
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ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
 
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ISIS Irradiance at the Surface derived form ISCCP cloud data
 
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ISE Fraunhofer-Institut f¨ur Solare Energiesysteme
 
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LANDSAT LAND remote sensing SATellite
 
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LES Large Eddy Simulation
 
libRadtran library for Radiative transfer
libRadtran library for Radiative transfer
MB Mean Bias
MB Mean Bias
MERIS MEdium Range Imaging Spectrometer
MERIS MEdium Range Imaging Spectrometer
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MFG Mit Freundlichen Grüssen (or also Meteosat Fourth Generation)
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MISR Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
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MISR Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer or arabic for Egypt
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MODIS MODerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MODIS MODerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
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MSG Madison Square Garden (or also Meteosat Second Generation) ;-)
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MSG     Meteosat Second Generation
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MTG Magic: The Gathering (or also Meteosat Third Generation)
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MTG Meteosat Third Generation
MYSTIC Monte Carlo code for the phYsically incorrect Tracing of photons In Cloudy atmospheres
MYSTIC Monte Carlo code for the phYsically incorrect Tracing of photons In Cloudy atmospheres
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Revision as of 12:33, 10 June 2011

Acronym
AERONET AErosol RObotic NETwork
AOD Aerosol Optical Depth
AIRS Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder
AMSR-E Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
BRDF Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
BSRN Baseline Surface Radiation Network
ca Cloud Amount
CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
CERES Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
CLOUDSAT Cloud satellite mission operated by NASA
CM Cloud Mask
CM-SAF Climate Monitoring - Satellite Application Facility
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research)
COD Cloud Optical Depth
COT Cloud Optical Thickness
CPH Cloud (thermodynamic) PHase
CTT cloud top temperature
CTP cloud top pressure
CTH cloud top height
DISORT DIScrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer
DLR (e.V.) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (energie und Verkehr)
DWD Deutscher WetterDienst
ECC European Cloud Climatology
ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ENVISAT ENVIronmental SATellite
ERBE Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
ESA European Space Agency
EUMETSAT European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
GERB Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget
GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle EXperiment
GISS Goddard Institute for Space Studies
GMS Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
GOES Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite
GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
HRV High Resolution Visible (channel)
IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
IPA Independent Pixel Approximation
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
RAL Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
REF effective radius
RTM Radiative Transfer Model
SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
TOA Top Of Atmosphere
VIS Visible
WV Water-Vapor


libRadtran library for Radiative transfer MB Mean Bias MERIS MEdium Range Imaging Spectrometer MISR Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer MODIS MODerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MSG Meteosat Second Generation MTG Meteosat Third Generation MYSTIC Monte Carlo code for the phYsically incorrect Tracing of photons In Cloudy atmospheres NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research NESDIS National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service NN Normal Null (Meeresspiegelniveau) NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory OPAC Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds OLR Outgoing Longwave Radiation PDF Probability Density Function RMSD Root Mean Square Deviation SAGE Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment SAM Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement SBDART Santa Barbara Discrete ordinate Atmospheric Radiative Transfer ScaRaB Scanner for Radiation Budget instrument SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager SHDOM Spherical Harmonics Discrete Ordinate Method SKAL-ET HochSKALierung der EuroTrough Technologie SWERA Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment SYNOP Surface SYNOPtic Observations TAR Third Assessment Repprt TIROS Television InfraRed Observation Satellite TLA Three Letter Acronym TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer TOVS TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder TUDoLLARS The Unbiased/Ultimate DOuble Local estimator for Lidars in Air, gRound, and Space UTC Universal Time Coordinated UV Ultra-Violett WBF WeltraumBauFahrzeug WCRP World Climate Research Programme WMO World Meteorological Organization WRDC World Radiation Data Center

MPEF Meteorological Product Extraction U-MARF Unified-Meteorological Archiving and Retrieval Facility AGS Application Ground Segment

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