ACRONYMS1
ADESS-Automated Data Editing and Switching System
AMSU-Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
APT-Automatic Picture Transmission
ASCII-American Standard Code of Information Interchange
ASDAR-Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
ATS-Applications Technology Satellite
AVHRR-Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
BCD-Binary Coded Decimal
BCH Code-Bose Chaudhuri Hocquenghem Code
BPI-Bit Per Inch
BPS-Bit Per Second
BPSK-Bi-Phase Shift Keying
CA-Cloud Analysis
CCP-Communication Control Processor
CCT-Computer-Compatible magnetic Tape
CDA-Command and Data Acquisition
CDAS-Command and Data Acquisition Station
CDF-Code Digital Facsimile
CDS-Climate Data Set
CGMS-Co-ordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
CMV-Cloud Motion Vectors
CNES-Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
CPU-Central Processing Unit
CR-Carriage Return
CRC-Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRIS-Space Imagery Receiving Station
CRT-Cathode Ray Tube
CST-Centre Spatiale de Toulouse (Toulouse Space Centre)
CT-Cartridge Tape
CTH-Cloud-Top Height maps
DASD-Direct Access Storage Device
DATTS-Data Acquisition, Telecommand and Tracking Station
DBA-Despin Bearing Assembly
DCP-Data Collection Platform
DCS-Data Collection System
DISP-Display
DOC-Documentation
DPC-Data Processing Center
DRS-Document Retrieval System
EBBT-Effective Black-Body Temperature
EBCDIC-Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EL-Elevation
ELT-Emergency Locator Transmission
EOT-End of Transmission
EPIRB-Emergency Position Indicator Radio Beacons
ERBE-Earth Radiation Budget Experiment instrument
ESOC-European Space Operations Centre
FE-Far East
FGGE-First GARP Global Experiment
FOV-Field of View
FGGE-First GARP Global Experiment
GAC-Global Area Coverage
GCA-Great Circle Arc
GARP-Global Atmospheric Research Program
GISS-Goddard Institute for Space Studies
GMS-Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
GOES-Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
GOMS-Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite
GPC-Global Processing Center
GPCP-Global Precipitation Climatology Project
GTS-Global Telecommunication System
HCCP-High-speed Communication Control Processor
HDDT-High-Density Data Tape
HEPAD-High-Energy Proton and Alpha Detector
HIRS-High-resolution Infra-Red Sounder
HR-FAX-High Resolution Facsimile
HRPT-High-Resolution Picture Transmission
HRV-High-Resolution Visible
ICA-ISCCP Central Archive
IDCP-International Data Collection Platform
IDCS-International Data Collection System
IDP-Image Display
IFOV-Instantaneous Field of View
IGFOV-Instantaneous Geometrical Field of View
INSAT-Indian National Satellite
IR-Infra-red
IRS-Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
ISCCP-International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
JMA-Japan Meteorological Agency
LAC-Local Area Coverage
LF-Line Feed
LISS-Linear Imaging Self-Scan
LR-FAX-Low Resolution Facsimile
LSB-Least Significant Bit
MANAM-Manual Amendment
MCC-Mission Control Centre
MDD-Meteorological Data Distribution
MDUC-Meteorological Data Utilization Centre
MDUS-Medium Scale Data Utilization Station
MEPED-Medium-Energy Proton and Electron Detector
MESSR-Microwave Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
MGCS-METEOSAT Ground Computer System
MIEC-Meteorological Information Extraction Centre
MJD-Modified Julian Data
MLS-Maximal Length Sequence
MMC-Mass Memory Controller
MOCC-Mission Operations Control Centre
MOP-METEOSAT Operational Programme
MOS-Marine Observation Satellite
MSB-Most Significant Bit
MSC-Meteorological Satellite Center
MSR-Microwave Scanning Radiometer
MSU-Microwave Sounding Unit
NASDA-National Space Development Agency of Japan
NESDIS-National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
NOAA-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRZ-L-Non Return to Zero Level
NRZ-M-Non Return to Zero Mark
OLR-Outgoing Longwave Radicarion
PCM-Pulse Code Modulation
PDUS-Primary Data User Station
PI-Precipitation Index
PLL-Phase Lock Loop
PMT-Photomultiplier Tube
PN-Pseudo-Noise
PSK-Phase Shift Keying
RDCP-Regional Data Collection Platform
RDCS-Regional Data Collection System
SAR-Search and Rescue
SBUV-Solar Backscatter Ultra Violet (radiometer)
S/C-Spacecraft
SCC-System Calibration Center
SCIC-Satellite Cloud Information Chart
SDUS-Small Scale Data Utilization Station
SDUS-Secondary Data User Station
SEM-Space Environment Monitor
SI-Satellite-derived Index of precipitation intensity
SIRS-Space Imagery Receiving Station
SMAI-Satellite Meteorological Analysis Information
SPOT-Satellite Pour Observation de la Terre
SSP-Sub-Satellite Point
SST-Sea Surface Temperature
SSU-Stratospheric Sounding Unit
S-VISSR-Stretched VISSR
SYNC-Synchronous
TACC-Tracking and Control Center
TACS-Tracking and Control Station
TARS-Turn Around Ranging Station
TED-Total Energy Detector
TOVS-TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
TRRR-Trilateration Range and Range Rate
UTC-Universal Time
UTH-Upper-Tropospheric Humidity
VAS-VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
VDM-VISSR Digital Multiplexer
VHRR-Very High Resolution Radiometer
VIS-Visible
VISSR-Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
VJ-Vicinity of Japan
VTIR-Visible and Thermal Infra-red Radiometer
VTP-Vertical Temperature Profile
WCRP-World Climate Research Programme
WEFAX-Weather Facsimile
WMO-World Meteorological Organization
WWW-World Weather Watch