ACRONYMS

A
  • AGCM – Atmospheric General Circulation Model
  • AMO – Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation
  • ARCTAS – Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites
B
C
  • CCM – Chemistry Climate Model
  • CGCM – Coupled Global Circulation Model
D
  • DAS – Data Assimilation System
  • DISC – Data and Information Services Center
E
  • EnKF – Ensemble Kalman Filter System
  • EnOI – Ensemble Optimal Interpolation System
  • ENSO – El Niño / Southern Oscillation
  • EOS – Earth Observing System (NASA)
  • ESD – Earth Sciences Division (NASA)
  • ESMF – Earth System Modeling Framework
  • EPV – Ertel&$39;s Potential Vorticity
F
  • FP – Forward Processing
  • FP-IT – Forward Processing for Instrument Teams
G
  • GEOS – Goddard Earth Observing System
  • GES – Goddard Earth Sciences
  • GEV – Generalized Extreme Value
  • GMAO – Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (NASA)
  • GOCART – Goddard Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport
  • GRACE – Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
  • GSI – Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation
H
I
  • IESA – Integrated Earth System Analysis
J
K
L
  • LST – Land Surface Temperature
M
  • MERRA – Modern Era-Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications
N
  • NCA – National Climate Assessment (USA)
  • NMME – National Multi-Model Ensemble
  • NOBM – NASA Ocean Biogeochemical Model
  • NOSA – NASA Open Source Agreement
  • NRT – Near Real-time
  • NTA – Northern Tropical Atlantic
O
  • ODAS – Ocean Data Assimilation System
  • OSE – Observing System Experiments
  • OSSE – Observing System Simulation Experiment
P
  • PDV – Pan-Decadal Variability
  • PDO – Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Q
R
S
  • SMD – Science Mission Directorate
  • SPI – Standardized Precipitation Index
  • SST – Sea Surface Temperatures
  • SSW – Stratospheric Sudden Warnings
T
  • T2m – Air temperature at two meters
  • TWS – Terrestrial Water Storage
U
V
W
  • WMO – World Meteorological Organization
  • WMO SDS-WAS – WMO Dust and Sand Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System
X
Y
  • YOTC – Year of Tropical Convection
Z