View source for List of Abbreviations and Acronyms related to Climate Research

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==<span id="A"></span>'''A'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	A.K.A.	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	<div style="background-color:babyblue";>also known as</div>
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	ABL	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Atmospheric Boundary Layer
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://acpcinitiative.org/ ACPC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation and Climate Initiative (iLEAPS/GEWEX/IGAC)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://rain.atmos.colostate.edu/CRDC/datasets/GPCP_PAG.html AGPI] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Adjusted GOES Precipitation Index
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://sites.agu.org/ AGU]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	American Geophysical Union
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.amma-international.org/spip.php?rubrique1  AMMA]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/ AMS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	American Meteorological Society
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/sips/sips-amsr-e-2/  AMSR]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://aqua.nasa.gov/amsr-e/  AMSR-E] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	EOS Advanced Scanning Microwave Radiometer
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	AMSU-A(B) 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit A(B)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	AMY	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Asian Monsoon Years
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.asiaoceania.org/society/index.asp  AOGS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.apn-gcr.org/ APN]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Asia Pacific Network
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	AR4	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	IPCC Assessment Report 4, due in 2012
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	AR5	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	IPCC Assessment Report 5, due in 2013
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/ ASTER]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/avhrr.html AVHRR] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
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==<span id="B"></span>'''B'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.baltex-research.eu/BACC/index.html BACC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	BALTEX Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.baltex-research.eu/ BALTEX]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Baltic Sea Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://bsrn.awi.de/ BSRN]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Baseline Surface Radiation Network
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.bsssc.com/ BSSSC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation
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==<span id="C"></span>'''C'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/ CALIPSO]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://rain.atmos.colostate.edu/CRDC/datasets/NCEP_CAMS.html CAMS] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate Anomaly Monitoring System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://english.cas.cn/ CAS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Chinese Academy of Sciences
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/how-we-do-it/technical-commissions/commission-atmospheric-sciences-cas CAS (WMO)]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	WMO Commission for Atmospheric Sciences
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/ceop CEOP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observations Project (previously Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://ceos.org/ CEOS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/model-data/model-datasets/climate-forecast-system-version2-cfsv2 CFS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate Forecast System  
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://cfs.ncep.noaa.gov/cfsr/ CFSR]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	NCEP-NOAA CFS Reanalysis
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.cgms-info.org/index_.php/cgms/index CGMS] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	CIEHLYC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Community for spatial and hydrological information in Latin America and the Caribbean 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.climate-cryosphere.org/ CLiC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate and Cryosphere Project  (WCRP Core Project)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://usclivar.org/ CLIVAR] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate Variability and Predictability Project (WCRP Core Project)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://rain.atmos.colostate.edu/CRDC/datasets/CMAP_NWP.html CMAP] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://cmip.llnl.gov/ CMIP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate Model Intercomparison Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	CMORPH 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	CPC Morphing technique
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.conae.gov.ar/index.php/english/ CONAE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Comision Nacional De Actividades Espaciales (Argeninean National Space Agency)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.cordex.org/ CORDEX]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Coordinated Regional climate Downscaling EXperiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ CPC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	NWS Climate Prediction Center
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/cppa CPPA]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate Prediction Program for the Americas
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/DPFS/ProgressReports/1999/Brazil-CPTEC.html CPTEC] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Weather Forecast and Climate Studies Centre (of INPE, Brazil) 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	CRU	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate Research Unit
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	CSE	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Continental Scale Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	CST	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Convective Stratiform Technique
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==<span id="D"></span>'''D'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	DAAC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Distributed Active Archive Centers
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	DFR	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Dual Frequency Radar
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	DIAS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Dynamic Information Architecture System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Meteorological_Satellite_Program DMSP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	DMWG	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Data Management Working Group
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.commerce.gov/ DOC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Department of Commerce, USA
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.defense.gov/ DOD]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Department of Defense, USA
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.energy.gov/ DOE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Department of Energy, USA
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://pmm.nasa.gov/gpm/flight-project/dpr DPR]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Dual Frequency Precipitation Radar
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.meteo.mcgill.ca/dri/ DRI]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Drought Research Initiative
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.dwd.de/DE/Home/home_node.html DWD] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Deutscher Wetterdienst
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==<span id="E"></span>'''E'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ecmwf.int/ ECMWF] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	ECR	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Early Career Researcher
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	ECS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Early Career Scientist
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	EDR	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Environmental Data Record
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/what-el-ni%C3%B1o%E2%80%93southern-oscillation-enso-nutshell ENSO]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	EL Niño - Southern Oscillation
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data-tools-and-analysis/empirical-orthogonal-function-eof-analysis-and-rotated-eof-analysis EOF]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Empirical Orthogonal Function
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://eospso.nasa.gov/ EOS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	NASA Earth Observing System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Data/Training/TrainingLibrary/DAT_2043202.html EPS] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	EUMETSAT Polar System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/archive-datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era-interim ERA-I]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	ECMWF Interim Reanalysis
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.esa.int/ESA ESA]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	European Space Agency
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.esf.org/ ESF]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	European Science Foundation
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	ESP	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Ensemble Streamflow Prediction
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.essp.org/ ESSP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Earth System Science Partnership
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/index.html EUMETSAT] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.evk2cnr.org/cms/en/home.html Ev-K2-CNR]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Everest-K2 National Research Council
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==<span id="F"></span>'''F'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	FAME	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Framework for Atmospheric Model Enhancement 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.fao.org/home/en/ FAO] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.usno.navy.mil/FNMOC FNMOC] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center 
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==<span id="G"></span>'''G'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/modelling-wgcm-mip-catalogue/modelling-wgcm-mips/253-modelling-wgcm-catalogue-gabls GABLS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Atmospheric Boundary Layer Study
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://gacp.giss.nasa.gov/ GACP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Aerosol Climatology Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/global-atmospheric-system-studies-panel/ GASS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Atmospheric System Studies
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/gaw/gaw_home_en.html GAW]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Atmosphere Watch 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GCIP	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Continental Scale International Project 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/gosic/global-climate-observing-system-gcos GCOS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Climate Observing System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://precip.gsfc.nasa.gov/ GCPC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Precipitation Climatology Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GCSS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Cloud System Study
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://earthobservations.org/index2.php GEO]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Group on Earth Observations
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.earthobservations.org/geoss.php GEOSS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Earth Observing System of Systems
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/ GEWEX]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (WCRP Core Project)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.wmo.int/gfcs/ GFCS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Framework fo Climate Service 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GFS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Forecast System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/land-based-station-data/land-based-datasets/global-historical-climatology-network-ghcn GHCN] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Historical Climate Network
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/gewex-hydroclimatology-panel/ GHP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Gewex Hydrological Panel (previously GEWEX Hydroclimatology Panel)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GHz 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Giga Hertz
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/modelling-wgcm-mip-catalogue/modelling-wgcm-mips-2/256-modelling-wgcm-catalogue-glace GLACE] ||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Land Atmospheric Coupling Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/global-landatmosphere-system-study-panel/ GLASS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Land Atmosphere System Study
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/gldas/GLDASgoals.php GLDAS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Land Data Assimilation System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GMI 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GPM Microwave Imager
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/global-atmospheric-system-studies-panel/gewex-modeling-and-prediction-activities/ GMPP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Modeling and Prediction Panel
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.nasa.gov/content/goes GOES] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.gpcc.html GPCC] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Precipitation Climatology Centre
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GPCP 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global precipitation Climatology Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GPI 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GOES Precipitation Index
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/spacecraft/index.html GPM] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Precipitation Measurement
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20040082157.pdf GPROF] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Goddard Profiling Algorithm
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Grace/index.html GRACE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GRP 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Radiation Panel
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2009/exploration_bldg.html GSFC] ||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Goddard Space Flight Center
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/GSWP3/ GSWP3]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Soil Wetness Project 3
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/TEM/GTS/index_en.html GTS] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Telecommunications System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.gwsp.org/about/organization.html GWSP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Water System Project (ESSP Joint Project)
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==<span id="H"></span>'''H'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	HAP	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Hydrological Application Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	HE	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	High Elevation Working Group
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.helcom.fi/ HELCOM]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Helsinki Commission – Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	HEPEX	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Hydrological Ensemble Prediction Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	HIRS 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	High resolution Infrared Sounder
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.icimod.org/?q=1137 HKKH]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalaya region
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.hymex.org/ HyMeX]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	HYdrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment 
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==<span id="I"></span>'''I'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://iahs.info/ IAHS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Association of Hydrological Sciences
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.iai.int/ IAI]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Inter Americas Institute
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.icsu.org/ ICSU]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Council of Scientific Unions
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp.aspx ICTP] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Centre for Theoretical Physics
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	IFFA 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Interactive Flash Flood Analyzer
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://igacproject.org/ IGAC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Global Atmospheric Chemistry 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.igbp.net/ IGBP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	IGFA	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Group of Funding Agencies
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	IGOS-P	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Integrated Global Observing Strategy – Partnership 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/about/organization/international-gewex-project-office/ IGPO]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International GEWEX Project Office 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.earthobservations.org/wa_igwco.shtml IGWCO]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Integrated Global Water Cycle Observations Community of Practice
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.ihdp.unu.edu/ IHDP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Human Dimension Programme on Global Environmental Change
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/ihp/about-ihp/ IHP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Hydrology Programme
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	IJPS 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Initial Joint Polar-Orbiting Operational Satellite System 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ilamb.org/ ILAMB]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Land Model Benchmarking
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.ileaps.org/ iLEAPS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmospheric Processes Study 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.usask.ca/inarch/ INARCH]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	The international Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.inpe.br/ INPE] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Brazilian Institute for Space Research
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.ioc-unesco.org/ IOC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Oceanographic Commission
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.ipcc.ch/ IPCC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	IPO 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	tri-agency Integrated Program Office of DoC, DoD, and NASA 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.isac.cnr.it/~ipwg/ IPWG] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Precipitation Working Group 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	IR	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Infrared
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.irdrinternational.org/ IRDR]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Integrated Research on Disaster Risk
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.irdrinternational.org/ IRDR]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Integrated Research on Disaster Risk
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	IRI	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Research Institute
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	ISC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Science Council
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/about/ ISCCP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://ismn.geo.tuwien.ac.at/about-us/ ISMWG]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Soil Moisture Working Group
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	ITCZ	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	IWP	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Ice Water Path
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==<span id="J"></span>'''J'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/ JAMSTEC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://global.jaxa.jp/ JAXA]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html JMA]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Japan Meteorological Agency
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/jps-contacts JPS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Joint Planning Staff (for WCRP)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://jra.kishou.go.jp/JRA-25/index_en.html JRA-25]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Japanese Meteorological Agency 25 year reanalysis
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	JSC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	WMO/ICSU/IOC Joint Scientific Committee (for WCRP)
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==<span id="K"></span>'''K'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	KLM	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	see NOAA KLM
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==<span id="L"></span>'''L'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	LBA	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Large-scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	LEO	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Low Earth Orbit (also, a satellite in LEO)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	LIS 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Lightning Imaging Sensor
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/working_groups/Land/ LMWG]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Land Model Working Group
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.gewex.org/loco/ LOCO]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	LOcal COupled Modelling Working Group in GLASS
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	LPB	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	La Plata Basin
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==<span id="M"></span>'''M'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/reanalysis/MERRA/CEOP_Multi-Model-Analysis.pdf MAC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Multi-model Analysis for CEOP
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.usask.ca/geography/MAGS MAGS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Mackenzie GEWEX Study 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/mahasriwiki/before_wiki/index_e.html MAHASRI]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Monsoon Asian Hydro-Atmospheric Science Research and prediction Initiative
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	MDB	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Murray Darling Basin
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://cds.nccs.nasa.gov/data/by-project/merra/ MERRA]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.google.com/search?q=EUMETSAT+geostationary+platform&oq=EUMETSAT+geostationary+platform&aqs=chrome..69i57.359j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 METEOSAT]||	style="width: 500pt;" |	EUMETSAT geostationary platform
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	MIP	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Model intercomparison Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	MJO	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Madden-Julian Oscillation
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	MM5 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	NCAR/PSU Mesoscale Model Version 5
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/ MODIS] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	EOS MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	MS 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Multi-Satellite
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/msg.html MSG]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Microgravity Science Glovebox
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/content/-/article/mtsat MTSAT] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Multi-functional Transport Satellite
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	MVIRI 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Meteosat Visible and InfraRed Imager
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==<span id="N"></span>'''N'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/name NAME]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	North American Monsoon Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.nasonline.org/ NAS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Academy of Sciences
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.nasa.gov/ NASA] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Water_and_Power_Alliance NAWP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	North American Water Program
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://ncar.ucar.edu/home NCAR] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ NCDC] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Climatic Data Center, USA
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/ NCEP] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://neespi.org/ NEESPI]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Northern Eurasian Earth Science Partnership Initiative 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/about NESDIS] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, USA 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	NGO	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Non Governmental Organization
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	NHMS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Hydro-Meteorological Service
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.noaa.gov/ NOAA] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (agency and  satellite), USA
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/noaa-k.htm NOAA KLM] ||	style="width: 500pt;" |	NOAA-15 (K), -16(L) and -17 (M) satellites
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	NPOESS 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellite System, USA
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.nasonline.org/about-nas/history/archives/milestones-in-NAS-history/organization-of-the-nrc.html NRC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Research Counsel 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/model-data/model-datasets/numerical-weather-prediction NWP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Numerical Weather Prediction
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.weather.gov/ NWS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Weather Service, USA
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==<span id="O"></span>'''O'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/teleconnections/enso/indicators/olr/ OLR] 	||style="width: 500pt;" |	Outgoing Longwave Radiation
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://rain.atmos.colostate.edu/CRDC/datasets/NCEP_OPI.html OPI]	||style="width: 500pt;" |	Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) Precipitation Index
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	ORA 	||style="width: 500pt;" |	NOAA Office of Research and Applications
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	OSC	||style="width: 500pt;" |	Open Science Conference
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==<span id="P"></span>'''P'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	PBL	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Planetary Boundary Layer
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	PDF	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Probability Density Function
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	PEHRPP 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Pilot Evaluation of High Resolution Precipitation Products
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	PERSIANN ||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	PILDAS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Project for the Intercomparison of Land Data Assimilation Systems
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	PMW 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Passive Microwave
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	PR 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	TRMM Precipitation Radar
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	PSPDC 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Polar Satellite Precipitation Data Center
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.psu.edu/ PSU] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Pennsylvania State University
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==<span id="Q"></span>'''Q'''==
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==<span id="R"></span>'''R'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/gewex-hydroclimatology-panel/regional-hydroclimate-projects-rhps/ RHP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Regional Hydroclimate Project 
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==<span id="S"></span>'''S'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	S2S	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Sub seasonal to Seasonal
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	SAC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Science Advisory Committee
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	SAF	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Satellite Application Facility
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	SAG	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Scientific Advisory Group
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/about.html SATREPS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Science And Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable development
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.scope-cm.org/ SCOPE-CM]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Sustained, Co-Ordinated Processing of Environmental Satellite Data for Climate Monitoring 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	SEVIRI	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	SG 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Satellite Gauge
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://smap.jpl.nasa.gov/ SMAP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Soil Moisture Active Passive 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions/smos SMOS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.sparc-climate.org/ SPARC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate (WCRP Core Project)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.saskriverbasin.ca/pages/saskatchewan_river_basin_map.html SRB]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Saskatchewan River Basin
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	SRS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Southern Research Station
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/about/organization/scientific-steering-group/ SSC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Science Steering Committee 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/about/organization/scientific-steering-group/ SSG]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Scientific Steering Group
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.remss.com/missions/ssmi/ SSM/I] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.remss.com/missions/ssmi/ SSM/IS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Sounder
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	SST	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Sea Surface Temperature
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Stratospheric_sounding_unit SSU] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Stratospheric Sounding Unit
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://start.org/ START]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://stcnet.com/ STC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Science and Technology Corporation
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==<span id="T"></span>'''T'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	Tb 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Brightness temperature
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/wwrp/new/thorpex_new.html THORPEX]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	TIROS 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Television Infrared Observation Satellite
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	TMI 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	TRMM Microwave Imager
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	TOVS 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Television-Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) Operational Vertical Sounder
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	TRACE	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Terrestrial Regional North American hydroClimate Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://pmm.nasa.gov/TRMM TRMM] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
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==<span id="U"></span>'''U'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	UIC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	User Interface Committee (Group on Earth Observations)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.un.org/en/index.html UN] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	United Nations
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.unenvironment.org/ UNEP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	United Nations Environmental Programme
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://en.unesco.org/ UNESCO]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://unfccc.int/ UNFCCC] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.usaid.gov/ USAID]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	U.S. Agency for International Development
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==<span id="V"></span>'''V'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	VAR 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Variable Rain rate precipitation algorithm
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://pmm.nasa.gov/trmm/virs VIRS] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	TRMM Visible and InfraRed Scanner
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	VIS 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Visible
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	VISSR 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
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==<span id="W"></span>'''W'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://hydrology.irpi.cnr.it/projects/wacmos-irrigation/ WACMOS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Water Cycle Multimission Observation Strategy (ESA Programme)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.eu-watch.org/ WATCH]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	EU Integrated Project on Water and Global Change
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/ WCRP] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	World Climate Research Programme
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/data-wdac WDAC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	WCRP Data Advisory Council
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	WG	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Working Group
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/modelling-wgcm WGCM]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Working Group on Coupled Modeling
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/wwrp/rescrosscut/resdept_wgne.html WGNE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	The Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/modelling-wgsip WGSIP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html WMO] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	World Meteorological Organization 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	WOAP	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	WCRP Observation and Assimilation Panel 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/world-weather-research-programme WWRP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	World Weather Research Program
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==<span id="X"></span>'''X'''==
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==<span id="Y"></span>'''Y'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.yess-community.org/ YESS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Young Earth Systems Society
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://younghs.com/ YHS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Young Hydrologic Society
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	YOTC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Year Of Tropical Convection 
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==<span id="Z"></span>'''Z'''==
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