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.M.A.	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	ask me anything
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	A.K.A.	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	also known as
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	ABL	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Atmospheric Boundary Layer
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.sparc-climate.org/activities/asian-monsoon/ ACAM]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Atmospheric Composition and the Asian Monsoon 
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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;"|	[https://airs.jpl.nasa.gov/ AIRS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.umr-cnrm.fr/amma-moana/amma_surf/almip2/index.html  ALMIP2]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	AMMA Land surface Model Intercomparison Project - Phase 2
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.amma-international.org  AMMA]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.clivar.org/clivar-amoc-task-team AMOC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation  
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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;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/project/andex/  ANDEX]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Hydroclimate Research Program for the Andes
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.asiaoceania.org/society/public.asp?page=home.asp  AOGS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.apn-gcr.org APN]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Asia Pacific Network
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ipcc.ch/reports/ AR4]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	IPCC Assessment Report 4
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ipcc.ch/reports/ AR5]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	IPCC Assessment Report 5
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.cgd.ucar.edu/projects/artmip/ ARTMIP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://iceds.cc.kagawa-u.ac.jp/asiapex/  AsiaPEX]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Asian Precipitation Experiment, A follow-on activity to MAHASRI
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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;"|	ATC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Atmospheric Temperature Changes 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.eumetsat.int/avhrr 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;"|	[https://www.bafg.de/EN/Home/homepage_en_node.html;jsessionid=ACAA08DC13D1450546D0982AC6C1C3A6.live21324 BfG]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Federal Institute of Hydrology
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.bom.gov.au/ BOM]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://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;"|	[https://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NCEP/.CPC/.CAMS/?Set-Language=en CAMS] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate Anomaly Monitoring System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://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://eesa.lbl.gov/projects/cascade/ CASCADE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Calibrated and Systematic Characterization, Attribution, and Detection of Extremes project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://portal.nersc.gov/project/capt/CAUSES/ CAUSES]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Clouds Above the United States and Errors at the Surface
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://climate.esa.int/en/ CCI] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate Change Initiative (ESA)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://ccrnetwork.ca CCRN] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	 Changing Cold Regions Network
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ceh.ac.uk/ CEH] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Center for Ecology & Hydrology
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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;"|	[https://ceos.org CEOS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.cesm.ucar.edu CESM] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Community Earth System Model
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/modelling-wgcm-mip-catalogue/cmip6-endorsed-mips-article/1060-modelling-cmip6-cfmip CFMIP] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project
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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;"|	[https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00765 CFSR]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/global-atmospheric-system-studies-panel/gass-projects/ CGILS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	CFMIP-GASS Intercomparison of LES and SCMs
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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;"|	[https://circ.gsfc.nasa.gov CIRC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Continual Intercomparison of Radiation Codes
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	CIRS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	 Composite Infrared Spectrometer  
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.clasp.earth CLASP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Coupling of Land and Atmospheric Subgrid Parameterizations
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/clic 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://www.cesm.ucar.edu/models/clm/ CLM] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Community Land Model
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://data.cma.cn/en CMA]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Chinese Meteorological Administration
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/global_precip/html/wpage.cmap.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;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/global-atmospheric-system-studies-panel/gass-projects/ CMIP](GEWEX)	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Cirrus Model Intercomparison Project 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	CMORPH 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	CPC Morphing technique
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://cnes.fr/en/ CNES]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |The National Centre for Space Studies
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://cola.gmu.edu/ COLA] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	The Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.arm.gov/research/campaigns/amf2019comble COMBLE] ||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ciencia/conae CONAE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Comision Nacional De Actividades Espaciales (Argentina National Space Agency)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/gewex-content/uploads/2019/02/COORDE.pdf COORDE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	 COnstraining ORographic Drag Effect
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://cordex.org CORDEX]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Coordinated Regional climate Downscaling EXperiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://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;"|	CRM	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Cloud-Resolving Modeling
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	CRU	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate Research Unit
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/Default.asp CSA] ||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Canadian Space Agency
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	CSE	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Continental Scale Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.csiro.au/ CSIRO]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.globalchange.gov/content/interagency-integrated-water-cycle-group-iwcg CWEX]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Climate Water Energy Exchanges
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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://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10002/ DLR]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |German Aerospace Center
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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://www.arm.gov/ DOE-ARM]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program of the US 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 (German Weather Service)
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==<span id="E"></span>'''E'''==

|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://e3sm.org E3SM] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Energy Exascale Earth System Model
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://weather.gc.ca/canada_e.html EC] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Environment Canada
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|	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;"|	ECV	||	style="width: 500pt;" | Essential Climate Variables
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	EDR	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Environmental Data Record
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/gewex-data-and-analysis-panel/gdap-projects// EEI] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Earths Energy Imbalance
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.efas.eu/en EFAS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	European Flood Awareness System 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.egu.eu/ EGU]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	European Geosciences Union
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/ EMC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Environmental Modeling Center (NOAA)
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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;"|	ESD	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Empirical Statistical Downscaling
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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;"|	[https://esgf.llnl.gov ESGF]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Earth System Grid Federation
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://soccom.princeton.edu/content/what-earth-system-model-esm ESM]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Earth System Model
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/esmo-overview ESMO]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	 Earth System Modelling and Observations 
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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;"|	[https://eurec4a.eu/overview/eurec4a EUREC4A]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	The EUREC4A Field Study is an international initiative in support of the WCRP's Grand Science Challenge on Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity.
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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;"|	FCDR	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Fundamental Climate Data Records
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://fesstval.de/en/ FESSTVaL] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Field Experiment on submesoscale spatio-temporal variability in Lindenberg
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dataset_lister.pl?p=7 FIFE] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	First ISLSCP (International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project) Field Experiment
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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;"|	[http://www.hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp/game/ GAME] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	 GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment (ended 2005)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GAP 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Aerosol Precipitation
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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;"|	[https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/gcip GCIP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Continental Scale International Project 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/gcm_guide.html/ GCM]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |General Circulation Models
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GCM	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Climate Model
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://gcos.wmo.int/en/home GCOS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Climate Observing System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	GCSS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Cloud System Study
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/gewex-data-and-analysis-panel/ GDAP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Data and Analysis Panel
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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 Exchanges (WCRP Core Project)
|-
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.wmo.int/gfcs/ GFCS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Framework fo Climate Service 
|-
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/ GFDL]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA)
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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.giss.nasa.gov/ GISS] ||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA)
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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/gewex-content/files_mf/1583952472Feb2020.pdf GLAFO]||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Land-Atmosphere Feedback Observatory
|-
|	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;"|	[https://www.gleam.eu/ GLEAM]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.globalfloods.eu/ GloFAS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Flood Awareness 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;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/data-sets-global-precipitation-climatology-project-gpcp/ GPCP] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global precipitation Climatology Project
|-
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/JSC43/Presentations/2.2_GPEX_Brief_to_JSC_24Jun2022.pdf GPeX]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	WCRP Global Precipitation EXperiment (GPEX)
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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;"|	GPU 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Graphics Processing Unit
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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;"|	[https://www.bafg.de/GRDC/EN/Home/homepage_node.html GRDC]||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Runoff Data Center
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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;"|	[https://gsics.wmo.int/en/welcome  GSICS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/modelling-wgcm-mip-catalogue/modelling-wgcm-mips-2/257-modelling-wgcm-catalogue-gswp GSWP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Soil Wetness Project
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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;"|	[https://gwf.usask.ca/ GWF]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Global Water Futures
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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.globalchange.gov/content/interagency-integrated-water-cycle-group-iwcg HWS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Hydrology and Watershed Systems
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://hydrology-tep.eu/guest/ HYDRO-TEP] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Hydrology Thematic Exploitation Platform 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://hydrolare.net HYDROLAIRE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Data Centre on Hydrology of Lakes and Reservoirs
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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;"|	IASI 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer 
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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;"|	[https://www.waterandchange.org/en/ ICWRGC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change 
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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;"|	[https://ls4p.geog.ucla.edu/ ILSTSS2S]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Impact of Initialized Land Temperature and Snowpack on Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction (renamed to LS4P)
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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;"|	[https://research.ncl.ac.uk/intense/aboutintense/ INTENSE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	INTElligent use of climate models for adaptatioN to non-Stationary hydrological Extremes
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.clivar.org/clivar-panels/indian IORP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	CLIVAR/IOC-GOOS Indian Ocean Regional Panel
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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://www.gewex.org/panels/gewex-data-and-analysis-panel/gdap-projects/ ISCCP-NG] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project - Next Generation
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.isimip.org ISIMIP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dataset_lister.pl?p=29 ISLSCP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://soil-modeling.org ISMC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Soil Modelling Consortium
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://ismn.earth/en/ ISMN]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Soil Moisture Network
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.isro.gov.in/ ISRO] ||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Indian Space Research Organisation
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	ISS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Space Station
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.issibern.ch/ ISSI]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	International Space Science Institute 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	ITCZ	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.globalchange.gov/content/interagency-integrated-water-cycle-group-iwcg IWCG]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Interagency Integrated Water Cycle Group, USA
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	IWP	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Ice Water Path
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	IWRM.	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Integrated Water Resources Management
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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.jpl.nasa.gov/ JPL]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
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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;"|	[https://www.jpss.noaa.gov/mission_and_instruments.html JPSS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Joint Polar Satellite System
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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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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.knmi.nl/home KNMI]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)
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==<span id="L"></span>'''L'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.arm.gov/research/campaigns/sgp2017lafe/ LAFE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	The Land-Atmosphere Feedback Experiment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.lanl.gov/ LANL]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Los Alamos National Laboratory (DOE)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dataset_lister.pl?p=11 LBA]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Large-scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.lbl.gov/ LBNL]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (DOE)
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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;"|	[https://iac.ethz.ch/group/climate-and-water-cycle/research/regional-climate-modelling/large-eddy-simulations--les-.html/ LES] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Large Eddy Simulations 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.hymex.org/?page=liaise LIAISE]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Land surface Interactions with the Atmosphere over the Iberian Semi-arid Environment
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/lha-overview LHA]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	WCRP Lighthouse Activities
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/faq/what-lidar-and-what-it-used/ LIDAR] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Light Detection and Ranging, a remote sensing method
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	LIS 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Lightning Imaging Sensor
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.llnl.gov/ LLNL]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE)
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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;"|	[http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/lpb/ LPB]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	La Plata Basin Regional Hydroclimate Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.gewex.org/ls3mip-land-surface-snow-and-soil-moisture/ LS3MIP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Land Surface, Snow and Soil Moisture Model Intercomparison Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://ls4p.geog.ucla.edu/ LS4P]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Land Surface 4 Prediction (formerly known as ILSTSS2S)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	LSM 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Land Surface Model
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	LST	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Land Surface Temperature
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	LSTM (1)	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Land Surface Temperature Monitoring
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	LSTM (2)	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Long Short-Term Memory
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/global-landatmosphere-system-study-panel/glass-projects/ LUMIP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Land Use Model Intercomparison Project
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	LULCC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Land Use and Land Cover Change
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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;"|	[https://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=4987 MCS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Mesoscale Convective System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/gewex-content/files_mf/1432211692Aug2012.pdf MDB]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Murray Darling Basin Water Budget Project (pg. 12)
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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;"|	[https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/index.html MFSC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA)
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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;"|	[https://mosaic-expedition.org MOSAiC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate 
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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;"|	[http://www.gloh2o.org/ MSWEP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Multi-Source Weighted-Ensemble Precipitation
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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;"|	NEE	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Net Ecosystem Exchanges
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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.nsf.gov NSF]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	National Science Foundation  
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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;"|	[https://gcos.wmo.int/en/ocean-observations-physics-and-climate-panel OOPC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Ocean Observations Panel for Physics and Climate
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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;"|	[https://www.ornl.gov/ ORNL]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	OSC	||style="width: 500pt;" |	Open Science Conference
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[http://www.wenfo.org/ozewex/ OzEWEX] 	||style="width: 500pt;" |	Australian Energy and Water Exchange initiative
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==<span id="P"></span>'''P'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewex.org/panels/global-landatmosphere-system-study-panel/glass-projects/ PALS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Protocol for the Analysis of Land Surface models
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://sites.google.com/site/projectpannex/ PannEx]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	a Network for the Pannonian Basin
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|	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;"|	[http://modelevaluation.org/ PLUMBER2]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Protocol for the Analysis of Land Surface models (PALS) Land Surface Model Benchmarking Evaluation Project, Phase 2
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.PNNL.gov/ PNNL]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE)
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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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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	PTF 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	PedoTransfer Functions
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==<span id="Q"></span>'''Q'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/qbo-quasi-biennial-oscillation QBO] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Quasi-Biennial Oscillation
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==<span id="R"></span>'''R'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	RAINSS 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Resilience, Adaptation, Information, and Social Sciences (a US Interagency Integrated Water Cycle Group (IWCG) integrative activity)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://rami-benchmark.jrc.ec.europa.eu/_www/ RAMI]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	RAdiation transfer Model Intercomparison
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	RCD	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Regional Climate Downscaling
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	RCM	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Regional Climate Model
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.wcrp-climate.org/regional-focal-points RFP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	WCRP Regional Focal Points
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|	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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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	RifS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	WCRP's Regional Information for Society home
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==<span id="S"></span>'''S'''==
|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://s-rip.ees.hokudai.ac.jp S-RIP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project 
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|	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://earth.esa.int/web/guest/-/sar-applications-4019 SAR]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Synthetic Aperture Radar 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.sparc-climate.org/activities/satio-tcs/ SATIO-TCS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Stratospheric And Tropospheric Influences On Tropical Convective Systems
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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;"|	SCM	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Single Column Model
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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;"|	SGLI 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |Second-generation Global Imager
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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;"|	SGP	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Southern Great Plains
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	SHP	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Soil Hydrolic Parameter
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	SMC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Soil Moisture Characteristic
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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.gewex.org/panels/global-landatmosphere-system-study-panel/glass-projects/gewex-soilwat-initiative/ SOILWAT]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	GEWEX Soil and Water Initiative 
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.gewexevents.org/wp-content/uploads/GLASS2017_SP-MIP_Protocol.pdf SP-MIP]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Soil Parameter Model Intercomparison Project
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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;"|	[https://science.larc.nasa.gov/gewex-srb/?doing_wp_cron=1674779136.4321310520172119140625 SRB]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Surface Radiation Budget
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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;"|	[https://www.sparc-climate.org/activities/stratospheric-sulfur/ SSiR]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Stratospheric Sulfur and its Role in Climate
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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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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	STP	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Soil Thermal Properties
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	SUBT	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Sub surface temperature
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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;"|	[http://www.teamx-programme.org/programme/ TEAMx] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Multi-scale transport and exchange processes in the atmosphere over mountains – programme and experiment
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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;"|	[https://reanalyses.org/atmosphere/wcrp-task-team-intercomparison-reanalyses-tira TIRA] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Task Team for Intercomparison of Reanalyses
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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;"|	TOOCAN 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Tracking Of Organized Convection Algorithm through 3D segmentatioN
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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;"|	[http://www.tpe.ac.cn/index.jsp TPE-WS] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Third Pole Environment-Water Sustainability, a Study of the Third Pole Environment
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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;"|	[https://ufscommunity.org UFS]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Unified Forecast System
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	UIC	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	User Interface Committee (Group on Earth Observations)
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ UKMO]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	United Kingdom Meteorology Office
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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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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://usda.gov/ USDA] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	United States Department of Agriculture
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.globalchange.gov/about USGRCP] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	United States Global Change Research Program
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://www.usgs.gov/ USGS] 	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	United States Geological Survey
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|	style="width: 100pt;"|	[https://gewex-utcc-proes.aeris-data.fr// UTCC]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Upper Tropospheric Clouds and Convection Process Evaluation Study
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|	style="width: 100pt;"| UTLS	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere
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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;"|	[https://climatemodeling.science.energy.gov/projects/water-cycle-and-climate-extremes-modeling WACCEM]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	Water Cycle and Climate Extremes Modeling
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|	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;"|	[http://www.eu-watch.org/data_availability WFDEI]	||	style="width: 500pt;" |	WATCH Forcing Data ERA-Interim
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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 Scientists community
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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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