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Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Aconrms and Abbreviations
Category: General technical and industrial > Acronyms
Date & country: 10/09/2007, USA
Words: 3682


POEMS
acronym: positron electron magnetic spectrometer

POES
acronym: Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite

POES
acronym: Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite

POGO
acronym: Polar-Orbiting Geophysical Observatory

Polarstern
acronym: Research vessel (Germany)

POLDER
acronym: Polarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances

POLES
acronym: polar exchange at the sea surface

POLEX
acronym: Polar Experiment (FGGE)

Polynya
acronym: Wind or current driven opening in winter sea-ice

POM
acronym: particulate organic matter

POM
acronym: polycyclic organic matter

PON
acronym: particulate organic nitrogen

POOZ
acronym: Permanently Open Ocean Zone

POP
acronym: Population

POSEIDON
acronym: Satellite programme (France)

PP
acronym: perfect program (approach)

ppb
acronym: parts per billion (109)

ppbv
acronym: parts per billion (109) by volume

PPFD
acronym: photosynthetic photon flux density

ppm
acronym: parts per million (106)

ppmv
acronym: parts per million (106) by volume

PPP
acronym: Polluter pays principle

PPP
acronym: Purchasing power parity

PPR
acronym: photopolarimeter radiometer

ppt
acronym: parts per trillion (1012)

pptv
acronym: parts per trillion (1012) by volume

PR
acronym: precipitation radar

PRARE
acronym: precise range and range-rate equipment (ERS-1)

PRAREE
acronym: precise range and range rate equipment-extended

PRC
acronym: People's Republic of China

PRC
acronym: precipitation

PRF
acronym: pulse repetition frequency

PRL
acronym: Physical Research Laboratory

PRN
acronym: Pseudo-Random Noise

PROBE
acronym: Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment

PRT
acronym: precision radiation thermometer

PSA
acronym: Pacific Sciences Association

PSAC
acronym: President's Science Advisory Committee

PSC
acronym: polar stratospheric clouds

PSD
acronym: prevention of significant deterioration (NPS, regulations of the CAA)

PSDPC
acronym: Polar Satellite Data Processing Centre

Psfc
acronym: surface pressure

PSFG
acronym: Permanent Service on the Fluctuation of Glaciers

psi
acronym: pounds per square inch

PSL
acronym: polystyrene latex

PSMSL
acronym: Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (U.K.)

PSO
acronym: Project Science Office

PSP
acronym: Precision Spectral Pyranometer

PSPDC
acronym: Polar Satellite Precipitation Data Centre

PSSI
acronym: Pacific/Sulfur/Stratus Investigation

PSU
acronym: Pennsylvania State University

PTB
acronym: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig

PTFE
acronym: polytetrafluoroethylene

PU
acronym: processing unit

PUMS
acronym: Public Use Microdata Samples

PUSPITEK
acronym: Training Facilities in the Centre for Research, Science, and Technology

PV
acronym: potential vorticity

PVC
acronym: polyvinyl chloride

PW
acronym: precipitable water

PWD
acronym: Public Works Department

PWV
acronym: precipitable water vapor

QA
acronym: quality assurance

QA-QC
acronym: quality assurance/quality control

QAMS
acronym: Quality Assurance Management Staff

QBO
acronym: quasi-biennial oscillation

QC
acronym: quality control

QCE
acronym: Quality Control Experts (WOCE Hydrographic Programme)

QLN
acronym: Quantitative Links Networks

QN
acronym: quinoline

QTL
acronym: Quantitative Trait Loci

QTO
acronym: quasi-triennial oscillation

Quads
acronym: Quadrillion (1015) Btu

RA
acronym: Radar altimeter

RA
acronym: Regional Association (WMO)

RA I
acronym: Regional Association I - Africa (WMO)

RA II
acronym: Regional Association II - Asia (WMO)

RA IV
acronym: Regional Association IV - North and Central America (WMO)

RA-2
acronym: POEM altimeter (ESA)

RAD
acronym: Radioecology Programme (NKS)

radar
acronym: radio detection and ranging

Radarsat
acronym: Synthetic Apeture Radar Satellite (Canada)

RADCAL
acronym: Radiation Calibration Laboratory

RADPATH
acronym: Biochemical Pathways of Artificial Radionuclides (CEC)

RAE
acronym: Royal Aircraft Establishment

RAFOS
acronym: SOFAR spelled backwards (float which receives sound signals)

RAI
acronym: Rainfall Anomaly Index

RAM
acronym: random-access memory

RAMP
acronym: Remote Atmospheric Measurements Program

RAMP
acronym: Remote Atmospheric Monitoring Project

RAMS
acronym: regional atmospheric modeling system

RAMS
acronym: Remote Atmospheric Measurements Systems

RAMS
acronym: Results Analysis and Management System (EPA)

RANN
acronym: Research Applied to National Needs (NSF)

RAOB
acronym: Radiosonde or Rawindsonde Observation

RAP
acronym: Remedial Action Program (DOE)

RAPD
acronym: Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique

RASC
acronym: Radio Atmospheric Study Centre

RASS
acronym: radio-acoustic sounding system

RAWG-Hydrology
acronym: Regional Associations' Working Groups on Hydrology (WMO)

RBV
acronym: return-beam Vidicon