Glossary of Acronyms used in A Vast Machine

• 4-D four-dimensional
• AEC Atomic Energy Commission (USA)
• AGCM atmospheric general circulation model
• AOGCM coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model
• AR4 Fourth IPCC Assessment Report (2007)
• ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
• BMRC Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (Australia)
• CCM Community Climate Model (NCAR)
• CCSP Climate Change Science Program (USA)
• CEQ White House Council on Environmental Quality (USA)
• CFC chlorofluorocarbon
• CIAP Climate Impact Assessment Program (USA)
• CIMAé International Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology ???
• COADS Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
• COLA Center for Ocean-Land Atmosphere Studies (USA)
• CO2 carbon dioxide
• COP Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ???
• CPU central processing unit (of a computer)
• CSAGI Comité Spécial pour l'Année Géophysique Internationale
• CSCW computer-supported cooperative work
• CSM Climate System Model (NCAR)
• CCSM Community Climate System Model (NCAR)
• EBM energy balance model
• ECMWF European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (UK)
• EDVAC Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
• ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
• ENSO El Niño/Southern Oscillation
• EOS Earth Observing System (NASA)
• EPA Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
• ESM Earth system model
• ESMF Earth System Modeling Framework
• EU European Union
• FAR First IPCC Assessment Report (1990)
• FCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change (United Nations)
• GARP Global Atmospheric Research Program
• GCM general circulation model
• GCPA Global Climate Protection Act (USA)
• GCRP Global Change Research Program (USA)
• GCOS Global Climate Observing System
• GEOSS Global Earth Observing Systems of Systems
• GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (USA)
• GHG greenhouse gas
• GISS Goddard Institute for Space Studies (USA)
• GLA Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres (USA)
• GMT Greenwich Mean Time
• HCN Historical Climate Network (USA)
• IAM integrated assessment model
• IAS Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton University)
• ICAN International Commission for Air Navigation
• ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
• ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile
• ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions
• ICT information and communication technology
• IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IGO intergovernmental organization
• IGY International Geophysical Year
• IMAGE Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect (Netherlands)
• IMC International Meteorological Committee
• IMO International Meteorological Organization ???
• INGO international non-governmental organization
• IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• IPY International Polar Year
• ISO International Organization for Standardization
• IT information technology
• ITU International Telegraph Union
• IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• JNWPU Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit
• km kilometers
• LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA)
• LTS large technical system(s)
• mb millibars
• MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
• MPI Max Planck Institut (Germany)
• MRI Meteorological Research Institute (Japan)
• MSU microwave sounding unit
• NAS National Academy of Sciences (USA)
• NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
• NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA)
• NCP National Climate Program (USA)
• NGO non-governmental organization
• NII national informational infrastructure
• NMC national meteorological center
• NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
• NRC National Research Council (USA)
• NSF National Science Foundation (USA)
• NTU National Taiwan University
• NWP numerical weather prediction
• OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OED Oxford English Dictionary
• OGCM ocean general circulation model
• ppm parts per million
• PRC People's Republic of China
• PSAC President's Science Advisory Committee (USA)
• RC radiative-convective (model)
• RTH regional telecommunications hub
• S&TS science and technology studies
• SAR Second IPCC Assessment Report (1995)
• SBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (UN FCCC)
• SCEP Study of Critical Environmental Problems
• SMIC Study of Man's Impact on Climate
• SST supersonic transport
• TAR Third IPCC Assessment Report (2001)
• TIROS Television Infrared Observation Satellite
• UCLA University of California at Los Angeles (USA)
• UKMO United Kingdom Meteorological Office
• UN United Nations
• UNDP United Nations Development Program
• UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• UNCHE UN Conference on the Human Environment
• UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
• USGCRP United States Global Change Research Program
• VAP Voluntary Assistance Program (WMO)
• WCRP World Climate Research Programme
• WDC World Data Center
• WG Working Group (IPCC)
• WGI Working Group I (IPCC)
• WMC World Meteorological Center
• WMSSC World Monthly Surface Station Climatology
• WMO World Meteorological Organization
• WODC World Ozone Data Center
• WWW World Weather Watch (also World Wide Web)