Glossary of acronyms

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1 AAI: Absorbing Aerosol Index [[BR]]
2 AI: Aerosol Index[[BR]]
3 AIRS: Atmospheric Infrared Sounder[[BR]]
4 ASTER: Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer[[BR]]
5 AVHRR: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer[[BR]]
6 BTD: Brightness Temperature Difference[[BR]]
7 CALIOP: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization[[BR]]
8 CALIPSO: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations[[BR]]
9 CPR: Cloud Profiling Radar[[BR]]
10 DLR: Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt[[BR]]
11 DMSP: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program[[BR]]
12 DOAS: Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy[[BR]]
13 ESA: European Space Agency[[BR]]
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FMI: Finnish Meteorological Institute
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FMI: Finnish Meteorological Institute[[BR]]
15 FTIR: Fourier-Transform Infrared[[BR]]
16 GOES: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite[[BR]]
17 GOME: Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment[[BR]]
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GSFC: Goddard Space Flight Center[[BR]]
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HIRS: High resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder[[BR]]
20 IASI: Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer[[BR]]
21 IR: Infrared[[BR]]
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JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency[[BR]]
23 JPSS: Joint Polar Satellite System[[BR]]
24 L1B: Level 1B[[BR]]
25 L2: Level 2[[BR]]
26 L3: Level 3[[BR]]
27 MISR: Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer[[BR]]
28 MLS: Microwave Limb Sounder[[BR]]
29 MSG: Meteosat Second Generation[[BR]]
30 MODIS: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer[[BR]]
31 MTSAT: Multifunctional Transport Satellites[[BR]]
32 NASA: National Aeronautical and Space Administration[[BR]]
33 NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[[BR]]
34 NPOESS: National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System[[BR]]
35 NPP: NPOESS Preparatory Project[[BR]]
36 OCO: Orbiting Carbon Observatory[[BR]]
37 OMI: Ozone Monitoring Instrument[[BR]]
38 OMPS: Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite[[BR]]
39 POES: Polar Operational Environmental Satellite[[BR]]
40 SCIAMACHY: Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cartography[[BR]]
41 SEVIRI: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager [[BR]]
42 UV: Ultraviolet[[BR]]
43 VAAC: Volcanic Ash Advisory Center[[BR]]