ESDIS Acronym List for - A
Acronym Definition AZ/EL Azimuthal / Elevation AXAF Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility AWT Abstract Windowing Toolkit (Java) AWS Automatic Weather Stations AWOTS Automated Wallops Orbital Tracking Station AWN Angle White Noise A&E Activation And Evaluation A&R Automation And Robotics A&SG Avionics & Surveillance Group A-DAAC Affiliated-Distributed Active Archive Center A/C Air Conditioning A/D Analog To Digital A/S Anti-Spoofing A/SA Arid/Semi-Arid A/SWSWT ADEOS II/Seawinds Science Working Team AA Astronomical Almanac AA Ancillary Data Access AA Ancillary Data Access ASTER AA Associate Administrator AAA Alarms, Alerts and Advisories AABW Antarctic Bottom Water AAG Association Of American Geographers AAL Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaptation Layer AAL5 Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaptation Layer 5 AALE Adjusted Annual Loss Expectancy AAOE Airborne Antartic Ozone Experiment AAP Advanced Archival Products AAPVL Approval AAQS Ambient Air Quality Standards AASE Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition AASE II Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition II AATSR Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ESA) AB Advanced Bus ABC++ Document Generator Used To Provide Class Level Detail ABCR As Built Configuration Report ABE Archive Browser And Extractor ABI Application Binary Interface ABI Advanced Baseline Image ABL Allocated Baseline ABLE Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment ABOM Austrailian Bureau Of Meteorology ABR Available Bit Rate ABS Oxygen A-Band Spectrometer AC Alternating Current AC Atmospheric Corrector ACAD Attitude Control And Determination ACBM Autonomous Command Block Memory ACCA Automated Cloud Cover Assessment ACD Architectural Control Document ACDA Asociació N Costarricense Para El Desarrollo Aerospacial (Costa Rican Association For Aerospace Development) ACDS Attitude Control Determination Subsystem ACE Aerosol Characterization Experiment ACE Attitude Control Electronics ACE Advanced Composition Explorer ACE Array Clamp Electronics ACE Analog Control Electronics ACF Automated Control Function ACFG Management Agent Configuration File ACHP Advisory Council On Historic Preservation ACI Allocated Configuration Identification ACI Administratively Controlled Information ACL Access Control List ACMAP Atmospheric Chemistry and Modeling Analysis Program ACMHW Access And Control Management Hardware [Configuration Item] ACP Archive Control Process ACQ Acquisition ACR Active Cavity Radiometer ACRIM Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor ACRIMSAT Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite ACRIMSat Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite ACRS/TLAS Automated Conflict Resolution System/TDRSS Look Angle System ACS Attitude Control System ACS Archived Catalog System (Asf) ACS Activity Schedule ACS Advanced Camera For Surveys ACS Automated Cartridge System ACSE Association Control Service Element ACSE Automated Console System For Library Services ACSE Attitude Control System Electronics ACSLS Automated Cartridge System Library Software ACSYS Arctic Climate System Study ACTES An Associate Of Arts In Community Colleges For Training In Earth Sciences ACTS Advanced Communication Technology Satellite ACU Accelerometer Unit ACU Antenna Control Unit ACWP Acutal Cost Of Work Performed AD Acceptance Check/TC Data AD Applicable Document Ada A Program Language ADA A Programming Language ADA Angular Displacement Assembly ADA Array Drive Assembly ADABL As Designed As Build List ADAC Attitude Determination And Control AdaDL Ada Design Language ADADS ASTER Data Archive And Distribution System ADALT Advanced Radar Altimeter ADC Affiliated Data Center ADC Analog To Digital Converter ADC After Date Of Contract Adc Amperes Direct Current ADCLS Advanced Data Collection And Location System ADCS Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem ADD Architecture Description Document ADD Architecture Design Document ADE Array Drive Electronics ADEOS Advanced Earth Observing System (Japan) ADEOS Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) ADEOS-II Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II ADEOS-II Advanced Earth Observing System II ADEPT Advanced Design Electronic Packaging Technique ADG Acquisition Data Generator ADGE Air Defense Ground Environment ADM Administrative Message ADM Antenna Drive Mechanism ADM Antenna Deployment Mechanism ADM Angular Distribution Model ADN ASTER Data Network ADO Active Data Object ADP Automated Data Processing ADPE Automated Data Processing Equipment ADRO Application Development Research Opportunity ADRS Automated Defect Reporting System ADS Archive and Distribution Segment ADS Attitude Displacement Sensors ADS Attitude System ADS Archive Data Set ADS Attitude Determination Subsystem ADS Attitude Determination System ADS Ancillary Data Service ADS Angular Displacement Sensor ADSERV Advertising Service ADSHW Advertising Service Hardware [Configuration Item] ADSL Asymmetric DSL ADSRV Advertising Service CSCI ADT Abstract Data Type ADT Architectural Development Team ADT Activity Definer Tool AE Atmospheric Explorer AEAP Atmospheirc Effects Of Aviation Program AEAP Atmospheirc Effects Of Aviation Project AEB Brazilian Space Agency AEDP Astrometry And Engineering Data Processing AEI AEI (Solar Array DC-Motor Manufacturer) A Subcontractor To Fokker Space AEM Application Explorer Mission AEM Analog Electronics Module (MODIS) AEP Application Environment Profile AER Atmospheric And Environmental Research AERI Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer AERO Aerosol AEROnet Aeronautics Network AERONET Aerosol Robotic Network AES Application Environment Specification AES Aerojet Electro Systems AES Atmospheric Environment Service AESA Atmospheric Effects Of Stratospheric Aircraft Program AESOPS Antarctic Environment Southern Ocean Process Study AESP Aerospace Education Services Program AET Actual Evapo-Transpiration AETD Applied Engineering And Technology Directorate AF Audio Frequency AFAM Aura Fall Annual Meeting AFB Air Force Base AFC Application Foundation Class (Microsoft) AFD Architecture Flow Diagrams AFE Annual Frequency Estimate AFGWC Air Force Global Weather Central AFM Aura FSW Maintenance AFM Award Fee Milestone AFN Acquisition Failure Notification AFPRO Air Force Plant And Representative Office AFS Andrews File System AFSCF Air Force Satellite Control Facility AFSCN Air Force Satellite Control Network AFWA Air Force Weather Agency AGAGE Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment AGC Automatic Gain Control AGCI Aspen Global Change Institute AGCM Atmospheric General Circulation Model AGDS ASTER Ground Data System AGE Aerospace Ground Equipment AGE Associated Ground Elements AGL Above Ground Level AGN Active Galatic Nuclei AGP Ancillary Geographic Product (MISR) AGS ASTER Ground System AGS Alaska Ground Station AGU American Geophysical Union AHAP Alaska High-Altitude Aerial Photography AHAP NASA High Altitude Aerial Photography AHM Attitude Hold Mode AHWGC Ad Hoc Working Group On Consumers AHWGP Ad Hoc Working Group On Production AHWGP Ad Hoc Working Group On Processing AI Artificial Intelligence AI&T Algorithm Integration And Test AIAA American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics AICC ASTER Instrument Control Center AID Ada Information Description AID Architecture Interconnection Diagram AIDJEX Artic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment AIF Algorithm Integration Facility (Uk) AIFF Type Of Sound File Format AIIM Association For Information And Image Management AIM Automated Information Management AIM Assurance Implementation Matrix AIMCO Automated Information Management Council AIR Airborne Imaging Radar AirMISR Airborne Multi-Angle Imaging Spectroradiometer AIRS Atmospheric Infrared Sounder AIRSAR Aircraft Synthetic Aperture Radar AIS Airborne Imaging Spectrometer AIS Automated Information Security AIS Automated Information System AISC Assessment And Information Services Center AISO Automated Information Security Officer AIT Algorithm Integration Team AIT Algorithm Integration And Test AIT Assembly, Integration & Test (Component Level) AITHW Algorithm Integration And Test Hardware [Configuration Item] AITT Algorithm Integration And Test Team AITTL Algorithm Integration And Test CSCI AL Aluminum ALDC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression ALDT Administrative Logistics Delay Time ALE Annual Loss Expectancy ALE Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment ALEXIS Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors ALG Algorithm ALI Advanced Land Imager ALINK Active Link (Html) ALOG Application Log File ALOS Advanced Land Observation Satellite ALPEX Alpine Experiment ALRSS Advanced Land Remote Sensing System ALS Archimedial Log Spiral (Omni Antenna) ALT Altimeter ALTA Active Long-Term Archive ALTMS Airborne Lidar Topographic Mapping System AM Morning (Ante Meridiem) AM Assurance Manager AM-1 EOS AM Mission Spacecraft 1, Morning Spacecraft Series -- ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS And MOPITT Instruments AMAO Advanced Missions Analysis Office AMASS Archival Management And Storage System AMD Advanced Microdevices (A Company) AMDS Automated Message Distribution System AME Antenna Mounted Equipment AMEX Australian Monsoon Experiment AMI Active Microwave Instrument AMIP Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project AML Automated Media Library AMLS Array MLS AMMS Acquisition And Material Management System AMOC Am Mission Operations Center Amp Amperes AMP Assurance Management Plan AMPE Automated Message Processing Exchange AMPR Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer AMPTE Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorer AMPU Attitude Maneuver Planning Utility AMR Altimetry Microwave Radiometer AMRC Auxiliary Master Reference Cube AMRIR Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer AMS American Meteorological Society AMS Automated Meteorological Station AMS Automated Message System AMS Archive Management Software AMS ASTER Mission Simulator AMSR Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer AMSR Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer AMSR-CU Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Control Unit AMSR-E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer For EOS AMSR-SU Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Sensor Unit AMSU Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit AMSU-A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A AMSU-A1 AMSU-A1 Module - Receives V And W Band Frequencies On Channels 3-15 AMSU-A2 AMSU-A2 Module - Receives K And Ka Band Frequencies On Channels 1 & 2 AMSU-B Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (Earlier MHS, Became HSB) AMTS Advanced Meteorological Temperature Sounding Study AMTS Advanced Meteorological Temperature Sounder AMTS Advanced Moisture And Temperature Sounder AMU Atomic Mass Unit ANA Analysis Andes MIS Andean Morphstectonic Information System ANIR Advanced Networking Infrastructure And Research ANSI American National Standards Institute ANZONE Antartic Zonal Experiment Ao Operational Availability AO Announcement Of Opportunity AOC Award Of Contract AOC Archive Operational Capability AOCS Attitude And Orbit Control System AOD Aerosol Optical Depth AOI Area Of Interest AOI Angle Of Incidence AOIPS Atmospheric And Oceanographic Information Processing System AOL Airborne Oceanographic Lidar AOS Acquisition Of Signal AOS Area Of Search AOS Advanced Orbiting System AOS Archive And Operations System (ASF) AOS ASTER Operations Segment AOSP Advanced On-Board Signal Processor AOT ASTER Operations Team AP Attached Payload AP Algorithm Package AP Accounts Payable APA Allowance For Program Adjustment APACM Atmospherics Physics And Chemistry Monitors APAE Attached Payload Accommodation Equipment APAFO Advanced Particles And Fields Observatory APAR Abosrbed Photosynthetic Active Radiation APC Aft payload Capsule APC Access/Process Coordinators APCD Air Pollution Control District APDU Application Protocol Data Unit APFZ Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone API Application Programming Interface APID Application Process Identifier APID Application (Packet) Identifier APID Application Packet Identifier APL Applied Physics Laboratory (At Johns Hopkins University) APOPP Aerosol Physical And Optical Properties Product APP Applications Protability Profile APR Applied Parallel Research APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing APS Action Per Second APS Acquisition Planning System APT Automatic Picture Transmission APT Automatice Picture Transmission APT Advanced Picture Taking AQA Algorithm Quality Assurance AQAHW Algorithm QA Hardware (Configuration Item) AQAHWCI Algorithm Quality Assurance Hardware Configuration Item AQPSK Asynchronous Quadrature Phse Shift Keying Aqua Formerly Called The PM Project (Under The Earth Science Enterprise Program) AR Accounts Receivable AR Acquire Request AR Acceptance Review AR Action Request AR Axial Ratio ARA Appletalk Remote Access ARA Atmospheric Radiation Analysis ARA Acquire Request Acknowledgment ARAM Automated Reliability/ Availability/ Maintainability ARC Ames Research Center ARC Antarctic Research Center ARC Applied Research Corporation (ECS Team) ARC Archiver arcsec Arc-Seconds ARDB Automated Requirements Database ARE Array Regulator Electronics (EPS) ARE Array Regulator Electronics ARESE Arm Enhanced Shortwave Experiment ARF Action Request Form ARGOS Argos Data Collection And Position Location System ARGOS+ Argos Data Collection And Location System (France) ARIA Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft ARICS Accounts Receivable Invoice Control System ARIN Aerospace Resource Information Network ARISTOTELES Applications And Research Involving Space Technologies Observing The Earths' Field From Low Earth Orbiting Satellite ARL Anomaly Resolution Lead ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE Program) ARM Array Regulator Module ARMSAT Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Satellite ARP Address Resolution Protocols ARP Ancillary Radiometric Product ARPA Advance Research Project Agency ARPANET Advanced Research Project Agency Net ARS Agricultural Research Service ARS Action Request System ARTI Advanced Range Technology Initiative ARW Angle Random Walk AS Advanced Solid, I.E., Atlas Ii As AS Administration Stations AS Access Subgroup (Part Of CEOS-WGISS) AS&M Analytical Services And Materials, Inc. ASAP As Soon As Possible ASAR Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ESA) ASAS Advanced Solid-State Array Spectrometer ASCA Advanced Satellite For Cosmology And Astrophysics ASCAT Advanced Scatterometer ASCII American Standard Code For Information Interchange ASCSS Automatic Spacecraft Configuration Status System ASCVR As Shipped Configuration Verification Report ASDC Atmospheric Sciences Data Center (Langley) ASDC Atmospheric Sciences Data Center ASDPS ASTER Science Data Processing System ASE Airborne Support Equipment ASET Alliance System Engineering Team ASF Alaska SAR Facility (DAAC) ASFUWG ASF User Working Group ASHE Airborne Summer Hemisphere Experiment (NOAA) ASHOE Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana ASI Ampere-Second Integration ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASLE Adjusted Single Loss Expectancy ASM Acquisition Strategy Meeting ASM Attached Sync Marker ASM ASTER System Management ASME American Society Of Mechanical Engineers ASMO Advanced Storage Magneto-Optical ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One ASP Alaska SAR Processor ASP Active Server Pages ASPRS American Society For Photogrammetry And Remote Sensing ASQC American Society For Quality Control ASRM Advanced Solid Rocket Motor ASSIST ADPE System Sizing Tool ASSY Assembly AST Algorithm Support Team AST ASTER Science Team ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (Formerly ITIR) ASTEX Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment ASTGW ASTER Gateway CSCI ASTR Aster ASTRO Astronomy Platform (Shuttle) AT Acceptance Test AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph AT&T American Telephone And Telegrah AT/SV Acceptance Test, System Verification ATBD Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document ATC Absolute Time Command ATC Active Thermal Control ATC Absolute Time Control ATCAS Advanced Technology Composite Aircraft Structures ATCI Agent Client Item ATCS Absolute Time Command Sequence ATDRSS Advanced Tracking And Data Relay Satellite System ATE Automatic Test Equipment ATES Alcatel Espace Systems ATG Aeropsace Test Group ATIP Advanced Technology Initiatives Program ATL Automated Tape Library ATLAB Atmospheric Laboratory ATLANTA Atlanta Land-Use Analysis: Temperature And Air-Quality ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory For Applications And Science ATLAS Advanced Thermal And Land Applications Sensor ATLID Atmospheric Lidar ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscope ATM Airborne Terrain Mapping ATM Asynchronous Transmission Mode ATMARP Asynchronous Transfer Mode Address Resolution Protocol ATMI Application Transaction Management Interface ATMOS Atmospheric Observations Satellite ATMOS Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy ATMP Acceptance Test Management Plan ATMS Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder ATN Advanced TIROS-N ATO Acceptance Test Organization ATP Acceptance Test Plan ATP Acceptance Test Procedure ATP Acceptance Test Package ATP Automatic Test Procedures ATP Approval To Process (Letter) ATP Authority To Proceed ATR Acceptance Test Review ATR Assistance Technical Representative ATRR Acceptance Test Readiness Review ATS Advanced Technology Satellite ATS Access To Space ATSDR Agency For Toxic Substances And Disease Registry ATSR Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ESA) ATT Acceptance Test Team ATT Automated Test Tool ATT/PL Attached Payload AU Audio Format (Developed For Sun Workstations) AUI Adapter User Interface AUI 802.3 10 Base 5 (Thick Ethernet) Interface AURIO Auroral Imaging Observatory AUX Auxiliary AVCS Advanced Vidicon Camera System AVG Average AVHRR Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer AVHRR GAC AVHRR Global Coverage Area AVHRR LAC AVHRR Local Area Coverage AVIRIS Airborne Visible And Infrared Imaging Spectrometer AVIS Airborne Vegetation Index Sensor AVNIR Advanced Visible And Near-Infrared Radiometer AVR Automatic Voice Recognition AVS Advanced Visualization System AWCS Agency-Wide Coding System AWD Award AWG American Wire Gauge AWIPS-90 Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System For The 90's
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| AZ/EL | Azimuthal / Elevation |
| AXAF | Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility |
| AWT | Abstract Windowing Toolkit (Java) |
| AWS | Automatic Weather Stations |
| AWOTS | Automated Wallops Orbital Tracking Station |
| AWN | Angle White Noise |
| A&E | Activation And Evaluation |
| A&R | Automation And Robotics |
| A&SG | Avionics & Surveillance Group |
| A-DAAC | Affiliated-Distributed Active Archive Center |
| A/C | Air Conditioning |
| A/D | Analog To Digital |
| A/S | Anti-Spoofing |
| A/SA | Arid/Semi-Arid |
| A/SWSWT | ADEOS II/Seawinds Science Working Team |
| AA | Astronomical Almanac |
| AA | Ancillary Data Access |
| AA | Ancillary Data Access ASTER |
| AA | Associate Administrator |
| AAA | Alarms, Alerts and Advisories |
| AABW | Antarctic Bottom Water |
| AAG | Association Of American Geographers |
| AAL | Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaptation Layer |
| AAL5 | Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaptation Layer 5 |
| AALE | Adjusted Annual Loss Expectancy |
| AAOE | Airborne Antartic Ozone Experiment |
| AAP | Advanced Archival Products |
| AAPVL | Approval |
| AAQS | Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| AASE | Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition |
| AASE II | Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition II |
| AATSR | Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ESA) |
| AB | Advanced Bus |
| ABC++ | Document Generator Used To Provide Class Level Detail |
| ABCR | As Built Configuration Report |
| ABE | Archive Browser And Extractor |
| ABI | Application Binary Interface |
| ABI | Advanced Baseline Image |
| ABL | Allocated Baseline |
| ABLE | Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment |
| ABOM | Austrailian Bureau Of Meteorology |
| ABR | Available Bit Rate |
| ABS | Oxygen A-Band Spectrometer |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| AC | Atmospheric Corrector |
| ACAD | Attitude Control And Determination |
| ACBM | Autonomous Command Block Memory |
| ACCA | Automated Cloud Cover Assessment |
| ACD | Architectural Control Document |
| ACDA | Asociació N Costarricense Para El Desarrollo Aerospacial (Costa Rican Association For Aerospace Development) |
| ACDS | Attitude Control Determination Subsystem |
| ACE | Aerosol Characterization Experiment |
| ACE | Attitude Control Electronics |
| ACE | Advanced Composition Explorer |
| ACE | Array Clamp Electronics |
| ACE | Analog Control Electronics |
| ACF | Automated Control Function |
| ACFG | Management Agent Configuration File |
| ACHP | Advisory Council On Historic Preservation |
| ACI | Allocated Configuration Identification |
| ACI | Administratively Controlled Information |
| ACL | Access Control List |
| ACMAP | Atmospheric Chemistry and Modeling Analysis Program |
| ACMHW | Access And Control Management Hardware [Configuration Item] |
| ACP | Archive Control Process |
| ACQ | Acquisition |
| ACR | Active Cavity Radiometer |
| ACRIM | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor |
| ACRIMSAT | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite |
| ACRIMSat | Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite |
| ACRS/TLAS | Automated Conflict Resolution System/TDRSS Look Angle System |
| ACS | Attitude Control System |
| ACS | Archived Catalog System (Asf) |
| ACS | Activity Schedule |
| ACS | Advanced Camera For Surveys |
| ACS | Automated Cartridge System |
| ACSE | Association Control Service Element |
| ACSE | Automated Console System For Library Services |
| ACSE | Attitude Control System Electronics |
| ACSLS | Automated Cartridge System Library Software |
| ACSYS | Arctic Climate System Study |
| ACTES | An Associate Of Arts In Community Colleges For Training In Earth Sciences |
| ACTS | Advanced Communication Technology Satellite |
| ACU | Accelerometer Unit |
| ACU | Antenna Control Unit |
| ACWP | Acutal Cost Of Work Performed |
| AD | Acceptance Check/TC Data |
| AD | Applicable Document |
| Ada | A Program Language |
| ADA | A Programming Language |
| ADA | Angular Displacement Assembly |
| ADA | Array Drive Assembly |
| ADABL | As Designed As Build List |
| ADAC | Attitude Determination And Control |
| AdaDL | Ada Design Language |
| ADADS | ASTER Data Archive And Distribution System |
| ADALT | Advanced Radar Altimeter |
| ADC | Affiliated Data Center |
| ADC | Analog To Digital Converter |
| ADC | After Date Of Contract |
| Adc | Amperes Direct Current |
| ADCLS | Advanced Data Collection And Location System |
| ADCS | Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem |
| ADD | Architecture Description Document |
| ADD | Architecture Design Document |
| ADE | Array Drive Electronics |
| ADEOS | Advanced Earth Observing System (Japan) |
| ADEOS | Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) |
| ADEOS-II | Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II |
| ADEOS-II | Advanced Earth Observing System II |
| ADEPT | Advanced Design Electronic Packaging Technique |
| ADG | Acquisition Data Generator |
| ADGE | Air Defense Ground Environment |
| ADM | Administrative Message |
| ADM | Antenna Drive Mechanism |
| ADM | Antenna Deployment Mechanism |
| ADM | Angular Distribution Model |
| ADN | ASTER Data Network |
| ADO | Active Data Object |
| ADP | Automated Data Processing |
| ADPE | Automated Data Processing Equipment |
| ADRO | Application Development Research Opportunity |
| ADRS | Automated Defect Reporting System |
| ADS | Archive and Distribution Segment |
| ADS | Attitude Displacement Sensors |
| ADS | Attitude System |
| ADS | Archive Data Set |
| ADS | Attitude Determination Subsystem |
| ADS | Attitude Determination System |
| ADS | Ancillary Data Service |
| ADS | Angular Displacement Sensor |
| ADSERV | Advertising Service |
| ADSHW | Advertising Service Hardware [Configuration Item] |
| ADSL | Asymmetric DSL |
| ADSRV | Advertising Service CSCI |
| ADT | Abstract Data Type |
| ADT | Architectural Development Team |
| ADT | Activity Definer Tool |
| AE | Atmospheric Explorer |
| AEAP | Atmospheirc Effects Of Aviation Program |
| AEAP | Atmospheirc Effects Of Aviation Project |
| AEB | Brazilian Space Agency |
| AEDP | Astrometry And Engineering Data Processing |
| AEI | AEI (Solar Array DC-Motor Manufacturer) A Subcontractor To Fokker Space |
| AEM | Application Explorer Mission |
| AEM | Analog Electronics Module (MODIS) |
| AEP | Application Environment Profile |
| AER | Atmospheric And Environmental Research |
| AERI | Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer |
| AERO | Aerosol |
| AEROnet | Aeronautics Network |
| AERONET | Aerosol Robotic Network |
| AES | Application Environment Specification |
| AES | Aerojet Electro Systems |
| AES | Atmospheric Environment Service |
| AESA | Atmospheric Effects Of Stratospheric Aircraft Program |
| AESOPS | Antarctic Environment Southern Ocean Process Study |
| AESP | Aerospace Education Services Program |
| AET | Actual Evapo-Transpiration |
| AETD | Applied Engineering And Technology Directorate |
| AF | Audio Frequency |
| AFAM | Aura Fall Annual Meeting |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFC | Application Foundation Class (Microsoft) |
| AFD | Architecture Flow Diagrams |
| AFE | Annual Frequency Estimate |
| AFGWC | Air Force Global Weather Central |
| AFM | Aura FSW Maintenance |
| AFM | Award Fee Milestone |
| AFN | Acquisition Failure Notification |
| AFPRO | Air Force Plant And Representative Office |
| AFS | Andrews File System |
| AFSCF | Air Force Satellite Control Facility |
| AFSCN | Air Force Satellite Control Network |
| AFWA | Air Force Weather Agency |
| AGAGE | Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment |
| AGC | Automatic Gain Control |
| AGCI | Aspen Global Change Institute |
| AGCM | Atmospheric General Circulation Model |
| AGDS | ASTER Ground Data System |
| AGE | Aerospace Ground Equipment |
| AGE | Associated Ground Elements |
| AGL | Above Ground Level |
| AGN | Active Galatic Nuclei |
| AGP | Ancillary Geographic Product (MISR) |
| AGS | ASTER Ground System |
| AGS | Alaska Ground Station |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| AHAP | Alaska High-Altitude Aerial Photography |
| AHAP | NASA High Altitude Aerial Photography |
| AHM | Attitude Hold Mode |
| AHWGC | Ad Hoc Working Group On Consumers |
| AHWGP | Ad Hoc Working Group On Production |
| AHWGP | Ad Hoc Working Group On Processing |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AI&T | Algorithm Integration And Test |
| AIAA | American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics |
| AICC | ASTER Instrument Control Center |
| AID | Ada Information Description |
| AID | Architecture Interconnection Diagram |
| AIDJEX | Artic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment |
| AIF | Algorithm Integration Facility (Uk) |
| AIFF | Type Of Sound File Format |
| AIIM | Association For Information And Image Management |
| AIM | Automated Information Management |
| AIM | Assurance Implementation Matrix |
| AIMCO | Automated Information Management Council |
| AIR | Airborne Imaging Radar |
| AirMISR | Airborne Multi-Angle Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| AIRS | Atmospheric Infrared Sounder |
| AIRSAR | Aircraft Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| AIS | Airborne Imaging Spectrometer |
| AIS | Automated Information Security |
| AIS | Automated Information System |
| AISC | Assessment And Information Services Center |
| AISO | Automated Information Security Officer |
| AIT | Algorithm Integration Team |
| AIT | Algorithm Integration And Test |
| AIT | Assembly, Integration & Test (Component Level) |
| AITHW | Algorithm Integration And Test Hardware [Configuration Item] |
| AITT | Algorithm Integration And Test Team |
| AITTL | Algorithm Integration And Test CSCI |
| AL | Aluminum |
| ALDC | Adaptive Lossless Data Compression |
| ALDT | Administrative Logistics Delay Time |
| ALE | Annual Loss Expectancy |
| ALE | Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment |
| ALEXIS | Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors |
| ALG | Algorithm |
| ALI | Advanced Land Imager |
| ALINK | Active Link (Html) |
| ALOG | Application Log File |
| ALOS | Advanced Land Observation Satellite |
| ALPEX | Alpine Experiment |
| ALRSS | Advanced Land Remote Sensing System |
| ALS | Archimedial Log Spiral (Omni Antenna) |
| ALT | Altimeter |
| ALTA | Active Long-Term Archive |
| ALTMS | Airborne Lidar Topographic Mapping System |
| AM | Morning (Ante Meridiem) |
| AM | Assurance Manager |
| AM-1 | EOS AM Mission Spacecraft 1, Morning Spacecraft Series -- ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS And MOPITT Instruments |
| AMAO | Advanced Missions Analysis Office |
| AMASS | Archival Management And Storage System |
| AMD | Advanced Microdevices (A Company) |
| AMDS | Automated Message Distribution System |
| AME | Antenna Mounted Equipment |
| AMEX | Australian Monsoon Experiment |
| AMI | Active Microwave Instrument |
| AMIP | Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project |
| AML | Automated Media Library |
| AMLS | Array MLS |
| AMMS | Acquisition And Material Management System |
| AMOC | Am Mission Operations Center |
| Amp | Amperes |
| AMP | Assurance Management Plan |
| AMPE | Automated Message Processing Exchange |
| AMPR | Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer |
| AMPTE | Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorer |
| AMPU | Attitude Maneuver Planning Utility |
| AMR | Altimetry Microwave Radiometer |
| AMRC | Auxiliary Master Reference Cube |
| AMRIR | Advanced Medium Resolution Imaging Radiometer |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| AMS | Automated Meteorological Station |
| AMS | Automated Message System |
| AMS | Archive Management Software |
| AMS | ASTER Mission Simulator |
| AMSR | Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer |
| AMSR | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer |
| AMSR-CU | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Control Unit |
| AMSR-E | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer For EOS |
| AMSR-SU | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Sensor Unit |
| AMSU | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |
| AMSU-A | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A |
| AMSU-A1 | AMSU-A1 Module - Receives V And W Band Frequencies On Channels 3-15 |
| AMSU-A2 | AMSU-A2 Module - Receives K And Ka Band Frequencies On Channels 1 & 2 |
| AMSU-B | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (Earlier MHS, Became HSB) |
| AMTS | Advanced Meteorological Temperature Sounding Study |
| AMTS | Advanced Meteorological Temperature Sounder |
| AMTS | Advanced Moisture And Temperature Sounder |
| AMU | Atomic Mass Unit |
| ANA | Analysis |
| Andes MIS | Andean Morphstectonic Information System |
| ANIR | Advanced Networking Infrastructure And Research |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ANZONE | Antartic Zonal Experiment |
| Ao | Operational Availability |
| AO | Announcement Of Opportunity |
| AOC | Award Of Contract |
| AOC | Archive Operational Capability |
| AOCS | Attitude And Orbit Control System |
| AOD | Aerosol Optical Depth |
| AOI | Area Of Interest |
| AOI | Angle Of Incidence |
| AOIPS | Atmospheric And Oceanographic Information Processing System |
| AOL | Airborne Oceanographic Lidar |
| AOS | Acquisition Of Signal |
| AOS | Area Of Search |
| AOS | Advanced Orbiting System |
| AOS | Archive And Operations System (ASF) |
| AOS | ASTER Operations Segment |
| AOSP | Advanced On-Board Signal Processor |
| AOT | ASTER Operations Team |
| AP | Attached Payload |
| AP | Algorithm Package |
| AP | Accounts Payable |
| APA | Allowance For Program Adjustment |
| APACM | Atmospherics Physics And Chemistry Monitors |
| APAE | Attached Payload Accommodation Equipment |
| APAFO | Advanced Particles And Fields Observatory |
| APAR | Abosrbed Photosynthetic Active Radiation |
| APC | Aft payload Capsule |
| APC | Access/Process Coordinators |
| APCD | Air Pollution Control District |
| APDU | Application Protocol Data Unit |
| APFZ | Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APID | Application Process Identifier |
| APID | Application (Packet) Identifier |
| APID | Application Packet Identifier |
| APL | Applied Physics Laboratory (At Johns Hopkins University) |
| APOPP | Aerosol Physical And Optical Properties Product |
| APP | Applications Protability Profile |
| APR | Applied Parallel Research |
| APRP | Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing |
| APS | Action Per Second |
| APS | Acquisition Planning System |
| APT | Automatic Picture Transmission |
| APT | Automatice Picture Transmission |
| APT | Advanced Picture Taking |
| AQA | Algorithm Quality Assurance |
| AQAHW | Algorithm QA Hardware (Configuration Item) |
| AQAHWCI | Algorithm Quality Assurance Hardware Configuration Item |
| AQPSK | Asynchronous Quadrature Phse Shift Keying |
| Aqua | Formerly Called The PM Project (Under The Earth Science Enterprise Program) |
| AR | Accounts Receivable |
| AR | Acquire Request |
| AR | Acceptance Review |
| AR | Action Request |
| AR | Axial Ratio |
| ARA | Appletalk Remote Access |
| ARA | Atmospheric Radiation Analysis |
| ARA | Acquire Request Acknowledgment |
| ARAM | Automated Reliability/ Availability/ Maintainability |
| ARC | Ames Research Center |
| ARC | Antarctic Research Center |
| ARC | Applied Research Corporation (ECS Team) |
| ARC | Archiver |
| arcsec | Arc-Seconds |
| ARDB | Automated Requirements Database |
| ARE | Array Regulator Electronics (EPS) |
| ARE | Array Regulator Electronics |
| ARESE | Arm Enhanced Shortwave Experiment |
| ARF | Action Request Form |
| ARGOS | Argos Data Collection And Position Location System |
| ARGOS+ | Argos Data Collection And Location System (France) |
| ARIA | Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft |
| ARICS | Accounts Receivable Invoice Control System |
| ARIN | Aerospace Resource Information Network |
| ARISTOTELES | Applications And Research Involving Space Technologies Observing The Earths' Field From Low Earth Orbiting Satellite |
| ARL | Anomaly Resolution Lead |
| ARM | Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (DOE Program) |
| ARM | Array Regulator Module |
| ARMSAT | Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Satellite |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocols |
| ARP | Ancillary Radiometric Product |
| ARPA | Advance Research Project Agency |
| ARPANET | Advanced Research Project Agency Net |
| ARS | Agricultural Research Service |
| ARS | Action Request System |
| ARTI | Advanced Range Technology Initiative |
| ARW | Angle Random Walk |
| AS | Advanced Solid, I.E., Atlas Ii As |
| AS | Administration Stations |
| AS | Access Subgroup (Part Of CEOS-WGISS) |
| AS&M | Analytical Services And Materials, Inc. |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
| ASAR | Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ESA) |
| ASAS | Advanced Solid-State Array Spectrometer |
| ASCA | Advanced Satellite For Cosmology And Astrophysics |
| ASCAT | Advanced Scatterometer |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |
| ASCSS | Automatic Spacecraft Configuration Status System |
| ASCVR | As Shipped Configuration Verification Report |
| ASDC | Atmospheric Sciences Data Center (Langley) |
| ASDC | Atmospheric Sciences Data Center |
| ASDPS | ASTER Science Data Processing System |
| ASE | Airborne Support Equipment |
| ASET | Alliance System Engineering Team |
| ASF | Alaska SAR Facility (DAAC) |
| ASFUWG | ASF User Working Group |
| ASHE | Airborne Summer Hemisphere Experiment (NOAA) |
| ASHOE | Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment |
| ASI | Agenzia Spaziale Italiana |
| ASI | Ampere-Second Integration |
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| ASLE | Adjusted Single Loss Expectancy |
| ASM | Acquisition Strategy Meeting |
| ASM | Attached Sync Marker |
| ASM | ASTER System Management |
| ASME | American Society Of Mechanical Engineers |
| ASMO | Advanced Storage Magneto-Optical |
| ASN.1 | Abstract Syntax Notation One |
| ASP | Alaska SAR Processor |
| ASP | Active Server Pages |
| ASPRS | American Society For Photogrammetry And Remote Sensing |
| ASQC | American Society For Quality Control |
| ASRM | Advanced Solid Rocket Motor |
| ASSIST | ADPE System Sizing Tool |
| ASSY | Assembly |
| AST | Algorithm Support Team |
| AST | ASTER Science Team |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (Formerly ITIR) |
| ASTEX | Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment |
| ASTGW | ASTER Gateway CSCI |
| ASTR | Aster |
| ASTRO | Astronomy Platform (Shuttle) |
| AT | Acceptance Test |
| AT&T | American Telephone and Telegraph |
| AT&T | American Telephone And Telegrah |
| AT/SV | Acceptance Test, System Verification |
| ATBD | Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document |
| ATC | Absolute Time Command |
| ATC | Active Thermal Control |
| ATC | Absolute Time Control |
| ATCAS | Advanced Technology Composite Aircraft Structures |
| ATCI | Agent Client Item |
| ATCS | Absolute Time Command Sequence |
| ATDRSS | Advanced Tracking And Data Relay Satellite System |
| ATE | Automatic Test Equipment |
| ATES | Alcatel Espace Systems |
| ATG | Aeropsace Test Group |
| ATIP | Advanced Technology Initiatives Program |
| ATL | Automated Tape Library |
| ATLAB | Atmospheric Laboratory |
| ATLANTA | Atlanta Land-Use Analysis: Temperature And Air-Quality |
| ATLAS | Atmospheric Laboratory For Applications And Science |
| ATLAS | Advanced Thermal And Land Applications Sensor |
| ATLID | Atmospheric Lidar |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| ATM | Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscope |
| ATM | Airborne Terrain Mapping |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transmission Mode |
| ATMARP | Asynchronous Transfer Mode Address Resolution Protocol |
| ATMI | Application Transaction Management Interface |
| ATMOS | Atmospheric Observations Satellite |
| ATMOS | Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy |
| ATMP | Acceptance Test Management Plan |
| ATMS | Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder |
| ATN | Advanced TIROS-N |
| ATO | Acceptance Test Organization |
| ATP | Acceptance Test Plan |
| ATP | Acceptance Test Procedure |
| ATP | Acceptance Test Package |
| ATP | Automatic Test Procedures |
| ATP | Approval To Process (Letter) |
| ATP | Authority To Proceed |
| ATR | Acceptance Test Review |
| ATR | Assistance Technical Representative |
| ATRR | Acceptance Test Readiness Review |
| ATS | Advanced Technology Satellite |
| ATS | Access To Space |
| ATSDR | Agency For Toxic Substances And Disease Registry |
| ATSR | Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ESA) |
| ATT | Acceptance Test Team |
| ATT | Automated Test Tool |
| ATT/PL | Attached Payload |
| AU | Audio Format (Developed For Sun Workstations) |
| AUI | Adapter User Interface |
| AUI 802.3 | 10 Base 5 (Thick Ethernet) Interface |
| AURIO | Auroral Imaging Observatory |
| AUX | Auxiliary |
| AVCS | Advanced Vidicon Camera System |
| AVG | Average |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer |
| AVHRR GAC | AVHRR Global Coverage Area |
| AVHRR LAC | AVHRR Local Area Coverage |
| AVIRIS | Airborne Visible And Infrared Imaging Spectrometer |
| AVIS | Airborne Vegetation Index Sensor |
| AVNIR | Advanced Visible And Near-Infrared Radiometer |
| AVR | Automatic Voice Recognition |
| AVS | Advanced Visualization System |
| AWCS | Agency-Wide Coding System |
| AWD | Award |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge |
| AWIPS-90 | Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System For The 90's |
