A ADC Affiliated data center AIRS Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (see EOS PM) AMSU Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (see EOS PM) ANSA Advanced Network System Architecture, part of European Project ESPRITA. ANSA provides an architecture framework for distributed processing API Application program interface ARPA Advanced Research Project Agency. Includes ftp, telnet, and smtp. (file transfer protocol, telnet, and simple mail transfer protocol). ASF Alaska SAR Facility, a DAAC ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer B C CCB Configuration Change Board CDR Critical Design Review CDS Cell directory service CERES Clouds and EarthÕs Radiant Energy system (see EOS AM and EOS PM) ChUI Character user interface CIESIN Consortium for Earth Science Information Network CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture COSE Corporation for Open System Environments COTS Commercial off-the-shelf software CSMS Communications and System Management Segment CSR Consent to Ship Review D DAAC Distributed Active Archive Center, see ASF, EDC, GSFC, JPL, LaRC, MSFC, NSIDC and ORNL DADS Data Archive and Distribution System DBMS Database management system DCE Distributed Computing Environment DFS Distributed File Service DME Distributed Management Environment DP Data Panel DSS Diskless Support Service DTS Distributed Time Service E Ecom EOS Communication System ECS EOSDIS Core System EDC EROS Data Center, a DAAC EDOS EOS Data and Operations System EDS Earth Data System EDS IMC Electronic Data Systems Information Center EOS Earth Observing System EOS AM EOS AM Project (morning spacecraft series - see ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT instruments) EOS PM EOS PM Project (afternoon spacecraft series - see AIRS, AMSA-A, CERES, MHS, MIMR and MODIS instruments) EOSDIS EOS Data and Information System EP Evaluation package ESA European Space Agency ESN EOSDIS Science Network ESDIS Earth Science Data and Information System ETM Element technical manager ETR Element Test Review F FSMS File and storage management system FOS Flight Operations Segment G GC Global change GCDIS Global Change Data Information System GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center, a DAAC GUI Graphical user interface H H/W Hardware HDF Hierarchical data format HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications Program Initiative HPF High Performance FORTRAN HRPT High Resolution Picture Transmission I I&T Integration and test IATO Independent Acceptance Test Organization IDL interactive data language IMS Information Management System IP International partner ISO International Standards Organization IV&V Integration verification and validation IVV Integration verification and validation J JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a DAAC K K-12 Kindergarten through 12th grade L LAN Local area network LaRC Langley Research Center, a DAAC LAS Land Analysis System LSM Local system manager M M&O Maintenance and operations MBARI Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute MHS Microwave Humidity Sounder (see EOS PM) MIMR Multifrequency Imaging Microwave Radiometer (see EOS PM) MISR Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (see EOS AM) MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (see EOS AM and EOS PM0 MPP Massively parallel processor computer MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center, a DAAC N NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research NCSA National Computer Security Association NIIT National Information Infrastructure Testbed NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NRA NASA Research Announcements NRC National Research Council NREN National Research and Education Network NSCAT NASA Scatterometer NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center, a DAAC NSI NASA Science Internet NSI IMC NASA Science Internet Network Operations Center NT Product name for Microsoft's next operating system O O/S Operating system ODC Other data center ODP Open Distributed Processing OLE Object Linking and Embedding OMG Object Management Group OO Object oriented OODBMS Object oriented DBMS ORB Object Request Broker ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a DAAC OSF Open Software Foundation OSU Oregon State University P P&S Planning and scheduling PB DBMS Petabyte database management system PDR Preliminary Design Review PGS Product Generation System POSIX Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments PVM Parallel virtual machine Q QA Quality assurance R RAID Redundant array of inexpensive disks RDBMS Relational database management system RID Review Item Discrepancy form RMA Reliability, maintainability, and availability RPC Remote procedure call - a method of invoking a remote process RRDB Recommended Requirement Data Base RRR Release Readiness Review S S/W Software S2K Sequoia 2000 data system SCF Science computing facility SDPS Science Data Processing Segment SDR System Design Review Seawifs Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor SEDAC Socio-Economic Data Analysis Center SIMD Single instruction, multiple data computer SISD Single instruction, single data computer SMC System management center SMMR Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer SMR Software modification request SOW Statement of Work SQL Sequel - a database query language SRR System Requirements Review SSM/I Special Sensing Microwave Imager STL Software Technology Laboratory T TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer TOPEX/P Tropical Ocean Experiment/Poseidon TOVS TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission TRR Test Readiness Review U UARS Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite UCSB University of California, Santa Barbara UIT User Interface Terminal (ESA) UNH University of New Hampshire UserDIS User Data Information System UWGS User working groups V V0 Version 0 W WAIS Wide Area Information Servers WAN Wide area network WHOI Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WS Workstation WWW World Wide Web X XDR External Data Representation Y Z