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Glossario e lista acronimi
AC: Aerosol Class AFRL: Air Force Research Laboratory AGP: Antenna Gain Pattern AM: Amplitude Modulation AMI: Active Microwave Instrument AOT: Aerosol optical thickness ASI: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. ATSR: Along Track Scanning Radiometer AV: Added Value AVC: Added Value Centre AVHRR: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer BATS: Biosphere Atmosphere Transfer Scheme C/A: Coarse/Acquisition CD: Compact Disk CFC: Cloro-Fluoro-Carburo CNR: Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche CORINE: CO-oRdination of INformation on the Environment COT: Cloud Optical Thickness COTS: Commercial Off The Shelf CTH: Cloud Top Height DCI: Differential Correction Inc. DEM: Digital Elevation Model DGPS: Differential GPS DIAL: Differential Absorption Lidar DIFSAR: Differential InterFerometry con SAR DN: Digital Number DoD: Departement of Defense DSP: Digital Signal Processing DTM: Digital Terrain Model DU: Dobson Unit ECMWF: European Centre for Medium range Weather Forecasts EEA: European Environmental Agency ENAV: Ente Nazionale Autonomo di Assistenza al Volo EO: Earth Observation EOD: Earth Observation Data EPA: Environmental Protection Agency ERBE: Earth Radiation Budget Experiment EROS: Earth Resources Observation System ERS: Earth Resource Satellite ESA: European Space Agency EU: European Community. FAA: Federal Aviation Administration FM: Frequency Modulation FMA: Fondazione per la Meteorologia Applicata. FTP: File Transfer Protocol GCM: General Circulation Model GCP: Ground Control Point GIM: Geocoded Incidence angle Mask GIS: Geographic Information System GLCC. Global Land Cover Characterization GMT: Greenwich Mean Time GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System GOES: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOME: Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment GOMOS: Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars GPS: Global Positioning System GPS: Global Positioning System GSFC: Goddard Space Flight Center GSM: Global System for Mobile communication GTC: Geocoded Terrain Corrected HPLC: High Performance Liquid Cromatographer HTML: HyperText Markup Language IF: Interferometry IFSAR: InterFerometria con SAR IGARSS: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society IGF: Istituto di Geofisica dei Fluidi IGM: Istituto Geografico Militare IGS: International Geographic System IGS: International GPS Services (for Geodynamics) IHS: Intensity Hue Saturation IMGA: Istituto per lo studio delle Metodologie Geofisiche ed Ambientali IPWV: Integrated Precipitable Water Vapor IR: Infra Rosso IRECE: Istituto di Ricerca per l~RElettromagnetismo ed i Componenti Elettronici IRS: Indian Remote sensing Satellite ISAO: Istituto delle Scienze dell~RAtmosfera e dell~ROceano. ISDN. Integrated Service Digital Network JERS: Japanese Earth Resource Satellite JPL: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. LAI: Leaf Area Index LAMMA: Laboratorio per la Meteorologia e la Modellistica Ambientale della Regione Toscana. LNA: Low Noise Amplifier LORAN:Long Range Navigation (system) LST: Land Surface Temperature LWIR: Long Wavelength InfraRed MERIS: Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer MINERVE: MIPAS: Michelson Interferometric Passive Atmosphere Sounder MIVIS: Multispectral Infrared and Visible Imaging Spectrometer MM5: Mesoscale Model 5 MODB: Mediterranean Oceanic Data Base. MODIS: MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectrometer MOMS: Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral Scanner MORA: Multitemporal Optimal Resolution Approach MOS: Modiular Optoelectronic Scanner MSG: Meteosat Second Generation MSS: Multi Spectral Scanner MVC: Maximum Value Composite NASA: National Astronautic Administration. NCAR: National Center for Atmospheric Research NDVI: Normalized Differential Vegetation Index NIR: Near InfraRed NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. OCM: Ocean Color Monitor ODL: Object Description Language. ORA: Optimal Resolution Approach PC: Personal Computer PLAID: Patchy Land-Atmospere Interactions Dynamics PMD: Polarization Monitoring Device PODAAC: Physical Oceanography Distributed Data Active Archive Center PRF: Pulse Repetition Frequency PRI: PRecision Image PRN: Pseudorandom Noise PSTdA: Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico d~RAbruzzo PW: Precipitable Water PWC: Precipitable Water Content RAM: Random Access Memory RAMS: Regional Atmospheric Modeling System RASS: Radio Acoustic Sounding System RDS: Radio Data System RGB: Red, Green, Blue RINEX: Receiver Independent Exchange (format) RMS: Root Mean Square RTCM:Radio Technical Commission for Maritime (services) RTK: Real Time Kinematic RTM: Radiative Transfer Model SA: Selective Availability SAGE: Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment SAR: Synthetic Aperture Radar SCIAMACHY: Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cartography SLC: Single Look Complex SPOT: Systeme Probatoire d~RObservation de la Terre SPRAY: SST: Sea Surface Temperature SVATS: Soil-Vegetation Atmospheric Transfer Scheme SWIR: Short Wavelength InfraRed SZA: Solar Zenith Angle TBD: To Be Determined TBF: To Be Found TM: Tematic Mapper TOA: Top Of the Atmosphere TOMS: Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer UHF: Ultra High Frequency URL: Uniform Resource Locator USGS: U.S. Geological Survey UTC: Universal Time UTM: Universal Transverse Mercator UV: UltraVioletto VHF: Very High Frequency WAAS: Wide Area Augmentation Service WADGPS : Wide Area Differential GPS WAIS: Wide Area Information Service. WBS: Work Breakdown Structure WGS: World Geodetic System WP: Work Package WVR: Water Vapor Radiometer WWW: World Wide Web. ZPD: Zenith Path Delay ZTD: Zenith Total Delay ZWD: Zenith Wet Delay
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