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NO  AA

National  Oceanic  and  Atmospheric  Administration,  USA

NSDIC

National  Snow  and  Ice  Data  Center

PASODOBLE

Promote  Air  Quality  Services  integrating  Observations  -
Development  Of  Basic  Localised  Information  for  Europe

PROMOTE

PROtocol  MOnitoring  for  the  GEMS  Service  ElemenT  AtmospherE

QA/SAC

Quality  Assurance  /  Science  Assessment  Centre  (within  GAW)

RA

Regional  Association  (WMO)

SAF

EUMETSAT  Satellite  Application  Facility

SAR

Synthetic  Aperture  Radar

SCIAMACHY

Scanning  Imaging  Absorption  Spectrometer  for  Atmospheric  Cartography ­


SOOP

Ship  of  Opportunity  Programme

TerraSAR

German  radar  satellite

UBA

Umweltbundesamt  (Federal  Environmental  Agency)

UFS

Umweltforschungsstation  Schneefernerhaus  (Environmental  Research ­
  Station  Schneefernerhaus)

UNEP

United  Nations  Environment  Programme

UNESCO

United  Nations  Educational,  Scientific  and  Cultural  Organization

UNFCCC

United  Nations  Framework  Convention  on  Climate  Change

UTC

Coordinated  Universal  Time

VOS

Voluntary  Observing  Ships

VOSCIim

Voluntary  Observing  Ship  Climate  Project

WCP

World  Climate  Programme  (WMO)

WCRP

World  Climate  Research  Programme

WDC-RSAT

ICSU/  WMO  World  Data  Centre  for  Remote  Sensing  of  the  Atmosphere ­


WGMS

World  Glacier  Monitoring  Service

WMO

World  Meteorological  Organization

WOCE

World  Ocean  Circulation  Experiment

WRMC

World  Radiation  Monitoring  Centre

WWW

World  Weather  Watch  (of  WMO)

XBT

Expendable  Bathythermograph

ZMAW

Zentrum  für  Marine  und  Atmosphärische  Wissenschaften  (Centre  for
Marine  and  Atmospheric  Sciences),  University  of  Hamburg