| AA
| Auroral radio Absorption
|
| ACCENT
| Atmospheric Chemistry of Combustion Emissions Near the Tropopause
|
| ACE
| Advanced Composition Explorer
|
| ACF
| AutoCorrelation Functions
|
| ADCS
| Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem
|
| ADEOS
| Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (Japan)
|
| AE
| Atmosphere Explorer
|
| AE
| Auroral Electrojet index
|
| AEPI
| Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imager
|
| AES
| Auger Electron Spectroscopy
|
| AEU
| Antenna Element Unit
|
| AFB
| Air Force Base
|
| AFGL
| Air Force Geophysical Laboratory
|
| AFIT
| Air Force Institute of Technology
|
| AFOSR
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research
|
| AFRL
| Air Force Research Lab
|
| AFSCN
| Air Force Satellite Control Network
|
| AFWA
| Air Force Weather Agency
|
| AGU
| American Geophysical Union
|
| AGW
| Atmospheric Gravity Waves
|
| AI
| Asymmetry Index
|
| AIDA
| Arecibo Initiative in Dynamics of the Atmosphere
|
| AL
| Auroral Electrojet Lower Limit Index
|
| ALF
| Absorption Limiting Frequency
|
| ALIS
| Airglow Limb Imaging System
|
| ALOMAR
| Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmospheric Research
|
| ALSP
| Apollo Lunar Surface Probe
|
| AMCSR
| Advanced Modular Coherent Scatter Radar
|
| AMI
| Aeronomic Models of the Ionosphere
|
| AMIE
| Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics
|
| AMISR
| Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar
|
| AMOS
| Air Force Maui Optical Station
|
| AMPTE
| Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorer
|
| AMS
| American Meteorological Society
|
| ANL
| Argonne National Laboratory
|
| AO
| Arecibo Observatory
|
| AO
| Announcement of Opportunity
|
| APL
| Applied Physics Laboratory
|
| ARCLITE
| ARCtic LIdar TEchnology
|
| ARCS
| Atmospheric Responses to a Changing Sun
|
| ARCUS
| Arctic Research Consortium of the US
|
| ARGOS
| Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite
|
| ARIA
| Atmospheric Response in Aurora
|
| ARTEMIS
| Advanced Relay and Technology Mission Satellite (ESA)
|
| ASDI
| All-Sky Doppler Interferometer
|
| ASPOC
| Active Spacecraft Potential Control
|
| ASTER
| Advanced Space borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
|
| ATM
| ATMospheric Sciences Division (NSF)
|
| AU
| Auroral Electrojet Upper Limit Index
|
| AUSAC
| Arecibo Users and Scientific Advisory Committee
|
| AVHRR
| Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
|
| AVPST
| Analysis of Variability of Precipitation and Surface Temperatures
|
| AZIS
| AriZona Imaging Spectrograph
|
| C&DH
| Command and Data Handling
|
| CADITS
| Coupling And Dynamics of the Ionosphere-Thermosphere System
|
| CAPE
| Convective Available Potential Energy
|
| CAPER
| Cleft Accelerated Plasma Experimental Rocket
|
| CASI
| Canadian Aeronautics and Space Agency
|
| CASPER
| Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research
|
| CAT
| Coordinated Analysis of the Thermosphere
|
| CAWSES
| Climate And Weather of the Sun-Earth-System
|
| CCCO
| Committee on Climatic Changes and the Ocean
|
| CCD
| Charge Coupled Devices
|
| CCE
| Charge Composition Explorer
|
| CCM
| Community Climate Model
|
| CCMC
| Community Coordinating Modeling Center
|
| CDF
| Common Data Format
|
| CDR
| Critical Design Review
|
| CD-ROM
| Compact Disc-Read Only Memory
|
| CEDAR
| Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
|
| CEOS
| Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
|
| CERES
| Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
|
| CERTO
| Coherent Electromagnetic Radio Tomography
|
| CGS
| Center for Geospace Studies
|
| CHAMP
| CHAllenging Mini-Satellite Payload
|
| CHARS
| Coronal-Hole-Active Region-Current Sheet
|
| CINDI
| Coupled Ion-Neutral Dynamics Investigation
|
| CIR
| Corotating Interaction Regions
|
| CIRA
| Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
|
| CIRA
| COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
|
| CIS
| Cluster Ion Spectrometry
|
| CISM
| Center for Integrated Space Weather Modelling
|
| CIT
| Computerized Ionospheric Tomography
|
| CIV
| Critical Ionization Velocity experiment
|
| CLAES
| Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
|
| CME
| Coronal Mass Ejection
|
| C/NOFS
| Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast System
|
| COADS
| U.S. Comprehensive Oceans-Atmospheres Data Sets
|
| CODA
| Coupling of Dynamics and Aurora
|
| CO-I
| CO-Investigator
|
| COPE
| Cooperative Observations of Polar Electrodynamics
|
| COPEX
| COnjugate Point EXperiment
|
| COPP
| COronal Physical Processes
|
| COPUOS
| U.N. Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
|
| COSMIC
| Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate
|
| COSPAR
| Committee On SPAce Research
|
| COTIF
| CEDAR Optical Tomography Imaging Facility
|
| CPEA
| Coupling Processes in the Equatorial Atmosphere
|
| CRIS
| Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer
|
| CRRES
| Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
|
| CRU
| Climate Research Unit
|
| CSD
| Covariance Spectral Density
|
| CSG
| CAWSES Steering Groups
|
| CSSC
| CEDAR Science Steering Committee
|
| CSSG
| CAWSES Scientific Steering Group
|
| CSSP
| Committee on Solar and Space Physics
|
| CSTR
| Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Relations
|
| CTIM
| Coupled Thermosphere Ionosphere Model
|
| CUPRI
| Cornell University Portable Radar Interferometer
|
| DAAC
| Distributed Active Archive Center
|
| DAMSON
| Doppler And Multipath SOunding Network
|
| DAO
| Data Assimilation Office (NASA)
|
| DASI
| Distributed Array of Small Instruments
|
| DAWEX
| Darwin Area Wave EXperiment
|
| DBS
| Direct Broadcasting Satellite receivers
|
| DCS
| Differential Cross Section
|
| DE
| Dynamics Explorer
|
| DE-LANG
| Dynamics Explorer LANGmuir Probe Instrument
|
| DEMETER
| Detection of ElectroMagnetic Emission Transmitted From Earthquake Regions
|
| DEWD
| Densities and East-West Drifts
|
| DIAL
| DIfferential Absorption Lidar
|
| DIDM
| Digital Ion Drift Meter
|
| DLL
| Delay Locked Loop
|
| DM
| Drift Meter
|
| DMI
| Danish Meteorological Institute
|
| DMSP
| Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
|
| DOC
| DataLynx Operating Center
|
| DoD
| Department of Defense
|
| DPU
| Data Processing Unit
|
| DRA
| Defence Research Agency
|
| DSP
| Digital Signal Processing
|
| DSI
| Deep Space I probe
|
| Dst
| Disturbance Storm Time index
|
| DVD
| Density Vertical Drift
|
| DWP
| Digital Wave Processor
|
| DYANA
| DYnamics Adapted Network for the Atmosphere
|
| EADEX
| Equatorial Atmosphere Dynamics EXperiment
|
| EAR
| Equatorial Atmosphere Radar
|
| EBC
| Energy Budget Campaign
|
| ECR
| Electron Cyclotron Resonance
|
| EDAM
| Electron Density Assimilative Model
|
| EDI
| Electron Drift Instrument
|
| EDP
| Electron Density Profiles
|
| EEA
| Electron Electrostatic Analyzer
|
| EFW
| Electric Fields and Waves
|
| EGS
| European Geophysical Society
|
| EIA
| Equatorial Ionization Anomaly
|
| EICS
| Energetic Ion Composition Spectrometer
|
| EISCAT
| European Incoherent SCATter facility
|
| EIT
| Equatorial Ionosphere-Thermosphere System
|
| EIT
| Extreme Infrared Telescope
|
| ELV
| Expendable Launch Vehicle
|
| EMAD
| Equatorial Middle Atmosphere Dynamics
|
| EMFI
| Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument
|
| ENA
| Energetic Neutral Atom
|
| ENSO
| El-Nino Southern Oscillation
|
| EOS
| Earth Observing System
|
| EPB
| Equatorial Plasma Bubbles
|
| EPCO
| Early Polar Cap Observatory
|
| EPIC
| Equatorial Processes Including Coupling
|
| EPM
| Energetic Particle Meter
|
| E/PO
| Education and Public Outreach
|
| EPTA
| Equatorial Plasma Temperature Anomaly
|
| ERS
| Earth Remote Sensing Satellite (ESA)
|
| ESA
| European Space Agency
|
| ESF
| Equatorial Spread-F
|
| ESOC
| European Space Operations Center
|
| ESTEC
| European Space Research and Technological Center
|
| ETA
| Equatorial Temperature Anomaly
|
| ETWA
| Equatorial Temperature and Wind Anomaly
|
| EUMETSAT
| EUropean Organziation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
|
| EUV
| Extreme UltraViolet
|
| EUVIP
| Extreme UltraViolet Imaging Photometer
|
| EVA
| ExtraVehicular Activity
|
| GAEM
| Global Atmospheric Electricity Measurement programs
|
| GAIM
| Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements
|
| GAIM
| Global Assimilation of Ionspheric Models
|
| GALE
| Giant Aperture LIDAR Experiment
|
| GAPS
| Global Aspects of Plasma Structures
|
| GASP
| Global Atmospheric Sampling Program
|
| GATOM
| GNSS Air Traffic Operations Model
|
| GBOA
| Ground Based Optical Aeronomy
|
| GCM
| General Circulation Model
|
| GCN
| Ground Communications Network
|
| GCR
| Galactic Cosmic Rays
|
| GEC
| Global Electrodynamic Connections
|
| GECMA
| Global Electrodynamics and Coupling through the Middle Atmosphere
|
| GED
| Global Electro-Dynamics Mission
|
| GEDDS
| Geospace Environment Data Display System
|
| GEM
| Geospace Environment Modeling Program
|
| GEMS
| Global Environment Monitoring Systems
|
| GENI
| Global Energetic Neutral Index
|
| GEO
| GEOsciences Directorate (NSF)
|
| GEONET
| GPS Earth Observation NETwork
|
| GFO
| GEOSAT Follow On
|
| GGCM
| Global Geospace Circulation Model
|
| GGS
| Global Geospace Science
|
| GHCN
| Global Historical Climatology Network
|
| GIFT
| Global Ionospheric Forecasting Techniques
|
| GILS
| Government Information Locator Service
|
| GIMI
| Global Imaging Monitor of the Ionosphere
|
| GISS
| Goddard Institute for Space Sciences
|
| GNSS
| Global Navigation Satellite Systems
|
| GOES
| Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
|
| GOLD
| Geophysical On-Line Data
|
| GOX
| GPS Occultation eXperiment
|
| GPRA
| Government Performance Report Act
|
| GPS
| Global Positioning System
|
| GPS/MET
| Global Positioning System/METeorology
|
| GRACE
| Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment
|
| GRATMAC
| GRAvity waves and Turbulence in the Middle Atmosphere Cooperation
|
| GRI
| Gravitational Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
|
| GRL
| Geophysical Research Letters
|
| GRO
| Gamma Ray Observatory
|
| GSE
| Ground Support Equipment
|
| GSFC
| Goddard Space Flight Center
|
| GSTV
| Global Scale Tidal Variability
|
| GSWM
| Global Scale Wave Model
|
| GUVI
| Global UltraViolet Imager
|
| GWIM
| Global Wave Imager and Mapper
|
| HAARP
| High-frequency Active Auroral Project
|
| HAFB
| Hanscom Air Force Base
|
| HAIL
| Holographic Array for Ionospheric Lidar
|
| HALOE
| HALogen Occultation Experiment
|
| HAO
| High Altitude Observatory
|
| HAPI
| High Altitude Plasma Instrument
|
| HASDM
| High Accuracy Satellite Drag Model
|
| HATI
| Hanson Anemometer for Thermospheric Investigations
|
| HDPTA
| High Density Peruvian Tomography Array
|
| HENA
| High Energy Neutral Atom imager
|
| HERS
| High Energy Range Spectrometer
|
| HESSI
| High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
|
| HF
| High Frequency (radar)
|
| HILAT
| High Latitude Satellite
|
| HILT
| Heavy Ion Large area proportional counter Telescope
|
| HIRAAS
| HIgh Resolution Airglow and Aurora Spectroscopy experiment
|
| HIRISE
| High Resolution Imaging Spectrograph using an Echelle grating
|
| HIRS
| High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
|
| HITIES
| HIgh Throughput Imaging Echelle Spectrograph
|
| HITS
| High resolution Ionosphere Thermosphere System
|
| HLPS
| High Latitude Plasma Structures
|
| HRDI
| High Resolution Doppler Imager
|
| HTI
| Height-Time Intensity
|
| I3RC
| Inter-comparison of 3-D Radiation Codes
|
| IAGA
| International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
|
| IAMAS
| International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
|
| I&T
| Integration and Testing
|
| ICD
| Interface Control Document
|
| ICMA
| IAMAS Commission for the Middle Atmosphere
|
| ICMC
| International Complete Meridian Chain
|
| ICRCCM-2
| Inter-Comparison of Radiation Codes for use in Climate Models
|
| ICSU
| International Council of Scientific Unions
|
| IDA3D
| Ionospheric Data Assimilation 3-Dimensional model
|
| IDI
| Imaging Doppler Interferometer
|
| IDL
| Interactive Data Language
|
| IDM
| Internal Discharge Monitor
|
| IDM
| Ion Drift Meter
|
| IDT
| Instrument Development Team
|
| IEC
| Ionospheric Electron Content
|
| IEF
| Interplanetary Electric Field
|
| IF
| Intermediate Frequency
|
| IFM
| Ionospheric Forecast Model
|
| IGAC
| International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
|
| IGRF
| International Geomagnetic Reference Field
|
| IGS
| International GPS Service
|
| IGY
| International Geophysical Year
|
| IHS
| International Heliospheric Study
|
| IISL
| International Institute of Space Law
|
| ILAS
| Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
|
| IMAGE
| Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration
|
| IMF
| Interplanetary Magnetic Field
|
| IMP
| Interplanetary Monitoring Platform
|
| IMS
| International Magnetospheric Study
|
| IMS
| Ion Mass Spectrometer
|
| INAG
| Ionosonde Network Advisory Group
|
| IOC
| Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
|
| IONEX
| IONosphere EXperiment
|
| IOX
| Ionospheric Occultation Experiment
|
| IPCC
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
|
| IPEI
| Ionosphere Plasma Electrodynamic Instrument
|
| IPEMAC
| Investigation of the ionospheric Plasma Escape and MAgnetosphere Coupling
|
| IPHA
| Indirect Phase Height Analysis
|
| IPP
| Ionospheric Pierce Point
|
| IQSY
| International Quiet Sun Year
|
| IR&D
| Instrument Research & Development
|
| IRI
| International Reference Ionosphere
|
| IRO
| Ionospheric Radio Occultation
|
| ISAS
| Institute for Space and Astronautical Science of Japan
|
| ISCS
| International Solar Cycle Studies
|
| ISEA
| International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy
|
| ISEE
| International Sun Earth Explorer
|
| ISES
| International Space Environment Service
|
| ISF
| International Science Foundation
|
| ISIS
| International Satellite For Ionospheric Study
|
| ISO
| Intr-Seasonal Oscillation
|
| ISR
| Incoherent Scatter Radar
|
| ISRO
| Indian Space Research Organization
|
| ISS
| International Space Station
|
| ISTP
| International Solar-Terrestrial Physics
|
| ISU
| International Space University
|
| ISUAL
| Imager of Sprites and Upper Atmospheric Lightning
|
| ISY
| International Space Year
|
|
| Intra-Seasonal Variations
|
| IT
| Ion Trap
|
| ITCZ
| Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
|
| ITM
| Ionosphere Thermosphere Magnetosphere
|
| IUCAF
| Inter-Union Commission on Frequency Allocation for Radio Astronomy and Space Science
|
| IUE
| International Ultraviolet Explorer
|
| IUGG
| International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
|
| IUPAP
| International Union on Pure and Applied Physics
|
| IV&V
| Integration Vibration and Vacuum
|
| IVI
| Ion Velocity Instrument
|
| IVM
| Ion Velocity Meter
|
| IZMIRAN
| Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radiowave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences
|
| MAC
| Middle Atmosphere cooperation
|
| MAGCON
| MAGnetosphere CONstellation
|
| MAGIC
| Magnetometer Array on the Greenland Ice Cap
|
| MALT
| Mesosphere And Lower Thermosphere
|
| MAP
| Middle Atmosphere Program
|
| MAST
| MAss Spectrometer Telescope
|
| MAT
| Marine Atmospheric Temperature
|
| MATC
| Middle Atmosphere and Tropospheric Climate
|
| MCC
| Mission Control Center
|
| MCD
| Magnetotail Constellation Draco
|
| MCISTP
| Magnetotail Campaign Collaborating with International Solar-Terrestrial Physics missions
|
| MCP
| Micro Channel Plate
|
| MCRA
| Minor Constituent Reference Atmosphere
|
| MEASURE
| Magnetometers along the Eastern Atlantic Seaboard for Undergraduate Research and Education
|
| MEDAC
| Meteor Echo Detection And Comparison
|
| MENA
| Medium Energy Neutral Atom imager
|
| MESA
| Minaturized ElectroStatic Analyzer
|
| MF
| Medium Frequency (radar)
|
| MFSM
| Magnetospheric Forecast and Specification Model
|
| MHD
| MagnetoHydroDynamics
|
| MIC
| Mission Initiation Conference
|
| MICAS
| Miniature Integrated Camera Spectrometer
|
| MICPAD
| Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling and Polar Auroral Dynamics
|
| MIDAS
| Multi Instrument Data Analysis Software
|
| MIDEX
| Medium Class Explorer
|
| MIDP
| Mars Instrument Development Program
|
| MIME
| Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
|
| MISA
| Millstone Ionospheric Steerable Antenna
|
| MISETA
| Multi-Instrument Studies of Equatorial Thermospheric Aeronomy
|
| MISR
| Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
|
| MITM
| Mesosphere Ionosphere Thermosphere Magnetosphere
|
| MLD
| Mid Latitude Disturbances
|
| MLS
| Microwave Limb Sounder
|
| MLT
| Magnetic Local Time
|
| MLT
| Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere
|
| MLTCS
| Mesosphere Lower-Thermosphere Coupling Study
|
| MMS
| Magnetosphere MultiScale
|
| MOC
| Mission Operation Center
|
| MODA
| Magneto Optic Doppler Analyzer
|
| MODIS
| MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
|
| MOMLA
| Modeling Of Possible Solar Variability Effects in the Middle and Lower Atmosphere
|
| MOPITT
| Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere
|
| MOU
| Memorandum Of Understanding
|
| MPAE
| Max-Planck Institute for Aeronomy
|
| MPI
| Max-Plank Institute
|
| MPI
| Method Passing Interface
|
| MPL
| MicroPulse Lidar
|
| MRF
| Mobile Research Facility
|
| MRR
| Mission Readiness Review
|
| MSFC
| Marshall Space Flight Center
|
| MSIS
| Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter Model
|
| MSP
| Meridian Scanning Photometer
|
| MSS
| Multi Spectral Scanner
|
| MSU
| Microwave Sounding Unit
|
| MSX
| Midcourse (or Midscale) Space EXperiment
|
| MTA
| Midnight Temperature Anomaly
|
| MTM
| Midnight Temperature Maximum
|
| MTSAT
| Multifunctional Transport SATellite
|
| MUF
| Maximum Usable Frequency
|
| MURI
| Multi-disciplinary University Research Initiative
|
| MWA
| Mega-Watt Acre
|
| N/A
| Not Applicable
|
| NACE
| Neutral Atmosphere Composition Experiment
|
| NACS
| Neutral Atmosphere Composition Spectrometer
|
| NAIC
| National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
|
| NAS
| National Academy of Sciences
|
| NASA
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
| NASDA
| National Space Development Agency (Japan)
|
| NATE
| Neutral Atmospheric Temperature Experiment
|
| NCAR
| National Center for Atmospheric Research
|
| NCDC
| National Climate Data Center
|
| NCEP
| National Center for Environmental Prediction
|
| NCEP
| NOAA Code for Precipitation
|
| NEAR
| Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft
|
| NEAT
| Near Earth Asteroid Tracking
|
| NENL
| Near-Earth Neutral Line model
|
| NESDIS
| National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Services
|
| NGDC
| National Geophysical Data Center
|
| NHB
| NASA Handbook
|
| NLC
| NoctiLucent Clouds
|
| NLDN
| National Lightning Detection Network
|
| NN
| Neural Network
|
| NNSS
| Navy Navigational Satellite System
|
| NOAA
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|
| NPA
| Non-Precision Approach
|
| NPOESS
| National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System
|
| NRA
| NASA Research Announcement
|
| NRC
| National Research Council
|
| NRL
| Naval Research Laboratory
|
| NRO
| NASA Research Opportunity
|
| NSB
| National Science Board
|
| NSF
| National Science Foundation
|
| NSIPP
| NASA Seasonal-to-International Prediction Process
|
| NSPO
| National Space Program Office
|
| NSROC
| NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract
|
| NSRP
| NASA Sounding Rocket Program
|
| NSSDC
| National Space Science Data Center
|
| NSWP
| National Space Weather Program
|
| NWM
| Neutral Wind Meter
|
| NWRA
| NorthWest Research Associates
|
| PAD
| Pitch Angle Distribution
|
| PAPCO
| PAnel Plot Composer
|
| PCA
| Polar Cap Absorption
|
| PCA
| Photon Counting Array
|
| PCO
| Polar Cap Observatory
|
| PCU
| Panel Control Unit
|
| PEACE
| Plasma Electron And Current Experiment
|
| PEFE
| Plasma Enhanced Field Emission
|
| PEM
| Pacific Exploratory Mission
|
| PET
| Proton/Electron Telescope
|
| PFP
| Plasma Frequency Probe
|
| PI
| Principal Investigator
|
| PIC
| Project Initiation Conference
|
| PIDP
| Planetary Instrument Development Program
|
| PIM
| Parameterized Ionospheric Model
|
| PIP
| Plasma Impedance Probe
|
| PL
| Payload
|
| PLISD
| Pulse Laser Induced Sputtering Deposition
|
| PLL
| Phase Locked Loop
|
| PLP
| Planar Langmuir Probe
|
| PM
| Program Manager
|
| PMC
| Polar Mesospheric Clouds
|
| PMSE
| Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes
|
| PMT
| PhotoMultiplier Tube
|
| POES
| Polar Operational Environmental Satellite
|
| POLAN
| POLynomial ANalyses method
|
| POLITE
| Plasmaspheric Observations of Light Ions in the Topside and Exosphere
|
| PRE
| Pre-Reversal Enhancement
|
| PREASA
| Pacific Region Equatorial Anomaly Studies in Asia
|
| PRF
| Pulse Repetition Frequency
|
| PRIMO
| Problems Related to Ionospheric Models and Observations
|
| PSC
| Polar Stratospheric Clouds
|
| PSMOS
| Planetary Scale Mesopause Observing System
|
| PSO
| Planetary Scale Oscillation
|
| PSS
| Planetary and Space Sciences
|
| PVWave
| Precision Visual Wave
|
| PWI
| Plasma Wave Instrument
|
| RAO
| Relocatable Atmospheric Observatory
|
| RAPID
| Research with Adaptive Particle Imaging Detectors
|
| RCM
| Rice Convection Model
|
| RDT&E
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
|
| REFIMS
| Rotating Electric Field Ion Mass Spectrometer
|
| RF
| Radio Frequency
|
| RIF
| Radio Induced Fluorescence
|
| RIMS
| Retarding Ion Mass Spectrometer
|
| RISE
| Radiative Inputs from Sun to Earth
|
| RISO
| Air Force Rocket Impacts on Stratospheric Ozone
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| RIU
| Remote Interface Unit
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| ROCSAT
| Republic Of China SATellite
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| ROSE
| ROcket and Scatter Experiments
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| ROSS
| Research Opportunity in Space Science
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| ROSES
| Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences
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| RPA
| Retarding Potential Analyzer
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| RPI
| Radio Plasma Imager
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| RSA
| Russian Space Agency
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| RSC
| RDT&E Support Complex
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| RSLWG
| Research Support and Logistics Working Group
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| RSMA
| Remote Sensing of the Middle Atmosphere
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| RSTN
| Radio Solar Telescope Network
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| RTI
| Rayleigh Taylor Instability
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| RTI
| Range Time Intensity
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| S3
| Small Scientific Satellite
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| S/A
| Solar Array
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| SABER
| Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry
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| SAFISY
| Space Agency Forum on International Space Year
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| SAI
| Spin-scan Aurora Imager
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| SAIC
| Science Applications International Corporation
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| SAID
| Sub-Auroral Ionospheric Disturbances
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| SAL
| Sudden Atom Layer
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| SAMBO
| Simultaneous Auroral Multi-Balloons Observations
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| SAMNET
| Sub-Auroral Magnetometer NETwork
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| SAMPEX
| Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle EXplorer
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| SAO
| Southern Atlantic Oscillation
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| SAPS
| Sub-Auroral Polarization Streams
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| SAPSWS
| SAPS Wave Structure
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| SAR arc
| Stable Auroral Red arc
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| SAR
| Synthetic Aperture Radar
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| SBAS
| Satellite-Based Augmentation System
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| SBR
| Space-Based Radar
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| S/C
| SpaceCraft
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| SCAR
| Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
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| SCC
| Super Cloud Cluster
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| SCEX
| Space Craft Charging Experiments
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| SCINDA
| SCINtillation Detection Algorithm
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| SCINTMON
| SCINTillation MONitor
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| SCORE
| Self-Calibration of Range Errors
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| SCORPION
| SCORE for Plasmasphere and IONosphere
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| SCOSTEP
| Scientific Committee On Solar-TErrestrial Physics
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| SEA
| Suprathermal Electron Analyzer
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| SEB
| Single Event Burnout
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| SEC
| Sun-Earth Connection
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| SEC
| Space Environment Center
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| SEC
| Space Environment Corporation
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| SECAS
| Sun-Earth Connection's Advisory Subcommittee
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| SED
| Storm Enhanced Density
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| SEE
| Solar EUV Experiment
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| SEE
| Single Event Effects
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| SEFI
| Single Event Functional Interrupt
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| SEGR
| Single Event Gate Rupture
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| SEL
| Single Event Latchup
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| SEL
| Space Environment Laboratory
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| SEM
| Scanning Electron Microscope
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| SEP
| Solar Electric Propulsion
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| SES
| Sun-Earth Systems
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| SESC
| Space Environment Service Center
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| SESCAT
| Sopradic-E SCATter Experiement
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| SESS
| Space Environmental Sensor Suite
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| SETI
| Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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| SEU
| Single Event Upsets
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| SFPS
| Spacecraft Functional Performance Specification
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| SGD
| Solar Geophysical Data
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| SHE
| Single Hard Error
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| SHIMMER
| Spatial Hetrodyne IMager for Mesospheric Radicals
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| SHINE
| Solar Heliosphere and INterplanetary Environment program
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| SHS
| Spatial Hetrodyne Spectroscopy
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| SI
| Spacecraft Interface
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| SID
| Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances
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| SIMD
| Single Instruction/Multiple Data
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| SIS
| Solar Isotope Spectrometer
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| SLP
| Sweeping Langmuir Probe
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| SLS
| Structure of the Lower Stratosphere
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| SMEX
| SMall EXplorer
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| SMI
| Simultaneous Multispectral Imager
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| SMS
| Suprathermal Ion Mass Spectrometer
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| SMY
| Solar Maximum Year
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| SNOE
| Student Nitric Oxide Explorer
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| SOC
| Science Operations Center
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| SOHO
| SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory
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| SOLTIP
| SOLar Connection with Transient Interplanetary Phenomenon
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| SOR
| Starfire Optical Range
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| SOW
| Statement Of Work
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| SPA
| Space Physics and Aeronomy
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| SPAD
| Single Photon Avalanche Diodes
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| SPARC
| Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate
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| SPARC
| Space and Aeronomy Research Center
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| SPARC
| Space Physics and Aeronomy Research Collaboration
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| SPDS
| Space Physics Data Systems
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| SPE
| Solar Particle Event
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| SPyCAT
| Space Physics CATalog
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| SR&T
| Supporting Research and Technology
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| SRAM
| Static Random Access Memory
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| S-RAMP
| STEP-Results, Applications, and Modeling Phase
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| SRI
| Stanford Research Institute International
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| SSAT
| Space Science, Applications, and Technology Lab (at UTD)
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| SSB
| Solar Sector Boundaries
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| SScAC
| Space Science Advisory Committee
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| SSG
| Science Steering Group
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| SSI
| Space Science Institute
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| SSIES-3
| Space Science Ion and Electron Sensor
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| SSM/I
| Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
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| SSPM
| Satellite Surface Potential Monitor
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| SSR
| Space Science Reviews
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| SST
| Sea Surface Temperature
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| SSU
| Stratospheric Sounding Unit
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| SSULI
| Special Sensor UV Limb Imager
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| STAFF
| Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Field Fluctuations
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| STDN
| Space Tracking and Data Network
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| STEL
| Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory
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| STEM
| Solar Terrestrial Environment Model
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| STEP
| Solar Terrestrial Energy Program
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| STEREO
| Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory
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| STG
| Spectral Tide-Gauge
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| STIS
| Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
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| STK
| Satellite Tool Kit
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| STP
| Solar-Terrestrial Physics
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| STP
| Space Test Program
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| STS
| Solar Terrestrial Science
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| SuperDARN
| Super Dual Auroral Radar Network
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| SUPIM
| Sheffield University Plasmasphere Ionosphere Model
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| SV
| Space Vehicle
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| SVETSB
| Solar Variability Effects on Technological Systems and the Biosphere
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| SWAS
| Sub-millimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
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| SWG
| Science Working Group
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| SwRI
| Southwest Research Institute
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| SWS
| Space Weather Squadron
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| SXI
| Solar X-ray Imager
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| SXP
| Solar X-ray Photometer
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| TAD
| Traveling Atmospheric Disturbance
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| TADS
| Throw Away DetectorS
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| TAWRS
| Temperature And Wind Rocket Spectrometer
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| TBB
| Tri-Band Beacon
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| TBD
| To Be Determined
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| TBR
| To Be Resolved
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| TBS
| To Be Supplied
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| TDC
| Top Dead Center
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| TDIM
| Time Dependent Ionospheric Model
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| TDRSS
| Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
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| TEC
| Total Electron Content
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| TEP
| TransEquatorial Propagation
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| TGF
| Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes
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| THEMIS
| Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms
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| TID
| Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances
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| TID
| Total Ionizing Dose
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| TIDI
| TImed Doppler Interferometer
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| TIEGCM
| Thermosphere/Ionosphere/Electrodynamic General Circulation Model
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| TIGER
| Thermosphere/Ionosphere Geospheric Research Synposium
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| TIL
| Tidal Ion Layers
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| TIMAS
| Toroidal Imaging Mass-Angle Spectrograph
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| TIME-CCM
| Thermosphere/Ionosphere/Mesosphere/Electrodynamics Community Climate Model
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| TIMED
| Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics & Dynamics
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| TIME-GCM
| Thermosphere/Ionosphere/Mesosphere/Electrodynamics General Circulation Model
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| TING
| Thermosphere Ionosphere Nested Grid model
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| TIP
| Tiny Ionospheric Photometer
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| TLA
| Three Letter Acronym
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| TLS
| Tethered Lifting System
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| TM
| TeleMetry
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| TMA
| TriMethyl Aluminum
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| TMAH
| Tetra Methyl Aluminum Hydroxide
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| TOI
| Tongue Of Ionization
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| TOMS
| Total Ozone Mass Spectrometer
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| TPS
| The Planetary Society
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| TQMS
| Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
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| TRACE
| Transition Region And Coronal Explorer
|
| TRAMP
| Transitional and Rarefied Axisymmetric Monte Carlo Simulation Process
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| TROZ
| Tropospheric Ozone Campaign
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| TSS
| Targeted Search System
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| TT&C
| Telemetry, Tracking, and Command
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| TURBO
| TURBulent upwellings Over Arecibo observatory
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| TWP-ICE
| Tropical Western Pacific-International Cloud Experiment
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