Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Earth sciences’

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Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

CISK

Conditional Instability of the Second Kind

In English

CIST

Centre d'Information sur les Sciences de la Terre

In French

CKRA

Cape Kennedy Reference Atmosphere

In English

CLAMP

Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program

In English

CLIC

Climate and Cryosphere (http://clic.npolar.no)

In English

CLIVAR

Climate Variability and Predictability (https://www.clivar.org/)

In English

CLOUDSAT

Cloud Cover Statistical Analysis Program

In English

CLS

Collecte Localisation Satellites

In English

CMAP

CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation

In English

CMC

Canadian Meteorological Center

In English

CMNUCC
Convenio Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático (https://unfccc.int/)

CMNUCC is equivalent to UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) in English, CCNUCC (Convention-Cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques) in French, CQNUMC (Convenção-Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre Mudança de Clima) in Portuguese, UNFCCC (聯合國氣候變化綱要公約) in Chinese languages, КИК (Рамочная конвенция ООН об изменении климата) in Russian, UNFCCC (気候変動枠組条約) in Japanese, and UNFCCC (기후 변화에 관한 국제 연합 기본 협약) in Korean.

In Spanish

CMR

Centro Meteorologico Regionale

In Italian

CNCMA

Centro Nazionale di Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica

In Italian

CNEXO

Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Océans

In French

CNFME

Centre National de Formation aux Métiers de l'Eau

In French

CNNMN

Commision on New Minerals and Mineral Names

In English

CNRM

Centre National de Recherche Météorologique

In French

COAMPS

Coupled Ocean/Atmospheric Mesoscale Prediction System

In English

COARE

Coupled Ocean–Atmospheric Response Experiment (www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/)

In English

COCO

CCSR Ocean Component Model

In English

COLA

Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies

In English

COMEPHORE

COmbinaison en vue de la Meilleure Estimation de la Précipitation HOraiRE

In French

COMPASS-K

Comprehensive Ocean Modeling, Prediction, Analysis and Synthesis System in the Kuroshio region

In English

COMRA

China Ocean Minerals Research and Development Association

In English

CORE

Common Ocean-ice Reference Experiments

In English

COSIM

Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling Project (http://climate.lanl.gov)

In English

CPC

Climate Prediction Center (www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov)

In English

CQEL

Cellule Qualité des Eaux Littorales

In French

CQNUMC
Convenção-Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre Mudança de Clima (https://unfccc.int/)

CQNUMC is equivalent to CMNUCC, UNFCCC, CCNUCC and КИК (see above).

In Portuguese

CREAMS

Circulation Research of the East Asian Marginal Seas

In English

CRISTA

Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope for Atmosphere

In English

CRM

Cloud Resolving Model

In English

CRPE

Centre de Recherches en Physique de l'Environment Terrestre et Planétaire

In French

CReSS

Cloud Resolving Storm Simulator

In English

CSASG

Contributions of the Slovak Academy Sciences Geophysical Institute

In English

CSEM

Centre Sismologique Européen-Méditerranéen (www.emsc-csem.org)

In French

CSML

Climate Science Modelling Language

In English

CSR

Continental Shelf Research

In English

CTBV
Comité Technique du Bassin de la Volta

The abbreviation CTBV (Comité Technique du Bassin de la Volta) includes the abbreviation CT (Comité Technique).

In French

CTE

Ciencias de la Tierra y del Espacio

In Spanish

CTG
Centrum voor Technische Geowetenschappen (www.ctg.tudelft.nl)

CTG is equivalent to CTG (Centre for Technical Geoscience) in Dutch.

In Dutch

CTG
Centre for Technical Geoscience (www.ctg.tudelft.nl)

CTG is equivalent to CTG (see above).

In Dutch

CXX

Chicago Climate Exchange

In English

CaGeJ

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

In English

CaJES

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

In English

CaJSS

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

In English

CaPA

Canadian Precipitation Analysis

In English

ChGeo

Chemical Geology

In English

ChJG

Chinese Journal of Geophysics

In English

ChJPR

Chinese Journal of Polar Research

In English

ClDy

Climate Dynamics

In English

CliPD

Climate of the Past Discussions

In English

CliPa

Climate of the Past

In English

CoAst

Communications in Asteroseismology

In English

CoMP

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

In English

DAMÉE-NAB

Data Assimilation and Model Evaluation Experiments - North Atlantic Basin

In English

DEMETER

Development of a European Multimodel Ensemble system for seasonal to inTERannual prediction (www.ecmwf.int/research/demeter/)

In English

DGM

Direction Générale de la Météorologie

In French

DMCSEE
Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe

DMCSEE is equivalent to CGSESE (Centre de Gestion de la Sécheresse pour l’Europe du Sud-Est) in French.

In English

DMI

Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

In Danish

DMP

Desert Margins Program

In English

DMSP

Defense Meterological Satellite Program

In English

DMSP

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

In English

DMSS

Defense Meteorological Satellite System

In English

DNEF

Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forêts

In French

DOC

Dissolved Organic Carbon

In English

DOM

Dissolved Organic Matter

In English

DORD

Deep Ocean Resources Development Company (www.dord.co.jp)

In English

DOT/CIAP

Department of Transportation’s Climatic Impact Assessment Program

In English

DP

Dew Point

In English

DSEG

Developments in Solid Earth Geophysics

In English

DSFS

Dead Sea Fault System

In English

DSK

Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission (www.stratigraphie.de)

In German

DWD

Deutscher Wetterdienst (www.dwd.de)

In German

DWR

Department of Water Resources

In English

DYNAMO

Dynamics of North Atlantic Models

In English

DeHyZ

Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift

In German

DyAtO

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

In English

E&PSL

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

In English

EASSy

East African Submarine System

In English

ECCO

Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (www.ecco-group.org)

In English

ECI

Environmental Change Institute

In English

ECMWF
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (https://www.ecmwf.int/)

ECMWF is equivalent to CEPMMT (Centre Européen de Prévision Météorologique à Moyen Terme) in French.

In English

ECSS

Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

In English

EDITORIA

Earth observation Data InTegration and fusiOn Research InitiAtive (www.editoria.u-tokyo.ac.jp)

In English

EDSM

École Doctorale des Sciences de la Mer

In French

EExSc

Earth and Extraterrestrial Sciences

In English

EFI

Extreme Forecast System

In English

EGO

Eccentric Geophysical Observation

In English

EGS

European Geophysical Society

In English

EGU

European GeoSciences Union (www.egu.eu)

In English

ELDP

European Lake Drilling Project

In English

    EMS

    European Meteorological Society (www.emetsoc.org)

    In English

    EMWIS

    Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System

    In English

    ENACT

    Enhanced Ocean Data Assimilation and Climate Prediction

    In English

    ENAP

    Energetic Neutral Atom Precipitation

    In English

    ENGREF

    École Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts

    In French

    ENIM

    École Nationale de l'Industrie Minérale (www.enim.ac.ma)

    In French

    ENM

    École Nationale de la Météorologie (www.enm.meteo.fr)

    In French

    ENSG

    École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie

    In French

    ENSIP

    ENSO Simulation Intercomparison Project

    In English

    ENSO

    El Niño - Southern Oscillation

    In English

    ENSO

    El Niño and Southern Oscilation

    In English

    EOAST

    Earth-Oriented Applications and Space Technology

    In English

    EOC

    Earth Observation Center

    In English

      EODC

      Earth Observation Data Centre

      In English

        EODRS

        Earth Observation Data Retrieval System

        In English

        EOP

        Earth and Ocean Physics

        In English

        EOPAP

        Earth and Ocean Physics Application Program

        In English

        EORC

        Earth Observation Research Center (www.eorc.jaxa.jp)

        In English

        EORSAT

        Electronic Ocean Reconstruction Satellite

        In English

        EOS

        Earth Observing System

        In English

          EOST

          École et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre (http://eost.u-strasbg.fr)

          In French

          EPHTA
          Ecoregional Programme for Humid and Subhumid Tropics of Subsaharan Africa

          EPHTA is equivalent to PETHA (Programme Ecorégional pour les Tropiques Humides et Subhumides de l’Afrique Subsaharienne) in French.

          In English

          EPIC

          Eastern Pacific Investigations of Climate

          In English

          EPIC

          Equatorial Processes Including Coupling

          In English

            EPICA

            European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica

            In English

            EPS

            European Polar System

            In English

            ERAP

            Earth Resources Aircraft Program

            In English

            ERBE

            Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

            In English

            ERBS

            Earth Radiation Budget Satellite

            In English

            ERIN

            Earth Resources Information Network

            In English

            EROS

            Earth Resources Observations System

            In English

            ERS
            Earth Resources Satellite

            The abbreviation ERS (Earth Resources Satellite) is included in abbreviations such as JERS (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite) and CBERS (China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite).

            In English

            ERSIR
            Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar

            The abbreviation ERSIR (Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar) includes the abbreviation SIR (Shuttle Imaging Radar).

            In English

            ERTS

            Earth Resources Technology Satellite

            In English

            ERU

            Eaux Résiduaires Urbaines

            In French

            ES

            Earth Sensor

            In English

              ESC

              Earth Simulator Center (www.jamstec.go.jp/esc/)

              In English

              ESC

              East Sakhalin Current

              In English

              ESDAC

              European Space Data Center

              In English

              ESODAE

              European Shelf seas Ocean Data Assimilation and forecast Experiment

              In English

              ESPL

              Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

              In English

              ESRIN

              European Space Research Institute

              In English

              ESRO

              European Space Research Organization

              In English

              ESRv

              Earth Science Reviews

              In English

              ESTD

              Erläuterungen zur Stratigraphischen Tabelle von Deutschland

              In German

              ESfO

              European Society for Oceanists

              In English

              ETP

              Évapotranspiration

              In French

              ETWQ

              Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

              In English

              EUMETSAT

              European Meterological Satellite (Organisation)

              In English

              EUWI

              European Water Initiative

              In English

              EVAAM

              Établissement pour la Valorisation des Activités Aquacoles et Maritimes

              In French

              EVAL

              Earth-Viewing Applications Laboratory

              In English

              EVM

              Earth-Viewing Module

              In English

              EWA

              European Water Association

              In English

              EXCIFF

              European Exchange Circle on Flood Forecasting

              In English

              EaEvS

              Earth and Evolution Sciences

              In English

              FASTEX

              Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (www.cnrm.meteo.fr/dbfastex/)

              In English

              FCC

              Facteur de Correction Climatique

              In French

              FDEPS
              Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences

              The abbreviation FDEPS (Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences) includes the abbreviation FD (Fluid Dynamics).

              In English

              FG

              Fausses Glaises

              In French

              FLAME

              Familiy of Atlantic Model Experiment

              In English

              FLOZ

              Flussordnungszahl

              In German

              FMAG

              Fluid Mechanics of Astrophysics and Geophysics

              In English

              FMI

              Finnish Meteorological Institute

              In English

              FMS

              Flexible Modeling System

              In English

              FNOC

              Fleet Numeric Oceanography Center

              In English

              FOAM

              Forecasting Ocean-Atmosphere Model

              In English

              FOKUZ

              Fundamenteel Onderzoek van Kust en Zee

              In Dutch

                FOLD

                Federally-Owned LANDSAT Data

                In English

                FORSGC

                Frontier Observational Research System for Global Change

                In English

                FRAM

                Fine Resolution Antarctic Model

                In English

                FRCGC

                Frontier Research Center for Global Change

                In English

                FRSGC

                Frontier Research System for Global Change

                In English

                FSSE

                Florida State University Superensemble

                In English

                FoGeo

                Fotointerpretacja w Geografii

                In Polish

                G2E

                Géologie, Eau et Environnement

                In French

                GAM

                Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs

                In English

                GAME

                GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment (http://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Game/)

                In English

                GARP

                GEMPAK Analysis and Rendering Program

                In English

                GARP-3C
                Gestion de l’Assainissement en Région Parisienne dans le Contexte du Changement Climatique

                The abbreviation GARP-3C (Gestion de l’Assainissement en Région Parisienne dans le Contexte du Changement Climatique) includes the abbreviation RP (Région Parisienne).

                In French

                GApFD
                Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

                The abbreviation GApFD (Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics) includes the abbreviation FD (Fluid Dynamics).

                In English

                GBioC

                Global Biogeochemical Cycles

                In English

                GBzG

                Gerlands Beiträge zur Geophysik

                In German

                GCM

                General Circulation Model

                In English

                GCOS

                Global Climate Observation System

                In English

                GDR
                Geophysical Data Record

                The abbreviation GDR (Geophysical Data Record) is included in abbreviations such as IGDR (Interior Geophysical Data Record) and MGDR (Merged Geophysical Data Record).

                In English

                GDS

                Geophysical Developments Series

                In English

                GEM

                Geospace Environment Modeling

                In English

                  GEO

                  Group on Earth Observations (www.earthobservations.org)

                  In English

                  GEOSS

                  Global Earth Observation System of Systems (www.epa.gov/geoss/)

                  In English

                  GERM

                  Geochemical Earth Reference Model

                  In English

                  GES

                  Gaz à Effet de Serre

                  In French

                  GEWEX

                  Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

                  In English

                  GFD
                  Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

                  The abbreviation GFD (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics) is included in the abbreviation GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory), and it includes the abbreviation FD (Fluid Dynamics).

                  In English

                  GFDL
                  Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/)

                  The abbreviation GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory) includes abbreviations GFD (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics) and FD (Fluid Dynamics).

                  In English

                  GFS

                  Global Forecast System

                  In English

                  GFZ

                  Geoforschungszentrum (www.gfz-potsdam.de)

                  In German

                  GGG

                  Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

                  In English

                  GGM

                  Goskogidromet/Gidromettsentr

                  In Russian

                  GI

                  Geophysical Institute

                  In English

                  GIGOLO

                  Global Information on Gravity Over Land and Ocean

                  In English

                    GISS

                    Goddard Institute for Space Studies

                    In English

                    GLORIA

                    Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments

                    In English

                      GM

                      Garrett-Munk

                      In many languages

                      GML

                      Geo-Marine Letters

                      In English

                      GMS

                      Geostationary Meteorological Satellite

                      In English

                      GMS

                      Geostationary Meteorological Satellite

                      In English

                      GNV

                      Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia (http://gnv.ingv.it)

                      In Italian

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