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- AAIR
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Advanced Atmospheric sounder and Imaging Radiometer
- AASQA
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Associations Agréées de Surveillance de la Qualité de l'Air
- AASQA
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Association Agréée de la Surveillance de la Qualité de l'Air
- ACE
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Aerosol Characterization Experiments
- ACP
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Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics
= ACP | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | In English
- ACP
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Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
= ACP (see above)
- ACPD
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Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions
- ACPD
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Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
- ACSYS
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Arctic Climate System Study
- AEPI
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Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imaging
- AFGWC
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Air Force Global Weather Center
The abbreviation AFGWC (Air Force Global Weather Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AIMSA
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Association Internationale de Météorologie et des Sciences de l'Atmosphère (www.iamas.org)
= IAMAS | International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences | In English
- AIRS
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Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
- ALAE
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Atmospheric Lyman-Alpha Emissions
- ALARME
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Alerte Liée Aux Risques Méteorologiques Exceptionnels
- ALERA
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AFES-LETKF Experimental Ensemble Reanalysis
- AMGBA
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Archives for Meteorology, Geophysics and Bioclimatology - Series A, Meteorology and Atmopsheric Physics
- AMGBB
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Archives for Meteorology, Geophysics and Bioclimatology - Series B, Theoretical and Applied Climatology
- AMGBK
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Archiv Meteorologie, Geophysik und Bioklimatologie - Klimatologie und Umweltmeteorologie, Strahlungsforschung
- AMGBS
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Archiv Meteorologie, Geophysik und Bioklimatologie - Meteorologie und Geophysik
- AMIP
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Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
- AMMA
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African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis
- AMO
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Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
- AMS
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American Meteorological Society (www.ametsoc.org)
- AMSBu
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American Meteorological Society Bulletin
- AMeDAS
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Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
- APCC
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APEC Climate Center (www.apcc21.net)
- APM
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Atmospheric Particle Monitor
- AROME
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Application of Research to Operations at Mesoscale
- ARPEGE
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Action de Recherche Petite Échelle Grande Échelle
- AS&T
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Aerosol Science & Technology
- ASF
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Atmospheric Science Facility
- ASRC
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Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (www.asrc.albany.edu)
- ATCF
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Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting
- ATLAS
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Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
- ATMOS
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Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy
- AVE
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Atmospheric Variability Experiment
- AVHRR
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Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
- AWS
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Air Weather Service
- AcMeS
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Acta Meteorologica Sinica
- AdAtS
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Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
- AerST
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Aerosol Science Technology
- AnMet
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Annalen Meteorologie
- AnTou
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Annales de l'Observatoire Astronomique et Metéorologique de Toulouse
- AtO
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Atmosphere Ocean
- AtSc
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Atmospheric Science
- AtScL
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Atmospheric Science Letters
- AtmEn
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Atmospheric Environment
- AtmRe
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Atmospheric Research
- AtmTe
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Atmospheric Technology
- AuMM
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Australian Meteorological Magazine
- BAMM
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Beta and Advection Model, Medium layer
- BAMS
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- BDQA
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Base nationale de Données sur la Qualité de l’Air
- BMR
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Bureau Météorologique Routier
- BePhA
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Beiträge zur Physik der Atmosphäre
- BlJMH
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Bulgarian Journal of Meteorology and Hydrology
- BoLMe
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Boundary-Layer Meteorology
- C4MIP
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Coupled Carbon Cycle Climate Model Intercomparison Project (http://c4mip.lsce.ipsl.fr)
- CAGW
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Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming
- CAMET
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Central American Metrology Cooperation
- CAOS
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Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies (http://caos-a.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp)
- CARCAH
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Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination, All Hurricanes
- CCC
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Climate Change Collaboratory
- CCFF
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Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
- CCN
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Cloud Condensation Nuclei
- CCNUCC
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Convention-Cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques (https://unfccc.int/)
= UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | In English
= CMNUCC | Convenio Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático | In Spanish
= 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
= UNFCCC | 기후 변화에 관한 국제 연합 기본 협약 | In Korean - CCRA
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Cape Canaveral Reference Atmosphere
- CCSM
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Community Climate System Model (www.ccsm.ucar.edu)
- CCSR
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Center for Climate System Reseach (www.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
= CCSR | 東京大学の『気候システム研究センタ | In Japanese
- CCSR
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東京大学の『気候システム研究センタ (www.ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
= CCSR (see above)
- CDIAC
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Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
- CDO
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Central Dense Overcast
- CEOP
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Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observing Period (www.ceop.net)
- CEPMMT
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Centre Européen pour les Prévisions Météorologiques à Moyen Terme
- CEPMMT
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Centre Européen de Prévision Météorologique à Moyen Terme (https://www.ecmwf.int/)
= ECMWF | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts | In English
- CFS
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Climate Forecast System
- CGA
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Caractérisation et Gestion de l'Atmosphère
- CGAM
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Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling (www.cgam.nerc.ac.uk)
- CGSESE
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Centre de Gestion de la Sécheresse pour l’Europe du Sud-Est
= DMCSEE | Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe | In English
- CHA
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Centre Hydrométéorologique Alpes
- CHA
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Centre Hydrométéorologique des Alpes
- CHASER
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CHemical AGCM for Study of atmospheric Environment and Radiative forcing
- CIAP
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Climatic Impact Assessment Program
- CISK
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Conditional Instability of the Second Kind
- CKRA
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Cape Kennedy Reference Atmosphere
- CLAMP
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Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program
- CLIC
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Climate and Cryosphere (http://clic.npolar.no)
- CLIVAR
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Climate Variability and Predictability (https://www.clivar.org/)
- CLOUDSAT
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Cloud Cover Statistical Analysis Program
- CMAP
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CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation
- CMC
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Canadian Meteorological Center
- CMNUCC
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Convenio Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático (https://unfccc.int/)
= CCNUCC, UNFCCC, CQNUMC, КИК (see above)
- CMR
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Centro Meteorologico Regionale
- CNCMA
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Centro Nazionale di Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica
- CNRM
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Centre National de Recherche Météorologique
- COAMPS
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Coupled Ocean/Atmospheric Mesoscale Prediction System
- COARE
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Coupled Ocean–Atmospheric Response Experiment (www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/)
- COCO
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CCSR Ocean Component Model
- COLA
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Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
- COSIM
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Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling Project (http://climate.lanl.gov)
- CPC
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Climate Prediction Center (www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov)
- CQEL
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Cellule Qualité des Eaux Littorales
- CQNUMC
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Convenção-Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre Mudança de Clima (https://unfccc.int/)
= CCNUCC, UNFCCC, CMNUCC, КИК (see above)
- CRISTA
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Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope for Atmosphere
- CRM
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Cloud Resolving Model
- CReSS
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Cloud Resolving Storm Simulator
- CSML
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Climate Science Modelling Language
- CXX
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Chicago Climate Exchange
- CaPA
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Canadian Precipitation Analysis
- ClDy
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Climate Dynamics
- CliPD
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Climate of the Past Discussions
- CliPa
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Climate of the Past
- DAMÉE-NAB
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Data Assimilation and Model Evaluation Experiments - North Atlantic Basin
- DEMETER
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Development of a European Multimodel Ensemble system for seasonal to inTERannual prediction (www.ecmwf.int/research/demeter/)
- DMCSEE
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Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe
= CGSESE, DMCSEE (see above)
- DMI
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Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
- DMP
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Desert Margins Program
- DMSP
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Defense Meterological Satellite Program
- DMSP
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Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
- DMSS
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Defense Meteorological Satellite System
- DOT/CIAP
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DOT Climatic Impact Assessment Program
- DP
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Dew Point
- DWD
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Deutscher Wetterdienst (www.dwd.de)
- DYNAMO
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Dynamics of North Atlantic Models
- DyAtO
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Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
- ECCO
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Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (www.ecco-group.org)
- ECMWF
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European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (https://www.ecmwf.int/)
= CEPMMT, ECMWF (see above)
- EFI
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Extreme Forecast System
- EMS
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European Meteorological Society (www.emetsoc.org)
- ENACT
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Enhanced Ocean Data Assimilation and Climate Prediction
- ENM
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École Nationale de la Météorologie (www.enm.meteo.fr)
- ENSIP
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ENSO Simulation Intercomparison Project
- ENSO
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El Niño - Southern Oscillation
- ENSO
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El Niño and Southern Oscilation
- EPIC
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Eastern Pacific Investigations of Climate
- EUMETSAT
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European Meterological Satellite (Organisation)
- EXCIFF
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European Exchange Circle on Flood Forecasting
- FASTEX
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Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (www.cnrm.meteo.fr/dbfastex/)
- FCC
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Facteur de Correction Climatique
- FLAME
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Familiy of Atlantic Model Experiment
- FMI
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Finnish Meteorological Institute
- FMS
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Flexible Modeling System
- FOAM
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Forecasting Ocean-Atmosphere Model
- FORSGC
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Frontier Observational Research System for Global Change
- FRAM
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Fine Resolution Antarctic Model
- FRCGC
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Frontier Research Center for Global Change
- FRSGC
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Frontier Research System for Global Change
- FSSE
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Florida State University Superensemble
- GAME
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GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment (http://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Game/)
- GARP
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GEMPAK Analysis and Rendering Program
- GARP-3C
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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).
- GCM
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General Circulation Model
- GCOS
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Global Climate Observation System
- GES
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Gaz à Effet de Serre
- GEWEX
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Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
- GFS
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Global Forecast System
- GGM
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Goskogidromet/Gidromettsentr
- GISS
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Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- GMS
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Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
- GMS
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Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
- GOMOS
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Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
- GOMR
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Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
The Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer (GOMR) planned for the Polar Platform is conceived as two elements: a Nadir Sounder (GNS) for determining total ozone and a Limb Sounder (GLS) for determining vertical distributions of ozone, temperature and other trace gases at altitudes above the tropopause.
- GPC
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Global and Planetary Change
- GPM
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Global Precipitation Measurement
- GRACE
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Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/)
- GSMaP
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Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation
- GW
-
Global Warming
- GWP
-
Global Warming Potential
- HARIMAU
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Hydrometeorological Array for ISV-Monsoon Automonitoring (www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/harimau/)
- HNMS
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Hellenic National Meteorological Service
- HOLIVAR
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Holocene Climate Variability
- HORA
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Hochwasserrisikoflächen Austria
- HWRF
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Hurricane and Weather Research Forecasting
- HiRDLS
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High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
- IAMAS
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International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (www.iamas.org)
= AIMSA, IAMAS (see above)
- IARC
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International Arctic Research Center (www.iarc.uaf.edu)
- IASI
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Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
- ICOADS
-
International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (https://icoads.noaa.gov/)
- ICON
-
ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic
- IJBm
-
International Journal of Biometeorology
- IJCli
-
International Journal of Climatology
- IJMHG
-
Indian Journal of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Geophysics
- IMC
-
Instrument Meteorological Conditions
- IMO
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Icelandic Meteorological Office
- IMP
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Institut für Meteorologie und Physik
- IMP
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Instituto de Meteorologia de Portugal (www.meteo.pt)
- INDUS
-
Individualisiertes, Dynamisches Unwettersystem
- INM
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Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia
- INTMK
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Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki Seriia Meteorologiia i Klimatologiia
- IORGC
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Institute of Observational Research for Global Change (www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/)
- IPCC
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (https://www.ipcc.ch)
- IPRC
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International Pacific Research Center (http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu)
- IRM
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Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique
= KMI | Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut | In Dutch
- IRMB
-
Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique
- IRMBP
-
Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique, Publications
- ISAMS
-
Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
- ISCCP
-
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov)
- IfT
-
Institut für Troposphärenforschung
- JASMINE
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Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment