TL 796 .95 1989 с.2 SATELLITE RELATED ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, ANNOTATIONS, ADAPTATIONS, AND ASSOCIATED ALTERNATIVES John W. Sherman, III National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service Office of Research and Applications Research Planning Group Washington, D.C. February 1989 FTS 763-4626 (301)763-4626 FAX 763-8131 Telemail JSherman WORKING PAPER TL .TU SATELLITE RELATED ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, ANNOTATIONS, ADAPTATIONS, AND ASSOCIATED ALTERNATIVES INTRODUCTION This paper delineates a number of acronyms, etc., that occur frequently or sometimes so infrequently that the meaning/interpretation of the term is lost. It is becoming ever increasingly difficult to retain the evolving terminology related to the Earth satellite programs of not just the United States, but also the many nations that now participate in the space program. The list is ever growing and I have received comments on how such a list can be improved by including much more information than just the original meaning. Many people have helped by providing lists of acronyms to be incorporated. Many terms have become generic. Six of the major sources that can serve as a resource to others are in the bibliography. For the most part units have not been included and will be the subject of a separate paper at some future time. I have not attempted to purge "old" acronyms that are not in common usage now. When dealing with the international community, in particular the developing countries, many old publications and literature are frequently discussed. I find the "oldies" to come in handy. Purposely I have omitted the names/abbreviations of commercial companies in the United States, although certain specific foreign companies are included. Not all acronyms and abbreviations are necessarily found in the publications and documents of NOAA, NASA, DoD, etc., but fall in the category of "slang" that one hears in briefings, hallways, farewells, etc. It is hoped that the inclusion of these terms will help the uninitiated. I expect to informally issue revised versions of this list on a yearly basis. Publishing it more formally in the annual NOAA Technical Memorandum Series (NESDIS - No.) is JWS, III National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration TIROS Satellites and Satellite Meteorology ERRATA NOTICE One or more conditions of the original document may affect the quality of the image, such as: Discolored pages Faded or light ink Binding intrudes into the text This has been a co-operative project between the NOAA Central Library and the Climate Database Modernization Program, National Climate Data Center (NCDC). To view the original document contact the NOAA Central Library in Silver Spring, MD at (301) 713-2607 xl24 or [email protected]. HOY Services Imaging Contractor 12200 Kiln Court Beltsville, MD 20704-1387 January 26, 2009 WORKING PAPER being considered. It would be particularly helpful if the user's knowledge of any of the original meanings could be forwarded to me to help improve the listing. BIBLIOGRAPHY Annotated Acronyms and Abbreviations of Marine Science Related Activities (Third Edition), U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data and Information Service, NODC, Washington, DC; 1981. Selected Terms in Remote Sensing, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (French, English, and Spanish), FAO Terminology Bulletin 36; 1985. Guide to Names and Acronyms of Organizations, Activities, and Projects, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ASFIS Reference Series, No. 10; August 1982. Multilingual Dictionary of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, George A. Rabchevsky, Editor-in-Chief, English Glossary and Dictionary (equivalent terms in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian), American Society of Photogrammetry, Falls Church, VA; 1984. NOAA Product Information Catalog, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, First Edition; March 1988 Abbreviations, Acronyms and Titles, UNESCO, Translation and Records Division, Terminology, Documentation and Reference Section, English, Spanish, and French equivalents Terminology Unit, COL-T/ TERM/16/Prov., Paris, France; June 1988. GOES I-M Acronyms and Abbreviations, maintained and updated on the NESDIS Telemail System by Richard G. Reynolds (NESDIS/OSD;763-2597; Telemail RReynolds), this electronic system was last updated January 3, 1989. Payload Flight Assignments NASA Mixed Fleet, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Space Flight (this document is also posted on the NASA Mail.L Bulletin Board), Washington, DC; January 1989. JWS, III 3 February 1989 AAAA MEANING/INTERPRETATION A [Mode] GOES 1 -7 VISSR operational data format(discont'd 1987) A & T assembly & test AA Assistant Administrator AA [Mode] GOES 4-7 VAS research data format (discont'd May 1987) AAA [Mode] GOES 1 -7 VAS opérât, data format(to be replaced by GVAR AAAA Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Associated Alternatives (this document only) AAC Alaskan Air Command AAFE Advanced Applications Flight Experiment (old NASA acronym) AAFE Aeroassist Flight Experiment (related to AOTV) AAM apogee adjust maneuver AB as-built ABI NWS station identifier for Abilene, TX ABLE Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment ac alternating current AC Atlas Centaur (intermediate class ELV) ACB Applied Climatology Branch (NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC) ACCESS Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structure (NASA) ACCS Ambroziak Color-Coordinate System ACES Acoustic Containerless Experiment System (NASA/microgravity) ACGE Analog Command Generation Equipment (NASA) ACN Ascension Island ACR active cavity radiometer ACRIM Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (SMM) ACTS Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (NASA) ACZCS Advanced Coastal Zone Color Scanner AD as-designed ADACS Attitude Determination and Control System ADCLS Advanced Data Collection and Location System ADE array drive electronics ADEOS Advanced Earth Observing System (Japan) ADESS Automatic Data Editing and Switching System ADM Administrator or Administration ADM Admiral ADM angular dependence models ADM Attitude Data Multiplexer (GOES I-M) ADP automated data processing (or processor) ADPE automatic data processing equipment ADPUPA Automated Data Processing Upper Air ADS Angular Displacement Sensor (GOES I-M) Jws, in February 1989 AAAA MEANING/INTERPRETATION ADS atmospheric density specifications ADS attitude determination software ADSF Automatic Directional Solidification Furnace (NASA, materials) ANDOSL Advanced Night/Day Optical Survey of Lightning (NASA/optical monitoring) AE Autumnal Equinox AEG Atlantic Environmental Group (NOAA) AEM Applications Explorer Mission (NASA, either an A or В follows) AES Atmospheric Environmental Service (Canada) AF Air Force AF Polar Bear Air Force Polar Bear (atmospheric effects on EM propagation) AFB Air Force Base AFE American Flight Echocardiograph (NASA, cardiovascular) AFESMC Air Force Eastern Space and Missile Center (Cape Kennedy, FL) AFETR Air Force Eastern Test Range AFGL Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (Bedford, MA) AFGWC Air Force Global Weather Center (Offutt AFB.Omaha, NE) AFITV AF Instrumented Test Vehicle (anti-satellite target vehicle) AFOS Automation of Field Operations and Services APPRO Air Force Plant Representative Office AFRCC Air Force Rescue Control Center AFSC Air Force System Command (Space Division, Fairchild AFB) AFSCF Air Force Satellite Control Facility AFT Aft flight deck AFWSMC Air Force Western Space and Missile Center (see WSMC) AFWTR Air Force Western Test Range AGC automatic gain control AGE aerospace ground equipment AGO Santiago, Chile AgRISTARS Agricultural Resource Inventory Survey Through Aerospace Remote Sensing (USDA led activity) AGS ascent guidance software AGU American Geophysical Union AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AID Agency for International Development (DoS) AIDJEX Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment AIRIES Artificial Intelligence Research In Environmental Sciences AIRS Advanced Infrared Sounder AIRS Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (old ITS) AIS Airborne Imaging Spectrometer JWS, III 5 February 1989 AAAA MEANING/INTERPRETATION AIS Automated Information Security AISC Assessment and Information Services Center (now defunct formerly with NESDIS, Washington.DC) AKM Apogee Kick Motor (GOES I-M) AL assigned level ALC automatic level control ALE Atmospheric Lifetimes Experiment ALP ascent load package ALT altitude (orbit altitude) ALT altimeter ALU arithmetic logic unit AM amplitude modulation AM assurance manager AMAO Advanced Missions Analysis Office (NASA) AMBA adaptive multibeam antenna AMF apogee maneuver firing AMF apogee motor firing AMI Advanced Microwave Instrument AMIR Advance Microwave Imaging Radiometer AMOS AF Maui Optical Station (AF/ground-based electro-optical sensors) AMPTE Active Magnetosphere Particle Tracer Experiment(NASA/solar wind) AMR Advanced Microwave Radiometer AMRIR Advanced Medium-Resolution Imaging Radiometer AMS American Meteorological Society AMS Automatic Meteorological Station AMSR Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer AMSU Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit AMTS Advanced Moisture and Temperature Sounder AN ascending node ANC active nutation control ANS Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (^iv and x-ray) ANSI American National Standards Institute (nonprofit, nongovernment) АО Announcement of Opportunity AOC award of contract AOC Argos Operations Committee AOCE Attitude and Orbit Control Electronics (GOES I-M) AOCI Airborne Ocean Color Instrument (NASA Ames U-2 type aircraft) AOCS Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem AOIPS Atmospheric and Océanographie Information Processing System AOL Airborne Océanographie Lidar JWS, III February 1989 89 ДАЛА MEANING/INTERPRETATION AOML Atlantic Océanographie and Meteorological Laboratory (NOAA/ERL, Miami, FL) AOS acquisition of signal AOS/VS Advanced Operating System/Virtual Storage AOTV ? AP Application Processor (NASA/MSOCC) AP array processor APA allowance for program adjustment APACM Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Monitors APE Aurora Photography Experiment (NASA/extent and dynamics aurora) APL Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU and University of Washington) APL approved parts list APR Agency Procurement Request APS auxiliary propulsion system APT Automatic Picture Transmission (NOAA satellites) APU Auxilliary Processing Unit ARABSAT Arab Satellite (Communications satellite of ASCO) ARC aggregation of red cells (low-gravity blood studies) ARC Ames Research Center (NASA, Mountain View, CA) ARC aspect ratio corrected ARGOS French DCLS on NOAA operational satellites ARIA Advanced-Range Instrumentation Aircraft ARO after receipt of order ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency (DoD) ARPAnet ARPA network (DoD) AS adapter structure ASAP attached science and applications payloads ASAP Automated Shipboard Aerological Program ASAP as soon as possible ASB Atmospheric Sciences Branch (NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD) ASC administrative support center (generic to NOAA) ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCO Arab Satellite Communications Organization ASD ADP Services Division (NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC) ASD ADP Support Division (NESDIS/NODC, Washington, DC) ASDAR Aircraft to Satellite Data Relay ASDL Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Link ASEM Augmented Space bnvironment Monitor ASF Alaska SAR Facility (NASA, Fairbanks) ASFIS Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (FAO) ASOS Automated Surface Observing System (NWS, FAA) JWS, III February 1989 AAAA MEANING/INTERPRETATION ASP Attitude Sensor Package (foreign reimbursable Hitchhiker-G Payload) ASRM advanced solid rocket motor ASTR Advanced Sea-Surface Temperature Radiometer ASTRO Astronomy (Program to obtain ^v on astronomical objects) AT acceptance test AT apogee thruster АТС active thermal control ATD Advanced Technology Development (NASA useage, i.e. Eos ATD) Atlas ELV (intermediate class) ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (NASA) ATLAS Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems ATLID Atmospheric Lldar ATM Atmospheric Sciences (NSF) ATMOS Atmospheric Trace Molecules Observed by Spectroscopy ATMUL automatic thruster momentum unloading (software) ATM Advanced TIROS-N ATNAGE Advanced TIROS-N Aerospace Ground Equipment ATP acceptance test plan ATS Applications Technology Satellite ATSD Adm. & Tech. Services Division (NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC) ATSR Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (sensor on ERS-1) AU Astronomical Unit (mean Earth-Sun distance) AUSSÄT Australian Communicates Satellite (direct broadcast) AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network (U.S.) AUTOVON Automatic Voice Network (DoD) AVCS Advanced Vidicon Camera System AVE aerospace-vehicle equipment AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (TIROS - N) AVRIS Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer AWCS Agency-Wide Coding Structure AWIPS Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (NWS) AWS Air Weather Service ATW automatic weather station AWYB And When's Your Birthday? AXAF Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (NASA/free flyer) AXBT Airborne expendable Bathythermograph AXI Atmospheric X-ray Imager A-D analog-to Digital (converter, also A/D and ADC) a.k.a. also known as A/C aircraft JWS, III 8 February 1989 AAAA MEANING/INTERPRETATION A/E anti-Earth BA beacon antenna BAFO best and final offer BB blackbody BB Alphabetical designation given to an image enhancement curve BBCal blackbody calibration BBXRT Broad-band X-ray Telescope (NASA/shuttle attached payload; launch scheduled March 1990) BCA battery charge assembly BCA beacon command antenna BCD beacon command diplexer BCD binary coded decimal BCN beacon BCS battery charger sensor BCU bench check unit BCX battery charger expanded BDA Bermuda STDN Station (NASA) BDR bidirectional reflectance BDT bulk data transfer BECO booster engine cutoff BED Block Error Detector (NASA) BER bit error rate BESEX Bering Sea Experiment Bhashara-1 India's experimental geostationary satellite BIOME Biological Imaging and Observational Mission to Earth BIOPLATFORM Biological Platform (NASA/free-flyer to conduct life sciences) BIP background information package bit contraction of binary digit, the smallest unit of information BITnet "Because It's Time" network BLM Bureau of Land Management (Dol) BLP backup load package BMO British Meteorological Office BNSC British National Remote Sensing Centre BOD biological oxygen demand BOL beginning of life BOMAP Barbados Océanographie and Meteorological Analysis Project BOMEX Barbados Océanographie and Meteorological Experiment bote back-of-the-envelope BPE budgetary price estimate JWS.III 9 February 1989