Geosat Chapter 6
Geosat JGM-3 GDRs
6. Acronyms
CSR - Center for Space Research (University of Texas)
ECMWF - European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting
ERM - Exact Repeat Mission
GEOSAT - Geodetic Satellite
GDR - Geophysical Data Record
GM - Geodetic Mission
GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
IRI95 - International Reference Ionosphere 1995
JGM-3 - Joint Gravity Model 3
JHU/APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCEP - National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NOAA)
NSWC - Naval Surface Weapons Center
NVAP - NASA Water Vapor Project
SSMI - Special Sensor Microwave Imager
TOVS - Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder
T/P - Topex/Poseidon
USO - Ultra Stable Oscillator
UTC - Universal Time Coordinated
WFF - Wallops Flight Facility (NASA)
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