ADB

Actions Data Base

ADT

Advanced Dvorak Technique

AMSRE

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer – E (of EoS Aqua)

AMSR2

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2

AMSU

Advanced microwave sounding unit Radiometer onboard NOAA meteorological sat

AOML

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

AQUARIUS

Salinity mission (of NASA/CONAE)

ASAR

Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (of ENVISAT)

ASCAT

Advanced SCATterometer (of MetOp)

ATBD

Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document

ATCF

NOAA Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecast system

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

BLEND-HWS

Blended multi-mission oceanic wind speed products

CATDS

Centre d'Archivage et de Traitement des Données SMOS

CBLAST

Coupled Boundary Layer Air–Sea Transfer

CDR

Critical Design Review

CIMSS

Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

CMIS

Conical Microwave Imager/Sounder

CONAE

COmision NAcional de Actividades Espaciales

DIR

Directory (of the SMOS+ STORM Evolution project)

DMSP

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (of the USA)

DPM

DetailedProcessing Model

ECMWF

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast

ENVISAT

Environnent Satellite (http://envisat.esa.int)

ESA

European Space Agency

ESL

Expert Support Laboratory

EO

Earth Observation

EU

European Union

ETC

Extra-Tropical Cyclone

FR

Final Report

FROG

Foam, Rain, Oil and GPS-reflectometry

GFDL

Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Laboratory

GFS

Global Forecast System

GHRSST

GODAE High Resolution SST

GMF

Geophysical Model Function

GSFC

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hs

Significant Wave Height (also SWH)

HRD

Hurricane Research Division (of AOML)

H*WIND

NOAA National Hurricane Center Hurricane Wind Analysis products

IODD

Input/Output Data Definition

ITT

Invitation To Tender

IR

Infra Red

JMR

Jason Microwave Radiometer

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory