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Acronym List |
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ACC |
Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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ACD |
Atmospheric Chemistry Division (NCAR) |
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ACSYS |
Arctic Climate System Study |
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AGCM |
atmospheric general circulation models |
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AMIP |
Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project |
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AMWG |
Atmosphere Model Working Group |
| AR4 | Fourth Assessment Report |
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ARM |
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program (DOE) |
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ASP |
Advanced Study Program (NCAR) |
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AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
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BATS |
Biosphere-Atmosphere-Transfer Scheme |
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BGCWG |
Biogeochemistry Working Group |
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C4MIP |
Coupled Carbon Cycle Climate Project |
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CAB |
CCSM Advisory Board |
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CAM |
Community Atmosphere Model |
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CASA |
Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach |
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CCA |
Common Component Architecture (DOE) |
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CCM |
Community Climate Model |
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CCN |
Cloud Condensation Nuclei |
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CCPP |
Climate Change Prediction Program |
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CCSP |
Climate Change Science Program (NOAA) |
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CCSM |
Community Climate System Model |
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CCWG |
Climate Change Working Group |
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CEDAR |
Coupling Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions program |
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CFCs |
chlorofluorocarbons |
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CGD |
Climate and Global Dynamics Division (NCAR) |
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CICE |
sea-ice model developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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CLIMAP |
Climatatic Long-Range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction project |
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CLIVAR |
Climate Variability and Predictability Program |
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CLM |
Community Land Model |
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CMAP |
Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program (NSF) |
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CMIP |
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project |
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CMS |
Climate Modeling Section |
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CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
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CPL |
coupler (component of CCSM) |
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CRB |
Change Review Board |
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CRIEPI |
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan |
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CRREL |
Dept. of Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory |
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CSEG |
CCSM
Software Engineering Group |
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CSENT |
climate of the 17th-18th-19th-20th centuries |
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CSIM |
Community Sea Ice Model |
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CSL |
Climate Simulation Laboratory (NCAR) |
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CSM |
Climate System Model |
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CVS |
Concurrent Version System |
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CVWG |
Climate Variability Working Group |
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DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
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ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
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EDAS |
Ecosystem Dynamics and the Atmosphere Section |
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ENSO |
El Niño–Southern Oscillation |
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EOFs |
empirical orthogonal functions |
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ERBE |
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| ES | Earth Simulator |
| ESG | Earth System Grid |
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ESMF |
Earth System Modeling Framework (NASA) |
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EVP |
Elastic-Viscous-Plastic ice dynamics model |
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FDM |
full-depth model |
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FIRE-ACE |
First ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program)
Regional Experiment-Arctic Cloud Experiment |
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GAIM |
Global Analysis Interpretation and Modeling Ocean Carbon Model
Intercomparison |
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GCM |
general circulation model |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
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GISST |
Global Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature |
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G-M |
Gent-McWilliams parameterization scheme |
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GOGA |
Global Ocean Global Atmosphere (ensembles) |
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GtC |
gigatons of carbon |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| HadISST | Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature dataset |
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HIRDLS |
high-resolution dynamics limb sounder |
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HPCC |
High Performance Computing and Communications program (NSF) |
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IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
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IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IRI | International Research Institute |
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ISCCP |
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Program |
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ITCZ |
Intertropical Convergence Zone |
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K_A |
eddy advection term diffusivity coefficient |
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K_GM |
Gent and McWilliams diffusivity coefficient |
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K_R |
Redi term diffusivity coefficient |
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KPP |
K Profile Parameterization |
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LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory (DOE) |
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LBNL |
Lawrence Berkeley National Labortory (DOE) |
| LGM | Last Glacial Maximum |
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LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE) |
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LMWG |
Land Model Working Group |
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LSM |
Land Surface Model |
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LTE |
local thermodynamic equilibrium |
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MACCM3 |
middle atmosphere version of CCM3 |
| MATCH | Model for Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry |
| MCT | model coupling toolkit |
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MJO |
Madden-Julian Oscillation |
| MOC | Meridional Overturning Circulation |
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MOZART |
Model of Ozone and Related Trace Species |
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MPDATA |
Multi-dimensional Positive Definite Advection Transport Algorithm |
| MPI | message passing interface |
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NAO |
North Atlantic Oscillation |
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NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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NCEP |
National Centers for Environmental Prediction |
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NCOM |
NCAR CSM Ocean Model |
| NERSC | National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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NSF |
National Science Foundation |
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OCMIP |
Ocean Carbon Model Intercomparison Project |
| ODA | Ocean Data Assimilation |
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OMWG |
Ocean Model Working Group |
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ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) |
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OS |
Oceanography Section |
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PARCS |
Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences |
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PBL |
planetary boundary layer |
| PCM | Parallel Climate Model |
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PDO |
Pacific Decadal Oscillation |
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PFT |
plant function type |
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PCM |
Parallel Climate Model |
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PCMDI |
Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison |
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PCTM |
Parallel Climate Transition Model |
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PCWG |
Polar Climate Working Group |
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PMIP |
Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project |
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POLES |
Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface (component of NASA's Earth
Observing System) |
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POP |
Parallel Ocean Program |
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ppm |
parts per million |
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ppmv |
parts per million by volume |
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QBO |
Quasi-Biennial Oscillation |
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SCD |
Scientific Computing Division (NCAR) |
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SciDAC |
Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (DOE) |
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SCM |
Single Column Model |
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SEWG |
Software Engineering Working Group |
| SGER | Small Grants for Exploratory Research |
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SHEBA |
Surface Heat Exchange Budget for the Arctic |
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SIMIP2 |
Sea Ice Model Intercomparison Project 2 |
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SLP |
sea level pressure |
| SRES | Special Report on Emissions Scenarios |
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SSC |
Scientific Steering Committee |
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SSTA |
sea surface temperature anomaly |
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SSTs |
sea surface temperatures |
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TAGA |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean Global Atmosphere (ensembles) |
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TIME |
thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-electrodynamics |
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TIMED |
thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-energetics-dynamics |
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TOGA |
Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (ensembles) |
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UARS |
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite |
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UCAR |
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
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UOM |
upper-ocean model |
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USGCRP |
U.S. Global Change Research Program |
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USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
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VP |
Viscous-Plastic |
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VOC |
volatile organic compounds |
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WACCM |
Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model |
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WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme |
| WGCM | Working Group on Coupled Modelling |
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WGNE |
Working Group on Numerical Experimentation |
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