Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest, Precursors, and Timing (2017)

Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Appendix D

Acronyms and Abbreviations

AIRS

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

ALOS

Advanced Land Observing Satellite

ASCENDS

Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, & Seasons

ASTER

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

AVO

Alaska Volcano Observatory

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation

CIDER

Cooperative Institute for Dynamic Earth Research

CIG

Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics

CMG

Collaboration in Mathematical Geosciences

COSMO-SkyMed

Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation

CSEDI

Cooperative Studies of the Earth’s Deep Interior

DOAS

Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy

ENSO

El Niño–Southern Oscillation

FTIR

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

GeoPRISMs

Geodynamic Processes at Rifting and Subducting Margins

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

GPS

Global Positioning System

IASI

Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer

InSAR

interferometric synthetic aperture radar

IR

infrared

IRIS

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

MISR

Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer

MLS

Microwave Limb Sounder

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NERSC

National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
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NSF

National Science Foundation

OMI

Ozone Monitoring Instrument

OMPS

Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite

PASSCAL

Portable Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere

PDC

pyroclastic density current

PREVENTS

Prediction of and Resilience against Extreme Events

SAGE

Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment

SEES

Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability

TanDEM-X

TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

VDAP

Volcano Disaster Assistance Program

VEI

Volcano Explosivity Index

XSEDE

Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment
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