| AAMP |
Asian-Australian Monsoon Panel |
| AC&C |
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate |
| ACC |
Anthropogenic Climate Change |
| ACE |
Antarctic Climate Evolution |
| ACSYS |
Arctic Climate System Study |
| AGCS |
Antarctica and the Global Climate System |
| AIMES |
Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System |
| ALPEX |
ALPine EXperiment |
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| AMIP |
Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project |
| AMMA |
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis |
| AOPC |
Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate |
| ARM |
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement programme |
| AR4 |
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report |
| ASAP |
Assessment of Stratospheric Aerosol |
| ASPeCt |
Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate Panel |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| BAHC |
Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle |
| BALTEX |
Baltic Sea Experiment |
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| BSRN |
Baseline Surface Radiation Network |
| CACGP |
Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution |
| CAS |
Commission for Atmospheric Sciences (WMO) |
| CCl |
Commission for Climatology |
| CCMVal |
Chemistry-Climate Model Validation |
| CEOP |
Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observations Period |
| CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites |
| CERES |
Cloud and Earth Radiant Energy System |
| CFMIP |
Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project |
| CliC |
WCRP Climate and Cryosphere |
| CLIPS |
Climate Information and Prediction Services |
| CLIVAR |
WCRP Climate Variability and Predictability Project |
| CMIP |
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project |
| CMIP3 |
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 3 |
| COARE |
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Experiment |
| COPES |
Coordinated Observation and Prediction of the Earth System |
| COSPAR |
COmmittee on SPAce Research |
| CPWC |
Cooperative Programme on Water and Climate |
| CryOS |
Cryospheric Observing System |
| CSEs |
GEWEX Continental Scale Experiments |
| C4MIP |
Coupled Carbon Cycle Climate Model Intercomparison Project |
| DEMETER |
Development of a European Multimodel Ensemble system for seasonal to inTERannual prediction |
| DIVERSITAS |
interantional biodiversity programme |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| ESSP |
Earth System Science Partnership |
| ETCCDI |
Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices |
| ETR |
Education and Training Programme (WMO) |
| EUCREX |
European Cloud-Radiation Experiment |
| FAR |
IPCC First Assessment Report |
| GAIM |
IGBP's Global Analysis, Integration and Modelling |
| GAME |
GEWEX-related Asian Monsoon Experiment |
| GARP |
Global Atmospheric Research Programme |
| GATE |
GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| GCIP |
GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project |
| GCOS |
Global Climate Observing System |
| GCP |
Global Carbon Project (ESSP) |
| GCSS |
GEWEX Cloud System Study |
| GECAFS |
Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (ESSP) |
| GEC-HH |
Global Envrionmental Change and Human Health (ESSP) |
| GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
| GEOSS |
Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
| GEWEX |
WCRP Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment |
| GHP |
GEWEX Hydrometeorological Panel |
| GLDAS |
Global Land Data Assimilation System |
| GODAE |
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
| GPCP |
Global Precipitation Climatology Project |
| GRIPS |
GCM-Reality Intercomparison Project for SPARC |
| GRP |
GEWEX Radiation Panel |
| GSOP |
Global Synthesis and Observations Panel |
| GvaP |
Global Water Vapour Project |
| GWSP |
Global Water System Project (ESSP) |
| HELCOM |
Helsinki Commission |
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| ICARP |
International Conference on Arctic Research Planning |
| ICSU |
International Council for Science |
| IGAC |
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry |
| IGBP |
Interantional Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
| IGFA |
Interantional Group of Funding Agencies |
| IGOS |
Integrated Global Observing Strategy |
| IGOS-Cryo |
Cryospheric Theme of IGOS |
| IHDP |
International Human Dimensions Programme |
| IHP |
International Hydrology Programme |
| IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPO |
International Project Office |
| IPY |
International Polar Year |
| IMO |
International Meteorological Organization |
| ISCCP |
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project |
| ISLSCP |
International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project |
| ISMIP |
Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison Project |
| IUGG |
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics |
| JCRF |
Joint Climate Research Fund |
| JPS |
Joint Planning Staff |
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| JSC |
Joint Scientific Committee |
| LBA |
Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experimentation Amazonia |
| MedCLIVAR |
CLIVAR's Mediterranean Climate Variability project |
| MAGS |
MAckenzie GEWEX Study |
| MAHASRI |
Monsoon Asian Hydro-Atmosphere Scientific Research and Prediction Initiative |
| MAIRS |
Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Studies |
| MDB |
Murray Darling Basin Water Budget Project |
| MESA |
Monsoon Experiment South America |
| METEOSAT |
European geostationary meteorological satellite |
| NAME |
North American Monsoon Experiment |
| NWP |
Numerical Weather Prediction |
| OOPC |
Ocean Observation Panel for Climate |
| PCMDI |
Programme for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison |
| PILPS |
Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes |
| PMIP |
Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project |
| PSC |
Polar Stratospheric Clouds |
| SALLJEX |
South American Low-Level Jet EXperiment |
| SBSTA |
Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (UNFCCC) |
| SCOR |
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research |
| SHEBA |
Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean |
| SOLAS |
Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study |
| SPARC |
WCRP Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate |
| SSG |
Scientific Steering Group |
| START |
Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training |
| SURFA |
SURface Flux Analysis |
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| TACE |
Tropical Atlantic Climate Experiment |
| TFRCD |
Task Force on
Regional Climate Downscaling |
| TFSP |
Task Force on Seasonal Prediction |
| THORPEX |
The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment (WMO) |
| TOGA |
Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| VACS |
Variability of the African Climate System |
| VAMOS |
Variability of the American Monsoon |
| VOCALS |
VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study |
| WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme |
| WCP |
World Climate Programme |
| WG |
Working Group |
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| WGASF |
Working Group on Air-Sea Fluxes |
| WGCM |
Working Group on Coupled Modelling |
| WGNE |
Working Group on Numerical Experimentation |
| WGSF |
Working Group on Surface Fluxes |
| WGSIP |
Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WMP |
WCRP Modelling Panel |
| WOAP |
WCRP Observation and Assimilation Panel |
| WOCE |
World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
| WRAP |
Water Resources Applications Project |
| WRMC |
BSRN World Radiation Monitoring Centre |
