Acronym | Definition |
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AIS | Antarctic Ice Sheet |
ASCAT | Advanced Scatterometer (MetOp) |
C3S | Copernicus Climate Change Service |
CCI | Climate Change Initiative |
CDF | Cumulative Distribution Function |
CDM | Common Data Model |
CDR | Climate Data Record |
CDS | Climate Data Store |
CMUG | Climate Modelling User Group |
DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
ECMWF | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
ECV | Essential Climate Variable |
EODC | Earth Observation Data Centre for Water Resources Monitoring |
ERS | European Remote Sensing Satellite (ESA) |
ESA | European Space Agency |
GCOS | Global Climate Observing System |
GIA | Glacial Isostatic Adjustment |
GLL | Grounding Line Location |
GMB | Gravimetric Mass Balance |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GRACE | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
GRACE-FO | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow On |
GrIS | Greenland Ice Sheet |
h-saf | Hydrological Satellite Application Facility (EUMETSAT) |
ICDR | Interim Climate Data Record |
ICESat | Ice, Cloud and Elevation Satellite |
IGOS | Integrated Global Observing Strategy |
IMBIE | Ice sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise |
InSAR | Interferometric SAR |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
ISRO | Indian Space Research Organisation |
IV | Ice Velocity |
KPI | Key Performance Indicators |
L2 | Retrieved environmental variables at the same resolution and location as the level 1 (EO) source. |
L3 | Level 3 |
LOS | Line of Sight |
LSWT | Lake Surface Water Temperature |
MetOp | Meteorological Operational Satellite (EUMETSAT) |
MetOp SG | Meteorological Operational Satellite - Second Generation |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NetCDF | Network Common Data Format |
NISAR | NASA-ISRO SAR Mission |
NSIDC | National Snow and Ice Data Center |
Reaper | REprocessing of Altimeter Products for ERS |
RGI | Randolph Glacier Inventory |
RMSD | Root Mean Square Deviation |
RMSE | Root Mean Square Error |
SAOCOM | SAtélite Argentino de Observación Con Microondas |
SAF | Satellite Application Facilities |
SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SCA | Scatterometer |
SEC | Surface Elevation Change |
SLC | Single Look Complex |
TM | Thematic Mapper |
TOPS | Terrain Observation with Progressive Scan (S-1) |
TU | Technische Universität |
TU Wien | Vienna University of Technology |
URD | User Requirements Document |