List of abbreviations and acronyms mentioned in this review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.331.t1
| Abbreviation or acronym . | Definition . | Type . |
|---|---|---|
| 3MI | Multi-viewing Multi-channel Multi-polarisation Imaging | Instrument |
| (A)ATSR | (Advanced) along-track scanning radiometer | Instrument |
| AERONET | Aerosol Robotic Network | Observation network |
| AirMSPI | Airborne Multiangle Spectro Polarimetric Imager | Instrument |
| AMSR | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer | Instrument |
| AOD | Aerosol optical depth (=aerosol optical thickness) | Geophysical term |
| ASCAT | Advanced Scatterometer | Satellite mission |
| ATLID | Atmospheric Lidar | Instrument |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer | Instrument |
| BRDF | Bidirectional reflectance distribution function | Geophysical term |
| BPDF | Bidirectional polarisation distribution function | Geophysical term |
| CALIOP | Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarisation | Instrument |
| CALIPSO | Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation | Satellite mission |
| CAPI | Cloud and Aerosol Polarimetry Imager | Instrument |
| CATS | Cloud/Aerosol Transport System | Instrument |
| CCN | Cloud condensation nuclei | Geophysical term |
| CDOM | Coloured (or chromophoric) dissolved organic matter | Geophysical term |
| CER | Cloud droplet effective radius | Geophysical term |
| CFOSAT | China-France Oceanography Satellite | Satellite mission |
| Chl-a | Chlorophyll-a | Chemical |
| CLAW | Charlson, Lovelock, Andreae, and Warren (hypothesis) | Geophysical term |
| CNES | Centre National d’Études Spatiales | Organisation |
| COD | Cloud optical depth | Geophysical term |
| COMS | Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (hosting GOCI) | Satellite mission |
| CPR | Cloud profiling radar | Instrument |
| DMS | Dimethylsulphide | Chemical |
| DMSP | Dimethylsulphoniopropionate | Chemical |
| EarthCARE | Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer | Satellite mission |
| ESA | European Space Agency | Organisation |
| EUMETSAT | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites | Organisation |
| FAP | Functional assemblage of particles | Geophysical term |
| GMI | GPM Microwave Imager | Instrument |
| GOCI | Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager | Instrument |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite | Satellite mission |
| GPM | Global Precipitation Measurement | Satellite mission |
| GRASP | Generalised Retrieval of Aerosol and Surface Properties | Algorithm |
| HARP | Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter | Instrument |
| HSRL | High spectral resolution lidar | Instrument type |
| IASI | Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer | Instrument |
| ICARE | Cloud-Aerosol-Water-Radiation Interactions | Data server |
| IOCCG | International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group | Organisation |
| JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Organisation |
| LIDAR | Light detection and ranging | Instrument type |
| MAN | Maritime Aerosol Network | Observation network |
| MBL | Marine boundary layer | Geophysical term |
| MERIS | Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer | Instrument |
| MetOP | Meteorological OPerational | Satellite mission |
| MISR | Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer | Instrument |
| MODIS | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer | Instrument |
| MSI | MultiSpectral Instrument | Instrument |
| MSG | Meteosat Second Generation | Satellite mission |
| MUR | Multiscale Ultra-high Resolution | Data set |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Organisation |
| NIR | Near-infrared | Geophysical term |
| NRCS | Normalised radar cross section | Geophysical term |
| OLCI | Ocean and Land Colour Instrument | Instrument |
| OLI | Operational Land Imager | Instrument |
| OLS | Operational Linescan System | Instrument |
| OPAC | Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds | Database |
| PACE | Plankton, Aerosols, Clouds, and ocean Ecosystems | Satellite mission |
| PAR | Photosynthetically available radiation | Geophysical term |
| PARASOL | Polarisation and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Sciences coupled with Observations from a Lidar | Satellite mission |
| PFT | Phytoplankton functional types | Geophysical term |
| POC | Particulate organic carbon | Geophysical term |
| POLAC | Polarised Atmospheric Correction | Algorithm |
| POLDER | Polarisation and Directionality of the Earth’s Reflectance | Instrument |
| QuikSCAT | Quick Scatterometer | Satellite mission |
| RADARSAT | Radar satellite | Satellite mission |
| RGB | Red-green-blue | Image term |
| RSP | Research Scanning Polarimeter | Instrument |
| SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar | Instrument type |
| SARAL-AltiKa | French-Indian Oceanography Mission | Satellite mission |
| SGLI | Second Generation Global Imager | Instrument |
| SeaWiFS | Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor | Instrument |
| SEM | Small eddy model | Model |
| SEVIRI | Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager | Instrument |
| SLSTR | Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer | Instrument |
| SMAP | Soil Moisture Active/Passive | Satellite mission |
| SMOS | Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity | Satellite mission |
| SNAP | Sentinel Application Platform | Software |
| SOLAS | Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study | Project |
| SPEX | Spectropolarimeter for Planetary Exploration | Instrument |
| SSA | Single scattering albedo | Geophysical term |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave/Imager | Instrument |
| SSS | Sea surface salinity | Geophysical term |
| SST | Sea surface temperature | Geophysical term |
| SRAL | SAR radar altimeter | Instrument |
| SWIR | Shortwave infrared | Geophysical term |
| TMI | TRMM Microwave Imager | Instrument |
| TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission | Satellite mission |
| TIRS | Thermal Infrared Sensor | Instrument |
| UV | Ultraviolet (radiation) | Geophysical term |
| VIIRS | Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite | Instrument |
| VIS | Visible (radiation) | Geophysical term |
| Windsat | Windsat Polarimetric Radiometer | Instrument |
| Abbreviation or acronym . | Definition . | Type . |
|---|---|---|
| 3MI | Multi-viewing Multi-channel Multi-polarisation Imaging | Instrument |
| (A)ATSR | (Advanced) along-track scanning radiometer | Instrument |
| AERONET | Aerosol Robotic Network | Observation network |
| AirMSPI | Airborne Multiangle Spectro Polarimetric Imager | Instrument |
| AMSR | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer | Instrument |
| AOD | Aerosol optical depth (=aerosol optical thickness) | Geophysical term |
| ASCAT | Advanced Scatterometer | Satellite mission |
| ATLID | Atmospheric Lidar | Instrument |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer | Instrument |
| BRDF | Bidirectional reflectance distribution function | Geophysical term |
| BPDF | Bidirectional polarisation distribution function | Geophysical term |
| CALIOP | Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarisation | Instrument |
| CALIPSO | Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation | Satellite mission |
| CAPI | Cloud and Aerosol Polarimetry Imager | Instrument |
| CATS | Cloud/Aerosol Transport System | Instrument |
| CCN | Cloud condensation nuclei | Geophysical term |
| CDOM | Coloured (or chromophoric) dissolved organic matter | Geophysical term |
| CER | Cloud droplet effective radius | Geophysical term |
| CFOSAT | China-France Oceanography Satellite | Satellite mission |
| Chl-a | Chlorophyll-a | Chemical |
| CLAW | Charlson, Lovelock, Andreae, and Warren (hypothesis) | Geophysical term |
| CNES | Centre National d’Études Spatiales | Organisation |
| COD | Cloud optical depth | Geophysical term |
| COMS | Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (hosting GOCI) | Satellite mission |
| CPR | Cloud profiling radar | Instrument |
| DMS | Dimethylsulphide | Chemical |
| DMSP | Dimethylsulphoniopropionate | Chemical |
| EarthCARE | Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer | Satellite mission |
| ESA | European Space Agency | Organisation |
| EUMETSAT | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites | Organisation |
| FAP | Functional assemblage of particles | Geophysical term |
| GMI | GPM Microwave Imager | Instrument |
| GOCI | Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager | Instrument |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite | Satellite mission |
| GPM | Global Precipitation Measurement | Satellite mission |
| GRASP | Generalised Retrieval of Aerosol and Surface Properties | Algorithm |
| HARP | Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter | Instrument |
| HSRL | High spectral resolution lidar | Instrument type |
| IASI | Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer | Instrument |
| ICARE | Cloud-Aerosol-Water-Radiation Interactions | Data server |
| IOCCG | International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group | Organisation |
| JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Organisation |
| LIDAR | Light detection and ranging | Instrument type |
| MAN | Maritime Aerosol Network | Observation network |
| MBL | Marine boundary layer | Geophysical term |
| MERIS | Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer | Instrument |
| MetOP | Meteorological OPerational | Satellite mission |
| MISR | Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer | Instrument |
| MODIS | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer | Instrument |
| MSI | MultiSpectral Instrument | Instrument |
| MSG | Meteosat Second Generation | Satellite mission |
| MUR | Multiscale Ultra-high Resolution | Data set |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Organisation |
| NIR | Near-infrared | Geophysical term |
| NRCS | Normalised radar cross section | Geophysical term |
| OLCI | Ocean and Land Colour Instrument | Instrument |
| OLI | Operational Land Imager | Instrument |
| OLS | Operational Linescan System | Instrument |
| OPAC | Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds | Database |
| PACE | Plankton, Aerosols, Clouds, and ocean Ecosystems | Satellite mission |
| PAR | Photosynthetically available radiation | Geophysical term |
| PARASOL | Polarisation and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Sciences coupled with Observations from a Lidar | Satellite mission |
| PFT | Phytoplankton functional types | Geophysical term |
| POC | Particulate organic carbon | Geophysical term |
| POLAC | Polarised Atmospheric Correction | Algorithm |
| POLDER | Polarisation and Directionality of the Earth’s Reflectance | Instrument |
| QuikSCAT | Quick Scatterometer | Satellite mission |
| RADARSAT | Radar satellite | Satellite mission |
| RGB | Red-green-blue | Image term |
| RSP | Research Scanning Polarimeter | Instrument |
| SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar | Instrument type |
| SARAL-AltiKa | French-Indian Oceanography Mission | Satellite mission |
| SGLI | Second Generation Global Imager | Instrument |
| SeaWiFS | Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor | Instrument |
| SEM | Small eddy model | Model |
| SEVIRI | Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager | Instrument |
| SLSTR | Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer | Instrument |
| SMAP | Soil Moisture Active/Passive | Satellite mission |
| SMOS | Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity | Satellite mission |
| SNAP | Sentinel Application Platform | Software |
| SOLAS | Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study | Project |
| SPEX | Spectropolarimeter for Planetary Exploration | Instrument |
| SSA | Single scattering albedo | Geophysical term |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave/Imager | Instrument |
| SSS | Sea surface salinity | Geophysical term |
| SST | Sea surface temperature | Geophysical term |
| SRAL | SAR radar altimeter | Instrument |
| SWIR | Shortwave infrared | Geophysical term |
| TMI | TRMM Microwave Imager | Instrument |
| TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission | Satellite mission |
| TIRS | Thermal Infrared Sensor | Instrument |
| UV | Ultraviolet (radiation) | Geophysical term |
| VIIRS | Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite | Instrument |
| VIS | Visible (radiation) | Geophysical term |
| Windsat | Windsat Polarimetric Radiometer | Instrument |