List of abbreviations and acronyms mentioned in this review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.331.t1
Abbreviation or acronym . | Definition . | Type . |
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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 |