|
AATSR
|
Advanced Along Track
Scanning Radiometer |
|
(A)ATSR
|
The ATSR and AATSR family
of instruments |
|
ADS
|
Annotation Data Set |
|
AGO
|
Auto Gain/Offset |
|
AISP
|
Annotated Instrument Source Packet |
|
AO
|
Announcement of Opportunity |
|
AOIP
|
Announcement of Opportunity
Instrument Provider |
|
AOCS
|
Attitude and Orbit Control System |
|
AST
|
Averaged Surface Temperature |
|
ATSR
|
Along Track Scanning Radiometer |
|
ATSR-1
|
Along Track Scanning
Radiometer - 1 |
|
ATSR-2
|
Along Track Scanning
Radiometer - 2 |
|
AVHRR
|
Advanced Very High
Resolution Radiometer |
|
BBC
|
Black Body Cavity |
|
BBU
|
Black Body electronics Unit |
|
BOL
|
Beginning of Life |
|
BPU
|
Blanking Pulse Unit |
|
BT
|
Brightness Temperature |
|
CATSA
|
Calibration And Thermal
Simulation Assembly |
|
CCU
|
Cooler Control Unit |
|
CGU
|
Clock Generator Unit |
|
CMT
|
Cadmium Mercury Telluride |
|
COTS
|
Commercial Off the Shelf (tools) |
|
CRC
|
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
|
CTB
|
Command and Telemetry Bus |
|
CTH
|
Cloud Top Height |
|
CTP
|
Cryogenic Temperature
Sensor Processing |
|
CTT
|
Cloud Top Temperature |
|
DBU
|
Digital Bus Unit |
|
DEFRA
|
Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs |
|
DEM
|
Digital Elevation Model |
|
DSD
|
Data Set Descriptor |
|
DEU
|
Digital Electronics Unit |
|
ECMWF
|
European Centre for Medium
range Weather Forecasting |
|
EMI
|
Electromagnetic Interference |
|
ENVI
|
Environment for Visualising Images |
|
ENVISAT
|
Environmental Satellite |
|
EOL
|
End Of Life |
|
ERS-1
|
European Remote Sensing
Satellite - 1 |
|
ERS-2
|
European Remote Sensing
Satellite - 2 |
|
ESA
|
European Space Agency |
|
FEP
|
Front End Processor |
|
FOS
|
Flight Operations Segment
(ENVISAT)
or Flight Operations Support (AATSR) |
|
FPA
|
Focal Plane Assembly |
|
FWHM
|
Full Width Half Maximum |
|
GADS
|
Global Annotation Data Set |
|
GBTR
|
Gridded Brightness Temperature/Reflectance |
|
GST
|
Gridded Surface Temperature |
|
HDF
|
Hierarchical Data Format |
|
HSM
|
High Speed Multiplexer |
|
HSU
|
Heater Switching Unit |
|
ICU
|
Instrument Control Unit |
|
IDL
|
Interactive Data Language |
|
IEU
|
Instrument Electronics Unit |
|
IFOV
|
Instantaneous Field Of View |
|
IOM
|
Instrument Operations Manual |
|
IPF
|
Instrument Processor Facility |
|
IRFPA
|
Infrared Focal Plane Assembly |
|
ISP
|
Instrument Source Packet |
|
IVR
|
Infrared Visible Radiometer |
|
JFET
|
Junction Field Effect Transistor |
|
K
|
kelvin |
|
L0
|
Level 0 |
|
L1B
|
Level 1B |
|
L2
|
Level 2 |
|
LRAC
|
Low Rate Reference Archive Centre |
|
LSB
|
Least Significant Bit |
|
LSM
|
Land-Sea mask |
|
LST
|
Land Surface Temperature |
|
LUT
|
Look Up Table |
|
MDS
|
Measurement Data Set |
|
MJD
|
Modified Julian Date |
|
MLI
|
Multi Layer Insulation |
|
MPH
|
Main Product Header |
|
MSS
|
Multi-Spectral Scanner |
|
MXBB
|
-X Black Body |
|
NDVI
|
Normalised Difference
Vegetation Index |
|
NIR
|
Near Infrared |
|
NOAA
|
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration |
|
NRT
|
Near Real Time |
|
OBDH
|
On Board Data Handling System |
|
OBT
|
On Board Time |
|
OSV
|
Orbit State Vector |
|
PAC
|
Processing and Archiving Centre |
|
PCSU
|
Power Conditioning and
Switching Unit |
|
PDHS
|
Payload Data Handling Stations |
|
PDS
|
Payload Data Segment |
|
PEB
|
Payload Equipment Bay |
|
PFHS
|
Processing Facility Host Structure |
|
PL-PDU
|
Payload Power Distribution Unit |
|
PMA
|
Paraboloid Mirror Assembly |
|
PP
|
Prototype Processor |
|
PRT
|
Platinum Resistance Thermometer |
|
PSF
|
Point Spread Function |
|
PXBB
|
+X Black Body |
|
RA
|
Radar Altimeter |
|
RAL
|
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
|
RIRT
|
Rhodium Iron Resistance Thermometer |
|
RT
|
Radiative Transfer |
|
SADIST
|
Synthesis of ATSR Data Into
Sea-surface Temperature |
|
SBT
|
Satellite Binary Time |
|
SCC
|
Stirling Cycle Cooler |
|
SCP
|
Signal Channel Processor |
|
SM
|
Service Module or
Scan Mirror |
|
SMD
|
Scan Mirror Drive |
|
SMU
|
Scan Mirror Unit |
|
SODAP
|
Switch-On and Data
Acquisition Phase |
|
SOT
|
Select on Test |
|
SPA
|
Signal Preamplifier Assembly |
|
SPH
|
Specific Product Header |
|
SST
|
Sea Surface Temperature |
|
TCS
|
Thermal Control Subsystem |
|
TDS
|
Test Data Set |
|
TIR
|
Thermal Infrared |
|
TM
|
Thematic Mapper or Telemetry |
|
TOA
|
Top Of Atmosphere |
|
TSAD
|
Temperature Sensor A/D converter |
|
TSM
|
Temperature Sensor Multiplexer |
|
TVCI
|
Temperature sensor and
Viscal monitor CTB Interface |
|
UK-PAC
|
United Kingdom Processing
and Archiving Centre |
|
USF
|
User Service Facility |
|
UTC
|
Universal Time Coordinated |
|
VCDU
|
Virtual Channel Data Unit |
|
VFPA
|
Visible Focal Plane Assembly |
|
VisCal
|
Visible Calibration system |
|
VNIR
|
Visible and Near InfraRed |
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