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AATSR
|
Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
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AC
|
ACross track
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ADC
|
Analogue to Digital Conversion
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ADEOS
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ADvanced Earth Observation Satellite
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ADS
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Annotation Data Set
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ADSR
|
Annotation Data Set Record
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AISP
|
Annotated Instrument Source Packet
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AIT
|
Acceptance, Integration, and Testing
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AL
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ALong track
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AOCS
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Attitude and Orbit Control System
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ARVI
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Atmosphere Robust Vegetation Index
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ASAR
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Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
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ASIC
|
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
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ASW
|
Application SoftWare
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ATBD
|
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document
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AU
|
Astronomical Unit
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AVHRR
|
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
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BIC
|
Bus Interface Controller
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BOA
|
Bottom Of Atmosphere / Begin Of Acquisition
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BOAVI
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Bottom of Atmosphere Vegetation Index
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BPA
|
Bleached Particle Absorption
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BRDF
|
Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function
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CA
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Corrective Action / Cloud Albedo
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Cal/Val
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Calibration/Validation
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CCD
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Charge-Coupled Device
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CFI
|
Customer-Furnished Item
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CM
|
Calibration Mechanism
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COSA
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Camera Optics SubAssembly
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CPU
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Central Processing Unit
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CZCS
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Coastal Zone Colour Scanner
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DAPB
|
Data Acquisition and Processing Block
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DB
|
Detection Box
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DBI
|
Digital Bus Interface
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DBU
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Digital Bus Unit
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DDV
|
Dense Dark Vegetation
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DEM
|
Digital Elevation Model
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DORIS
|
Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite
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DPC
|
Digital Processing Chain
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DPM
|
Detailed Processing Model
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DRM
|
Digital Roughness Model
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DR
|
Digital Relay
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DS16
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Digital Serial via 16 bits words
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DSD
|
Data Set Descriptor
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DSL
|
Depointing Signal Line
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DSP
|
Digital Signal Processor
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DSR
|
Data Set Record
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DSU
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Detection Supply Unit
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DU
|
Detection Unit (dB + FPA)
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ECMWF
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European Centre for Medium-term Weather Forecast
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EDAC
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Error Detection And Correction
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ENVISAT
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ENVIronment SATellite
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EQSOL
|
EQuipment Switch Off Line
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ERS
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European Remote-sensing Satellites
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ESA
|
European Space Agency
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ESRIN
|
European Space Research INstitute
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FM
|
Flight Model
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FME
|
Folding Mirror Element
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FOV
|
Field Of View
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FPA
|
Focal Plane Assembly
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FPAR
|
Fractional Photosynthetically Active Radiation
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FR
|
Full Resolution
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FSR
|
Full Spatial Resolution
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GADS
|
Global Annotation Data Set
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GLI
|
GLobal Imager
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GOME
|
Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
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GOMOS
|
Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of the Stars
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HSM
|
High Speed Multiplexer
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H/W
|
Hardware
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ICU
|
Instrument Control Unit
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ID
|
IDentifier
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InFOV
|
Instantaneous Field Of View
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IGBP
|
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
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IMT
|
Inverse Modelling Technique
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InFOV
|
Instrument Field Of View
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I/O
|
Input/Output
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IOCCG
|
International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group
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IOP
|
Inherent Optical Properties
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IPF
|
Instrument Processing Facility
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IR
|
Infrared
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IRS
|
Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
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IRTM-NN
|
Inverse Radiative Transfer Model - Neural Network
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ISLSCP
|
International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
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JGOFS
|
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
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L1B
|
Level 1B
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L2
|
Level 2
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LANDSAT
|
LAND observation SATellite
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LBR
|
Low Bit Rate
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LR
|
Low Resolution
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LRAC
|
Low Rate Reference Archive Centre
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LSB
|
Least Significant Bit
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LU
|
Luminance unit (mW.sr-1.m-2.mm-1)
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LUT
|
Look Up Table
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LVI
|
Land Vegetation Index
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MARS
|
Monitoring Agriculture by Remote Sensing
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MARS CAP
|
Monitoring Agriculture by Remote Sensing Common Agricultural Policy
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MARS STAT
|
Monitoring Agriculture by Remote Sensing STATistics
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MBR
|
Medium Bit Rate
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MCMD
|
MacroCoMmanD
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MDS
|
Measurement Data Set
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MDSR
|
Measurement Data Set Record
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MERIS
|
MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
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MIPAS
|
Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Soundings
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MISR
|
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
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MGVI
|
MERIS Global Vegetation Index
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MJD
|
Modified Julian Day
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MJD2000
|
Modified Julian Day 2000
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ML16
|
Memory Load via 16 bits words
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MMU
|
Memory Management Unit
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MODIS
|
MODerate resolution Imaging Spectrometer
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MOS
|
Modular Optoelectronic Scanner
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MOMO
|
Matrix Operator MOdel
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MPH
|
Main Product Header
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MTF
|
Modulation Transfer Function
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MWR
|
MicroWave Radiometer
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N/A
|
Not Applicable
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NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NDVI
|
Normalised Differential Vegetation Index
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NEDL
|
Noise Equivalent Differential Luminance
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NIR
|
Near Infra-Red
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NN
|
Neural Network
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NRT
|
Near Real Time
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N/S
|
Non Significant
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OBDH
|
OnBoard Data Handling
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OBT
|
OnBoard Time
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OCL
|
Offset Control Loop
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OCI
|
Ocean Colour Imager
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OCM
|
Ocean Colour Monitor
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ODOC
|
Optical Dissolved Organic Compounds (synonyms: Yellow substance, Gelbstoff)
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OCTS
|
Ocean Colour and Temperature Scanner
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OFL
|
OFf-Line
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OS
|
Operating System
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OSMI
|
Ocean Scanning Multispectral Imager
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PAR
|
Photosynthetically Available Radiation
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PC
|
Peltier Cooler
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PCD
|
Product Confidence Data
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PDF
|
Portable Document Format
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PDHF
|
Payload Data Handling Facility
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PDHS
|
Payload Data Handling Station
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PDS
|
Payload Data Segment
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PDU
|
Power Distribution Unit
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PF
|
Processing Facility
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PF-HS
|
Processing Facility - Host Structure
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PM
|
Payload Module
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PMC
|
Payload Management Computer
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POLDER, POLDER-2
|
POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectance
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PPDU
|
Payload Power Distribution Unit
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PPF
|
Polar PlatForm
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PROM
|
Programmable Read Only Memory
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PS
|
Power Supply (inside DSU)
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RAM
|
Random Access Memory
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RBI
|
Remote Bus Interface
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RGB
|
Red Green Blue
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ROM
|
Read Only Memory
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RR
|
Reduced Resolution
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RSR
|
Reduced Spatial Resolution
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SAG
|
Science Advisory Group
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SAGE
|
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Equipment
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SAR
|
Synthetic Aperture Radar
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SCIAMACHY
|
SCanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cartography
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SDPSS
|
Science Data Processing SubSystem
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SeaWiFS
|
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
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SL16
|
Serial Link via 16 bits words
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SP
|
SPectral (dimension of the sensor)
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SPH
|
Specific Product Header
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SPM
|
Suspended Particulate Matter (equivalent to TSM)
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SQADS
|
Summary Quality Annotation Data Set
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SRDF
|
Spectral Region Distribution Function
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SSI
|
Spectral Sampling Interval
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SST
|
Sea Surface Temperature
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S/W
|
SoftWare
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SWSA
|
Scrambling Windows SubAssembly
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SWE
|
Scrambling Window Element
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TBC
|
To Be Confirmed
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TBD
|
To Be Defined
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TOA
|
Top Of Atmosphere
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TOAR
|
Top Of Atmosphere Radiance
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TOAVI
|
Top Of Atmosphere Vegetation Index
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TSM
|
Total Suspended Matter (equivalent to SPM)
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TSP
|
Total Suspended Particulates
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UNFCCC
|
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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UT
|
Universal Time
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UV
|
UltraViolet
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VC
|
Video Chain
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VEU
|
Video Electronic Unit
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VIS
|
VISible
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WGS84
|
World Geodetic Standard 1984
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YS
|
Yellow Substance
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