APPENDIX G. GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS 



APT Automatic Picture Transmission 



AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 



CCT Computer Compatible Tapes 



CZCS Coastal Zone Color Scanner 



DOC Department of Commerce 



DOD Department of Defense 



DOMSAT Domestic Communication Satellite System 



EDIS Environmental Data and Information Service 



EROS Earth Resources Observational System 



ESIC Environmental Science Information Center 



ESSA Environmental Science Services Administration (Predecessor 

 to NOAA) 



GEM-lOb A geoid model 



GEOS Geodynamics Experimental Oceanographic Satellite (NASA) 



GMT Greenwich Mean Time 



GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (NASA) 



GOSSTCOMP Global Operational Sea Surface Temperature Computation 



HRPT High Resolution Picture Transmission 



IFOV Instantaneous Field of View 



IR Infrared 



JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory 



LAMMR Large Antenna Multichannel Microwave Radiometer 



LANDSAT Land Observing Satellite (NASA) 



NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration 



NEFC Northeast Fisheries Center 



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