A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I

J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R

S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z

Acronyms

ACSYS Artic Climate System Study
AfriBASINS African Integrated Regional Model River Basin Inputs to the Coastal Zone
AGU American Geophysical Union
AIACC Assessment of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors
AMCEN African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
ANT the Antarctic Region
APN Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
APSIM Agricultural Production Systems Simulator
ARC the Arctic Region
AUSAID Australian Agency for International Development

BAHC Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
BMBF German Ministry for Education and Research (translation)

CACGP Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution
CEES Central and Eastern European States
CEMO Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency
CIRA Center for Integrated Regional Assessment
CLIMAG Climate Prediction and Agriculture
CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability Research Programme
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)

DAA Development Assistance Agencies
DEBITS Deposition of Biogeochemical Important Trace Species
DIS Data and Information Systems
DIAL Data and Information Access Link
DNDC Denitrification-Decomposition
DWA Digital Water

EC European Commission
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
ENRICH European Network for Research in Global Change
ENSO El Nino Southern Oscillation
EOS Earth Observing System
EPA Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
ETFRN European Tropical Forest Research Network

FACE Free Air CO, Enrichment
FCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change
FMA Applied Meteorology Foundation
FSM Federal States of Micronesia

GAIM Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modelling
GAME GEWEX Asia Monsoon Experiment
GAW Global Atmosphere Watch
GCM General Circulation Model
GCM Global Climate Models
GCP Global Carbon Project
GCTE Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosysteme
GECAFS Global Environmental Change and Food Systems
GECP-Africa Global Environmental Change Program in Africa
GECHS Global Environmental Change and Human Security
GEF Global Environment Facility
GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GHG Green House Gases
GIS Geographic Information System
GIWA Global International Waters Assessment
GOFC-GOLD Global Observation for Forest & Land Cover Dynamics
GLOBEC Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
GLOWA Global Change in the Hydrological Cycle
GTOS Global Terrestrial Observing Systems
GWS Global Water Systems

IAI Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
IAM Integrated Assessment Modeling
IAMAS International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
IASC International Arctic Science Committee
IBP International Biological Programme
ICSU International Council for Science
ICTP International Center for Theoretical Physics
IDEAL International Decade for the East African Lakes
IDEGC Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
IFS International Foundation for Science
IGAC International Global Atmospheric Chemistry
IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IGES Institute for Global Environmental Studies
IGFA International Group of Funding Agencies
IGU International Geophysical Union
IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme of Global Environmental Change
IHDW International Human Dimensions Workshop
IIASA International Institute for Applied System Analysis
INDOEX Indian Ocean Experiment
INI International Nitrogen Initiative
INQUA International Union for Quaternary Research
IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN)
IPO International Project Office (IGBP)
IPO Inter-decadal Pacific Oscillation
IRI International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
ISSC International Social Science Council
IT Industrial Transformation

JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

KNAS Kenya National Academy of Sciences

LIPI The Indonesian Institute of Science
LOICZ Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zones
LSM Land Surface Scheme Model
LUCC Land Use Land Cover Change
LUTEA Land Use in Temperate East Asia

MED START's Mediterranean Regional Network
MEDCOM Mediterranean Regional Committee for START
MEDIAS Regional Research Network for the Mediterranean Basin and Subtropical Africa
MIOMBO Cooperative Research Initiative into the Causes and Consequences of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in the Miombo Ecosystems of South Central Africa
MM5 Meso-Scale Model version 5
MODIS The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MRI Mountain Research Initiative

NASA National Aeronautic and Space Administration (USA)
NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA)
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NIH National Institutes of Health (USA)
NIOO Netherlands National Institute of Ecology (translation)
NIES National Institutes for Environmental Studies (Japan)
NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Translation)
NIS Newly Independent States
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development and Cooperation
NPL National Physical Laboratory (India)
NRC National Research Council
NREL National Research and Ecology Laboratory
NSF National Science Foundation (USA)

OCE START Oceania Regional Network
OGP Office of Global Programs (NOAA)

PACOM START's Pan-African Regional Committee
PASS Pan-African START Secretariat
PAGES Past Global Changes
PEP III The Afro-European Transect (PAGES)
PIC’s Pacific Island Countries

RCM Regional Climate Models
RIEMS Regional Integrated Environmental Model System
RPC Regional Policy Committee
RRC Regional Research Centre (START)
RRN Regional Research Network (START)

SADC Southern African Development Community
SAFARI 2000 Southern African Regional Science Initiative 2000
SafNET Southern Africa Fire Network
SAP Scientific Advisory Panel
SAIPO South Asia IGAC Office
SARCS Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START
SAS START's South Asia Regional network
SASCOM South Asia Regional Committee for START
SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCOR Scientific Committee on Ocean Research
SCOWAR Scientific Committee on Water Research
SDI Sustainable Development Indicators
SDSS Spatial Decision Support System
SEA START's Southeast Asia Regional Network
SEA BASINS South East Asia Integrated Regional Model River Basin Inputs to the Coastal Zone
SEA BIOTROP South East Asia Ministers of Education Organization for Tropical Biology
SEARRIN South East Asian Regional Research Information
SOI Southern Oscillation Index
SOLAS Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study
SPAF Science Policy Advisory Forum
SPARC Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate
SPCZ South Pacific Convergence Zone
SPREP South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
SSC Scientific Steering Committee
START global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training
STEI Stockholm Environmental Institute

TEA START's Temperate East Asia Regional Network
TEACOM Temperate East Asia Regional Committee for START
TNH Temperate Northern Hemisphere
TOGA ropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere
TSBF Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme
TWAS Third World Academy of Sciences

UN United Nations
UNU United Nations University
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (also know as the Earth Summit)
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP Untied Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USP University of the South Pacific
USCSP United States Country Studies Program
USCCP United States Climate Change Program
USGCRP United States Global Change Research Program
US NSF United States National Science Foundation

WCRP World Climate Research Programme
WGNE Working Group on Numerical Experimentation
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment
WOTRO The Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (Translation)
WWF World Wildlife Fund