Glossary
ACE |
Advanced Composition Explorer |
ADC |
Astronomical Data Center |
AE |
Atmospheric Explorer |
AEROS |
AEROnomy Satellite |
AIM |
Automated Internal Management |
AIP |
Archive Information Package |
ARCAD |
Arc Aurorale et Densite |
ASCII |
American Standard Code for information Interchange |
ATMOWeb |
Web interface for ATMOspheric data |
CCSDS |
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems |
CD-ROM |
Compact Dist-Read Only Memory |
CD-WO |
Compact Disk-Write Once |
CDAW |
Coordinated Data Analysis Workshop |
CDF |
Common Data Format |
COBE |
Cosmic Background Explorer |
COHO |
Coordinated Heliospheric Observations |
CRRES |
Chemical Release and Radiation Effects Satellite |
DE |
Dynamics Explorer |
DEDSL |
Data Entity Dictionary Specification Language |
DIRBE |
Diffuse InfraRed Background Experiment |
DLT |
Digital Linear Tape |
DVD |
Digital Versatile Disk (originally, V = video) |
EOSDIS |
Earth Observing System Data and Information System |
EUVE |
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer |
FAST |
Fast Auroral SnapshoT |
FITS |
Flexible Image Transport System |
FSO |
FITS Support Office |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
FUSE |
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
GB |
Gigabyte |
GOES |
Geostationary Observational Environmental Satellite |
GSFC |
Goddard Space Fligbht Center |
HEASARC |
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center |
HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
IDA |
Interactive Data Archive |
IMAGE |
Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration |
IMP |
Interplanetary Monitoring Platform |
IRAS |
Infrared Astronomical Satellite |
ISEE |
International Sun-Earth Explorer |
ISIS |
International Satellite for Ionosphere Studies |
ISO |
International Standards Organization |
ISTP |
International Solar-Terrestrial Physics |
IUE |
International Ultraviolet Explorer |
JEDS |
Java Experiments, Data sets, Spacecraft |
KP |
Key Parameters |
LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
MAGSAT |
MAGnetic field SATellite |
MAST |
Multimission Archive at STScI |
M-O |
Magneto-optic |
MSIS |
Mass Spectrometer and Incoherent Scatter |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NDADS |
NSSDC Data Archive and Distribution System |
NIMS |
NSSDC Information Management System |
NMC |
NSSDC Master Catalog |
NOST |
NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology |
NSDF |
NSSDC Supplementary Data File |
NSSDC |
National Space Science Data Center |
NVO |
National Virtual Observatory |
OAIS |
Open Archival Information System |
OMNI |
Interplanetary Medium Data (not an acronym) |
PDS |
Planetary Data System |
PIMS |
Personnel Information Management System |
RAID |
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (originally, “I” was “Inexpensive”) |
SAMPEX |
Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer |
SECEF |
Sun Earth Connection Education Forum |
SNOE |
Student Nitrogen Oxide Explorer |
SOHO |
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory |
SSC |
Satellite Situation Center |
STScI |
Space Telescope Science Institute |
SWAS |
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite |
TB |
Terabyte |
TRF |
Technical Reference File |
WDC-SI |
World Data Center for Satellite Information (formerly |
WDC-A-Rockets and Satellites, WDC-A-R&S) |
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WORM |
Write-Once, Read-Many |
WWW |
World Wide Web |
XDF |
eXtensible Data Format |
XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |