NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
TEST |
Test Everything Seeking Truth |
NGEE |
Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments |
ABoVE |
Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
ANTHC |
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium |
AA |
Arctic Amplification |
AACA |
Adaptations Actions for a Changing Arctic |
AAPC |
Alaska Arctic Policy Commission |
AC |
Arctic Council |
ACADIS |
Advance Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Se |
ACAP |
Arctic Contaminants Action Program (AC) |
ACCER |
Alaska Climate Change Executive Roundtable |
ACCT |
Arctic Communities Collaboration Team (IARPC) |
ACE |
Arctic Collaborative Environment |
ACIA |
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment |
ACT |
Atmosphere Collaboration Team (IARPC) |
ADCT |
Arctic Data Collaboration Team (IARPC) |
ADIwg |
Alaska Data Integration Working Group |
AEIS |
Arctic Ecosystems Integrated Survey (BOEM) |
AERONET |
Aerosol Robotic Network |
AFE |
Alaska Forum on the Environment |
AFN |
Alaska Federation of Natives |
AFSC |
Alaska Fire Science Consortium |
AFSC |
Alaska Fisheries Science Center |
AGU |
American Geophysical Union |
AHTWH |
Alaska Hydrography Technical Working Group |
AK CSC |
Alaska Climate Science Center |
AMAP |
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AC) |
AMEC |
Alaska Mapping Executive Committee |
AMSER-E |
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Obs |
AMSS |
Alaska Marine Science Symposium |
ANIMIDA |
Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the Developm |
ANLC |
Alaska Native Language Center |
ANTHC |
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium |
AO |
Arctic Oscilation |
AOMIP |
Arctic Ocean Model Intercomaprison Project |
AON |
Arctic Observing Network |
AOOS |
Arctic Ocean Observing System |
AOS |
Arctic Observing Summit |
AOSCT |
Arctic Observing Systems Collaboration Team (IARPC |
APG |
Arctic Policy Group |
ARCUS |
Arctic Resesarch Consortium of the United States |
ARISE |
Arctic Radiation-IceBridge Sea and Ice Experiment |
ARM |
Atmopheric Radiation Measurement |
ARMAP |
Arctic Research Mapping Application |
ARPA |
Arctic Research Policy Act |
ASAMM |
Aerial Surveys of Arctic Marine Mammals |
ASDI |
Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure |
ASRC |
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation |
ASSW |
Arctic Science Summit Week |
BEO |
Barrow Environmental Observatory |
BEST |
Bering Ecosystem Study |
BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
BOEM |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
BSMP |
Beaufort Sea Monitoring Program (BOEM) |
BSSN |
Bering Sea Sub-Network |
CAFF |
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (AC) |
CANHR |
Center for Alaska Native Health Research |
CBCT |
Chukchi & Beaufort seas ecosystems Collaboration T |
CBMP |
Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program |
CDC |
Centers for Desease Control |
CENRS |
Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability |
CESM |
Community Earth System Model |
CHAOZ |
Chukchi Acoustic, Oceanographi, and Zooplankton |
CI |
Cyberinfrastructure |
CliC |
Climate and Cryosphere Program |
CLIVAR |
Climate Variability and Predictability |
CMIP5 |
Coupled Model Intercomarison Project Phase 5 |
CRREL |
Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory |
CSESP |
Chukchi Sea Envionmental Studies Program |
DBO |
Distributed Biological Observatory |
DBOCT |
Distributed Biological Observatory Collaboration Team |
DEC |
Department of Environmental Conservation (SoA) |
DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
DF&G |
Department of Fish and Game (SoA) |
DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
DNR |
Department of Natural Resources (SoA) |
DOC |
Department of Commerce |
DOD |
Department of Defense |
DOE |
Department of Energy |
DOEd |
Department of Education |
DOI |
Department of Interior |
DOS |
Department of State |
DOT |
Department of Transportation |
DTM |
Digital Terrain Model |
EBM |
Ecosystems Based Management |
EBO |
Equivalent Black Carbon |
EC |
European Commission or Environment Canada |
EcoFOCI |
Ecosystems & Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated In |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
EIS |
Ecosystem Integrated Survey (BOEM) |
ELOKA |
Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge in t |
EOP |
Executive Office of the President |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
EPB |
European Polar Board |
EPPRWG |
Emergency Preparedness Planning and Response Worki |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ESM |
Earth System Model |
ESMF |
Earth System Modeling Framework |
ESP |
Environmental Studies Program |
ESPC |
Earth Systems Prediction Capability |
ESSAS |
Ecosystem Studies of Sub-Arctic Seas |
FAMOS |
Forum for Arctic Modeling and Observational Synthe |
FARO |
Forum of Arctic Research Operators |
FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service |
GAO |
Government Accountability Office |
GCM |
Global Climate Model |
GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
GFCT |
Glaciers & Fjords Collaboration Team (IARPC) |
GINA |
Geographic Information Network of Alaska |
GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
GLOBEC |
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics |
GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
GPS |
Global Postioning System |
GRACE |
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
GRISO |
Greenland Ice Sheet and Ocean working group (CLIVA |
GTOS |
Global Terrestrial Observing System |
HHCT |
Human Health Collaboration Team (IARPC) |
HIS |
Indian Health Service |
IARC |
International Arctic Research Center (UAF) |
IARPC |
Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee |
IASC |
International Arctic Science Committee |
IASOA |
International Arctic System for Observing the Atmo |
IASSA |
International Arctic Social Sciences Association |
ICARP |
International Conference on Arctic Research Planni |
ICASS |
International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences |
ICC |
Inuit Circumpolar Council |
ICESat |
Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite |
ICS |
International Circumpolar Surveillance |
ICSU |
International Council for Science |
IEA |
Integrated Ecosystems Assessment |
IGFA |
International Group of Funding Agencies |
IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
INTERACT |
International Network for Terrestrial Research and |
IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change |
IPY |
International Polar Year |
ISAC |
International Study of Arctic Change |
JISAO |
Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere an |
LCC |
Landscape Conservation Cooperative-Arctic |
LEO |
Local Environmental Observer (ANTHC) |
LIDAR |
Light Detection And Ranging |
LOE |
Line of Effort (NSAR) |
LTER |
Long Term Ecological Research |
LTK |
Local and Traditional Knowledge |
MARES |
Marine Arctic Ecosystem Study |
MCT |
Modeling Collaboration Team (IARPC) |
MIP |
Model Intercomparison Project |
MISR |
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer |
MIZ |
Marginal Ice Zone |
MIZOPEX |
Marginal Ice Zone Observations Processes and Exper |
MMC |
Marine Mammal Commission |
MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
MOSAiC |
Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Stu |
NAB |
Northwest Arctic Burough |
NAO |
North Atlantic Oscilation |
NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Sapce Administration |
NCDC |
National Climate Data Center |
NED |
National Elevation Dataset |
NEH |
National Endowment for Humanities |
NGA |
National Geospatial Agency |
NGDC |
National Geophysical Data Center |
NGEE-Arctic |
Next Generation Ecosystems Experiment |
NGO |
Non-governmental Organization |
NIC |
National Ice Center |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
NIMH |
National Institute on Mental Health |
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOC |
National Ocean Council |
NODC |
National Oceanographic Data Center |
NOPP |
National Oceanographic Partnership Program |
NPR-A |
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska |
NPRB |
North Pacific Research Board |
NPS |
National Park Service |
NSAR |
National Strategy for the Arctic Region |
NSB |
North Slope Borough |
NSB |
National Science Board (NSF) |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSIDC |
National Snow and Ice Data Center |
NSREA |
North Slope Rapid Ecological Assessment |
NSSI |
North Slope Science Initiative |
NSTC |
National Science and Technology Council |
NWS |
National Weather Service |
ODP |
Ocean Data Portal |
ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
PacMARS |
Pacific Marine Arctic Regional Synthesi |
PAG |
Pacific Arctic Group |
PAME |
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (AC) |
PI |
Principal Investigator |
PMEL |
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (NOAA) |
POPs |
Persistent Organic Pollutants |
PPP |
Polar Prediction Project |
PRB |
Polar Research Board |
QA/QC |
Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
R/V |
Research Vessel |
RADARSAT |
Radar Satellite |
RCM |
Regional Climate Model |
RFP |
Request for Proposal |
RISA |
Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments |
ROSES |
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences |
RUSALCA |
Russian American Long-term Consus of the Arctic |
SAON |
Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks |
SAP |
Subsistence Advisory Panel |
SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SCTF |
Science Cooperation Task Force (AC) |
SDI |
Spatial Data Infrastructure (AC) |
SDMI |
Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative (State) |
SDWG |
Sustainable Develoment Working Group |
SEARCH |
Study of Envionmental Arctic Change |
SEES |
Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability |
SGCR |
Subcommittee on Global Change Research (NSTC) |
SI |
Smithsonian Institutes |
SICT |
Sea Ice Collaboration Team (IARPC) |
SIPN |
Sea Ice Prediction Network |
SLCFs |
Shortlived Climate Forcers |
SLR |
Sea Level Rise |
SMAP |
Soil Moisture Active Passive |
SNAP |
Scenarios Network for Alaska & Arctic Planning |
SoA |
State of Alaska |
SOAR |
Stynthesis of Arctic Research |
SS |
Sea Surface |
SSH |
Sea Surface Height |
SST |
Sea Surface Temperature |
STPI |
Science Technology Policy Institute |
SWIPA |
Snow, Water, Ice, and Permafrost in the Arctic |
TECT |
Terrestrial Ecosystems Collaboration Team (IARPC) |
TEON |
Terrestrial Environmental Observing Network |
TES |
Troposheric Emission Spectrometer |
TFBCM |
Task Force on Black Carbon and Methane (AC) |
TFOPP |
Task Force on Arctic Marine Oil Pollution and Prevention |
UAF |
University of Alaska at Fairbanks |
UAS |
Unpiloted Aerial Systems |
UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNESCO |
United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural O |
UNOLS |
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System |
USACE |
US Army Corps of Engineers |
USARC |
US Arctic Research Commission |
USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
USGCRP |
US Global Change Research Program |
UUV |
Unmanned Underwater Vehicle |
VIIRS |
Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite |
WCRP |
World Climate Research Project |
WCT |
Wildfires Collaboration Team (IARPC) |
WMO |
World Meterological Organization |
WWF |
World Wildlife Fund |
WWRP |
World Weather Research Programs |
YOPP |
Year of Polar Predictions |