Content - Links
Links & acronyms
Links to SPARC-related research
Chemistry-Climate Model Validation (CCM Val)
German Stratospheric Change and its Role for Climate Prediction (SHARP)
SOLARIS-HEPPA - Solar Influence for SPARC
Links to Journals
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres
Links to programmes, activities and agencies
ACRF – ARM Program Climate Research Facility
ADEOS – Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (mission completed)
AMSU – Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
AOPC – Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate
ARM – Atmospheric Radiation Measurement programme
ATLAS – Atmospheric Laboratory of Applications and Science (mission completed)
ATMOS – Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy Experiment (mission completed)
AQUAVIT – Intercomparison Campaign of Atmospheric Water Vapour Measurement Techniques
BSRN – Baseline Surface Radiation Network
CALIOP – Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarisation
CALIPSO – Cloud-Aerosol Lidar And Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
CAS – Commission for Atmospheric Sciences
CBS – WMO Commission for Basic Systems
CCI – Climate Change Initiative
CCL – WMO Commission for Climatology
CCMVal – Chemistry Climate Model Validation
CDR – Climate Data Record
CDR – Carbon Dioxide Removal
CEOS - Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CESM – Community Earth System Model
CFSR – Climate Forecast System Reanalysis
CGMS – Committee for Global Meteorological Satellites
CIMO – WMO Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
CLAES – Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (mission completed)
CLIC – WCRP Climate and Cryosphere project
CLIVAR – WCRP Climate Variability and Predictability project
CRISTA – Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere (mission completed)
ECMWF – European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ECSS – European Cooperation for Space Standardization
ECV – Essential Climate Variable
ENVISAT – Environmental Satellite
EO – Earth Observation
ERS – European Remote Sensing Satellite
ERSDAC – Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center
ESA – European Space Agency
ETH – Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich
EUMETSAT – European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
GASS – Global Atmospheric System Studies
GATNDOR – GRUAN Analysis Team for Network Design and Operations Research
GAW – Global Atmosphere Watch programme
GCOS – Global Climate Observing System
GCSS – GEWEC Cloud System Study
GDWG – GSICS Data Management Working Group
GEO – Group on Earth Observations
GeoMIP – Geogengineering Model Intercomparison Project
GEOSS - Global Earth Observing System of Systems
GEWEX – WCRP Global Energy and Water cycle EXperiment
GFCS – Global Framework for Climate Services
GGOS – Global Geodetic Observing System
GNSS – Global Navigation Satellite System
GOME – Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
GOMOS – Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
GOOS - Global Ocean Observing System
GOS – Global Observing System
GPCP – Global Precipitation Climatology Project
GRACE – Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
GRIPS – GCM-Reality Intercomparison Project
GRUAN - GCOS Reference Upper Air Network
GRWG - GSICS Research Working Group
GSICS – Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System
GSN - Global Surface Network
GTOS - Global Terrestrial Observing System
GUAN – GCOS Upper Air Network
HALOE – Halogen Occultation Experiment
HRDI – High Resolution Doppler Imager
HRTP – High Resolution Temperature Profiles
IASI – Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
IGAC - International Global Atmospheric Chemistry
IGACO – Integrated Global Atmospheric Chemistry Observations
IGBP – International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
ILAS – Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer (mission closed)
iLEAPS – integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study
ISAMS – Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
ISS – International Space Station
ISS – Information System and Services
JPS – WCRP Joint Planning Staff
JPSS – Joint Polar Satellite System
JSC – WCRP Joint Scientific Committee
ISCCP – International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
LIMS – Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
MACC – Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate
MAESTRO – Measurements of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation
MAHRSI – Middle Atmospheric High Resolution Spectrograph Investigation
MAPS – Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites
MAS – Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder
METOP – Meteorological Operational Satellite
MIPAS – Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding
MLS – Microwave Limb Sounder, also MLS – Microwave Limb Sounder
MSX – Midcourse Space Experiment
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCDC – NOAA National Climate Data Centre
NCEP – National Centres for Environmental Prediction
NDACC – Network of the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change
NDSC – Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change
NMHS – National Meteorological and Hydrological Service
NOAA Stratospheric Ozone Monitoring and Research
ODIN – sub-millimetre wave astronomy/aeronomy mission
OLME - Ozone Layer Monitoring Experiment
OMI – Ozone Monitoring Instrument
OMPS – Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
OOPC - Ocean Observations Panel for Climate
OSIRIS – Optical System for Imaging and low-intermediate Resolution Integrates Spectroscopy
OSSE – Observing System Simulation Experiment
PEM – Particle Environment Monitor
POAM – Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement
POLDER – Polarization and Directionality of the Earth’s Reflectances
RIS – Retro-reflector in Space
SAGE II – Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment Phase II
SAGE III – Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment Phase III
SAM – Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
SBRSO – Surface-Based Remotely-Sensed Observations
SBUV – Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectrometer
SCIAMACHY – Scanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter for Atmospheric Cartography
SCOPE – Sustained Co-ordinated Processing of Environmental Satellite Data
SMR – Sub-Millimeter Radiometer
SNAP – Stratospheric Network for the Assessment of Predictability
SOLARIS-HEPPA – SPARC activity on Solar Influences
SOLSE – Shuttle Ozone Limb Sounding Experiment
SOLSTICE – Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
SPARC – Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate
SPIN – ESA SPARC Initative
S-RIP – SPARC Reanalysis/analysis Intercomparison Project
SSiRC – Stratospheric Sulphur and its Role in Climate
SSU – Stratospheric Sounding Unit
SUSIM – Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
TES – Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer
TOMS – Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
TOPC - Terrestrial Observing Panel for Climate
TOVS – TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
UARS – Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
UT/LS – Upper troposphere / lower stratosphere
UVISI – Ultraviolet and Visible Imagers and Spectrographic Imagers
WCDMP – World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme
WCRP – World Climate Research Programme
WGCM – Working Group on Coupled Modelling
WGNE – Working Group on Numerical Experimentation
WGRC – Working Group on Regional Climate Science and Information
WGSIP – Working Group on Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction
WIGOS - WMO Integrated Global Observing System
WINDII – Wind imaging Interferometer, also WINDII - Wind imaging Interferometer
WIS – WMO Information System
WMO - World Meteorological Organisation
WOAP – WCRP Observation and Assimilation Panel
WOUDC – World Ozone and UV Data Centre
WWRP – World Weather Research Programme
WWW – World Weather Watch