HomeMy WebLinkAbout5ALateDocument24709 Appendix 1 Acronyms ACWT Atlantic core water temperature AGAGE Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment AGW anthropogenic global warming AMF arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi AMO
Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation AMSR Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer APSIM Agricultural Production Systems Simulator AO/NAO Arctic Oscillation/North Atlantic Oscillation AsA
ascorbic acid ASI aeolian sand influx ATLAS Airborne Thermal and Land Applications Sensor AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Ba barium BATS Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series Study
BC2 Carlsbad Cavern (New Mexico) BCC Buckeye Creek Cave (West Virginia) BioCON Biodiversity, Carbon Dioxide, and Nitrogen Effects on Ecosystem Functioning BIOME3 Biogeochemical Model
BP before present BSW bog surface wetness Bt Bacillus thuringiensis BYDV barley yellow dwarf virus Ca calcium CAM Crassulacean Acid Metabolism CASA Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach CBSC
Carbon-based secondary compounds CCN Cloud condensation nuclei CDC Canadian Drought Code CERES Clouds a?nd the Earth’s Radiant Energy System CEVSA Carbon Exchanges in the Vegetation-Soil-Atmosphere
System CFC chlorofluorocarbons CGCM Coupled General Circulation Models CH2CII iodocarbon chloroiodomethane CH3C1 methyl chloride CH4 methane CH2I2 diiodomethane CHD coronary heart disease
CMAP Climate Prediction Center Merged Analysis of Precipitation CO2 carbon dioxide CPR Continuous Plankton Recorder CPY Climactic Pointer Years CRF cosmic ray flux CRII cosmic ray-induced
ionization CRP1 Core Research Project 1 CRU Climate Research Unit CS2 carbon disulfide CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) CWP Current Warm
Period CVD cardiovascular disease CZCS Coastal Zone Color Scanner DACP Dark Ages cold period DDG dry distilled grain DGGE denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis DM dry matter DMS dimethyl
sulfide DOC dissolved organic carbon
Climate Change Reconsidered 710 ECCO Estimating Circulation and Climate of the Ocean ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts EDC96 European Project for Ice Coring in
Antarctica Dome C EIA Energy Information Administration (U.S.) EF-Tu protein synthesis elongation factor ENSO El Nino-Southern Oscillation EQC eolian quartz content FACE Free-air CO2
Enrichment FACTS Forest Atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage FB Foxe Basin FD flux data GBR Great Barrier Reef GCM General Circulation Models GCR galactic cosmic rays GCTE Global Change
and Terrestrial Ecosystems GDP Gross Domestic Product GEI Glacier Expansion Index GHG green house gas(es) GIMMS Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies GIS Greenland Ice Sheet
GISS Goddard Institute of Space Studies GLO-PEM Global Production Efficiency Model gNDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index over the Growing Season GPCP Global Precipitation Climatology
Project gr gram(s) GRACE Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment GREET Greenhouse gases Regulated Emissions and Energy use in Transportation GSH glutathione GSL global sea level HC1
Hidden Cave (Guadalupe Mountains) HR heterotrophic respiration HSG hematite stained grain IE infection efficiency IMAR Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region IMR Indian Monsoon rainfall IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC 2007-I Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — Group 1 Contribution IPCC 2007-II Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — Group
II Contribution IPCC 2007-II Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — Group III Contribution IPCC-FAR Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — First Assessment Report IPCC-SAR
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — Second Assessment Report IPCC-TAR Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — Third Assessment Report IPCC-AR4 Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change — Fourth Assessment Report IRD ice rafted debris ISCCP International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project ISM Indian Summer Monsoon ITCZ Intertropical Convergence Zone
ITS2 Internal Transcribed Spacer Region 2 IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature LBM larch budmoth LCA low cloud amount LCLU land cover and land use LGM Last Glacial Maximum
LIA Little Ice Age LST land surface temperature LTM long-term mean standardization m meter Ma BP million years before present MAAT mean annual air temperature MBP mass balance potential
MDR main development region ME surface melt MJ mega joule MS methanesulfonate MSA methanesulfonic Acid MTBE methyl tertiary butyl ether
Acronyms 711 MWP Medieval Warm Period MXD maximum latewood density MY multiyear N2O nitrous oxide NABE North Atlantic Bloom Experiment NADW North Atlantic deep water NAM Northern Annular
Mode NAO North Atlantic Oscillation NAS National Academy of Sciences NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NEP net ecosystem production NIPCC Nongovernmental International Panel
on Climate Change NMHC non-methane hydrocarbon NPP net primary production nss-SO42-non-sea-salt sulfate NWS National Weather Service O3 ozone OCS carbonyl sulfide OLR outgoing longwave
radiation OM organic matter OTC open-top chambers P precipitation PAL Pathfinder AVHRR [Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer] Land PDO Pacific Decadal Oscillation PDSI Palmer Drought
Severity Index PF polar front PGR post-glacial rebound PI potential intensity PIZ perennial ice zone ppb parts per billion ppm parts per million Ps solid precipitation RACM Regional
Atmospheric Climate Model RCC rapid climate change RCS regional curve standardization Rd ratio of of diffuse Rda area-based dark respiration Rdm mass-based dark respiration rDNA ribosomal
deoxyribonucleic acid Rg solar irradiance ROS reactive oxygen species RWP Roman Warm Period SACC Screen-Aided CO2 Control SAT surface air temperature SB Southern Beaufort Sea SCC Swiss
Canopy Crane Project SCPDSI Self-Calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index SeaWiFS Sea-Viewing Wide Field-Of-View Sensor SEPP Science & Environmental Policy Project SFP South Fork Payette
SMB surface mass balance SMR snowmelt runoff SODA Simple Ocean Data Assimilation SOM soil organic matter SPAR Soil-Plant-Atmosphere-Research Facility (Mississippi) SPCZ South Pacific
Convergence Zone SPM Summaries for Policymakers SPS sucrose-phosphate synthase SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave Imager SSMR Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer SN/SSN sunspot number
SST sea surface temperatures STF subtropical front SU surface sublimation SWE snow water equivalent SWF shortwave flux SWM Southwest Monsoon TBE tick-borne encephalitis TBEV tick-borne
encephalitis virus TC tropical cyclones Tmax maximum temperature Tmin minimum temperature TMI Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager Topt optimum temperature
Climate Change Reconsidered 712 TP Tibetan Plateau TRFO tropical rainforest TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission TSI total solar irradiance UHI urban heat island UNEP United Nations
Environment Program UV ultraviolet VS vertical wind shear WAIS West Antarctic Ice Sheet WH Western Hudson Bay WMO World Meteorological Organization WNP Western North Pacific WSC water-soluble
carbohydrate WT wild type WUE water use efficiency