Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review (2017)
Chapter: Appendix E Acronyms
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24666.
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Acronyms
| AAGS | American Association for Geodetic Surveying |
| AC | advisory committee |
| AER | Aeronomy Program |
| AGS | Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences |
| ALMA | Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array |
| AMPERE | Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment |
| AO | Arecibo Observatory |
| APS | American Physical Society |
| ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
| AST | Division of Astronomical Sciences |
| CAREER | Faculty Early Career Development program |
| CCMC | Consortium of Resonance and Rayleigh LIDARS |
| CEDAR | Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions |
| CISL | Computational and Information Systems Lab |
| CRRL | Consortium of Resonance and Rayleigh Lidars |
| DASI | distributed arrays of small instruments |
| DKIST | Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DRIVE | Diversify, Realize, Integrate, Venture, Educate |
| DYNAMIC | Dynamical Neutral Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling |
| EHR | Directorate for Education and Human Resources |
| EISCAT | European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association |
| ENG | Directorate for Engineering |
| EPSCoR | Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24666.
| FDSS | Faculty Development in Space Science |
| GEM | Geospace Environment Modeling |
| GEO | Directorate for Geosciences |
| GOLD | Global Observations of the Limb and Disk |
| GONG | Global Oscillations Network Group |
| GS | Geospace Section |
| GSO | Geospace System Observatory |
| HAO | High Altitude Observatory |
| HF | high frequency |
| HSO | Heliophysics System Observatory |
| I&V | Innovation and Vitality |
| ICCGS | Investments in Critical Capabilities for Geospace Science 2016 to 2025 |
| ICON | Ionospheric Connection Explorer |
| IGS | Integrative Geospace Science |
| INCLUDES | Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science |
| INSPIRE | Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education |
| ISR | incoherent scatter radar |
| IUSE | Improving Undergraduate STEM Education |
| JRO | Jicamarca Radio Observatory |
| LIDAR | light detection and ranging |
| LISN | Low-latitude Ionospheric Sensor Network |
| M&O | management and operations |
| MAG | Magnetospheric Physics Program |
| MEDICI | Magnetosphere Energetics, Dynamics, and Ionospheric Coupling Investigation |
| MMS | Magnetospheric Multiscale |
| MPS | Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| MREFC | Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction |
| MRI | Major Research Instrumentation |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| NISP | NSO Integrated Synoptic Program |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association |
| NRAO | National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSO | National Solar Observatory |
| NSWS | National Space Weather Strategy |
| OASIS | Observatory for Atmosphere Space Interaction Studies |
| PFISR | Poker Flat incoherent scatter radar |
| PI | principal investigator |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Assessment of the National Science Foundation's 2015 Geospace Portfolio Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24666.
| PLR | Polar Program |
| PM | program manager |
| PRC | Portfolio Review Committee |
| PREEVENTS | Prediction of and Resilience against Extreme Events |
| REDI | Research, Education and Development Initiative |
| REU | Research Experiences for Undergraduates |
| RFI | request for information |
| RISR-N | Resolute Bay incoherent scatter radar |
| SEES | Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability |
| SHINE | Solar, Heliospheric, and Interplanetary Environment |
| SOLIS | Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun |
| SSB | Space Studies Board |
| STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| STR | Solar Terrestrial Program |
| SuperDARN | Super Dual Auroral Radar Network |
| SW REDI | Space Weather Research, Education and Development Initiative |
| SWAP | Space Weather Action Plan |
| SWM | space weather modeling |
| SWP | Space Weather and Prediction |
| SWR | space weather research |
| USRA | Universities Space Research Association |
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