Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms

• JVNTSC — John Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
• JWG — Joint Working Group
• K — Potassium
• K — A Symbol For Planetary Wave Number
• KAEH — King Air Equivalent Hours
• KAFB — Kirkland Air Force Base
• KB — Kilobyte (s)
• KB — Kilobit(s)
• KB/S — Kbits/s
• KBPS — Kilobits (103) Per Second
• KBYTE — Kilobyte (103)
• KDP — Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate
• KE — Kinetic Energy
• KELP — Coronal Emission Line Polarimeter
• KISS — Kanton Island Sounding System
• KITOON — Combination Kite And Balloon
• KLOC — Kilolines (103) of Code
• KMA — Korean Meteorological Administration
• KNET/SPARTACUS — N/A
• KNMI — Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
• KOFSE — Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment
• KOSAMP — Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Atmospheric Measurements Program
• KP — Low Magnetic Activity
• KP — Geomagnetic Planetary Index
• KPNO — Kitt Peak National Observatory Arizona
• KPP — K Profile Parameterization
• KR — Kilorayleigh
• KRMS — Ka-band Radiometer Mapping System
• KSA — Ku-band Single Access
• KSC — Kennedy Space Center
• L — Lunar
• L-DEO — Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• L2D2 — Lightweight LORAN Digital Dropsonde
• LA — Longmont Anticyclone
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• LACATE — Lower Atmosphere Composition And Temperature Experiment
• LACTOZ — N/A
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamics Satellite
• LAGEOS-2 — Laser Geodynamics Satellite-2
• LAI — Leaf Area Index
• LAM — Limited-area Model
• LAMBADA — Amazon Basin Experiment
• LAMMR — Large Antenna Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• LAMMR — Large Antenna Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• LAMP — Laboratoire Associe De Meteorologie Physique
• LAMPS — Limited-Area Mesoscale Prediction System
• LAMSS — Laser Air Motion Sensing System
• LAN — Local Area Network
• LANDSAT — Land Remote Sensing Satellite
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• LANTEX — Lantau Experiment
• LAOL — Los Alamos Opacity Library
• LAPB — Local Analysis And Prediction Branch
• LAPS — Local Analysis And Prediction System
• LAPS — Local Area Prediction System
• LARC — Langley Research Center
• LARC — Limited Area Remote Collector
• LAS — Laboratory of Atmospheric Science
• LAS — LAGEOS Apogee Stage
• LASA — Lidar Atmospheric Sounder And Altimeter
• LASERS — Learning About Science Easily And Readily
• LASP — Laboratory For Atmospheric And Space Physics
• LATAS — Laser True Airspeed System
• LAWS — Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder
• LAWS — Low Altitude Wind Shear
• LBA/TRMM — Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment In Amazonia/Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
• LBJSC — Lydon B. Johnson Space Center
• LBJSC — Lydon B Johnson Space Center
• LBN — Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
• LC — Inductance-capacitance
• LCC — Life Cycle Cost
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• LCL — Lifting Consdensation Level
• LCM — Large Core Memory
• LDA — Local Data Acquisition
• LDAD — Local Data Acquisition And Dissemination
• LDAP — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
• LDM — Local Data Manager
• LDN — Local Data Network
• LDR — LIDAR
• LDR — Linear Depolarization Ratio
• LDS — Lightning Detection System
• LDS — Linear Depolarization Ratio
• LDS — Loral Defense Systems
• LEADEX — Lead Experiment
• LEARN — Laboratory Experience In Atmospheric Research
• LEARN (PROJECT) — Laboratory Experience In Atmospheric Research
• LED — Light Emitting Diode
• LEDA — On-line Earthnet Data Access
• LERC — Lewis Research Center
• LES — Large-eddy Simulation
• LEST — Large Earth-Based Solar Telescope
• LEWEX — Labrador Extreme Waves Experiment
• LF — Low Frequency
• LFC — Large Format Camera
• LFM — Limited-area Fine Mesh
• LGSOWG — Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group
• LHS — Left-hand Side
• LIDAR — Light Detection And Ranging Instrument
• LIE — Line Islands Experiment