| Term |
Definition |
| HAZUS-MH |
Hazards U.S. Multi-Hazard |
| HELIX |
The Health and Environment Linked for Information Exchange |
| HMS |
Hazard Mapping System |
| HRD |
Hurricane Research Division |
| IFSAR |
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| LiDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging |
| LP-DAAC |
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center |
| METOP |
Meteorological Operational satellite |
| MODAPS |
MODIS Adaptive Processing System |
| MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| MOPITT |
Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere |
| MSG |
Meteosat Second Generation |
| MTSAT |
Multi-functional Transport Satellite |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| NED |
National Elevation Data |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |
| NFDRS |
National Fire Danger Rating System |
| NHC |
National Hurricane Center |
| NIFC |
National Interagency Fire Center |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPOESS |
National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System |
| NPP |
NPOESS Preparatory Project |
| NRL |
Naval Research Lab |
| OCO |
Orbiting Carbon Observatory |
| OGC |
Open Geospatial Consortium |
| OMI |
Ozone Monitoring Instrument |
| POES |
Polar Environmental Operational Satellites |
| ROSES |
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences |
| RRS |
Rapid Response System |
| RS |
Remote Sensing |
| RSAC |
Remote Sensing and Applications Center |
| RSVPTM |
Rapid Syndrome Validation Project |
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovative Research |
| SCC |
Secretary's Command Center |
| SDR |
Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction of the CENR |
| SRTM |
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
| SSD |
Satellite Services Division |
| SSEC |
Space Science and Engineering Center |
| SWVI |
Short-Wave Vegetation Index |
| TIR |
Thermal Infra-Red |
| TOMS |
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
| TOPEX |
Topography Experiment |
| TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGEO |
U.S. Group on Earth Observations |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| VIIRS |
Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite |
| VIS |
Visible |
| WF_ABBA |
Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm |
| WFAS |
Wildland Fire Assessment System |
| WMO/IGOS |
World Meteorological Organization / International Global Observing System |
| WRF |
Weather Research Forecasting Model |
| WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development |
| YERC |
Yellowstone Ecological Research Center |
| YOGI |
Yellowstone Optical and SAR Ground Imaging |
