Glossary B-C

B-C

  • B/H

    Base to Height ratio

  • B/S

    Byte per Second

  • BBS

    Bulletin Board System

  • BCD

    Binary Coded Decimal

  • BDS

    Browse data Distribution Subsystem

  • BER

    Bit Error Rate

  • BIL

    Band Interleaved by Line

  • BIP2

    Band Interleaved by 2 Pixels

  • BIf

    Bi-Phase

  • BKMS

    Bangkok MOS Receiving Station

  • BPI

    Byte per Inch

  • bpi

    bit per inch

  • bps

    bit per second

  • BPSK

    Biphase Phase Shift Keying

  • BS

    Broadcasting Satellite

  • BSQ

    Band Sequential

  • C/N

    Carrier to Noise Ratio

  • CADS

    Catalogue Data Distribution System

  • CAL

    Calibration

  • CAPPI

    Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator

  • CAS

    Chinese Academy of Science

  • CASI

    Compact Airborne spectrographic Imager

  • CATS

    Catalogue Subsystem

  • CC

    Console Control

  • CC

    Cubic Convolution

  • CCD

    Charge Coupled Device

  • CCRS

    Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

  • CCSDS

    Consultative Committee for Space Data System

  • CCT

    Computer Compatible Tape

  • CD

    Compact Disk

  • CD-ROM

    Compact Disk-Read Only Memory

  • CDDI

    Copper Distributed Data Interface

  • CDF

    Common Data Format

  • CDR

    Critical Design Review

  • CEOS

    Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

  • CEOS-AHWGN

    CEOS Adhoc Working Group on Network

  • CEOS-IDN

    CEOS International Directory Network

  • CEOS-WGD/NS

    CEOS Working Group on Data/Network Subgroup

  • CEOS-WGINS

    CEOS Interim Working Group on International Network Services

  • CEOS-WGISS

    CEOS Interim Working Group on Information Systems and Services

  • CERES

    Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System

  • CHL

    Chlorphyll

  • CI

    Co Investigator

  • CINTEX

    Catalog Interoperability Experiment

  • CNES

    Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales

  • CNIE

    Commission National de Investigacines Espaciales Argentina

  • COARE

    Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Reserch Experiment

  • COMETS

    Communications & Engineering Test Satellite

  • COMP
  • CPR

    Cloud Profiling Radar

  • CPU

    Central Processing Unit

  • CR

    Corner Reflector

  • CRL

    Communications Research Laboratory

  • CRT

    Cathode Ray Tube

  • CSA

    Canadian Space Agency

  • CTM

    Chemical Transport Model

  • CVCF

    Constant Voltage Constant Frequency

  • CZCS

    Coastal Zone Color Scanner