Glossary A

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• A/D

  Analog to Digital

• AAN

  Asian AWS Network

• AAN

  Asian AMeDAS Network

• ACRES

  Australian Centre for Remote Sensing

• ACRIM

  Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor

• ACS

  Attitude Control Subsystem

• ADCS

  Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem

• ADEOS

  Advanced Earth Observing Satellite

• ADEOS-II

  Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II

• ADEOS-III

  Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-III

• AFC

  Automatic Frequency Control

• AGC

  Automatic Gain Control

• AIM

  AMI image

• AIT

  Asian Institute of Technology

• ALOS

  Advanced Land Observing Satellite

• ALT

  Altimeter

• AM

  Amplitude Modulation

• AMEX

  Aeronautical Maritime Experimental Transponder

• AMI

  Active Microwave instrument

• AMR

  Airborne Microwave Radiometer

• AMS

  Attitude Measurement Sensor

• AMSR

  Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer

• ANT

  Antenna

• AO

  Announcement of Opportunity

• AOCS

  Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem

• AOS

  Acquisition of Signal

• APD

  Antenna Pointing Data

• APN

  Asian Pacific Network

• ARC

  Active Radar Calibrator

• ARGOS

  ARGOS System

• ASAR

  Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar

• ASF

  Alaska SAR Facility

• ASMS

  Alice Springs MOS Receiving Station

• ASTER

  Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer

• ATM

  Asynchronous Transfer Mode

• ATSR/IR(ATI)

  Along Track Scanning Radiometer/infrared

• ATSR/M(ATM)

  ATSR/Microwave Sounder ATSR

• AVHRR

  Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

• AVIRIS

  Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer

• AVNIR

  Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer

• AVNIR-II

  Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer II

• AVR

  Automatic Voltage Regulator

• AWA

  AMI wave

• AWI

  AMI wind

• AWS

  Automated Weather Station