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5 List of abbreviations 
ACC 
Atmospheric Composition Constellation 
ARGO 
Array for real-time geostrophic oceanography 
as I 
Above sea level 
AVHRR 
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 
AW I 
Stiftung Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (Alf 
red Wegener Institute for Polar and Ocean Research) 
AW I PE V 
French - German Arctic Research Base at Ny-Älesund / Spitsbergen; 
AWI together with the Institut Polaire Francais Paul Emile Victor 
BfG 
Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (German Federal Institute of Hyd 
rology) 
BKG 
German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy 
BMU 
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit 
(German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation 
and Nuclear Safety) 
BMVBS 
Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung (German 
Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs) 
BMZ 
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwick 
lung (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Deve 
lopment) 
BSH 
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrografie (Federal Maritime and 
Hydrographie Agency) 
BSRN 
Baseline Surface Radiation Network of the WCRP 
CBS 
WMO Commission for Basic Systems 
CDOP 
Continuous Development and Operations Phase (SAF) 
CEOS 
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites 
CLIPS 
Climate Information and Prediction Services (WMO) 
CLIVAR 
Climate Variability and Predictability 
CLRTAP 
UN/ECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution 
CM-SAF 
EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring 
CONICET 
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas 
DFD 
Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum (Remote Sensing Data 
Centre) 
DFG 
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 
DLR 
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (German Aerospace 
Center) 
DWD 
Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Meteorological Service) 
ECV 
Essential Climate Variable 
EMDS 
Einheitlicher Meteorologischer Datenspeicher (Standardised meteoro 
logical data memory system) 
EMEP 
European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme 
ENVISAT 
European Environmental Satellite (ESA) 
EPS 
EUMETSAT Polar System 
ERS 
European Earth Remote Sensing Satellite (ESA) 
ESA 
European Space Agency 
E-SURFMAR 
EUCOS Surface Marine programme 
EU 
European Union 
EUCOS 
EUMETNET Composite Observing System 
EUMETNET 
Network of European Meteorological Services 
EUMETSAT 
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satel 
lites 
FAO 
Food and Agriculture Organization