Glossary and Acronyms

Some common terms and acronyms

14C, 12C	Isotopes of Carbon
AGW	Anthropogenic Global Warming
AU	Astronomical Unit (average distance of the Earth from the Sun)
CFC	chlorofluorocarbon, e.g., ClCF3
CH4	Methane
CO	Carbon Monoxide ( Poison)
CO2	Carbon Dioxide
CRU	Climate Research Unit attached to the University of East Anglia, UK
CRUTEM	Land Temperature Record from CRU
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)
delta	Net change in a value
DOE	Department of Energy (US)
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency (US)
FOI, FOIA	Freedom Of Information Act
FWIW	For What Its Worth
GISS	Goddard Institute for Space Studies, also their temperature datase
Gt	Giga-tonne, 10^9 tonnes
HadCRUT	Combined land sea temperature database from the CRU
HadISST	Ice coverage and SST database from CRU
HadSST	Sea temperature database from the CRU
IIRC	If I recall correctly
IMHO	In my humble opinion
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
mb	millibar
NAS	National Academy of Science (US)
NASA	National Aeronautic and Space Agency
NCDC	National Climate Data Center
NCEP	National Centers for Environmental Prediction (US)
NGO	Non-Governmental Organization
NSF	National Science Foundation (US)
NSIDC	National Snow and Ice Data Center
O2	Oxygen Gas
O3	Ozone
SF6	Sulfur Hexafluoride (a very dense, inert gas)
sigma	Standard Deviation term
SO2	Sulfur Dioxide (becomes SO3 in air)
SO3	Sulfur Trioxide (becomes Sulfuric Acid in humid air)
SST	Sea Surface Temperature
UAH	University of Alabama Huntsville
UHI	Urban Heat Island
UV	Ultra-violet (radiation)
W	watt
WUWT	WattsUpWithThat website
W/m2, W m-2	Watts/meter squared, a measure of radiation
WMO	World Meteorological Organization

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