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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