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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