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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




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