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AA : Auroral Absorption
ACE : Advanced Composition Explorer
ACF : Autocorrelation Function
ADAF : AGONet Data Analysis Facility
AE : Auroral Electrojet (auroral activity index)
AG : Annales Geophysicae
AGO : Automatic Geophysical Observatory
AGONet : Antarctic Geospace Observatory Network
AGU : American Geophysical Union
AGW : Atmospheric Gravity Wave
AIS : Advanced Ionospheric Sounder
AL : Auroral Lower (auroral activity index)
ALOMAR : Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research
AMIE : Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics
AMPTE : Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers
Ap : (Planetary magnetic activity index)
AU : Astronomical Unit
AU : Auroral Upper (auroral activity index)
AVDAS : Advanced VLF Data Analysis System
AXO : Atmospheric X-ray Observatory
BAS : British Antarctic Survey
BGS : British Geological Survey
BNSC : British National Space Centre
BTW : By the way
CAMMICE : Charge and Mass Magnetospheric Ion Composition Experiment (on Polar)
CANOPUS : Canadian Auroral Network for the OPEN Program Unified Study
CAPS : Cassini Plasma Spectrometer
CCD : Charge-Coupled Device
CDAW : Coordinated Data Analysis Workshop
CDF : Common Data Format
CDHF : Co-ordinated Data Handling Facility
CEDAR : Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions
CEPPAD : Comprehensive Energetic Particle and Pitch Angle Distribution Experiment (on Polar)
CIR : Co-rotating Interaction Region
CIS : Cluster Ion Spectrometry Experiment (Cluster)
CMAT : Coupled Middle Atmosphere and Thermosphere (model)
CME : Coronal Mass Ejection
CNA : Cosmic Noise Absorption
CNES : Centre Nationale des Etudes Spatiales (France)
Co-I : Co-Investigator
COSPAR : Commission on Space Research
CP : Common Programme (EISCAT, SuperDARN etc)
CRRES : Combined Release / Radiation Effects Satellite
CTIM : Coupled Thermosphere Ionosphere Magnetosphere (model)
CTIP : Coupled Thermosphere Ionosphere Plasmasphere (model)
CUTLASS : Collaborative UK Twin-Located Auroral Sounding System
DABS : Data Access and Browsing System
DASI : Digital All-Sky Imager
DAT : Digital Audio Tape
DE : Dynamics Explorer
DFT : Discrete Fourier Transform
DMSP : Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DSP : Digital Signal Processing
Dst : Disturbance storm time (geomagnetic index)
DWP : Digital Wave Processing Experiment (Cluster)
ECH : Electron Cyclotron Harmonic
ECPC : Expanding-Contracting Polar Cap
EFW : Electric Fields and Waves (Cluster)
EGS : European Geophysical Society
EGU : European Geophysical Union
EIS : EUV Imaging Spectrometer
EISCAT : European Incoherent Scatter Radar
ELF : Extremely Low Frequency
EMIC : Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves
ENA : Energetic Neutral Atom
EPC : EISCAT Project Committee
EPCI : Electron Pedersen Conductivity Instablity
ESA : European Space Agency
ESR : EISCAT Svalbard Radar
ESTEC : European Space Research and Technology Centre
ETAP : EISCAT Time Allocation Panel
EUV : Extreme UltraViolet
FAC : Field Aligned Current
FAQ : Frequently asked Questions
FAST : Fast Auroral SnapshoT explorer
FBI : Farley-Buneman Instability
FFT : Fast Fourier Transform
FGM : Fluxgate Magnetometer
FLR : Field Line Resonance
FOV : Field Of View
FPI : Fabry-Perot Interferometer
FTE : Flux Transfer Events
FTP : File Transfer Protocol
FWIW : For what it's worth
FYI : For Your Information
GCM : Global Circulation Model
GEM : Geospace Environment Modelling
GEOS : GEOstationary Satellite
GFM : Global Field Model
GGS : Global Geospace Study
GIC : Geomagnetically Induced Current
GIF : Graphics Interchange Format
GIME : Global Imaging of Magnetospheric Electrodynamics
GMT : Greenwich Mean Time (same as UT)
GOES : Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite
GPS : Global Positioning System
GRL : Geophysical Research Letters
GSE : Geocentric Solar Earth (coordinates)
GSFC : Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)
GSM : Geocentric Solar Magnetic (coordinates)
HCS : Heliospheric Current Sheet
HESSI : High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
HF : High Frequency
HIREX : High-Resolution X-ray Explorer
HST : Hubble Space Telescope
HXT : Hard X-ray Telescope
IAGA : International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
IBIZA/IMPACT : Investigation BIsatellitaire des Zones Aurorales/Investigation of Magnetospheric Particles Acceleration and Turbulence
IC : Imperial College
ICME : Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection
ICSU : International Council of Scientific Unions
IDF : Ion Distribution Function
IDI : Imaging Doppler Interferometer
IDL : Interactive Data Language
IGBP : International Geosphere Biosphere Programme
IGRF : International Geomagnetic Reference Field
IGY : International Geophysical Year
IHV : Inter-Hourly Variation
IHY : International Heliophysical Year
IKI : Inter-Kosmos Institute (Russian Space Research)
ILWS : International Living with a Star (program)
IMAGE : International Monitor for Auroral Geomagnetic Effects
IMAGE : Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration
IMF : Interplanetary Magnetic Field
IMHO : In my humble opinion
IMP : Interplanetary Magnetic Probe
INPE : Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
IPS : Interplanetary Scintillations
IPY : International Polar Year
IRI : International Reference Ionosphere
IRIS : Imaging Riometer for Ionospheric Studies
IRM : Ion Release Module (of AMPTE)
IS : Incoherent Scatter
ISAS : Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)
ISEE : International Sun-Earth Explorer
ISTP : International Solar Terrestrial Physics Programme
ITM : Ionosphere Thermosphere and Mesosphere
JAG : Joint Association of Geophysics
JATP : Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
JGR : Journal of Geophysical Research
JGR : Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
JIM : Jovian Ionospheric Model
KCL : Kings College, London
KHI : Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
Kp : (Planetary magnetic activity index)
L : McIlwain's geomagnetic coordinate
LANL : Los Alamos National Laboratory
LASCO : Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (on SOHO)
LENA : Low Energy Neutral Atom (IMAGE)
LEO : Low Earth Orbit
LEP : Lightning-induced Electron Precipitation
LEPA : Low Energy Plasma Analyzer
LF : Low Frequency
LIE : Lightning-induced ionisation enhancement
LLBL : Low latitude boundary layer
LT : Local Time
LWPC : Long Wave Propagation Capability
LWS : Living with a Star
MACCS : Magnetometer Array for Cusp and Cleft Studies
MAGIC : Magnetometer Array on the Greenland Ice Cap
MAGPIES : MAGnetospheric Plasma Imaging Explorer Satellites
MALT : Mesosphere And Lower Thermosphere
MC : Magnetic Cloud
MF : Medium Frequency
MHD : Magneto-hydrodynamics
MIAOW : Mirrow and Slow Mode Waves
MICS : Magnetosphere Ionosphere Coupling Satellite
MIDAS : Multi-Instrument Data Analysis System
MIST : Magnetosphere Ionosphere and Solar Terrestrial (community in the UK)
MLAT : Magnetic Latitude
MLT : Magnetic Local Time
MPI : Max Planck Institute
MR : Magnetospherically Reflected
MSIS : Mass-Spectrometer-Incoherent-Scatter (neutral atmosphere model)
MSSL : Mullard Space Science Laboratory
NARMAX : Nonlinear AutoRegressive moving average model with eXogenous Inputs
NASA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR : National Centre for Atmospheric Research
NENL : Near Earth Neutral Line
NERC : Natural Environment Research Council
NIPR : National Institute for Polar Research (Japan)
NLC : Noctilucent Cloud
NOAA : National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC : National Research Council (USA)
NRF : Non-Radial Flow
NSF : National Science Foundation (USA)
NSSDC : National Space Science Data Centre (USA)
OCB : Open-Closed fieldline Boundary
OPP : Office of Polar Programs (USA)
OST : Office of Science and Technology
PACE : Polar Anglo-American Conjugate Experiment
Pc : Pulsation continuous
PC : Polar Cap (magnetic activity index)
PCA : Polar Cap Absorption
PCB : Polar Cap Boundary
PDF : Probability Distribution (or Density) Function
PEACE : Plasma Electron And Current Experiment (Cluster)
Pi : Pulsation irregular
PI : Principal Investigator
PIF : Pulsed Ionospheric Flow
PLHR : Power Line Harmonic Radiation
PMAF : Polward-moving auroral form
PMSE : Polar Mesospheric Summer Echo
PPARC : Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
PSBL : Plasma Sheet Boundary Layer
PSD : Power Spectral Density
PSMOS : Planetary Scale Mesopause Observing System
PSS : Planetary and Space Science
PUS : Public Understanding of Science
PWI : Plasma Wave Instrument
QBO : Quasi Biennial Oscillation
QDC : Quiet Day Curve
QJRAS : Quarterly Journal of the RAS
QP : Quasi-Periodic
RAL : Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
RAPID : Research into Adaptive Particle Imaging Detectors (Cluster)
RAS : Royal Astronomical Society
RF : Radio Frequency
RFI : Radio Frequency Interference
RFI : Resonant Flux Instability
RMS : Root mean square
RS : Royal Society
RWD : Regular World Day
S/C : SpaceCraft
SABRE : Swedish and British Radar Experiment
SAGA : South Atlantic Geomagnetic Anomaly
SAMNET : Sub-Auroral Magnetometer Network
SAMPEX : Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer
SAPS : Sub-Auroral Polarization Stream
SAR : Subauroral Red
SAR : Synthetic Aperture Radar
SCAR : Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCE : Substorm Chorus Event
SCOSTEP : Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics
SEEP : Stimulated Emission of Energetic Particles (satellite)
SEL : Space Environment Laboratory (USA)
SEP : Solar Energetic Particles
SESAME : Satellite Experiments Simultaneous with Antarctic Measurements
SGO : Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory
SHARE : Southern Hemisphere Auroral Radar Experiment
SID : Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance
SLAMS : Short large-amplitude waves
SNR : Signal to Noise Ratio
SOC : Self-Organised Criticality
SOHO : Solar Heliospheric Observatory
SPEAR : Space plasma exploration by active radar
SSC : Sudden Storm Commencement
SSC : Satellite Situation Centre
STAFF : Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Field Fluctuation (Cluster)
STARE : Scandinavian Twin Aurora Radar Experiment
STEP : Solar Terrestrial Energy Programme
STEREO : Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory
STP : Solar-Terrestrial Physics
SuperDARN : Super Dual Auroral Radar Network
SUPIM : Sheffield University Plasmasphere-Ionosphere (model)
SXT : Soft X-ray Telescope
TBD : To be decided
TCR : Travelling Compression Region
TCV : Travelling Convection Vortex
TEC : Total Electron Content
TID : Travelling Ionospheric Disturbance
TIMAS : Toroidal Imaging Mass-Angle Spectrograph
TIMED : Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics
TIROS : Television InfraRed Observation Satellite
TLA : Three letter acronym
TOI : Tongue of Ionisation
TRACE : Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (satellite)
TSS : Tethered Satellite System
UARS : Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
UCL : University College, London
UCLA : University of California, Los Angeles
UHF : Ultra High Frequency
UKEUG : UK EISCAT Users' Group
UKS : UK Satellite (of AMPTE)
UKSP : UK Solar Physics (community)
ULF : Ultra Low Frequency
UMLT : Upper Mesosphere Lower Thermosphere
UNIS : University Courses in Svalbard (Longyearbyen, Norway)
URSI : Union of Radio Science International
UT : Universal Time
UTC : Universal Time, Coordinated (nearly the same as UT)
UV : UltraViolet
UVI : Ultraviolet Imager
UWA : University of Wales, Aberystwyth
 VELOX : VLF/ELF Logger Experiment
VERSIM : VLF/ELF Remote Sensing of the Ionosphere & Magnetosphere
VHF : Very High Frequency
VLF : Very Low Frequency
VO : Virtual Observatory
VSPO : Virtual Space Plasma Observatory
WCS : World class science
WDC : World Data Centre
WEC : Wave Experiment Consortium (Cluster)
WEP : Wave-induced Electron Precipitation
WFT : Windowed Fourier Transform
WHISPER : Waves of High frequency and Sounder for Probing of Electron density by Relaxation (Cluster)
WOT : Waste of time
WPI : Wave - Particle Interaction
WRT : With respect to
WWW : World Wide Web
WYSYWYG : What you see is what you get
YDAC : Yohkoh Data Archive Centre
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