| ACR
| Antarctic Climate Research
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| ADOS
| African Doppler Survey
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| AE
| Auroral Electrojet
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| AIEA
| Agence Internationale de l'Energie Atomique
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| AIGA
| Association Internationale de Géomagnétisme et d'Aéronomie
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| AIH
| Association Internationale des Hydrogéologues
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| AISH
| Association Internationale des Sciences Hydrologiques
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| AISPIT
| Association Internationale de Sismologie et de Physique de l'Intérieur de la Terre
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| AISPO
| Association Internationale des Sciences Physiques de l'Océan
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| AIVCIT
| Association Internationale de Volcanologie et de Chimie de l'Intérieur de la Terre
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| AMA
| Antarctic Middle Atmosphere
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| ASRO
| Abbreviated Seismic Research Observatory
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| ASSA
| Austrian Solar and Space Agency
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| AWRA
| American Water Research Association
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| AWS
| Automatic Weather Stations
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| BGI
| Bibliographie Géodésique Internationale
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| BGI
| Bureau Gravimétrique International
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| BHI
| Bureau Hydrologique International
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| BIH
| Bureau International de l'Heure
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| BIPM
| Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
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| BIRP
| British Institutions Reflection Profiling
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| BRGM
| Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (France)
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| CAS
| Commission on Atmospheric Sciences
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| CCCO
| Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean
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| CCF
| ICSU Climate Coordinating Forum
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| CERESIS
| Centro Regional de Sismologia para America del Sur
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| CFC
| Chloro-Fluoro-Carbons
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| CIRA
| COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
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| CIRES
| Cooperative Institute of Research in Environmental Sciences
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| CIUS
| Conseil International des Unions Scientifiques
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| CMG
| Commission for Marine Geology
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| CNES
| Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
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| CNRS
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
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| COBOL
| Coastal Boundary Layer
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| COCORP
| Consortium for Continental Reflection Profiling
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| CODATA
| Committee on Data for Science and Technology
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| COI
| Commission Océanographique Intergouvernementale
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| COSPAR
| Committee on Space Research
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| COSTED
| Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries
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| COTES
| Conventional Terrestrial Reference System
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| COWAR
| Committee on Water Research
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| CRT
| Cathode Ray Tube
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| CSAV
| Ceskoslovensk Akademie Vëd (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences)
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| CSS
| Center for Seismic Studies
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| CTD
| Conductivity Temperature Depth
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