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NEON ACRONYM LIST
PREPARED BY
ORGANIZATION
DATE
Stephen Craft
SE
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APPROVALS
ORGANIZATION
APPROVAL DATE
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RELEASED BY
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Change Record
REVISION
A
A.1
B
C
DATE
05/15/2009
10/13/2009
10/15/2009
10/13/2010
D
02/14/2011
E
09/26/2011
F
05/24/20136
G
10/17/2013
H
07/17/2014
ECO #
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE
Initial Release
Addition of acronyms
NEON.MGMT.NPR.000184.CRE CCB approved submitted changes
NEON.MGMT.NPR.000249.CRE Updates. See CRE for details.
Revised to include terms used in the CM
ECO-00039
system.
Update to new document numbers and
ECO-00283
template.
Added miscellaneous acronyms and
ECO-01230
corrected minor typos.
Added miscellaneous acronyms. Switched
ECO-01453
to latest released template.
Additions from SCI, PUR, CVAL, ENG, and
ECO-02142
PSE.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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A ....................................................... 2
B ....................................................... 4
C ....................................................... 5
D ....................................................... 8
E...................................................... 10
F ...................................................... 12
G ..................................................... 14
H ..................................................... 15
I....................................................... 16
J ...................................................... 18
K ..................................................... 19
L ...................................................... 20
M .................................................... 21
N ..................................................... 23
O ..................................................... 26
P...................................................... 27
Q ..................................................... 29
R ..................................................... 30
S ...................................................... 32
T...................................................... 35
U ..................................................... 36
V ..................................................... 37
W .................................................... 38
X ..................................................... 39
Y...................................................... 40
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1-D
2-D
3-D
One-dimensional
Two-dimensional
Three-dimensional
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A/D
A/E
AAM
AAT-S
AAT-T
ABL
ABL
AC, a.c.
AC
ACK
ACS
ACWP
AD
AD
AD
ADC
ADL
ADM
AD[NN]
ADP
ADR
ADXX
AFS
AGB
AGL
AGU
AI
AIBS
AIL
AIS
AIS
AIV
AIWG
ALC
ALMA
AM
AMM
Analog to Digital Conversion
Architect and Engineer
American Association of Museums
Aspirated Air Temperature – Single
Aspirated Air Temperature – Triple
Allocated Baseline
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Alternating Current
Actual Cost
Acknowledge
American Chemical Society
Actual Cost of Work Performed
Applicable Document
Architecture Document
Assistant Director
Analog to Digital Converter
Applicable Documents List
Administration
Applicable Document No. NN
Acceptable Data Package
Applicable Discrepancy Report(s)
Applicable Document No. XX
AIRS Facility Subsystem
Above Ground Biomass
Above Ground Level
American Geophysical Union
Action Item
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Item List
Aquatic Instrumentation System
Automated Information System
Assembly, Integration and Verification
Aquatic Instrumentation Working Group
Automatic Level Control
Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Asset Management
Asset and Maintenance Management
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ANPP
ANSI
AOP
AOS
API
APR
APWA
AQ/S
AQU
ARM
ARMI
ARS
ARVI
ASCII
ASIC
ASL
ASTC
ASTER
ASTM
ATAG
ATB
ATBD
ATCOR
ATS
ATT
ATV
ATWG
AUI
AV
AVHRR
AVIRIS
AWP
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Above-Ground Net Primary Productivity
American National Standards Institute
Airborne Observation Platform
Aquatic Observation System
Application Programming Interface
Automatic Power Reduction
American Public Works Association
Aquatic/STREON
Aquatic
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
Agricultural Research Service
Atmospherically Resistant Vegetation Index
American Standard Code Information Interchange
Application-Specific IC
Above Sea Level
Association of Science-Technology Centers
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
American Society for Testing and Materials
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
Aquatic Test Bed
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document
Atmospheric and Topographic Correction
Aspirated Temperature Single
Aspirated Temperature Triple
All-Terrain Vehicle
Aquatic Technical Working Group
Associated Universities, Inc.
All-Views
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
Annual Work Plan
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B
B
BAC
BASIN
BBS
BCR
BCR
BCWP
BCWS
BDV
BFA
BIO
BLAST
BLM
BNPP
BOA
BOD
BOD
BOE
BOLD
BOM
BOREAS
BP
BPCP
BPEL
BRDF
BSc
BSCS
BSL3
BSR
BSRN
BTU
Biodiversity
Budget at Completion
Biogeosphere-Atmosphere Stable Isotope Network
Breeding Bird Survey
Budget Change Request
Build Content Review
Budgeted Cost of Work Performed
Budgeted Cost of Worked Scheduled
Business and Development
Business Finance and Accounting
Directorate for Biological Science (NSF)
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
Bureau of Land Management
Below-Ground Net Primary Productivity
Basic Ordering Agreement
Biological Oxygen Demand
Board of Directors
Basis of Estimate
Barcode of Life Database
Bill of Materials
Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study
Barometric Pressure
Business Process Contingency Plan
Business Process Execution Language
Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
Bachelor of Science
Biological Science Curriculum Study
Biosafety Level 3
Baseline Schedule Review
Baseline Surface Radiation Network
British Thermal Unit
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C
C&DS
C+C, C&C
CCC, C^3, C3
CA
CA
CAD
Cal/Val
CAN
CAO
CAP
CAP
CAS
CAS
CASE
CASTNET
CBC
CBI
CBS
CC
CCB
CCB
CCGG
CDC
CDL
CDL
cDOM
CDR
CDS
CE
CEA
CENS
CEO
CEOAF
CEOS
CEP
CEPE
CEQ
Control and Data System
Command and Control
Command, Control, and Configuration
Composition Analyzers
Cooperative Agreement
Computer Aided Design
Calibration/Validation
Serial bus by National Instruments
Carnegie Airborne Observatory
Capital Acquisition Plan
Central Arizona Phoenix
Common Application Service
Cost Accounting Standard
Computer Aided Software Engineering
Clean Air Status and Trends Network
Christmas Bird Count
Conservation Biology Institute
Current Best Standard
Continuous Cropping
Change Control Board
Configuration Control Board
Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases (NOAA Global Monitoring Division)
Centers for Disease Control
Commercial Driver’s License
Configuration Document List
Colored (or Chromophoric) Dissolved Organic Matter
Critical Design Review
Common Data Service
European Conformance
Chief of External Affairs
Center for Embedded Networked Sensing
Chief Executive Officer
Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observation, Analysis and Forecasting
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
Cost Estimating Plan
Chief of Education and Public Engagement
Council on Environmental Quality
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CER
CESQG
CFO
CFR
CfT
CI
CI
CIAAW
CIDL
CIDL
CIDU
CIL
CIN
CIP
CLA
CLEANER
CLM
CLOB
CM
CM
CMES
CMM
CMMS
CMP
CMS
CO
COB
COD
CODMAC
COG
COGS
COM
CONOPS
CONST
CONUS
COO
CORBA
CoS
CoS
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Cost Estimating Relationship
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator
Chief Financial Officer
Code of Federal Regulations
Call for Tenders
Configured Item
Cyberinfrastructure
Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights
Configuration Item Data List
Configured Items Data List
Conference on Intelligent Data Understanding (NASA)
Configuration Item Labeling
Configuration Item Number
Construction in Process
Collections & Lab Analysis
Collaborative Large-Scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research
Community Land Model
Character Large Object
Configuration Management
Corrective Maintenance
Common Message and Event System
Capability Maturity Model
Computer Maintenance Management System
Configuration Management Plan
Configuration Management System
Certificate of Occupancy
Close of Business
Chemical Oxygen Demand
Committee on Data Management, Archiving, and Computing
Clusters of Orthologous Groups
Cost of Good Sold
Communication and Web
Concepts of Operations
Construction
Continental United States
Chief Operating Officer
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
Chief of Science
Class of Service
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COTS
CPER
CPI
CPLD
CPR
CPR
CPU
CRE
CRISM
CRS
CRT
CRT
CS
CSCI
CSI
CSR
CSS
CSU
CSV
CTFS
CTI
CUAHSI
CV
CV
CVALLA
CVAL
CWD
CYxx
CYI
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Commercial Off-the-Shelf
Central Plains Experimental Range
Cost Performance Index
Complex Programmable Logic Device
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
Cost Performance Report
Central Processing Unit
Change Request
Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
Coordinate Reference System
Cathode Ray Tube
Certificate
Citizen Science
Computer Software Configuration Items
Cyber and software infrastructure
Change Status Report
Cascading Style Sheet
Channel Service Unit
Commissioning and Science Verification
Center for Tropical Forest Science
Compound Topographic Index
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Inc.
Coefficient of Variation
Cost Variance
Calibration, Validation, and Audit Lab at the Longmont Airport
Calibration and Validation Laboratory
Coarse Woody Debris
Calendar Year xx
Cyberinfrastructure
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D
D&D
DAA
DAAC
DAC
DAP
DAQ
DAR
DAS
DB
dBA
DBH
DC
DC
DCE
DCM
DCS
DCS
DD
DDP
DDP
DEM
DEMARC
DFIR
DFMEA
DHHS
DHP
DI
DIC
DIN
DLNR
DMM
DMZ
DNR
DO
DoC
DOC
DOC
Design and Development
Department Administrative Assistants
Distributed Active Archive Center
Digital to Analog Converter
Dryland Agroecosystems Project
Data Acquisition
Document Approval Request
Data Acquisition Systems
Database
Decibel, A Scale
Diameter at Breast Height
Dielectric Constant
Direct Current
Deputy Chief of Education
Development Coordination Meeting
Document Control Specialist
Domain Chief Scientist
Design Document
Detailed Design Phase
Design Document Package
Digital Elevation Map/Model
Demarcation Point
Double Fence Intercomparison Reference
Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis
Department of Health and Human Services
Digital Hemispherical Photography
Distilled Water
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen
Department of Land & Natural Resource
Digital Multi-Meter
Demilitarized Zone
Division of Natural Resources
Dissolved Oxygen
Director of Computing
Dissolved Organic Carbon
Department of Commerce
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DOD
DoDAF
DOE
DOM
DOORS
DOT
DP, DPS
DPC
DPC
DPM
DPM
DPMS
DPT
DQM
DRD
DRD-XX
DRL
DRM
DRP
DRR
DS
DSDV
DSECC
DSF
DSL
DSN
DSS
DSU
DTS
DVU
DWGXX
DWP
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Department of Defense
Department of Defense Architecture Framework
Department of Energy
Dissolved Organic Matter
Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System
Department of Transportation
Data Products
Data Processing Cluster
Director, Procurement & Contracts
Data Processing and Manufacturing
Deputy Project Manager
Data Processing Management System
Data Product Team
Data Quality Management
Document Requirement Description
Document Requirement Definition of Document XX
Document Requirement(s) List
Distributed Resource Manager
Disaster Recovery Plan
Data Receiving and Routing
Domain Scientists
Design and Development
Domain Science and Education Coordination Committee
Domain Support Facility
Digital Subscriber Line
Design Document
Data Storage System
Data Service Units
Distributed Temperature Sensing
Design Verification Unit
Applicable Drawing No. XX
Disney Wilderness Preserve
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EA
EA/CatEx
EAC
EAM
EC
ECO
ECR
ECS
EC-SE
EC-TE
EDM
EDMS
EDNA
EDU
EE
EFD, EFDR
EH&S, EHS
EI
EIS
ELISA
ELSF
EMAP
EMC
EMD
EMI
EML
EMS
ENB
ENG
ENMS
ENSO
EO, E&O
EOI
EOL
EOS
EOTRR
EP
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Assessment Categorical Exclusion
Estimate at Completion
Enterprise Asset Management
Eddy-Covariance
Enterprise Change Order
Enterprise Change Request
Experiment Chief Scientist
Eddy Covariance Storage Exchange
Eddy-Covariance Turbulent Exchange
Electronic Documentation Management
Electronic Document Management System
USGS Elevation Derivatives for National Applications
Education and Outreach
Ecosystem Exchange Package
Engineering Final Design Review
Environmental, Health & Safety
Education and Interface
Environmental Impact Study
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Effective Line Spread Function
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment Program
Electromagnetic Capability
Empirical Mode Decomposition
Electromagnetic Interference
Ecological Metadata Language or Ecological Markup Language
Environmental Monitoring System
Engineering Notebook
Engineering
Enterprise Network Management System
El Niño Southern Oscillation
Education and Outreach
Ecosystem and Organism Integration Package
Earth Observing Laboratory (NCAR)
Earth Observing System
NEON Education and Outreach Tiger Team Report
Ecological Plots
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E-MAP
EPA
EPSG
ER
ERF
ERP
ESA
ESD
ESRL
ET
ETC
EV
EVI
EVMS
EWT
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Ecosystem Productivity
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EPA)
Environmental Protection Agency
European Petroleum Survey Group
Ecosystem Respiration
Environmental Response Function
Enterprise Resource Planning
Ecological Society of America
Electric Static Discharge
Earth System Research Laboratory (NOAA)
Evapotranspiration
Estimate to Complete
Earned Value
Enhanced Vegetation Index
Earned Value Management System
Equivalent Water Thickness
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F
F&A
FA
FAT
FAA
FAO
FAQ
FARn
FBL
FBO
FCA
FCC
FCC, F&CC
FD
FDER
FDOCR
fDOM
FDR
FDR
FDT
FEA
FEM
FEMA
FFT
FGDC
FI
FIA
FIFE
FIPS
FIR
FIU
FM
FMEA
FO
FOCR
FOOCR
FOPS
Forested Sites
Finance & Accounting
Final/Factory Acceptance
First Article Test
Federal Aviation Administration
Food and Agriculture Organization
Frequently Asked Question
Factory Acceptance Review n
Functional Baseline
Field Based Operator
Functional Configuration Audit
Federal Communications Commission
Facilities and Civil Construction
Field Design
Final Design Evaluation Review
Final Domain Operation Capability Review
Florescent Dissolved Organic Matter
Final Design Review
Frequency Domain Reflectometry
Field Deployment Team
Finite Element Analysis
Finite Element Model
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Fast Fourier Transform
Federal Geographic Data Committee
Field Instrumentation
Forest Inventory and Analysis
First ISLSCP Field Experiment
Federal Information Processing Standard
Far Infra-Red
Fundamental Instrument Unit
Factory Manual
Failure Mode Effects Analyses
Fiber Optic
Final Operational Capability Review
Final Observatory Operational Capability Review
Field Operations
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FOSS
FOVx
FOVy
FPA
FPDER
fPAR
FRU
FSO
FSU
FTB
FTC
FTE
FWHM
FWS
FYxx
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Full Option Science System
Along-Track Field of View
Cross-Track Field of View
Focal Plane Array
Final Production Design Evaluation Review
Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Field Replaceable Unit
Flight Safety Officer
Fundamental Sentinel Unit
Field Test Bed
Field Team Component
Full Time Equivalent
Full Width at Half Maximum
Fish and Wildlife Service
Fiscal Year xx
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G
G
GAAP
GAP
GARP
GBIF
Gbps
GC
GCE
GCOS
GDAL
GEE
GEOBON
GEOSS
GEP
GEWEX
GFCI
GFI
GHCN
GIS
GMD
GODM
GOS
GPP
GPS
GSD
GSMNP
GSN
Gsps
GTS
GUI
GV
GWP
Grating Response
Perennial Grass
Generally Accepted Accounting Principals
Gap Analysis Program
Global Association of Risk Professionals
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Gigabits per Second
ISEP Grand Challenge Questions
Global Change Experiment
Global Climate Observing System
Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
Gross Ecosystem Exchange
Geo Biodiversity Observation Network
Global Earth Observing System of Systems
Gross Ecosystem Productivity
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
Ground Fault Interrupter
Global Historical Climatology Network
Geographic Information Systems
Global Monitoring Division (NOAA/ESRL)
Global Organism Detection System
Geospatial One-Stop
Gross Primary Productivity
Global Positioning Satellite or System
Ground Sampling Distance
Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Twin Creeks
GCOS Surface Network
Giga Samples per Second
Global Telecommunications System
Graphical User Interface
Green Vegetation
Gas/Water Partitioner
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H
HBCU
HBV
HDF
HEPA
HIV
HLDP
HLDPG
HLDPMC
HM
HMIG
HPC
HPS
HQ
HR
HSI
HTML
HU
HVAC
HW
HYDICE
HyspIRI
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Hepatitis B Vaccination
Hierarchical Data Format
High Efficiency Particulate Air
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
High-Level Data Products
High-Level Data Products Group
High-Level Data Products Management Committee
Hazardous Materials
Hazardous Materials Identification Guide
High Performance Computing
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Headquarters
Human Resources
Hispanic Serving Institutions
Hyper Text Markup Language
Hydrologic Units
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Hardware
Hyperspectral Digital Imagery Collection Experiment
Hyperspectral Infrared Imager
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I&I
I&T
I/O, IO
IACUC
IAEA
IANA
IBRCS
IC
ICD
IDL
IDLH
IDP
IDQ
IEC
IEOS
IFB
IFOV
IH
IMP
IMS
IMU
INSTAAR
INT
INU
IOCR
IOSS
IP
iPAR
IPCC
IPR
IPS
IPT
IR
IRD
IRGA
IRMS
ISEP
Instrumentation & Integration
Integration and Test
Input/output
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
International Atomic Energy Agency
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Infrastructure for Biology at Regional to Continental Scales
Integrated (electronic) Circuit
Interface Control Document
Interactive Data Language
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
Integrated Data Processing
Indefinite Quantity
International Electrotechnical Commission
Integrated Earth Observing Systems
Invitation for Bid
Instantaneous Field of View
Instrument Hut
Integrated Master Plan
Integrated Master Schedule
Inertial Measurement Unit
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (University of Colorado)
Integration
Inertial Navigation Unit
Initial Operational Capability Review
Integrated Ocean Observing System
Internet Protocol
Intercepted Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
In-Process Review
Integrated Project Schedule
Integrated Project Teams
Infrared
Interface Requirements Document
Infrared Gas Analyzer
Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
Integrated Science and Education Plan
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ISO
ISSO
IT
ITC
ITU
IUCN
IUPAC
IV&V
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International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
International Standards Organization
Information Systems Security Officer
Information Technology
Integral Turbulence Characteristics
International Telecommunications Union
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Integration, Verification, and Validation
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J
JHA
JIT
JPL
JSA
JVM
Job Hazard Analysis
Just In Time
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Job Safety Analysis
Java Virtual Machine
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K
KEON
KPA
KPP
Korea Ecological Observatory Network
Key Process Areas
Key Performance Parameter
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L1
L2
L3
L4
LAD
LAI
LAN
LBA
LC
LC
LDC
LEC
LED
LES
LHDD
LHS
LiDAR
LIMS
LO/TO
LOE
LP
LQG
LRU
LSF
LSO
LTER
LUA
LUAP, LUP
LUE
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Leo A. Daly
Leaf Area Index
Local Area Network
Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia
Local Controller
Location Controllers
Long Distance Carrier
Local Exchange Carrier
Light-Emitting Diode
Large Eddy Simulation
Location Hierarchy Definition Document
Lawrence Hall of Science
Light Detection and Ranging
Laboratory Information Management Systems
Lockout/Tagout
Level of Effort
Land Processes
Large Quantity Generator
Line-Replaceable Unit
Line Spread Function
Laser Safety Officer
Long-Term Ecological Research Network
Land Use Agreement
Land Use Analysis Package
Light Use Efficiency
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M
M&C
M&O
mAGL
MaNIS
MASL
MCARI
MCOTS
MDP
MDSL
ME
MES
MGC
MIL-SPEC
MIS
MLBS
MOA
MODIS
MOM
MOU
MP
MPE
MPLS
MRDG
MREFC
MRLC
MRO
MRP
MRP
MRR
MRS
MSc
MSDS
MSI
MSL
MTBF
MTTF
MTTR
Monitor and Control
Maintenance and Operations
Meters Above Ground Level
Mammal Networked Information System
Meters Above Sea Level
Modified Chlorophyll Absorption Ratio Index
Modified Commercial Off the Shelf
Mobile Deployment Platform
Microsoft Dynamics SL
Monitoring Executive
Manufacturing Execution System
Multivariate Geographic Clustering
US Military Specification
Management Information System
Mountain Lake Biological Station (SW Virginia)
Memorandum of Agreement
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Minutes of Meeting(s)
Memorandum of Understanding
Metrics Plan
Maximum Permissible Exposure
Multiprotocol Label Switching
Mountain Requirements Design Guidelines
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium
Medical Review Officer
Manufacturing Resource Planning
Mobile Relocatable Platform
Manufacturing Readiness Review
Mobile Relocatable System
Master of Science
Materials Safety Data Sheet
Minority Serving Institution
Mean Sea Level
Mean Time Between Failures
Mean Time To Failure
Mean Time To Repair
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MTTRS
MUIR
MVC
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Mean Time To Return to Service
Map Unit Interpretations Record Database
Model, View, and Controller Architecture
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N
N/A, NA
NABS
NABT
NACP
NADP
NAO
NAQWA
NASA EOS
NASA
NASS
NAT
NBAR
NBII
NCALM
NCAR
NCEAS
NCEP-NARR
NGPRL
NCI
NCR
NCSS
NCVL
NDC
NDLI
NDVI
NEC
NED
NEDL
NEE
NEMA
NEON
NEP
NEPA
NESCent
NetCDF
NF
NFHL
Not Applicable
North American Benthological Society
National Association of Biology Teachers
North American Carbon Program
National Atmospheric Deposition Program
North Atlantic Oscillation
National Water Quality Assessment Program
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth Observing System
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Network Address Translation or Translator
Nadir BRDF Adjusted Reflectance
Biological Information Infrastructure
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
National Center for Environmental Prediction North American Regional Reanalysis
Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory
Non-Configured Item
Non-Conformance Report
National Cooperative Soil Survey
NEON Calibration and Validation Laboratory
NEON Design Consortium
Normalized Difference Lignin Index
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
National Electric Code
USGS National Elevation Dataset
Noise Equivalent Delta Radiance
Net Ecosystem Exchange
National Electrical Manufactures Association
National Ecological Observatory Network
Net Ecosystem Production
National Environmental Policy Act
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
Network Common Data Form
Non-Forested Sites
National Flood Hazard Layer
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NFPA
NFTF
NGO
NGS
NHD
NI
NIBD
NID
NIDA
NIMBios
NIR
NIRS
NIS
NISDVU
NISS
NIST
NIU
NLCD
NLT
NMAS
NMC
NOAA
NOCD
NOD
NOHD
NOy
NP
NPAC
NPE
NPL
NPN
NPOESS
NPP
NPP
NPR
NPS
NPV
NR
NRC
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National Fire Protection Association
Near Field Test Facility
Non-Governmental Organizations
National Geodetic Survey
National Hydrography Dataset
Networks and Infrastructure
Networking and Informatics Baseline Design
National Inventory of Dams
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
Near Infrared
Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectrometry
NEON Imaging Spectrometer
NEON Imaging Spectrometer Design Verification Unit
National Institute of Invasive Species Science
National Institute of Standards
Network Interface Unit
National Land Cover Dataset
No Later Than
National Map Accuracy Standards
NEON Management Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NEON Operations Concept Document
NEON Observatory Design
Nominal Ocular Hazard Distance
Relative Gaseous Nitrogen Compound
National Park
NEON Project Advisory Committee
Non-Propagating Eddies
National Physical Laboratory
National Phenological Network
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
Net Primary Productivity or Production
NPOESS Preparatory Project
NEON Project Management
National Park Service
Non-Photosynthetic Vegetation
Net Radiation
National Research Council
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NRCS
NREL
NREL
NSF
NSF-ABI
NSS
NTAD
NTN
NTSB
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National Resources Conservation Service
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation–Advances in Biological Informatics
NEON Satellite Site
Transportation Atlas Database
National Trends Network
National Transportation Safety Board
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O
O&M
O&S
OAI-PMH
OB
OBC
OBIS
OBIS
OBS
OCC
ODC
OFS
OH
OID
OLS
OMB
OOB
OPIM
OPS
ORD
ORG
ORR
ORION
ORP
OSBS
OSHA
OSM
OSS
OTS
OTU
OV
Operations and Maintenance
Operations and Sustainment
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Optical Bench
On-Board Calibrator
Ocean Biogeographic Information
Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies
Organizational Breakdown Structure
Operations Civil Construction Group
Other Direct Cost
Optical Fiber Communication System
Overhead
Operational Instruction Document
Operations, Logistics, and Supportability
Office of Management and Budget
Out of the Box
Other Potentially Infectious Material
Operations
Observatory Requirements Document
Organization
Operations Readiness Review
Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks
Oxidation Reduction Potential
Ordway Swisher Biological Station
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Observation and Sample Management
Operational (Operation) Support System
Off the Shelf
Operational Taxonomic Unit
Operational View
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P
P&C
PA, P/A
PA
PAC
PAD
PAI
PAM
PAR
PAR
PBB
PC
PCA
PCDA
PCR
PCR
PCS
PD
PDA
PDO
PDP
PDR
PDR
PDR
PDR
PDS
PEL
PEP
PET
PF
PFA
PFT
PHA
PI
PIC
PIDR
PIM
PIM
Procurement and Contracts
Product Assurance
Posterior Anterior
Program Advisory Committee
Protected Areas Database
Permit Authorizing Individual
Pulse Amplitude Modulated
Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Preliminary Acceptance Review
Project BudBurst
Personal Computer
Physical Configuration Audit
Portal CDS Data Access
PMCS Change Request
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Portal Container Sets
Professional Development
Personal Digital Assistant
Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Preliminary Design Phase
Portal Data Replication
Preliminary Design Review
Primary Data Repository
Processed Data Repository
Power Distribution System
Permissible Exposure Level
Project Execution Plan
Potential Evapotranspiration
Planar Fit
PLANTS Floristic Area
Plant Functional Types
Preliminary Hazard Analysis
Principal Investigator
Pilot in Command
Production Intent Design Review
Payload Integration Mount
Platform Integration Mount
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PISCO
PM
PM
PMB
PMCS
PMO
PMR
PNVG
PO
PO
POC
PoE
POM
POP
POTS
PP
PPC
PPE
PPFD
PPM
PR
PRCS
PRF
PRI
PRO, PROD
PRR
PRT
PSA
PSD
PSE
PST
PSTN
PT
PTL
PTR
PTR
PV
PVC
PVC
Date: 07/22/2014
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Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans
Preventive Maintenance
Project Manager
Performance Measurement Baseline
Project Management Control System
Project Management Office
Problem Management Record
Potential Natural Vegetation Group
Project Office
Purchase Order
Point of Contact
Power over Ethernet
Particulate Organic Matter
Point of Presence
Plain Old Telephone Service
Planning Package
Public Program Coordinator
Personal Protective Equipment
Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density
Policy and Procedure Manual
Purchase Requisition
Permit Required Confined Space
Pixel Response Function
Photochemical Reflectance Index
Production
Pre-Production Readiness Review
Platinum Resistance Temperature or Thermometer
Particle Size Analyzer
Physical Sciences Division
Project Systems Engineering
Product Support Teams
Public Switched Telephone Network
Product Team
Product Team Lead
Post Test Review
Problem Tracking and Reporting or Problem Ticket Reporting
Planned Value
Polyvinyl Chloride
Product Version Control
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Q
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q/A, QA
Q/C, QC
QFD
QLFT
QMH
QMP
QNFT
Qpcr
QTP/P
QTR
Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Quarter 3
Quarter 4
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Quality Function Deployment
Qualitative Fit Test
Qualitative Multi-Habitat
Quality Management Plan
Quantitative Fit Test
Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
Qualification Test Plan/Procedures
Qualification Test Report
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R
R1
R2
R3
R4
RAC
RAID
RAM
RAMS
RBS
RCRA
RD
RDAS
RDP
RDR
RDS
RDTR
RFI
RFI
RFID
RFP
RFQ
RFW
RID
RMNP
RMP
RMS, r.m.s.
RMT
ROM
ROPS
ROW
RPM
RRQRR
RSP
RTC
RTD
RTM
RTS
Release 1
Release 2
Release 3
Release 4
Real Application Cluster
Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
Random Access Memory
Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety
Resource Breakdown Structure
Resource Conservation Recovery Act
Reference Document
Regional Data Assimilation System
Review Document Parcel
Raw Data Repository
Rapid Deployment Systems
Requirements Decomposition and Traceability Review
Radio Frequency Interference
Request for Information
Radio Frequency Identification
Request for Proposal
Request for Quote
Request for Waiver
Review Item Discrepancy
Rocky Mountain National Park
Risk Management Plan
Root Mean Square
Risk Management Team
Rough Order of Magnitude
Roll Over Protection
Right of Way
Revolutions per Minute
Reversed Random Quadrat-Recursive Raster
Remote Sensing Payload
Rational Team Concert
Resistance Temperature Detector
Requirements Traceability Matrix
Relocatable Tower System
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RTU
RTW
RVM
RVSI
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Remote Terminal Units
Return to Work
Requirements Verification Matrix
Red Edge Vegetation Stress Index
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S
SAR
SAT
SBE
SC
SCB
SCBI
SCI
SCIP
SCM
SCMP
SCSI
SD
SDD
SDD
SDF
SDFIR
SDL
SDLC
SDP
SDPM
SDR
SDR
SE
SE
SEA
SEAPON
SEEDS
SEI
SEIV
SEL
SEMP
SERC
SF
SHPO
SI
SIDD
SIF
System Architecture Requirement
System Acceptance Test
Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
Site Characterization
Society for Conservation Biology
Smithsonian Conservation Biological Institute
Science
Simultaneously Collimated Injection Platform
Software Configuration Management
Software Configuration Management Plan
Small Computer System Interface
Standard Deviation
Site Depiction Document
Software Design Description
Software Development Files
Small Double Fence Intercomparison Reference
Software Development Library
Systems Development Life Cycle
Software Development Plan
Science and Data Products Management
Secondary Data Repository
Systems Design Review
Standard Error
Systems Engineering
Science and Engineering Alliance
Science and Engineering Phosphorous Observatory Network
Strategies for Ecology Education, Development and Sustainability
Software Engineering Institute
Systems Engineering Integration & Verification
Software Engineering Lab
Systems Engineering Management Plan
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Support Facility(ies)
State Historic Preservation Office
Smithsonian Institution
Software Interface Design Description
Submersible In-situ Fluorometers
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SIL
SIR
SIS
SLA
SLOC
SMART
SNARL
SNMP
SNR
SNV
SOH
SOM
SOO
SOP
SOW
SPC
SPI
SQA
SQG
SRD
SRF
SRM
SRP
SRP
SRR
SRTM
SSDD
SSH
SSRC3
SSURGO
STATSGO
STC
STCDD
STEAC, STAC
STEM
STF
STPP
STR
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Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatories
Stable Isotope Laboratory
Soil Interpretations Record
Spectral Imaging Sphere
Service Level Agreement
Source Lines of Code
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound
Sierra Nevada Research Lab
Simple Network Management Protocol
Signal to Noise Ratio
Sin Nombre Virus
State of Health
Science Operations Management (or Manager)
Statement of Objective
Standard Operating Procedure
Statement of Work
Science Program Coordinator
Schedule Performance Index
Software Quality Assurance
Small Quantity Generator
Science Requirement Document
Spectral Response Function
Standard Reference Materials (NIST)
Software Reuse Plan
Soluble Reactive Phosphorous
System Requirements Review
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
System/Subsystem Design Description
Secure Shell
SE and Science Requirements and Command, Control, and Configuration
Soil Survey Geographic Database
State Soil Geographic Database
Supplementary Type Certificate
Sensor Type Configuration Definition (or Data) Document
Science, Technology, and Education Advisory Committee
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Sensor Technical Facility
Soil Temperature Profile Probe
Science Technical Requirement
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STR
SURFRAD
SV
SV
SVD
SW
SW
SWC
SWD
SWG
SWIR
SWP
SYS
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Stream Experimental Observatory Network
STREON
Surface Radiation Network
Schedule Variance
Systems and Services View
Software Version Description
Shortwave Radiation
Software
Soil Water Content
Switch Duty Rated
Sensor Working Group
Shortwave Infrared
Soil Water Potential
Systems Engineering
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T
T&A
TARDIS
TBCB
TBD
TBR
TCU
TDP
TDR
TDS
TDWG
TEC
TEM
TEP
TERN
TF
TGCE
TGUC
TIC
TIFF
TIS
TM
TMTB
TOC
TOIL
TOO
TOR
TOS
TP
TPC
TQM
TRP
TRR
TSS
TV
TWA
TWCGRN
TWG
Transition and Acquisition
Testing Analog Resistance Digital Integrated Sensors
Test Bed Control Board
To Be Determined
To Be Reviewed
Tribal Colleges and Universities
Total Dissolved Phosphorous
Time Domain Reflectometry
Total Dissolved Solids
Taxonomic Databases Working Group
Technical Evaluation Committee
Technical Exchange Meeting
Test and Evaluation Plan
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Technical Facilities
Terrestrial Global Change Experiment
Trace Gas Unit Conversion
Total Inorganic Carbon
Tag(ged) Image File Format
Terrestrial Instrumentation System
Thematic Mapper
Table Mountain Test Bed
Total Organic Carbon
Twin Otter International Ltd.
Target of Opportunity
Technical and Operational Requirement
Terrestrial Observation System
Total Phosphorous
Transaction Processing Council
Total Quality Management
Temperature Reference Probe
Test Readiness Review
Total Suspended Solids
Technical Standards View
Time-Weighted Average
Terrestrial Wetland Global Change Research Network
Technical Working Group
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U
UAAG
UAF
UAM
UCSB
UDD
UI
UIN
UL
ULPA
UNAVCO
UNDERC
UN-WMO
UPS
USACE
USAID
USA-NPN
USBLM
USBTS
USCRN
USDA
USDOT
USEPA
USFS
USFWS
USGS
USHCN
USPS
UV
UVA
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Museum
University of California Santa Barbara
User Documentation Description
User Interface
Unique Identification Number
Underwriters Laboratory
Ultra Low Penetration Particulate Air
University NAVSTAR Consortium
University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center
United Nations World Meteorological Organization
Uninterruptible Power Supply
United States Army Corp of Engineers
United States Agency for International Development
United States National Phenology Network
United States Bureau of Land Management
United States Bureau of Transportation Statistics
United States Climate Reference Network
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Transportation
United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Forest Service
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Geological Survey
United States Historical Climatology Network
United States Postal Service
Ultraviolet
University of Virginia
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V
V&V
V/V
VAC
VEMAP
VLA
VM
VMI
VOC
VoIP
VPD
VPN
Verified and Validated
Validation and Verification
Volts Alternating Current
Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project
Very Large Array
Virtual Machine
Vendor-Managed Inventory
Volatile Organic Compounds
Voice Over Internet Protocol
Vapor Pressure Deficit
Virtual Private Network
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W
W3C
WAI
WALI
WAN
WAP
WBD
WBS
WCAG
WEPAN
WF
WGS84
WHO
WI
WID
WKT
wLiDAR
WMF
WMO
WMPF
WO
WP
WP
WRMC
WRR
WUE
World Wide Web Consortium
Web Accessibility Initiative
Waveform Altimeter LiDAR
Wide Area Network
Wireless Access Point
Watershed Boundaries Dataset
Work Breakdown Structure
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Women in Engineering ProActive Network
Winter Wheat Fallow
World Geodetic System 84
World Health Organization
Work Items
Workflow Interface Document
Well-Known Text
Waveform- Light Detection and Ranging
Winter Wheat-Maize Fallow
World Meteorological Organization
Winter Wheat-Maize-Proso Millet Fallow
Work Order
Web Portal
Work Packages
World Radiation Monitoring Center
World Radiometric Reference
Water Use Efficiency
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X
XSD
XSEDE
XML Schema Definition
Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment
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Y
YNP
Yellowstone National Park
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