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Annex C: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Units
1-D One-Dimensional
2-D Two-Dimensional
3-D Three-Dimensional
ACAC Arab Civil Aviation Commission
ADS Automatic Dependent Surveillance
AEA Association of European Airlines
AEAP Atmosphere Effects of Aviation
Project
AER Atmospheric and Environmental
Research, Inc.
AESA Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric
Aircraft
AFCAC African Civil Aviation Commission
AMIP Atmospheric Model Intercomparison
Project
ANCAT Abatement of Noises Caused
by Air Transport
ANDES Aircraft Noise Design Effects
Study
API American Petroleum Institute
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
ASK Available Seat-Kilometers
ASM Air Space Management
AST Advanced Subsonic Technology
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATFM Air Traffic Flow Management
ATM Air Traffic Management
ATP Advanced Turboprop
ATR Air Traffic Region
ATS Air Traffic Services
ATTAS Advanced Technology Testing
Aircraft System
AVHRR Advanced Very High-Resolution
Radiometer
BC Black Carbon
BWB Blended Wing Body
CAEP Committee on Aviation Environmental
Protection
CCM3 Community Climate Model 3
CE Centre for Energy Conservation
and Environmental Technology
CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics
CGCM Coupled General Circulation
Model
CI Chemi-Ion
CN Condensation Nucleus
CNS/ATM Communications, Navigation,
and Surveillance
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organization
CTM Chemical Transport Model
DAC Dual Annular Combustor
DEF STAN Defence Standards
DERA Defence Evaluation and Research
Agency
DISORT Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer
DJF December-January-February
DLR Deutsches Zentrum für
Luft- und Raumfahrt
DOT Department of Transportation
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
DTR Diurnal Surface Temperature
Range
DU Dobson Unit
EASG Economic Analysis Subgroup
EATMS European ATM System
ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range
Weather Forecasts
ECON Most Efficient Cruise Speed
ECS Engine Control System
EDF Environmental Defense Fund
EEI Effective Emissions Index
EI Emissions Index
EIDG Emissions Inventory Database
Group
EISG Emissions Inventory Sub-Group
ENSO El Niño Southern Oscillation
ERAA European Regions Airline Association
ETOPs Extended Twin Operations
EUROCONTROL European Organisation
for Safety and Navigation
FADEC Full Authority Digital Engine
Control
FANS Future Air Navigation System
FEMs Finite Element Models
FESG Forecast and Economics Sub-Group
FIR Flight Information Region
FLEM Flights and Emissions model
FMS Flight Management System
FPC Focal Point on Charges
FSU Former Soviet Union
FUA Flexible Use of Airspace
GAMA General Aviation Manufacturers
Association
GCM General Circulation Model
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GFDC Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory
GISS Goddard Institute for Space
Studies
GNBS Global Navigation Satellite
System
GOES Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite
GPS Global Positioning System
GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
GWP Global Warming Potential
HALOE Halogen Occultation Experiment
HC Hydrocarbon
HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
HF High Frequency
HFC Hydrofluorocarbon
HIRS High-Resolution Infrared
Radiation Sounder
HSCT High Speed Civil Transport
HYPR Supersonic/Hypersonic Transport
IATA International Air Transport
Association
ICAO International Civil Aviation
Organization
ICAS International Council on
Aeronautical Sciences
ICCAIA International Coordinating
Council of Aerospace Industries Association
IFR Instrument Flight Rule
IHPTET Integrated High Performance
Turbine Engine
IMC Instrument Meteorological
Conditions
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change
IR Infrared
IS92a IPCC Scenarios 1992a
ISA International Standard Atmosphere
ISCCP International Satellite
Cloud Climatology Project
IWC Ice-Water Content
IWP Ice-Water Path
JGR Journal of Geophysical Research
JJA June-July-August
LACAC Latin American Civil Aviation
Commission
LaRC Langley Research Center
LBO Lean Blow Out
LES Large Eddy Simulation
LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging
LLNL Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
LPP Lean Pre-Mixed Pre-Vaporized
LRC Long-Range Cruise
LS Lower Stratosphere
LTO Landing and Take-Off
LW Long-Wave
MD Mass Density
MIT Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
MRC Maximum Range Cruise
MS Middle Stratosphere
NASA National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
NAT Nitric Acid Trihydrate
NCAR National Center for Atmospheric
Research
NCEP National Centers for Environmental
Prediction
NSA Nitro Sylsulfuric Acid
NH Northern Hemisphere
NIPER National Institute for
Petroleum and Energy Research
NMC National Meteorological Center
NMHC Non-Methane Hydocarbons
NOA North Atlantic Oscillation
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
NOxAR Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone
Measurements along Air Routes
NPRA National Petroleum Refiners
Association
OA Objectively Analyzed
OAG Official Airline Guide
OECD Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development
OEW Operating Empty Weight
OPMET Operational Meteorological
OPR Overall Pressure Ratio
PAI Propulsion/Airframe Integration
PAN Peroxyacetylnitrate
PIANO Project Interactive Analysis
and Optimization
PMS Performance Management
System
PNA Pacific North America
ppbv Parts per Billion by Volume
ppmm Parts per Million by Mass
ppmv Parts per Million by Volume
PSC Polar Stratospheric Cloud
PSC1 Type I Polar Stratospheric
Cloud
PSC2 Type II Polar Stratospheric
Cloud
RBQQ Rich Burn Quick Quench
RF Radiative Forcing
RFI Radiative Forcing Index
RH Relative Humidity
RNAV Area Navigation
RPK Revenue Passenger-Kilometer
RQL Rich Quench Lean
RVSM Reduced Vertical Separation
SAD Surface Area Density
SAGE Stratospheric Aerosol
and Gas Experiment
SAM Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
SAO Background Sulfate Surface
Area Density
SARP Standard and Recommended
Practice
SA1 Sulfate Surface Area Density
Scenario based upon 500 HSCT Fleet with 50% Conversion of Fuel Sulfur
to Particles
SA2 Sulfate Surface Area Density
Scenario based upon 1000 HSCT Fleet with 50% Conversion of Fuel Sulfur
to Particles
SA3 Sulfate Surface Area Density
Scenario based upon 500 HSCT Fleet with 1000% Conversion of Fuel Sulfur
to Particles
SA4 Sulfate Surface Area Density Scenario
based upon 1000 HSCT Fleet with 100% Conversion of Fuel Sulfur
to Particles
SA5 Sulfate Surface Area
Density Scenario based upon 500 HSCT Fleet with 10% Conversion of Fuel
Sulfur to Particles
SA6 Sulfate Surface Area
Density Scenario based upon 1000 HSCT Fleet with 10% Conversion of Fuel
Sulfur to Particles
SA7 Sulfate Surface Area
Density Scenario based upon 500 HSCT Fleet with 0% Conversion of Fuel
Sulfur to Particles
SBSTA Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice
SBUV Solar Backscater Ultraviolet
SH Southern Hemisphere
T/W Thrust/Weight
UARS Upper Atmosphere Research
Satellite
UDF Unducted Fan
UiO Universitet I Oslo
UKMO United Kingdom Meteorological
Office
UN United Nations
UNIVAQ Universita' degli
Studi-l' Acquila
UNEP United Nations Environment
Programme
UT Upper Troposphere
UV Ultraviolet
UV-B Ultraviolet-B
UVery Erythemal
Dose Rate
VOC Volatile Organic Compound
WAFS World Area Forecast
System
WCRP World Climate Research
Programme
WMO World Meteorological
Organization
WWF World Wide Fund for
Nature
UNITS
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SI (Systéme Internationale) Units
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Physical Quantity
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Name of Unit
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Symbol
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length
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meter
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m
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mass
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kilogram
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kg
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time
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second
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s
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thermodynamic temperature
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kelvin
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K
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mole
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mol
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Special Names and Symbols for Certain SI-Derived Units
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Physical Quantity
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Name of Unit
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Symbol of Unit
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Definition of Unit
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force
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newton
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N
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kg m s-2
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pressure
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pascal
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Pa
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kg m-1 s-2 (= Nm-2)
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energy
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joule
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J
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kg m2 s-2
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power
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watt
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W
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kg m2 s-3 (= Js-1)
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frequency
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hertz
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Hz
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s-1 (cycle per second)
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Decimal Fractions and Multiples of SI Units Having Special
Names
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Physical Quantity
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Name of Unit
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Symbol of Unit
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Definition of Unit
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length
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ĺngstrom
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Å
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length
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micrometer
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µm
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10-6m = µm
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area
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hectare
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ha
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104 m2
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force
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dyne
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dyn
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10-5 N
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pressure
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bar
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bar
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105 N m-2
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pressure
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millibar
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mb
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1hPa
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weight
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ton
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t
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