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ACRONYMS
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| 3-D |
3-dimensional |
| ACCS |
African Climate Change Scenario |
| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| aET |
actual evapotranspiration |
| AIM |
Asian-Pacific Integrated Model |
| AOGCM |
atmosphere-ocean general circulation model |
| AUS |
Australia |
| BBS |
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |
| BCTE |
Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics (Australia) |
| BMRC |
Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (Australia) |
| BNJST |
Bangladesh-Nepal Joint Study Team |
| BP |
before present |
| BRS |
Bureau of Resource Sciences |
| CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
| CAST |
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology |
| CCC |
Canadian Climate Centre |
| CCIRG |
Climate Change Impacts Review Group |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDEA |
Commission on Development and Environment for Amazonia |
| CERES |
Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System |
| CNA |
Central North America |
| COP |
Conference of the Parties |
| CPUE |
catch-per-unit-effort |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
| CZMP |
coastal zone management plan |
| DENR |
Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
| DEST |
Department of Environment, Sport and Territories (Australia) |
| DGVM |
dynamic global vegetation model |
| DHF |
dengue hemorrhagic fever |
| DH-MWR |
Department of Hydrology, Ministry of Water Resources (China) |
| DJF |
winter (December-January-February)-Northern Hemisphere |
| DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOC |
dissolved organic carbon |
| DTR |
diurnal temperature range |
| EAS |
East Asia |
| ECHAM |
European Centre/Hamburg Model |
| ECSN |
European Climate Support Network |
| EEZ |
exclusive economic zone |
| EN |
El Ni�o |
| ENSO |
El Ni�o-Southern Oscillation |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESD-CAS |
Earth Science Division, Chinese Academy of SciencesEU |
| EU |
European Union |
| EWS |
early-warning system |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FAR |
First Assessment Report |
| FASOM |
Forest and Agricultural Sector Optimization Model |
| FCCC |
Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency (United States) |
| FSU |
former Soviet Union |
| GCM |
general circulation model |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GEO |
Global Environment Outlook |
| GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| GHG |
greenhouse gas |
| GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
| GISS |
Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
| GLASOD |
Global Assessment of Soil Degradation |
| GLOF |
glacial lake outburst flood |
| GLSLB |
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin Project |
| GNP |
gross national produc |
| GOB |
Government of Bangladesh |
| GOI |
Government of India |
| GTZ |
Gesellschaft f�r Technische Zusammenarbeit (Germany) |
| GVA |
Global Vulnerability Analysis |
| GVM |
global vegetation model |
| GYC |
general yield class |
| HEWS |
health early warning systems |
| HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
| HMGN |
His Majesty's Government of Nepal |
| HSSW |
high-salinity shelf water |
| ICIMOD |
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development |
| ICLARM |
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management |
| ICST |
Ivorian Country Study Team |
| ICZM |
integrated coastal zone management |
| IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
| IIASA |
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| IMAGE |
Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IQQM |
Integrated Quantity and Quality Model |
| IRC |
Insurance Research Council |
| IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
| ISPAN |
Irrigation Support Project for Asia and the Near-East |
| ITCZ |
Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone |
| IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
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| JJA |
summer (June-July-August)-Northern Hemisphere |
| LAI |
leaf area index |
| LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| LPG |
liquefied petroleum gas |
| MAPSS |
Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System |
| MARA/ARMA |
Mapping Malaria Risk in Africa |
| MBIS |
Mackenzie Basin Impact Study |
| MERCOSUR |
Mercado Com�n del Sur/Common Market of the South |
| MOPT |
Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (Spain) |
| MPI |
Max-Planck Institut f�r Meteorologie (Germany) |
| MRI |
Meteorological Research Institute (Japan) |
| NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standard (United States) |
| NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (United States) |
| NEU |
Nothern Europe |
| NGO |
non-governmental organization |
| NRC |
National Research Council (United States) |
| NSW |
New South Wales |
| NWR |
National Wildlife Refuge |
| NWT |
NorthWest Territories |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OIES |
Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies |
| ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (United States) |
| OSU |
Oregon State University |
| OTA |
Office of Technology Assessment (United States) |
| P |
precipitation |
| PAA |
Port Autonome d'Abidjan |
| PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
| PAN |
peroxyacetal nitrate |
| PCCC |
Proyecto Centroamericano de Cambios Clim�ticos |
| PCSD |
The President's Council on Sustainable Development |
| PE |
potential evaporation |
| PEI |
precipitation effectiveness index |
| pET |
potential evapotranspiration |
| P:PET |
precipitation:potential evapotranspiration |
| PPP |
purchasing power parity |
| Pr |
precipitation |
| PV |
photovoltaic |
| PWWS |
Philadelphia Hot Weather-Health Watch/Warning System |
| R |
runoff |
| RCM |
regional climate model |
| RMA |
Resource Management Act (New Zealand) |
| RMSF |
Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
| SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| SACZ |
South Atlantic Convergence Zone |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SAH |
Sahel |
| SAR |
Second Assessment Report |
| SARDC |
Southern African Research and Documentation Center |
| SBSTA |
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice |
| SEA |
South East Asia |
| SEU |
Southern Europe |
| SO |
Southern Oscillation |
| SOI |
Southern Oscillation Index |
| SPCZ |
South Pacific Convergence Zone |
| SPREP |
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
| SSA |
sub-Saharan Africa |
| SST |
sea-surface temperature |
| T |
temperature |
| TAR |
Third Assessment Report |
| Tmax |
daily maximum temperature |
| TMF |
tropical moist forest |
| Tmin |
daily minimum temperature |
| UKMO |
United Kingdom Meteorological Office |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNEP |
UN Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC |
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| USCSP |
U.S. Country Studies Program |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USEPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| UV-B |
ultraviolet-B |
| VBD |
vector-borne disease |
| VEMAP |
Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project |
| WFC |
UN World Food Council |
| WG |
Working Group |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WRI |
World Resources Institute |
| WSC |
Weddell Scotia Confluence |
| WUE |
water-use efficiency |