Science Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. ISY
   International Space Year (1992)
2. METEOR
   USSR Operational Weather Satellite
3. MITRE
   Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment
4. MSSL
   Mullard Space Science Laboratory, College London
5. N2O5
   nitrogen pentoxide, nitric anhydride
6. NISTEP
   National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
7. OClO
   Chlorine Dioxide
8. Penins
   Peninsula
9. POL. ECON.
   Political Economy
10. Polarstern
    Research Vessel
11. propr
    Proprietary
12. R/V
    Research Vessel
13. R/V
    Review
14. S-GCOS
    Space-Based Global Change Observation System
15. SAM II
    Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement
16. SCIAMACHY
    SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY
17. SCRIPPS
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San
18. SIR-C
    Shuttle Imaging Radar-C
19. STRATOZ
    Stratospheric Ozone Expedition
20. U.S.A.
    United States of America

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