Acronym | Definition |
ALOS | Advanced Land Observing Satellite |
ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and reflection Radiometer |
ATBD | Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document |
AW3D30 | (ALOS) World 3D - 30m |
C3S | Copernicus Climate Change Service |
CDR | Climate Data Record |
CDS | Climate Data Store |
DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
ECV | Essential Climate Variable |
EO | Earth Observation |
ETM+ | Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus |
FoG | Fluctuations of Glaciers |
GCOS | Global Climate Observing System |
GDEM | Global Digital Elevation Model |
GIMP | Greenland Mapping Project |
GLIMS | Global Land Ice Measurements from Space |
GTN-G | Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers |
IGOS | Integrated Global Observing Strategy |
IPCC AR5 | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report |
NDSI | Normalised Difference Snow Index |
NED | National Elevation Dataset |
PI | Principal Investigator |
PQAD | Product Quality Assurance Document |
PUGS | Product User Guide and Specification |
RGI | Randolph Glacier Inventory |
SPOT | Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre |
SRTM | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
WGI | World Glacier Inventory |
WGS | World Geodetic System |