Glossary
Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
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A visible aggregate of minute water droplets and/or ice crystals in the atmosphere above the Earth's surface.
centimeter
Continental Ocean-Atmosphere Regional Experiment
Commercial Off The Shelf
A two dimensional graphical representation of the geographic coverage of selected inventory granules.
Coastal Zone Color Scanner
Distributed Active Archive Center
A data center that generates EOS standard products and carries out NASA's responsibilities for data archive, distribution, and information management.
Data Archive and Distribution System
The system component of the DAAC that provides for the physical storage of the data and the means to distribute the data to requesters. At Langley, the DADS component is comprised of the of an IBM RS/6000 Model 320H work-station, a DISC robotic optical disk system, Unitree file management software, and a customized order processing system.
A logically meaningful grouping or collection of similar or related data.
Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3)
Directory Interchange Format
A de-facto standard used to create directory entries which describe a group of data.
A collection of uniform descriptions that summarize the contents of a large number of data sets. It provides information suitable for making an initial determination of the existence and contents of each data set.
Document Imaging Systems Corporation
The area of science in which the data are normally used (e.g., Radiation Budget, Clouds).
Department of Energy