Next Generation Earth Systems Science at the National Science Foundation (2022)

Chapter: Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Next Generation Earth Systems Science at the National Science Foundation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26042.

Appendix C

Acronyms and Abbreviations

ADVANCE Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions
CO2 carbon dioxide
CURE Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience
CZCN Critical-Zone Collaborative Network
DBER discipline-based education research
DEIJ diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice
EHR Education and Human Resources
ESS Earth Systems Science
GEO geoscience
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS Global Positioning System
GPU graphics processing unit
HBCU Historically Black College and University
INFEWS Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems
IODP International Ocean Discovery Program
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Next Generation Earth Systems Science at the National Science Foundation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26042.
LTER Long-Term Ecological Research
MSI Minority Serving Institution
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research
NEON National Ecological Observatory Network
NSF National Science Foundation
PETM Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
PPP Polar Prediction Project
REU Research Experience for Undergraduates
SES socio-environmental system
STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
URGE Unlearning Racism in the Geosciences
YOPP Year of Polar Prediction
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Next Generation Earth Systems Science at the National Science Foundation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26042.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Next Generation Earth Systems Science at the National Science Foundation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26042.
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