Appendix A: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
ACU Antenna Control Unit
DEM Digital Elevation Model
EDC EROS Data Center
EROS Earth Resources Observation System
ESA European Space Agency
GAC Global Area Coverage
GLIS Global Land Information System
HDT High Density Tape recorder
HRPT High Resolution Picture Transmission
ICT Internal Calibration Target (blackbody)
LAC Local Area Coverage
LAS Land Analysis System
LT Label Table
LUT Look Up Tables
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NESS National Environmental Satellite Service
NESDIS National Environmental Satellite and Information Service
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PDF Program Definition File
PRT Platinum Resistance Thermometers
RSMAS Remote Sensing Group of the Rosentheil School of Marine and
Atmospheric Science (University of Miami)
TAE Transportable Application Executive
TIP TIROS Information Processor
USGS United States Geological Survey
WDBII World Data Band II
DOMSAT Commercial communications satellite used to relay direct
receive and recorded data from NOAA receiving stations
to Suitland, Maryland
TBUS
NAVSPASUR Navy Space Surveillance (source of ephemeris information)
ephemeris