Acronyms | Geospatial Data and Weather Risk Mapping
Geospatial Basics:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
AGS - Applied Geosolutions
AIC - Akaike Information Criterion
ARD - Agriculture and Rural Development Department
ARMT - Agricultural Risk Management Team
B
BD - Bulk Density
BS - Base Saturation
C
C - Carbon
CC - Calcium Carbonate
CEC - Cation Exchange Capacity
CF - Clay Fraction
CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
COST - Commercial Off-the Shelf Technology
CSC - Cross Sectional Convexity
CSI - Crop Suitability Index
D
DC - Drainage Class
DEM - Digital Elevation Model
DJF - December January February
DNDC - DeNitrification-DeComposition
F
FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization
FDG - Focus Discussion Group
FL - Factor Loading
G
GC - Gravel Content
GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GIS - Geographic Information Systems
GMAO - Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
GOM - Government of Mozambique
GV - Ground Validation
H
HWSD - Harmonized World Soil Database
I
IIAM - Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique
IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute
IRI - International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University
ITCZ - InterTropical Convergence Zone
J
JAXA - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JJA - June July August
K
KII - Key Informant Interview
L
LC - Longitudinal Convexity
LPDAAC - Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center
LULC - Land Use Land Cover
LST - Land Surface Temperature
M
MAM - March April May
MC - Maximum Curvature MAWRM 6
MERRA - Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications
MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MOA - Ministry of Agriculture
N
N - Nitrogen
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States)
O
OC - Organic Carbon
OGC - Open Geospatial Consortium
OK - Ordinary Kriging
OLS - Ordinary Least Squares
P
PC - Profile Convexity
PCA - Principal Components Analysis
PPT - Precipitation
Q
QAQC - Quality Assurance Quality Control
R
RE - Relative Evapotranspiration
RS - Remote Sensing
RMSE - Root Mean Square Error
S
SF - Sand Fraction
SIF - Silt Fraction
SOC - Soil Organic Carbon
SON - September October November
SRTM - Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
T
TEB - Total Exchangeable Bases
TRMM - Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
TMAX - Temperature Maximum
TMEN - Temperature Mean
TMI - TRMM Microwave Imager
TMIN - Temperature Minimum
U
UK - Universal Kriging
W
WB - World Bank
WIST - Warehouse Inventory Search Tool
WSC - Water Storage Capacity
V
VIRS - Visible and Infrared Scanner