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Appendix-1 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
HP
HYB
ICS
IFOV
IMS
INT
IOA
IP
IPSDU
IR
IRS
IRU
ISCCP
ISO
JAXA
JPEG
JFIF
JMA
JPL
L&IOC
LAN
LaRC
LHCP
LIS
LNA
LOGAMP
LVPC
LW
LZP
MAM
MCS
MDSS
METEOSAT
MLI
MO&DSD
MOC
MOSDD
MSFC
MTB
N/A
NASA
NASCOM
NASDA
NCC
NCEP
NCSA
A1-2
: Hewlett Packard Co.
: Hybrid
I
: Interface Control Specification
: Instantaneous FOV
: Information Management System (NASA)
: Integration
: Initial Orbit Acquisition
: Internet Protocol
: Instrument Power Switching and
Distribution Unit
: Infrared
: Information Retrieval System
: Inertial Reference Unit
: International Satellite Cloud Climatology
Project
: Isolator
J
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
: Joint Photographic Coding Experts Group
: JPEG File Interchange Format
: Japan Meteorological Agency
: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
L
: Launch and In-orbit Checkout
: Local Area Network
: Langley Research Center (NASA)
: Left-Hand Circular Polarization
: Lightning Imaging Sensor
: Low Noise Amplifier
: Logarithmic Amplifier
: Low Voltage Power Connector
: Longwave
: Level-0 Processed
M
: Mirror Attenuator Mosaic
: Media Conversion Subsystem
: Master Data Storage System
: Meteorological Satellite
: Multi Layer Insulation
: Mission Operations and Data Systems
Directorate
: Mission Operations Center (NASA)
: Mission Operations and System
Development Division
: Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA)
: Magnetic Torque Bar
N
: Not Applicable
: National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
: NASA Communications Network
: National Space Development Agency of
Japan（currently named NASDA）
: Network Control Center (NASA)
: National Centers for Environmental
Prediction
: National Center for Supercomputing
Applications
NICT
NMS
NOAA
NS
NUBF
OLIS
OSR
OTD
PBIU
PC
PCM
PDB
PGS
PHS
PI
PLO
POD
PR
PRF
PRI
PROP
PS
PS
PS
PSDU
PSE
PSIB
QAC
QL
R&RR
R/T
RAM
RAP
RCS
RDA
REF
REM
RESTEC
RF
RHCP
RIS
ROM
RS
RST
RTEP
RWA
S/C
S/N
SA
SADA
National Institute of Information and
Communications technology
: Network Management Subsystem
: National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
: Noise Source
: Non-Uniform Beam Filling
O
: On-Line Information System
: Optical Solar Reflector
: Optical Transient Detector
P
: Power Bus Interface Unit
: Personal Computer
: Propellant Control Module
: Project Data Base
: Product Generation Service
: Phase Shifter
: Principal Investigator
: Phase Lock Oscillator
: Project Operations Director
: Precipitation Radar
: Pulse Repetition Frequency
: Pulse Repetition Interval
: Propagation
: Pointing System
: Product Specific (metadata)
: Power Supply
: Power Switching and Distribution Unit
: Power System Electronics
: Power System Interface Box
Q
: Quality and Accounting Capsule
: Quick Look
R
: Range & Range Rate
: Real-Time
: Random Access Memory
: Rotating Azimuth Plane
: Reaction Control Subsystem
: Receiver Drive Amplifier
: Reflection
: Rocket Engine Module
: Remote Sensing Technology Center of
Japan
: Radio Frequency
: Right-Hand Circular Polarization
: Raster Image Set
: Read Only Memory
: Reed Solomon
: Remote Science Terminal
: Real Time Event Processor
: Reaction Wheel Assembly
S
: Spacecraft
: Signal to Noise
: Solar Array
: Solar Array Drive Assembly