J
JCMM Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology
JEOS Japanese Earth Observing Satellite
JEM Japanese Experiment Module
JERS-1 Japanese Earth Remote-sensing Satellite-1
JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (IGBP programme)
JMA Japan Meteorological Agency
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPOP Japanese Polar Orbiting Platform
JSC Johnson Space Center
K
K kelvin, unit of thermodynamic temperature (the number of
kelvins equals the number of degrees Celsius plus 273.15,
i.e., tK=tdegree C +273.15)
kbps kilobits per second
keV kilo electron volts
kg kilogram
kHz kilohertz
kJ kilojoule (energy measure)
km kilometer
KNMI Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
(Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)
kW kilowatt
L
LAC Local Area Coverage
LACTOZ Laboratory Studies of Chemistry Related to Tropospheric Ozone
(EUROTRAC)
LAGEOS Laser Geodynamics Satellite
LAMBADA Large Scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazonia using
Data Assimilation (BAHC/GEWEX)
Landsat Land Remote Sensing Satellite
LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory
LaRC Langley Research Center
LAWS Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder
LEFI Local Electric Field Instrument
LERTS Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches en Teledetection
Spatiale (France)
LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging Instrument
LIMS Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
LIS Lightning Imaging Sensor
LITE Lidar In-space Technology Experiment
LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LOICZ Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (IGBP)
LR Laser Retroreflector
LRA Laser Retroreflector Array
LRPT Low-resolution Picture Transmission
LWIR Long-Wavelength (Thermal) Infrared
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