C
C = Celsius, centigrade
Cal/Val = Calibration/Validation
CAC = Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry (York, Canada)
CACGP = Commission of Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (IAMAP)
CAD = Computer Aided Design
CALS = College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (UW–Madison)
CAMEX = Convection and Moisture Experiment
CAMS = Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner
CaPE = Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (STORM)
CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy
CAPPI = Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator
CAPS = Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
CARA = Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
CART = Cloud And Radiation Testbed (DOE/ARM)
CAS = Centre for Atmospheric Science (Cambridge, UK)
CASPR = Cloud and Surface Parameter Retrieval
CAT = Carbon Dioxide Absorption Technique
CCD = Charge-Coupled Device
CCLRC = Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
CCM = Community Climate Model
ccn = cloud condensation nucleus
CCRS = Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
CCT = Computer Compatible Tape
CD = Compact Disc
CD-ROM = Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
CDCR = Conceptual Design and Cost Review
CDF = Common Data Format
CDIAC = Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Cente
CDOS = Customer Data and Operations System
CD-ROM = Compact Disc - Read Only Memory
CEC = Commission of the European Communities
CEES = Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
CEO = Centre for Earth Observation
CEOS = Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CERES =Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
CET = Central England Temperature
CFC = ChloroFluoroCarbon
CFTC = Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CFC-11 = CCl3F, trichlorofluoromethane, Freon-11
CFC-12 = CCl2F2, dichlorodifluoromethane, Freon-12
CFCs = chlorofluorocarbons
CGAM = Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling
CG = Center of Gravity (DXS)
CGC = Climate and Global Change
CGCP = Canadian Global Change Program
CGI = Common Gateway Interface (Internet)
CGM = Computer Graphics Metafile
CH3Cl = methyl chloride
CH4 = methane
CHAMEX = Cloud Height And Motion EXperiment
CHAMMP = Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics
CIAP = Climatic Impact Assessment Program
CIASTA = Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
CICA = Center for Innovative Computer Applications
CICS = Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (U.Maryland)
CIDC = Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection
CIESIN = Consortium for International Earth Science Information Networks
CIMSS = Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
CIRA = COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere
CIRES = Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (US)
CIRRUS = Cloud InfraRed Radiometer for UnESS
CIRTL = Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning
CIT = California Institute of Technology
CITA = Center for IT Accommodation (GSA)
CITE = Cargo Integration and Test Equipment (DXS)
CITE = Chemical Instrument Test and Evaluation (NASA GTE)
CLASS = Cross-chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System
CLAVR = Clouds from AVHRR
CLAES = Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
CLIVAR = Climate Variability and Predictability
CLP = Chlorine Loading Potential
ClO = chlorine monoxide
ClONO2,CINO3 = chlorine nitrate
CLRC = Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK)
CLS = Cloud Lidar System
CMA = China Meteorological Administration
CMAP = Climate Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program
cm = centimetre
CMDL = Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory
CMS = Configuration Management System
CNA = Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexico)
CNES = Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
CNR = Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
CNRM = Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques(France)
CNRS = Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
COADS = Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
COAPEC = Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes and European Climate
CO = carbon monoxide
CO2 = carbon dioxide
Co-I = Co-Investigator
COADS = Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Dataset
COARE = Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research Experiment (TOGA)
CODAR = COrrelation Detection And Ranging
COHMEX = COoperative Huntsville Meteorological EXperiment
Co-I = CoInvestigator
COMET = Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training (NOAA and UCAR)
COMSAT = COMmunications SATellite
CONUS = CONtinental (or CONterminus) United States
COSPAR = Committee On SPAce Research
COSTAR = Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
COTS = Commercial Off-The-Shelf
COSPAR = Committee on Space Research
CPC = Climate Prediction Center
cpi = characters per inch
CPL = Cloud Physics Lidar
CPR = CardioPulmonary Resuscitation
CPSC = Consumer Product Safety Commission
CREST = Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (Puerto Rico)
CrIS = Cross-track Infrared Sounder
CrO2 = Chromium Oxide
CRU = Climate Research Unit (East Anglia)
CRYSYS = Cryospheric System
CRT = Cathode Ray Tube
CS = Computer Science
CSA = Canadian Space Agency
CS&S = Computer Sciences and Statistics (UW-MSN)
CSA = Canadian Space Agency
CSEPA = Chinese State Environment Protection Agency (China)
CSES = Center for the Study of Earth from Space (Univ of Colorado)
CSIRO = Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
CSI = Coastal Studies Institute (LSU)
CSIRO = Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
CSIS = Centralized Storm Information System
CSM = Comprehensive System Model
CSMP = Climate System Modeling Project
CSREES = Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
CST = Central Standard Time
CST = Convective-Stratiform Technique
CSU = Colorado State University (Ft. Collins)
CTD = Conductivity-Temperature-Depth
CTM = Chemical Transport Model
CTP = Cloud-Top Pressure
CTS = Committee on Teaching of Science
CU = University of Colorado
CVS = Concurrent Versions System
CWB = Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
CZCS = Coastal Zone Color Scanner
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