ESA / ECSAT CCIWV.REP.022 Water Vapour Climate Change Initiative (WV_cci) - CCI+ Phase 2 D2.2 APPENDIX 2:
GLOSSARY 26 Term Definition ACE-FTS Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer ACE-MAESTRO Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Measurement of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation AMSU Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit ATBD Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document AURA-MLS Aura Microwave Limb Sounder BBH Balloon-borne Hygrometer CCI ESA Climate Change Initiative CCM Chemistry–Climate Model CDF Cumulative Distribution Function CDR Climate Data Record DARD Data Access Requirement Document E3UB End to End ECV Uncertainty Budget ERA5 ECMWF Reanalysis v5 ERAi ECMWF Reanalysis - Interim ESA European Space Agency FPH/CFH Frost-Point Hygrometer / Cryogenic Frost-Point Hygrometers HALOE HALogen Occultation Experiment IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer IMS Infra-red Microwave Sounder scheme JULIA JÜLich In-situ Airborne Data Base MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 MHS Microwave Humidity Sounder MIPAS Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding POAM Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement PVIR Product Validation and Intercomparison Report SAGE Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment SAGE III/ISS Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III on the International Space Station