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Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Units
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AAIW
ACACIA
ADB
AGBM
A-O
APSIM
ARMCANZ
ART
BAPMoN
BP
CALM
CAP
CBA
CBAA
CBWAF
CCAMLR
CCC
CCSI
CCSR
CDM
CDS
CEA
CEE
CEI
CFC
CIS
COAG
CPACC
CPU
CPUE
CSIRO
CV
CVM
DA
DAF
DALY
DDC
DES
DOC
DSE
DTR
DWR
EAC
ECLAC
Antarctic Intermediate Water
A Concerted Action Towards A
Comprehensive Climate Impacts and
Adaptations Assessment for the European
Union
Asian Development Bank
Ad Hoc Group on the Berline Mandate
atmosphere-ocean
Agricultural Production Systems Simulator
Model
Agriculture and Resource Management
Council of Australia and New Zealand
alternative risk transfer
Background Atmospheric Pollution
Monitoring Network
before the present
Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring
Common Agricultural Policy
cost-benefit analysis
cost-benefit absent adaptation
cost-benefit with adaptation foresight
Commission for the Conservation of
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Canadian Centre for Climate Prediction and
Analysis
Climate Change Sustainability Index
Center for Climate System Research
Clean Development Mechanism
Conventional Development Scenario
cost-effectiveness analysis
central and eastern Europe
Climate Extremes Index
chlorofluorocarbon
Commonwealth of Independent States
Council of Australian Governments
Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to Global
Climate Change
catch per unit
catch per unit effort
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (Australia)
compensated variation
contingent valuation method
decision analysis
decision analytic framework
disability-adjusted life year
Data Distribution Centre
dietary energy supply
dissolved organic carbon
development, sustainability, and equity
diurnal temperature range
Department of Water Resources
East Australian Current
Economic Commission for Latin America
and the Caribbean
EEE
EEZ
EIA
EIP
ELA
ENSO
EPIC
EU
EV
FACE
FAIR
FAO
FAR
FEMA
FEWS NET
GARP
GBR
GCM
GDP
GEF
GEWEX
GFDL
GHG
GIS
GISS
GLASOD
GLSLB
GNP
GPP
GTNet-P
HAPEX
HDI
HIV
HMGP
HPS
HRI
IAI
IAM
ICES
ICLEI
ICZM
ICM
IDNDR
IFRC-RCS
IGBP
IHDP
IMAGE
IPCC
eastern equine encephalitis
Exclusive Economic Zone
environmental impact assessment
extrinsic incubation period
equilibrium line altitude
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator
European Union
equivalent variation
Free-Air CO2 Enrichment
Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
Food and Agriculture Organization
First Assessment Report
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Famine Early Warning System Network
Global Atmospheric Research Program
Great Barrier Reef
general circulation model
gross domestic product
Global Environment Facility
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
greenhouse gas
Geographic Information System
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Global Assessment of Human-Induced Soil
Degradation
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin Project
gross national product
gross primary productivity
Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost
Hydrologic Atmosphere Pilot Experiment
human development index
human immunodeficiency virus
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
heat-related injury or illness
Inter-American Institute for Global Change
integrated assessment model
International Council for the Exploration of
the Seas
International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives
integrated coastal zone management
integrated coastal management
International Decade for Natural Disaster
Reduction
International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies
International Geosphere-Biosphere
Programme
International Human Dimensions Programme
Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse
Effect
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Units
ISEW
ITCZ
IWRM
JE
JI
JJA
JUA
LAC
LCC
LGM
LHB
LUC
MAP
MBIS
MEI
MPI
MSF
MSY
MSX
MVE
NAFTA
NAO
NAST
NATO
NBP
NCAR
NDVI
NEP
NGO
NH
NIES
NIWA
NPDO
NPP
NWFP
NSW
OECD
OMVS
PACIS
PAN
P/C
PCB
PDO
PDSI
PE
PET
PG
PML
PPP
PQLI
P-S-I-R
PSMSL
PTSD
Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare
Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
integrated water resources management
Japanese encephalitis
joint implementation
June, July, August
Joint Underwriting Association
La Crosse encephalitis
land-cover change
last glacial maximum
large-area herbivore biomass
land-use change
mean annual precipitation
Mackenzie Basin Impact Study
morphoedaphic index
Max-Planck Institute
Médecins sans Frontières
maximum sustainable yield
multinucleated spore unknown
Murray Valley encephalitis
North American Free Trade Agreement
North Atlantic Oscillation
National Assessment Synthesis Team
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
net biome productivity
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
net ecosystem productivity
nongovernmental organization
Northern Hemisphere
National Institute for Environmental Studies
(Japan)
New Zealand Institute of Water and
Atmospheric Research
North Pacific Decadal Oscillation
net primary productivity
non-wood forest products
New South Wales
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du
Fleuve Senegal
Pan-American Climate Information and
Applications System
peroxyacetyl nitrate
property-casualty
polychlorinated biphenyl
Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Palmer Drought Severity Index
policy exercise
potential evapotranspiration
protection guaranteed
probable maximum loss
purchasing power parity
physical quality of life index
pressure-state-impact-responses
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level
post-traumatic stress disorder
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RA
RCM
R&D
REWU
RICC
RMA
RVF
SADC
SAMW
SAP
SAR
SARP
SCS
SHV
SICA
SLE
SO
SOC
SOI
SOM
SPC
SPCZ
SPREP
SRB
SRES
SSA
SST
SWRCB
TAR
TBE
TEM
THC
TNR
UKCIP
UKMO
UN
UNCCD
UNCED
UNCHS
UNCSD
UNDP
UNEP
UNFCCC
UN-OCHA
USAID
UV
V&A
VAM
VBD
VEE
VC
risk assessment
regional climate model
research and development
Regional Early Warning Unit
Regional Impacts of Climate Change
Resource Management Act (New Zealand)
Rift Valley fever
Southern Africa Development Community
sub-Antarctic mode water
structural adjustment program
Second Assessment Report
Simulation and System Analysis for Rice
Production
strategic cyclical scaling
snowshoe hare virus
Central American Integration System
St. Louis encephalitis
Southern Oscillation
soil organic carbon
Southern Oscillation Index
soil organic matter
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Southern Pacific Convergence Zone
South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme
Senegal River basin
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios
sub-Saharan Africa
sea-surface temperature
State Water Resource Control Board
Third Assessment Report
tick-borne encephalitis
Terrestrial Ecosystem Model
thermohaline circulation
Toronto-Niagara Region Study
United Kingdom Climate Impacts
Programme
United Kingdom Meteorological Office
United Nations
UN Convention to Combat Desertification
UN Conference on Environment and
Development
UN Center for Human Settlements
UN Commission for Sustainable
Development
UN Development Programme
UN Environmental Programme
UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change
UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs
U.S. Agency for International Development
ultraviolet
vulnerability and adaptation
Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping
vector-borne disease
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
vectorial capacity
1000
VOC
VRA
WAIS
WAP
WCED
WCRP
WEE
WFP
Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Units
volatile organic carbon
Volta River Authority
West Antarctic ice sheet
western Antarctic peninsula
World Commission on Environment and
Development
World Climate Research Programme
western equine encephalitis
World Food Program
WGI
WGII
WGIII
WHO
WMO
WN
WTA
WTP
WUE
Working Group I
Working Group II
Working Group III
World Health Organization
World Meteorological Organization
West Nile
willingness to accept payment
willingness to pay
water-use efficiency
UNITS
SI (Systéme Internationale) Units
Physical Quantity
length
mass
time
thermodynamic temperature
amount of substance
Name of Unit
Symbol
meter
kilogram
second
kelvin
mole
m
kg
s
K
mol
Special Names and Symbols for Certain SI-Derived Units
Physical Quantity
force
pressure
energy
power
frequency
Name of SI Unit
Symbol for SI Unit
Definition of Unit
newton
pascal
joule
watt
hertz
N
Pa
J
W
Hz
kg m s-2
kg
s-2 (= Nm-2)
kg m2 s-2
kg m2 s-3 (= Js-1)
-1
s (cycle per second)
Name of Unit
Symbol for Unit
Definition of Unit
ångstrom
micrometer
hectare
dyne
bar
millibar
ton
Å
µm
ha
dyn
bar
mb
t
10-10 m = 10 -8cm
10-6m = µm
104 m2
10-5 N
105 N m-2
1hPa
103 kg
m-1
Decimal Fractions and Multiples of SI Units Having Special Names
Physical Quantity
length
length
area
force
pressure
pressure
weight