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Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century

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Abbrevi<strong>at</strong>ions · xvii<br />

MOOTW Military oper<strong>at</strong>ions o<strong>the</strong>r than war<br />

MSC Mapp<strong>in</strong>g Science Committee<br />

MSS Multispectral Scanner<br />

NAEP N<strong>at</strong>ional Assessment <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ional Progress<br />

NAFTA North <strong>America</strong>n/Atlantic Free Trade Area<br />

NAO North Atlantic Oscill<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

NASA N<strong>at</strong>ional Aeronautics and Space Adm<strong>in</strong>istr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

NCAR N<strong>at</strong>ional Center for Atmospheric Research<br />

NCES N<strong>at</strong>ional Center for Educ<strong>at</strong>ion St<strong>at</strong>istics<br />

NCGE N<strong>at</strong>ional Council for Geographic Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

NCGIA N<strong>at</strong>ional Center for Geographic Inform<strong>at</strong>ion and Analysis<br />

NCSS N<strong>at</strong>ional Council for Social Studies<br />

NDVI Normalized Difference Veget<strong>at</strong>ion Index<br />

NGDS N<strong>at</strong>ional Geographic D<strong>at</strong>a System<br />

NGO Non-Governmental Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

NGS N<strong>at</strong>ional Geographic Society<br />

NOAA N<strong>at</strong>ional Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm<strong>in</strong>istr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

NSDI N<strong>at</strong>ional Sp<strong>at</strong>ial D<strong>at</strong>a Infrastructure<br />

NSF N<strong>at</strong>ional Science Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

NSIDC N<strong>at</strong>ional Snow and Ice D<strong>at</strong>a Center<br />

OGC Open GIS Consortium<br />

PDSI Palmer Drought Severity Index<br />

PNA Pacific-North <strong>America</strong>n<br />

RSSG Remote Sens<strong>in</strong>g Specialty Group<br />

RTS Recre<strong>at</strong>ion, Tourism, and Sport<br />

SAP Structural adjustment program<br />

SAR Syn<strong>the</strong>tic aperture Radar<br />

SD Susta<strong>in</strong>able development<br />

SDSS Sp<strong>at</strong>ial Decision Support Systems<br />

SDTS Sp<strong>at</strong>ial D<strong>at</strong>a Transfer Standard<br />

SIU Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Ill<strong>in</strong>ois University<br />

SOI Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Oscill<strong>at</strong>ion Index<br />

SGSG Socialist <strong>Geography</strong> Specialty Group<br />

SPOT Système pour l’observ<strong>at</strong>ion de la Terre<br />

SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission<br />

SSSG Sexuality and Space Specialty Group<br />

STDS Sp<strong>at</strong>ial D<strong>at</strong>a Transfer Standard<br />

TGSG Transport<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>Geography</strong> Specialty Group<br />

TIGER Topographically Integr<strong>at</strong>ed Geographic Encod<strong>in</strong>g and Referenc<strong>in</strong>g<br />

TRI Toxic Release Inventory<br />

UCGIS University Consortium for Geographic Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Science<br />

UCOWR University Council on W<strong>at</strong>er Resources<br />

UNCED United N<strong>at</strong>ions Conference on Environment and Development<br />

UNFAO United N<strong>at</strong>ions Food and Agriculture Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

URISA Urban and Regional Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Systems Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

USACE United St<strong>at</strong>es Army Corps <strong>of</strong> Eng<strong>in</strong>eers<br />

USDA United St<strong>at</strong>es Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture<br />

USDOE United St<strong>at</strong>es Department <strong>of</strong> Energy<br />

USEPA United St<strong>at</strong>es Environmental Protection Agency<br />

UWIN University W<strong>at</strong>er Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Network<br />

VJESG Values, Justice and Ethics Specialty Group<br />

WID Women <strong>in</strong> Development<br />

WMO World Meteorological Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion

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