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ISAR <strong>International</strong> Symposium on Arctic<br />

Research<br />

ISMASS Ice Sheet MASS Balance and Sea Level<br />

ISOS <strong>International</strong> Southern Ocean Studies<br />

ISOS Integrated School of Ocean Sciences<br />

ISSS <strong>International</strong> Siberian Shelf Study<br />

IAU <strong>International</strong> Astronomical Union<br />

I-TASC Interpolar Transnational Art Science<br />

Constellation<br />

ITEX <strong>International</strong> Tundra Experiment<br />

ITK Inuit Tapirlit Kanatami<br />

IUCH <strong>International</strong> Union for Circumpolar<br />

Health<br />

IUCP <strong>International</strong> University Courses on<br />

Permafrost<br />

IUGG <strong>International</strong> Union of Geodesy and<br />

Geophysics<br />

IUGS <strong>International</strong> Union of Geological<br />

Science<br />

IYPE <strong>International</strong> <strong>Year</strong> of Planet Earth<br />

JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marin Earth Science<br />

and Technology<br />

JARE23 23rd Japanese Antarctic Research<br />

Expedition<br />

JASE Japanese-Swedish Antarctic<br />

Expedition<br />

JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency<br />

JC ICSU-<strong>WMO</strong> Joint Committee for IPY<br />

<strong>2007–2008</strong><br />

JCADM Joint SCAR-COMNAP Committee on<br />

Antarctic Data Management<br />

JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study<br />

JOIS Joint Ocean and Ice Studies<br />

JWACS Joint Western Arctic Climate Studies<br />

K-12 Kindergarten to Grade 12, public<br />

schools, U.S.A. and Canada<br />

KOPRI Korea <strong>Polar</strong> Research Institute<br />

KORDI Korea Ocean Research and<br />

Development Institute<br />

LAPNET LAPland NETwork<br />

LARISSA LARsen Ice Shelf System Antarctica<br />

LGM Last Glacial Maximum<br />

LIMA Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica,<br />

IPY project<br />

LOiCZ Land-Oceans Interaction in the Coastal<br />

Zone<br />

LOLITA-PSC Lagrangian Observations with Lidar<br />

Investigations and Trajectories in<br />

Antarctica of PSC<br />

LSM Land Surface Model<br />

LTK Local and Traditional Knowledge<br />

MarBIN Marine Biodiversity Network<br />

MARP Malaysia Antarctic Research Program<br />

MaxNDVI Maximum Normalized Difference<br />

Vegetation Index<br />

MEMG Marine Expert Monitoring Group<br />

MEOP Marine Mammal Exploration of the<br />

Oceans Pole to Pole<br />

MERGE Microbiological and Ecological<br />

Responses to Global Environmental<br />

Changes in <strong>Polar</strong> Regions, IPY project<br />

MERIS Medium Resolution Imaging<br />

Spectroradiometer<br />

MiniMAMM Modified Antarctic Mapping Mission<br />

MISR Multi-Angle Imaging<br />

SpectroRadiometer<br />

MIZ Marginal Ice Zone<br />

MMCR Millimeter Cloud Radar<br />

MMM Mesoscale and Microscale<br />

Meteorology Division<br />

MODIL-NAO Monitoring of the Development of Traditional<br />

Indigenous Land Use Areas in the<br />

Nenets Autonomous Okrug, IPY project<br />

MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging<br />

Spectroradiometer<br />

MUOCAA Monitoring Upper Ocean Circulation<br />

between Africa and Antarctica<br />

NADC National Antarctic Data Center<br />

NAS National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.<br />

NBS Northern Bering Sea<br />

NCAOR National Center for Arctic and Ocean<br />

Research<br />

NCAR National Center for Atmospheric<br />

Research<br />

NCEP National Center for Environmental<br />

Prediction<br />

NCP Northern Contaminants Program<br />

NEEM North Eemian Ice Core Project<br />

NERC Natural Environment Research Council<br />

NES NISC Export Services<br />

NF Northern Forum<br />

NGPR New Generation of <strong>Polar</strong> Researchers<br />

NICOP Ninth <strong>International</strong> Conference on<br />

Permafrost<br />

NIPR National Institute of <strong>Polar</strong> Research,<br />

Japan<br />

NISC National Information Services<br />

Corporation<br />

NMHS National Meteorological and<br />

Hydrological Services<br />

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric<br />

Administration<br />

NSF National Science Foundation<br />

NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center<br />

NSTM Near Surface Temperature Maximum<br />

NVFL North Vostok flow line<br />

NWP Numerical Weather Prediction<br />

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