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Abbreviations <strong>and</strong> acronyms<br />

Table 8.1<br />

Abbreviations <strong>and</strong> acronyms (except research projects) (cont.)<br />

Acronym or Name Reference (*)<br />

abbreviation<br />

ESIF <strong>Europe</strong>an Structural & Investment Fund http://ec.europa.eu/contracts_grants/<br />

funds_en.htm<br />

ESM<br />

Earth system model<br />

ESPON<br />

<strong>Europe</strong>an Observation Network for Territorial Development https://www.espon.eu/ma<strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> Cohesion<br />

ETC-CCA<br />

<strong>Europe</strong>an Topic Centre on <strong>Climate</strong> Change <strong>impacts</strong>,<br />

http://cca.eionet.europa.eu<br />

<strong>vulnerability</strong> <strong>and</strong> Adaptation<br />

EU-27/28<br />

The 27/28 Member States of the <strong>Europe</strong>an Union (depend<strong>in</strong>g<br />

on the period <strong>in</strong> question)<br />

EUMETSAT <strong>Europe</strong>an Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological http://www.eumetsat.<strong>in</strong>t<br />

Satellites<br />

EURO-CORDEX Coord<strong>in</strong>ated Downscal<strong>in</strong>g Experiment — <strong>Europe</strong>an Doma<strong>in</strong> http://www.euro-cordex.net<br />

EUROPOP2013 <strong>Europe</strong>an Population Projections, base year 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/<br />

population-demography-migrationprojections/population-projections-data<br />

Eurostat The Statistical Office of the <strong>Europe</strong>an Union http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat<br />

FAO Food <strong>and</strong> Agriculture Organization of the United Nations http://www.fao.org<br />

FP(5/6/7) EU's Framework Programme(s) for Research http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html<br />

FWI Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index http://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/background/<br />

dsm/fwi<br />

GCM<br />

General circulation model<br />

GCOS Global <strong>Climate</strong> Observ<strong>in</strong>g System http://www.wmo.<strong>in</strong>t/pages/prog/gcos/<br />

<strong>in</strong>dex.php?name=AboutGCOS<br />

GDP<br />

Gross domestic product<br />

GEO BON<br />

Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation http://geobon.org<br />

Network<br />

GFCS Global Framework for <strong>Climate</strong> Services http://www.wmo.<strong>in</strong>t/gfcs<br />

GHCN Global Historical Climatology Network dataset https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/<br />

l<strong>and</strong>-based-station-data/l<strong>and</strong>-baseddatasets/global-historical-climatologynetwork-ghcn<br />

GISS NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies http://www.giss.nasa.gov<br />

GMSL<br />

Global mean sea level<br />

HadCM3 Hadley Centre Coupled Model version 3 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/<br />

modell<strong>in</strong>g-systems/unified-model/climatemodels/hadcm3<br />

HadGEM2(-ES)<br />

Hadley Centre Global Environment Model version 2 (Earth<br />

System)<br />

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/<br />

modell<strong>in</strong>g-systems/unified-model/climatemodels/hadgem2<br />

HadISST1 Hadley Centre Sea Ice <strong>and</strong> Sea Surface Temperature dataset http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/<br />

hadisst<br />

HDD<br />

Heat<strong>in</strong>g degree day<br />

HELCOM Baltic Mar<strong>in</strong>e Environment Protection Commission http://www.helcom.fi<br />

Horizon 2020<br />

The current EU Framework Programme for Research <strong>and</strong><br />

Innovation<br />

http://ec.europa.eu/research/<br />

horizon2020/<strong>in</strong>dex_en.cfm<br />

HWMI(d) Heat Wave Magnitude Index (daily) https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/heatwave-<strong>in</strong>dex<br />

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency http://www.iaea.org<br />

IAS Invasive alien species http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/<br />

<strong>in</strong>vasivealien/<strong>in</strong>dex_en.htm<br />

328 <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>change</strong>, <strong>impacts</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>vulnerability</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> <strong>2016</strong> | An <strong>in</strong>dicator-based report

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