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    ADEOS  & Advanced Earth Observing Satellite\\
    AOP& Apparent Optical Properties (\textit{sensu} Preisendorfer,
    1976).\\
    AVG& Arithmetic Average\\
    AVHRR &  Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer\\
    AVISO &  Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic
    data\\
    BRDF  &  Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function\\
    CDOM  &  Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter\\
    CNES &   Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales\\
    CZCS  &  Coastal Zone Color Scanner\\
    DAO &Data Assimilation Office (NASA)\\
    DMSP &   Defence Meteorological Satellite Program\\
    ECMWF &  European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast\\
    EORC   & Earth Observation Research and Application Centre\\
    EOS& Earth Observing System\\
    ESA &European Space Agency\\
    ENVISAT &Environmental Satellite\\
    EORC  &  Earth Observation Research Centre\\
    ESSW  &  Earth System Science Workbench\\
    GAC &Global Area Coverage\\
    GCM &General Circulation Model\\
    GEO &Geometric mean\\
    GFDL &   Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory\\
    GLI &GLobal Imager\\
    GSFC &   Goddard Space Flight Center\\
    GT & Giga tonnes\\
    HDF-EOS &Hierarchical Data Format - Earth Observing System\\
    HYR& Howard-Yoder-Ryan (algorithm)\\
    IOCCG &  International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group\\
    IOP &Inherent Optical Properties (\textit {sensu} Preisendorfer,
    1976).\\
    IPSL &   Institut Pierre Simon Laplace\\
    ISCCP &  International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project\\
    ISLSCP & International Satellite Land Surface Climatology
    Project\\
    JAXA   & Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency\\
    LOV& Laboratoire d'Oc\'{e}anographie de Villefranche, France\\
    LSCE &   Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de
    l'Environnement\\
    MERIS &  Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer\\
    MLE &Maximum Likelihood Estimator\\
    MODIS &  MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer.\\
    MPI& Max Planck Institute\\
    MTIR &   Medium to Thermal Infrared\\
    NASA  &  National Aeronautics and Space Administration\\
    NASDA &  National Space Development Agency of Japan\\
    NCEP/NCAR &  National Center for Environmental Predictions / National Center
    for\\
      &  Atmospheric Research\\
    NDPI  &  Normalized Difference Pigment Index\\
    NIR& Near Infrared\\
    NOAA &   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\\
    NPOESS & National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
    System\\
    OCTS   & Ocean-Colour and Temperature Scanner\\
    OI & Optimal Interpolation\\
    PAR& Photosynthetically Available Radiation\\
    PATMOS & AVHRR Pathfinder Atmosphere\\
    POLDER & POLarization and Directionality of the Earth
    Reflectance\\
    PODAAC & Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive
    Center\\
    PP & Primary Production\\
    RSMAS &  Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
    Sciences\\
    SeaDAS & SeaWiFS Data Application Software\\
    SeaWiFS &Sea-viewing Wide Field of view Sensor\\
    SLA &Sea Level Anomaly\\
    SMI &Standard Mapped Image\\
    SSH &Sea Surface Height\\
    SSHA &   Sea Surface Height Anomaly\\
    SSI &Surface Solar Irradiance\\
    SST &Sea Surface Temperature\\
    SWIR &   Short wave infrared\\
    TOA &Top of Atmosphere\\
    TOVS &   TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder\\
    T/P &Topex / Pose\"{i}don\\
    VGPM &   Vertically Generalized Production Model\\
    VSF &Volume Scattering Function


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