StarBriefs 2001: A Dictionary of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols in Astronomy, Related Space Sciences and Other Related Fields

804 Pages·2001·28.32 MB·English

by  André Heck (auth.)

StarBriefs 2001
StarBriefs 2001
A Dictionary
of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols in Astronomy,
Related Space Sciences and Other Related Fields
Compiled by
Andre Heck
Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-94-010-5874-2 ISBN 978-94-011-4351-6 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-4351-6
All information supplied in this publication is correct to the best knowledge of the compiler and publisher. While
every effort has been made to ensure the reliability of the information presented in this publication, neither Kluwer
Academic Publishers nor the compiler guarantees the accuracy of the data contained herein. Neither the publisher
nor the compiler can accept responsibility, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information con
tained in this publication and neither can accept any legal responsibility, or liability, for any errors or omissions
that may be made, nor can they be held liable for any damages resulting in use of the material contained herein.
Note: This publication is seeded with detectors for copyright protection purposes.
Printed on acid-free paper
All Rights Reserved
© 2001 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2001
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2001
No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or
utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and
retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.
Foreword
This compilation probably looks like one of the craziest things a human being could spend his or her time
on. Yet nobody would wonder at someone taking a short walk every day - after twenty five years that person
would have covered a surprisingly long distance. This is exactly the story behind this list, which appeared
first as a few pages within the directory StarGuides (or whatever name it had at that time) and as a distinct
sister publication since 1990.
The idea behind this dictionary is to offer astronomers and related space scientists practical assistance in
decoding the numerous abbreviations, acronyms, contractions and symbols which they might encounter
in all aspects of the vast range of their professional activities, including traveling. Perhaps it is a bit
paradoxical, but if scientists quickly grasp the meaning of an acronym solely in their own specific discipline,
they will probably encounter more difficulties when dealing with adjacent fields. It is for this purpose that
this dictionary might be most often used. Scientists might also refer to this compilation in order to avoid
identifying a project by an acronym which already has too many meanings or confused definitions.
Hence StarBriefs 2001, the enlarged and fully updated version of a series of dictionaries, gathers together
more than 140,000 entries encountered in the literature of astronomy and space sciences, as well as of
related fields such as aeronautics, aeronomy, astronautics, atmospheric sciences, chemistry, communications,
computer sciences, data processing, education, electronics, energetics, engineering, environment, geodesy,
geophysics, information handling, management, mathematics, meteorology, optics, physics, remote sensing,
and so on.
Abbreviations, acronyms, contractions and symbols in common use and/or of general interest have also
been included where appropriate. The traveling scientist has also not been forgotten, with the inclusion of
the codes of locations, currencies and so on. Separate sections are devoted to Greek letters, mathematical
symbols, special signs and characters, as well as to entries with a numerical beginning.
This compilation is essentially carried out in parallel with the permanent updating of the master files for
StarGuides, a directory of astronomy, space sciences and related organizations of the world made available
as a sister publication. In practice, all relevant abbreviations and acronyms encountered when scanning the
literature received relating to the StarGuides directory are gathered here, the underlying principle being
that they might also appear one day under the eyes of astronomers and related space scientists. We insist
that these are 'real' abbreviations and acronyms, in other words that they are not constructed automatically
from dictionaries as in some resources.
The master files for the present compilation of StarBriefs 2001 have been made accessible as an on-line
database at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) under the label StarWords (Albrecht & Heck 1994).
StarBriefs files are reachable at the Centre de Donnees astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) as the database
StarBits (Heck et al. 1994) via the URL http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/starbits.html. All these resources belong
to the Star*s Family of Astronomy and Related Resources (Heck 1997).
The associated directory StarGuides 2001 (ISBN 0-7293-6509-7) and its derived databases gather together
all practical data available on associations, societies, scientific committees, agencies, companies, institutions,
universities, etc., and more generally organizations, involved in astronomy and space sciences. Many other
types of entry have also been included such as academies, advisory and expert committees, bibliographic
services, consultants, data and documentation centres, dealers, distributors, funding agencies and organiza
tions, journals, manufacturers, meteorological services, museums, norms and standards offices, planetariums,
public observatories, publishers, research institutions in related fields, software producers and distributors,
etc.
A. Heck Star Briefs 2001
vi StarBriefs 200]
StarBriefs is permanently updated and new versions will be released regularly in order to cope with the
continuous development of new projects and new experiments. We also allowed an extensive number of
technical acronyms to enter the list, because it is often difficult to find their explanations in other sources.
Deviations from standard or 'official' acronyms are also listed if their frequency of occurrence in the literature
justifies it - in such cases, the recommended explanation is flagged with an asterisk.
It should also be noted that the manner of abbreviation is not always carried out in the same way in all
countries. The use of full points seems to be one of the features which varies the most (for instance, in some
countries they might be used after contractions whilst this would not be the case in other countries).
The meaning of abbreviations, acronyms, contractions and symbols should always be explained at their first
occurrence in any document. It would be even more practical and helpful if authors and editors systematically
tabulated them, with their explanations, at the end of the papers, chapters, reports, proceedings, books,
etc., they produce. Such a policy would at least remove any ambiguity, since, as shown many times in the
following pages, a given group of characters may have numerous meanings.
Socio-linguists might be interested in the following table giving the sixty most frequent terms (stop words
excluded) appearing in the acronym explanations out of a total of about 89,200 different words (at least two
characters) for the whole dictionary. The combination of the most frequent term ('System') and of its plural
('Systems', ranking 46th) accounts for 9.53% of all words together (about 516,000). The last term of the
table ('Review', ranking 60th) accounts for 0.67%.
Rank Word Freq. Rank Word Freq. Rank Word Freq.
1 System 7738 21 Technology 1201 41 Integrated 801
2 Data 3594 22 High 1129 42 Experiment 794
3 Information 2930 23 Engineering 1015 43 Automatic 785
4 Control 2859 24 Group 1008 44 Flight 775
5 Center/re 2471 25 Interface 972 45 New 773
6 Program/me 2050 26 Committee 951 46 Systems 766
7 Test 1893 27 Support 949 47 Technical 710
8 International 1844 28 Digital 940 48 Access 706
9 Research 1765 29 Satellite 911 49 Assembly 703
10 Unit 1609 30 Development 905 50 Software 698
11 Management 1607 31 Processing 883 51 Remote 696
12 Space 1516 32 Institute 883 52 University 692
13 Analysis 1486 33 Society 873 53 Energy 667
14 Science 1453 34 Facility 868 54 Optical 652
15 Association 1435 35 Language 860 55 Mission 646
16 Computer 1424 36 Operations 855 56 Standard 640
17 National 1385 37 Equipment 839 57 Design 640
18 Network 1364 38 Advanced 836 58 Power 619
19 Time 1256 39 Office 822 59 Laboratory 606
20 Service 1256 40 European 807 60 Review 602
A first conclusion from this pretty good picture of our everyday jargon is that all terms are English/American
ones (in spite of the fact that the dictionary is multilingual). Whilst 'American' is not listed in the most
frequent terms, 'European' does appear (ranking 40th), probably conditioned by the need to emphasize
the differences with 'National' (ranking 17th) and 'International' (ranking 8th) projects and organizations.
'Space' (ranking 12th) is included in the top sixty most frequent terms, whilst 'Astronomical' is just after
this leading group, in 65th position with 590 occurrences. The next directly astronomy-related term is
'Solar' in 71st position with 561 occurrences. 'Telescope' and 'Observatory' score respectively 549 and 538
appearances whilst 'Astronomy' is way behind with only 376 occurrences, a bit below 'Physics' with 412.
StarBriefs 2001 A. Heck
Star Briefs 2001 vii
When compiling catalogues such as StarGuides and StarBriefs, one cannot help but be impressed by the
very broad spectrum of disciplines to which astronomy and related space sciences are linked, and by the very
rich variety of techniques applied in these fields.
Acknowledgements
The implementation, as databases, of the Star*s Family products by the European Space Agency, the
European Southern Observatory and Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre have been strong incentives
to continue and always improve these time-consuming compilations for the benefit of the best possible
communication within the astronomical community, as well as between it and the outside world.
June 2000.
REFERENCES
Albrecht, M.A. & Heck, A.: 1994, StarWords - An On-line Database of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and
Contractions in Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Related Fields, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 103
471.
Heck, A.: 1997, Electronic Yellow-Page Services: The Star*s Family as an Example of Diversified Publishing,
in Electronic Publishing for Physics and Astronomy, Ed. A. Heck, Kluwer Acad. Pub!., Dordrecht,
211-220.
Heck, A., Egret, D. & Ochsenbein, F.: 1994, StarWorlds - StarBits (announcement of two databases),
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 108, 447-448.
Author's address: Andre HECK
Observatoire Astronomique
11, rue de l'Universite
F-67000 Strasbourg
France
Telephone: ( +33) (0) 388 150 743
Telefax: ([phone]
Electronic mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/tvheck
A. Heck Star Briefs 2001
Dictionary
The asterisks (*) indicate recommended
explanations among several similar ones.
A. Heck StarB riefs 2001
StarBriefs 2001 3
A
a: About • Absorptivity • Acceleration • Accepte • Ac Association (USA-NY) • Amateur Astronomers of Acadi
cepted • Acre • Acreage • Acting • Active • Actual • ana (USA-LA) • American Accounting Association (USA)
Address. Adjective. Advance. Advanced. Afternoon. • American Arbitration Association (USA) • American
Age. Akzeptiert • Alto. Am • Amateur. Ampere. An Automobile Association (USA) • Amor-Aten-Apollo. An
• Annee • Anno. Anonymous. Answer. Ante. Antes aa (Tuamotu Islands) (location identifier) • Anno Ante
• Are • Arrive • Arriving • At • Atto • Auf • Decel Christum • Apollo-Amor-Aten • Asociacion Argentina de
eration • Electron Annihilation Operator. Lattice Space Astronomia (Argentina) • Assistant Associate Adminis
of Si • Linear Absorption Coefficient • Mean Sound Ab trator • Association Astronomique d'Anjou (France) •
sorption. Radiation Density Constant. Semimajor Axis Association Astronomique de I' Ain (France) • Association
• Sonic Velocity. Specific Acidity. Specific Helmholtz d'Astronomie de I'Artois (France) • Association of Ama
Free Energy. Speed of Sound. Stefan-Boltzmann Radi teur Astronomers (USA-TX) • Associazione Acquavivese
ation Constant • Surface Albedo. Thermal Diffusivity • Astrofili (Italy) • Astronaut-Actuated Abort. Astronomy
Universal Affirmative. Year and Astrophysics Abstracts • Aten-Apollo-Amor • Au
A: Angstrom thor's Argumentation Assistant • Automatic Amplitude
Control
A: Abell • Absolute • Absorbance • Absorption • Aca
AAAA: Albany Area Amateur Astronomers (USA-NY) •
demician • Academy • Ace. Acre. Acreage. Activity
American Association of Amateur Astronomers (USA-TX)
• Adjutant. Adult. Advanced. Aerodynamic Reference
• Ames Area Amateur Astronomers (USA-IA) • Ars Ad
Area. Affinity. Air. Albedo. Alp. Alpha (interna
Astra Association (Switzerland) • Asociacion Argentina
tional alphabet) • Alt. Altesse. Alto. America. Amer
Amigos de la Astronomia • Association des Astronomes
ican • Ammeter. Ampere. Ampere-Turn. Amplitude
Amateurs d'Auvergne (France) • Atlas Automatise des
• Analog. Anchor. Anemic. Anno. Annual. Anode
Absorptions Atmospheriques • Automatized Atmospheric
• Answer. Ante. Apogee. Appendix. April. Area
Absorption Atlas
• Ariel • Argon. Arroyo. Art • Arterial • Assistant •
Associate. Atom. Atomic. Atomic Weight. August AAAAA: Anne Arundel Association of Amateur Astrono
• Austral (currency) • Australia. Australian. Austria mers (USA-MD)
(international vehicle registration code) • Austria (postal
AAAAT: Association des Astronomes Amateurs Abitibi
country code) • Azimuth. Cross Section. Distance Unit
Temiscamingue (Canada-QC)
• Equivalent Absorption Area. Five Hundred (Roman
numeral) • Helmholtz Free Energy. Helmholtz Function AAACE: American Association for Adult and Continuing
• Interstellar Extinction. Linear Current Density. Mag Education (USA)
netic Vector Potential. Mass Number. Nuclear Number
AAAD: Amateur Astronomers Association of Delhi (India)
• Nucleon Number. Oort's Constant of Galactic Rotation
• Optical Density. Permeance • Richardson Constant. AAAE: Alliance of Associations for the Advacement of Ed
Rotational Constant • Ten • Spectral Type • Standard ucation (USA) • American Association for Adult Edu
Paper Size. Universal Affirmative. Work. 500 (Roman cation (USA) • American Association of Academic Edi
numeral) tors (USA) • American Association of Airport Executives
(USA)
aa: Acting Appointment. Afar (ISO language code) • After
Arrival. Always Afloat. Anos • Approximate Absolute AAAF: Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France
• Area Administrator. Arithmetic Average. Attendance AAAI: American Association for Artificial Intelligence (USA)
Allowance. Author's Alteration • Association of Australian Aerospace Industries
AI A: Airplane Avionics. Air-to-Air. Analog-to-Analog • AAAL: American Academy of Arts and Letters (USA)
Angular Accelerometer
AAAP: Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh
A&A: Additions & Amendments • Advertise & A ward • (USA-PA) • Amateur Astronomers Association of Prince-
Astronomy and Astrophysics (periodical code) ton (USA-NJ)
AA: Academic Affairs. Accelerated Assembly. Accelerom AAAPT: Asian-African Association for Plasma Training
eter Assembly. Access Authorization. Achieved Avail
ability. Acte Authentique • Acting Appointment. Ad AAAS: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (USA)
joint Administratif. Administrative Assistant. Advertise • American Association for the Advancement of Science
and Award. Affirmative Action. After Arrival. Age (USA) • Arizona Amateur Astronomy Society (USA-AZ)
Allowance. Agent Administratif. Airplane Avionics. • Automated Airport Advisory Service
Air-to-Air • Aitreya Aranyaka • Alcoholics Anonymous AAATE: Association for Advancement of Assistive Tech
• Altezas • Angular Accelerometer • Angular Aperture nology in Europe
• Antiaircraft. Antiproton Accumulator. Approximate
AAB: Academic Advisory Board. Adaptive Abstract Build
Absolute. Ardennes-Astronomie (France) • Area Admin
er • All-to-All Broadcast. Arrabury (Australia-QLD) (lo
istrator • Arithmetic Average. Artificial Agent. Assis
cation identifier) • Association d'Astronomie EI-Battani
tant Administrator. Associate Administrator. Associate
(Algeria) • Associazione Astrofili Bolognesi (Italy) • As
of Arts • Astrograph Astrometry • Astronautica Acta.
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Atlas Agena • Atomic Ab tronomischer Arbeitskreis Bamberg (Germany)
sorption. Atomic Adsorption. Attendance Allowance. AABNCP: Advanced Airborne National Command Post
Auswiirtiges Amt • Author's Alteration. Auto-Analysis.
AABV: Associazione Astrofili del Basso Vicentino (Italy)
Auto-Answer. Automobile Association. Size of Battery
• Size of Cell AABW: Antarctic Bottom Water
AAA: Academic Assistance Access • Accelerometrie As AAC: Academic Advisory Council. Aeronautical Adminis
tronomique Absolue • Advanced Aircraft Analysis. Agri trative Communication. Agrupacion Astronomica Canta
cultural Adjustment Administration. Agrupacion Astro bra (Spain) • Agrupacion Astronomica Complutense (Spa
nomica Aragonesa (Spain) • Agrupacion Astronomos Afi in) • Agrupacion Astronomica de Cordoba (Spain) • Ala
cionados (Venezuela) • Agrupacion de Aficionados a la As chua Astronomy Club (USA-FL) • Alamogordo Astron
tronomia (Uruguay) • Airframe Airworthiness Assurance omy Club (USA-NM) • Al Arish (Egypt) (location iden
• Allocation-Assessment-Analysis • Amateur Astronomers tifier) • Alumni Advisory Council. Amateur Astronomy
A. Heck StarBriefs 2001
A. Heck, StarBriefs 2001
© Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001
4 StarBriefs 2001
Centre (UK) • Anglo-American Cataloguing (rules) • An AAEC: Attitude Axis Emergency Control. Australian Ato
gola Air Charter Ltd. • Apprentissage Anticipe de la mic Energy Commission
Conduite • Asesores Astronomicos Caserenos (Spain) •
AAED: Advanced Airborne Expendable Decoy
Asset Allocation Committee • Associate Analysis Cen
ter • Association des Archivistes Canadiens (Canada) • AAEE: American Association of Electrical Engineers (USA)
Association of American Colleges (USA) • Associazione • Asuntos Exteriores
Astronomica Cassino (Italy) • Associazione Astronomica AAEO: Association of Adult Education Organizations
Cortina (Italy) • Astronomisches Abenteuer Camp. At
AAES: American Association of Engineering Societies (USA)
lanta Astronomy Club (USA-GA) • ATM Access Concen
trator • Atomic Absorption Coefficient. Attache d'Ad AAEU: Aquatic Animal Experiment Unit
ministration Centrale • Automatic Aperture Control • AAF: Agrupacion Astronomica de Fuerteventura (Canary
Autonomous Activation Condition Islands) • Annual Adjustment Factor • Antecedent Ac
AACB: Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board tion Form. Apalachicola (USA-FL) (location identifier)
• Association des Archivistes Fran~ais (France) • Asso
AACC: Airport Associations Coordinating Council. Amer
ciazione Astrofli Fiorentini (Italy) • Associazione Astro
ican Association of Community Colleges (USA) • Anglo
nomica Frusinate (Italy)
American Cataloguing Committee
AAFB: Alamogordo Air Force Base (USA-NM) (now HAFB)
AACCM: Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Car
tographic Materials AAFC: Association Astronomique de Franche-Comte (France)
AACCS: Analytical Approach to Candidate Constellation AAFE: Advanced Applications Flight Equipment. Advanced
Applications Flight Experiment (*) • Aeroassist Flight
Selection
Experiment
AACE: Airworthiness Assurance Center of Excellence. Aso
AAFI: Association des Anciens Fonctionnaires Internationaux
ciacion Argentina de Ciencias Espaciales (Argentina) •
Association for Adult and Continuing Education (UK) • AAG: American Association of Geographers (USA) • Aso
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Educa ciacion Astronomica de Guatemala. Association of Amer
tion ican Geographers (USA) • Associazione Astrofili Garfag
nana (Italy)
AACGM: Altitude-Adjusted Corrected Geomagnetic
AAGC: Agrupacion Astronomica de Gran Canaria (Canary
AACI: Amateur Astronomers of Central Iowa (USA-IA)
Islands)
AACJC: American Association of Community and Junior
AAGG: Associazione Astrofili Galileo Galilei (Italy)
Colleges (USA)
AAGS: American Association for Geodetic Surveying (USA)
AACO: Arab Air Carriers Association • Association As-
• Association of African Geological Surveys
tronomique de la Cote d'Or (France)
AAH: Agrupacion Astronomica de Huesca (Spain)
AACPSM: Actual Average Cost per Successful Mission
AAHam: Astronomische Abhandlungen Hamburger Stern
AACR: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
warte (periodical code)
AACRAO: American Association of Collegiate Registrars
AAHE: American Association for Higher Education (USA)
and Admissions Officers (USA)
AAI: Amateur Astronomers Inc. (USA-NJ) • Angle of Ap
AACS: Advanced Automatic Compilation System • Atti
proach Indicator. Application to Application Interface.
tude and Antenna Control System • Attitude and Artic
Arraias (Brazil-TO) (location identifier) • Arrival Aircraft
ulation Control System. Automated-Access Control Sys
Interval. Association Astronomique de l'Indre (France)
tern. Auxiliary Attitude Control System
• Associazione Astrofili Imolesi (Italy) • Astronomischer
AACTE: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Ed Arbeitskreis Ingolstadt eV (Germany) • Astronomy Ac
ucation (USA) • Asociacion para el Avance de la Ciencia knowledgement Index. Avionics-ATC Integration
y la Tecnologfa en Espana (Spain)
AAIB: Air Accident Investigation Branch
AAC&U: Association of American Colleges & Universities
AAIC: Aircraft Accident Investigation Committee
AACU: Association of American Colleges and Universities
AAID: Arithmetic Array Identification
AACCUP: Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and
AAIE: American Association of Industrial Engineers (USA)
Universities of the Philippines (formerly PAASCU)
AAIL: Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
AACUP: Accrediting Agency of Colleges and Universities
of the Philippines (formerly PAASCU) AAIM: American Association of Industrial Management (USA)
AAD: Ad-Dabbah (Sudan) (location identifier). Agrupacion AAIP: American Association ofIndependent Publishers (USA)
Astronomica de los Dolores (Spain) • Analog Alignment AAIR: Advanced Atmospheric Imaging Radiometer
Diskette. Attitude Anomaly Detector. Australian-Antarc
AAIS: American Association for Information Science (USA)
tic Discordance
• Associate Administrator for Information Systems
AADC: Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation (USA
AAIT: Air Accident Investigation Team
AK) • Approach And Departure Control
AAJ: Amateur Astronomers of Jackson (USA-MI) • Asso-
AADEW: Attack Assessment for Directed-Energy Weapon
ciation of American Journalists (USA)
AADI: Asociacion Argentina de Derecho Internacional (Ar-
AAJA: Afro-Asian Journalists' Association
gentina)
AAJC: American Association of Junior Colleges (USA)
AADR: Applications Approval Design Review
AAK: Aranuka (Kiribati) (location identifier). Astronomis-
AADS: Ascent Air Data System
cher Arbeitskreis Kassel e V (Germany)
AADSF: Advanced Automated Directional Solidification Fur
AAL: Above Aerodrome Level. Above Airport Level. Ab
nace
solute Assembly Language • Acronym and Abbreviation
AADZ: Astronomsko-Astronauticko Drustvo Zagreb (Croa List. Aero-Acoustic Levitation. Alborg (Denmark) (lo
tia) cation identifier) • Amateurs Astronomes du Luxembourg
(Luxemburg) • Associated Absorption Line. Association
AAE: Abort Advisory Equipment • Aerospace Auxiliary
of Assistant Librarians • Astronomische Arbeitsgruppe
Equipment. Agrupacion Astromiutica Espanola (Spain)
Laufen eV (Germany) • Atelier Astronomie de Limoges
• American Association of Engineers (USA) • Annaba
(France) • ATM Adaptation Layer
(Algeria) (location identifier) • Association for Adult Edu
cation (UK) • Association for Astronomy Education (UK) AALC: Association Astronomique du Loir-et-Cher (France)
Star Briefs 2001 A. Heck
StarBriefs 2001 5
AALL: American Association of Law Libraries (USA) AAPT: American Association of Physics Teachers (USA)
AAM: Absolute Angular Momentum • Advanced Access AAQ: Anapa (Russia) (location identifier) • Association des
Mode • Advanced Analysis Module • Advanced Astro Archivistes du Quebec (Canada-QC)
Master. Agrupaci6n Astron6mica de Madrid (Spain) •
A&AR: Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
Agrupaci6n Astron6mica de Manresa (Spain) • American
Association of Museums (USA) • Associazione Astrofili AAR: After Action Report • Against All Risks • Airport
Mantovani (Italy) • Associazione Astronomica Milanese Acceptance Rate. Arhus (Denmark) (location identifier)
(Italy) • Atmospheric Angular Momentum. ATOS Ap • Association for Automated Reasoning. Association of
plication Module • Mala Mala (South Africa) (location American Railroads. Attache d' Administration de la Re
identifier) cherche • Auto Analysis Results. Average Annual Rain
fall
AAMC: Auto-Adaptive Multimedia Composer
AARAO: Alborg Amateur Radio Astronomy Observatory
AAMI: Advanced Active Microwave Instrument. Associa-
(Denmark)
tion for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
AAMP: Advanced Architecture Microprocessor AARC: Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. Arctic and Ant
arctic Research Group • Auroral Atmospheric Radiance
AAMS: Analytical Accounting Management System
Code
AAMSI: American Association for Medical Systems Infor-
Aarg: Aargang
matics (USA)
AARG: Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Group
AAMT: Associazione Astronomica Monti della Tolfa (Italy)
AARI: Advanced Airborne Remote Instrumentation. Arc-
AAMV: Ameteurastronomen Max Valier (Italy)
tic and Antarctic Research Institute
AAMVG: Astronomisches Arbeitskreis Merkur/Venus Got-
AARL: Association for Academic and Research Libraries
tingen (Germany)
(USA)
AAN: AI Ain (UAE) (location identifier)
AARN: Australian Academic Research Network
AANC: Astronomical Society of Northern California (USA-
CA) AARNet: Australian Academic and Research Network
AANEAS: Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey AARNET: Australian Academic Research Network
AANT: Autonomous and Advanced Navigation Technique AARP: American Association of Retired Persons (USA) •
AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol. Attache d'Ad
AANZ: Astronautics Association of New Zealand
ministration de la Recherche Principal
aaO: am angefiihrten Ort • am angegebenen Ort
AARPS: Air-Augmented Rocket Propulsion System
AAO: Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory (Georgia) •
Adjacent Arctic Ocean. Agrupaci6n Astron6mica d'Osona AARS: Asian Association of Remote Sensing
(Spain) • Anaco (Venezuela) (location identifier) • Anglo AARU: Astronomy and Atmospheric Research Unit (USM)
Australian Observatory. Astronaut Activities Office (NA
A&ARv: Astronomy and Astrophysics Review (periodical
SA)
code)
AAOE: Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
A&AS: Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series (pe
AAOEPP: Anglo-Australian Observatory -Epping (Austra- riodical code)
lia-NSW)
AAS: Abort Advisory System • Academy of Applied Sci
AAofA: Amateur Astronomers of Acadiana (USA-LA)
ence (USA) • Acta Astronomica Sinica • Advanced An
AAOL: Association Against Obtrusive Lighting (Australia) tenna System • Advanced Automation System • African
AAOPr: Anglo-Australian Observatory Preprint (periodi- Academy of Sciences. Agrupaci6 Astronamica de SabadeH
cal code) (Spain) • Airport Advisory Service. All-to-AII Scatter.
American Academy of Sciences (USA) • American Aero
AAOSPS: Anglo-Australian Old Stellar Populations Survey
space Society (USA) • American Astronautical Society
AAP: Adjoint Administratif Principal. Advanced Automa (USA) • American Astronomical Society (USA) • Am
tion Program • Affirmative Action Plan • Affirmative phibious Assault Ship. Andersen Air Sampler. Apalap
Action Program • Agrupaci6n Astron6mica de la Palma sili (Indonesia) (location identifier) • Archdale Astronom
(Canary Islands) • Airlock Adapter Plate • American ical Society (USA-NC) • Arithmetic Assignment State
Association of Publishers (USA) • Analog Autopilot. ment • Associate in Applied Science • Association As
Apollo Applications Program. Applications Access Point tronomique du Soissonnais (France) • Association des Archi
• Assemble At Pad. Association of American Publishers vistes Suisses (Switzerland) • Associazione Astrofili di Sala
(USA) • Associative Array Processor. Associazione Am (Italy) • Associazione Astrofili Sardi (Italy) • Associazione
ici dei Planetari (Italy) • Astronomische Arbeitsgemein Astrofili Segusini (Italy) • Associazione Astrofili Spezzini
schaft Pfaffenwinkel (Germany) • Astronomischer Arbeit (Italy) • Astronomical Association - Sofia (Bulgaria) •
skreis Pforzheim (Germany) • Atmospheric Analysis and Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut (Austria) •
Prediction. Houston Andrau (USA-TX) (location identi Athens Astronomical Society (USA-GA) • Atomic Ab
fier) sorption Spectrometer. Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
AAPA: Association of Asia Pacific Airlines • Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry • Atomic Ab
sorption Spectroscope. Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
AAPG: American Association of Petroleum Geologists (USA)
• Auburn Astronomical Society (USA-AL) • Austin As
AAPIER: American Association for Public Information, tronomical Society (USA-TX) • Australian Academy of
Education and Research (USA) Sciences • Automated Accounting System • Automatic
Addressing System. Ayrshire Astronomical Society (UK
AAPM: American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Scotland) • Azimuth Alignment System
(USA)
AAPP: Administraciones Pliblicas AASA: Association Astronomique Saint-Avertinoise (France)
AAPPS: Association of Asian and Pacific Physical Societies AASANA: Administraci6n de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aux
iliares
AAPR: Angle Averaged Partial Redistribution
AASAP: Applied Analysis Spectral Analysis Process
AAPS: American Association for the Promotion of Science
(USA) AASC: Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee
AAPSS: American Academy of Political and Social Science AASCU: American Association of State Colleges and Uni-
(USA) versities (USA)
A. Heck StarB riefs 2001