The abbreviations related to the PALSAR project are listed.

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A
ADDS : ALOS Data Distribution System
ADEOS : Advanced Earth Observing Satellite
AIRSAR : Aircraft SAR
ALOS : Advanced Land Observing Satellite
AOI : Area Of Interest
ASF : Alaska SAR Facility
ASTER : Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Refrection radiometer
ATT : Attenuator
AVNIR-2 : Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2
AW : Acquisition Window


B
BITE : Built In Test Equipment


C
CAL/VAL : Calibration and Validation
CD : Compact Disc
CEOS : Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CR : Corner Reflector
CSMS : Communication and System Management Subsystem




D
DAT : Digital Audio Tape
DEM : Digital Elevation Model
DIV : Divider
DPR : Data Processing Request
DRTS : Data Relay Test Satellite
DT : Direct Transmission
DVD : Digital Versatile Disk


E
EDB : ERSDAC Data Buffer (PALSAR GDS)
EOC : Earth Observation Center (JAXA)
EORC : Earth Observation Research and Application Center(JAXA)
ERS-1 : European Remote Sensing Satellite 1
ERSDAC : Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center
ERSDIS : JERS-1 Data and Information System (ERSDAC)
ESA : European Space Agency


F
Fax : Facsimile
FBD : Fine Resolution Mode, Dual polarization
FBS : Fine Resolution Mode, Single polarization




G
GA : Geoscience Australia
GDS : Ground Data System
GPS : Global Positioning System
GRS : Ground Reference System


I
IFFT : Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
IMS : Information Management Subsystem (PALSAR GDS)


J
JAROS : Japan Resources Observation System organization
JAXA : Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JERS-1 : Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1
JPL : Jet Propulsion Laboratory




L
LAN : Local Area Network
LLM : Light Load Mode


M
MMO : Mission operating Management Organization


N
NASDA : National Space Development Agency of Japan


O
OS : Operating System


P
PALSAR : Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
PARC : Polarimetric Active Radar Calibrator
PGS : Products Generation Subsystem (PALSAR GDS)
PRI : Pulse Repetition Interval
PRISM : Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument Stereo Mapping
PS : Project Scientist


R
REV : Rotating Element Electric Vector
ROM : Read Only Memory




S
SAR : Synthetic Aperture Radar
SCANSAR : Scanning Synthetic Aperture Radar
SLC : Single-Look Complex
SPECAN : Spectral Analysis
STC : Sensitivity Time Control
SWIR/span> : Short Wavelength Infrared Radiometer


T
TBD : To Be Determined
TBR : To Be Reviewed
TKSC : TsuKuba Space Center (JAXA)

TRM : Transmit/Recieve Module
TT&C : Tracking Telemetry and Control


U
USB : Unified S-Band
UTM : Universal Transverse Mercator




V
VNIR : Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer


W
WB1 : Wide Area Observation Mode (Burst mode 1)
WGS84 : World Geodetic System '84
WWW : World Wide Web


X
xAR : x-Acquisition Request




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