Global Change Master Directory List of Earth Science Acronyms, Glossaries and Gazetteers
The following is a list of sites that contain
helpful acronyms
used throughout the Earth Science (and other)
communities, glossaries
of Earth Science terms, and gazetteers
of geographic location names.
Atmosphere and Climate
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Agriculture
Oceans and Hydrosphere
- Global Energy and Water Exchanges Project Acronyms
- Ocean Science-Related Acronyms from Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)
Remote Sensing
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Atmosphere and Climate
- American Meteorological Society (AMS) Online Glossary
- Climate Diagnostic Center, NOAA Glossary of Terms
- Climate Glossary
- EPA Ozone Depletion Glossary
- Weather and Climate Glossary from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey
- Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Storm Spotters
Biodiversity, Ecology and Agriculture
- Glossary of Soil Science Terms from the Soil Science Society of America
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Global Change Science and Policy
Geosciences
- Geography Dictionary and Glossary for Students
- Glossary of Glacier Terminology
- Gravity and Magenetic Fields Glossary from Integrated Geophysics Corporation
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography Glossary from Okanagan University College, Canada
Oceans and Hydrosphere
- Glossary of NOAA's Coral Reef Terminology (NOAA)
- Fish and Aquatic Habitat Glossary from the Northwest Aquatic Information Network
- Tide Glossary from the Manly Hydraulics Laboratory
- Water Resources Glossaries from USGS
- Wave Glossary from the Manly Hydraulics Laboratory
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- Arizona State University, Place Name Servers on the Internet
- Environmental Protection Agency Surf Your Watershed
- Gazetteer for Scotland
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Natural Resources Canada, Geographical Names of Canada
- U.S. Census Bureau
