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
- Acronyms and Abbreviations from Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (DOE/CDIAC)
- Acronyms from the Strategic Plan for Climate Change Science
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Agriculture
Oceans and Hydrosphere
Remote Sensing
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Atmosphere and Climate
- American Meteorological Society (AMS) Online Glossary
- Climate Diagnostic Center, NOAA Glossary of Terms
- EPA Ozone Depletion Glossary
- Glossary: Carbon Dioxide and Climate from DOE/CDIAC
- Climate and Weather Terms Glossary from the Western Regional Climate Center
- Weather and Climate Glossary from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey
- Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Storm Spotters
- The Weather Zone Weather Glossary
Biodiversity, Ecology and Agriculture
- Ecological Glossary from the University of California Museum of Paleontology
- Glossary of Soil Science Terms from the Soil Science Society of America
- Glossary of Forestry Terms from the Ministry of Forests, British Columbia, Canada
- 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)
- Glossary of Oceanography and Related Geosciences (TAMU)
- Fish and Aquatic Habitat Glossary from the Northwest Aquatic Information Network
- Marine Biology Glossary
- Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
- Tide Glossary from the Manly Hydraulics Laboratory
- Water Resources Glossaries from USGS
- Wave Glossary from the Manly Hydraulics Laboratory
Remote Sensing
- Remote Sensing Glossary from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
- Remote Sensing Virtual Library
Solar-Terrestrial and Space Physics
- Glossary of Solar-Terrestrial Terms from NOAA/NGDC
- Solar Physics Glossary from NASA/GSFC
- International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Glossary
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- Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Server
- Arizona State University, Place Name Servers on the Internet
- Australian Geographic Place Names (Gazetteer)
- Environmental Protection Agency Surf Your Watershed
- Gazetteer for Scotland
- Gazetteer of East Himalayan Plant Collecting Localities
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- International Astronomical Union, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Natural Resources Canada, Geographical Names of Canada
- Swedish Atlas Place Names site
- U.S. Census Bureau
