| AMDA |
Automated Multiple Dataset Analysis (developed by
CESR) |
| CCMC |
Community Coordinated Modeling Center (located at
NASA-GSFC) |
| CDPP |
Centre de Données de la Physique des Plasma (France) |
| CERN |
Centre Européen de Recherches Nucléaires (Europe) |
| CESR |
Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements (France) |
| CNRS |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
(France) |
| CoI |
Co-Investigator |
| COSEC |
Collaborative Sun-Earth Connector |
| CVS |
Concurrent Versions System – a software version
control system |
| EAAE |
European Association for Astronomy Education |
| EGSO |
European Grid of Solar Observations |
| EGU |
European Geophysical Union |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| ESTEC |
European Space Research and Technology Centre |
| EU |
European Union |
| Euro-VO |
This project aims at deploying an operational
Virtual Observatory (VO) in Europe. |
| Europlanet |
The European Planetology Network aims at providing
an important added value to the European planetology community |
| FESTVAL |
Fast Explorer of Solar Terrestrial Images:
Visualization and Analysis using Layers |
| FAST |
Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope |
| FHNW |
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (in English,
University of Applied Sciences, North Western Switzerland) |
| FITS |
Flexible Image Transport System |
| GSFC |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| HAO |
High Altitude Observatory (USA) |
| HEC |
Heliophysics Event Catalogue |
| HFC |
Heliophysics Feature Catalogue |
| HF |
High Frequency |
| IAU |
International Astronomical Union |
| IDL |
Interactive Data Language |
| IHY |
International Heliophysical Year |
| INAF |
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (Italy) |
| IST |
Information Society Technologies |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| IVOA |
International Virtual Observatory Alliance |
| LAMOST |
Large sky Area Multi-Object fibre Spectroscopy
Telescope |
| LESIA |
Laboratoire d'Expérimentation Spatiale et
d'Instrumentation Astrophysique (Paris Observatory, France) |
| LMATC |
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (USA) |
| MEDOC |
Multi Experiment Data and Operation Center (France) |
| MSSL |
Mullard Space Science Laboratory (UK) |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) |
| NASA-HSD |
NASA/GSFC Heliophysics Science Division |
| NESSI-SRA |
Networked European Software and Services Initiative
- Strategic Research Agenda |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(USA) |
| NSF |
National Science Fundation (USA) |
| Obs Paris |
Observatoire de Paris (France) |
| OGSA |
Open Grid Service Architecture |
| OIL |
Ontology Inference Layer |
| OWL |
OWL Web Ontology Language |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| PLASTIC |
Platform for Astronomy Tool InterConnection - IVOA
messaging protocol, now replaced by SAMP |
| PM |
Project Manager |
| PMB |
Project Management Board |
| PMC |
Project Manager Committee |
| RHESSI |
Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager |
| RIF-WG |
Rule Interchange Format Working Group |
| SAMP |
Simple Application Messaging Protocol - IVOA
messaging protocol that enables astronomy software to interoperate and
communicate |
| RPI |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| SEC |
Solar Event Catalogue |
| SFC |
Solar Feature Catalogue |
| SME |
Small and Medium Enterprise |
| SO |
Scientific Objective |
| SOHO |
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory |
| SPASE |
Space Physics Archive Search and Extract |
| SPDF |
Space Physics Data Facility at NASA-HSD) |
| STFC |
Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK) |
| STREP |
Specific Targeted Research Project |
| SVN |
Subversion – a software version control system that
replaces CVS |
| SWPC |
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center |
| SWSIG |
Semantic Web Services Interest Group |
| TM |
Technical Manager |
| TMC |
Technical Manager Committee |
| TO |
Technological Objective |
| UCL |
University College London (UK) |
| UNIMAN |
University of Manchester (UK) |
| UOC |
Unified Observing Catalogue |
| UPS |
Universite Paris Sud (France) |
| UV |
UltraViolet |
| VO |
Virtual Observatory |
| VO-Tech |
EU FP6 funded design study which aims to complete
the technical preparation for the construction of the European Virtual
Observatory |
| VHO |
NASA Virtual Heliospheric Observatory |
| ViRBO |
NASA Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory |
| VITMO |
NASA Virtual Ionosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere
Observatory |
| VMO |
NASA Virtual Magnetospheric Observatories |
| VSO |
NASA Virtual Solar Observatory |
| VSPO |
NASA Virtual Space Physics Observatory |
| VSTO |
Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory |
| WDC |
World Data Center |
| WP |
Work Package |
| WSRF |
Web Service Resource Framework |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
