Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
IGERT
Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training (NSF)
IMS
International Monitoring System
InSAR
interferometric synthetic aperture radar
IRIS
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
IT
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Information Technology for the Twenty-First Century (NSF)
KDI
Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence (NSF)
LExEn
Life in Extreme Environments (NSF)
LTER
Long Term Ecological Research (NSF)
MARGINS
Continental Margins Research (NSF)
MG&G
Marine Geology and Geophysics (NSF)
MGS
Mars Global Surveyor
MRE
Major Research Equipment (NSF)
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEHRP
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
OCE
Ocean Sciences Division (NSF)
PBO
Plate Boundary Observatory
PI
principal investigator
R&D
research and development
REU
Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF)
RUI
Research in Undergraduate Institutions (NSF)
SAFOD
San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth
UNAVCO
University NAVSTAR Consortium
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
WWSSN
World Wide Standardized Seismographic Network
