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Short Glossary

AERONET-OC AEROsol RObotic NETwork - Ocean Colour

AOPs Apparent Optical Properties

AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

C2R Coastal Case-2 Regional Water Processor

Chl- a Chlorophyll- a

CDOM Chromophoric or Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter

DIN Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen

DIP Dissolved Inorganic Phosphorus

EC European Commission

ENVISAT European ENVIronmental SATellite

ESA European Space Agency

EU European Union

FUB Freie Universität Berlin

GPRS General Packet Radio Service

GMES Global Monitoring of Environment and Security

GSM Global System for Mobile communications

HELCOM HELsinki COMmission

ICOL Improved Contrast Between Ocean and Land processor

IOPs Inherent Optical Properties

MERIS MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer

MODIS MODerate Imaging Spectroradiometer

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NIR Near-InfraRed

NIVA Norsk institutt for vannforskning, Norwegian Institute for Water

Research

OLCI Ocean and Land Colour Instrument

RGB Red Green Blue

SeaWiFS Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor

SMHI Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute