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See &LINK001; <I>Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research</I>, a peer-reviewed journal. See &LINK002; American Association for the Advancement of Science. See &LINK003; Antarctic bottom water Australian Antarctic Division. See &LINK004; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Federal department, Canada Association of American Geographers (USA). See &LINK005; prefix for &AAR; D/L ratios produced by Laboratory of &INSTAAR; (Boulder, Colorado, USA) Antarctic Oscillation Antarctic Oscillation Index American Association of Professional Apiculturists. See &LINK006; American Association of Petroleum Geologists. See &LINK007; amino acid racemization, a relative dating method <I>Arctic and Alpine Research</I>, a peer-reviewed journal that became &AAAR; in 1999 atomic absorption spectrometry Association of American State Geologists American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists. See &LINK008; Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils aspartate aminotransferase (enzyme, focus in genetic studies) Aquatic Ape Theory Alberta (Canadian Province) advisory board prefix for &AAR; D/L ratios produced by the Laboratory of the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Cardiff (UK). Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment agent-based model(s) advisory committee advisory council Arctic Council, see &LINK009; alternating current actinium, a radioactive element Association canadienne d'Archéologie Arid Climate, Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa Aerosol Characterization and Process Studies (&IGAC; activity) Alpine Club of Canada, founded in 1906 Antarctic Circumpolar Current Abrupt Climate Changes Recorded Over The European Land Mass: multi-proxy records of Late-Holocene climate variability in Europe Aerosol Characterization Experiment (component of &IGAC;) Advisory Committee on the Environment (committee of &ICSU;) Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Education in Global Change (component of &IGAC;) Arctic Coring Expedition Association canadienne des Géographes Aerosol-Cloud Interactions (&IGAC; activity) Arctic Climate Impact Assessment American Council of Learned Societies (USA). See &LINK010; aconitase (enzyme, focus in genetic studies) Association canadienne des Palynologues African Committee for Palynology Antarctic cold reversal Atlantic cold reversal (occurred right before &YD; interval) American Cultural Resources Association. See &LINK011; Arctic Climate System Study (in planning stages, involving &CCP;). Australian Capital Territory Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies &ISO; country code for the Principality of Andorra Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, instrument used to obtain sea or lake floor profiles Advanced Earth Observing Satellite Atlantic Database for Exchange Processes at the Deep Sea Floor (European Community) annual demand factor, demand for water in gallons/day ancient &DNA; Analysis of Dendroecological Variability and Natural Climates in Eurasia: the Last 10,000 Years. See &LINK012; Annual to Decadal Variability in Climate in Europe. See &LINK013; &ISO; country code for United Arab Emirates anecdotal evidence Association for Environmental Archaeology. See &LINK014; prefix for <SUP>14</SUP>C dates produced at Alberta Environmental Centre, Vegreville (Canada). Laboratory closed down in 1995. Antarctic Environmental Data Centre (designated repository for UK Antarctic data) Association of Engineering Geologists (US) Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society Asociaciòn española para el estudio del Cuaternario Atmospheric/Ocean Chemistry Experiment (&IGAC; activity) Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada Federal agency) Association of Earth Science Editors &ISO; country code for Afghanistan accumulated freezing degree days Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptance Study Association française pour l'étude du Quaternaire. See &LINK015; apatite fission track thermochronology &ISO; country code for Antigua and Barbuda Attorney General silver, a transition metallic element, the symbol is derived from its old Latin name, argentuum Asociación Geológica Argentina Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment/Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Programme Atlantic Geoscience Centre (an office of the &GSC;, located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, renamed in April 1995 the Geological Survey of Canada Atlantic) Atmospheric General Circulation Model American Geological Institute. See &LINK016; Association of Geoscientists for International Development Alberta Geological Survey (Canada). See &LINK017; American Geographical Society (USA). See &LINK018; Australian Geological Survey Organization. See &LINK019; American Geophysical Union. See &LINK020; Anrthopogenic Global Warming &ISO; country code for Anguilla American Institute of Biological Sciences American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. See &LINK021; Arctic Institute of North America (based at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada). See &LINK022; Association Internationale de Palynologie Africaine (International Association of African Palynology) Alberta Irrigation Projects Association American Institute of Professional Geologists Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Quaternario. See &LINK023; Alaska (US state) also known as &ISO; country code for Albania Alabama (US state) aluminium, a metallic element aldolase (enzyme, focus in genetic studies) Asian Lake Drilling Program Arctic Logistics Information Access Service (US, &NSF;). See &LINK024; annually laminated lake sediment(s) Advanced Land Observing Satellite Asociación Latinoamericana de Paleobótanica y Palynologia (Latin American Association of Paleobotany and Palynology). Contact at &LINK025; Alberta land surveyor airborne radar swath mapping, a remote sensing method Alberta (Canadian Province) &ISO; country code for Armenia americium, a radiocative element Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. See &LINK046; atmospheric mesoscale campaigns (component of &LBA;) Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research, UK-based research group. See &LINK026; anatomically modern humans The Americas' Interhemisphere Geo-Biosphere Organization Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (component of &GAIM;) prefix for specimens from American Museum of Natural History (New York, US). See &LINK027; Atlantic Meridional Overturning Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation annual mean precipitation asset management plan American Quaternary Association. See &LINK028; Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (<SUP>14</SUP>C dating technique) American Meteorological Society. See &LINK029; Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on Earth Observing System annual mean temperature &ISO; country code for Netherlands Antilles Association of North American Paleontological Societies Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions. See &LINK004; artificial neural networks analysis of similarity analysis of variance Alberta Native Plant Council (Canada). See &LINK030; identifier for specimens from the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA prefix for &AMS; radiocarbon dates produced by Australian Nuclear Science and Technology &ISO; country code for Angola Arctic Oscillation, shown by variability in sea level pressure patterns aerosol optical depth Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model amorphous organic matter angle of repose Arctic Ocean Sciences Board, an international &NGO;. See &LINK045; Alliance of Small Island States arboreal pollen, a term used in palynology American Planning Association. See &LINK031; absorbed photosynthetically active radiation East Asian-North Pacific Regional Experiment (&IGAC; activity) airborne pollen concentration Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (Alberta, Canada) absolute pollen frequency Association of Polish Geomorphologists. See &LINK032; Asociación de Palinólogos de Langua Española. See &LINK033; Association des Palynologues de Langue Française. See &LINK034; Arbeitskreis für Paläobotanik und Palynologie Quaternary Stratigraphy of Asia and Pacific Area (&INQUA; Subcommission) &ISO; country code for Antarctica air quality index, an indication of particulates and pollutants in the atmosphere Association Québécoise pour l'étude du Quaternaire. See &LINK035; Applied Quaternary Studies (&INQUA; Commission) Australasian Quaternary Association. See &LINK036; Australian Quaternary Data Archive. See &LINK037; &ISO; country code for Argentina Arkansas (US state) accumulation rate argon, a noble gas element Alberta Research Council (Canada) Australian Research Council Arctic System Science Arctic Research Consortium of the United States Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (US agency). A &DOE;-sponsored part of &USGCRP;. Program office in Richland, Washington. See &LINK038; Anhysteretic remanent magnetization, a term used in palaeomagnetic studies American Rock Mechanic Association ARPP Annual Records of Tropical Systems (project under &PANASH; / &PAGES;) &ISO; country code for American Samoa arsenic, a metalloid element Archaeological Society of Alberta (Canada) Archaeological Survey of Alberta (Canada) Archives Society of Alberta (Canada) American Society of Agronomy. See &LINK040; acetylsalicylic acid, a.k.a. aspirin. Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar, a remote sensing technique Archaeological Society of British Columbia (Canada) Archaeological Survey of Canada (Canada Federal agency) American Society for Conservation Archaeology American Society of Civil Engineers. See &LINK041; analytical scanning electron microscope above sea level Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. See &LINK042; American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. See &LINK043; American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. See &LINK044; American Society of Plant Taxonomists Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, one of the five observation instruments on (&NASA;)'s (&EOS;) Terra spacecraft Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment Arctic small tool tradition, a term used in archaeology &ISO; country code for Austria astatine, a halogen element Allen Telescope Array, located at the Hat Creek Observatory, northeast of San Francisco, California all-terrain vehicle &ISO; country code for Australia gold, a transition metallic element, the symbol is derived from its old Latin name, aurum astronomical unit, roughly the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun animal unit months (for grazing assessment or carrying capacity evaluation) advanced very high resolution radiometer &ISO; country code for Aruba Association for Women Geoscientists (US) Advanced Wide Field Sensor above water level American Water Resources Association American Water Works Association &ISO; country code for Azerbaidjan azimuth Arizona (US state)