ASTEX]]>'> DNA]]>'> ENSO]]>'> EOS]]>'> ESSP]]>'> GEWEX]]>'> GTOS]]>'> IGAC]]>'> IGBP]]>'> IHDP]]>'> ISO]]>'> LoC]]>'> NASA]]>'> START]]>'> TARGETS]]>'> UNESCO]]>'> http://ice.ucdavis.edu/MAB/]]>'> http://www.mairs-essp.org/]]>'> http://masca.museum.upenn.edu/]]>'> http://enva2.uea.ac.uk/~e190/mcr.html]]>'> http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~jeanp/med1.html]]>'> http://www.mri.unibe.ch]]>'> http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca]]>'> http://www.msc.org]]>'> http://www.physics.mun.ca/~lev/MOCA.html]]>'> ]> prefix for radiocarbon dates produced at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA) &ISO; country code for Morocco Massachusetts (US state) mean annual air temperature Man and the Biosphere Programme (&UNESCO;). See &LINK001; Mineralogical Association of Canada Multiphase Atmospheric Chemistry (&IGAC;) maximum acceptable concentration, of a contaminant or pollutant in drinking water, for example Marine Aerosol and Gas Exchange (chemical experiment within &ASTEX; under &IGAC;) Mackenzie River Basin &GEWEX; Study (component of &GEWEX; Mackenzie River is in NW Canada) Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study, activity of &ESSP;. See &LINK002; March, April, and May Manitoba (Canadian Province) airport code for Manchester Airport, Manchester, UK mean annual precipitation mapped atmosphere-plant-soil system mass accumulation rate (measure applied to loess accumulation, = linear sedimentation rate x dry bulk density) machine-readable cataloguing record, bibliographic standards developed by the &LoC; Museum Applied Science Centre for Archaeology (University of Pennsylvnia, Pittsburgh, USA). See &LINK003; Monterey Area Ship Track experiment mean annual temperature modern analogue technique minimum number of animal units, a term used in faunal analysis and zooarchaeology Manitoba (Canadian Province) Mackenzie Basin Impact Study (Canada, Federal project) marine boundary layer &ISO; country code for Monaco meso-scale convective complexes Middlesex Cricket Club Mutual Climatic Range, a method for deriving proxy climate data from fossil beetle assemblages. For more details, see &LINK004; monoethanolamine &ISO; country code for Moldava Maryland (US state) multidomain (used of magnetic particles) mendelevium, a synthetic transition metallic element malatate dehydrogenase (enzyme, focus in genetic studies) multidimensional scaling, a multivariate method Maine (US state) Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment (project) more economically developed countries Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use. See &LINK005; Mediterranean Regional Committee for &START; multivariate &ENSO; index maximum flooding surface mature fine tailings, residue from oil sands processing &ISO; country code for Madagascar magnesium, an alkaline earth element Main Geophysical Observatory (Russia) &ISO; country code for Marshall Islands Mid-Holocene Middle Holocene mean high water level Michigan (US state) marine isotope (stage) Manitoulin Island (Ontario, Canada) modelling framework of the health impact assessment of man-induced atmospheric changes (a component of &TARGETS;) Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment, (component of &IGAC;) Mining Association of Canada marine isotope stage Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer, one of the five observation instruments on &NASA;'s &EOS; Terra spacecraft Marginal Ice Zone Experiment Madden-Julian Oscillation &ISO; country code for Macedonia &ISO; country code for Mali marine limit multiple linear regression analysis mean low water level &ISO; country code for Myanmar (formerly Burma) Minerals Management Service (US, Federal agency) measurement, monitoring and verification &ISO; country code for Mongolia Minnesota (US state) magnetic north manganese, a transition metallic element minimum number of elements, a term used in faunal analysis and zooarchaeology minimum number of individuals, a term used in faunal analysis and zooarchaeology &ISO; country code for Macau Missouri (US state) <I>modus operandi</I>, method of operation molybdenum, a transition metallic element memorandum of agreement meridional overturning circulation Meltwater routing and Ocean-Cryosphere-Atmosphere response project. See &LINK009; MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, one of the five observation instruments on &NASA;'s &EOS; Terra spacecraft Model of the General Universal Tracer Transport in the Atmosphere Modelling Natural Resource Responses to Climate Change (UK program) Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere, one of the five observation instruments on &NASA;'s &EOS; Terra spacecraft mid-ocean ridge mid-ocean ridge basalts Marine Observation Satellite memorandum of understanding Measurement of Ozone from Airbus In-service Aircraft (IGAC activity) &ISO; country code for Northern Mariana Islands marine protected area(s) Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology (Germany) &ISO; country code for Martinique (France) &ISO; country code for Mauritania Meteorological Research Institute (Japan) Mountain Research Initiative, (endorsed by &IHDP;, >OS;, and &IGBP;). See &LINK006; mean residence time (e.g., for organic matter in the soil) &ISO; country code for Montserrat Mississippi (US state) magnetic susceptibility marine sulphate aerosol(s) Mineralogical Society of America Middle Stone Age Meteorological Service of Canada (Federal agency). See &LINK007; Marine Stewardship Council. See &LINK008; Microsopical Society of Canada mean scaled distance material safety data sheet mass-particle size distributions mega-scale glacial lineation Mount St Helens, in northwestern USA, erupted in 1980 Middle Stone Age mean sea level mean sea level pressure airport code for Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport, Minnesota, USA multispectral scanner microwave sounding unit &ISO; country code for Malta Montana (US state) machine translation meitnerium, a synthetic transition metallic element mitochondrial &DNA; mean tide level mean temperature of warmest month &ISO; country code for Mauritius &ISO; country code for Maldives &ISO; country code for Malawi Middle Wisconsinan Medieval Warm Period (climate/time unit) meltwater pulse &ISO; country code for Mexico maximum latewood density, in tree-ring analysis &ISO; country code for Malaysia millions of years ago, as in 65 mya &ISO; country code for Mozambique