| 3SP |
3rd Strategic Plan |
| AIT |
Asian Institute of Technology |
| ANFIS |
adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system |
| APCC |
APEC Climate Center |
| APD |
Association for Hydraulic Research |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APN |
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research |
| ARCP |
Annual Regional Call for Research Proposals |
| ARIMA |
autoregressive integrated moving average |
| AWCI |
Asian Water Cycle Initiative |
| BAQ |
Best Air Quality |
| BC |
Black Carbon |
| BP |
before present |
| CagM |
Commission on Agricultural Meteorology |
| CAPaBLE |
Capacity Building/ Enhancement for Sustainable Development in
Developing Countries |
| CB |
capacity building> |
| CCD |
Central Composite Design |
| CLIK |
Climate Information Tool Kit |
| CoP |
Conference of Parties |
| CPAf |
College of Public Affairs |
| CRIDA |
Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture |
| CRP |
comprehensive research projects |
| CZM |
Coastal Zone Management |
| DIVA |
Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment |
| DIVERSITAS |
International Programme of Biodiversity Science |
| DIWPA |
DIVERSITAS in the Western Pacific and Asia |
| DO |
dissolved oxygen |
| DOST |
epartment of Science and Technology |
| EC |
Elemental Carbon |
| EMECS |
International Centre for Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas |
| EML |
electronic mailing list |
| EO |
Earth Observations |
| ESSP |
Earth System Science Partnership |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FEB |
Far Eastern Branch |
| G8 |
Group of Eight |
| GAIA |
Global Area and International Archive |
| GC |
global change |
| GCM |
Global Circulation Models |
| GEC |
Global Environmental Change |
| GECAFS |
Global Environmental Change and Food Systems |
| GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
| GEOSS |
Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GISTDA |
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency |
| HUS |
Hanoi University of Science |
| IAI |
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research |
| IARDS |
Institute of Agrarian and Rurban Development Studies |
| IAS |
Institute of Applied Sciences |
| ICSU |
The International Council for Science |
| ICSU ROAP |
ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
| IERC |
International Environmental Research Center |
| IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
| IGES |
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies |
| IGFA |
International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research |
| IGM |
Inter-Governmental Meeting |
| IGP |
Indo-Gangetic Plain |
| IHDP |
International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change |
| IHDW |
International Human Dimensions Workshop |
| IIWADATA |
International Integrated Water Data Access and Transfer in Asia |
| IOCAS |
Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Science |
| IOC-WestPac |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Western Pacific |
| IPCC AR4 |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report |
| IUFRO |
International Union of Forest Research Organisation |
| LAI |
Leaf Area Index |
| LEISA |
Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture |
| LGUs |
local government units |
| LMMA |
Locally-Managed Marine Areas |
| LMMAN |
Locally-Managed Marine Areas Network |
| LOICZ |
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zones |
| MME |
Multi-Model Ensemble |
| nFPs |
national Focal Points |
| NGOs |
non-governmental organizations |
| NIES |
National Institute of Environmental Studies |
| NMHSs |
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NW |
North West |
| NWCF |
Nepal Water Conservation Foundation |
| OC |
Organic Carbon |
| PAGASA |
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration |
| PAGES |
Past Global Changes |
| PI |
principal investigator |
| PM |
airborne particles |
| PWDW |
Proposal-Writing Development Workshop |
| RAS |
Russian Academy of Sciences |
| RCAST |
Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology |
| ROC |
Relative Operative Characteristics |
| SBA |
Societal Benefit Area |
| SBSTA |
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice |
| SBSTA28 |
28th Session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice |
| SCUs |
state colleges and universities |
| SE |
Southeast |
| SOI |
Southern Oscillation Index |
| SPG |
Scientific Planning Group |
| START |
Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training |
| UNESCAP |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UPLB |
University of the Philippines Los Baños |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| USP |
University of South Pacific |
| UWS |
University of Western Sydney |
| WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
