Proceedings of the 2006 Seismic Research Review
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2-D, 2D, 3-D, 3Dtwo-dimensional, three-dimensional, etc.
ABCEAnnual Bulletin of Chinese Earthquakes
ACDadvanced concept demonstration
AEDSAtomic Energy Detection System
AFRLAir Force Research Laboratory
AFTACAir Force Technical Applications Center
AICAkaike Information Criterion
AK135seismic travel time model
AMPEadiabatic mode parabolic equation
ANFOammonium nitrate fuel oil
ANOVAanalysis of variance code
ArcViewcommercial GIS software
ARS analyst review station
ARSAAutomated Radioxenon Sampler/Analyzer
ATOCacoustic thermometry of the ocean climate
BBbroad band
BDSNBerkeley Digital Seismic Network
BEMboundary element method
Be-7beryllium-7
CCcross-correlation coefficient
CDSNChinese Digital Seismic Network
CEACommissariat l'Energie Atomique (French bulletin)
ChISSRussian abbreviation for multichannel spectral seismometer
CLVDcompensated linear vector dipole
CMTHarvard centroid moment tensor
CodaMagtool to implement magnitude calculations (Mayeda, 1993; Mayeda and Walter, 1996)
CRUST2.0crustal model (Bassin et al., 2000)
CSEMcoupled spectral element method
CTBTComprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
CTBTOComprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
CUUniversity of Colorado
CUB2.03D global models (Shapiro et al., 2002)
CU-BoulderUniversity of Colorado, Boulder
DDdouble-difference
DEMdigital elevation model
DMCData Management Center
DOBdepth of burial
DoDDepartment of Defense
DOEDepartment of Energy
DOSDepartment of State
DSSdeep seismic sounding
DTRADefense Threat Reduction Agency
EDREarthquake Data Reports - a USGS publication
EHBEngdahl, E.R., van der Hilst, R. & Buland, R., 1998. Global teleseismic earthquake relocation with improved travel times and procedures for depth determination, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 88, 722-743
EMelectromagnetic
ERLEarth Resources Laboratory
ERSEuropean Remote Sensing (satellites)
ESRIEnvironmental Systems Research Institute (makers of ArcInfo, ArcIMS, ArcGIS, etc. [http://www.esri.com/company/about/history.html]
ETOPOearth topographic (database)
ETOPO5terrain model
EventIDtool to implement event discrimination (Hartse et al., 1997; Walter et al., 1999)
EvLoclocation software
FDSNFederation of Digital Seismic Networks
FDfinite difference
FEfinite element
F-Kfrequency wavenumber
Fstat, F-statF-statistic
FSUFormer Soviet Union
GEONCenter for Geoecological Studies
GIIGeophysical Institute of Israel
GISgeographical information system
GMTgeneric mapping tool
GNEMREGround-Based Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research and Engineering Program
GSELgrid single-event location or single-event location algorithm
GSNglobal seismographic network
GTground truth
GTxground truth information of accuracy x km
GUIgraphical user interface
HDChypocentroidal (or hypocentral) decomposition
HEhigh explosive
HPGehigh purity germanium
HydroCAMHydroacoustic Coverage Assessment Model
Hzhertz
IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
IASPEIInternational Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior
IASPEI91standard earth model
IDCInternational Data Centre
IDGRussian Institute for the Dynamics of the Geospheres
IMSInternational Monitoring System
InfraMAPInfrasound Modeling of Atmospheric Propagation
InSARInterferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
IRISIncorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
IRPintegrated research product
ISCInternational Seismological Centre
ISTCInternational Science and Technology Center
JHDjoint hypocenter determination
KBKnowledge Base
KBCITKnowledge Base Calibration Integration Tool
LANLLos Alamos National Laboratory
LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LDAlinear discriminant analysis
LDRDlaboratory directed research and development project
LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LVZlow velocity zones
Mamillion years ago
Matlabcommercial software application
MatSeisseismic analysis package developed by SNL using Matlab
mbbody wave magnitude
Mdduration magnitude
MDACmagnitude and distance amplitude corrections
MITMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Mssurface wave magnitude
MSEmean squared error
MSUMichigan State University
MUSICMULtiple Signal Classification
Mwmoment magnitude
NA-22Office of Nonproliferation Research and Engineering
NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCEDCNorthern California Earthquake Data Center
NEICNational Earthquake Information Center
NEM R&ENuclear Explosion Monitoring Research and Engineering
Nmnewton-meters
NNSANational Nuclear Security Administration
NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOGAPSNavy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System
NORSARNorwegian Seismic Array
NPENonproliferation Experiment
NRLNaval Research Laboratory
NTSNevada Test Site
PDEPreliminary Determination of Epicenters - a USGS publication
PDFportable document format
PNEpeaceful nuclear explosions
PNNLPacific Northwest National Laboratory
PREMPreliminary Reference Earth Model (Dziewonski and Anderson, 1981)
PrepComPreparatory Commission
PSDpower spectral density
PSUPenn State University
QQ factor
QDAquadratic discriminant analysis
RASARadionuclide Aerosol Sampler Analyzer
REBReviewed Event Bulletin - an IDC report
RFreceiver functions
RGAresidual gas analyzer
RMSroot mean square (errors)
ROCreceiver operating characteristic
RSSresidual sum of squares
RUMmantle velocity model
SACseismic analysis code
SASCslowness-azimuth station correction
SBIRSmall Business Innovation Research
SCSNSouthern California Seismic Network
SEMspectral element method
SLUSaint Louis University
SMDCSpace Missile Defense Command (Army)
SNRsignal-to-noise ratio
SOFAR ChannelSOund Fixing And Ranging - primary sound channel in the ocean
SPshort period
STA/LTAshort-term average/long-term average
SVDsingular value decomposition
T-phasehydroacoustic phase
UCBUniversity of California, Berkeley
UCSDUniversity of California, San Diego
UNEunderground nuclear explosions
UNRUniversity of Nevada, Reno
USAEDSUnited States Atomic Energy Detection System
USGSUnited States Geological Survey
USNDCUnited States National Data Center
VELESTsoftware program for determining seismic locations and velocities
WINPAK3DP-wave velocity model for India and Pakistan
WSMRWhite Sands Missile Range
WWSSNWorld Wide Standard Seismograph Network