|1957-1979 | 1981-1999 | 2000-Present | Abbreviation |

Abbreviation	Name
ADEOS	Advanced Earth Observing Satellite
AIST	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
BAPMoN	Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
CONTRAIL	Comprehensive Observation Network for Trace gases by Airliner
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
DOE	U.S. Department of Energy
ECOMO	Foundation for Promoting Personal Mobility and Ecological Transportation
FFPRI	Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
GAW	Global Atmosphere Watch
GEO	Group on Earth Observations
GEOSECS	Geochemical Ocean Section Study
GOSAT	Greenhouse gases Observing Satellite
INDIGO	Indian Gas Ocean
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
JACCO	Japanese Alliance for Climate Change Observation
JAMSTEC	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
JAXA	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JMA	Japan Meteorological Agency
KNOT	Kyodo North Pacific Ocean Time series
LDEO	Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
METI	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
MOE	Ministry of the Environment
MRI	Meteorological Research Institute
NEDO	New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
NIAES	National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
NIES	National Institute for Environmental Studies
NIPR	National Institute of Polar Research
NIWA	National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
NOAA	National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
NSF	National Science Foundation
OCCCO	Office for Coordination of Climate Change Observation
SAGE	SubArctic Gyre Experiment
SAVE	South Atlantic Ventilation Experiment
SIO	Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
TTO	Transient Tracers in the Oceans
WDCGG	World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases
WMO	World Meteorological Organization
WOCE/JGOFS	World Ocean Circulation Experiment/Joint Global Ocean Flux Study