Appendix A: Acronym List

Table 16 Acronym List

Abbreviation

Definition

API

Application Programming Interface

BAI

Burned Area Index

BRDF

Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function

C1

Collection 1

DDV

Dark Dense Vegetation

DQR

Data Quality Report

EFR

Earth Observation Full Resolution

EOS

Earth Observing System

ESA

European Space Agency

EVI

Enhanced Vegetation Index

GEE

Google Earth Engine

GIS

Geographic Information System

GRD

Ground Range Detected

LaSRC

Land Surface Reflectance Code

LEDAPS

Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

MSI

Multispectral Instrument

MSS

Multispectral Scanner

NAIP

National Agriculture Imagery Program

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NBRT

Normalized Burn Ration Thermal

NDVI

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

NDSI

Normalized Difference Snow Index

NDWI

Normalized Difference Water Index

OLCI

Ocean and Land Color Instrument

OLI

Operational Land Imager

QA

Quality Assessment

RGB

Red-Green-Blue

SAR

Synthetic Aperture Radar

S2AC

Sentinel-2 Atmospheric Correction

SC

Scene Classification

SR

Surface Reflection

SRTM

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

TOA

Top of Atmosphere

TROPOMI

Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument