Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACRONYM |
DESCRIPTION |
ABOD |
AURA Board of Directors |
AD |
Associate Director |
ALMA |
Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array |
AMCL |
AURA Management Council for LSST |
AMCR |
AURA Management Council for Rubin Observatory |
ANTARES |
Arizona-NOAO Temporal Analysis and Response to Events System |
AO |
Adaptive Optics |
AOCG |
AURA Observatory Council for Gemini |
AST |
Astronomical Sciences (NSF) |
AURA |
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy |
BFA |
Budget, Finance, and Award Management |
CAS |
Central Administrative Services (AURA) |
CEE |
Communications, Education & Engagement |
CFO |
Central Facilities Operations (NOAO) |
CMB |
Cosmic Microwave Background |
COS |
Center Operations Services |
CSA |
Cooperative Support Agreement |
CSDC |
Community Science & Data Center |
CTIO |
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
DD |
Deputy Director |
DES |
Dark Energy Survey |
DESI |
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument |
DKIST |
Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope |
DMP |
Document Management Plan or Data Management Plan, depending on context |
DOE |
Department of Energy |
EOS |
Engineering Operations Services |
EPO |
Education and Public Outreach |
ERMP |
Enterprise Risk and Management Plan |
ES |
Engineering Services |
ESO |
European Southern Observatory |
FFRDC |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
FO |
Facilities Operations |
FOMA |
Facilities Operations Mountain Arizona |
FRA |
Fermi Research Alliance |
FTE |
Full-Time Equivalent |
FYE |
Fiscal Year |
GEMMA |
Gemini in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy |
GLN |
Gemini LSST NOAO |
GMT |
Giant Magellan Telescope |
GONG |
Global Oscillation Network Group |
GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
GSMT |
Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope |
GSV |
Gemini Strategic Vision |
HR |
Human Resources |
IP |
Intellectual Property |
ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
IT |
Information Technology |
ITAR |
International Trade in Arms Regulations |
ITOps |
Information Technology Operations |
JMC |
Joint Management Council |
JWST |
James Webb Space Telescope |
KP |
Kitt Peak |
KPNO |
Kitt Peak National Observatory |
KPVC |
Kitt Peak Visitors Center |
LBNL |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
LCOGT |
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope |
LOTIS |
Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System |
LSST |
Legacy Survey of Space and Time |
LSSTC |
LSST Corporation |
MDM |
(Observatory on Kitt Peak) |
MREFC |
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (NSF) |
MSO |
Mid-Scale Observatories |
NAOJ |
National Astronomy Observatory Japan |
NASA |
National Aeronautics Space Administration |
NCSA |
National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
NEC |
NCOA Executive Council |
NEID |
Tohono O'odham word for "to see" |
NMOC |
NOIRLab Management Oversight Council |
NOAO |
National Optical Astronomy Observatory |
NOIRLab |
National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory |
NRC |
National Research Council (Canada) |
NSB |
National Science Board |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSO |
National Solar Observatory |
OC |
Observatory Council |
OIR |
Optical Infrared |
OMO |
Organization, Management, Operations |
OPCC |
Northern Chile Skies Quality Protection Office |
PAN-STARRS |
Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System |
PEMP |
Performance Evaluation and Measurement Plan |
PI |
Principal Investigator |
PIO |
Public Information Office |
PMO |
Program Management Office |
POP |
Program Operating Plan |
PRP |
Program Review Panel (NSF) |
RCT |
Robotically Controlled Telescope |
RFID |
Radio Frequency Identification |
RFP |
Request for Proposal |
RSS |
Research and Science Services |
SARA |
Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy |
SBS |
Shared Business Services |
SDSS |
Sloan Digital Sky Survey |
SHE |
Safety Health Environment |
SLAC |
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
SMARTS |
Small & Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System |
SOAR |
Southern Observatory for Astrophysical Research |
SOS |
Science Operations Services |
STEM |
Science Technology Engineering Mathematics |
STScl |
Space Telescope Science Institute |
SUNY |
State University New York |
SW |
Software |
TAC |
Time Allocation Committee |
TBD |
To Be Determined |
TMT |
Thirty Meter Telescope |
UC |
University of California |
UI |
University of Illinois |
URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
VC |
Visiting Committee |
VoIP |
Voice Over Internet Protocol |
WBS |
Work Breakdown Structure |
WIYN |
A consortium of institutions that collectively own and/or operate the 3.5 m telescope (and 0.9 m telescope) at Kitt Peak Observatory. Original partners were University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Yale, and NOAO, which gave the consortium its name |
WKU |
Western Kentucky University |
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