8. Abbreviations

1. AGU American Geophysical Union
2. BGS British Geological Survey
   
3. CfA Center for Astrophysics
   
4. CGU Candian Geophysical Union
5. COMET Center for the Observation and Modeling of Earthquakes and Tectonic
   
6. EGS European Geophysical Society
7. ERI Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan
8. ESA European Space Agency
9. EUG European Union of Geoscientists
10. GALOS Geodetic Aspects of Law of the Sea
11. GEOIDE GEomatics for Informed DEcisions
12. GEST Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology center
    
13. GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany
14. GIS Geographic Information System
15. GPS Global Postitioning System
16. GRACE Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
17. GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
    
18. GSI Geographical Survey Institute, Japan
19. IAG International Association of Geodesy
20. IERS International Earth Rotation Service
21. IGS International GPS Service
22. IIEES International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, I.R. Iran
    
23. IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
24. JAMSTEC Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
    
25. JPL Jet Propultion Laboratory
26. NASA National Aironautics and Space Administration
27. NCC National Cartographic Center, I.R. Iran
28. NCED National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics
    
29. NGO National Geographic Organization, I.R. Iran
    
30. NGS National Geodetic Survey
31. NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
32. PBO Plate Boundary Observatory
    
33. PREM Preliminary Reference Earth Model
34. SAO Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
35. SCEC Southern California Earthquake Center
    
36. USGS United States Geological Survey