Glossary

Term	Main definition
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
OCO-2	Satellite for the observation of carbon
Onera	Office nationale d'études et de recherches aéronautiques et spatiales
ONM	Office National Météorologique, the French National Met Service before 1945
Paola Formenti	Inter-university Laboratory of Atmospheric Systems : Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, LISA, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris Est Créteil et Université Paris Diderot, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil
Piper Aztec	Research aircraft used by Safire Synonyms - Piper-Aztec, Piper, PA23, Aztec, F-BLEB, BLEB
RALI	Radar - Lidar
SAFIRE	The French facility for airborne research : Service des Avions Français Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement Synonyms - Safire, safire
SAFIRE+	the data of the French airborne research Synonyms - SAFIREplus,"SAFIRE plus","SAFIRE +"
SKIM	Sea surface Kinematics Multiscale monitoring
TAS	Thales-Alenia Space
Terriscope	Projet Terriscope
UFT-UPS	Toulouse federal university - Universtié Toulouse III Paul Sabatier Synonyms - UPS, ups, Université Paul Sabatier
ULiSSE	Unité de Logistique Internationale – Services et Soutien aux Expériences - the department of CNRS for international logistics supporting experiments, partner of SAFIRE for external operations. Synonyms - ULISSE
WMO	World Meteorological Organization : the specialized agency of the UN in charge of meteorology and hydrology Synonyms - OMM

SAFIRE
Toulouse Francazal Airport
B.P. 20034
31270 CUGNAUX - FRANCE