Acronyms and Abbreviations

AEZ
Agro-ecological Zones
AEZWIN AEZ-based multiple criteria decision support system for land resources planning
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
BLS Basic Linked System of National Agricultural Policy Models (IIASA's world agricultural model)
CGCM1 Canadian Global Coupled Model, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Meteorological Service of Canada
CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Network
CROPWAT Computer Program for Irrigation Planning and Management, FAO, Land and Water Development Division
CRU Climate Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
DDC Data Distribution Center of the IPCC DEM Digital elevation model
DSMW Digital Soil Map of the World (FAO)
ECHAM4 Coupled Global Model, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology and Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
EROS
Earth Resources Observation Systems data center of the USGS
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
FAOCLIM World-wide Agroclimatic Database, FAO, Rome
FAOSTAT Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Statistical Databases
FSU Former Soviet Union
GAEZ Global Agro-ecological Zones
GCM General Circulation Models
GIS Geographical Information System
GLASOD Global Assessment of the Status of Human-induced Soil Degradation
(UNEP/ISRIC)
GLCC Global Land Cover Characteristics Database
GTOPO30 Global 30 arc-seconds elevation dataset
HADCM2 Coupled Global Model, Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, UK
IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg,Austria
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO/UNEP)
ISRIC
International Soil Reference and Information Center, Wageningen, Netherlands
ISSS International Society of Soil Science
IUCN The World Conservation Union
JRC Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
LAI Leaf area index
LGP Length of growing period
LUC Land Use Change Project (IIASA)
LUT Land utilization type
SLA State Land Administration of the People's Republic of China
SOTER Global and National Soils and Terrain Digital Database (UNEP/ISSS/ISRIC/FAO)
SSTC State Science and Technology Commission of the People's Republic of China
SRES Special Report on Emission Scenarios (IPCC)
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WISE World Inventory of Soil Emissions Potentials