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Long names are given in the original language. An English equivalent will be provided as far as it is known to GRDC. If available, an URL will be provided which will guide you to the respective external presentation, usually the Website of the organisation, programme or project. These Hyperlinks are provided as a convenience only. They imply neither responsibility for, nor approval of, the information contained in those Websites.

Abbreviation
EarthTrendsUS Environmental Information Portal, maintained by WRI
EarthwatchUnited Nations System-Wide Earthwatch, hosted by UNEP
ECEuropean Commission
ECMWFEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ECVEssential climate variable
EDCEROS Data Center
EEAEuropean Environmental Agency
EFASEuropean Flood Alert System
EFFSEuropean Flood Forecasting System, followed by EFAS
eGYElectronic Geophysical Year
EIONETEuropean Environment Information and Observation Network of EEA
ELWISElektronisches Wasserstraßen Informations System (German Waterway Information System)
EMPASwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research
EMWISEuro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector (Système Euro-Méditerranéen d'Information sur les savoir-faire dans le Domaine de l'Eau)
ENSOEl Niño/Southern Oscillation
EOSEarth Observation Summit, Washington, 2003
EOS II (EOS2)Second Earth Observation Summit, Tokyo, 2004
EOS III (EOS3)Third Earth Observation Summit, Brussels, 2005
EOS IV (EOS4)Cape Town Ministerial Summit, 2007
ERBEuropean Network of Experimental and Representative Basins
ERNEuropean Rivers Network
EROSUS Earth Resources Observation System
ESAEuropean Space Agency
ESOUS Marshall Space Flight Center Earth Science Office
ESRIUS Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
ESSPEarth System Science Partnership of WCRP, consisting of IGBP, IHDP and Diversitas
ESTECEuropean Space Research and Technology Centre
ET-CTSExpert Team on WIS-GTS, Communication Techniques and Structure of WMO
ET-DRCExpert Team on Data Representation and Codes of WMO
ET-GDDPExpert Team on GISC-DCPC Demonstration Process of WMO
ET-OIExpert Team on GTS-WIS Operations and Implementation of WMO
ET-WISCExpert Team on WIS GISCs and DCPCs of WMO of WMO
ETN-REuropean Terrestrial Network for River Discharge, a service provided by the GRDC for EFAS
ETOPO11-arc-minute Global Gridded Relief Model, maintained by NGDC of NOAA
ETOPO22-minute Gridded Global Relief Model, maintained by NGDC of NOAA
ETOPO5Global Digital Elevation Model with a horizontal grid spacing of 5-minutes, maintained by NGDC of NOAA
EUEuropean Union
EUMETNETNetwork of European Meteorological Services
EUMETSATEuropean Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
EurAquaNetwork of European Freshwater Organizations
EURO-FRIENDEurpean FRIEND, formerly Northern European FRIEND
EUWIEU Water Initiative
EWAEuropean Water Archive, a project of European FRIEND, maintained by GRDC
EWFDEuropean Water Framework Directive
EXCIFFEuropean Exchange Circle on Flood Forecasting and Early Warning