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Weather Radar Technology: Beyond Nexrad
DTASS
Digital Terminal Area Surveillance System
ELDORA
Electra Doppler Radar
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERS-1 and 2
European Remote Sensing Satellite
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Administration
FHWA
Federal Highway Administration
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Arrays
GPM
Global Precipitation Mission
GPS
Global Positioning System
IOS
Integrated Observing System
ITWS
Integrated Terminal Weather System
JPOLE
Joint Polarization Experiment
LNA
Low Noise Amplifier
MESAR
Multifunction Electronically Scanned Aperture Radar
MMIC
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
MOTR
Multiple Object Tracking Radar
MPR
Microburst Prediction Radar
NAS
National Airspace System
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NEXRAD
Next Generation Weather Radar
NLDN
National Lightning Detection Network
NMOC
Naval Meteorological and Oceanography Command
NOAA
National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration
NPI
NEXRAD Product Improvement Program
NPS
National Park Service
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NSCAT
NASA Scatterometer
NWP
Numerical Weather Prediction
NWS
National Weather Service
OAO
Office of Aircraft Operations
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OPUP
U.S. Air Force Open Principal User Processor
ORDA
Open Radar Data Acquisition
ORPG
Open-System Radar Product Generator
PUP
Principalmanned User Processor
QPE
Quantified Precipitation Estimation
QPF
Qualitative Precipitation Forecasting
RASS
Radio Acoustic Sounding
RDA
Radar Data Acquisition