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Appendix B
Abbreviations and Acronyms

4-DVAR

Four-Dimensional Variational Assimilation

ANC

Auto-Nowcast

ATA

Air Transport Association

CCFP

Collaborative Convective Forecast Product

CDM

Collaborative Decision Making

ETA

estimated time of arrival

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAR

false alarm rate

GIFTS

Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer

GPS

Global Positioning System

GPS/MET

Global Positioning System Meteorology Demonstration Network

IHOP

International H2O Project

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NCEP

National Centers for Environmental Prediction

NRC

National Research Council

NWP

numerical weather prediction

NWS

National Weather Service

POD

probability of detection

RAPT

route availability planning tool

WSR-88D

Weather Surveillance Radar 88 Doppler

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Accurate prediction of convective storms 2- to 6-hours in advance is critical to selecting air traffic routes with minimal weather delays or diversions. This report summarizes the discussions of a workshop to explore present convective weather forecasting skill, strategies for improving that skill, ways to verify forecasts are accurate, and how to make forecasts useful to air traffic controllers, airline dispatchers, and pilots.

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