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PAPERBACK price:$45.75 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY PDF Report Brief Display this book on your site! Related Titles Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD Assessment of Nexrad Coverage and Associated Weather Services Other Related Titles Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California (2005) Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix E: Acronyms." Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2005. Please select a format: Page 180   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix E Acronyms AFB Air Force Base AFWA Air Force Weather Agency AFWS Automated Flood Warning Systems AGL above ground level AHPS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (NWS) ALERT Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time AMBER Areal Mean Basin Estimated Rainfall ANC Auto-Nowcast System AP anomalous propagation ARSR Air Route Surveillance Radar (FAA) ASR Airport Surveillance Radar (FAA) AWIPS Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (NWS) BASC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate BDDS Base Data Distribution System CA OES California Office of Emergency Services CAPS Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms CIWS Corridor Integrated Weather System (FAA) CODE Common Operations and Development Environment CONUS continental United States CRAFT Collaborative Radar Acquisition Field Test CWA county warning area CWI commercial weather industry DEM digital elevation model DOC Department of Commerce DoD Department of Defense DOT Department of Transportation Page 180 Front Matter (R1-R14) Executive Summary (1-8) 1 Introduction (9-11) 2 Flash Floods (12-25) 3 The National Weather Service and Flash Floods (26-34) 4 NEXRAD (35-58) 5 Observational Challenges of Low-Level Radar Coverage in Complex Terrain and Coastal Areas (59-73) 6 Flash Flood Warning Process in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties (74-90) 7 Evaluation of the Sulphur Mountain Radar and Flash Flood Warnings in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties (91-116) 8 Potential Improvements in Flash Flood Warnings (117-145) 9 Concluding Thoughts (146-148) References (149-166) Appendix A: Origin of the Study (167-171) Appendix B: Characteristics of the NEXRAD Radar (172-174) Appendix C: Chronology of the Siting of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD (175-175) Appendix D: National Weather Service Flash Flood Verification Procedures (176-179) Appendix E: Acronyms (180-183) Appendix F: Community Participation (184-185) Appendix G: Committee and Staff Biographies (186-192)

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Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California Appendix E Acronyms AFB Air Force Base AFWA Air Force Weather Agency AFWS Automated Flood Warning Systems AGL above ground level AHPS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (NWS) ALERT Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time AMBER Areal Mean Basin Estimated Rainfall ANC Auto-Nowcast System AP anomalous propagation ARSR Air Route Surveillance Radar (FAA) ASR Airport Surveillance Radar (FAA) AWIPS Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (NWS) BASC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate BDDS Base Data Distribution System CA OES California Office of Emergency Services CAPS Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms CIWS Corridor Integrated Weather System (FAA) CODE Common Operations and Development Environment CONUS continental United States CRAFT Collaborative Radar Acquisition Field Test CWA county warning area CWI commercial weather industry DEM digital elevation model DOC Department of Commerce DoD Department of Defense DOT Department of Transportation

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Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California DSD drop size distribution EAS Emergency Activation System ENSO El Niño-Southern Oscillation ETA NCEP numerical weather prediction model FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAR false alarm ratio FFMP Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction FFW flash flood warning FSL Forecast Systems Laboratory GAO General Accounting Office GIS Geographical Information Systems GIUH geomorphological instantaneous unit hydrograph HPC Hydrometeorological Prediction Center IFPS Interactive Forecast Preparation System KEYX Edwards Air Force Base NEXRAD KNYX San Diego NEXRAD KSOX Santa Ana Mountains NEXRAD KVBX Vandenberg Air Force Base NEXRAD KVTX Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD LAX Los Angeles International Airport LLJ low-level jet LOX Los Angeles-Oxnard Weather Forecast Office LST local standard time MAR modernization and associated restructuring MCS mesoscale convective systems MM5 Pennsylvania State University-National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model MSL above mean sea level MTR San Francisco Weather Forecast Office NAS National Academy of Sciences NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research

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Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California NCDC National Climatic Data Center NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction NCWF National Convective Weather Forecast NDFD National Digital Forecast Database NEXRAD Next Generation Weather Radar NMOC National Meteorology & Oceanography Command NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPI NEXRAD Product Improvement NRC National Research Council NRL Naval Research Laboratory NWP numerical weather prediction NWS National Weather Service OCWWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services (NOAA) ORDA open radar data acquisition ORPG open radar product generator POD probability of detection PPS Precipitation Processing System (NEXRAD) PRF pulse-repetition frequency PUP principal user processor PW precipitable water QPE quantitative precipitation estimation QPF Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting RASS radio acoustic sounding systems RDA radar data acquisition RFC river forecast center RPG radar product generator SGX San Diego Weather Forecast Office (FAA) TDWR Terminal Doppler Weather Radar TMU traffic management units UTC coordinated universal time VCP volume coverage patterns VCWPD Ventura County Watershed Protection District

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