. "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.
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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