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
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
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