. "Appendix F Abbreviations and Acronyms." Improving the Scientific Foundation for Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Simulations: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2005.
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Improving the Scientific Foundation for Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Simulations: Report of A Workshop
ECMWF
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ENSO
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
GCM
General Circulation Model
GCSS
GEWEX Cloud Systems Study
GEWEX
Global Energy and Water Vapor Experiment
GFDL
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GISS
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
IR
infrared
ITCZ
intertropical convergence zone
LES
large-eddy simulation
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF
National Science Foundation
NWP
numerical weather prediction
OBL
oceanic boundary layer
ONR
Office of Naval Research
PBL
planetary boundary layer
QBO
quasi-biennial oscillation
Re
Reynolds number
RICO
Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean Experiment
SOLAS
Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study
TES
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer
TKE
turbulent kinetic energy
TWP-ICE
ARM’s Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment