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Completing the Forecast: Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty for Better Decisions Using Weather and Climate Forecasts
NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NDFD National Digital Forecast Database
NDGD National Digital Guidance Database
NGDC National Geophysical Data Center
NHC National Hurricane Center
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOMADS National Operational Model Archive and Distribution System
NSSL National Severe Storms Lab
NWP numerical weather prediction
NWS National Weather Service
NWR NOAA Weather Radio
NWWS NOAA Weather Wire Service
OAR Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
OCN Optimal Climate Normals
OHD Office of Hydrologic Development
PDA personal digital assistant
PDD Product/Service Description Document
PDF probability density function
PoP Probability of Precipitation
QPF quantitative precipitation forecast
RAL NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
RFC River Forecast Center
RFC Regional Forecast Center
RFP Request for Proposals
RISA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment
ROC Relative Operating Characteristic
RPC Rapid Prototyping Center
RPS Ranked Probability Score
RSM Regional Spectral Model
SAB Science Advisory Board
SEC Space Environment Center
SLP sea level pressure
SMLR Screening Multiple Linear Regression
SPC Storm Prediction Center
SREF short-range ensemble forecast
SSI NCEP Spectral Statistical Interpolation
SST sea surface temperature
TAF Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
TAR IPCC Third Assessment Report
THORPEX The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment
TIGGE THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble
TPC Tropical Prediction Center
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WFO Weather Forecast Office
WGNE Working Group on Numerical Experimentation
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WRF-AR Weather Research and Forecasting Advanced Research
WRF-NMM Weather Research and Forecasting Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Model