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When Weather Matters: Science and Service to Meet Critical Societal Needs (2010)
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC)

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When Weather Matters: Science and Services to Meet Critical Societal Needs

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

3DVar 3-dimensional variational

4DVar 4-dimensional variational

AHPS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

AMS American Meteorological Society

ARS Agricultural Research Service

BASC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

CASA Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere

CCSM Community Climate System Model

CFD computational fluid dynamics

CHI Communicating Hurricane Information

CHPS Community Hydrologic Prediction System

CHyMP Community Hydrologic Modeling Platform

CONUS contiguous United States

DHM distributed hydrologic model

DMIP Distributed Model Intercomparison Project

DOD U.S. Department of Defense

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DOT U.S. Department of Transportation

ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

EIA U.S. Energy Information Agency

EMC Environmental Modeling Center

EnKF ensemble Kalman filter

ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation

EOC emergency operations center

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When Weather Matters: Science and Services to Meet Critical Societal Needs C Acronyms and Abbreviations 3DVar 3-dimensional variational 4DVar 4-dimensional variational AHPS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service AMS American Meteorological Society ARS Agricultural Research Service BASC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate CASA Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere CCSM Community Climate System Model CFD computational fluid dynamics CHI Communicating Hurricane Information CHPS Community Hydrologic Prediction System CHyMP Community Hydrologic Modeling Platform CONUS contiguous United States DHM distributed hydrologic model DMIP Distributed Model Intercomparison Project DOD U.S. Department of Defense DOE U.S. Department of Energy DOT U.S. Department of Transportation ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts EIA U.S. Energy Information Agency EMC Environmental Modeling Center EnKF ensemble Kalman filter ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation EOC emergency operations center

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When Weather Matters: Science and Services to Meet Critical Societal Needs EPiCC Environmental Prediction in Canadian Cities ESRL Earth Systems Research Laboratory FAA Federal Aviation Administration FIM finite-volume horizontal transport FNMOC Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center GFS Global Forecast System GIS geographic information system GPS Global Positioning System HMT Hydrometeorological Testbed HPC high-performance computing HPC Hydrometeorological Prediction Center IWRSS Integrated Water Resources Science and Services LES large eddy simulation MCS mesoscale convective system MHEWS Multi-Hazard Early Warning System MMS Modular Modeling System MSA metropolitan statistical area μSA micropolitan statistical area NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction NEXRAD Next-Generation Radar NextGen Next Generation Air Transportation System NICAM Nonhydrostatic ICosahedral Atmospheric Model NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOGAPS Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System NRC National Research Council NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory NSAB NOAA Science Advisory Board NSF National Science Foundation NWP numerical weather prediction NWS National Weather Service

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When Weather Matters: Science and Services to Meet Critical Societal Needs O2R operations to research OHD Office of Hydrologic Development PBL planetary boundary layer PDT Prospectus Development Team PROBCAST Probability Forecast Program PV photovoltaic QPE quantitative precipitation estimation QPF quantitative precipitation forecast R2O research to operations RF radio frequency RFC River Forecast Center SAC-SMA Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting SIP Societal Impacts Program SNOTEL SNOwpack TELemetry SSWIM Social Science Woven into Meteorology TIGGE THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble UCAR University Corporation for Atmospheric Research UHF ultrahigh frequency USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USGS U.S. Geological Survey USWRP U.S. Weather Research Program VHI very high impact VORTEX2 Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment WAS*IS Weather and Society*Integrated Studies WATERS Water and Environmental Research Systems WCRP World Climate Research Program WMO World Meteorological Organization WRF Weather Research and Forecasting Model WSR Weather Service Radar

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