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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACARS Aircraft Communications Addressing CSTAR Collaborative Science, Technology,
and Reporting System and Applied Research
ACN AWIPS Communications Network CWA County Warning Area
AFOS Automation of Field Operations and CW Continuous Wave
Services
DAR3E
AHPS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Denver AWIPS Risk Reduction and
Service Requirements Evaluation
AMS American Meteorological Society DCS Data Collection System
ARTT AWIPS Requirements Task Team DMIC Deputy Meteorologist in Charge
ASOS Automated Surface Observing System DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite
ATS-1 Applications Technology Satellite Program
AVN Aviation Model DOC U.S. Department of Commerce
AWC Aviation Weather Center DOD U.S. Department of Defense
AWCIA American Weather and Climate DOE U.S. Department of Energy
Industry Association DOH Development and Operations
AWIPS Advanced Weather Interactive Pro- Hydrologist
cessing System DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
BLM U.S. Bureau of Land Management ECMWF European Centre for Medium-range
Weather Forecasts
CDAS Coordinated Data Analysis System EM Emergency Manager
CHI cloud height indicator EMC Environmental Modeling Center
CHPS Community Hydrologic Prediction EPA U.S. Environmental Protection
System Agency
CMC Canadian Meteorological Centre ERL Environmental Research
COMET Cooperative Program for Operational Laboratories
Meteorology, Education, and
Training FAA Federal Aviation Administration
CONUS Contiguous United States FAR False Alarm Ratio
CPC Climate Prediction Center FAWN Florida Automated Weather
CSD Climate Services Division Network
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FEMA Federal Emergency Management MIC Meteorologist in Charge
Agency MOS Model Output Statistics
FHWA Federal Highway Administration MOU Memorandum of Understanding
flops floating point operations per second MSC Meteorological Service of Canada
FNMOC Fleet Numerical Meteorology and MTC Modernization Transition Committee
Oceanography Center
FPS-77 Weather radar system used by USAF NAM North American Mesoscale
NAR3E
Air Weather Service Norman AWIPS Risk Reduction and
FSL Forecast Systems Laboratory Requirements Evaluation
FTE Full Time Equivalent NASA National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
GAO General Accounting Office NBS National Bureau of Standards
(Government Accountability NCDC National Climatic Data Center
Office after July 7, 2004) NCEP National Centers for Environmental
GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Prediction
Laboratory NCIM National Council of Industrial
GFE Graphical Forecast Editor Meteorologists
GFS Global Forecast System NCO NCEP Central Operations
GOES Geostationary Operational NESDIS National Environmental Satellite,
Environmental Satellite Data, and Information Service
GOES-Next Next Generation Geostationary NEXRAD Next Generation Weather Radar
Operational Environmental NGM Nested Grid Model
Satellite NHC National Hurricane Center
NIDS NEXRAD Information
HIC Hydrologist in Charge Dissemination Service
HPC Hydrometeorological Prediction NIP National Implementation Plan
Center NMC National Meteorological Center
HSP Hydrologic Services Program NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric
HTB Heated Tipping Bucket Administration
NPC NEXRAD Program Council
IG Inspector General NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational
IGFOV Instantaneous Geometric Field of Environmental Satellite System
V iew NPS National Park Service
IR Infrared NRC National Research Council
IRT Independent Review Team NSSL National Severe Storms Laboratory
ITO Information Technology Officer NTR NEXRAD Technical Requirements
NWP Numerical Weather Prediction
JDOP Joint Doppler Operational Project NWS National Weather Service
JSPO Joint System Program Office NWSEO National Weather Service Employees
Organization
LFM-II Limited Area Fine Mesh-II
OAR Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
MAR Modernization and Associated Research
Restructuring OD Office of the Director
MARD Modernization and Associated OFCM Office of the Federal Coordinator
Restructuring Demonstration for Meteorological Services and
METAR Aviation Routine Weather Report Supporting Research
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OH Office of Hydrology SPC Storm Prediction Center
OMB Office of Management and Budget SPECI Aviation Selected Special Weather
OPC Ocean Prediction Center Report
OSF Operational Support Facility SSR Sampled Subpoint Resolution
(Renamed later to Radar SWPC Space Weather Prediction Center
Operations Center)
OSIP Operational Satellite Improvement TAC Technical Advisory Committee
Program TIROS Television Infrared Observation
Satellite
PI Precipitation Identification
POD Probability of Detection UCAR University Corporation for
POES Polar Operational Environmental Atmospheric Research
Satellite UKMO United Kingdom Meteorological
POP Probability of Precipitation Office
PROFS Program for Regional Observing and USAF United States Air Force
Forecasting Service USFS United States Forest Service
PROTEUS Prototype RFC Operational Test, USGS United States Geological Survey
Evaluation, and User Simulation USWRP United States Weather Research
Program
QPF Quantitative Precipitation Forecast
WCM Warning Coordination Meteorologist
RDA Radar Data Acquisition WFO Weather Forecast Office
RFC River Forecast Center WMO World Meteorological Organization
RFI Radio Frequency Interference WSFO Weather Service Forecast Office
RFP Request for Proposals WSO Weather Service Office
RPG Radar Product Generator WSR-57 Weather Surveillance Radar, 1957
WSR-74 Weather Surveillance Radar, 1974
SAO Surface Airway Observations WSR-88D Weather Surveillance Radar, 1988,
SCH Service Coordination Hydrologist Doppler
SOO Science Operations Officer WWW World Weather Watch
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