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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring: A Retrospective Assessment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13216.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations

ACARS

Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System

ACN

AWIPS Communications Network

AFOS

Automation of Field Operations and Services

AHPS

Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

AMS

American Meteorological Society

ARTT

AWIPS Requirements Task Team

ASOS

Automated Surface Observing System

ATS-1

Applications Technology Satellite

AVN

Aviation Model

AWC

Aviation Weather Center

AWCIA

American Weather and Climate Industry Association

AWIPS

Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System

   

BLM

U.S. Bureau of Land Management

   

CDAS

Coordinated Data Analysis System

CHI

cloud height indicator

CHPS

Community Hydrologic Prediction System

CMC

Canadian Meteorological Centre

COMET

Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training

CONUS

Contiguous United States

CPC

Climate Prediction Center

CSD

Climate Services Division

CSTAR

Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research

CWA

County Warning Area

CW

Continuous Wave

   

DAR3E

Denver AWIPS Risk Reduction and Requirements Evaluation

DCS

Data Collection System

DMIC

Deputy Meteorologist in Charge

DMSP

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DOC

U.S. Department of Commerce

DOD

U.S. Department of Defense

DOE

U.S. Department of Energy

DOH

Development and Operations Hydrologist

DOT

U.S. Department of Transportation

   

ECMWF

European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts

EM

Emergency Manager

EMC

Environmental Modeling Center

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ERL

Environmental Research Laboratories

   

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAR

False Alarm Ratio

FAWN

Florida Automated Weather Network

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring: A Retrospective Assessment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13216.
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FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHWA

Federal Highway Administration

flops

floating point operations per second

FNMOC

Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

FPS-77

Weather radar system used by USAF Air Weather Service

FSL

Forecast Systems Laboratory

FTE

Full Time Equivalent

   

GAO

General Accounting Office (Government Accountability Office after July 7, 2004)

GFDL

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

GFE

Graphical Forecast Editor

GFS

Global Forecast System

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

GOES-Next

Next Generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

   

HIC

Hydrologist in Charge

HPC

Hydrometeorological Prediction Center

HSP

Hydrologic Services Program

HTB

Heated Tipping Bucket

   

IG

Inspector General

IGFOV

Instantaneous Geometric Field of View

IR

Infrared

IRT

Independent Review Team

ITO

Information Technology Officer

   

JDOP

Joint Doppler Operational Project

JSPO

Joint System Program Office

   

LFM-II

Limited Area Fine Mesh-II

   

MAR

Modernization and Associated Restructuring

MARD

Modernization and Associated Restructuring Demonstration

METAR

Aviation Routine Weather Report

MIC

Meteorologist in Charge

MOS

Model Output Statistics

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MSC

Meteorological Service of Canada

MTC

Modernization Transition Committee

   

NAM

North American Mesoscale

NAR3E

Norman AWIPS Risk Reduction and Requirements Evaluation

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NBS

National Bureau of Standards

NCDC

National Climatic Data Center

NCEP

National Centers for Environmental Prediction

NCIM

National Council of Industrial Meteorologists

NCO

NCEP Central Operations

NESDIS

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NEXRAD

Next Generation Weather Radar

NGM

Nested Grid Model

NHC

National Hurricane Center

NIDS

NEXRAD Information Dissemination Service

NIP

National Implementation Plan

NMC

National Meteorological Center

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPC

NEXRAD Program Council

NPOESS

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NPS

National Park Service

NRC

National Research Council

NSSL

National Severe Storms Laboratory

NTR

NEXRAD Technical Requirements

NWP

Numerical Weather Prediction

NWS

National Weather Service

NWSEO

National Weather Service Employees Organization

   

OAR

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

OD

Office of the Director

OFCM

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring: A Retrospective Assessment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13216.
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OH

Office of Hydrology

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OPC

Ocean Prediction Center

OSF

Operational Support Facility (Renamed later to Radar Operations Center)

OSIP

Operational Satellite Improvement Program

   

PI

Precipitation Identification

POD

Probability of Detection

POES

Polar Operational Environmental Satellite

POP

Probability of Precipitation

PROFS

Program for Regional Observing and Forecasting Service

PROTEUS

Prototype RFC Operational Test, Evaluation, and User Simulation

   

QPF

Quantitative Precipitation Forecast

   

RDA

Radar Data Acquisition

RFC

River Forecast Center

RFI

Radio Frequency Interference

RFP

Request for Proposals

RPG

Radar Product Generator

   

SAO

Surface Airway Observations

SCH

Service Coordination Hydrologist

SOO

Science Operations Officer

SPC

Storm Prediction Center

SPECI

Aviation Selected Special Weather Report

SSR

Sampled Subpoint Resolution

SWPC

Space Weather Prediction Center

   

TAC

Technical Advisory Committee

TIROS

Television Infrared Observation Satellite

   

UCAR

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

UKMO

United Kingdom Meteorological Office

USAF

United States Air Force

USFS

United States Forest Service

USGS

United States Geological Survey

USWRP

United States Weather Research Program

   

WCM

Warning Coordination Meteorologist

WFO

Weather Forecast Office

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

WSFO

Weather Service Forecast Office

WSO

Weather Service Office

WSR-57

Weather Surveillance Radar, 1957

WSR-74

Weather Surveillance Radar, 1974

WSR-88D

Weather Surveillance Radar, 1988, Doppler

WWW

World Weather Watch

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2012. The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring: A Retrospective Assessment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13216.
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The Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR) of the National Weather Service (NWS) was a large and complex re-engineering of a federal agency. The process lasted a decade and cost an estimated $4.5 billion. The result was greater integration of science into weather service activities and improved outreach and coordination with users of weather information. The MAR created a new, modernized NWS, and, significantly, it created a framework that will allow the NWS to keep up with technological changes in a more evolutionary manner.

The MAR was both necessary and generally well executed. However, it required revolutionary, often difficult, changes. The procurement of large, complex technical systems presented challenges in and of itself. The MAR also affected the career paths and personal lives of a large portion of the field office workforce. The MAR created a new, modernized NWS, and, significantly, it created a framework that will allow the NWS to keep up with technological changes in a more evolutionary manner.

The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring presents the first comprehensive assessment of the execution of the MAR and its impact on the provision of weather services in the United States. This report provides an assessment that addresses the past modernization as well as lessons learned to support future improvements to NWS capabilities.

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