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 |
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 |
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 |
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