Acronyms
AAO
AWIPS Acquisition Office
API
applications programming interface
AWIPS
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
COTS
commercial off-the-shelf
DR
discrepancy report
FOA
Forecast Office–Advanced
FSL
Forecast Systems Laboratory (administratively within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
IDD
incremental development and deployment
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NCF
Network Control Facility
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (within the Department of Commerce)
NRC
National Research Council
NWS
National Weather Service
NWSM
National Weather Service Modernization
OH
Office of Hydrology
OSD
Office of Systems Development (of the National Weather Service)
OT&E
operational test and evaluation