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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." National Research Council. 1994. 1993 Review of the World Center-A for Meteorology and the National Climatic Data Center. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9286.
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Appendix C: Acronyms

ASOS

Automated Surface Observing System

CARDS

Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set

CGED

Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data

GCDIS

U.S. Global Change Data and Information System

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

HCN

Historical Climatology Network

ICSU

International Council of Scientific Unions

NARA

National Archives and Records Administration

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NESDIS

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NEXRAD

Next Generation Weather Radar

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRC

National Research Council

NWS

National Weather Service

RAID

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

WDC-A

World Data Center-A

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

WSR-88D

Weather Service Radar-1988 design Doppler

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