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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11128.
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Appendix E
Acronyms


AFB

Air Force Base

AFWA

Air Force Weather Agency

AFWS

Automated Flood Warning Systems

AGL

above ground level

AHPS

Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (NWS)

ALERT

Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time

AMBER

Areal Mean Basin Estimated Rainfall

ANC

Auto-Nowcast System

AP

anomalous propagation

ARSR

Air Route Surveillance Radar (FAA)

ASR

Airport Surveillance Radar (FAA)

AWIPS

Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (NWS)


BASC

Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

BDDS

Base Data Distribution System


CA OES

California Office of Emergency Services

CAPS

Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms

CIWS

Corridor Integrated Weather System (FAA)

CODE

Common Operations and Development Environment

CONUS

continental United States

CRAFT

Collaborative Radar Acquisition Field Test

CWA

county warning area

CWI

commercial weather industry


DEM

digital elevation model

DOC

Department of Commerce

DoD

Department of Defense

DOT

Department of Transportation

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11128.
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DSD

drop size distribution


EAS

Emergency Activation System

ENSO

El Niño-Southern Oscillation

ETA

NCEP numerical weather prediction model


FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAR

false alarm ratio

FFMP

Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction

FFW

flash flood warning

FSL

Forecast Systems Laboratory


GAO

General Accounting Office

GIS

Geographical Information Systems

GIUH

geomorphological instantaneous unit hydrograph


HPC

Hydrometeorological Prediction Center


IFPS

Interactive Forecast Preparation System


KEYX

Edwards Air Force Base NEXRAD

KNYX

San Diego NEXRAD

KSOX

Santa Ana Mountains NEXRAD

KVBX

Vandenberg Air Force Base NEXRAD

KVTX

Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD


LAX

Los Angeles International Airport

LLJ

low-level jet

LOX

Los Angeles-Oxnard Weather Forecast Office

LST

local standard time


MAR

modernization and associated restructuring

MCS

mesoscale convective systems

MM5

Pennsylvania State University-National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model

MSL

above mean sea level

MTR

San Francisco Weather Forecast Office


NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11128.
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NCDC

National Climatic Data Center

NCEP

National Centers for Environmental Prediction

NCWF

National Convective Weather Forecast

NDFD

National Digital Forecast Database

NEXRAD

Next Generation Weather Radar

NMOC

National Meteorology & Oceanography Command

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPI NEXRAD

Product Improvement

NRC

National Research Council

NRL

Naval Research Laboratory

NWP

numerical weather prediction

NWS

National Weather Service


OCWWS

Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services (NOAA)

ORDA

open radar data acquisition

ORPG

open radar product generator


POD

probability of detection

PPS

Precipitation Processing System (NEXRAD)

PRF

pulse-repetition frequency

PUP

principal user processor

PW

precipitable water


QPE

quantitative precipitation estimation

QPF

Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting


RASS

radio acoustic sounding systems

RDA

radar data acquisition

RFC

river forecast center

RPG

radar product generator


SGX

San Diego Weather Forecast Office (FAA)


TDWR

Terminal Doppler Weather Radar

TMU

traffic management units


UTC

coordinated universal time


VCP

volume coverage patterns

VCWPD

Ventura County Watershed Protection District

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11128.
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VDRAS

Variational Doppler Radar Analysis System

VPR

vertical profile of reflectivity


WFO

Weather Forecast Office (NWS)

WRF

Weather Research and Forecasting

WSR-74C

Weather Surveillance Radar-1974 C-band

WSR-88D

Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2005. Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain: With an Assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11128.
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The nation's network of more than 130 Next Generation Radars (NEXRADs) is used to detect wind and precipitation to help National Weather Service forecasters monitor and predict flash floods and other storms. This book assesses the performance of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in Southern California, which has been scrutinized for its ability to detect precipitation in the atmosphere below 6000 feet. The book finds that the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD provides crucial coverage of the lower atmosphere and is appropriately situated to assist the Los Angeles-Oxnard National Weather Service Forecast Office in successfully forecasting and warning of flash floods. The book concludes that, in general, NEXRAD technology is effective in mountainous terrain but can be improved.

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