Acronyms
BASC
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
CLIVAR
CLImate VARiability program of the World Climate Research Program
DoE
Department of Energy
DoT
Department of Transportation
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
GEWEX
Global Energy and Water EXperiment of the World Climate Research Program
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF
National Science Foundation
NRC
National Research Council
NWP
Numerical weather prediction
NWS
National Weather Service
NWSMC
National Weather Service Modernization Committee
SSC
Scientific Steering Committee
USGS
United States Geological Survey
USWRP
United States Weather Research Program
THORPEX
The Hemispheric Observing system Research and Predictability Experiment