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... 54 CG -- cloud to ground lightning CONUS -- continental United States DoD -- Department of Defense EFIDS -- electronic flight information display EFM -- electric field mill FAA -- Federal Aviation Administration GLM -- geostationary lightning mapper GPS -- global positioning system IC -- inter- and intra-cloud IR -- infrared ITWS -- integrated terminal weather system JDPO -- Joint Planning and Development Office LDSS -- lightning decision support system LF -- low frequency LIS -- lightning imaging sensor MADS -- master alarm distribution system MDF -- magnetic direction finding MF -- medium frequency NASA -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCAR -- National Center for Atmospheric Research NLDN -- National Lightning Detection Network NOAA -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NTSB -- National Transportation Safety Board OCC -- operations control center OSHA -- Occupational Safety and Health Administration OTD -- optical transient detector PLWS -- Precision Lightning Weather System RAD -- remote alarm display RF -- radio frequency TDWR -- Terminal Doppler Weather Radar TOA -- time of arrival TRACON -- terminal radar control center USPLN -- U.S. Precision Lightning Network VHF -- very high frequency VLF -- very low frequency WSSDM -- Weather Support for Deicing Decision Making Abbreviations
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