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Appendix C: Acronyms
Pages 28-28

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... 28 1993 REVIEW OF THE WD C-A FOR Mf;TEOROLOGY and the NCDC 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 Informa tion 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-~8D Weather Service Radar-1988 design Doppler
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