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Abbreviations
4-DVAR Four Dimensional Variational Data-Assimilation system
AGU American Geophysical Union
AIRS Advanced Infrared Sounder
AMMA African Multi-Disciplinary Monsoon Analysis
AMS American Meteorological Society
AMSR-E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (Earth Observing System)
AQUA satellite of NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS)
A-Train AQUA-Train
AURA satellite of NASA’s Earth Observing System
CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
CAMEX Convection and Moisture Experiment
CEOP Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period
CEOS Committee on Earth Observations Satellites
CERES Clouds and Earth Radiant Energy System
CHILL National Radar Facility at Colorado State University
CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability Research CloudSat Cloud Satellite
CMIS Conical scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder
COARE Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment
COPES Coordinated Observation and Prediction of the Earth System
CSU Colorado State University
DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ENSO El Niño-Southern Oscillation
ENVISAT Environmental Satellite
EOS Earth Observing System
FNMOC Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
FY-3 Fengyun-3
GCOM Global Change Observing Mission
GEO Group on Earth Observations
GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GHz gigahertz
GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
GPM Global Precipitation Measurement
GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
IPWG International Precipitation Working Group
JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JCSDA Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
JMA Japan Meteorological Agency
JSC Joint Scientific Committee
JTWC Joint Typhoon Warning Center
km kilometer
lidar light detection and ranging
LIS Lightning Imaging Sensor (on TRMM)
MADRAS Microwave Analysis & Detection of Rain & Atmosphere Structure
Meteosat Meteorological Satellite
MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MSG Meteosat Second Generation
MWRI Microwave Radiation Imager
NAE National Academy of Engineering
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCEP National Centers of Environmental Prediction
NESDIS National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NEXRAD Next Generation Weather Radar
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NRC National Research Council
NSF National Science Foundation
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
OTA Office of Technology Assessment
PR Precipitation Radar
QUIKSCAT Quick Scatterometer
R-CLIPER Rainfall CLImate and PERsistence
SHIPS Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme
SIGMET significant meteorological advisory
SMOS Surface Meteorological Observation System
SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
SSMIS Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder
SST sea surface temperature
TC tropical cyclone
TCSP Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes
TERRA NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) flagship satellite
TEXMEX Tropical Experiment in Mexico
THORPEX The Observing-System Research and Predictability Experiment
TMI TRMM Microwave Imager
TOGA Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere Programme
TRaP Tropical Rainfall Potential
TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
VIRS Visible and Infrared Scanner
WCRP World Climate Research Program
WindSat Wind Satellite
WMO World Meteorological Organization
