Acronyms and Abbreviations
BASC
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
CCM
community climate model
DOD
Department of Defense
ECMWF
European Center for Medium Range Forecasting
EMC
Environmental Modeling Center
EOS
Earth Observing System (NASA)
EOSDIS
EOS Data and Information System
ESE
Earth Sciences Enterprise
FASTEX
Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment
FSL
Forecast Systems Laboratory
GCIP
GEWEX Continental-scale International Project
GEWEX
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
GFDL
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GOES
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
MFLOPS
millions of floating point operations per second
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NOAA)
NEXRAD
Next-Generation Weather Radar systems
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NORPEX
North Pacific Experiment
NPOESS
National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NPP
NPOESS Preparatory Program
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
NWP
Numerical Weather Prediction
NWS
National Weather Service
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OSIP
Operational Satellite Improvement Program
OSSE
Observing System Simulation Experiment
R&D
research and development
TOPEX/ POSEIDON
Ocean Surface Topography Experiment (Joint U.S. France research program)
TRMM
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (NASA)
UKMO
United Kingdom Met. Office
USGCRP
U.S. Global Change Research Program
USWRP
U.S. Weather Research Program
