Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD (2002)
Chapter: Appendix B: Acronyms
APPENDIX B
Acronyms
4DDA
Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation
AFWA
Air Force Weather Agency
AMS
American Meteorological Society
ARSR
Air Route Surveillance Radar
ASR
Airport Surveillance Radars
AWIPS
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
BDDS
Base Data Distribution System
BLM
Bureau of Land Management
CDM
Collaborative Decision Making
CIWS
Corridor Integrated Weather System
CODE
Common Operations and Development Environment
CONUS
Continental United States
COSMIC
Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate
CRAFT
Collaborative Radar Acquisition Field Test
DBF
Digital Beam Forming
DIAL
Differential Absorption Lidar
DMSP
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DOC
U.S. Department of Commerce
DoD
U.S. Department of Defense
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DOI
U.S. Department of Interior
DOT
U.S. Department of Transportation
DOW
Doppler on Wheels
DQA
Data Quality Analysis
DTASS
Digital Terminal Area Surveillance System
ELDORA
Electra Doppler Radar
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERS-1 and 2
European Remote Sensing Satellite
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Administration
FHWA
Federal Highway Administration
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Arrays
GPM
Global Precipitation Mission
GPS
Global Positioning System
IOS
Integrated Observing System
ITWS
Integrated Terminal Weather System
JPOLE
Joint Polarization Experiment
LNA
Low Noise Amplifier
MESAR
Multifunction Electronically Scanned Aperture Radar
MMIC
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
MOTR
Multiple Object Tracking Radar
MPR
Microburst Prediction Radar
NAS
National Airspace System
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NEXRAD
Next Generation Weather Radar
NLDN
National Lightning Detection Network
NMOC
Naval Meteorological and Oceanography Command
NOAA
National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration
NPI
NEXRAD Product Improvement Program
NPS
National Park Service
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NSCAT
NASA Scatterometer
NWP
Numerical Weather Prediction
NWS
National Weather Service
OAO
Office of Aircraft Operations
ONR
Office of Naval Research
OPUP
U.S. Air Force Open Principal User Processor
ORDA
Open Radar Data Acquisition
ORPG
Open-System Radar Product Generator
PUP
Principalmanned User Processor
QPE
Quantified Precipitation Estimation
QPF
Qualitative Precipitation Forecasting
RASS
Radio Acoustic Sounding
RDA
Radar Data Acquisition
RF
Radio Frequency
ROC
Radar Operation Center
RPG
Radar Product Generator
SAR
Synthetic Aperture Radar
SSM/I
Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
T/R
Transmit/Receive
TASS
Terminal Area Surveillance System
TDWR
Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
TRMM
Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission
TWT
Traveling Wave Tube
UAV
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles
USAF
United States Air Force
USCG
U.S. Coast Guard
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
USWRP
U.S. Weather Research Program
VAD
Velocity Azimuth Display
VCP
Volume Control (Coverage) Pattern
WATADS
Algorithm Testing and Display System
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WRC
World Radio Committee
WSDDM
Weather Support to Deicing Decision Making
