Fair Weather: Effective Partnership in Weather and Climate Services (2003)
Chapter: Appendix G: Acronyms
Appendix G Acronyms
ADDS
Aviation Digital Data System
AMPS
Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System
AMS
American Meteorological Society
APA
Administrative Procedures Act
ASOS
Automated Surface Observing System
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Board
COMET
Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training
CRAFT
Collaborative Radar Acquisition Field Test
CWSA
Commercial Weather Services Association
DOD
Department of Defense
DOT
Department of Transportation
ECMWF
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ENSO
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EOS
Earth Observing System
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
FACA
Federal Advisory Committee Act
FAIR
Act Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FFRDC
Federally Funded Research and Development Center
FSL
Forecast Systems Laboratory
GDP
gross domestic product
GPS
Global Positioning System
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NDFD
National Digital Forecast Database
NEXRAD
NEXt generation weather RADar
NIDS
NEXRAD Information Dissemination Service
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPOESS
National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
NWS
National Weather Service
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
PSU
Pennsylvania State University
RCC
radio common carrier
RMS
root-mean-square
UCAR
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
UHF
ultrahigh frequency
UV
ultravioletWITI
Weather Information Technologies, Inc.
WLCC
wireline common carrier
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
