Improving the Scientific Foundation for Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Simulations: Report of a Workshop (2005)
Chapter: Appendix F Abbreviations and Acronyms
F
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ABL
atmospheric boundary layer
AGCM
Atmospheric General Circulation Model
A-L-O
atmosphere-land-ocean
AM2
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Atmospheric Model 2
AMS
American Meteorological Society
AO
Arctic Oscillation
ARM
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
BASC
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
CAM
Community Atmosphere Model
CCM2
Community Climate Model-2
CCSM
Community Climate System Model
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability
CO2
carbon dioxide
CPT
Climate Process and Modeling Team
CRM
Community Regional Model
CRYSTAL-FACE
Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers-Florida Area Cirrus Experiment
DMS
dimethyl sulphide
DNS
direct numerical simulation
DYCOMS-II
Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus Experiment
ECMWF
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
ENSO
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
GCM
General Circulation Model
GCSS
GEWEX Cloud Systems Study
GEWEX
Global Energy and Water Vapor Experiment
GFDL
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GISS
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
IR
infrared
ITCZ
intertropical convergence zone
LES
large-eddy simulation
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF
National Science Foundation
NWP
numerical weather prediction
OBL
oceanic boundary layer
ONR
Office of Naval Research
PBL
planetary boundary layer
QBO
quasi-biennial oscillation
Re
Reynolds number
RICO
Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean Experiment
SOLAS
Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study
TES
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer
TKE
turbulent kinetic energy
TWP-ICE
ARM’s Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment
