Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons (2005)
Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations
D
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACTD
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
AF&F
Arming, Fusing, and Firing
ATACMS
Army Tactical Missile System
ATD
atmospheric transport and dispersion
AUP
Advanced Unitary Penetrator
BW
biological weapon
C3
command, control, and communications
C3I
command, control, communications, and intelligence
CBRN
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
CEP
circular error probable
CRH
caliber radius head
CW
chemical weapon
DELFIC
Defense Land Fallout Interpretive Code
DIA
Defense Intelligence Agency
DOB
depth of burst
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
DTED
digital topographic elevation data
DTRA
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
DUG1c
one-dimensional engineering ground-shock propagation code
EM-1
Effects Manual-1
EP
earth penetration
EPW
earth-penetrator weapon
GPS
Global Positioning System
GVN
ground vulnerability number
HDBT
hard and deeply buried target
HOB
height of burst
HPAC
Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability (code)
ICRP
International Commission on Radiological Protection
JDAM
Joint Direct Attack Munition
KDFOC
K-Division Defense Nuclear Agency Fallout Code
LANL
Los Alamos National Laboratory
LD50
level of radiation at which 50 percent of the population would die
LLNL
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
NCRP
U.S. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
NEWFALL
New Fallout Code
NGA
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NNSA
National Nuclear Security Administration
NTS
Nevada Test Site
OMEGA
Operational Multiscale Environment Model with Grid Adaptivity
P II
Pershing II (missile)
PD
probability of damage
PDCALC
Probability of Damage Calculator
R&D
research and development
RIPD
Radiation Induced Performance Distribution
RNEP
robust nuclear earth penetrator (weapon)
SCIPUFF
Second-Order Closure Integrated Puff
SDOB
scaled depth of burial
SEPW
strategic earth-penetrator weapon
SNL
Sandia National Laboratories
SNLA
Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque
SNLL
Sandia National Laboratories Livermore
SRBM
short-range ballistic missile
SWIFT
Stationary Wind Fit and Turbulence
UGT
underground nuclear test
USSTRATCOM
United States Strategic Command
UV
ultraviolet
