The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring: A Retrospective Assessment (2012)
Chapter: Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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ACARS |
Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System |
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ACN |
AWIPS Communications Network |
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AFOS |
Automation of Field Operations and Services |
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AHPS |
Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service |
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AMS |
American Meteorological Society |
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ARTT |
AWIPS Requirements Task Team |
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ASOS |
Automated Surface Observing System |
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ATS-1 |
Applications Technology Satellite |
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AVN |
Aviation Model |
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AWC |
Aviation Weather Center |
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AWCIA |
American Weather and Climate Industry Association |
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AWIPS |
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System |
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BLM |
U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
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CDAS |
Coordinated Data Analysis System |
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CHI |
cloud height indicator |
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CHPS |
Community Hydrologic Prediction System |
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CMC |
Canadian Meteorological Centre |
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COMET |
Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training |
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CONUS |
Contiguous United States |
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CPC |
Climate Prediction Center |
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CSD |
Climate Services Division |
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CSTAR |
Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research |
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CWA |
County Warning Area |
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CW |
Continuous Wave |
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DAR3E |
Denver AWIPS Risk Reduction and Requirements Evaluation |
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DCS |
Data Collection System |
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DMIC |
Deputy Meteorologist in Charge |
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DMSP |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
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DOC |
U.S. Department of Commerce |
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DOD |
U.S. Department of Defense |
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DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
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DOH |
Development and Operations Hydrologist |
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DOT |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
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ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
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EM |
Emergency Manager |
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EMC |
Environmental Modeling Center |
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EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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ERL |
Environmental Research Laboratories |
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FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
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FAR |
False Alarm Ratio |
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FAWN |
Florida Automated Weather Network |
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FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
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flops |
floating point operations per second |
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FNMOC |
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
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FPS-77 |
Weather radar system used by USAF Air Weather Service |
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FSL |
Forecast Systems Laboratory |
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FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
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GAO |
General Accounting Office (Government Accountability Office after July 7, 2004) |
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GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
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GFE |
Graphical Forecast Editor |
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GFS |
Global Forecast System |
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GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
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GOES-Next |
Next Generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
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HIC |
Hydrologist in Charge |
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HPC |
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center |
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HSP |
Hydrologic Services Program |
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HTB |
Heated Tipping Bucket |
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IG |
Inspector General |
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IGFOV |
Instantaneous Geometric Field of View |
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IR |
Infrared |
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IRT |
Independent Review Team |
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ITO |
Information Technology Officer |
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JDOP |
Joint Doppler Operational Project |
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JSPO |
Joint System Program Office |
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LFM-II |
Limited Area Fine Mesh-II |
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MAR |
Modernization and Associated Restructuring |
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MARD |
Modernization and Associated Restructuring Demonstration |
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METAR |
Aviation Routine Weather Report |
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MIC |
Meteorologist in Charge |
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MOS |
Model Output Statistics |
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MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
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MSC |
Meteorological Service of Canada |
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MTC |
Modernization Transition Committee |
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NAM |
North American Mesoscale |
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NAR3E |
Norman AWIPS Risk Reduction and Requirements Evaluation |
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NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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NBS |
National Bureau of Standards |
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NCDC |
National Climatic Data Center |
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NCEP |
National Centers for Environmental Prediction |
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NCIM |
National Council of Industrial Meteorologists |
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NCO |
NCEP Central Operations |
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NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |
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NEXRAD |
Next Generation Weather Radar |
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NGM |
Nested Grid Model |
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NHC |
National Hurricane Center |
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NIDS |
NEXRAD Information Dissemination Service |
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NIP |
National Implementation Plan |
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NMC |
National Meteorological Center |
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NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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NPC |
NEXRAD Program Council |
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NPOESS |
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
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NPS |
National Park Service |
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NRC |
National Research Council |
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NSSL |
National Severe Storms Laboratory |
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NTR |
NEXRAD Technical Requirements |
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NWP |
Numerical Weather Prediction |
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NWS |
National Weather Service |
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NWSEO |
National Weather Service Employees Organization |
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OAR |
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research |
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OD |
Office of the Director |
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OFCM |
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research |
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OH |
Office of Hydrology |
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OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
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OPC |
Ocean Prediction Center |
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OSF |
Operational Support Facility (Renamed later to Radar Operations Center) |
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OSIP |
Operational Satellite Improvement Program |
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PI |
Precipitation Identification |
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POD |
Probability of Detection |
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POES |
Polar Operational Environmental Satellite |
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POP |
Probability of Precipitation |
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PROFS |
Program for Regional Observing and Forecasting Service |
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PROTEUS |
Prototype RFC Operational Test, Evaluation, and User Simulation |
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QPF |
Quantitative Precipitation Forecast |
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RDA |
Radar Data Acquisition |
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RFC |
River Forecast Center |
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RFI |
Radio Frequency Interference |
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RFP |
Request for Proposals |
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RPG |
Radar Product Generator |
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SAO |
Surface Airway Observations |
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SCH |
Service Coordination Hydrologist |
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SOO |
Science Operations Officer |
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SPC |
Storm Prediction Center |
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SPECI |
Aviation Selected Special Weather Report |
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SSR |
Sampled Subpoint Resolution |
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SWPC |
Space Weather Prediction Center |
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TAC |
Technical Advisory Committee |
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TIROS |
Television Infrared Observation Satellite |
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UCAR |
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
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UKMO |
United Kingdom Meteorological Office |
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USAF |
United States Air Force |
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USFS |
United States Forest Service |
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USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
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USWRP |
United States Weather Research Program |
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WCM |
Warning Coordination Meteorologist |
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WFO |
Weather Forecast Office |
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WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
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WSFO |
Weather Service Forecast Office |
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WSO |
Weather Service Office |
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WSR-57 |
Weather Surveillance Radar, 1957 |
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WSR-74 |
Weather Surveillance Radar, 1974 |
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WSR-88D |
Weather Surveillance Radar, 1988, Doppler |
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WWW |
World Weather Watch |
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