Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs (2012)
Chapter: Appendix E: Acronym List
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13328.
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4D |
Var data-assimilation framework-four-dimensional variational data-assimilation framework |
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AERMOD |
Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling System |
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AMS |
American Meteorological Society |
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AQ |
air quality |
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ASTER |
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer |
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BASC |
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate |
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BL |
Boundary Layer |
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CASA |
Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere |
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CCNY |
City College of New York |
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CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
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CESM |
the NCAR Community Earth System Model |
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CFD |
Computational Fluid Dynamics (Modeling) |
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CFS |
climate forecast system |
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CG |
Cloud to Ground (Lightning) |
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CIMEL |
CIMEL Electronique, Paris, France |
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CMAQ |
Community Multiscale Air Quality model |
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CMAQ-WRF |
Community Multiscale Air Quality Weather Research and Forecasting coupled model |
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CSAQ |
Community Scale Air Quality |
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DEMS |
digital elevation model |
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DFW |
Dallas-Fort Worth |
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DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
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DIAL |
Differential Absorption Lidar |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13328.
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DMSP OLS |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System |
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DOD |
Department of Defense |
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DOT |
Department of Transportation |
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ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts |
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EM |
Electromagnetic Modeling |
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EMS |
Emergency Medical Service |
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EnKF data-assimilation |
ensemble Kalman filter data-assimilation framework |
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EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
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EPHI |
Environmental Public Health Indicators |
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EPiCC |
Environmental Prediction in Canadian Cities Network |
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FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
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FIFE |
the First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project Field Experiment |
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GCM |
global climate model |
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GEWEX |
the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment |
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GFS |
global forecast system |
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GHCN |
Global Historical Climate Network |
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GHG |
Greenhouse Gas (Emissions) |
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GIS |
Geographic Information System |
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GLDAS |
Global Land Data Assimilation System |
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GMAO |
the NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office |
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GPM |
Global Precipitation Measurement |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System |
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GSWP |
the Global Soil Wetness Project |
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HAZMAT |
hazardous materials |
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HRLDAS |
high resolution land data assimilations systems |
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IC |
intra-cloud (lightning) |
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iLEAPS |
integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Process Study |
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INDOT |
Indiana Department of Transportation |
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IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
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IRS |
Indian Remote Sensing Satellite |
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ISA |
impervious surface area |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13328.
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ISL |
Interstitial Sublayer | |
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ISLSCP |
International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project | |
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JMA |
Japanese Meteorological Agency | |
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KML |
Keyhole Markup Language | |
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LANDSAT |
Derived from Land Satellite | |
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LDAS |
land data assimilations systems | |
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LES |
Large-Eddy simulation | |
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lidar |
Light Detection and Ranging | |
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LIS |
land information system | |
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LST |
land surface temperature | |
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LUMPS |
local-scale urban meteorological parameterization scheme | |
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MDCARS |
Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System | |
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MDSS |
Maintenance and Decision Support System | |
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MFRSR |
Multi-Filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer | |
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MISR |
Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer | |
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MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer | |
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MSA |
Metropolitan Statistical Area | |
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MWRP |
Microwave Radiometric Profilers | |
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NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards | |
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NAQFC |
National Air Quality Forecast Capability | |
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NARAC |
National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center | |
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NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
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NASA LIS |
NASA Land Information System | |
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NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research | |
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NCEP |
National Centers for Environmental Prediction | |
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NCTCOG |
the North Central Texas Council of Governments | |
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NEXRAD |
Next-Generation Radar | |
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NLDAS |
North American Land Data Assimilation System | |
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NLDN |
National Lightning Detection Network | |
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NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
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NOAA MADIS |
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association’s Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System | |
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NOAA NCDC |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center | |
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NRC |
The National Research Council | |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13328.
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NUDAPT |
National Urban Database and Access Portal Tool |
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NWCC |
The National Wind Coordinating Collaborative |
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NWP |
Numerical Weather Prediction |
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NWS |
National Weather Service |
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NYC MetNet |
New York City Meteorological Network |
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OFCM |
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology |
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OSSE |
Observing System Simulation Experiments |
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PBL |
planetary boundary layer |
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PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
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PM Samplers |
Particulate Matter Samplers |
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RANS |
Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes |
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RAOB |
the Universal RAwinsonde OBservation program |
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RFC |
River Forecasting Center |
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RISA |
Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (NOAA program) |
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RSL |
Roughness Sublayer |
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RSS |
Really Simple Syndication |
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SAR |
synthetic aperture radar |
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SEAFM |
streamflow forecasting computer model system used and developed by Seattle Public Utilities |
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SEB |
surface energy balance |
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SMS |
Short Message Service |
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SNOTEL |
SNOwpack TELemetry |
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SPOT |
Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre |
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SPU |
Seattle Public Utilities |
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TAMDAR |
Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting |
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T&D |
transport and dispersion |
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TOMS |
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
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TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission |
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UBL |
Urban Boundary Layer |
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UBL/PBL |
Urban Boundary Layer/Planetary Boundary Layer |
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UCL |
Urban Canopy Layer |
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UCM |
urban canopy model |
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UHI |
Urban Heat Island |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Acronym List." National Research Council. 2012. Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13328.
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UPS |
United Parcel Service |
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USWRP |
U.S. Weather Research Program |
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V-I-S model |
Ridds’s vegetation-impervious surface-soil model |
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WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
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WRF |
Weather Research & Forecasting Model |
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WRF/Chem |
Weather Research and Forecasting/Chemistry model |
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model |
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WRF-NMM |
Weather Research and Forecasting-Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Model |
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WSR-88D |
Weather Surveillance Radar 88 Dop |
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