APPENDIX C
ACRONYM LIST
- 2-D
- Two-Dimensional
- 3-D
- Three-Dimensional
- 4-D
- Four-Dimensional
- 4DDA
- Four-Dimensional Data Assimilation
- ABRFC
- Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center
- ACARS
- Aircraft Communication and Recording System
- AERI
- Atmospherically emitted Radiance Interferometer
- AES
- Atmospheric Environmental Service
- AFGWC
- Air Force Global Weather Central
- AIRS
- Advanced Infrared Studies AIRS
- AM1
- Designation for first polar platform in Mission to Planet Earth
- AMIP
- Atmospheric Modeling Comparison Project
- AQP
- Avionics Qualification Policy
- ARESE
- ARM Enhanced Shortwave Experiment
- ARL
- Air Resource Laboratory
- ARM
- Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
- ARS
- Agriculture Research Service
- ASCII
- American National Standard Code for Information Exchange
- ASTER
- Atmosphere Surface Turbulent Exchange Research facility
- ASOS
- Automated Surface Observing System
- ATDL
- Advanced Technology Development Laboratory
- ATSR
- Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
- AVHRR
- Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
- AVIRIS
- Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
- AWDN
- Automated Weather Data Network
- AWIPS
- Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
- AWON
- Agricultural Weather Observation Network
- AWOS
- Automated Weather Observing System
- BALTEX
- Baltic Sea Experiment
- BATS
- Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme
- BOREAS
- Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
- BRDF
- Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
- BSRN
- Baseline Surface Radiation Network
- BUFR
- Binary Universal Form for Representation of meteorological data
- CAC
- Climate Analysis Center
- CAGEX
- CERES-ARM-GEWEX Experiment
- CAPE
- Convective Available Potential Energy
- CART
- Clouds and Radiation Testbed
- CASES
- Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study
- CASH
- Commercial Aviation Sensing Humidity
- CAWS
- Commercial Agriculture Weather Station
- CCA
- Canonical Correlation Analysis
- CD-ROM
- Compact Disk, Read-Only Memory
- CDAS
- Climate Data Assimilation System
- CERES
- Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
- CLAVR
- Clouds from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
- CLIVAR
- Climate Variations
- CMC
- Canadian Meteorological Centre
- CODIAC
- Cooperative Distributed Interactive Atmospheric Catalog
- COE
- Corps of Engineer
- CONUS
- Continental United States
- CSA
- Continental-Scale Area
- CSIRO
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
- DAAS
- Data Acquisition and Archive Center
- DACOM
- Data Collection and Management
- DEM
- Digital Elevation Model
- DIAL
- Differential Absorption Lidar
- DLG
- Digital Line Graph
- DLR
- Downward Longwave Radiation
- DMA
- Defense Mapping Agency
- DMSP
- Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
- DMSS
- Data Management and Service System
- DNR
- Department of Natural Resources
- DOD
- Department of Defense
- DOE
- Department of Energy
- DOI
- Department of Interior
- DOT
- Department of Transportation
- DPI
- Derived Product Imagery
- DRADAP
- Digital Radar Precipitation
- EBBR
- Energy Balance Bowen Ratio
- ECMWF
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting
- ECOR
- Eddy Correlation
- EDA
- Eta Data Assimilation
- EDAS
- Eta Model Data Assimilation System
- EDC
- EROS Data Center
- EMC
- Environmental Modeling Center in NCEP
- EMEX
- Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
- EOP
- Enhanced Observational Period
- EOS
- Earth Observing System
- EOSDIS
- EOS Data and Information System
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency
- EROS
- Earth Resources Observation Satellite
- ERL
- Environmental Research Laboratory
- ERS
- Earth Resources Satellite
- ESA
- European Space Agency
- ESDIM
- Environmental Services Data and Information Management
- ESOP
- Enhanced Seasonal Observing Period
- ESOP95
- Enhanced Seasonal Observing Period of 1995
- ESOP96
- Enhanced Seasonal Observing Period of 1996
- ESOP97
- Enhanced Seasonal Observing Period of 1997
- ESP
- Extended Streamflow Prediction
- ESTAR
- Electronically Scanned Thinned Array Radiometer
- Eta
- (Traditional name of an NMC model using Greek letter for the vertical coordinate)
- ETL
- Environmental Technology Laboratory
- 4-D VAR
- 4-Dimensional Variational Assimilation System
- FAA
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FIFE
- First ISLSCP Field Experiment
- FNOC
- Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center
- FPAR
- Fractional of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
- FSL
- Forecast Systems Laboratory
- GAC
- Global Average Coverage
- GARP
- Global Atmospheric Research Program
- GATE
- GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment
- GCDIS
- Global Change Data and Information System
- GCIP
- GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project
- GCIS
- GCIP Central Information Source
- GCM
- General Circulation Model
- GCMD
- Global Change Master Directory
- GCSS
- GEWEX Cloud Systems Study
- GCTP
- Global Coordinate Transformation Package
- GEF
- Global Finite Element
- GEOS
- Goddard Earth-Observing System
- GEWEX
- Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
- GFDL
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
- GHCC
- Global Hydrology Climate Center
- GHP
- GEWEX Hydrometeorology Panel
- GIDS
- GCIP Initial Data Sets
- GIS
- Geographic Information Systems
- GIST
- GCIP Integrated Systems Test
- GMT
- Greenwich Meridian Time
- GNEG
- GEWEX Numerical Experimental Group
- GNEP
- GEWEX Numerical Experimentation Panel
- GOALS
- Global Ocean Atmosphere Land Surface
- GOES
- Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
- GPCP
- Global Precipitation Climatology Project
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- GRDC
- Global Runoff Data Centre
- GREDS
- GCIP Reference Data Set
- GRIB
- Grid point values expressed in Binary form
- GSFC
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- GVI
- Global Vegetation Index
- GVaP
- GEWEX Water Vapor Project
- GVAR
- GOES Variable Record
- HAPEX
- Hydrological-Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
- HCDN
- Hydrology Climate Data Network
- HH
- Horizontal Send Horizontal Receive
- HIRS
- High-Resolution Infrared Sounder
- HPC
- Hydrometeorology Prediction Center of NCEP
- HPCN
- High Plains Climate Network
- HSCaRS
- Hydrology, Soil Climatology, and Remote Sensing
- IAV
- Interannual Variability
- ICN
- Illinois Climate Network
- IDEM
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management
- IFC
- Intensive Field Campaign
- IGBP
- International Geosphere Biosphere Project
- IGPO
- International GEWEX Project Office
- IOP
- Intensive Observing Period
- IRC
- International Radiation Commission
- IR
- Infrared
- IRI
- Interdisciplinary Research Initiative
- ISA
- Intermediate-Scale Area
- ISLSCP
- International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
- ISCCP
- International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
- ISWS
- Illinois State Water Survey
- JERS
- Japanese Earth Resources Satellites
- JPL
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- LAI
- Leaf Area Index
- Lake-ICE
- Lake Induced Convection and Evaporation
- LAMBADA
- Large-Scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazonia Using Data Assimilation
- LANDSAT
- Land (Remote Sensing) Satellite
- LAPS
- Local Analysis Prediction System
- LC
- Longwave Cooling
- LDAS
- Land Data Assimilation System
- LEAF
- Land-Ecosystem-Atmosphere Feedback
- LFM
- Limited Fine Mesh
- LLJ
- Low-Level Jet
- LSA
- Large-Scale Area
- LSA-E
- Large-Scale Area-East
- LSA-NC
- Large-Scale Area-Northcentral
- LSA-SW
- Large-Scale Area-Southwest
- LSP
- Land Surface Parameterization
- LTER
- Long Term Ecological Research
- LW
- Long Wave
- LWW
- Little Washita Watershed
- MAC
- Multi-Sensor Aircraft Campaign
- MAGS
- Mackenzie GEWEX Study
- MAPS
- Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
- MCC
- Mesoscale Convective Complex
- MCS
- Mesoscale Convective Systems
- MFRSR
- Multi-Filter Rotating Shawdowband Radiometers
- MIRBEX
- Mississippi River Basin Experiment
- MISR
- Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer
- MIT
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MKE
- Mesoscale Kinetic Energy
- MM4
- Mesoscale Model (NCAR)
- MM5
- Mesoscale Model (NCAR)
- MODIS
- Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
- MOLTS
- Model Location Time Series
- MORDS
- Model Output Reduced Data Set
- MOS
- Model Output Statistics
- MPCA
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- MRF
- Medium-Range Forecast
- MSEA
- Management Systems Evaluation Areas
- MSFC
- Marshall Space Flight Center
- MSP
- Minneapolis, MN
- MSS
- Multi-Spectral Scanner
- MTPE
- Mission to Planet Earth (NASA)
- NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NASDA
- National Space Development Agency
- NASS
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- NATSGO
- National Soil Geographic Database
- NCAR
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- NCDC
- National Climate Data Center
- NCEP
- National Centers for Environmental Prediction
- NCGIA
- National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
- NCRFC
- North Central River Forecast Center
- NCSS
- National Cooperative Soil Survey
- NDVI
- Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
- NESDIS
- National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
- NESOB
- Near Surface Observation
- NetCDF
- Network Common Data Format
- NEXRAD
- Next Generation Radar
- NFS
- Forecast System for the Nile River
- NGM
- Nested Grid Model
- NIC
- National Ice Center
- NIP
- Normal Incident Pyrheliometer
- NIR
- Near Infrared
- NMC
- National Meteorological Center (recently changed to NCEP)
- NOAA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NOHRSC
- National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
- NPA
- National Precipitation Analysis
- NPN
- NOAA Profiler Network
- NRC
- National Research Council
- NRCS
- National Resource Conservation Service
- NSF
- National Science Foundation
- NSL
- National Sedimentation Laboratory
- NWIS
- National Water Information System
- NWP
- Numerical Weather Prediction
- NWS
- National Weather Service
- NWSRFS
- National Weather Service River Forecast System
- OFPS
- Office of Field Project Support
- OH
- Office of Hydrology
- OLAPS
- Oklahoma Local Analysis and Prediction System
- OLDS
- On-Line Demonstration System
- OLR
- Outgoing Longwave Radiation
- ORFC
- Ohio River Forecast Center
- ORNL
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- OSU
- Oregon State University
- PACS
- Pan American Climate Studies
- PAR
- Photosynthetically Active Radiation
- PBL
- Planetary Boundary Layer
- PILPS
- Project for Intercomparison of Land Surface Parameterization Schemes
- POES
- Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite
- PNE
- Prototype Numerical Experiments
- PPS
- Precipitation Processing System
- PPT
- Precipitation
- PRA
- Principal Research Area
- PRAC
- Principal Research Area Coordinator
- PRE-STORM
- Preliminary Regional Experiment for Storm-Central
- PRISM
- Precipitation-development Regressions on Independent Slopes Model
- PRYSM
- Power and Reservoir Model
- QPF
- Quantitative Precipitation Forecast
- RADARSAT
- Radar Satellite
- RAMAN
- Regional Atmospheric Monitoring and Analytical Network
- RAMS
- CSU Regional Area Modeling System
- RASS
- Radio Acoustic Sounding System
- RFC
- River Forecast Centers
- RFE
- Regional Finite Element
- RPCA
- Rotated Principal Components Analysis
- RPN
- Recherche en Prevision Numerique
- SAO
- Surface Aviation Observations
- SAR
- Synthetic Aperture Radar
- SARB
- Satellite Radiation Budget
- SAST
- Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team
- ScaRab
- French-Russian Scanner for Earth Radiation Budget
- SCAT
- Scatterometer
- SEUS
- Snow Water Estimations and Updating System
- SGP
- Southern Great Plains
- SiB
- Simple Biosphere
- SiB2
- Simple Biosphere Model 2
- SIR
- Shuttle Imaging Radar
- SMA
- Soil Moisture Accounting
- SM/ST
- Soil Moisture/Soil Temperature Project
- SNOTEL
- SNOpack TELemetry
- SNR
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- SOLRAD
- Solar Radiation
- SPOT
- Syst`eme Pour l'Observation de la Terre
- SRB
- Surface Radiation Budget
- SSA
- Small-Scale Area
- SSG
- Scientific Steering Group
- SSM/I
- Special Sensor Microwave Imager
- SSTA
- Space Science and Technology Alliance
- SSURGO
- Soil Survey Geographic Database
- STATSGO
- State Soil Geographic Database
- STC
- Supplement Type Certificate
- STORM
- Storm-Scale Operational and Research Meteorology
- SVAT
- Soil Vegetation Atmosphere Transfer
- SWATS
- Soil Water and Temperature Systems
- SWE
- Snow Water Equivalent
- FEST
- Fronts Expemiment Systems Test
- SURFRAD
- Surface Radiation Monitoring Network
- TBD
- To Be Determined
- TBRG
- Tipping Bucket Raingauge
- TDR
- Time Delay Reflectometry
- TIGER
- Terrestrial Initiative in Global Environment Reseach
- TIMS
- Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner
- TM
- Thematic Mapper
- TOA
- Top-of-the-Atmosphere
- TOGA-COARE
- Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment
- TOP
- Topography-Based
- TOVS
- TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
- TRFC
- Tulsa River Forecast Center
- TRMM
- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
- TVA
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- UAH
- University of Alabama, Huntsville
- UAV
- Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles
- UCAR
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- UK
- United Kingdom
- UM
- University of Minnesota
- UPS
- United Parcel Service
- U.S.
- United States
- USACE
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- USDA
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- USGCRP
- United States Global Change Research Program
- USGS
- U.S. Geological Survey
- USRA
- Universities Space Research Association
- USWRP
- U.S. Weather Research Program
- UW
- University of Wisconsin
- VAD
- Velocity Azimuth Display
- VAS
- VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
- VIL
- Vertically Integrated Liquid
- VV
- Vertical Send Vertical Receive
- WARFS
- Water Resources Forecasting System
- WARM
- Illinois Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring Network
- WAVE
- Weather Analysis and Verfication Experiment
- WBW
- Walker Branch Watershed
- WCP
- World Climate Programme
- WCRP
- World Climate Research Programme
- WDT
- Wisconsin Dense Till Project
- WFOV
- Wide Field of View
- WMO
- World Meteorological Organization
- WPMM
- Window Probability Matching Method
- WRD
- Water Resources Division
- WSI
- Weather Services International
- WSR-88D
- Weather Service Radar 88-Doppler
- WVSS
- Water Vapor Sensing System
- WY
- Water Year