A

• ACARS - Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
• AEV - AFOS-Era Verification
• AFOS - Automation of Field Operations and Services
• AGL - above ground level
• AI - AWIPS Identifier
• AMSU - Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• ARD - AWIPS Remote Display
• ASL - Above Sea Level
• ASOS - Automated Surface Observing System
• ASR - Airport Surveillance Radar
• ATMS - Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
• AvnFPS - Aviation Forecast Preparation System
• AVP - AWIPS Verification Program
• AWC - Aviation Weather Center
• AWIPS - Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System

B

• BGAN - Broadboand Global Area Network
• BUFR - Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data

C

• CAPE - Convective Available Potential Energy
• CAVE - Common AWIPS Visualization Environment
• CC - Correlation Coefficient
• CCF - Coded Cities Forecast
• CCFP - Collaborative Convective Forecast Product
• CCL - Convective Condensation Level
• CDP - Cell Display Parameters
• CFC - Clutter Filter Control
• CGI - Common Gateway Interface
• CIN - Convective Inhibition
• CITR - Commerce Information Technology Requirement
• CONUS - Conterminous/Contiguous/Continental United States
• COOP - Continuity Of Operations Planning
• COTS - commercial off-the-shelf
• CrIMSS - Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounder Suite
• CrIS - Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• CWA - County Warning Area
• CWSU - Center Weather Service Unit
• CZ - Composite Reflectivity

D

• D2D - Display 2 Dimensions
• DFM - Digital Forecast Matrix
• DMD - Digital Mesocyclone Display
• DMS - Data Monitoring System
• DOC - Department of Commerce
• DPA - Digital Precipitation Array

E

• ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasts
• EDEX - Enterprise Data EXchange
• EMC - Environmental Modeling Center
• EL - Equilibrium Level
• ESA - Electronic Systems Analyst
• ESRL - Earth System Research Laboratory

F

• FFG - Flash Flood Guidance
• FFFG - Forced Flash Flood Guidance
• FFMP - Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction
• FFMPA - Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction: Advanced
• FFTI - Flash Flood Threat Index
• FFW - Flash Flood Warning
• FSL - Forecast Systems Laboratory

G

• GFE - Graphical Forecast Editor
• GFS - Global Forecasting Systems
• GHG - Graphical Hazards Generator
• GIS - Geographic Information Systems
• GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
• GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• GSD - Global System Division

H

• HC - Hydrometeor Classification
• HI - Hail Index
• HM - Hydromet
• HPC - Hydrologic Precipitation Center
• HWR - Hourly Weather Roundup

I

• ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
• IFP - Interactive Forecast Program
• IFPS - Interactive Forecast Preparation System
• IHFS - Integrated Hydrologic Forecast System
• IMET - Incident Meteorologist
• IR - infrared
• ISS - Incident Support Specialist IST - Interactive Skew-T

J

• JMS - Java Messaging System

K

• KDP - Specific Differential Phase
• KML - Keyhole Markup Language
• KMZ - KML zipped (compressed).

L

• LAC - Listening Area Code
• LAMP - Localized Aviation MOS Program
• LAN - Local Area Network
• LAPS - Local Analysis and Prediction System
• LARC - Local Automatic Remote Collector
• LCL - Lifting Condensation Level
• LDAD - Local Data Acquisition and Dissemination
• LFC - Level of Free Convection
• LSR - Local Storm Report

M

• MAPS - Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
• mb - millibar; pressure
• MDCRS - Meteorological Data Collection and Receiving System
• MDL - Meteorological Development Laboratory
• MDP - Mesocyclone Display Parameters
• MDPI - Microburst-Day Potential Index
• MEF - Manually Entered Forecast
• METAR - Meteorological Aviation Report
• MHS - message handling system
• ML - Melting Layer
• MND - Mass News Dissemination
• MOS - Model Output Statistics
• MPC - Marine Prediction Center
• MPE - Multisensor Precipitation Estimator
• MRD - Message Reference Descriptor
• MRU - Meso Rapid Update
• MSAS - MAPS Surface Assimilation System
• MSL - Mean Sea Level

N

• NAM - North American Mesoscale model
• NCEP - National Centers for Environmental Prediction
• NCF - Network Control Facility
• NDFD - National Digital Forecast Database
• NE-PAC - Northeastern Pacific
• NESDIS - National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
• NH - Northern Hemisphere
• nMi - nautical miles
• NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• NPN - NOAA Profiler Network
• NPP - Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
• NUCAPS - NOAA Unique CrIS/ATMS Processing Systems
• NWP - Numerical Weather Prediction
• NWR - NOAA Weather Radio
• NWS - National Weather Service
• NWRWAVES - NOAA Weather Radio With All-Hazards VTEC Enhanced Software
• NWSRFS - National Weather Service River Forecast System
• NWWS - NOAA Weather Wire Service

O

• OCP - Ocean Prediction Center
• OH - Office of Hydrology
• OPC - Ocean Prediction Center
• ORPG - Open Radar Products Generator
• OSD - One Hour Snow Depth
• OSW - One Hour Snow Water
• OTR - One Time Request

P

• PID - Product Identification
• PIL - Product Inventory List
• PIREP - Pilot Weather Report
• POES - Polar Operational Environmental Satellite
• POSH - Probability of Severe Hail
• POH - Probability of Hail
• POP - Probability of Precipitation
• PQPF - Probabilistic QPF
• PRF - Pulse Repetition Frequency

Q

• QC - quality control
• QCMS - Quality Control and Monitoring System
• QPE - Quantitative Precipitation Estimator
• QPF - Quantitative Precipitation Forecast
• QPS - Quantitative Precipitation Summary

R

• RAOB - Radiosonde Observation
• RAP - Rapid Refresh (Replaced RUC)
• RCM - Radar Coded Message
• RER - Record Report
• RFC - River Forecast Center
• RGB - Red, Green, Blue
• RHI - Range Height Indicator
• RMR - Radar Multiple Request
• ROSA - Remote Observing System Automation
• RPG - Radar Product Generator
• RPS - routine product set
• RTD - Requirements Traceability Document; Routine, Delayed
• RTMA - Real Time Mesoscale Analysts
• RUC - Rapid Update Cycle (Replaced by RAP)

S

• SAFESEAS - System on AWIPS for Forecasting and Evaluation of Seas and Lakes
• SBN - Satellite Broadcast Network
• SCAN - System for Convection Analysis and Nowcasting
• SCD - Supplementary Climatological Data
• SCID - Storm Cell Identification Display
• SCP - Satellite Cloud Product
• SCTI - SCAN CWA Threat Index
• SDC - State Distribution Circuit
• SNOW - System for Nowcasting Of Winter Weather
• SOO - Science and Operations Officer
• SPC - Storm Prediction Center
• SPE - Satellite Precipitation Estimate
• SREF - Short Range Ensemble Forecast
• SRG - Supplemental Product Generator
• SRM - Storm Relative Motion
• SSD - Storm-Total Snow Depth
• SSM/I - Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• SSW - Storm-Total Snow Water
• STI - Storm Track Information
• Suomi NPP - Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
• SW - Spectrum Width
• SWEAT Index - Severe Weather Threat Index
• SWP - Severe Weather Probability

T

• TAF - Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (international code)
• TAFB - Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch
• TCM - Marine/Tropical Cyclone Advisory
• TCP - Public Tropical Cyclone Advisory
• TDWR - Terminal Doppler Weather Radio
• TE-PAC - Tropical Pacific
• TMI - Text Message Intercept
• TRU - TVS Rapid Update
• TT - Total Totals
• TVS - Tornado Vortex Signature
• TWB - Transcribed Weather Broadcasts

U

• UGC - Universal Geographic Code
• ULR - User Selectable Layer Reflectivity
• URL - Universal Resource Locator
• USD - User Selectable Snow Depth
• USW - User Selectable Snow Water
• UTC - Coordinated Universal Time

V

• VAD - Velocity Azimuth Display
• VCP - volume coverage pattern
• VIIR - Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
• VIL - Vertically Integrated Liquid
• VTEC - Valid Time and Event Code
• VWP - VAD Wind Profile

W

• W-ATL - Western Atlantic
• WFO - Weather Forecast Office
• WINDEX - Wind Index
• WMO - World Meteorological Organization
• WSFO - Weather Service Forecast Office
• WSO - Weather Service Office
• WSOM - Weather Service Operations Manual
• WSR-88D - Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler
• WWA - Watch Warning Advisory
• WV - water vapor

Z

• Z - Reflectivity
• ZDR - Differential Reflectivity