## 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 - Environmental 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