Acronym Acrostic
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| 4DVAR |
4-dimensional Variational Assimilation |
| AA |
Assistant Administrator |
| AB_OPT |
Adjoint-Based OPTimizer |
| ABRFC |
Arkansas Red Basin River Forecast Center |
| ADCIRC |
Advanced Circulation Model |
| ADD |
Algorithm Description Document |
| AEL |
Algorithmic Enunciation Language |
| AFD |
Area Forecast Discussion |
| AFOS |
Automation of Field Operations and Services |
| AGL |
Above Ground Level |
| AHPS |
Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service |
| AOP |
Annual Operating Plan |
| AOR |
Analysis Of Record |
| AP |
Anomalous Propagation |
| API |
Application Programming Interface |
| API |
Antecedent Precipitation Index |
| API-CONT |
Antecedent Precipitation Index – Continuous |
| API-MKC |
Antecedent Precipitation Index Rainfall-runoff Model |
| API-SLC |
Antecedent Precipitation Index – Salt Lake City |
| AR |
Alaska Region |
| ARC |
AHPS Review Committee |
| ARSR |
Air Route Surveillance Radar (FAA) |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code For Information Interchange |
| ASM |
AWIPS Support And Maintenance |
| ASOS |
Automated Surface Observing System |
| ASR |
Airport Surveillance Radar |
| ATAN |
AWIPS Test Authorization Note |
| ATR |
Automatic Target Recognizer |
| AWC |
Aviation Weather Center |
| AWIPS |
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System |
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| BDR |
Build Design Review |
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| CAP |
Common Alerting Protocol |
| CAP |
Calibration Assistance Program |
| CAPE |
Convective Available Potential Energy (or B+) |
| CASA |
Collaborative Adaptive Sampling of th Atmosphere |
| CasaNOSA |
the "home" of the NOAA Observing System Architecture |
| CAT |
CHPS Acceleration Team |
| CBL |
Computer Based Learning |
| CBRFC |
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center |
| CBS |
Commission for Basic Services |
| CBT |
Computer Based Training |
| CC |
Correlation Coefficient |
| CDC |
Climate Diagnostics Center |
| CFS |
Climatological Forecasting System |
| CHPS |
Community Hydrologic Prediction System |
| CI-FLOW |
Coastal And Inland Flood Observation and Warning |
| CNRFC |
California Nevada River Forecast Center |
| COE |
Corps Of Engineers |
| COME |
Cooperative Program For Operational Meteorology, Education And Training |
| CONUS |
Continental United States |
| COTS |
Commercial Of-the-shelf |
| CPC |
Climatology Prediction Center |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CR |
Central Region |
| CWA |
County Warning Area |
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| D2D |
Display 2 Dimensional |
| DAR |
Design Approach Review |
| DCP |
Data Collection Platform |
| DCS |
Data Collection System |
| DDS |
Dynamically Dimensioned Search Algorithm |
| DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
| DHM |
Distributed Hydrologic Modeling |
| DHMS |
Distributed Hydrologic Modeling System |
| DMIP |
Distributed Modeling Intercomparison Project |
| DMIP 2 |
Distributed Modeling Intercomparison Project 2 |
| DMS |
Distributed Modeling System |
| DOC |
Department Of Commerce |
| DOD |
Department Of Defense |
| DOH |
Development And Operations Hydrologist |
| DOORS |
Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System |
| DP |
Dual Polarization – Radars |
| DPA |
Digital Precipitation Array |
| DPR |
Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar |
| DS |
Data Server |
| DSP |
Digital Storm-total Precipitation |
| DWOPER |
Dynamic Wave Routing Model |
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| ECP |
Engineering Change Proposal |
| ER |
Eastern Region |
| ESB |
Enterprise Service Bus |
| ESP |
Ensemble Streamflow Prediction |
| ESP-PRE |
Ensemble Pre-processor |
| ESPVS |
Extended Streamflow Prediction Verification System |
| ESRI |
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
| EV&V |
Ensemble Verification And Validation |
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| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAR |
False Alarm Rate |
| FCEXEC |
Forecast Execution Component -of The Nwsrfs Fcst Program |
| FCINIT |
Forecast Component Initialization Program |
| FCST |
Forecast Program |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FEWS |
Flood Early Warning System, From Delft Hydraulics |
| FFG |
Flash Flood Guidance |
| FFGIT |
Flash Flood Guidance Improvement Team |
| FFMP |
Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction |
| FLDWAV |
Flood Wave Dynamic Model |
| FMAP |
Future Mean Areal Precipitation |
| FORTRAN |
Formula Translating Language Developed Initially By Ibm In 1953 |
| FS5 |
File System 5 |
| FTE |
Full Time Employee |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
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| GFE |
Graphical Forecast Editor |
| GFS |
Global Forecast System |
| GHZ |
Gigahertz |
| GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GL |
OHD Group Leader (HSMB) |
| GPM |
Global Precipitation Measurement |
| GPM |
Global Precipitation Mission |
| GPRA |
Government Performance and Results Act |
| GRASS |
Geographic Resources Analysis Support System |
| GRIB |
Gridded Binary |
| GS |
Gilbert Score |
| GSD |
Global Systems Division |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
| GV |
Ground Validation |
| GVS |
Ground Validation System |
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| HADS |
Hydrometeorological Automated Data System |
| HAS |
Hydrometeorological Analysis Support |
| HCI |
Human Computer Interface |
| HDP |
Hourly Digital Products |
| HEC |
Hydrologic Engineering Center |
| HEC-DSSVUE |
Hydrologic Engineering Center Data Storage System Visual Utility Engine |
| HEP |
Hydrologic Ensemble Prediction |
| HG |
Hydrometeorology Group |
| HIC |
Hydrologic Information Center |
| HIC |
Hydrologists In Charge |
| HL |
Hydrology Laboratory |
| HL-RDHM |
Hydrology Laboratory-research Distributed Hydrologic Modeling System |
| HL_RMS |
Hydrology Laboratory Research Modeling System |
| HMT |
Hydrometeorology Testbed |
| HOSIP |
Hydrologic Operations & Service Improvement Process |
| HPE |
High-resolution Precipitation Estimator |
| HPN |
High-resolution Precipitation Nowcaster |
| HRAP |
Hydrologic Rainfall Analysis Project |
| HRU |
Hydrologic Response Unit |
| HSD |
Hydrologic Services Division |
| HSMB |
Hydrologic Science and Modeling Branch |
| HYDROGEN |
Hydrograph Generation Program |
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| ICD |
Interface Control Document |
| IFP |
Interactive Forecast Program |
| IHABBS |
Integrated Hydrologic Automated Basin Boundary System |
| IHFS |
Integrated Hydrologic Forecast System |
| IHFS-DB |
Integrated Hydrologic Forecast System Database |
| IMEP-HIRES |
Improving Multisensor Estimates Of Precipitation For Hydrometeorological Investigations Of River And Est |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| IRR |
Integration Readiness Review |
| ISQL |
Sql Developed For Use On Internet By Oracle Company |
| IVP |
Interactive Verification Program |
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| JMS |
Java Message Service |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
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| KM |
Kilometer |
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| LAD |
Local Application Database |
| LAG/K |
Lag And K Hydrologic Routing Procedure |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LDAD |
Local Data Acquisition And Dissemination |
| LID |
Location Identifier |
| LINUX |
Unix Based Operating System |
| LMRFC |
Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center |
| LPI |
Local Partial Inertial |
| LULC |
Usgs Land Use Land Cover |
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| MAE |
Mean Field Bias |
| MAPE |
Mean Areal Potential Evaporation |
| MAPX |
Radar-based Mean Areal Precipitation |
| MARFC |
Mid-atlantic River Forecast Center |
| MATLAB |
A Numerical Computing Environment And Programming Language |
| MAZ |
Mean Areal Freezing Level |
| MBRFC |
Missouri Basin River Forecast Center |
| MCP3 |
Manual Calibration Program 3 |
| MCR |
Mean Capture Rate |
| MCRPS |
Mean Continuous Ranked Probability Score |
| MDL |
Meteorological Development Laboratory |
| METAR |
Aviation Routine Weather Report |
| MFMAX |
Maximum Melt Factor For Snow-17 |
| MFMIN |
Minimum Melt Factor For Snow-17 |
| MHS |
Message Handling Service |
| MIKE 11 |
Hydraulics Model Developed By The Danish Hydraulic Institute |
| MMS |
Modular Modeling System |
| MOC |
Matrix Of Capabilities |
| MODS |
Forecast Modifications |
| MON |
Matrix Of Needs |
| MOPEX |
Model Parameter Estimation Experiment |
| MOS |
Meteorological Observing System |
| MPE |
Multisensor Precipitation Estimator |
| MPLS |
Multi Protocol Label Switching |
| MS |
Microsoft |
| MUSKROUT |
Muskingum Routing Operation |
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| NARR |
North American Regional Reanalysis |
| NCAR |
National Center For Atmospheric Research |
| NCDC |
National Climatic Data Center |
| NDBC |
National Data Buoy Center |
| NDFD |
National Digital Forecast Database |
| NERFC |
Northeast River Forecast Center |
| NERON |
NOAA’s Environmental Real-time Observational Network |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite, Data, And Information Service |
| NETCDF |
Network Common Data Form For Creation, Access, And Sharing Of Array-oriented Scientific Data |
| NEXRAD |
Next Generation Weather Radar System |
| NHDA |
NWS Headquarters Development For AWIPS |
| NHDPLUS |
National Hydrography Dataset Plus |
| NHDR |
NWS Headquarters Development (rfc Configuration) |
| NID |
Need Identification Document |
| NIDIS |
National Integrated Drought Information System |
| NLDAS |
National Land Data Assimilation System |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service |
| NMQ |
National Mosaic And Multisensor QPE |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
| NOHRSC |
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center |
| NPI |
Nexrad Product Improvement [program] |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| NRLDB |
National River Locations Database |
| NVP |
National Verification Program |
| NWBD |
National Watershed Boundary Dataset |
| NWP |
Numerical Weather Prediction |
| NWRFC |
Northwest River Forecast Center |
| NWSI |
National Weather Service Instruction |
| NWSLID |
NWS Location Identifier |
| NWSRFS |
National Weather Service River Forecast System |
| NWSTC |
National Weather Service Training Center |
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| OCONUS |
Outside The Contiguous United States |
| OCWWS |
Office Of Climate, Water, And Weather Services |
| OHD |
Office Of Hydrologic Development |
| OMS |
Object Modeling System |
| OPT3 |
Automated Optimization Program |
| ORD |
Operational Requirements Document |
| ORPG |
Open Systems Radar Product Generator Program |
| OS&T |
Office Of Science And Technology |
| OUI |
Object User Interface |
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| PAL |
Ohd Project Area Leader (hseb) |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PE |
Potential Evapotranspiration |
| PEST |
Parameter Estimation |
| PIT |
Preliminary Integration Testing |
| PL |
Project Leader |
| PMM |
Precipitation Measuring Missions |
| PNG |
Portable Network Graphics |
| POC |
Proof Of Concept |
| POC |
Point Of Contact |
| POD |
Probability Of Detection |
| PP(S) |
Pilot Project(s) |
| PPD |
Programs & Plans Division (os&t) |
| PPS |
Precipitation Processing System |
| PQPE |
Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Estimation |
| PQPF |
Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecast |
| PR |
Pacific Region |
| PR |
Precipitation Radar |
| PRISM |
Parameter-elevation Regressions On Independent Slopes Model |
| PRMS |
Precipitation Runoff Modeling System |
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| Q/A |
Quality Assurance |
| QPF |
Quantitative Precipitation Forecast |
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| R&D |
Research And Development |
| RAX |
RFC Archive System |
| RAXUM |
RFC Archive Update And Maintenance Team |
| RDA |
Radar Data Acquisition |
| RDBMS |
Relational Database Management System |
| RDM |
RFC Development Manager |
| REP |
River Ensemble Processor |
| RES-SNGL |
NWSRFS Single Reservoir Simulation Model |
| RFC |
River Forecast Center |
| RFFPI |
Relative Flash Flood Potential Index |
| RFIR |
Request For Information Response |
| RHEL |
Red Hat Enterprise License |
| RMI |
Remote Method Invocation |
| RMSE |
Root Mean Square Error |
| ROC |
NWS Radar Operations Center |
| ROC |
Relative (or Receiver) Operating Characteristics |
| RPCCDS |
Radar Products Central Collection Dissemination Service |
| RPG |
Radar Product Generator |
| RPS |
Ranked Probability Score |
| RPSS |
Ranked Probability Skill Score |
| RRS |
Rivers, Reservoirs, And Snow |
| RS |
Research Scientist |
| RTO |
Research To Operations |
| RUC |
Rapid Update Cycle |
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| S-B, S-BAND |
Radar Using 2-4 Gigahertz (ghz) Frequencies |
| SAC-SMA |
Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting Model |
| SARROUTE |
SSARR Channel Routing Operation (nwsrfs) |
| SBN |
Satellite Broadcast Network |
| SC |
Senior Scientist |
| SCAN |
System For Convective Analysis And Nowcasting |
| SCF |
Snow-17 Snow Correction Factor |
| SCIT |
Storm Cell Identification And Tracking |
| SEC |
System Engineering Center |
| SERFC |
South East River Forecast Center |
| SHRT |
Simple Hydraulic Routing Technique |
| SISEPG |
Science Infusion And Software Engineering Process Group |
| SIT |
System Integration Testing |
| SNOTEL |
Snowpack Telemetry |
| SOA |
Service Oriented Architecture |
| SOBEK |
Hydraulics Model Developed By Delft |
| SOO |
Statement Of Objectives |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SR |
Southern Region |
| SRA |
Streamflow Regulation Accounting |
| SRG |
Satellite-radar-gage |
| SSARR |
Streamflow Synthesis And Reservoir Regulation |
| SSHP |
Site Specific Hydrologic Predictor |
| SSURGO |
Soil Survey Geographic Data Base |
| STATSGO |
State Soil Geographic Data Base |
| STP |
Storm Total Precipitation |
| SWB-NILE |
Simple Water Balance Model Operation (within The Nile Basin) |
| SWIT |
Software Integration Testing |
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| TBD |
To Be Determined |
| TDWR |
Terminal Doppler Weather Radard |
| TINS |
Triangulated Irregular Networks |
| TR |
Threshold Runoff |
| TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
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| UADJ |
Wind Speed Adjustment Factor For Snow-17 |
| UH |
Unit Hydrograph |
| UNIX |
Trademark Of Operating System Developed At Bell Labs In The 1960’s |
| USACE |
Us Army Corps Of Engineers |
| USBR |
Us Bureau Of Reclamation |
| USDA |
Us Department Of Agriculture |
| USGS |
Us Geological Survey |
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| V&V |
Verification And Validation |
| VAR |
Variational Data Assimilation |
| VCP |
Volume Coverage Pattern |
| VN |
Validation Network |
| VPR |
Vertical Profile Of Reflectivity |
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| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WDM |
Watershed Data Management |
| WDTB |
Warning Decision Training Branch |
| WFO |
Weather Forecast Office |
| WHFS |
WFO Hydrologic Forecast System |
| WR |
Western Region |
| WSR |
Weather Surveillance Radar |
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| XIN-SMA |
Xinanjiang Soil Moisture Accounting Operation |
| XMRG |
Binary File Format Used Within The Nws To Store Gridded Data |
| XNAV |
Multi-use Software Program Used In Rfc Operations |
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| YCWA |
Yuba County Water Agency |
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| ZDR |
Differential Between Horizontal And Vertical Radar Beam Returned Power |
| ZH |
Horizontally-polarized Radar Beam |
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