| | A |
|---|
| ARQ | Automatic
Repeat Request |
| ASCII | American
Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| AWIPS | Advanced
Weather Interactive Processing System |
| AVN | NCEP's
aviation model |
| B |
| BER | bit error rate |
| BUFR | Binary Universal Form for
Data Representation |
| C |
|---|
| CCB | Communication Control
Block |
| CCITT | International
Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee |
| CONUS | Conterminous
United States |
| CRC | Cyclical
Redundancy Check |
| | D |
|---|
| dB | Decibel |
| dB/°K | Decibels
per degree Kelvin |
| dBW | Decibels
relative to one watt |
| dBW/M² | dBW
per square meter |
| DS0 | Digital
signal, level zero |
| | E |
|---|
| EIRP | Effective isotropic
radiated power |
| ERL | Environmental
Research Laboratories |
| | F |
|---|
| FCS | Frame check sequence |
| FH | Frame-level header |
| FSL | Forecast Systems Laboratory |
| | G |
|---|
| GHz | Gigahertz |
| GINI | GOES Ingest NOAAPORT
Interface |
| GMT | Greenwich
Mean Time |
| GOES | Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite |
| GRIB | Gridded
Binary |
| | H |
|---|
| HDLC | High-level
data-link control |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| | I |
|---|
| IR | Infrared |
| ISO | International Standards
Organization |
| | K |
|---|
| Kbps | Kilobits per second |
| km | Kilometer |
|
| L |
|---|
| LNB | Low-noise
block downconverter |
| | M |
|---|
| Mbps | Megabits per second |
| MGS | Master Ground Station |
| MHz | Megahertz |
|
| N |
|---|
| NBS | NOAAPORT
Broadcast System |
| NC | National
Center |
| NCEP | National
Centers for Environmental Prediction |
| NCF | Network
Control Facility |
| NESDIS | National
Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service |
| NGIT | Northrop
Grumman Information Technology |
| NH | Northern
Hemisphere |
| NMC | National
Meteorological Center |
| NOAA | National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRZ | Nonreturn
to zero |
| NWS | National
Weather Service |
| NWSTG | National
Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway |
| | O |
|---|
| OCONUS | Outside the Continental
U.S. |
| OSI | Open Systems
Interconnection |
| | P |
|---|
| PDH | Product-definition header |
| PRC | PRC Inc., renamed Northrop
Grumman Information Technology |
| PSH | Product-specific
header |
| Q |
| QPSK | Quadrature
Phase-Shift Keying |
| R |
| RF | Radio frequency |
| RFC | River Forecast Center |
| RUC | Rapid Update Cycle |
| | S |
|---|
| SBN
| Satellite Broadcast Network |
| SN4 | Spacenet
IV |
| | U |
|---|
| UTC | Universal
Coordinated Time |
| | V |
|---|
| VIS | Visible |
|
| W |
|---|
| |
| WFO | Weather Forecast Office |
| WMO | World Meteorological
Organization |
| WV | Water
vapor |
| | X |
|---|
| XOR | Exclusive-or |
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