Acronyms Used Within IAO Webpages -
ACARS: Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System
AeMP: Aeronautical Meteorology Program
AFN: Asia Flood Network
AMDAR: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay
AMS: American Meteorological Society
ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations
ATEAM: Advanced Techniques Applied to Aeronautical Meteorology
AWG: Advisory Working Group
AWOS: Automated Weather Observing Systems
CAeM: Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology
CAFFG: Central American Meteorological Service Flash Flood Guidance
CAMET: Central American Meteorological Service
CAS: Commission for Atmospheric Sciences
CAT: Clear Air Turbulence
CBS: Commission for Basic Systems
CEMET: Central America Meteorological
CaribHR: Caribbean Hurricane Reconstruction
CHUAS: Cooperative Hurricane Upper Air Stations Network
CIMO: Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
COMET: Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training
CPC: NOAA Climate Prediction Center
DCP: Data Collection Program
DCS: NOAA Data Collection System
DESWAT: Destructive Waters Program
DOC: U.S. Department of Commerce
EC: Department of the Environment of Canada
EMWIN: Emergency Manager's Weather Information Network
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
FAA: Federal Aviation Administration
FAR: False Alarm Rate
FFG: Flash Flood Guidance
GDPS: Global Data Processing System
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time (Z)
GOESS: Global Earth Observation System of Systems
GTS: Global Telecommunications System
GUAN: Global Upper Air Network
HMS: Hydrometeorological Service of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
HRC: Hydrologic Research Center
IAO: NOAA International Activities Office
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
ICIMOD: International Center for Integrated Mountain Development
IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISCS: International Satellite Communication System
JEC: US-Saudi Joint Economic Commission
KMA: Korea Meteorological Administration
LMRB: Lower Mekong River Basin
MEWM: Ministry of Environment and Water Resource Management
MOS: Model Output Statistics
MoU: Memorandum of Understanding
MRC: Mekong River Commission
MSS: Meteorological Service Singapore
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NESDIS: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NHC: NOAA National Hurricane Center
NHMS: National Hydrometeorological Service
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
NOS: National Ocean Service
NWP: Numerical Weather Prediction
NWS: National Weather Service
NWSRFS: National Weather Service River Forecast System
OAR: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
OFDA: USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
PC ETA: Numerical Weather Prediction Model for Desktop
PME: Saudi Presidency of Meteorology and Environment
RA: Regional Association
RAOB: Rawinsonde Observation
RFC: River Forecast Center
RFS: River Forecast System
RMTN: Regional Meteorological Telecommunications Network
Roshydromet: Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
RRS: Radiosonde Replacement System
SRE: Satellite Rainfall Estimates
TOGA: Tropical Ocean Global Experiment
TRS: Telemetry Receiving System
UNDP: United Nations Development Program
USAID: United States Agency for International Development
USGS: United States Geological Society
VCP: Voluntary Cooperation Program
WAFS: World Area Forecast System
WMO: World Meteorological Organization
WWW: World Weather Watch
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