AAAS |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
AAWU |
Alaskan Aviation Weather Unit |
ACARS |
ARINC Communications Addressing and Reporting System |
ADDS |
Aviation Digital Data Service |
AFOS |
Automation of Field Operations and
Services |
AFSS |
Automated Flight Service Station |
AFTN |
Air Force Television Network |
AFWA |
Air Force Weather Agency |
AGFS |
Aviation Gridded Forecast System |
AGL |
Above Ground Level |
AIRMET |
Airman's Meteorological advisory
(WA) |
AIV |
Aviation Impact Variables |
AMS |
American Meteorology Society |
ANBURS |
Alphanumeric Backup Replacement
System |
AOB |
Aviation Operations Branch |
AOPA |
Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association |
APST |
Aviation Products and Services
Team |
ARAM |
Aviation, Range, and Aerospace
Meteorology |
ARINC |
Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated |
ARSI |
Atmospheric Research System, Inc. |
ARTCC |
Air Route Traffic Control Center |
ASB |
Aviation Support Branch |
ASC |
Aviation Services Coordinator |
ASD |
Aircraft Situation Display (ARINC) |
ASIST |
Aviation Safety Investment Strategy
Team (NASA) |
ASOS |
Automated Surface Observing
System |
ATA |
Air Transport Association |
ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
ATCSCC |
Air Traffic Control System Command
Center |
AVARS |
Aircraft Vertical Acceleration
Reporting System |
AVN |
Aviation Model (forecast tool) |
AWC |
Aviation Weather Center |
AWIPS |
Advanced Weather Interactive
Processing System |
CAeM |
Commission for Aeronautical
Meteorology |
CAFTI |
Committee on Analysis and Forecast
Techniques Implementation |
CANAM |
Canadian/American |
CAPS |
Center for Analysis and Prediction of
Storms |
CASC |
Central Administrative Support
Center |
CAT |
Clear Air Turbulence |
CDB |
Computing Development Branch
(NCEP) |
CDM |
Collaborative Decision Making |
CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
CGEN |
Convective SIGMET Generation |
CIP |
Current Icing Potential |
COMET |
Cooperative program for Operational
Meteorology, Education, and Training |
CONUS |
Continental United States |
CSI |
Conditional Symmetric Instability |
CSI |
Critical Success Index |
CSTAR |
Collaborative Science, Technology,
and Applied Research |
CWA |
Center Weather Advisory - CWSU |
CWSU |
Center Weather Service Unit |
FA |
Area Forecast |
FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
FAA/AWR |
Federal Aviation
Administration/Aviation Weather
Research Division |
FAA/ARW |
Federal Aviation
Administration/Aviation
Requirements - Weather group |
FAR |
Federal Aviation Regulation |
FAR |
False Alarm Ratio |
FAWS |
Flight Advisory Weather Service |
FD |
Winds and Temperatures Aloft
Forecasts |
FIAS |
Flight Information Advisory Service |
FIP |
Forecast Icing Potential |
FIR |
Flight Information Region |
FOUS |
Forecast Output United States |
FSL |
Forecast Systems Laboratory |
FSS |
Flight Service Station |
FTE |
Full Time Employee |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
FVT |
Forecast Verification Tool |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
G-Airmet |
Graphical Airmet |
GAI |
Global Atmospherics, Inc. |
GAMA |
General Aviation Manufacturers
Association |
GDS |
GeoMet Data Services |
GEMPAK |
General Environmental
Meteorological Package
(programming language) |
GFA |
Graphical Area Forecast |
GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory (ERL) |
GOES |
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GSA |
General Services Administration |
GTG |
Graphical Turbulence Guidance |
GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
IATA |
International Air Transport
Association |
ICAO |
International Civil Aviation
Organization |
IDS |
International Data Service |
IFFDP |
International Flight Folder
Documentation Program |
IFR |
Instrument Flight Rules |
IIDA |
Integrated Icing Diagnostic Algorithm |
IOS |
Integrated Operational Services |
IR |
Infrared |
ISCS |
International Satellite
Communications System |
ITWS |
Integrated Terminal Weather System |
ITT |
Information Technology Team |
MARD |
Modernization and Restructuring
Demonstration |
MBRFC |
Missouri Basin River Forecast Center |
McIDAS |
Man Computer Interactive Data
Acquisition System |
MESO |
Mesoscale Convective Unit |
METAR |
Meteorological Aviation Report |
MIC |
Meteorologist In Charge |
MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
MOS |
Model Output Statistics applications |
MOREnet |
Missouri Research and Education
Network |
MPC |
Marine Prediction Center |
MVFR |
Marginal Visual Flight Rules |
MWAVE |
Mountain Wave algorithm |
MWO |
Meteorological Watch Office |
NACA |
National Advisory Committee on
Aeronautics |
NADIN |
National Airspace Data Interchange
Network (FAA) |
NAOS |
North American Atmospheric
Observing System |
NAP |
NCEP Advisory Panel |
NAS |
National Airspace System |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration |
NATA |
National Air Transportation Assoc. |
NAWAU |
National Aviation Weather Advisory
Unit |
N-AWIPS |
National Centers-AWIPS |
NBAA |
National Business Aviation
Association |
NC |
National Center(s) |
NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric
Research |
NCAR/RAP |
National Center for Atmospheric
Research/Research Applications
Program |
NCEP |
National Centers for Environmental
Prediction |
NCO |
NCEP Central Operations |
NCDB |
NCEP Computer Development
Branch |
NCWD |
National Convective Weather Diagnostic |
NCWF |
National Convective Weather Forecast |
NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite,
Data and Information Service |
NESDIS/SAB |
National Environmental Satellite,
Data and Information
Service/Satellite Analysis Branch |
NEXRAD |
Next Generation Weather Radar |
NGM |
Nested Grid Model |
NIDS |
NEXRAD Information Distribution
Service |
NLDN |
National Lightning Detection Network |
NMC |
National Meteorological Center |
NMOC |
National Meteorological Operations
Centre (Australia) |
NNICE |
Neural Network for Icing |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration |
NOTAM |
Notice to Airmen |
NPRA |
National Performance Results Act |
NPSU |
National Public Service Unit |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSSFC |
National Severe Storms Forecast
Center |
NSSL |
National Severe Storms Laboratory |
NTSB |
National Transportation Safety Board |
NWS |
National Weather Service |
NWSEO |
National Weather Service Employees
Organization |
NWSH |
National Weather Service
Headquarters |
NWSTC |
National Weather Service Training
Center |
NWSTG |
National Weather Service
Telecommunications Gateway |
TAF |
Terminal Aerodrome Forecast |
TAMU |
Tropical Aviation Meteorological Unit |
TAP |
Transition Aviation Project |
TDL |
Techniques Development Laboratory |
TDU |
Techniques Development Unit |
TDWR |
Terminal Doppler Weather Radar |
Telcon |
Telephone Conversation |
TKE |
Turbulent Kinetic Energy |
TPC |
Tropical Prediction Center |
TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(global change) |
TWEB |
Transcribed Weather En route
Broadcast |
VAAC |
Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers |
VAD |
Velocity Azimuth Display (NEXRAD) |
VAS |
VISSR Atmospheric Sounder |
VDUC |
VAS Data Utilization Center |
VFR |
Visual Flight Rules |
VGF |
Virtual Graphics File |
VHF |
Very High Frequency (Radio) |
VIL |
Vertically Integrated Liquid water |
VISSR |
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan
Radiometer |
VOR |
VHF Omnidirectional Range (Navigational aid) |
VV |
Vertical Velocity |
VVSTORM |
model-based convection algorithm |