Acronyms Used Within IAO Webpages -

AFN: Asia Flood Network

AMS: American Meteorological Society

ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations

CAFFG: Central American Meteorological Service Flash Flood Guidance

CAMET: Central American Meteorological Service

CEMET: Central America Meteorological

CaribHR: Caribbean Hurricane Reconstruction

CHUAS: Cooperative Hurricane Upper Air Stations Network

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

FFG: Flash Flood Guidance

GMT: Greenwich Mean Time (Z)

GOESS: Global Earth Observation System of Systems

GUAN: Global Upper Air Network

HMS: Hydrometeorological Service of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

HRC: Hydrologic Research Center

IAO: NOAA International Activities Office

ICIMOD: International Center for Integrated Mountain Development

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

MoU: Memorandum of Understanding

MRC: Mekong River Commission

MSS: Meteorological Service Singapore

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

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