| 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 |
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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 |