Acronyms
A
- AAE
- Ångstrom absorption exponent
- AAF
- ARM Aerial Facility
- ABE
- Aerosol Best Estimate
- ABRFC
- Arkansas Basin River Forecast Center
- ACI
- aerosol-cloud interactions
- ACRF
- ARM Climate Research Facility
- AERI
- Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer
- AIE
- aerosol indirect effect
- AIIE
- Airborne Icing Instrumentation Evaluation
- AIRS
- Aqua Advanced Infrared Sounder
- AMF
- ARM Mobile Facility
- AMS
- Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
- AMS-SMPS
- Aerosol Mass Spectrometer-Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer
- AOD
- Aerosol optical depth
- AOS
- Aerosol Observing System
- APS
- aerodynamic particle sizer
- ARCTAS
- Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites
- ARRA
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (can be shortened to "Recovery Act").
- ARSCL
- Active Remotely Sensed Cloud Locations
- ASAP-MS
- atmospheric solids analysis probe mass spectrometry
- ASD
- Analytical Spectral Devices
- ASP
- Atmospheric Science Program
- ASSIST
- Atmospheric Sounder Spectrometer for Infrared Spectral Technology
- ATML
- Atmospheric and Terrestrial Mobile Laboratory
B
- BBA
- biomass burning aerosols
- BC
- black carbon
C
- C5H8
- isoprene
- CALIPSO
- Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
- CAM
- Community Atmospheric Model
- CAM-4
- NCAR Community Atmospheric Model Version 4
- CAM-5
- NCAR Community Atmosphere Model
- CAM-MAM
- PNNL Modal Aerosol Model
- CAPS
- Cavity Attenuated Phase Shift
- CAPT
- CCPP-ARM Parameterization Testbed
- CARES
- Carbonaceous Aerosol and Radiative Effects Study
- CBG
- Chebogue Point (Canada)
- CBH
- cloud base height
- CCN
- cloud condensation nuclei
- CCPP
- Climate Change Prediction Program
- CCSEM
- computer-controlled scanning electron microscopy
- CCSP
- U.S. Climate Change Science Program
- CDNC
- Cloud droplet number concentrations
- CERES
- Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System
- CESD
- Climate and Environmental Science Division
- CFSR
- Climate Forecast System Reanalysis
- CHAPS
- U.S. Department of Energy’s Cumulus Humilis Aerosol Processing Study
- CHARTS
- Code for High Resolution Accelerated Radiative Transfer with Scattering
- CINC
- cloud ice number concentration
- CINDY2011
- Cooperative Indian Ocean Experiment on Intraseasonal Variability in Year 2011
- CLASIC
- Cloud and Land Surface Interaction Campaign
- CLOWD
- Clouds with Low Optical Water Depths
- CLWG
- Cloud Lifecycle Working Group
- CMAQ
- Community Multiscale Air Quality
- CMBE
- Climate Modeling Best Estimate
- CMCS
- connected MCS
- COPS
- Convective and Orographically Induced Precipitation Study
- CPMA
- Centrifugal Particle Mass Analyzer
- CPOL
- C-band polarimetric radar
- CRD-AES
- Cavity Ring Down Aerosol Extinction Spectrometer
- CRM
- cloud-resolving model
- CRS
- Clouds and Radiative Swath
- CSRM
- cloud-system resolving model
- CTM
- chemical-transport models
- CVF
- Cloud Vertical Fraction
- CVI
- counter-flow virtual impactor
D
- DDR
- diffuse-to-direct ratio
- DESI-MS
- desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
- DLH
- Diode Laser Hygrometer
- DMF
- Data Management Facility
- DOAS
- Differential optical absorption spectroscopy
- DOC
- dissolved organic carbon
- DOP
- dioctyl phthalate
- DOS
- dioctyl sebacate
- DPV
- diesel-powered vehicles
- DSD
- drop-size distribution
- DYNAMO
- Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)
E
- E-AIM
- Extended Aerosol Inorganics Model
- EC
- elemental carbon
- ECMWF
- European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting
- ECPP
- Explicit-Cloud Parameterized-Pollutant
- EDX
- energy disperse X-ray spectroscopy
- EGA
- evolved gas analysis
- EGF
- ethanol growth factors
- EnKF
- ensemble adjustment Kalman filter
F
- FSSP
- forward scattering spectrometer probe
- FTS
- Fourier transform spectrometer
G
- GA
- Genetic Algorithm
- GChM-O
- Global Chemistry Model driven by observed meteorology
- GCM
- General Circulation Model (no longer in use)
- GCOS
- Global Change Observing System
- GCSS
- GEWEX Cloud System Study
- GF
- growth factor
- GFS
- global forecast system
- GISS
- Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- GMST
- global mean surface temperature
- GOES
- Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
- GPM
- Global Precipitation Measurement
- GPV
- gasoline-powered vehicles
- GVAX
- Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment
- GVRP
- G-band vapor radiometer profiler
H
- HGF
- hygroscopic growth factors
- HOA
- hydrocarbon-like organic aerosols
- HOM
- Holmes Moss (UK)
- HR-ESI/MS
- high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
- HSRL
- High Spectral Resolution Lidar
- HTDMA
- Hygroscopic tandem differential mobility analyzers
I
- I-VOC
- intermediate-volatility organic compounds
- IASI
- Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
- IMPACT
- Integrated Massively Parallel Atmospheric Chemistry Transport model
- IN
- ice nuclei
- ISCCP
- International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
- ISDAC
- Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign
- IWC
- ice water content
- IWP
- ice-water path
L
- LACIS
- Leipzig Aerosol Cloud Interaction
Simulator
- LaRC
- Langley Research Center
- LBNL
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- LED
- light-emitting diode
- LES
- large eddy simulations
- LLNL
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- LRT
- long-range transport
- LWC
- liquid water content
- LWP
- liquid water paths
M
- M-PACE
- Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment
- MAC
- mass specific absorption coefficient
- MADRID
- Model of Aerosol Dynamics, Reaction, Ionization and Dissolution
- MASE
- MArine Stratus Experiment
- MATCH
- Model for Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry
- MBL
- marine boundary layer
- MC3E
- Midlatitude Continental Convective Cloud Experiment
- MCM
- Master Chemical Mechanism
- MCS
- Mesoscale convective systems
- MEX
- Mexico City
- MFRSR
- Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer
- MILAGRO
- Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations
- MIRAGE
- Model for Integrated Research on Atmospheric Global Exchanges
- MJO
- Madden-Julian Oscillation
- MM5
- Mesoscale Meteorology model version 5
- MMCR
- millimeter wavelength cloud radar
- MMF
- multiscale modeling framework
- MOSAIC
- Model for Simulating Aerosol Interactions and Chemistry
- MPL
- micropulse lidar
- MWR
- Microwave Radiometer
N
- NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NCAR
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- NCEP GFS
- National Centers for Environmental Prediction Forecasting System
- NOAA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NPF
- new particle formation
- NSA
- North Slope of Alaska
- NSF
- National Science Foundation
O
- OA
- organic aerosols
- OC
- organic carbon
- OCO
- Orbiting Carbon Observatory
- OOA
- oxygenated organic aerosols
- OTDMA
- organic tandem differential mobility analyzers
P
- PAS2000CE
- Photoelectric Aerosol Sensor
- PBL
- planetary boundary layer
- PCASP
- Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
- POA
- primary organic aerosol
- POM
- primary organic matter
- PTI
- Photo-Thermal Interferometer
- PWV
- precipitable water vapor
- PYE
- Point Reyes, CA
Q
- QMOM
- quadrature method of moments
R
- RDP
- Research and Development Project
- REDDIC
- Retrieval of Entrainment and Droplet Density In Cumulus
- RegCM
- Regional Climate Model
- RH
- relative humidity
- RHUBC
- Radiative Heating in Underexplored Bands Campaigns
- RSP
- research scanning polarimeter
- RSS
- Rotating Shadowband Spectroradiometer
- RVS
- Riverside, CA
S
- S-VOC
- semi-volatile organic compounds
- SAL
- Supercontinuum Absorption Lidar
- SAS
- Supercontinuum Absorption Spectroscopy
- SBM
- spectral bin
- SciDAC
- DOE’s Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing
- SCM
- single-column model
- SEARCH
- Study for Environmental Arctic Change
- SEM
- scanning electron microscopy
- SGMM
- self-generating master mechanism
- SGP
- Southern Great Plains
- SMCS
- separated MCS
- SMPS
- scanning mobility particle sizer
- SNR
- signal-to-noise ratio
- SOA
- Secondary organic aerosols
- SP-AMS
- Soot Particle-Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
- SP2
- Single Particle Soot Photometer
- SPARTICUS
- Small Particles in Cirrus
- SPL
- Storm Peak Lab
- SPLAT
- Single Particle Laser Ablation Time-of-flight mass spectrometer
- SPLAT-II
- second-generation Single Particle Laser Ablation Time-of-Flight mass spectrometer
- SSA
- single scattering albedo
- SV-OOA
- semi-volatile OOA
- SVOC
- semi-volatile organic compounds
- SWACR
- scanning W-Band ARM cloud radar
T
- TDCIMS
- Thermal Desorption Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer
- TEM
- transmission electron microscopy
- TOA
- top-of-atmosphere
- TRAC
- Time-Resolved Aerosol Sampler
- TTL
- tropical tropopause layer
- TWP
- Tropical Western Pacific
- TWP-ICE
- Tropical Warm Pool-International Cloud Experiment
U
- UHSAS
- Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer
- USGCRP
- U.S. Global Change Research Program
V
- VAP
- value-added products
- VOC
- volatile organic compounds
- VOCALS
- VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere Land Study
- VOCALS-Rex
- Variability of the American Monsoon System (VAMOS) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land
Study Regional Experiment
W
- WACR
- W-band ARM Cloud radar
- WRF
- Weather Research and Forecasting
- WRF-Chem
- chemistry version of the Weather Research and Forecasting model
- WWRP
- World Weather Research Programme