| ACRONYM |
MEANING |
| 3DRTMA |
Three-Dimensional Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis |
| 508 Compliance |
Refers to adherence to requirements in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act governing accessibility standards |
| ACIO |
Assistant Chief Information Officer |
| AGO |
Acquisition and Grants Office |
| AGU |
American Geophysical Union |
| AMS |
American Meteorological Society |
| AMSR-E |
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS |
| AOC |
(NOAA) Aircraft Operations Center |
| AOML |
Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory |
| AQM |
Air Quality Model |
| AR |
Atmospheric Rivers |
| ARL |
Air Resources Laboratory |
| ASCEND |
Assimilation, Scientific Computing, and Evaluation Novel Division |
| AT |
Application Teams |
| AUS |
Advanced User Support |
| AVID |
Assimilation and Verification Innovation Division (NOAA/GSL) |
| AWIPS |
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System |
| AWS |
Amazon Web Services |
| BEC |
Background error covariance |
| C3WE |
Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes |
| CAC |
Common Access Card |
| CAM |
Convection-Allowing Models |
| CAMS |
Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service |
| CAPE |
Convective Available Potential Energy |
| CCN |
Cloud Condensation Nuclei |
| CCPA |
Climatology-Calibrated Precipitation Analysis |
| CCPP |
Common Community Physics Package |
| CCS |
Case Control System |
| CDEPS |
Community Data Models for Earth Prediction Systems |
| CDO |
Climate Data Operator |
| CDS |
Climate Data Store |
| CE |
Chief Engineer |
| Cf |
Consequences of Occurrence |
| CGD |
Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory |
| CI/CD |
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment |
| CICE |
Sea Ice (Los Alamos Sea Ice Model) |
| CIME |
Common Infrastructure for Modeling the Earth |
| CIN |
Convective Inhibition |
| CIRA |
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere |
| CM |
Code Management/Code Manager/Configuration Management |
| CMAQ |
Community Multiscale Air Quality Model |
| CMB |
Community Modeling Board |
| CMEPS |
Community Mediator for Earth Prediction Systems |
| CO |
Contracting Officer |
| COLA |
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies |
| CONUS |
Continental United States |
| COR |
Contracting Officer Representative |
| COTS |
Commercial Off-the-Shelf |
| CPAR |
Contractor Performance Assessment Report |
| CPF |
Community Physics Framework |
| CROW |
Community Research and Operational Workflow |
| CRTM |
Community Radiative Transfer Model |
| CS |
Contractor Specialist |
| CSD |
Communications Strategy Document |
| CSP |
Cloud Service Provider |
| CU/CIRES |
University of Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences |
| CY |
Contract Year |
| DA |
Data Assimilation |
| DATM |
Data Atmosphere |
| DEP |
Discipline Engagement Process |
| DESI |
Dynamic Ensemble-based Scenarios for IDSS |
| DLR |
German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) |
| DOC |
Department of Commerce |
| DOCN |
Data Ocean |
| DRAS |
Disaster Relief Appropriations Supplemental |
| DTC |
Developmental Testbed Center |
| DTO |
Data, Testing, & Optimization |
| ECC |
EPIC Community Center |
| ECE |
EPIC Community Engagement Team |
| ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting |
| ECP |
EPIC Community Portal |
| EIB |
Engineering and Implementation Branch |
| EMC |
Environmental Modeling Center |
| EOS |
Earth Observing System/Earth Observation Satellite |
| EPAD |
Earth Prediction Advancement Division; one of 4 research divisions at NOAA GSL |
| EPIC |
Earth Prediction Innovation Center |
| EPT |
EPIC Program Team (within the NOAA Weather Program Office) |
| ERA5 |
5th Generation ECMRW Reanalysis data |
| ESA |
Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis |
| ESEC |
EPIC Systems Engineering Council |
| ESG |
Extended Schmidt Gnomonic |
| ESM |
Earth System Model |
| ESMF |
Earth System Modeling Framework |
| ESPC |
Earth System Prediction Capability |
| ESRL |
Earth System Research Laboratories |
| ESRM |
Earth System Research & Modeling |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Question |
| FFP |
Firm Fixed Price |
| FMS |
Flexible Modeling System |
| FV3 |
Finite-Volume Cubed-Sphere |
| FVCOM |
Finite-Volume Community Ocean Model |
| GCP |
Google Cloud Platform |
| GDAS |
Global Data Assimilation System |
| GEFS |
Global Ensemble Forecast System |
| GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| GFS |
Global Forecast System |
| GHRSST |
Group for High-Resolution Sea-Surface Temperature |
| GLERL |
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory |
| GMAO |
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office |
| GOCART |
Goddard Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport Model |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| GRIB2 |
GRIdded Binary v2 (data format) |
| GSI |
Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation |
| GSL |
Global Systems Laboratory |
| GW |
Global Workflow |
| GWAR |
Global Workflow Atmospheric Rivers (EPIC Agile team) |
| HAFS |
Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System |
| HFIP |
Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program |
| HPC |
High-Performance Computing |
| HPC |
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center |
| HPCC |
High-Performance Computing and Communications |
| HPSS |
High-Performance Storage System |
| HREF |
High-Resolution Ensemble Forecast |
| HRRR |
High-Resolution Rapid Refresh |
| HRD |
Hurricane Research Division |
| HSD |
Hierarchical System Development |
| HSUP |
Hurricane Supplemental (disaster relief funding) |
| HTF |
Hierarchical Testing Framework |
| HWRF |
Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast |
| HYCOM |
Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model |
| ICs |
Initial Conditions |
| ICAMS |
Interagency Council for Advancing Meteorological Services |
| ICMS |
Integrated Contract Management System |
| IDSS |
Impact-Based Decision Support Services |
| IMS |
Integrated Master Schedule |
| JCSDA |
Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation |
| JEDI |
Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration |
| JETI |
Joint Engineering and Technical Interchange |
| JTTI |
Joint Technology Transfer Initiative |
| LAM |
Limited Area Model |
| LBCs |
Lateral Boundary Conditions |
| LOE |
Level of Effort |
| LSM |
Land Surface Model |
| MDL |
Meteorological Development Laboratory |
| MERRA2 |
Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 |
| MET |
Model Evaluation Tools |
| MGBF |
Multigrid Beta Filter |
| MoA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOM |
Modular Ocean Model |
| MOS |
Mission Operations Solutions (also known as Mission Assurance) |
| MPAS |
Model for Prediction Across Scales; an alternative forecast model from NCAR |
| MPI |
Message Passing Interface |
| MRMS |
Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (data) |
| MRW |
Medium-Range Weather |
| MVP |
Minimum Viable Product |
| MX |
Maintenance |
| NAM |
North American Mesoscale Forecast System |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| NCEP |
National Centers for Environmental Prediction |
| NCL |
NCAR Command Language |
| NCO |
NCEP Central Operations |
| NDAS |
NAM Data Assimilation System |
| NEMS |
NOAA Environmental Modeling System |
| NEPTUNE |
Navy Environmental Prediction sysTem Utilizing a Nonhydrostatic Engine): A deep atmospheric model being used to develop and validate a weather prediction system to replace the Navy’s existing tool |
| NetCDF |
Network Common Data Form |
| NGW |
Next Generation Workspace |
| NG-GODAS |
Next-Generation Global Ocean Data Assimilation System |
| NGGPS |
Next Generation Global Prediction System |
| NIDISRA |
National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018 |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOFO |
Notice of Funding Opportunity |
| NOS |
National Ocean Service |
| NRL |
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NSSL |
National Severe Storms Laboratory |
| NUOPC |
National Unified Operational Prediction Capability |
| NWM |
National Water Model |
| NWP |
Numerical Weather Prediction |
| NWS |
National Weather Service |
| O2R |
Operations to Research |
| OAR |
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (aka NOAA Research) |
| OCE |
Office of the Chief Engineer |
| OCIO |
Office of the Chief Information Officer |
| OFCM |
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (now ICAMS) |
| OISST |
Optimum-Interpolation Sea-Surface Temperature |
| OPG |
Operations Proving Ground |
| OSTI |
Office of Science and Technology Integration |
| OWAQ |
Office of Weather and Air Quality (now WPO) |
| PBL |
Planetary Boundary Layer |
| Pf |
Probability of Occurrence |
| PI |
Planning Interval |
| PjM |
Project Manager |
| P.L. |
Public Law |
| PLAT |
Platform Tools Team |
| PM |
Program Manager |
| PO |
Product Owner |
| PoP |
Period of Performance |
| PR |
Pull Request |
| PSD |
Platform Service Desk |
| PSL |
Physical Sciences Laboratory |
| PRS |
Performance Requirements Statement |
| PT |
Agile Product Team |
| PWA |
Primary Work Authorization |
| PWS |
Performance Work Statement |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QE |
Quality Engineer |
| QM |
Quality Manager |
| QMS |
Quality Management System |
| QPP |
Quality Program Plan |
| R&O |
Risk and Opportunity |
| R2O |
Research to Operations |
| R2O2R |
Research to Operations to Research |
| RAP |
Rapid Refresh |
| RC CCT |
Release Coordination Cross-Cutting Team |
| RCM |
Repository Code Management Team |
| RDAS |
Regional Data Assimilation System |
| RDHPCS |
Research and Development High-Performance Computing Systems |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| RL |
Readiness Level; describes the state of research in the R2O transition process |
| RMB |
Risk Management Board |
| RO |
Risk Owner |
| ROM |
Rough Order of Magnitude |
| RRFS |
Rapid Refresh Forecast System |
| RT |
Regression Test |
| RTE |
Release Train Engineer |
| RTOFS |
Real-Time Ocean Forecast System |
| S2S |
Subseasonal to seasonal forecast system |
| SAFe |
Scaled Agile Framework |
| SAR |
Stand-Alone Regional Model |
| SBES |
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences |
| SCM |
Single-Column Model |
| SCNAB |
Scientific Computing for Novel Architectures Branch |
| SDF |
Suite Definition File |
| SDL |
Scale-Dependent Localization |
| SENA |
Software Engineering for Novel Architecture; a funder of UW |
| SEO |
Search Engine Optimization |
| SFS |
Seasonal Forecast System |
| SI |
Software Integration Team |
| SIP |
Strategic Implementation Plan |
| SM |
Scrum Master |
| SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
| SOCA |
Sea-Ice Ocean and Coupled Assimilation |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
| SREF |
Short-Range Ensemble Forecast |
| SRW |
Short-Range Weather |
| SSMIS |
Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder |
| SWA |
Secondary Work Authorization |
| SWE |
Snow Water Equivalent |
| SWH |
Significant Wave Height |
| T&M |
Time and Materials |
| TB |
Brightness Temperature |
| TC |
Tropical Cyclone |
| TO |
Task Order |
| UFS |
Unified Forecast System |
| UFS C&O |
UFS Communications and Outreach |
| UFS-SC |
Unified Forecast System Steering Committee |
| UIFCW |
Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop |
| UM |
Unified Model |
| UPP |
Unified Post Processor |
| US |
User Support Team |
| UW or UWF |
Unified Workflow |
| WBS |
Work Breakdown Structure |
| WCCIS |
Weather and Climate Computing Infrastructure Services |
| WCOSS |
Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System |
| WE2E |
Workflow End-to-End |
| WG |
Working Group |
| WINGS |
Weather Program Office Innovation for Next Generation Scientists |
| WM |
Weather Model |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WPO |
Weather Program Office |
| WRF |
Weather Research & Forecasting Model |
| WRFIA |
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 |
| WSJF |
Weighted Shortest Job First |
| WW3 |
WaveWatch III |
| WX |
Weather |
