LIST of ABBREVIATIONS – LIST of ACRONYMS (LA-LA)
AASC - American Association of State Climatologists
ADP - Report Digital, Automated (FPU Datakey)
AHPS - Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services
ASN - Agency Stock Number
ASOS - Automated Surface Observing System
AWG10 - American Wire Gage 10AWG
AWPAG - All Weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge
AWIPS - Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
AWOS - Automated Weather Observing System
AZ - Azimuth
CD - Climate Data
CDCS - Climate Data Continuity Study
CES - Coastal Environmental Systems, Inc
CLI - Routine Climate Product Identifier
CMIS - Configuration Management Information System
COE - Corps of Engineers
COOP - Cooperative Observer Program
COTS - Commercial Off-the-Shelf
CPA - Cooperative Program Area
CPM - Cooperative Program Manager
CRN - Climate Reference Network
CRS - Cotton Region Shelter
CSD – Climate Services Division
CSSA - Cooperative Station Service Accountability
CWA - County Warning Area
CWO - Contract Weather Office
D111C - ASN for Fischer Porter Upgrade Rain Gage (FPU)
DAD – Data Acquisition & Dissemination
DAPM - Data Acquisition Program Manager
DCP - Data Collection Platform
DILR - Does it Look Right?
DSM – Daily Summary Message
ECS - Environmental Compliance Safety
EDADS - Environmental Document Access & Display System
EL - Elevation
EMRS - Engineering Management Reporting System
ESD - Electro-static Discharge
ET - Electronics Technician
EVAP-C - Evaporation Equipment – Complete
FC1 - Flood Control Network 1
FMH - Federal Meteorological Handbook
F&P - Fischer & Porter/Belfort Recording Rain Gauge (1960 Design)
FPR - Fischer-Porter(Belfort) Rebuild
FPU - Fischer-Porter(Belfort) Upgraded gauge (load cell sensor/data logger)
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FY - Fiscal Year
GIS - Geographic Information Systems
GMA - Gauge Modification Assembly (specifically the Data Logger Module of FPU)
GND - Ground (electrical)
GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
GPS - Global Positioning System
GUI - Graphical User Interface
HADS - Hydro-meteorological Automated Data System
HCN - Historic Climate Network
HCN-M - Historic Climate Network-Modernized
HMT - Hydro-Meteorological Technician
HofN - Health of Network
HPD - Hourly Precipitation Data
HSA - Hydrological Services Area
IRPN - Interior Reclamation Project Network
IV-ROCS - Interactive Voice-Remote Observation Collection System
LARC - Limited Automated Remote Collectors
LCD - Local Climate Data
LCO - Local Climate Observations
LRU - Lowest Replaceable Unit
LST - Local Standard Time
LP1,2,3 - Line Protection 1, 2, 3
MADIS - Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System
METAR - French as Aviation Routine Weather Report
MIC - Meteorologist in Charge
MIRS - Management Information Reporting System
MIT - Meteorologist Intern
MMS - Multi-network Metadata System
MMTS - Maximum Minimum Temperature System
MOV - Metal Oxide Varistor
MSI - Master Station Index
MSL - Mean Sea Level
MTBF - Mean Time Between Failures
MOA - Memorandum of Agreement
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MXMN - Maximum Minimum Thermometers
NCDC - National Climatic Data Center
NCPM - National Cooperative Program Manager
NDS - National Directives System
NESDIS - National Environmental Satellite Data and Information
NLSC - National Logistics Support Center
NRC - National Reconditioning Center
NSN - National Stock Number
NWS - National Weather Service
NWSI - National Weather Service Instruction
NWSLI - National Weather Service Location Identifier
NWSREP - National Weather Service Representative
NWSTC - National Weather Service Training Center
NERON - National Environmental Realtime Observational Network
OAT - Operational Acceptance Test
OCWWS - Office of Climate, Water, Weather Services
OI - Operational Implementation
OIP - Operational Implementation Plan
OPR - Office of Primary Responsibility
OPL - Observing Program Leader
ORE - Operational Readiness Evaluation
OT&E - Operational Test and Evaluation
PC - Personal Computer
PCA - Printed Circuit Board Assembly
PCB - Printed Circuit Board
PII - Personal Identity Information
PLASTIC - Plastic 4 Inch Raingage
PLR - Parallel Leakage Resistance
POC - Point of Contact
PPA - Primary Protector Assembly
PPI - Planned Product Improvement
QAQC - Quality Assurance Quality Control
QAR - Quality Assurance Report
RAM - Random Access Memory
RCC - Regional Climate Center
RCPM - Regional Cooperative Program Manager
RDM - Removable Data Media (i.e. Red Plastic Data Key of FPU)
RDP - Report, Digital (ROSA, IV-ROCS, WxCoder)
REL NOTE - Release Note
REP - Report, Telephone (Voice)
RFC - River Forecast Center
RFP - Regional Focal Point
RRG - Recording Rain Gage
RTP - Region Temperature/Precipitation Product
S & E - Salary & Expenses
SH - Service Hydrologist
SHEF - Standard Hydrologic Exchange Format
SID - Site Identifier
SIR - Station Information Report (CSSA)
SIRIS - Station Information Retrieval Inventory System
SIX-T - Sixes Thermometer (EVAP)
SRG - Standard Rain Gage
TB - Tipping Bucket
TF - Transform Function
TEMPX - Temperature Unspecified
TOTAL - Totalizing Anemometer
UNIV - Universal Weighing Rain Gage
UTC - Universal Coordinated Time
VOM - Volt OHM Meter (MultiMeter)
WFO - Weather Forecast Office
WHFS - WFO Hydrologic Forecast System
WRG - Weighing Rain Gage
WSH - Weather Service Headquarters
WSOH - Weather Service Operational Handbook
WSOM - Weather Service Operations Manual
WSSRD - Web Search Store Retrieve Display
WXCODER - Web Xmited Cooperative Observer Data Encoded Report