DMAP Team (NRLSSC) - Acronym List list of acronyms used by the DMAP Team. DIGEST, DIgital Geographic informationExchange STandard HWD, Horizontal weather Depiction. back to top http://dmap.nrlssc.navy.mil/dmap/acronyms.jsp
Coquitlam School District K12 Library Resources Acronym and Abbreviation Server (keyword searchable displaying all acronym s from NASA about the climate including weather, ozone layer, global warming) http://www.sd43.bc.ca/libraryresources/9to12a.htm
Extractions: top Acronym and Abbreviation Server (keyword searchable displaying all acronym's with that sequence Research-it Language (Bartlet's Quotations Webster's Dictionary computing dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, acronyms, anagrams) Online Writing Lab (punctuation, sentence structure, parts of speech, research papers, spelling, English as a Second Language, resumes, business writing) of letters)
FHWA Road Weather Management acronyms. AASHTO American Association of State Highway and GFS - GlobalForecast System (NWS weather model). GIS - Geographic Information System http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/weather/resources/acronyms.htm
Extractions: Skip to content Search Road Weather: Weather Events Mitigating Impacts Resources AASHTO - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AFWS - Automated Flood Warning System AMS - American Meteorological Society ASOS - Automated Surface Observing System ATIS - Advanced Traveler Information System ATMS - Advanced Traffic Management System AVCS - Advanced Vehicle Control System AVL - Automated Vehicle Location AWIPS - Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System AWOS - Automated Weather Observing System B/C - Benefit/Cost BMP - Best Management Practice CASA - Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere CCTV - Closed Circuit Television CD - Compact Disk (data disk) CDPD - Cellular Digital Packet Data CMAQ - Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality COMET - Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training COOP - National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer Program COOP-M - NWS Cooperative Observer Program Modernization CRN - Climate Reference Network (NOAA) CRREL - U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Atmospheric Sciences @ UGA Abbrev., acronyms, Contractions, Codes, Glossaries, Symbols Inst. for ClimatePrediction International weather Satellite Imagery Center http://www.uga.edu/atsc/agency_links.html
Extractions: University of Georgia Atmospheric Sciences Menu Home Program Info People Academics ... Prospective Students Quick Weather Athens Weather Current Wx Forecast Severe Wx ... Georgia Skies Departments Geography Engineering Marine Sciences Statistics ... Aerospace Studies Quick Links UGA Calendar UGA Today Arches ... E-Mail Page Last Modified Atmospheric Science Government Agencies and Societies This page is under development Air Force Link CIA Publications DefenseLINK Defense Technical Information Center ... Time Service Dept.
1Up Travel Weather > Weather Forecast For Kyrgyzstan & Its Cities Travel Portal offers weather forecast and reports for the nations cities.Includes related details on geography, flags, maps, and a tourist guide on http://www.1uptravel.com/weather-forecast/kyrgyzstan.html
Extractions: Flags Maps Sightseeing Travel Warnings ... National Parks More Categories Introduction Topography Local Life Local Cuisine Local Holidays Festivals-Events Embassies Administration News Stand Worth a See !! Sight Seeing Maps Flags Shopping Eating Out Recreation Travel Essentials Country Facts Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military
Hurricane!--Weather Lesson Plan (grades 6-8)--DiscoverySchool.com Definition An acronym for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites . Knows that weather and climate involve the transfer of energy in and out http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/ragingplanet-hurricane/
Extractions: Review with your students what they have learned about the causes and characteristics of hurricanes. Tell them they are going to do an experiment to discover the effects of wind speed and water depth on the height of waves in a hurricane. Divide your class into pairs or small groups. Demonstrate how to set up the experiment as follows:
Ready Reference Geographic Names Information System http//geonames.usgs.gov/gnishome.html weather. climate Prediction Center http//www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ http://www.batavia.lib.il.us/Web Reference/ready_reference.htm
Extractions: "...publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge." Includes full text access to many classic works in reference, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotation books, the King James Bible, Gray's Anatomy, inaugural addresses by U.S. presidents, and works of fiction and nonfiction such as the Oxford Shakespeare, which includes 37 plays. DeskRef: Sources for Quick Answers
Extractions: Akinremi, O.O., McGinn, S.M. and Cutforth, H.W. (1999): Precipitation trends on the Canadian prairies. Journal of Climate Beaubien, E. and Freeland, H. (2000): Spring phenology trends in Alberta, Canada: links to ocean temperature International Journal of Biometeorology Boer, G.J., Flato, G. and Ramsden, D. (2000): A transient climate change simulation with greenhouse gas and sulphate aerosol forcing: projected climate to the twenty-first century. Climate Dynamics Bonsal, B.R., Zhang, X., Vincent, L.A. and Hogg, W.D. (2001): Characteristics of daily and extreme temperatures over Canada. Journal of Climate Geophysica Caya, D. and Laprise, R. (1999): A semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian regional climate model: the Canadian RCM. Monthly Weather Review Cohen, S.J. (1990): Bringing the global warming issue closer to home: the challenge of regional impact studies. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Emori, S. T. Nozawa, A. Abe-Ouchi, A. Numaguti, M. Kimoto and T. Nakajima. (1999): Coupled ocean-atmosphere model experiments of future climate change with an explicit representation of sulphate aerosol scattering.
Links Skip navigation bar and travel to content of this page Agencies weather and Earth Antarctic climate Antarcticas Islands of Ice (National Geographic) http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/media/links.htm
Global Change Acronyms And Abbreviations Provides access to data and information on climate change research, Framework Convention on climate Change. FGDC. Federal Geographic Data Committee http://www.gcrio.org/compendium/gcacronyms.html
Extractions: New Library About Ask Dr. Global Change ... Compendium of Global Change Information Global Change Acronyms and Abbreviations Search Updated 1 December, 2004 The table below is a list of global change acronyms and abbreviations gathered by GCRIO from the FY 1995 through FY 2001 editions of Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program The U.S. Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS) Implementation Plan and other sources. Other global change and environmental science acronym lists can be found at: Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Acronyms and Abbreviations Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Acronyms and Abbreviations Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Acronym and Abbreviation List University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Acronym List ... W A AASE Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition (1991-92) ACCE Atlantic Circulation and Climate Experiment ACCP Atlantic Climate Change Program ACRIMSAT Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor ACVE Atlantic Climate Variability Experiment ADC Affiliated Data Center ADD The International Arctic Environment Data Directory ADEOS Advanced Earth Observing Satellite AERI Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer AFW Air Force Weather
Wildland Fire Research And Development Collaboratory BCMFPP, British Columbia Fire weather and Behavior Advisory and Warning System CEFA, climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications program (DRI) http://www.wildlandfirecollaboratory.org/acronym/
Extractions: Acronym List Glossary ACD Atmospheric Chemistry Division (NCAR) ACPI Accelerated Climate Prediction Initiative (DOE) AES Atmospheric Environment Service (Canada) AFWA Air Force Weather Agency (DOD) AFWI Average Fosberg Fire Weather Index (SPC) AGL Above Ground Level AMS American Meteorological Society ANL Argonne National Laboratory AOML Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (OAR) APL Applied Physics Laboratory ARC Ames Research Center (NASA) ARL Air Resources Laboratory ARPS Advanced Regional Prediction System (OU) ASOS Automated Surface Observing System (Interagency) ASP Advanced Study Program (NCAR) ATD Atmospheric Technology Division (NCAR) ATMU Advanced Technology Meteorological Unit (NWS) AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AVN Aviation forecast model (NCEP) AWIPS BCMFPP British Columbia Fire Weather and Behavior Advisory and Warning System BHNF Black Hills National Forest BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs (DOI) BLM Bureau of Land Management (DOI) BMRC Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (Australia) BOM Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) BUI Build Up Index CAPS Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (OU) CCA Canonical Correlation Analysis CDC Climate Diagnostic Center (NESDIS) CEFA Climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications program (DRI)
E- Ref Bloomsburg University A long list of abbreviations and acronyms that may be browsed orsearched. Provider US weather. Subject Heading/s United StatesClimate http://icrc.bloomu.edu/icrc/searchlc.php?top=QC&bottom=QC9999&name=Meteorology,
Extractions: Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus http://www.m-w.com/ Look up words or phrases for definitions and word alternatives. The unabridged dictionary is a subscriber-only feature, but a general collegiate dictionary and thesaurus are both free. Site includes word games and a "Word of the Day" feature.
Online Reference Tools Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Information about physical National weather Service US Government weather forecasts observations http://library.dyc.edu/ref-tools.html
Extractions: Buffalo Info ... Opaui: ALMANACS BUFFALO INFORMATION 1894 City of Buffalo Atlas Buffalo Free-Net: Non-profit community Web-hosting service Buffalo Full Text Books with a Buffalo connection Buffalo Neighborhoods Maps: From the University at Buffalo, SEL Buffalo News: Buffalo newspaper Buffalo-Niagara Enterprise: WNY economic development site BuffaloResearch.com Built in Buffalo: How to Research Local Architecture Central Referral Services: City of Buffalo Comprehensive Plan City of Buffalo - Official Web Site: City government, employment, etc. Roots: Buffalo Genealogy Forum Western New York Regional Information Network: Calculator.com:
Weather.com - Glossary See weather related to Aches Pains, Allergies, Skin Protection, Air Quality AWIPS Acronym for Advanced weather Interactive Processing System. http://www.weather.com/glossary/a.html
Extractions: OAS_MJX_on=true; OAS_spoof='/p/f/r/schoolday-education'; OAS_listpos='PageCounter,Leader1,Skyscraper,Hidden1,Hidden2'; OAS_query='context=hng_schdy'; CM_tag='hng_schdy_cont'; cmCreatePageviewTag(CM_page_id, CM_cat_id, CM_rmid, CM_urs_id, CM_where_search, CM_partner, CM_dma, CM_country, CM_state, CM_topProdID, CM_detailProdID, CM_prodViewTag, CM_shop5Tag, CM_shop9Tag); Home My Page Health Travel ... SunReady Local Weather See weather related to ... Allergies Skin Protection Air Quality Fitness Health Home Planner Pets Schoolday Sporting Events Driving Golf Ski Outdoors Business Travel Vacation Planner A B C D ... Z A ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY A type of humidity that considers the mass of water vapor present per unit volume of space. Also considered as the density of the water vapor. It is usually expressed in grams per cubic meter. ABSOLUTE INSTABILITY When the lapse rate of a column of air is greater than the dry adiabatic lapse rate. The term absolute is used because this applies whether or not the air is dry or saturated Related term: instability ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE SCALE A temperature scale with a freezing point boiling point Related term: Kelvin Temperature Scale ABSOLUTE ZERO Considered to be the point at which theoretically no molecular activity exists or the temperature Kelvin Celsius Fahrenheit ABSORPTION The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance. The absorbed radiation is then transformed into molecular energy.
PCLS REF - Links: Quick Information/Reference Links For data, including other geographic areas in Washington, tryhttp//www.wa.gov/esd/lmea/pubs/profiles/profiles.htm climate, and SpecialWeather Topics http://www.pcl.lib.wa.us/ilref.htm
Extractions: Caldecott Medal Home Page The Caldecott Medal "shall be awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding year." The Caldecott Medal awards date back to 1938. The Caldecott Medal is one of several awards that are given out annually by the Association for Library Services to Children, a division of ALA. (www.ala.org/alsc)
Acronyms acronyms. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z CGD Climateand Global Dynamics Division of NCAR. CISL Computational and Information http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/directorate/Reorg/acronyms.htm
Extractions: A B C D ... Z A ACD - Atmospheric Chemistry Division of NCAR ARG - Appointments Review Group ASP - Advanced Study Program of NCAR ATD - Atmospheric Technology Division of NCAR - B - - C - CCSM - Community Climate System Model C-ESM - Community Earth System Model CGD - Climate and Global Dynamics Division of NCAR C-SESM - Community Sun Earth System Model - D - DTC - Development Testbed Center - E - EOS - NASA's Earth Observing System ESSL - Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory - F - - G - GIS - Geographic Information Systems - H - HAO - High Altitude Observatory of NCAR HIAPER - High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research - I - IMAGe - NCAR Institute for Mathematical Applications in the Geosciences ISSE - NCAR Institute for the Study of Society and Environment - J - - K - - L - - M - MMM - Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division of NCAR - N - NSWP - National Space Weather Program - O - ODGA - UCAR Office of Development and Government Affairs - P - - Q - - R - RAL - Research Applications Laboratory of NCAR RAP - Research Applications Program of NCAR - S - SCD - Scientific Computing Division of NCAR SERE - Societal-Environmental Research and Education Laboratory - T - - U - UMC - UCAR Management Committee USWRP - US Weather Research Program - V - - W - WACCM - NCAR Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model WRF - Weather Research and Forecasting Model
