Acronym List - GOES-R Algorithm Working Group

This list contains the acronyms most frequently used by the Algorithm Working Group. The GOES-R Project Acronym List provides the official list of all GOES-R acronyms.

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Numeric	3-D	three dimensional
A	A&GD	Acronym and Glossary Document
	AATSR	Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
	ABI	Advanced Baseline Imager
	ACE	Aerosol and Cloud Experiment (NASA)
	ACHA	ABI Cloud Height Algorithm
	ACM	ABI Cloud Mask
	ACP	ABI Cloud Products
	ACSPO	Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Oceans (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR system)
	ACT	Activation and Characterization Test
	ADDE	Abstract Data Distribution Environment (McIDAS data server)
	ADEB	Algorithm Development Executive Board
	ADT	Advanced Dvorak Technique (Hurricane intensity)
	AE	Angstrom exponent
	AERONET	Aerosol Robotic Network
	AIRS	Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
	AK	Alaska
	AMSR-E	Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on Aqua
	AMSU	Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
	AOD	Aerosol Optical Depth
	ARM	Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (Southern Great Plains)
	ASP	Attitude Sensor Package
	ASTER	Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (EOS)
	ATBD	Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document
	AVHRR	Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
	AWG	Algorithm Working Group
	AWiFS	Advanced Wide Field Sensor
	AWIPS	Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
B	BSRN	Baseline Surface Radiation Network
	BT	brightness temperature
C	Cal/Val	Calibration and Validation
	CALIOP	Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
	CALIPSO	Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
	CAP	Cooperative Agency Profilers
	CAPE	Convective Available Potential Energy (ACP stability index)
	CART	Cloud and Radiation Testbed
	CAVE	CERES ARM Validation Experiment
	CCR	Center for Climatic Research (IES)
	CCR	Cloud Cleared Radiances
	CDRL	Contract Data Requirements List
	CEOS	Committee of Earth Observation Satellites
	CERES	Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
	CLASS	Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System
	CloudSat	Cloud Satellite
	CMDL	Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (NOAA)
	CMI	Cloud and Moisture Imagery
	CMIP	Cloud and Moisture Imagery Product
	CO2	carbon dioxide
	CONOPS	Concept of Operations
	CONUS	Contiguous United States
	CORL	Consolidated Observational Requirement List
	CrIS	Crosstrack Infrared Sounder
	CRN	Climate Reference Network
	CRTM	Community Radiative Transfer Model
	CWG	Calibration Working Group
D	DCOMP	Daytime Cloud Optical and Microphysical Properties
	DLR	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany)
	DMW	Derived Motion Winds
	DMWA	Derived Motion Winds Algorithm
	DOC	Department of Commerce
	DoD	Department of Defense (USA)
	DOE	Department of Energy
	DOI	Digital Object Identifier
	DOST	Data Operations Support Team
	DPR	Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar
	DQF	Data Quality Flag
	DSR	Downward Shortwave Radiation: Surface
E	EM	Enterprise Management
	ENTLN	Earth Networks Total Lightning Network
	EOS	Earth Observing System
	ESPDS	Environmental Satellite Processing and Distribution System
	ESRL	Earth Systems Resource Laboratory (NOAA)
	EUMETSAT	EUropean Organisation for the Exploitation of METeorological SATellites
	EXIS	Extreme Ultraviolet (EUVS) and X-ray Irradiance Sensor (XRS)
F	F&PS	Functional and Performance Specification
	FAR	false alarm ratio
	FD	Full disk (hemisphere)
	FL	Florida
	FOS	Family of Services (National Weather Service)
	FRP	fire radiative power
	FSC	Fractional Snow Cover
	FSCA	Fractional Snow Cover Algorithm
	FTP	file transfer protocol
	FY	Fiscal Year
	FY-2	China's National Satellite Meteorological Center Fengyun 2 satellite
G	GAS	GOES-R Access Subsystem
	GEO-CAPE	Geostationary Coastal Air Pollution Events
	GERB	Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (instrument on MSG)
	GFS	Global Forecast System (National Centers for Environmental Prediction, NCEP)
	GLD360	Vaisala Global Lightning Dataset
	GLM	Geostationary Lightning Mapper
	GMD	Global Monitoring Division, Earth System Research Lab (ESRL), NOAA
	GOES	Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
	GOES-R	Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series
	GOESRSCAG	GOES-R Snow Cover and Grain Size
	GOSAT	Japanese "IBUKI", Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite
	GPM	Global Precipitation Measurement
	GPS	Global Positioning System
	GPS-Met	GPS meteorology
	GRB	GOES Rebroadcast
	GS	Ground Segment
	GSD	Global Systems Division (ESRL)
	GSP	Ground Segment Project
	GTS	Global Telecommunication System (of WMO)
H	HAMMA	Huntsville Alabama Marx Meter Array
	HIE	Hurricane Intensity Estimate
	HMS	Hazard Mapping System (NOAA/NESDIS)
	HSS	Heidke Skill Score
	HyMeX	Hydrological cycle in Mediterranean Experiment
	HysPIRI	Hyperspectral Infrared Imager
I	IASI	Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
	ICD	Interface Control Document
	IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
	IFREMER	Institut Français de REcherche pour l'exploitation de la MER (French Oceanic Institute, Brest)
	IMPROVE	Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environment
	INR	Image Navigation and Registration
	IR	infrared
	IRD	Interface Requirements Document
	IRSST	infrared sea surface temperature
	IWP	ice water path
J	JAXA	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
	JPSS	Joint Polar Satellite System
	JTWC	Joint Typhoon Warning Center
K	KI	K Index (ACP stability index)
	KPP	Key Performance Parameter
	KSC	Kennedy Space Center
L	L0	Level 0
	L2	Level 2
	LAP	GOES-R Legacy Atmospheric
	LCFA	Lightning Cluster Filter Algorithm
	LDAR	Lightning Detection And Ranging
	LDCM	Landsat Data Continuity Mission
	LI	Lifted Index (ACP stability index)
	LIDAR	LIght Detection And Ranging
	LIRD	Level 1 Requirements Document
	LIS	Lightning Imaging Sensor
	LMA	Lightning Mapping Array
	LOR	Launch and Orbit Raising
	LST	Land Surface Temperature (Land SAF product)
	LWP	liquid water path
M	MAP	Mission Assurance Plan
	MAR	Mission Assurance Requirements
	McIDAS	Man-computer Interactive Data Access System
	MCP	Management Control Plan
	MCP	Meteorological Communications Package
	MD	Maryland
	MERIS	Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
	MI	microwave imagery
	MIS	Microwave Imager/Sounder (onboard the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System- NPOESS)
	MISR	Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (EOS)
	MODIS	MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (EOS)
	MOST	Mission Operations Support Team
	MPLNET	Micro-Pulse Lidar Network (NASA)
	MRD	Mission Requirements Document
	MSG	Meteosat Second Generation
	MTG	MeteoSat Third Generation
	MW	megawatts
	MWSST	microwave sea surface temperature
N	NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
	NAST-I	NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer
	NCDC	National Climatic Data Center (NESDIS)
	NCEP	National Center for Environmental Prediction (NWS)
	NCOMP	Nighttime Cloud Optical and Microphysical Properties
	NDVI	Normalised Differential Vegetation Index (Land SAF product)
	NESDIS	National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
	netCDF	Network Common Data Form
	NetCDF4	Network Common Data Form Version 4
	NEXRAD	NEXt generation RADar
	NHC	National Hurricane Center (NOAA/NWS)
	NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
	NLDN	National Lightning Detection Network
	NLDN/LMA	National Lightning Detection Network/ Local Area Network
	NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
	NOHRSC	National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOAA/NWS)
	NOSA	NOAA Observing System Architecture
	NOT	Non-operational Temperatures
	NPP	NPOESS Preparatory Project
	NRCS	Natural Resources Conservation Service
	NRT	Near-Real-Time
	NSOF	NOAA Satellite Operations Facility
	NSSTC	National Space Science and Technology Center
	NWP	numerical weather prediction
	NWS	National Weather Service
	NY	New York
O	OCONUS	outside CONUS
	ODYSSEA	Ocean Data Analysis System for Mersea
	OI	Optimum Interpolation
	OISST	Optimal Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature
	OK	Oklahoma
	OMI	Ozone Monitoring Instrument
	OMPS	Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
	OSPO	Office of Satellite and Product Operations (NOAA/NESDIS)
	OSTIA	Operational Sea surface Temperature and Ice Analysis
P	PDA	Product Distribution and Access
	PG	Product Generation (Ground Segment Element)
	PIRATA	Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Atlantic
	PLPT	Post-Launch Product Test
	PLT	Post-Launch Test
	POD	probability of detection
	POES	Polar Operational Environmental Satellites
	PORD	Performance and Operational Requirements Document
	PRAD	Payload Resource Allocation Document
	PSE	Program System Engineering
Q	QA	quality assurance
	QC	quality control
	QPE	Quantitative Precipitation Estimate
R	RB	radiation budget
	RBU	remote backup
	REALM	Regional East Atmospheric Lidar Mesonet
	RF	radio frequency
	RGB	red green blue
	RMS	root mean square
	RMSE	root mean square error
	RSR	Reflected Shortwave Radiation: Top of Atmosphere
	RTG	Real-Time Global Sea Surface Temperature
	RTM	Radiative Transfer Model
S	SAB	Satellite Applications Branch (old. NESDIS)
	SARB	Surface and Atmosphere Radiation Budget
	SD	sensor data
	SEISS	Space Environment In situ Suite
	SEVIRI	Spinning Enhanced Visible InfraRed Imager
	SGP	Southern Great Plains
	SI	International System of Units (Systeme Internationale)
	SI	Showwalter Index (ACP stability index)
	SNODAS	Snow Data Assimilation System (NOHRSC)
	SNOTEL	Snow Telemetry network (Natural Resources Conservation Service)
	SPoRT	Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center (NASA)
	SPOT	System Performance and Operations Test
	SST	Sea Surface Temperature
	STAR	Center for Satellite Applications and Research
	STORMnet	NSSTC Severe Thunderstorm NSSTC Severe Thunderstorm Observations and Research Meteorological network
	SURFRAD	Surface Radiation program
	SUVI	Solar Ultraviolet Imager
	SW	short-wave
T	TAFB	Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (NOAA/NHC)
	TARANIS	Tool for the Analysis of RAdiation from lightNIng and Sprites (CNES France??)
	TC	Tropical Cyclone
	TCFC	Tropical Cyclone Forecast Center
	TET	Technologie-Erprobungs-Traeger (satellite)
	TIR	thermal infrared radiation
	TMI	Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager
	TOA	Top Of the Atmosphere
	T-PARC	THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign
	TRMM	Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission satellite
	TRR	Test Readiness Review
	TT	Total Totals Index (ACP stability index)
	TX	Texas
U	UAV	unmanned aerial vehicle
	USFS	US Forest Service
	UTC	Coordinated Universal Time
	UV	Ultraviolet
V	VA	Virginia
	VFM	vertical feature mask
	VHF	Very High Frequency
	VIIRS	Visible/Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
	VIS	visible
	VISSR	Visible and Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer
	VLF	Very Low Frequency
W	WCDAS	Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station
	WCRP	World Climate Research Programme
	WRAP	Wildfire Research and Applications Partnership (Rochester, NY)
	WVSS-II	Water Vapor Sensing System II
	WWLLN	World-Wide Lightning Location Network

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Acronym List - GOES-R Algorithm Working Group

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