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