APPENDIX A
ACRONYMS
APSRU
Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit (Australia)
BOR
Bureau of Reclamation (U.S.)
CAEN
Centro de Aperfeiçoamento de Economistas do Nordeste/Center for the Improvement of Northeastern Economics (Brazil)
CHIEX
Climate and Health Information Exchange
CIG
Climate Impacts Group (U.S.)
COGERH
Companhia de Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos/Water Resource Management Company (Brazil)
CPC
Climate Prediction Center (U.S.)
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)
DNR&M
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (Australia)
DPI&F
Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (Queensland, Australia)
ENSO
El Niño/Southern Oscillation
FUNCEME
Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hídricos/State Foundation for Meteorology and Hydrology (Brazil)
IAI
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
IRI
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
KAS
knowledge-action system
MCV
Managing Climate Variability
NCEP
National Center for Environmental Prediction (U.S.)
NGOs
nongovernmental organizations
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)
NOAA/OGP
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Global Programs
NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NWS/PR
National Weather Service/Pacific Region (U.S.)
OGP
Office of Global Programs (U.S., within NOAA)
PBDC
Pacific Basin Development Council
PEAC
Pacific ENSO Applications Center (U.S., U.S.-API)
PNW
Pacific Northwest (U.S.)
QCCA
Queensland Center for Climate Applications (Australia)
RISA
Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment program (U.S.)
S&T
science and technology
SEPLAN
Secretaria do Planejamento e Coordenação/State Planning Secretariat (Brazil)
UFC
Federal University of Ceará (Brazil)
UH/SOEST
University of Hawai’i/School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (U.S.)
UOG/WERI
University of Guam/Water and Energy Research Institute (U.S.)
USAPI
U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (U.S.)
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
