APPENDIX E
Acronyms
AASHTO | American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials |
AMS | American Meteorological Society |
ASRS | Aviation Safety Reporting System (FAA) |
BSSWG | Behavioral and Social Sciences Work Group (CDC) |
CASA | Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere |
CASPER | Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CDC) |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CICS | Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites |
CIMMS | Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies |
COE | Center of Excellence (DHS) |
CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
CRISP | Critical Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Systems and Processes (NSF) |
CSTAR | Collaborative Science Technology, and Applied Research Program (NWS) |
CWWCE | Commission on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise (AMS) |
DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
DPP | Diabetes Prevention Project (NIH) |
DSWG | Disaster Surveillance Workgroup (CDC) |
EMI | Emergency Management Institute (FEMA) |
ENG | Engineering Directorate (NSF) |
EOC | Emergency Operations Center |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
ERG | Eastern Research Group |
ESRL | Earth System Research Laboratory (NOAA) |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
FACET | Forecasting a Continuum of Environmental Threat (NOAA/NSSL) |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FFRDC | Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
FIT | Field Innovation Team |
FORIN | Forensic Investigations of Disasters |
GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA) |
GIS | Geographic Information System |
GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites |
GSD | Global Systems Division (NOAA/ESRL) |
HEI | Health Effects Institute |
HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
HIWeather | High-Impact Weather Project (WMO) |
HWT | Hazardous Weather Testbed (NOAA/NSSL) |
IBHS | Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety |
ICI | interdependent critical infrastructure |
IDIQ | indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (a funding mechanism) |
IDR | interdisciplinary research |
IDSS | Impact-based Decision Support Services |
IMEE | Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (NSF) |
IRB | Institutional Review Board |
MDSS | Maintenance Decision Support System |
ME/C | medical examiner/coroner |
MMM | Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory (NCAR) |
mPING | mobile Precipitation Identification Near the Ground |
MRMS | Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor System (NOAA/NSSL) |
NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
NCEP | National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NOAA) |
NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) |
NERRS | National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NOAA) |
NHC | National Hurricane Center (NOAA) |
NIDDK | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH) |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NRC | National Research Council |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
NSSL | National Severe Storms Laboratory (NOAA) |
NSTC | National Science and Technology Council (OSTP) |
NWA | National Weather Association |
NWM | National Water Model |
NWS | National Weather Service (NOAA) |
OAR | Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (NOAA) |
OCWWS | Office of Climate, Water and Weather Services (NWS) |
OSTP | White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
OUP | Office of University Programs (DHS) |
OWAQ | Office of Weather and Air Quality (NOAA/OAR) |
PI | Principal Investigator |
R&D | research and development |
R2O | Research to Operations |
REDAC | Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee (FAA) |
RENCI | Renaissance Computing Institute at East Carolina University |
RISA | Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (NOAA) |
RWIS | Road Weather Information System |
S&T | science and technology |
SBE | Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (NSF Directorate) |
SBS | social and behavioral sciences |
SBST | Social and Behavioral Sciences Team |
SERA | Societal and Economic Research and Applications |
SIP | Societal Impacts Program (NCAR) |
SSWIM | Social Science Woven into Meteorology |
STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
THORPEX | The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment |
UCAR | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
USDOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
VORTEX-SE | Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes in the Southeast (NOAA) |
WAS*IS | Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (NCAR) |
WEA | Wireless Emergency Alert |
WFO | Weather Forecast Office |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
WPC | Weather Prediction Center |
WRaDS | Weather Risks and Decisions in Society (NCAR) |
WRN | Weather-Ready Nation |
WxEM | Weather for Emergency Management (FEMA) |