氣象論文中常見的縮略詞

縮略詞（abbreviations）是我們論文寫作中經常遇到的，也是不可避免的。其中可發音的縮略詞，稱為acronym，例如ENSO；不可發音的縮略詞，稱為initialism，例如MCV。本期颶風講堂整理了我們氣象論文中常用的縮略詞，供大家查詢使用（見文后列表）。另外，關于縮略詞的用法，還有幾點細節需要關注：

? ? 1.??縮寫，在摘要，正文，圖題（包括表題），這三部分中，是單獨計算的，即某一部分的第一次出現，要給出全稱。而且，縮寫需保持全文一致。期刊的要求是這樣的：Abbreviations?should be defined in parentheses the first time they appear in the abstract, main text, and in figure or table captions and?used consistently thereafter.

??? 2.??文章題目中，可以出現縮寫，但這個縮寫必須是公認的，沒有歧義的。自創的縮寫不要出現在文章題目中。

例如：(1) Reliability of ENSO Dynamical Predictions (Tang et al. 2005)

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?(2) Representation of Soil Moisture Feedbacks during Drought in NASA Unified WRF (NU-WRF)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?(Benjamin et al. 2013)

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?(3) Pressure Transients within MCS Mesohighs and Wake Lows??

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?(Jason C. Knievel?and?Richard?H. Johnson 1998)

?3. 章節標題一般不用縮寫，除非這個縮寫也是公認的、沒有歧義的。具體要求和文章題目類似。

? ? 4. 一些常用的詞匯的縮寫，且全稱較為復雜的、長度偏長的，可以不用給出全稱，例如 ERA5，ENSO等。

? ? (Li et al. 2020)

? ? ? (Vimont et al. 2003)

5. 縮略詞前的定冠詞the的使用，可以發音的詞匯（如NASA）不加the，不可以發音的詞匯（如MCV）則需加the。例如：

? ? ? ? ? （1）The National Research Council (NRC) recently highlighted the dual role of?NASA to support both science and applications in planning Earth observations. (Moran et al. 2015)

? ?（2）The MCV?of interest developed from a preexisting upper-level disturbance over the southwest United States on 10 June and matured as it traveled northeastward. （Daniel et al. 2007）

關于縮略詞，大家有什么疑問的也可以通過微信隨時和我們颶風翻譯交流，微信二維碼：

? ? ? ?氣象論文中常用的縮寫詞列表如下（建議收藏）：

Standard technical abbreviations and acronyms

1D?????????? one-dimensional

2D?????????? two-dimensional

3D?????????? three-dimensional

3DVAR (also variations, e.g., 3D-Var)?????? three-dimensional variational data assimilation

4DVAR (also variations, e.g., 4D-Var)?????? four-dimensional variational data assimilation

A

ABL? ? ? ? ? ? atmospheric boundary layer

ac? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? alternating current

AD? ? ? ? ? ? ? anno Domini

ADCP? ? ? ? ?acoustic Doppler current profiler

AGCM? ? ? ? atmospheric general circulation model

AGL? ? ? ? ? ? above ground level

AM? ? ? ? ? ? ? amplitude modulation

AMO? ? ? ? ? ?Atlantic multidecadal oscillation

ANOVA? ? ? analysis of variance

APEX? ? ? ? ? autonomous profiling explorer

AXBT? ? ? ? ? airborne XBT

AXCTD?????? airborne expendable CTD

B

BP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? before present

BT (XBT)? ? bathythermograph (expendable)

C

CAPE? ? ? ? ? convective available potential energy

CAPPI? ? ? ? ?constant-altitude plan position indicator

CAT? ? ? ? ? ? clear-air turbulence

CBL? ? ? ? ? ? convective boundary layer

CCN? ? ? ? ? ?cloud condensation nuclei

CDF? ? ? ? ? ?cumulative distribution function

CFL? ? ? ? ? ? Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy

cgs? ? ? ? ? ? ?centimeter-gram-second

CIN? ? ? ? ? ? convective inhibition

CONUS? ? ?contiguous/conterminous United States

cos?????????? cosine

cpd?????????? cycles per day

cpy?????????? cycles per year

CTD????????? conductivity–temperature–depth

D

dc??????????? direct current

DEM???????? digital elevation model

DJF????????? December–February

DSD???????? drop size distribution

E

EF scale? ? ? ? ?enhanced Fujita scale (EF#)

EHI? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? energy–helicity index

EM-APEX???? electromagnetic autonomous profiling explorer

emf? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? electromotive force

EnKF? ? ? ? ? ? ensemble Kalman filter

ENSO? ? ? ? ? ?El Ni?o–Southern Oscillation

EOF? ? ? ? ? ? ?empirical orthogonal function

Eq.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?equation

ERB? ? ? ? ? ? earth radiation budget

erf? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?error function

erfc? ? ? ? ? ? ?error function (complement of)

et al.? ? ? ? ? ?et alia/ii/iae (and others)

etc.? ? ? ? ? ? ?et cetera

ETS? ? ? ? ? ?equitable threat score

EUV????????? extreme ultraviolet

F

F scale??????? Fujita scale (F#)

FAR? ? ? ? ? ?false alarm rate (or ratio)

FDDA??????? four-dimensional data assimilation

FFT? ? ? ? ? ?fast Fourier transform

Fig.? ? ? ? ? ? figure

FM? ? ? ? ? ? frequency modulation

G

GBVTD?????? ground-based velocity track display

GCM? ? ? ? ? ?general circulation model (OR global climate model)

GIS? ? ? ? ? ? ?geographic?information system

GPS? ? ? ? ? ? ?global positioning system

H

HF? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?high frequency

HVAR? ? ? ? ? hybrid variational scheme

Hz, cps? ? ? ? ?cycles per second

I

IGY? ? ? ? ? ? ?International Geophysical Year

Im? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?imaginary part

IOP? ? ? ? ? ? ?intensive observing/observation period

IR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?infrared

ITCZ? ? ? ? ? intertropical convergence zone

IWC? ? ? ? ? ?ice water content

J

JEBAR??????? joint effect of baroclinicity and relief

JJA? ? ? ? ? ? ? June–August

K

KdV? ? ? ? ? ? Korteweg–de Vries

KPP? ? ? ? ? ? K-profile parameterization

L

LAI? ? ? ? ? ? ?leaf area index

LCL? ? ? ? ? ? lifting condensation level

LES? ? ? ? ? ? large-eddy simulation

LFC? ? ? ? ? ? level of free convection

Lhs? ? ? ? ? ? ?left-hand side

LSM? ? ? ? ? ?land surface model

LST? ? ? ? ? ? local standard time

LT? ? ? ? ? ? ? local time

LWC? ? ? ? ? liquid water content

LWP? ? ? ? ? liquid water path

M

MAE? ? ? ? ? ?mean absolute error

MAM? ? ? ? ? March–May

MBL? ? ? ? ? ?marine boundary layer

MCS? ? ? ? ? ?mesoscale convective system

METAR????? aviation routine weather report

min? ? ? ? ? ? ? minute

MJO? ? ? ? ? ?Madden–Julian oscillation

mks? ? ? ? ? ? meter-kilogram-second

MODE?????? Method for Object-Based Diagnostic Evaluation

mol wt??????? molecular weight

MOS? ? ? ? ? model output statistics

MSL? ? ? ? ? ?above mean sea level

MUCAPE???? most unstable CAPE

MUCIN?????? most unstable CIN

MYJ? ? ? ? ? ? Mellor–Yamada–Janji?

MYNN?????? Mellor–Yamada–Nakanishi–Niino

N

NAO? ? ? ? ? North Atlantic Oscillation

NDVI???????? normalized difference vegetation index

NH? ? ? ? ? ? ?Northern Hemisphere

NWP? ? ? ? ? ?numerical weather prediction

O

ODE? ? ? ? ? ?ordinary differential equation

OGCM?????? ocean GCM

OLR? ? ? ? ? outgoing longwave radiation

OSSE??????? observing system simulation experiment

P

PBL? ? ? ? ? ?planetary boundary layer

PCA? ? ? ? ? ?principal component analysis

PDE? ? ? ? ? ?partial differential equation

PDF/pdf?????? probability density/distribution function

PDO? ? ? ? ? ?Pacific decadal oscillation

PDSI? ? ? ? ? ?Palmer drought severity index

PM_2.5; PM_10?????? particulate matter that is smaller than 2.5 (10)?μm in diameter

POD?????????? probability of detection

PoP??????????? probability of precipitation

ppb??????????? parts per billion

PPI??????????? plan position indicator

ppm?????????? parts per million

ppmv????????? parts per million by volume

PRF?????????? pulse repetition frequency

psu??????????? practical salinity unit

PV??????????? potential vorticity

Q

QBO????????? quasi-biennial oscillation

QPE?????????? quantitative precipitation estimation

QPF?????????? quantitative precipitation forecast

R

R/V? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?research vessel

RAFOS? ? ? ? not an acronym; no expansion

Re? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?real part

RH? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?relative humidity

RHI? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? range–height indicator

Rhs? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? right-hand side

rms/RMS?????? root-mean-square

rmse/RMSE???? root-mean-square error

RMW? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?radius of maximum winds

RT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? radiative transfer

S

SACZ? ? ? ? ? ? ? South Atlantic convergence zone

SH? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Southern Hemisphere

SI units? ? ? ? ? ?International System of Units

SLP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?sea level pressure

SNR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? signal-to-noise ratio

SOFAR? ? ? ? ? ? sound fixing and ranging

SOI? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Southern Oscillation index

SON? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?September–November

SPCZ? ? ? ? ? ? ? South Pacific convergence zone

SSA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?sea surface anomaly

SSH? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?sea surface height

SST? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? sea surface temperature

SSTA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? sea surface temperature anomaly

STEM/STEAM? ?science, technology, engineering (arts), and math

STP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? significant tornado parameter

STP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?standard temperature and pressure

SVAT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? soil–vegetation–atmosphere transfer

SVD? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?singular value decomposition

SWE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?snow water equivalent

T

THC????????? thermohaline circulation

TKE????????? turbulent/turbulence kinetic energy

TOA????????? top of the atmosphere

TPW????????? total precipitable water

U

UHF????????? ultrahigh-frequency

UHI????????? urban heat island

UTC????????? coordinated universal time

UTM???????? universal transverse Mercator

UV?????????? ultraviolet

V

VAD???????? velocity–azimuth display

VHF????????? very high frequency

VIL????????? vertically integrated liquid water content

W

w.r.t.???????? with respect to

WDM6?????? WRF double-moment 6-class

WES???????? wind–evaporation–SST [often with “feedback”]

WISHE?????? wind-induced surface heat exchange

WKBJ??????? Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin–Jeffreys (sometimes just WKB)

X

XBT????????? expendable bathythermograph

XCTD??????? expendable CTD

Y

yr??????????? year

Computer terms

ASCII??????? American Standard Code for Information Exchange

BUFR??????? Binary Universal Form for Representation of Meteorological Data

CD-ROM???? compact disc read-only memory

CPU???????? central processing unit

CSV???????? comma-separated values

DOS???????? Disk Operating System

Fortran??????? Formula Translating System

FTP????????? file transfer protocol

HTML??????? Hypertext Markup Language

IDL????????? Interactive Data Language

IP??????????? Internet protocol

LAN????????? local area network

MATLAB???? matrix laboratory

MySQL?????? My Structured Query Language

netCDF?????? Network Common Data Form

OS/2???????? Operating System/2

PC?????????? personal computer

PDF????????? Portable Document Format

RAM???????? random-access memory

ROM???????? read-only memory

SGML??????? Standard Generalized Markup Language

TCP/IP????? ??Transmission Control Protocol/Internet protocol suite

UNIX/Unix??? a computer operating system

URL????????? uniform resource locator

USB????????? universal serial bus

Wi-Fi???????? local area wireless network

XML???????? Extensible Markup Language

Institutions and units of institutions

A

AFGL??????? Air Force Geophysics Laboratory

AOML?????? Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

APDRC????? Asia–Pacific Data-Research Center

ARL???????? Air Resources Laboratory

ASCE??????? American Society of Civil Engineers

B

BCC???????? Beijing Climate Center

BMRC?????? Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre

BOEM?????? Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

BoM???????? Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)

C

CAWCR????? Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research

CCCma?????? Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis

CCSR??????? Center for Climate System Research

CDAAC????? COSMIC Data Analysis and Archive Center

CERFACS???? Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique

CIMSS??????? Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

CIRA???????? Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

CIRES??????? Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

CISESS?????? Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies

CLIVAR????? Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability and Change (for U.S. CLIVAR group: U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability Program)

CLS????????? Collecte Localisation Satellites

CMC???????? Canadian Meteorological Centre

CMCC??????? Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

CNES???????? Centre National d’études Spatiales

CNRS???????? Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

COLA??????? Center for Ocean–Land–Atmosphere Studies

COSMO?????? Consortium for Small-Scale Modeling (maintains COSMO-Model or COSMO Model)

CPC????????? Climate Prediction Center

CPHC???????? Central Pacific Hurricane Center

CRU????????? Climatic Research Unit

CSIRO??????? Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

CWB???????? Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)

D

DAO???????? Data Assimilation Office (this is now the GMAO)

DKRZ??????? German Climate Computing Centre (Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum)

DOE???????? U.S. Department of Energy

DWD???????? German Weather Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst)

E

ECCO??????? Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean

ECMWF????? European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

EPA????????? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ESA????????? European Space Agency

ESRL?? ??????Earth System Research Laboratory

ETH????????? Eidgen?ssische Technische Hochschule

EUMETSAT?? European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

F

FAO????????? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FRCGC??????? Frontier Research Center for Global Change

G

GES DISC???? Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center

GFDL???????? Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

GISS????????? Goddard Institute for Space Studies

GLERL??????? Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

GMAO??????? Global Modeling and Assimilation Office

GPCC???????? Global Precipitation Climatology Centre

GSFC???????? Goddard Space Flight Center

I

IAP?????????? Institute of Atmospheric Physics

IAPSO??????? The International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans

INGV???????? Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

INM????????? Instituto Nacional de Meteorología (Spain)

IPCC????????? Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPRC????????? International Pacific Research Center

IPSL????????? L’Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace

IRI?????????? International Research Institute for Climate and Society

J

JAMSTEC???? Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

JAXA???????? Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

JCOMM?????? Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

JISAO??????? Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean

JMA???????? Japan Meteorological Agency

JPL????????? Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JTWC??????? Joint Typhoon Warning Center

K

KNMI??????? Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut)

KMA???????? Korea Meteorological Agency

L

LASG??????? State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

LDEO??????? Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

LEGOS?????? Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale

LMD???????? Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique

LODYC?????? Laboratoire d’Océanographic Dynamique et de Climatologie (France)

M

MDL???????? Meteorological Development Laboratory

MEST??????? Korean Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology

MeteoSwiss?? Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology

MPI????????? Max Planck Institute

MSC???????? Meteorological Service of Canada

N

NASA??????? National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCAR??????? National Center for Atmospheric Research

NCDC??????? National Climatic Data Center

NCEI???????? National Centers for Environmental Information

NCEP???????? National Centers for Environmental Prediction

NDBC??????? National Data Buoy Center

NERC??????? Natural Environment Research Council

NESDIS????? National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NGDC??????? National Geophysical Data Center

NHC???????? National Hurricane Center

NOAA??????? National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOC???????? National Oceanography Centre

NODC??????? National Oceanographic Data Center

NRL????????? Naval Research Laboratory

NSF????????? National Science Foundation

NSFC???????? National Natural Science Foundation of China

NSIDC??????? National Snow and Ice Data Center

NSSL???????? National Severe Storms Laboratory

NWS????????? National Weather Service

O

OAR???????? Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

ONR???????? Office of Naval Research

P

PCMDI?????? Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison

PMEL??????? Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

PO.DAAC???? Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

Q

QCCCE?????? Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence

U

UCAR??????? University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

UKMO??????? Met Office

USDA??????? U.S. Department of Agriculture

USDM??????? U.S. Drought Monitor

USGS???????? U.S. Geological Survey

W

WCRP???????? World Climate Research Programme

WGCM??????? Working Group on Coupled Modelling

WHOI???????? Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WMO???????? World Meteorological Organization

Y

YSU????????? Yonsei University

?

Programs, experiments, satellites, and instruments

20C3M???????? 20th Century Climate in Coupled Models

20CR?????????? Twentieth Century Reanalysis

3MI??????????? Multi-viewing, Multi-channel, Multi-polarization (or -polarisation) Imager

A

ACARS??????? Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System

AERONET???? Aerosol Robotic Network

AIRS????????? Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

AMIP????????? Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project

AMSR???????? Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer

AMSR-E?????? Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for Earth Observing System (EOS)

AMSU???????? Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

APHRODITE?? Asian Precipitation—Highly Resolved Observational Data Integration Towards Evaluation of Water Resources

AR4?????????? Fourth Assessment Report

ARM????????? Atmospheric Radiation Measurement

ASCAT??????? Advanced Scatterometer

ASOS????????? Automated Surface Observing System

ASTER???????? Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

ASTEX??????? Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment

ATOVS???? ???Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

AVHRR??????? Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

AVISO???????? Archiving, Validation, and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic Data

AWIPS????????? Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System

AWOS ?????????Automated Weather Observing System

B

BAMEX???????? Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment

BATS?????????? Biosphere–Atmosphere Transfer Scheme

BOBMEX??????? Bay of Bengal Monsoon Experiment

BOMEX???????? Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment

BOREAS??????? Boreal Ecosystem–Atmosphere Study

BSRN?????????? Baseline Surface Radiation Network

C

CALIOP???????? Cloud–Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

CALIPSO??????? Cloud–Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CAPS?????????? Cloud, Aerosol, Precipitation Spectrometer

CART?????????? Cloud and Radiation Testbed

CAS??????????? Cloud and Aerosol Spectrometer

CASES-99?????? 1999 Cooperative Atmosphere–Surface Exchange Study

CBLAST???????? Coupled Boundary Layers Air–Sea Transfer

CERES????????? Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System

CFMIP????????? Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project

CFSR?????????? Climate Forecast System Reanalysis

CHAMP???????? Challenging Minisatellite Payload

C-MAN???????? Coastal-Marine Automated Network

CMAP????????? Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Merged Analysis of Precipitation

CMIP?????????? Coupled Model Intercomparison Project

CMIPx????????? phase?x?of CMIP [x?= 3, 5, or 6 (planned)]

COADS???????? Comprehensive Ocean–Atmosphere Data Set

COARE???????? Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment

CoCoRaHS????? Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network

CONTRAIL????? Comprehensive Observation Network for Trace Gases by Airliner

COOP?????????? Cooperative Observer Program

CORE?????????? Co-ordinated Ocean–Ice Reference Experiments (run by CLIVAR)

COSMIC???????? Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (also Cosmic-Ray Soil Moisture Interaction Code)

COSMOS??????? Cosmic-Ray Soil Moisture Observing System

COSP??????????? The CFMIP Observation Simulator Package

CRYSTAL-FACE? Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers–Florida-Area Cirrus Experiment

CSU–CHILL?????? Colorado State University–University of Chicago–Illinois State Water Survey

CuPIDO?????????? Cumulus Photogrammetric, In Situ, and Doppler Observations

D

DART?????????? Data Assimilation Research Testbed

DIMES????????? Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean

DMSP?????????? Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DOCIMS???????? Drizzle and Open Cells in Marine Stratocumulus field study

DOTSTAR?????? Dropsonde Observations for Typhoon Surveillance near the Taiwan Region

DYCOMS II????? Second Dynamics and Chemistry of the Marine Stratocumulus field study

DYNAMO??????? Dynamics of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (also Dynamics of North Atlantic Models)

E

EarthCARE????? Earth Cloud, Aerosol, and Radiation Explorer

EBAF??????? ???Energy Balanced and Filled

ECA&D???????? European Climate Assessment and Dataset

EC-EARTH????? EC-Earth Consortium (and its Earth system model)

EDAS?????????? Eta Data Assimilation System

ELDORA??????? Electra Doppler Radar

ENVI?????????? Environment for Visualizing Images

E-OBS????????? European daily high-resolution gridded dataset

EOS??????????? Earth Observing System

EOSDIS???????? Earth Observing System Data Information System

EPIC?????????? Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate Processes in the Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere System

ER-2??????????? no expansion (NASA aircraft)

ERA??????????? ECMWF Re-Analysis (this prefix is now used by ECMWF as a product name without expansion)

ERA5?????????? Fifth major global reanalysis produced by ECMWF

ERA-15??? ?????15-yr European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis

ERA-40???????? 40-yr European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis

ERA-Interim???? European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) interim reanalysis

ERBE?????????? Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

ERBS??????????? Earth Radiation Budget Satellite

EROS?????????? Earth Resources Observation and Science

ERS??????????? European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS roman but ERS-2 italic)

ERSST????????? Extended Reconstructed SST

ERSST.v3b?????? Extended Reconstructed SST, version 3b

ESWD?????????? European Severe Weather Database

ETCCDI???????? Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices

ETM+?????????? Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus

ETOP05????????? Elevation Data for Areas Greater than 50 degrees North

Etopo??????????? no expansion (topographical maps of Canada developed by a company called Etopo)

ETOPO2v2?????? 2-minute gridded elevations/bathymetry for the world

ETOPO5???????? 5-minute gridded elevations/bathymetry for the world

F

FASTEX???????? Fronts and Atlantic Storm Track Experiment

FGGE?????????? First Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) Global Experiment

FIRE??????????? First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

FIRE-ACE?????? First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment-Arctic Cloud Experiment

FLAME???????? Family of Linked Atlantic Model Experiments

FSSP?????????? forward scattering spectrometer probe (initial caps when referring to PMS product)

G

GAME????????? Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Asian Monsoon Experiment

GARP????????? Global Atmospheric Research Program

GATE????????? Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) Atlantic Tropical Experiment

GCE?????????? Goddard Cumulus Ensemble

GCSS????????? GEWEX Cloud System Study

GEBA????????? Global Energy Balance Archive

GECCO??????? German contribution to Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean

GEMPAK?????? General Meteorological Package

GEOS????????? Goddard Earth Observing System (not a satellite)

GEOSS???????? Global Earth Observation System of Systems

GERB????????? Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget

GEWEX??????? Global Energy and Water Exchanges project (formerly Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment)

GFS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Global Forecast System [operated by NCEP]

GHRSST??????? Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (without hyphen between high resolution, see https://www.ghrsst.org/)

GISST? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Global Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature dataset

GISTEMP?????? Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) Surface Temperature Analysis

GLACE???????? Global Land–Atmosphere Coupling Experiment

GLDAS???????? Global Land Data Assimilation System

GLOWA??????? Global Change and the Hydrological Cycle

GMI?????????? Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager

GODAE??????? Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment

GODAS??????? Global Ocean Data Assimilation System

GOES????????? Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-1)

GPCP????????? Global Precipitation Climatology Project?

GPI??????????? Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) precipitation index

GPM?????????? Global Precipitation Measurement

GPROF???????? Goddard profiling algorithm

GR-1?????????? see R-1

GR-2?????????? see R-2

GRACE???????? Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

GRIP?????????? Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (also Greenland Ice Core Project)

GSI???????????? Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation analysis system

GSMaP????????? Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation

GSOP?????????? Global Synthesis and Observations Panel

GSS??????????? Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud System Study

GSSTF????????? Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes

GSWP?????????? Global Soil Wetness Project

GTOPO30??????? Global 30 arc s elevation dataset

H

HadCRUT4? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hadley Centre/Climatic Research Unit, version 4

HadISST? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature dataset

HadSLP1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?First Hadley Centre Sea Level Pressure dataset?

HAPEX-MOBILHY? ? ? ? ? Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment-Modelisation du Bilan Hydrique

HCDN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Hydro-Climatic Data Network

HIRS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder

HOAPS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data

HRDI? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?High Resolution Doppler Imager

HRST? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Historical Russian soil temperature

HSB? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Humidity Sounder for Brazil [on board Aqua]

HURDAT/HURDAT2? ? ?NHC 'best track' hurricane database (no caps)

HVPS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?high-volume precipitation spectrometer

HydroSHEDS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hydrological Data and Maps Based on Shuttle Elevation Derivatives at Multiple Scales

I

IASI? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer

IASI-NG? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer—New Generation

IBTrACS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship

ICARTT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation

ICES? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ICESat? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat-1, ICESat-2)

ICOADS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?International Comprehensive Ocean–Atmosphere Data Set

IEEE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IGBP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme

IHOP_2002? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? International H₂O Project

IMERG? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for GPM

IMILAST? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Intercomparison of mid latitude storm diagnostics (there is a space between mid and latitude;? ? ? ? ?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?http://www.proclim.ch/imilast/index.html)

IMPROVE-2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?second Improvement of Microphysical Parameterization through Observational Verification Experiment

ISCCP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project

ISLSCP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project

ISS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Integrated Sounding System (usually with NCAR)

J

JASMINE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joint Air–Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment

JONSWAP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joint North Sea Wave Project

JRA-25? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Japanese 25-year Reanalysis Project

JRA-55? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Japanese 55-year Reanalysis

L

LBA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Large-Scale Biosphere–Atmosphere Experiment

LEO? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?low-Earth orbiting (add hyphen after Earth if being used as an adjective)

LIS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Lightning Imaging Sensor

LMA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Lightning Mapping Array

LOWTRAN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Low-Resolution Atmospheric Transmission

M

MARGO? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Multiproxy Approach for the Reconstruction of the Glacial Ocean Surface

MAS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MODIS Airborne Simulator

MAST? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Monterey Area Ship Track

MASTER? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator

M-CLASS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Mobile Cross-Chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System

MERRA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications

MetOp? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Meteorological Operational satellites [series of satellites; for single satellites, e.g.,?Meteorological Operational Satellite-A?(MetOp-A)]

M-GLASS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Mobile GPS/Loran Atmospheric Sounding System

MiKlip? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Decadal Predictions (Mittelfristige Klimaprognosen)

MidCiX? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Middle Latitude Cirrus Experiment

MISR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer

MLS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Microwave Limb Sounder

MODIS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

MODTRAN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?moderate resolution atmospheric transmission

MOSES? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Met Office Surface Exchange Scheme

MOZAIC? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Measurement of Ozone and Water Vapor by Airbus In-Service

MPDATA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?multidimensional positive definite advection transport algorithm

MRMS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) system

MSS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Multispectral Scanner

MSU? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Microwave Sounding Unit

N

NARCCAP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program

NARR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?North American Regional Reanalysis

NCODA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation

NEXRAD? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Next Generation Weather Radar

NLDAS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? North American Land Data Assimilation System

NLDN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? National Lightning Detection Network

NMQ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?National Mosaic and Multi-Sensor Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE)

NPOESS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NSIPP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? NASA’s Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction Project

NVAP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?NASA’s Water Vapor Project

O

OAFlux? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?objectively analyzed air–sea fluxes

OAP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?optical array probe

OLI? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Operational Land Imager

OPTRAN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? optical path transmittance

OSCAR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Ocean Surface Currents Analyses–Real Time

OWLeS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems (OWLeS) field campaign

P

(P)ALACE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (profiling) autonomous Lagrangian circulation explorer

PATMOS-x? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Pathfinder Atmospheres–Extended

PCASP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? passive cavity aerosol spectrometer probe

PERSIANN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information Using Artificial Neural Networks

PILPS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Project for the Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes

PIRATA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic

PIZA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Population-Interaction Zones for Agriculture

PMIP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project

POES? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Polar(-orbiting) Operational Environmental Satellite

POLDER? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Polarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances

PR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?[TRMM] Precipitation Radar

PREDICT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics

PRE-STORM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Preliminary Regional Experiment for STORM-Central

PROBE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Program for Boundary Layers in the Environment

PRUDENCE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Prediction of Regional Scenarios and Uncertainties for Defining European Climate Change Risks and Effects

Q

QuikSCAT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Quick Scatterometer (no italics, NASA is fine if included by author)

R

R-1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?the Kalnay et al. (1996)/Kistler et al. (2001) NCEP–NCAR reanalyses (aka Reanalysis-1, Global Reanalysis 1,?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? GR-? 1, GR1, R1, and NCEP-1)

R-2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? NCEP–DOE AMIP-II reanalysis (also referred to as Reanalysis-2, Global Reanalysis 2, GR-2, GR2, R2, and?

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?NCEP- 2)

RADS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Radar Altimeter Database System

RAINEX? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment

RAPID–MOCHA? ? ? ?Rapid Climate Change–Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array

RASS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? radio acoustic sounding system

READER? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Reference Antarctic Data for Environmental Research

REAL? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Raman-shifted Eye-safe Aerosol Lidar

RTTOV? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Radiative Transfer for TOVS

RUC? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Rapid Update Cycle

S??

S2S? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction project

SAGE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment

SCIAMACHY? ? ? ? ? ? Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cartography

SCSMEX? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? South China Sea Monsoon Experiment

SeaWiFS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor

SEVIRI? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

SHADOZ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes

SHEBA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean

SIRS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Solar and Infrared Radiation Station

SIRTA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Site Instrumental de Recherche en Télédétection Atmosphérique

SMAP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Soil Moisture Active Passive (mission)

SMMR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer

SMOS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (mission/satellite)

SNOTEL? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Snowpack Telemetry

SODA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Simple Ocean Data Assimilation

SOLAS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Surface Ocean–Lower Atmosphere Study

S-Pol? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? S-band dual-polarization Doppler radar

SPOT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Système Pour l’Observation de la Terre

SRB? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?surface radiation budget (caps for the NASA/GEWEX database)

SRES? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Special Report on Emissions Scenarios

SRTM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

SRTM30? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?SRTM global bathymetry and elevation data at 30 arc s resolution

SRTM30_PLUS? ? ? ? ? ?SRTM global bathymetry and elevation data at 30 arc s resolution with data voids filled

SSALTO? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Segment Sol multimissions d’ALTimétrie, d’Orbitographie et de localization ?précise

SSM/I? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Special Sensor Microwave Imager

SSM/IS [Dept. of Defense]; SSMIS [NOAA]? ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder

SSM/T? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Special Sensor Microwave Temperature Profiler

SSU? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Stratospheric Sounding Unit

STORM-FEST? ? ? ? ? ?Storm-scale Operational and Research Meteorology-Fronts Experiment Systems Test

Suomi NPP/SNPP? ? ? ? Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership

SURFRAD? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Surface Radiation Budget Network

T

TAO? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (caps when buoy array is being discussed)

TAR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Third Assessment Report

TCPF? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Feature database

TELEX? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment

TEPPS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Tropical East Pacific Process Studies

THORPEX? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment

TIGGE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?THORPEX?Interactive Grand Global Ensemble

TIROS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Television and Infrared Observation Satellite

TIRS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Thermal Infared Sensor

TM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Thematic Mapper (as in Landsat TM)

TMI? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager

TMPA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis

TOGA COARE? ? ? ? ?Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment

TOMS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

TOPEX? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Ocean Topography Experiment [often (TOPEX)/Poseidon (T/P)]

TOVS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

T-REX? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment

TRITON? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Triangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network

TRMM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

U

UARS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

UAV? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? unmanned aerial vehicle (caps are used for ARM Project’s Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle)

UNEP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?United Nations Environment Programme

UNFCCC? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

USHCN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? U.S. Historical Climatology Network

V

VAMOS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Variability of American Monsoon Systems

VAPIC? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Water Vapour Profiling Inter-Comparison field experiment

VEMAP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Vegetation-Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Program

VIIRS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite

VIRS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Visible and Infrared Scanner

VORTEX? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment

W

WCR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Wyoming Cloud Radar

WDSS-II? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Warning Decision Support System–Integrated Information

WEAP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Weather Evaluation and Planning

WOCE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? World Ocean Circulation Experiment

WSM3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? WRF single-moment 3-class

WSM6? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? WRF single-moment 6-class microphysics scheme

WSR-88D? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler

?

Climatic, meteorological, oceanographic, and other models

A

ACCESS1.0? ? ? ? ? ? ?Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator, version 1.0

ACCESS1.3? ? ? ? ? ? ?Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator, version 1.3

ACOM2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Australian Community Ocean Model 2

AGISM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet Model

ALADIN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Aire Limitée Adaptation Dynamique Développement International

ALEXI? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Atmosphere–Land Exchange Inverse model

AMD? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? angular directional model

AOGCM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? atmosphere–ocean general circulation model

ARCSYM? ? ? ? ? ? ? Arctic Regional Climate System Model

AROME? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Applications of Research to Operations at Mesoscale

ARPEGE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Action de Recherche Petite Echelle Grande Echelle

ARPS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Advanced Regional Prediction System

ARW? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Advanced Research version of WRF (see also WRF-ARW)

B

BCC_CSM1.1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Beijing Climate Center, Climate System Model, version 1.1

BCC_CSM1.1(m)? ? ? ? ? ? ?Beijing Climate Center, Climate System Model, version 1.1 (moderate resolution)

BCCR-BCM2.0? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research Bergen Climate Model, version 2.0

BMRC BAM3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre Atmospheric Model, version 3

BNU-ESM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Beijing Normal University–Earth System Model

C

CAM3.0? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Community Atmosphere Model, version 3.0

CanAM4 (or AGCM4)? ? ? ?Fourth Generation Canadian Atmospheric General Circulation Model

CanCM4 (or CGCM4)? ? ? ? Fourth Generation Canadian Coupled Global Climate Model

CanESM2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Second Generation Canadian Earth System Model

CCM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Community Climate Model (NCAR) [or Chemistry–Climate Model (NASA GISS)]; should be specified

CCSM2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Community Climate System Model, version 2

CCSM3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Community Climate System Model, version 3

CCSM4? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Community Climate System Model, version 4

CDAS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Climate Data Assimilation System

CDR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?PERSIANN–Climate Data Record

CESM1(BGC)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Community Earth System Model, version 1 (biogeochemistry, or carbon cycle)

CESM1(CAM5)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Community Earth System Model, version 1 (Community Atmosphere Model, version 5)

CESM1(CISM)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Community Earth System Model, version 1 (ice sheet model)

CESM1(FASTCHEM)? ? ? ?Community Earth System Model, version 1 [Community Atmosphere Model with Chemistry (CAM-chem)]

CESM1(WACCM)? ? ? ? ? ? ?Community Earth System Model, version 1 (Whole Atmosphere ?Community Climate Model)

CFS or CFSv1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Climate Forecast System (sometimes used alone or in conjunction with version 1)

CFSv2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Climate Forecast System, version 2

CGCM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?coupled atmosphere–ocean general circulation model

CGCM3.1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? CCCma Coupled Global Climate Model, version 3.1 (may also include T47 or T63 for spectral resolution of model)

CICE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Los Alamos Sea Ice Model or Community Ice Code

CISM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Community Ice Sheet Model

CLIMBER? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Climate and Biosphere Model

CLIO? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Coupled Large-Scale Ice Ocean

CLIPER? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? climatology and persistence statisical models

CLM3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Community Land Model, version 3

CMAM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model

CMCC-CESM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici Carbon Cycle Earth System Model

CMCC-CM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici Climate Model

CMCC-CMS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici Stratosphere-resolving Climate Model

CMOC? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Canadian Model of Ocean Carbon

CMORPH? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? CPC morphing technique

CNRM-CM3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques Coupled Global Climate Model, version 3

CNRM-CM5? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques Coupled Global Climate Model, version 5

COAMPS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System

COART? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Radiative Transfer Model

COCO4.5? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Center for Climate System Research (CCSR) Ocean Component Model, version 4.5 [CCSR is now the? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Atmosphere and? ??? Ocean?Research Institute (AORI) at the U. of Tokyo]

CRCM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Canadian Regional Climate Model

CSIM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Community Sea Ice Model

CSIRO Mk3.0? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Mark 3.0

CSIRO Mk3.6.0? ? ? ? ? ? ? Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Mark 3.6.0

CSM1.0? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Climate System Model, version 1.0

CTEM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Canadian Terrestrial Ecosystem Model

D

DARLAM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Division of Atmospheric Research Limited Area Model

DEMETER? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Development of a European Multimodel Ensemble System for Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction

DGVM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? dynamic global vegetation model

DISORT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer model

DOCN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Climatological Data Ocean Model

E

ECBilt/CLIO? ? ? ? ? ? Earth system models of intermediate complexity Climate deBilt/Coupled large-scale ice ocean

EC-EARTH? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?European Consortium Earth System Model

ECHAM5? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? no expansion used; it is very long and involves ECMWF, Hamburg, etc. (also ECHAM4)

ECHO-G? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?ECHAM4 and the global Hamburg Ocean Primitive Equation

ECPC-RSM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Experimental Climate Prediction Center Regional Spectral Model

EMBS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Episodic mixing and buoyancy-sorting models

EMIC? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Earth system models of intermediate complexity

ENSEMBLES? ? ? ? ? ? ?Ensemble-Based Predictions of Climate Changes and Their Impacts

ESM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Earth system model

ESGF? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Earth System Grid Federation

ESMF? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Earth System Modeling Framework

F

FAIR 2.0? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Framework to Assess International Regimes for Differentation of Commitments, version 2.0

FAMOUS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Fast Met Office/U.K. Universities Simulator

FASTEM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Fast Emissivity Model

FGOALS-g1.0? ? ? ? ? ? ?Flexible Global Ocean–Atmosphere–Land System Model, gridpoint version 1.0 (source reference is for 'g2,' but similar)

FGOALS-s2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Flexible Global Ocean–Atmosphere–Land System Model, second spectral version

FIO-ESM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?First Institute of Oceanography (FIO) Earth System Model (ESM)

FOAM-LPJ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model–Lund Potsdam Jena Land Model

FROALS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Flexible Regional Ocean Atmosphere Land System

FSUGSM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Florida State University Global Spectral Model

G

GCM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? general circulation model (OR global climate model)

GDAS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Global Data Assimilation System

GEFS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Global Ensemble Forecast System

GEOS-5? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Goddard Earth Observing System Model, version 5

GFDL CM2.0? ? ? ? ? ? ? Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Climate Model, version 2.0

GFDL CM2.1? ? ? ? ? ? ? Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Climate Model, version 2.1

GFDL CM2.5? ? ? ? ? ? ? Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Climate Model, version 2.5

GFDL CM3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Climate Model, version 3

GFDL-ESM2G? ? ? ? ? ? Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Earth System Model with GOLD component

GFDL-ESM2M? ? ? ? ? ?Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Earth System Model with MOM, version 4 component

GFS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Global Forecast System [may include cycle (cy) and revision (r) information]

GISS-AOM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Atmosphere–Ocean Model [also GISS-Fast AOM (FAOM)]

GISS-E2-H? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Goddard Institute for Space Studies Model E2, coupled with HYCOM (see expansion below)

GISS-E2-R? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Goddard Institute for Space Studies Model E2, coupled with the Russell ocean model

GISS-E2CS-H/R? ? ? ? ?GISS Model E2 using cubed-sphere grid coupled with either HYCOM or Russell

GISS-E2-H/R-CC? ? ? ?GISS Model E2, coupled with either HYCOM or Russell and interactive terrestrial carbon cycle (and oceanic biogeochemistry)

GISS-ER? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Goddard Institute for Space Studies Model E, coupled with the Russell ocean model

GOCART? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Goddard Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport model

GOLD? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Generalized Ocean Layer Dynamics

H

HadAM3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hadley Centre Atmosphere Model, version 3

HadCM3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3

HadGEM1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Hadley Centre Global Environment Model, version 1

HadGEMx-yy? ? ? ? ? ??Hadley Centre Global Environment Model, version?x?(x?= 1, 2, or 3)

with?yy?configurations for HadGEM2 and HadGEM3:

A = Atmosphere and land

AO = A and O configurations

CC = Carbon Cycle (includes AO configuration with biogeochemistry, sometimes includes CCS, with S for stratospheric processes)

ES = Earth System (includes CC configuration with chemistry)

GC = Global Coupled (e.g., HadGEM3-GC3.1 is the Global Coupled 3.1 configuration)?

O = Ocean and sea ice

RA = Regional Atmosphere

HadRM3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hadley Centre Regional Climate Model, version 3

HARMONIE? ? ? ? ? ? HIRLAM–ALADIN Research on Mesoscale Operational NWP in Euromed

HBV? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Water Balance Department of the Hydrological Bureau (Hydrologiska Byr?ns Vattenbalansavdelning) model

HiRAM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?High Resolution Atmospheric Model (sometimes configurations -C180 and -C360 are included denoting 180 x 180 and 360 x 360? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? gridpoint resolutions, respectively)

HIRHAM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?no expansion

HIRLAM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?High Resolution Limited Area Model

HOPE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Hamburg Ocean Primitive Equation Model (sometimes with “-G” for “global”)

HRRR? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?High-Resolution Rapid Refresh

HSAMI? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Service Hydrométéorologique Apports Modules Intermédiaires

HTESSEL? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hydrology Tiled ECMWF Scheme of Surface Exchanges over Land

HWRF? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting Model

HYCOM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model

HyMAP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Hydrological Modeling and Analysis Platform

HYSPLIT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model

I

IBIS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Integrated Biosphere Simulator

IFS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Integrated Forecasting System [may include cycle (cy) and revision (r) information]

IMAGE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment

INGV-SXG? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, SINTEX-G

INM-CM3.0? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Institute of Numerical Mathematics Coupled Model, version 3.0

INM-CM4.0? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Institute of Numerical Mathematics Coupled Model, version 4.0

IPSL-CM4? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? L’Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace Coupled Model, version 4

IPSL-CM5A-LR? ? ? ? ?L’Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace Coupled Model, version 5A, low resolution

IPSL-CM5A-MR? ? ? ? L’Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace Coupled Model, version 5A, mid resolution

IPSL-CM5B-LR? ? ? ? ?L’Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace Coupled Model, version 5B, low resolution

ISBA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Interactions between Soil, Biosphere, and Atmosphere

J

JSBACH? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Jena Scheme for Biosphere–Atmosphere Coupling in Hamburg

JULES? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Joint UK Land Environment Simulator

L?

LDAS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Land Data Assimilation System

LEAF-2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Land Ecosystem–Atmosphere Feedback model, version 2

LICOM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid?Dynamics/Institute of? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Atmospheric? Physics (LASG/IAP) Climate Ocean Model

LIM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Louvain-la-Neuve Sea Ice Model

LMDZ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique zoom model

LOCH? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Liège Ocean Carbon Heteronomous model

LOVECLIM? ? ? ? ? ? ? LOCH–VECODE–ECBILT–CLIO–AGISM Model (ESM)

M

MAGICC? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Induced Climate Change

MAPS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System

MCIM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?mixed cloud isotopic model

Meso-NH? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? no expansion

MIROC3.2 (hires)? ? ? Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate, version 3.2 (high resolution)

MIROC3.2 (medres)? Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate, version 3.2 (medium resolution)

MIROC4h? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate, version 4 (high resolution)

MIROC5? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate, version 5

MIROC-ESM? ? ? ? ? ? Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate, Earth System Model

MIROC-ESM-CHEM? ? ?Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate, Earth System Model, Chemistry Coupled

MITgcm? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Massachusetts Institute of Technology General Circulation Model

MIUBECHOG? ? ? ? ? Meteorological Institute of the University of Bonn, ECHO-G Model

MM5? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model

MODFLOW? ? ? ? ? ? ? Modular three-dimensional finite-difference groundwater flow model

MOM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Modular Ocean Model

MOSES? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Met Office Surface Exchange Scheme

MPAS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Model for Prediction Across Scales

MPI-ESM-LR? ? ? ? ? ?Max Planck Institute Earth System Model, low resolution

MPI-ESM-MR? ? ? ? ? Max Planck Institute Earth System Model, medium resolution

MPI-ESM-P? ? ? ? ? ? ? Max Planck Institute Earth System Model, paleoclimate

MPI-OM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Max Planck Institute Ocean Model

MRF? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Medium-Range Forecast Model (predecessor to GFS, 2002)

MRI-AGCM3.2H? ? ? Meteorological Research Institute Atmospheric General Circulation Model, version 3.2 (high resolution)

MRI-AGCM3.2S? ? ? ?Meteorological Research Institute Atmospheric General Circulation Model, version 3.2 (super-high resolution)

MRI-CGCM2.3.2a? ? Meteorological Research Institute Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean General Circulation Model, version 2.3.2a

MRI-CGCM1? ? ? ? ? ?Meteorological Research Institute Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean General Circulation Model, version 1

MRI-CGCM3? ? ? ? ? ?Meteorological Research Institute Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean General Circulation Model, version 3

MRI-ESM1? ? ? ? ? ? ? Meteorological Research Institute Earth System Model, version 1

N

NAM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?North American Mesoscale Forecast System

NEWS-e? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for ensembles

NEMO? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean

NMM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Model [typically used in conjunction with WRF (WRF-NMM)]

Noah? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?NOAA/NCEP–Oregon State University–Air Force Research Laboratory–NOAA/Office of Hydrology land surface model

Noah-MP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Noah LSM with multiparameterization (or multiphysics) options

NOGAPS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System

NorESM1-M? ? ? ? ? ? Norwegian Earth System Model, version 1 (intermediate resolution)

NorESM1-ME? ? ? ? ? NorESM1-M with carbon cycling (and biogeochemistry)

NSHARP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Skew-T Hodograph Analysis and Research Program

O

OASIS 2.0? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Ocean Atmosphere Sea Ice Soil, version 2.0

OGCM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Ocean General Circulation Model

OFES? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Ocean General Circulation Model for the Earth Simulator

OISST2 or OISSTv2? Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature, version 2

OPA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Océan Parallélisé? [e.g., Océan Parallélisé (OPA) 8.1, now part of NEMO]

OPYC3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Ocean Isopycnal Model

ORCA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?no expansion (an OGCM grid mesh, e.g., ORCA2 for 2° and ORCA05 for 0.5° projection)

ORCHIDEE? ? ? ? ? ?Organizing Carbon and Hydrology in Dynamic Ecosystems

P

PCM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Parallel Climate Model

PERSIANN-CCS? PERSIANN–Cloud Classification System

POAMA-1? ? ? ? ? ?Predictive Ocean Atmosphere Model for Australia

POEM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Potsdam Earth Model

POM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Princeton Ocean Model

POP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Parallel Ocean Program

PORT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Parallel Offline Radiative Transfer

PPE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?perturbed physics ensemble

PRISM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Parameter-Elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model

PRMS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System

Q

QTCM1? ? ? ? ? ? ? Quasi-equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model

R

RACMO2? ? ? ? ? ? Regional Atmospheric Climate Model, version 2

RAMS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Regional Atmospheric Modeling System

RAP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Rapid Refresh

RCA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Rossby Center Regional Atmospheric Model

RCP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? representative concentration pathway

RCM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?regional climate model (refers to a generic regional climate model)

RegCM3? ? ? ? ? ? ? Regional Climate Model, version 3

ROMS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Regional Ocean Modeling System

RRTM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Rapid Radiative Transfer Model

RRTMG? ? ? ? ? ? ? RRTM for GCMs

RUC? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Rapid Update Cycle

S

SAC-SMA? ? ? ? ? ?Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting (SAC-SMA) model

SECHIBA? ? ? ? ? ?Schématisation des échanges Hydriques à l’Interface Biosphère et l'Atmosphère

SHARPpy? ? ? ? ? Sounding and Hodograph Analysis and Research Program in Python

SHIFOR? ? ? ? ? ? ?Statistical Hurricane Intensity Forecast model

SHIPS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme

SiB? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Simple Biosphere Model

SINTEX? ? ? ? ? ? Scale Interaction Experiment

SINTEX-F? ? ? ? ?SINTEX–Frontier Research Center for Global Change (FRCGC) model

SINTEX-G? ? ? ? see INGV-SXG

SOM? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? slab ocean model

SWAT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Soil and Water Assessment Tool

T

TITAN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Thunderstorm Identification, Tracking, Analysis, and Nowcasting

TOPMODEL???? not an acronym; no expansion

TRIFFID??????? Top-down Representation of Interactive Foliage and Flora Including Dynamics

TPXO?????????? Oregon State University TOPEX/Poseidon Global Inverse Solution tidal model

U

UVic ESCM????? University of Victoria Earth System Climate Model

V

VECODE? ? ? ? ?Vegetation Continuous Description

VIC? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Variable Infiltration Capacity model

W

WACCM? ? ? ? ? ? Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model

WRF? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model; Model after acronym per developers

WRF-ARW? ? ? ? Advanced Research version of WRF (see also ARW)