Intercomparison of the NCEP/NCAR and the NASA/DAO
Reanalyses (1985-1993)
AVHRR: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
BUFR: Binary Universal Format Representation
CAC: Climate Analysis Center (currently 'Climate Prediction Center')
CDAS: Climate Data Assimilation System
CDC: Climate Diagnostics Center
CDROM: Compact Disc - Read Only Memory
COADS: Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set
CPC: Climate Prediction Center (formerly 'Climate Analysis Center')
CQC: Complex Quality Control
DAO: Data Assimilation Office
ECMWF: European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts
ENSO: El Nino-Southern Oscillation
ERL: Environmental Research Laboratories
FGGE: First GARP Global Experiment (1979)
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
GARP: Global Atmospheric Research Program
GATE: GARP Atmospheric Tropical Experiment
GDAS: Global Data Assimilation System
GFDL: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GISST: Global Ice and Sea Surface Temperature data set
GLA: Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres
GrADS: Grid Analysis and Display System
GRIB: GRidded Binary format
GTS: Global Telecommunications System
HIRS: High Resolution Infrared Sounder
IR: Infrared
ITCZ: InterTropical Convergence Zone
JMA: Japan Meteorological Agency
MSU: Microwave Sounding Unit
NCAR: National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCDC: National Climate Data Center
NCEP: National Centers for Environmental Modeling (formerly NMC)
NESDIS: National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
NH: Northern Hemisphere
NMC: National Meteorological Center (now NCEP)
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
OA: Optimal Averaging
OGP: Office of Global Programs
OI: Optimal Interpolation
OLR: Outgoing Long-wave Radiation
OIQC: OI-based Quality Control
QBO: Quasi-biennial Oscillation
QC: Quality Control
SiB: Simple Biosphere Model
SH: Southern Hemisphere
SIRS: Satellite Infrared Spectrometer
SSI: Spectral Statistical Interpolation (also known as a 3-D VAR scheme)
SSM/I: Special Sounding Microwave/Imager
SMMR: Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
SST: Sea Surface Temperature
SSU: Stratospheric Sounding Unit
T62: Triangular 62 waves truncation
TB: Tera byte (1015 bytes)
TOVS: TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder
TWERLE: Tropospheric Wind Earth Radio Location Experiment
UKMO: United Kingdom Meteorological Office
USAF: United States Air Force
VTPR: Vertical Temperature and Pressure Radiometer
WMO: World Meteorological Organization
XBT: Bathythermograph