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Global Guide to Tropical Cyclone Forecasting:
Chapter 9: Ready Reckoner
| ADPC |
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center. |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence. |
| AOR |
Area Of Responsibility. |
| ASDL |
Aircraft Satellite Data Link. |
| ASM |
Asia Spectral Model. |
| ATCF |
Advanced Tropical Cyclone Forecast system. |
| ATCW |
Australian Tropical Cyclone Workstation. |
| AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. |
| AVN |
AViatioN model. |
| AWS |
Automated Weather Station. |
| BAM |
Beta and Advection Model. |
| BF |
Banding Features. |
| BMD |
Bangladesh Meteorological Department. |
| CAPPI |
Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator (radar
display). |
| CCC |
Central Cold Cover. |
| CDO |
Central Dense Overcast. |
| CF |
Central Features. |
| CI |
Current Intensity number. |
| CLIPER |
CLImatology and PERsistence, also occasionally CLIP. |
| CMB |
Central Meteorological Bureau, Peoples Republic Of
China. |
| CPHC |
Central Pacific Hurricane Center. |
| CSC |
Cloud System Centre. |
| CSUM |
Colorado State University statistical Model. |
| CYCLOGUE |
CYCLone analOGUE. |
| DLM |
Deep Layer Mean. |
| DT |
Data T-number. |
| EA |
Eye Adjustment number. |
| ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium range Weather Forecasting. |
| ECT |
Embedded Cloud Top. |
| EIR |
Enhanced InfraRed imagery. |
| ENSO |
El Nino Southern Oscillation. |
| EOF |
Empirical Orthogonal Functions. |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific. |
| FBAM |
FNOC Beta and Advection Model. |
| FDL |
Forecast Difficulty Level. |
| FNOC |
Fleet Numerical Operations Center (US NAvy). |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. |
| GTS |
Global Telecommunication System. |
| hPa |
hecta Pascals. |
| HPAC |
Half Persistence And Climatology. |
| HURISK |
NHC HUrricane RISK analysis program. |
| HURRAN |
HURRicane ANalogue. |
| IDNDR |
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction,
1990-1999. |
| IF |
Inhibiting Factor for cyclone development. |
| IR |
Infrared Radiation. |
| IWTC |
International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones. |
| JMA |
Japan Meteorological Agency. |
| JSM |
Japan Spectral Model. |
| JTWC |
Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Guam. |
| LAM |
Limited Area numerical Model. |
| LEB |
Leading Edge Band. |
| LLCC |
Lower Level Circulation Centre. |
| McIDAS |
Man-Computer Interactive Data Access System. |
| MCS |
Mesoscale Convective System. |
| MET |
Model Estimated T-number. |
| MEOW |
Maximum Envelope Of Waters. |
| MJO |
Madden-Julian Oscillation. |
| MPI |
Maximum Potential Intensity of a tropical cyclone. |
| MRF |
Medium Range Forecast model. |
| MSLP |
Mean Sea Level Pressure. |
| MSU |
Microwave Sounder Unit. |
| MUSIC |
MUltilevel Steering by Integrated Current. |
| MWS |
Maximum Wind Speed. |
| NEPRF |
Naval Environmental Prediction Facility (now NOARL). |
| NEXRAD |
NEXt generation RADar. |
| NGM |
Nested Grid Model. |
| NH |
Northern Hemisphere. |
| NHC |
National Hurricane Center, Miami |
| NMC |
National Meteorological Center (Washington, Beijing). National Meteorological Centre (Melbourne). |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. |
| NOARL |
Naval Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory. |
| NOGAPS |
Navy Operational Global Analysis and Prediction System. |
| NORAPS |
Navy Operational Regional Analysis and Prediction
System. |
| NWS |
National Weather Service. |
| OBA |
Outer Band Areas. |
| OHR |
Over the Horizon Radar. |
| OTCM |
One-way influence Tropical Cyclone Model. |
| PAGASA |
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration |
| PBL |
Planetary Boundary Layer. |
| PC |
Personal Computer. |
| PER |
PERsistence. |
| PPI |
Plan Position Indicator on a radar display. |
| PT |
Pattern T-number. |
| QBO |
Quasi Biennial Oscillation. |
| QLM |
Quasi-Lagrangian Model. |
| RADAR |
RAdio Direction And Ranging. |
| RAPIC |
RAdar PICture display system. |
| RHI |
Range Height Indicator on a radar display. |
| RMW |
Radius of Maximum Winds. |
| RSMC |
Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre. |
| ROCI |
Radius of Outer Closed Isobar. |
| SANBAR |
SANders BARotropic model. |
| SF |
Synoptic Factors for tropical cyclone development. |
| SH |
Southern Hemisphere. |
| SI |
Shear Index. |
| SLOSH |
Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes. |
| SOI |
Southern Oscillation Index. |
| SPECTRUM |
Special Experiment Concerning Typhoon Recurvature and
Unusual Movement. |
| SPLASH |
Special Program to List Amplitudes of Surges from
Hurricanes. |
| SSMI |
Special Sensor Microwave/Imager. |
| SST |
Sea Surface Temperature. |
| STI |
Shanghai Typhoon Institute. |
| STY |
Super TYphoon. |
| TAPS |
Tropical Analysis and Prediction System. |
| TAPT |
Typhoon Acceleration Prediction Technique. |
| TBB |
Temperature, Black Body (for IR emittance). |
| TCWC |
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre. |
| TC |
Tropical Cyclone. |
| TCM-90/92 |
Tropical Cyclone Motion experiment, 1990/1992. |
| TD |
Tropical Depression. |
| TIROS |
Television Infrared Observational Satellite. |
| TOVS |
TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder. |
| TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. |
| TS |
Tropical Storm. |
| TUTT |
Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough. |
| TY |
TYphoon. |
| TYAN |
TYphoon ANalogue technique. |
| TYM |
TYphoon Model. |
| UKMO |
United Kingdom Meteorological Office. |
| UTC |
Universal Coordinated Time. |
| VHRR |
Very High Resolution Radiometer. |
| VIS |
VISible wavelength light. |
| WC |
Wall Cloud. |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization: |
CAS
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Commission for Atmospheric Sciences; |
GRTMR
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Group of Rapporteurs on Tropical Meteorology Research; |
RA I-V
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Regional Associations I to V (see Table 1.1); |
TCP
|
Tropical Cyclone Program; |
TMRP
|
Tropical Meteorology Research Program; |
WWW
|
World Weather Watch. |
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