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4D-VAR four-dimensional variational system A/D analogue to digital AAF-SAP African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programmes for Socio-economic Recovery and Transformation AALCC Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee AAMP Asian-Australian Monsoon Panel "CLIVAR" AARI Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute AARRO Afro-Asian Rural Reconstruction Organization AARS automatic aircraft reporting system AATSRM advanced along track scanning radiometer and microwave sounder ABC/M Activity Based Costing and Management System ABCN Antarctic Basic Climatological Network ABEDA Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
ABL atmospheric boundary layer ABLE Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment ABSN Antarctic Basic Synoptic Network AC alternating current ACABQ Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions "UN" ACARS Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System ACASTD Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development "UN" ACBCC Advisory Committee to the Board and to the Committee on Commodities "UNCTAD" ACC area control centre "ICAO" ACC Advisory Committee on Coordination ACCAD Advisory Committee on Climate Applications and Data ACCIS Advisory Committee for the Co-ordination of Information Systems ACCT Agency for Cultural and Technical Co-operation
ACDA Asian Centre for Development Administration "ESCAP" ACEEd Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Education in Global Change"IGAC"
ACK acknowledgement "ISO 3309" ACM Arab Common Market ACMAD African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
"Niamey,Niger"
ACMP Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution ACMRR Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research "FAO/IOC"
ACOH Advisory Committee for Operational Hydrology "UNESCO" ACOMR Advisory Committee on Oceanic Meteorological Research "IOC/WMO"
ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific "Group of" States ACPAQ Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions "UN" ACPM Advisory Committee for Programme Management
ACRIM active cavity radiometer irradiance monitor ACS Association of Caribbean States
ACSAD Arab Centre for Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands ACSYS Arctic Climate System Study ACT Alliance for Capacity Transfer ACTS Advanced Communication Technology Satellite AD Acting Director "Special Duties" "WMO" ADACS Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem ADC analogue-to-digital "A/D" converter ADC Atlantic Data Coverage "mission" "METEOSAT" "Programme" ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler "in hydrology" ADDS Antarctic Data Directory System ADEOS Advanced Earth Observing System "Japan" ADEOS advanced earth observation satellite
ADESS Automatic data editing and switching system ADF ASDAR development fund ADF African Development Fund ADM Advanced Dissemination Methods ADPC Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre ADS automatic dependent surveillance AEM Aeronautical Meteorology "Unit, WMO" AEME Original: French Agence pour l'environnement et la matrise de l'nergie AeMP Aeronautical Meteorology Programme AEREA Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics AES Atmospheric Environment Service "Canada" AEZ Agro-ecological zone system AEZ Agroecological zones AFC area forecast centre "WMO"
AFC automatic frequency control AfDB African Development Bank AFDOS Analysing, Forecasting and Data Processing Operational System AFGWC Air Force Global Weather Central AFIS aerodrome flight information service AFORISM A comprehensive Forecasting system for Flood RISk Mitigation AFOS Agriculture, Forestry and Other Human Activities Subgroup "IPCC Working Group III"
AFS area forecast system "WMO" AFS aeronautical fixed service "ICAO" AFS/AMS aeronautical fixed/mobile service "ICAO" AFSCN Air Force Satellite Control Network AFTN aeronautical fixed telecommunication network AGBM Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate
AGC automatic gain control AGCM atmospheric general circulation model "WMO" AGGG Advisory Group on Greenhouse Gases "ICSU/UNEP/WMO"
AGM Agricultural Meteorology "Division, WMO" AGM Annual Global Monitoring AgMP Agricultural Meteorology Programme AGONET Antarctic Geospace Observatory Network AGRHYMET Regional Training Centre for Agrometeorology and Operational Hydrology and their Applications "Niamey, Niger"
AgRISTARS Agricultural and Resources Inventory Surveys Through Aerospace Remote Sensing AGSI Advisory Group on Societal Impacts AGU American Geophysical Union AHL Abbreviated Heading Line AHRR advanced high resolution radiometer "Sat."
AIC Argo Information Centre AIDAB Australian International Development Assistance Bureau AIF ASDAR implementation fund AIFS Australian Integrated Forecast System AIIC International Association of Conference Interpreters AIJ Activities implemented jointly AIRAC aeronautical information regulation and control AIREP aircraft weather report AIRS advanced infra-red sounder AIRS Alliance Icing Research Study
Arctic Ice Regime Shipping System
Airport Information Service
aeronautical information service
Associazione italiana di Telerilevamento Italian remote sensing association "Original: Italian"
assembly, integration and test
Asian Institute for Technology
International Association of Conference Translators
Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer
Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization "Safat, Kuwait"
American Language Institute of Georgetown University
Argos Large International Programme
Air Line Pilots Association
Alpine Experiment
Admiralty List Radio Signals
dual frequency radar altimeter
Advanced Learning Technologies
amplitude modulation
Amazon River Basin Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Area Meteorological Coordinator
African Ministerial Conference on Environment
African Ministerial Conference on Water
aircraft meteorological data relay
Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development
Australian Monsoon Experiment
active microwave instrument
Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis
Aerodrome Meteorological Observing Systems Study Group "ICAO"
Applications of Meteorology Programme "WMO"
advanced medium resolution infra-red instrument; advanced mediumresolution imaging radiometer
WHO Regional Office for the Americas
American Meteorological Society "Boston, USA"
advanced microwave scanning radiometer
aeronautical mobile-satellite service
advanced microwave sounding unit
advanced microwave sounding unit A
advanced microwave sounding unit B
Air-Mass Transformation Experiment
Arab Maghreb Union
atmospheric motion vector
automated merchant vessel reporting "IMO"
Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System
area meteorological watch
Air Navigation Commission "ICAO"
Agncia Nacional de Energia Eltrica "Brazil" Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency "Original: Portuguese"
Antilles meteorological telecommunications network
Automated Notice System
Automated Navigation System
Air Navigation Services Economics Panel
American National Standards Institute "New York, USA"
announcement of opportunity
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development
West and Central Africa Hydrological Cycle Observing System
attitude and orbital control system
coupled Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory "NOAA"
announcement of opportunity package
Atmospheric Observation Panel
Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate
Atlantic Ocean Region "east"
Atlantic Ocean Region "west"
Automated Observing Systems
Alliance of Small Island States
Arctic Precipitation Data Archive
Asia Pacific Environment Council
Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level "Programme"
Associated Programme on Flood Management
antecedent precipitation index
Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Awards
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre "NIC"
Applications Programme "Department"
Original: French Association pour la prvention de la pollution atmosphrique "France" Africa's Priority Programme for Economic Recovery "1986-1990"
Augmented Physical Quality of Life Index
Asia-Pacific Satellite Applications Training Seminar
Asia Pacific Space Geodynamics Project
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
Aral Sea Basin Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Agricultural Research Council "Pretoria, South Africa"
Archival Climate History Survey Project "joint WMO/UNESCO International Council on Archives"
Arctic Ocean Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Arctic Runoff Data Base
Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme "Department, WMO"
Area forecast for aviation "code form"
Array for Real-time Geostrofic Oceanography
data relay and platform location system "Sat."
advanced range instrumentation aircraft
American Registry for Internet Numbers
Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated
applications and research involving space techniques observing the Earth's gravity fields from low Earth orbit spacecraft
Air Resources Laboratories
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
ARMOSI "CAeM WG on" Aeronautical Requirements for Meteorological Observations and Specialized Instruments
Original: French Research Project on Small and Large Scales
Action de Recherche Petite Echelle Grande Echelle Automatic Repeat Request
African Regional Organization for Standardization
Automatic Retrieval of Text from Europe's Multinational Information Service
Authorized Suppliers "of Maritime Safety Information"
Autonomous System
Automated Shipboard Aerological Programme
Automated Shipboard Aerological Programme "ASAP" Panel "former title: ACC - ASAP Coordinating Committee"
Arab Sand project "WWRP"
Area Support Centre "CLICOM"
Association for Science Cooperation in Asia
Advanced Scatterometer "ESA"
ICSU International Conference on an Agenda of Science for Environment and Development into the 21st century
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASEAN Sub-committee on Meteorology and Geophysics
alternative services delivery
aircraft to satellite data acquisition and relay
Asian Development Bank
Association of South-East Asian Nations "Jakarta, Indonesia"
Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar "Dakar, Senegal"
aquatic sciences and fisheries information system "UN/FAO/IOC"
Assistant Secretary-General "WMO"
Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment
Advanced Study Institute "NATO"
Accelerated Sea Level Rise
ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Centre
African Satellite Meteorological Education and Training
American Society for Photogrammetry
Antarctic Sea Ice Processes, Ecosystems and Climate "ICSU/SCAR"
Association of South Pacific Environmental Institutions
Aeronautical Fixed Service Systems Planning for Data Interchange Panel "ICAO"
Absolute Sky-scanning Radiometer
Austrian Solar and Space Agency
Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment
Application of Space Techniques Relating to Aviation Panel "Dissolved"
air traffic control
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
Australian Tropical Cyclone Workstation
advanced techniques applied to aeronautical meteorology "CAeM WG" "until CAeM-XI"
Autonomous Temperature Line Acquisition System
ATmospheric LIDar
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
atmospheric transport model
atmospheric transport models evaluation study
Advanced TIROS-N
Advanced TIROS operational vertical sounder "Sat."
air traffic services
applications technology satellite
Antarctic Treaty System
along-track scanning radiometer/ microwave
accounting unit
African Union "formerly: OAU"
Aviation Use of the Public Internet Study Group
Australian Agency for International Development "replaces: AIDAB"
advanced vidicon camera system
advanced very high resolution radiometer "Sat."
audio-visual media
Acoustic Velocity Meter
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center "Tawan"
Air, Water and related Environment Centre
Advisory Working Group
Automated Weather Interactive Processing System
Automated Weather Observing System
African Water Resources Assessment Action Plan
Automatic Weather Station
Airborne Expendable BathyThermograph
Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle "within IGBP"
Baltic Sea Experiment
Baltic Sea Basin Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
Basic Systems "WMO"
Ball Aerospace Systems Division
Report of a bathythermal observation "code form"
binary-coded decimal
basic data set
Border Gateway Protocol
Biomass burning experiment
Basic Instruction Package in Hydrology
Basic Instruction Package for Hydrological Technicians
Basic Instruction Package in Meteorology
Basic Instruction Package for Meteorological Technicians
Original: French International Bureau of Weights and Measures Bureau international des poids et mesures boundary layer of the atmosphere "see also ABL" ABL Black Sea Basin Hydrological Cycle Observing System
boundary layer model
Australian Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
Building Management Team
Building Maintenance Unit "WMO"
Basic Hydrological Network Assessment Project
biochemical oxygen demand
British Oceanographic Data Centre
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Boreal Ecosystems - Atmosphere Study
biphase shift keying
binary phase shift keying
Original: French Bureau de recherches gologiques et minires Basic Sciences Education
Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Permanent International Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Programme on Basic Systems in Hydrology
Baltic Sea Ice Meeting
Baseline Surface Radiation Network
bathythermograph
British Telecom
baseline upper air network
Binary universal form for the representation of meteorological data "code form"
backscatter ultraviolet spectrometer
Chief, Communications and Public Affairs Office "formerly IPA"
Original: French Centre d'tudes phytosociologiques et cologiques "CNRS, Montpellier" Original: French Comit excutif interorganismes du PIGB Original: French Comit interorganismes du Programme National d'Etude de la Dynamique du Climat Original: French Comit scientifique franais du PIGB Original: French Comit scientifique du Programme atmosphre moyenne "PAMOY" Original: French Comit scientifique du PNEDC central automated data editing and switching system
cloud analysis
Civil Aviation Authority "UK"
Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme "NEPAD"
Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji
Climate Analysis Centre "Washington WMC, USA"
Co-ordinating and Advisory Committee "AGRHYMET"
Contract Advisory Committee
Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution "IAMAS"
Consortium for ASDAR Development ASDAR Computer-aided drafting
Climate and Atmospheric Environment Activities "Special Trust Fund on"
Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology
Complex Atmospheric Energetics Experiment
Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection "ICAO"
Heat-flux experiment
Commission for Agricultural Meteorology
computer-assisted learning
Caribbean-Latin American Meteorological Education and Training
Second International Conference on Computer-aided Learning and Distance Learning in Meteorology
coarse acquisition mode
Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations "US EPA/NOAA"
Coastal Area Management Programme
CEOP Asian-Australian Monsoon Project
Canadian Emergency Response Model
convective available potential energy
constant altitude plan position indicator
Comprehensive Aerological Reference Data Set
Conference on Airport and Route Facility Economics
Caribbean Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Caribbean Community "it includes Caribbean Common Market"
Climate Applications Referral System
Climate Applications Referral System - Food
Cloud and Radiation Testbed
Commission for Atmospheric Sciences
Inter-Union Commission on the Application of Science to Agriculture, Forestry an Aquaculture "Ottawa, Canada; ICSU"
Commercial Aviation Sensing Humidity
Integrated Programme on Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Environment in the Caspian Sea Region
Coordinating Committee on Hydrometeorology and Pollution Monitoring of the Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea Basin Hydrological Cycle Observing System
computer-assisted translation
Original: French Coupling of the Tropical Atmosphere and Hydrological Cycle Couplage Atmosphre Tropical et Cycle Hydrologique "programme" Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Centre
Central Arid Zone Research Institute
Climate Bulletin
Congresso Brasileiro de Agrometeorologia Brazilian Congress of Agrometeorology "Original: Portuguese"
Convention on Biological Diversity
Programme on Capacity Building in Hydrology and Water Resources
Computer-based Learning
Commission for Basic Ocean Systems
Commission for Basic Systems
CBS Management Group
CBS Study group on Radio-Frequency Coordination
Computer-based Training
Coordination activities within the Climate Agenda
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Consultative Committee on Administrative Questions "UN, ACC"
Chemical Coordinating Centre "EMEP"
Committee on Climate Changes and the Ocean "SCOR/IOC"
charged coupled device
cold cloud duration
"UN" Convention to Combat Desertification "see also ICCD, UNCCD"
Climate Change Detection Project
Country Cooperation Framework "UNEP"
International Consultative Committee "ITU"
International Radio Consultative Committee "ITU"
Coordinating Committee for Independent Staff Unions and Associations of the United Nations System
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee "ITU"
Commission for Climatology
Cloud condensation nuclei
communication control processor
Canadian Centre for Remote-sensing
computer compatible tape
Co-ordinating Committee for the World Climate Programme
command and data acquisition "ITU"
Control and Data Acquisition "station"
coded digital and analogue facsimile
command and data acquisition station "Japan"
climate database management system
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
coded digital facsimile
communication and data handling sub-system
clean development mechanism
climate database management system
critical design review
climate data set
Council of Europe "Strasbourg, France"
Original: French
Original: French Communaut conomique de l'Afrique de l'ouest
United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination "formerly: ACC - Administrative Committee on Coordination"
Commission of the European Communities "Brussels, Belgium"
Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions "Programme"
Central European Environmental Data Request Facility
International Training Centre for Water Resources Management
Original: French Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa Communaut conomique et montaire de l'Afrique centrale Central American Meteorological Telecommunication Network
Central Environmental Satellite Computer System
European Committee for Standardization
Community of Sahel-Saharan States
Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period "GEWEX"
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
Specialized Centre for Weather Forecasting and Climatological Studies "Brazil"
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries "in Africa"
Coordination Centre for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America
European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
European Organization for Nuclear Research
coast Earth station "INMARSAT"
Continuing education and training
coordinated European test facilities
chlorofluorocarbon "also known as freon"
CLIPS Focal Point"s"
Committee on World Food Security "FAO"
WMO Congress
Cloud to ground lightning
Co-ordination Group for the Composite Observing System for the North Atlantic
Coordinating Group on Experimentation in Numerical Weather Prediction
common gateway interface
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research "Washington DC, USA; IBRD/FAO/UNDP"
Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
Original: French General Conference of Weights and Measures Confrence gnrale des poids et mesures Computer Hardware Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics Programme
Caribbean Hurricane Conference
Chernobyl Centre for International Research
Climate and Human Health
combined heat and power
International Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine Basin "Den Haag, Netherlands"
Commission for Hydrology "WMO"
confidence interval
Computer Incident Advisory Capability "DOE, US"
International Centre for Aerial Photogrammetry
Inter-American Centre for Teledetection "Bogot"
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction "formerly International Council for Building Research, Studies and Documentation "Rotterdam, Netherlands; EEC"
Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee of the La Plata River Basin Countries "Original: Spanish" Comit Intergubernamental Coordinador de los Pases de la Cuenca del Ro de La Plata "Islands States"
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo
Geneva International Conference Centre
Canadian International Development Agency
Committee of International Development Institutions on the Environment
Common ICAO Data Interchange Network
International Commission on Illumination "Paris, France"
Original: French Centre inter-Etats d'tudes hydrauliques Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
Original: Spanish International Research Centre on El Nio "it may sometimes be called "abusively": International Research Centre for the El Nio Phenomenon - IRCEN" IRCEN Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel
Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies "Oklahoma, USA"
International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement "CGIAR, Mexico City" Original: Spanish
Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation "WMO"
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Central Indian Ocean
Co-operative Investigation of the Northern part of the Eastern Central Atlantic "WMO/UNESCO"
International Centre for Potato Research Original: French International Committee for Weights and Measures
Committed Information Rate
Co-operative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere "Colorado State University, USA"
Original: French Centre de coopration internationale en recherche agronomique pour le dveloppement Original: French Dpartement des cultures annuelles du Centre de coopration internationale en recherche International Maritime Radio Committee "London, UK/ Brussels, Belgium"
Climate Impact and Response Strategies Network
Commonwealth of Independent States
conditional instability of the second kind "WMO"
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Climate and Cryosphere Programme
CLImate COMputing
Task Force on Climate Prediction and Agriculture
Report of monthly means and totals from a land station
Report of monthly means and totals from an ocean weather station
Report of monthly aerological means from a land station
Report of monthly aerological means from an ocean weather station
Climatological Normals
Climate and Persistence Model "National Hurricane Center, Miami"
Climate Information and Prediction Services
Climate Variability and Predictability "study, programme or project"
Modelling and Detection of Anthropogenically-forced Climate Change "component of CLIVAR"
Decadal to Centennial Natural Climate Variability "component of CLIVAR"
Global Ocean, Atmosphere, Land System for Prediction of Seasonal to Interannual Climate "component of CLIVAR"
Coordination "Committee" of Land Observing Satellites
Collect-Localization-Satellites "formerly Service Argos"
China Meteorological Administration
Caribbean Meteorological Council
Canadian Meteorological Centre
Climate Monitoring and Diagnostic Laboratory
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance "Moscow, USSR"
Commission for Marine Geology
Central Monitoring Group
Caribbean Meteorological Institute
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
Conical Microwave Imager Sounder
Commission for Marine Meteorology "WMO"
Caribbean Meteorological Organization
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Original: French
Commission on Mean Sea Level and Tides "IAPSO"
Center for Meteorological Studies of the Western Mediterranean
cloud motion vector
Original: Spanish National Water Commission "Mexico"
Original: French National Centre for Space Studies "France" Centre national d'tudes spatiales "France" Original: French Centre national d'exploration des ocans "France" Conferences "Unit, WMO"
compressed heat and power
Committee on Natural Resources Original: French National Scientific Research Center "France"
Communications, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management "ICAO"
CO-COM Coordinating Committee "of SCHOTI"
Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment "TOGA"
Original: French
"continental countries"
Upper-air report from an aircraft "other than weather reconnaissance aircraft"
Committee on Data for Science and Technology "ICSU"
Climate Outlook Fora
Committee on Fisheries "FAO"
Caribbean Operational Hydrology Institute "CMI"
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
Communications/Meteorology/Operations "ICAO"
see CMEA CMEA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Co-operative Programme for Operational Meteorology Education and Training
Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes
computer
Comparison of Mesoscale Prediction and Research Experiment
Communications Oceanographic and Meteorological Satellites
Committee of the OWSE-NA
Congo River Basin Hydrological Cycle Observing System
CLIVAR Ocean Observations Panel "formerly: CLIVAR Upper Ocean Panel "UOP""
Coastal Ocean Observations Panel "GOOS"
Conference of the Parties "UN Framework Convention on Climate Change"
Conference on Pan American Climate
chair of the OPAG
Climate System Observational and Prediction Experiment
Coordinated Observation and Prediction of the Earth System
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space "UN"
Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research on Tobacco
Common Services "Division, WMO"
Comparison of the Performance of Large Scale Models in Simulating Atmospheric Sulphate Aerosols
Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology "predecessor to CCAM"
Climate Observing System Fund "GCOS"
Computer System for Meteorological Services
Composite Observing System for the North Atlantic
Committee on Space Research "ICSU"
European Co-operation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research
Scientific Committee on Water Research "ICSU"
Climate Prediction Center
Climate Programme Coordination and Support Activities
Conferences, Printing and Distribution Department "WMO"
platform controller
Consumer Price Index
Conference Preparatory Meeting
CLIPS Project Office "WMO"
Permanent Commission for the South Pacific
Centro de Previso de Tempo e Estudos Climticos "Brazil" Centre for Weather Prediction and Climate Studies "Original: Portuguese"
central processing unit
comprehensive risk assessment "for hazard"
cyclic redundancy check
Center for Regional Ecological and Science Studies in Development Alternatives
Character Form for the Representation and Exchange of Data
Agency of the Portuguese-speaking Countries and Territory of Macao in the Area of Climate and related Environmental Issues
Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention "ICCD"
Space Imagery Rectification Centre
Environmental Physics Research Center "France"
commissioning results review
Original: Spanish Regional Committee for Water Resources "of the Central American Isthmus" Comit Regional de Recursos Hidrulicos "del Istmo Centroamericano"
coastal radio station
Collaborative Research Support Program "University of Georgia"
Climate Research Unit "UKMO"
COARE Sounding Coordinator
"UN" Commission on Sustainable Development
Continental Scale Experiments "GEWEX"
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization "Melbourne, Australia"
Climate System Monitoring
Climate System Monitoring Project
country strategy note
channel sequence number
Cloud Seeding Research Centre "Lybia"
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific
Toulouse Space Centre
Committee on Science and Technology
Colorado State University
Coordination Team on Migration to Table Driven Code Forms
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation
CTA Chief technical advisor
Centre for Techniques in Agriculture "ECE"
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization
cost to completion
Core Trainers Course
conductivity-temperature-depth instrument "used for obtaining salinity and temperature profiles"
CTH cloud top height
CW continuous wave
Climate Watch-Africa
COST Wind Initiative for a Network Demonstration in Europe
coastal zone colour scanner "sat."
Coastal Zone Management Subgroup
Director of Cabinet and External Relations
Director for Implementation "WMO"
Director Special Duties "WMO"
Digital Audio Broadcasting
Data Assembly Centre
data acquisition facility
Demand Assigned Multiple Access Network
data acquisition and monitoring system
Danish International Development Assistance
Danube River Basin Hydrological Cycle Observing System
data acquisition and processing system
data recovery
data rescue "WCDP project"
data acquisition, telecommand and tracking station
data bus
Direct Broadcast
Drifting Buoy Cooperation Panel "old title"
Data Buoy Cooperation Panel
Direct Broadcast Mission
Database Management System
development baseline review
Director Coordinator "WMO"
Director Coordinator, Climate Activities Programmes "WMO"
Director Coordinator, Support to Scientific Programmes "WMO"
Director Coordinator, Scientific and Technical Programmes "WMO"
data circuit-terminating equipment
Original: French Direction de la Coopration internationale Data Collection and Location System "Argos"
Data Circulation Mission "Meteosat"
data collection platform
Data Collection or Product Centre
DCPLS data collection and platform location system
dedicated control room
data collection system
Data Communication Systems and Techniques
data control unit
Distributed Databases
Drylands Development Centre "formerly UNSO"
depth-duration-frequency
Department for development support and management services "UN"
Original: French Dprissement des forts et pollution atmosphrique Digital Elevation Model
Development of a European Multimodel Ensemble system for seasonal to interannual prediction
Deep near infrared southern sky survey
Dynamical Extended-Range Forecasting
Department of Economic and Social Affairs "UN"
Consultative Group on Desertification
Department of economic and social development "UNO"
Desertification Information System
Drought Early Warning and Monitoring System
Direction finder
Department for International Development "UK"
Double Fence Intercomparison Reference
Department of Humanitarian Affairs "formerly UNDRO"
Dynamic HyperText Markup Language
Differential Absorption Lidar
DIfferential Absorption Laser EXperiment
Differential Absolute Radiometer
United Nations Department for International Economic and Social Affairs
DIgital FACsimile
data and information system "IGBP"
International programme of biodiversity science
Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern "and Central" Africa
Deutschen Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt German Aerospace Center "Original: German"
Data Management
direct memory access
drought monitoring centre
Disaster Management and Civil Protection Authorities
Danish Meteorological Institute
Original: French Direction de la Mtorologie Nationale Defense Meteorological Satellite Programme
Designated National Agency "of IODE"
Data Network Identification Code
Domain Name Server
Domain Name System
Documents Production "Section, WMO"
Department of Energy "USA"
disk operating system
data processing
Data Process/Data Communications System
data processing centre
Department of policy coordination and sustainable development
data processing equipment
Data Processing and Forecasting System
Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Programme; DPM programme
data processing monitoring and control
Documents/Publications Management Unit "WMO, LSP Department"
disaster prevention and preparedness
Data-Processing System "Division, WMO"
data processing and services subsystem "IGOSS"
data processing unit
Delegated Regional Authorizing Officer
Original: French Direction de la recherche et des tudes doctorales "Ministre de l'ducation nationale, dela Jeunesse et des sports"
Data Requirements for Environmental Emergency Response Activities
Original: French Direction des recherches, tudes et techniques "Dlgation gnrale pour l'armement, Ministre de la Dfense" Report of a drifting buoy observation "formerly DRIBU"
"METEOSAT" DCP retransmission system
data relay satellite
document retrieval system
direct reception station
Receiving Stations
Data Relay Transponder "on INSAT-IIA" IIA data recovery unit
Daily Subsistence Allocations Direct Sounding Broadcast
Digital Selective Calling
Deputy Secretary-General "WMO"
deep space network "USA"
Dynamic Seasonal Prediction Project
Decision Support System
Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer
direct sounding transmission "Sat."
Department of Technical Co-operation for Development
data terminal equipment
digital terrain model
digital tape recorder
data transmission techniques
Digital Video Broadcast
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Oil Industry International Exploration and Production Forum "OCIMF"
EUMETNET ASAP Programme
End-to-End Data Management Project "JCOMM" JCOMM European Atmospheric Chemistry Network
see EURATOM EURATOM African School of Meteorology and Civil Aviation "Niamey, Niger"
[Expert meeting on the] Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Air Pollution Transport Experiment
European Air Navigation Planning Group "ICAO"
European Association for Potato Research
EUMETSAT ATOVS Retransmission Service ATOVS" EUMETSAT" European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
Emergency Assistance Response Team
Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General "WMO"
European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment
energetically active zones of the ocean "USSR project"
effective black-body temperature
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European Broadcasting Union
Executive Council "WMO"
Environment Canada
EC Advisory Group on Climate and Environment
Executive Council Advisory Group on the Exchange of Meteorological and Related Data and Products
Executive Council Working Group on Accidental Release of Hazardous Materials
Economic Commission for Africa "UN"
European Commission on Agriculture "FAO"
European Conference on Applied Climatology
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East "UN, predecessor of ESCAP"
Environment Co-ordination Board "UNEP"
Economic Community of the Central African States
European Community on computational methods in Applied Sciences
Electronic Chart Display and Information System
Economic Commission for Europe "UN"
error control equipment
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean "UN; formerly ECLA"
Emergency Control Locust Organization
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts "Reading, UK"
Economic Cooperation Organization
ECOWAS Cease-fire Monitoring Group
European Committee on Oceanic and Polar Sciences
Engineering Committee on Oceanic Resources "USA"
Economic and Social Council "UN"
Economic Community of West African States
European Climate Support Network "IGBP"
European Currency Unit
electronically-despun antenna
error detection and correction
European Development Fund "Brussels; EEC"
Electronic Document Management System
Emergency and Disaster Response Group
Emergency and Disaster Response Team
ECE project energy efficiency 2000
European Economic Area
European Economic Community
European environment monitoring satellite
Environmental Emergency Response
Meteorological Research Centre "Toulouse"
Earth Exploration Satellite
exclusive economic zone
European Free Trade Association
Ad hoc Group of Experts for the development of a THORPEX International Implementation Plan
Enhanced Group Call System "INMARSAT"
East Greenland current
Original: French Expdition Glaciologique Internationale au Groenland Earth Geoid Model
European Group on Ocean Stations
Exterior Gateway Protocol
electrical ground support equipment
Executive Heads of co-ordinating agencies
Egyptian Hydraulics and Sediment Research Institute
European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances
European Environment Information and Observation Network
effective isotropic radiated power
Environmental Information System
Environment Liaison Centre
European Launcher Development Organization
emergency locator transmitter
electrical model
Cooperative Programme for the Monitoring and Evaluation of the Longrange Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe "ECE/WMO/UNEP"
Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment
Environmental Management Group "UN"
electro-magnetic interference
Environmentally Sound Management of Inland Waters "Programme"
Energy Management and Performance Related Energy Savings Scheme
European Meteorological Society
European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
European meteorological telecommunication network
Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
Emergency Notification and Assistance Technical Operations Manual
Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environment "Original:Italian"
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident "IAEA"
European Network for Research on Global Change El Nio/Southern Oscillation
Environment "Division, WMO"
ENVIronment SATellite "Europe"
Earth Observation Advisory Committee "of ESA"
Earth Observation Preparatory Programme
Earth Observation Satellite Company
Earth Observation System Data Information System
European Organization for Testing and Certification
Environmental Protection Agency "Washington DC, USA"
"Executive Council Panel of Experts on" Environmental Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry
electrical power conditioning
Original: French Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne Expanded Programme on Immunization "WHO"
ESOC precipitation index Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator
Emergency Position-Indicating Radiobeacon
Earthnet Programme Office
European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards "EEC"
Equatorial Pacific Ocean climate studies
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization "Paris, France"
Joint Radiation Emergency Management Plan of the International Organizations "short form: Joint Plan"
EUMETSAT Polar System
Ensemble Prediction System
Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance
Environmental quality index
equinox
Emergency Response Activities
earth radiation budget Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment-Non Scanner
Emergency Response Centre "IAEA" IAEA" Regional Study of the El Nio Phenomenon "CPPS"
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
Energy Research Laboratory "NOAA"
Eulerian Regional Model for Atmospheric Transport
Emergency response in case of a nuclear accident
Early Retirement Programme
Earth resources satellite "Japan"
Earth remote sensing satellite
European remote sensing satellite
European Space Agency
Original: French Etude suprieure d'agronomie tropicale "France" European Seismological Commission
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific "UN; formerly ECAFE"
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Environmental and Social Impacts Group "NCAR, USA"
Emerging specialised meteorological centre
electrically scanning microwave radiometer
European Space Operations Centre
European Shelf Seas Ocean Data Assimilation and Forecast Experiment
European Space Research Institute
Earth System Science Partnership
European Space Research and Technology Centre "ESA"
expert team
evapotranspiration
Expert Team on Evolution of the Global Observing System
Expert Team on GTS-WIS Operations and Implementation "OI" GTS-WIS"
Expert Team on Satellite Systems
Expert Team on WIS GISCs and DCPCs GISCs" DCPCs" WIS"
Expert Team "ET" on Requirements for Data from Automatic Weather Stations "AWS"
Expert Team "ET" on Data Representation and Codes "DRC"
Expert Team "ET" on Enhanced Utilization of Data Communication Systems "EUDCS"
Expert Team "ET" on Integrated Data Management "IDM"
Expert Team "ET" on the Improved Main Telecommunication Network "MTN" and the Global Telecommunication System "GTS"
Expert Team "ET" on Media Issues "MI"
Expert Team "ET" on Migration to Table Driven Code Forms "MTDC"
Expert Team "ET" on Observational Data Requirements and Redesign of the Global Observing System "ODRRGOS"
Expert Team "ET" on Product Development and Service Assessment "PDSA"
Expert Team "ET" on Satellite Systems Utilization and Products "SSUP"
Expert Team "ET" on Warnings and Forecasts Exchange, Understanding and Use "WFEU"
Education, Training and Capacity Building
European Tracer Experiment
Eidgenssische Technische Hochschule "Zrich" Federal Institute of Technology "Zurich"
education, training and implementation support
Environmental Training and Management in Africa
European Thematic Network of Education and Training
Extended range operations by twin-engined aeroplanes "ICAO"
evapotranspiration potential
Education and Training "Department, WMO"
Education and Training Programme
EUMETNET Composite Observing System
European Meteorological Services Network
European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
Office for Publications of the European Communities
European Network of Fresh Water Research Organizations
European Atomic Energy Community
European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation
European Experiment on Transport and Transformation of Environmentally Relevant Trace Constituents in the Troposphere over Europe
European Telecommunication Satellites Organization Economic Vulnerability Index
Early Warning and Crop Yield Forecasting "AGRHYMET"
Education: Weather, Ocean, Climate
External Relations "Office, WMO"
Senior External Relations Officer "WMO"
Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services "IUGG" "formerly Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services"
Programme on Forecasting and Applications in Hydrology
fine acquisition mode
Future Air Navigation Systems
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Frequently Asked Questions
Forum of Arctic Research Operators
Foreign Agricultural Service "US"
Fronts and Atlantic Storm Track Experiment
Framework Convention on Climate Change Future Composite Global Observing System
fast delivery
fast delivery processor
Forecast demonstration project
Federation of Digital Broad-band Seismology Networks
forward error correction; forward error correcting
Finnish Environment Institute
Fellowships "Division, WMO"
Famine Early Warning System
flood forecasting system
fast Fourier transform
Flash Flood Threshold Pilot Project
First GARP Global Experiment
First GARP Global Observing Year
Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of Yugoslavia
Flight Information Centre "ICAO"
Federation of International Civil Servants Associations
International Federation for Documentation "Den Haag, Netherlands"
First ISLSCP Field Experiment
Finance and Budget "Division, WMO"
Financial Advisory Committee
Finnish International Development Agency "Helsinki, Finland"
Foundation for the Building of International Organization Headquarters "in Geneva" flight information region "ICAO"
First ISCCP Regional Experiment
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams "A global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination among computer security teams world wide"
funds-in-trust
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System "FAO"
Original: Spanish Federacin Latinoamericana e Ibrica de Sociedades de Meteorologa First Long-term Plan "WMO"
flight model
frequency modulation
Fondazione per la Meteorologia Applicata Applied Meteorology Foundation "Original: Italian"
Fiji Meteorological Service
frequency-modulated voice-frequency telegraph
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center "US Navy"
"US Navy" Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center
flight operation plan
field of view
FGGE operational years
fine pointing mode
flat plate radiometer
Fundamental Professional Training
Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data Sets "UNESCO"
First Regional Observing Study of the Troposphere "SCAR" "in Antarctica"
flight readiness review
frequency shift-keying
File Transfer, Access and Manipulation
Fourier Transform InfraRed spectrometer
File Transfer Protocol
free and unrestricted international exchange of data
Original: French Fondation universitaire luxembourgeoise forward/afterward "beam" Future WMO Information System
filter wedge spectrometer
"Interagency Sponsors Group for the" Three Global Observing Systems:
general aviation
Global Atmospheric Aerosol Radiation Experiment
global area coverage
Global Analysis, Integration and Modelling "former title: Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modelling"
GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment
International Geological/Geophysical Atlases of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans "IOC"
Global Atmospheric Research Programme
GOES archive and retrieval system
GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment GARP
General Agreement on Trade in Services
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade "UN"
Global Atmosphere Watch
Global Baseline Data Sets Project
Great Circle Arc
Global Climate Change
Global Collecting Centre
gridded climate data set
GEWEX Continental-scale International Project
general circulation model "of the atmosphere"
GCOS Cooperation Mechanism
Global current meter pilot project
GLOSS "Global Sea-Level Observing System" Core Network
Global Climate Observing System
GCOS Steering Committee "formerly JSTC"
Global Climate Observing System Fund
GEWEX Cloud System Study
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems "within IGBP"
Global Data Assimilation and Prediction System
Global Data Assimilation Systems
Global Disaster Information Nerwork
global data management
gross domestic product
Global Drifter Programme "formerly SVP - TOGA/WOCE Surface Velocity Programme"
Global Data-processing and Forecasting System "formerly: GDPS"
Global Digital Sea-Ice Data Bank
General Electric-Astro Space Division
IOC Group of Experts on the Global Sea-Level Observing System; short name: Group of Experts on GLOSS
Group of Experts on Operations and Technical Applications "IGOSS"
IGOSS Group of Experts on Scientific Matters
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans "IOC-IHO"
see IGOSS-CP or IGOSS-GECP
Group of Experts on Effects of Pollutants "IOC-IMO-UNEP"
Global Environment Facility "World Bank/UNEP/UNDP"
Global Emissions Inventory Activities
Geomagnetic Electrokinetograph
Global Environmental Monitoring System "UNEP"
Global Environmental Monitoring System - Water
Group of Experts on Methods, Standards and Intercalibration "IOCUNEP"
geostationary orbit satellite
Group on Earth Observation
Global Environmental Outlook - 1 "UNEP"
geodesic satellite "USA"
geochemical sections
Global Earth Observation System of Systems Original: French
General Electric radio tracking system
[IMO-FAO-UNESCO-WMO-WHO-IAEA-UN-UNEP] Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
IMO-FAO-UNESCO-WMO-WHO-IAEA-UN-UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection "formerly Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution"
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment "within WCRP"
General Format No. 3 "of IODE"
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory "USA"
GEWEX Global-scale International Project
GARP Global Observing System
Greater Horn of Africa "GHA" Climate Outlook Forum
Global Historical Climatology Network
greenhouse gas
global horizontal sounding technique
GEWEX Hydrometeorology Panel
Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture "FAO"
Graphics Interchange Format
Heat flux experiment for the Greenland/Iceland/Norwegian Sea area
Global Implementation Programme
GLOSS "Global Sea-Level Observing System" Implementation Plan
Working Committee for the Global Investigation of Pollution in the Marine Environment "Paris, France; IOC/UNESCO"
Geographical Information System
Global Information System Centre
Goddard Institute for Space Studies "New York, USA; NASA"
Global sea-ice and sea surface temperature "SST" data
Global Assessment of Soil Degradation
Global Land-Atmosphere System Study "GEWEX"
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment "programme"
global ocean ecosystem dynamics
Global Register of Land Ocean River Inputs
Global Sea-Level Observing System
Global Model
Global Marine Assessment
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
Global Ministerial Environment Forum "UNEP"
GEWEX Modelling and Prediction Panel
geostationary meteorological satellite "Japan"
Global Mean Sea-Level Pressure
Greenwich mean time
GEWEX Numerical Experimentation Panel
Global Network on Energy for Sustainable development
Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation
gross national product
global navigation satellite system
Global Ozone Observing System
Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment
Global Ocean Data Archaeology and Rescue
geostationary operational environmental satellite "USA"
Global Omnibus Environmental Survey "HDP"
GOES Satellite weather facsimile
Global Ocean Euphotic Zone Study "IGBP"
Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment "ESA"
geostationary operational meteorological satellite "USSR"
Global Oscillation Network Group
Global Ocean Observing System
Global Ozone Research Monitoring Project
Global Observing System "WMO"
Global Observing Systems Information Centre
Original: French Groupe des oprations des stations SPOT
Global Observing Systems Space Panel "GCOS/GOOS/GTOS" "formerly the Space-based Observation Panel"
Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas Plus "1. Binary Data Format 2.Hierarchical Data Format"
Global Plan of Action
Provident and Insurance Group of International Officials
global processing centre
Global Precipitation Climatology Centre "WCRP"
Global Precipitation Climatology Project
Global Precipitation Measurement Missions
Global Positioning System
Global Position System-Meteorology Grid Point Value
GOOS Regional Alliance
Processed data in the form of grid-point values "abbreviated code form"
GNSS Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding GNSS" Global Runoff Data Centre "Koblenz"
Global and Regional Data Sets
gridded binary "Processed data in the form of grid-point values expressed in binary form"
global resource information database "GEMS"
Processed data in the form of grid point values
Greenland Ice-core Project
GCM Reality Inercomparison Project for SPARC "WCRP"
Gravity Research Mission
Latin American and Caribbean Group
ground segment acceptance review
GOOS Steering Committee
Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Programme
GCOS Surface Network
Global Seismographic Network
GCOS Surface Network "GSN" Monitoring Centres
Global Tropospheric Chemistry Programme
Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers
Global Terrestrial Network - Hydrology
Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost
Global Terrestrial Observing System
Global Telecommunication System
Global Temperature Salinity Profile Programme "IGOSS-IODE" "former titles: IGOSS-IODE Global Temperature Salinity Pilot Project "1st title";IGOSS-IODE Global Temperature Salinity Profile Project "2nd title"".
Agency for Technical Co-operation "Germany"
GCOS Upper-Air Network
GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment Project
GEWEX Water Vapour Project
Global Weather Experiment "FGGE"
Global Warming Potential
Global Water Partnership
housekeeping
Hydrological Adviser
see UNCHS and UN-Habitat
Heat Advection Investigation in the East Kuroshio
Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot Experiment
high-speed communication control processor
Heritage Climate Data Collection
high density digital recorder
high density digital tape
Hierarchical Data Format
high-level data link control
heavy duty vehicle
Human Exposure Assessment Locations "Programme" "GEMS"
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission "Helsinki Commission"
Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy
high-energy proton and alpha detector
Hydrological Ensemble Prediction Experiment
high frequency
Hydrological Forecast Office
Heat/Health Warning System "CLIPS"
Herzberg Institute for Astrophysics
Himalayan Hydrological Cycle Observing System
high reliability
high resolution limited area model "project"
high resolution infra-red sounder
high resolution interferometer sounder
human immunodeficiency virus
heavy rainfall forecast model over the whole Eastern-Asia
High-Level Committee on Management "CEB"
High-Level Committee on Programmes "CEB"
High Level Summit Organizing Committee
high level wastes
High-Level Working Group
Association of Hydro-Meteorological [or Hydrometeorological] Equipment Industry
HOMS National Reference Centre
Hydrological Operational Multipurpose System
house of science and technology
Health of the Oceans
Hands On Training Sessions
high power amplifier
Headquarters Building Management Team "WMO"
high resolution
Hydrologic Research Center
Human Resources Development
high resolution facsimile
HOMS Regional Focal Point
High Resolution Image
high resolution infra-red radiometer
HOMS Reference Manual
Human Resources Management "Division, WMO"
Human Resources Operations
high resolution picture transmission "Sat."
High Rate User Station "ESA"
high-resolution visible
historical sea-surface temperature data set
height tracking loop
HyperText Markup Language
HyperText Transfer Protocol
Huai-He River Bassin Experiment "China"
Hydrology and Water Resources "Department, WMO"
Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Hydrology "Division, WMO"
Report of hydrological observation from a hydrological station
Hydrological Forecasting System for the River Niger Basin "NBA"
Hydrological report "code form"
Hydrometeorological Safety of TRACECA - International Conference of the Parties
WMO Project on Intercomparison of Operational Hydrological Network Design Techniques
Hydrological Radar Experiment
high-yielding varieties
Intergovernmental Committee for GOOS "IOC"
International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators
International Association of Broadcast Meteorology
International Association of Biological Oceanography "IUBS"
International Arctic Buoy Programme Analysis in full form "code form"
Analysis in abbreviated form "code form"
Inter-agency Committee on The Climate Agenda " ... " Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development
see IDB : International Atomic Energy Agency "Vienna, Austria"
IAEA Incident Reporting System
International Astronautical Federation "Paris, France"
International Association for Geomagnetism and Aeronomy "IUGG"
International Association of Hydrogeologists
"Delft, Netherlands" International Association of Hydrological Sciences "IUGG"
see IAIGCR " IAIGCR Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research "known also as IAI" IAI" Internal Audit and Investigation Service "WMO"
International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences "formerly IAMAP" :
Inter-Agency Meeting on Language Arrangements, Documentation and Publications
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority "USA"
International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations
International Action Programme on Water and Sustainable Agricultural Development "FAO"
Ad hoc International Aerosol Precipitation Science Assessment Group "CAS"
International Association of Physical Sciences of the Ocean "IUGG"
Inter-Agency Procurement Services Unit "UN"
International Agricultural Research Centre
International Arctic Science Committee
International Association of Scientific Hydrology
Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometre
International Association for Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior
International Air Transport Association "Montreal, Canada"
Istituto per l'Agrometeorologia e l'Analisi Ambientale applicata all'Agricoltura Institute of Agrometeorology and Environmental Analysis for Agriculture "Florence, Italy" "Original: Italian"
International Astronomical Union "Paris, France; ICSU"
ISSAC Advisory Users' Group "formerly CAUG"
international airways volcano watch
International Arways Volcano Watch Operations Group Inter-agency WG on Desertification
International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control "formerly IAWPR"
International Association of Water Quality
Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renovveis "Brazil" Brazilian Institute for Environmental Affairs and Renewable Natural Resources "Original: Portuguese"
International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico "IOC"
International Bathymetric Chart of the Central Eastern Atlantic "IOC"
International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean and its Geological/Geophysical Series "IOC"
International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Indian Ocean "IOC"
International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Pacific "IOC"
International Business Machines "Corporation"
International Biological Programme "ICSU"
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources
International Buoy Programme for the Indian Ocean
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development "Washington DC, USA. Also known as World Bank"
International Committee
Intergovernmental Council for the International Hydrological Programme
ISCCP Central Archive
International Council on Archives
International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Air Pollution "IAMAS/ICSU"
International Commission of Atmospheric Electricity
International Civil Aviation Organization "Montral, Canada"
Interim Committee of ASDAR Participants
Co-operative Investigations of the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas "Damascus"
International Congress on Biometeorology
International Computing Centre "Geneva"
International Convention to Combat Desertification "see also CCD, UNCCD"
see CILSS
International Civil Defence Organization "Geneva, Switzerland"
International Cirrus Experiment
Ice analysis "code form"
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea "Copenhagen, Denmark"
Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite
Implementation Co-ordination Group "WMO"
IOC Committee for GOOS
International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific
Intergovernmental Council for Hydrometeorology of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Inter-African Committee for Hydraulic Studies "Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso"
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage "New Delhi, India"
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology
International Consortium on Landslides
Inter-Union Commission on the Lithosphere
Implementation Co-ordination Meeting "WMO"
International Conference on Nutrition
International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
International Centre for Operational Meteorological and Hydrological Applications "World Bank"
IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre Inter-Commission panel of experts
International Cleaner Production Information Clearinghouse
International Commission on Polar Meteorology "IAMAS"
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry "Nairobi, Kenya" " International Coral Reef Action Network
Intercomparison of Radiation Codes in Climate Models
International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics "Hyderabad, India"
International Commission on Radiological Protection
International Chamber of Shipping "London, UK"
International Civil Service Advisory Board
International Civil Service Commission "UN"
International Centre for Scientific Culture
International Core Steering Committee "THORPEX"
International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea
Inter-secretariat Committee on Scientific Programmes Relating to Oceanography "UNFAO-UNESCO-WMO-IMO"
International Council for Science "Paris, France"
Implementation Coordination Team
Information and Communication Technologies
CBS/OPAG/IOS Implementation Coordination Team on the Global Observing System
Implementation Coordination Team "ICT" on Data Processing and Forecasting Systems "DPFS"
Implementation Coordination Team "ICT" on Integrated Observing Systems "IOS"
Implementation Coordination Team "ICT" on Information Systems and Services "ISS"
Implementation Coordination Team "ICT" on Public Weather Services "PWS"
International Centre for Theoretical Physics Intercommission Task Team
Inter-Commission Task Team on Regional Climate Centres
intelligent control unit
International Congress on Urban Climatology
International Conference on Water and Environment
Informal Conference of Western Europe Directors "of National Meteorological Services"
International Coordination WG of Space Stations Partners on the Use of Polar Platforms for Earth Observation
International Development Association "World Bank programme" IDAF International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa
Islamic Development Bank
Inter-American Development Bank "Washington DC, USA; OAS"
Integrated drifting buoys Programme
International Data Centre "CTBTO"
International data collection platform
international data collection system "WMO/WWW/Sat." Image Dissector Camera System Internet Data Distribution
Original: Spanish Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies "Colombia"
African Institute for Economic Development and Planning
Institutional Development Fund "World Bank"
instrument data handling and transmission
Immediate Danger to Life and Health
International Daylight Measurement Programme
International Daylight Measurement Year "1991" "WMO-CIE"
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
International Decade of Ocean Exploration "IOC, 1971-1980"
image display
IGOSS data processing and services system
International Development Research Centre
International Data Rescue Coordination Centre "Brussels"
International Drifting Station
International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade "WMO/WHO/UNDP/FAO" "1980-1990"
International Energy Agency "Paris, France; OECD"
Information, Education and Communication
International Electrotechnical Commission
International Environmental Education Programme "UNESCO/UNEP"
international environmental governance
Industry and Environment Office "UNEP"
International Earth Observing System "Sat."
Industry and Environment Programme Activity Centre "UNEP"
intermediate frequency
interface frame
International Fund for Agricultural Development "Rome, Italy"
International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations "Egham, UK"
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
IGOSS flexible code
international forecasting centre "for AGRHYMET"
International Finance Corporation "World Bank"
International Federation of Clinical Chemistry
International Federation of Environmental Journalists
Original: French
International Forum for Earth Observation Using Space Stations Elements
International Federation for Housing and Planning "Den Haag, Netherlands"
International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study
instantaneous field of view
International Food Policy Research Institute
International Frequency Registration Board "ITU"
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Original: French French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations "London, UK"
Interagency Group on Agricultural Biometeorology "WMO/UNEP/UNESCO/FAO"
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Programme "within IGBP"
Integrated Global Atmospheric Chemistry Observations
Intergovernmental Authority on Development "formerly IGADD"
Eastern Africa Hydrological Cycle Observing System
International Global Aerosol Programme
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme "ICSU"
integrated gasification combined cycle
International Geological Correlation Programme
Integrated Global Data Dissemination Service International Geostationary Laboratory
International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research
instantaneous geometrical field of view "Sat."
Intergovernmental Meeting
Intergovernmental Meeting on the World Climate Programme
Integrated Global Observing Strategy
Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership
Integrated Global Ocean Services System "WMO-IOC"
IGOSS Group of Experts on Communications and Products "IOC-WMO" "former title: GE/OTA - Group of Experts on Operations and Technical Applications"IGOSS"
International GEWEX Project Office
International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol protocole IGRP International Geographical Union "ICSU"
Inter-agency Group for Water in Africa
Integrated Global Water Cycle Observations
International Ground Water Modelling Center
International Geophysical Year "ICSU"
International Hydrographic Bureau
International Hydrological Decade
International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change "formerly HDP"
IHDP Data and Information System
International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering "Delft"
Hydrometeorological Training and Research Institute "Oran, Algeria"
International Hydrographic Organization "Monaco, Monte Carlo"
International Hydrological Programme "UNESCO" International hurricane scale
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis "Laxenburg, Austria"
Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture
International Ice Charting Working Group
International Institute for Environment and Development
International Irrigation Management Institute
International Indian Ocean Expedition "IOC"
International Ice Patrol "US Coast Guard"
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture "Ibadan, Nigeria"
International Joint Commission
Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
International Livestock Centre for Africa "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"
International Lake Environment "Preservation" Committee
International Labour Organization
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases
International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement
improved lightweight solar array
intermediate-level wastes
Integrated monitoring
Internet Message Access Protocol
image motion compensation
Indian Meteorological Department
Information Management Division
International Monetary Fund
International Meteorological Institute "Stockholm"
Integrated Management Information System "UN"
International Maritime Meteorological Archive
international maritime meteorological punch-card
International Maritime Mobile Service "IGOSS"
international maritime meteorological tape
Original: Spanish National Meteorological Institute "Spain"
International Maritime Organization "London, UK"
International Meteorological Organization
Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme
International Mobile Satellite Organization
International Mobile Telecommunications
Institute for Meteorological Training and Research "Nairobi"
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
Central American Institute of Business Administration "Nicaragua"
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Elaboration of an International Convention to Combat Desertification Indian Ocean Experiment
Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies
International Nuclear Emergency Exercise
World Climate Data Information Referral Service
Referral System for Hydrological Information on Services and Stations in Member's countries
Hydrological Information Referral Service
International Groundwater Resources Centre
International Maritime Satellite System
International Maritime Satellite Telecommunications Organization "former title, see Inmarsat/IMSO" INMARSAT/IMSO
International Mobile Satellite Organization
Original: Portuguese National Meteorological Institute of Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais "Brazil" National Institute for Space Research "Original: Portuguese"
International Union for Quaternary Research "formerly International Association for the Study of the European Quaternary, then International Association on Quaternary Research"
National Agronomic Research Institute "France"
International Society for Agricultural Meteorology
Indian national satellite
International satellite Interactive Statistic
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
National Institute for the Sciences of the Universe "France"
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Working Group on the Interchange of Pollutants between the Atmosphere and the Oceans
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission "Paris, France; UNESCO"
index of cooperation "ITU"
Indian Ocean Commission "Mauritius"
International Olympic Committee
International Ozone Commission "ICSU"
Intergovernmental oceanographic Commission's Association for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions "Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago"
IOC Regional Committee for the Cooperative Investigation in the North and Central Western Indian Ocean; IOC Regional Committee for IOCINCWIO
IOC Regional Committee for the Southern Ocean
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange "IGOSS"
Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing System
International Ocean Institute
Instruments and Observing Methods report series
Organization for Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Co-operation
Indian Ocean Region
IGOSS Observing System
Initial Operational System "GCOS"
Initial Observing System "GOOS"
International OMEGA Technical Commission
International Office for Water
Information and Public Affairs "Office, WMO" "see C/CPA"
International Programme for Antarctic Buoys "WCRP"
IGOSS Pilot Project in Altimetric Sea-Surface Topography
IGOSS Products Bulletin
international pyrheliometer comparison
International Programme Committee
International Potato Centre
International Precipitation Climatology Project
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
International Programme on Chemical Safety
International Panel of Experts on Desertification
Inter-Programme Expert Team "IPET" on Metadata Implementation "MI"
indicative planning figure "UNDP"
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association "UK"
Joint IOC/WMO Planning Group for IGOSS
informal planning meeting "WMO"
Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Project for a Monitoring and Information System
Integrated Plant Nutrition Systems
International Planning Office "Project"
THORPEX International Programme Office
International Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Group
international pyrheliometer standard
Implementation Plan Task Team "GEO"
integrated precipitable water
International Year"s" of the Quiet Sun "ICSU"
infra-red
International Relations Advisory Committee
International Radiation Commission
Original: French French Institute of Research for Development "formerly ORSTOM"
infrared Earth sensor
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
Islamic Republic of the Iran Meteorological Organization
infra-red interferometer spectrometer
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
interrogation, recording and location system
Original: French Institut Royal de mtorologie "Belgique" interim international reference precipitation gauge
International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals "UNEP"
International Rice Research Institute "Manila, Philippines"
Indian remote sensing satellite
Information Retrieval Service
Infrared sounder "ESA"
WWW Implementation Support Activity
International South Atlantic Buoy Programme
independent side-band
International Society of Biometeorology "Zrich, Switzerland"
International Seabed Authority
International Society for Bioclimatology and Biometeorology
International Standard Book Number
International Seismological Centre "Newbury, UK"
Integrated Supply Centre "Copenhagen, UNICEF"
Information Systems Coordination Committee
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
International Surface Current Data Centre
International Satellite Communications System "USA"
ARC-Institute for Soil, Climate and Water "Pretoria, South Africa"
integrated services digital network "ITU"
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
International Solar Energy Society
Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
International Society for Horticultural Science
ISLP IGOSS sea level Project "formerly ISLPP"
IGOSS Sea-Level Programme in the Pacific
IGOSS Sea Level Pilot Project
IGOSS Sea-Level Pilot Project in the North and Tropical Atlantic
International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project
International Scientific and Management Group "OWSE"
International Organization for Standardization "Geneva, Switzerland"
Infrared Satellite Observatory "ESA-1995"
Impact Studies Programme
Internet Service Provider
International Soil Reference and Information Centre "Wageningen, Netherlands"
Indian Space Research Organisation
Integrated WWW System Study Internet Security Scanner
Information Systems Strategy Advisory Committee "formerly CISAC"
International Social Science Council
Interim Science Steering Committee
International Science Steering Committee "THORPEX"
International Symposium on Snow and Glacier Hydrology
International Society of Soil science "1924-1998" Instrument Science Team
International Solar Terrestrial Programme
IGOSS Sub-Surface Thermal Structure Programme
IGOSS Sub-Surface Thermal Structure Pilot Project
International Science Working Group
International Space Year
Information Systems "Division, WMO" "replaced by ITD, IMO and SPO"
internal trading
Information Technology
Implementation Team
IGOSS Telecommunication Arrangements
International Telegraph Alphabet
International Training Center "ILO"
International Training Centre for Water Resources Management "SophiaAntipolis, France;UNEP/France"
inter-tropical convergence zone
Information Technology Division
Joint IOC/WMO Group of Experts on Technical Systems Design and Development and Service Requirements
intertropical front "see ITCZ"
International Tsunami Information Centre "IOC/NOAA" "Hawaii"
improved TIROS operational satellite
International TOGA Project Office
International TIROS Processing Package
infra-red temperature profile radiometer
Intercomparison of Transmittance and Radiance Algorithms "IRC"
International Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific
International Telephone and Telegraph
invitation to tender
International Tropical Timber Organization
International Technical Tropical Timber Association
International Telecommunication Union "Geneva, Switzerland; UN"
intelligent terminal unit
ITU Radiocommunication Sector "formerly CCIR" :
International TOVS Working Group
International Union of Biological Sciences "ICSU" Information Unit for Conventions
Information Unit on Climate Change
World Conservation Union "formerly: International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources "Gland, Switzerland"" :
Inter-Union Commission on Radiometeorology "ICSU""
International Union for Child Welfare "NGO"
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics "ICSU"
International Union of Geological Sciences "Paris, France; ICSU"
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Inter-University Programme in Hydrology "Belgium"
International Union of Soil science "formerly ISSS" : International Water-related Associations Liaison Committee
International Whaling Commission
Intergovernmental Working Group on Marine Pollution "IMO"
WMO International Workshop on Monsoon Studies
International Workshops on Ozone Observations in Asia and the Pacific Region
International Water Resources Association
Integrated Water Resources Management
International Water Supply and Sanitation Center "WHO Collaborating Center"
International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones International Year of the Oceans "1998"
JCOMM Electronic Products Bulletin "former title: IGOSS Products Bulletin - IPB"
Japanese Earth Resources Satellite
Joint GOOS Scientific and Technical Committee
Joint Australian Facility for Ocean Observing Systems "CSIRO/BMRC"
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center Since April 04 called: Independent Administrative Institution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Tecnology
Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment
Joint Agricultural Weather Facility "USA"
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Joint IOC-WMO Committee for the Integrated Global Ocean Services System; Committee for IGOSS
Joint Consultative Committee "WMO"
Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
JCOMM in-situ Observing Platform Support Centre
Joint Climate Research Fund "WMO/ICSU"
Joint Data and Information Management Panel "GCOS/GOOS/GTOS"
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study "within IGBP"
joint implementation
Joint Inspection Unit "UN"
Japan Meteorological Agency
Joint Medical Service
Joint Oceanographic Assembly
Joint Organizing Committee "GARP"
Jlich Ozonesonde Intercomparison Experiment
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Joint Planning Office "GCOS"
Junior Professional Officer "WMO"
Joint Planning Staff "WMO/ICSU" "WCRP"
Joint Research Centre "CEC"
"WMO/IOC/ICSU" Joint Scientific Committee "for the World Climate Research Programme, WCRP"
"United Nations" Joint Staff Pension Board
Joint Scientific and Technical Committee "for GCOS"
ARGOS Joint Tariff Agreement
Job Transfer and Manipulation
Joint United Nations Information Committee
keyboard
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute "Utrecht"
Korean Monsoon Experiment
Key Performance Indicators
Kuroshio Utilization and Exploitation Research "Japan"
Laboratorio per la Meteorologia e la Modellistica Ambientale Laboratory for Meteorology and Environmental Modelling "Original: Italian"
Local Analysis Centre
local area coverage
Latin American and Caribbean Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment
laser geodynamic satellite
leaf area index
limited area model
Large Scale Atmospheric Moisture Balance of Amazonia using Data Assimilation
local area network
Languages "Division, WMO"
link access procedure
link access procedure balanced mode
League of Arab States
laser synchronisation from stationary orbit
Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia
low bit rate
low bit rate fast delivery processor
land-based transponder
low-cost advanced processing station
Lake Chad Basin Commission
left hand circular polarisation
Lethal Dose
Land Surface Data Assimilation System
least developed countries
Long Duration Exposure Facility
light duty vehicle
low Earth orbit satellite
launch and early orbit phase "METEOSAT"
Long-term and Expanded Programme of Oceanic Exploration and Research
linear error in probability space for categorical forecasts
Land Earth Station "Inmarsat"
Low CO2-Emitting Energy Supply System
limited area fine mesh model
Low frequency microwave radiometer
Landsat Ground Station Operation "Working Group"
see LRCS
light detection and ranging
Landsat image data quality analysis
limb infra-red monitor of the stratosphere
linear imaging self-scan
Learning Information Unit
long lead item
low-level wastes
Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory "France"
Living Marine Resources
Lagrangian Model for Trajectories of Tracer Particles
low noise amplifier
liquid natural gas
Local Oscillator
Local Organization Committee
length-of-day
Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone "IGBP"
see IFRC
liquefied petroleum gas
Linguistic Processing and Publications Unit "WMO, LSP Department"
low resolution
League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies "Geneva, Switzerland"
Low Rate Data Processing Facility
long range forecasting
low resolution facsimile
limb radiance inversion radiometer
Low Rate Information Transmission "Sat." "formerly WEFAX" : Low Rate Picture Transmission "Sat." "formerly APT" : laser retro-reflector
Launch Readiness Review
long-range transport of atmospheric pollutants
Low Rate User Station "ESA"
Long-range weather forecasting
lower side-band
lumpy skin diseases
large-scale integration "micro-chip"
Linguistic Services and Publications Department "WMO"
local time
long-term fellowship "WMO"
Long-term Plan "WMO"
Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry
local user terminal
longwave
liquid water content
Lutheran World Federation
Man and the Biosphere Programme "UNESCO"
Middle Atmosphere Cooperation "MAP"
massive compact halos objects
Original: French Ministre de l'agriculture et des forts
Forecast for shipping "code form"
Mackenzie River GEWEX Study
Moisture availability index
manual amendment
"SCOSTEP" Middle Atmosphere Programme
Mediterranean Action Plan "UNEP"
Mesoscale Alpine Programme
Marine Pollution "Petroleum" Monitoring Pilot Project "IOC"
measurements of air pollution from satellites
Command System for Space Test Program Instruments
Meteorological Products Archiving and Retrieval Facility "Eumetsat"
Marine Pollution Monitoring System "IOC"
Monitoring Agriculture by Remote Sensing
Multiple Analysis fo Series for Homogenization
mechanical bathythermograph
mission control centre "Sat."
Management Coordination Committee "WMO"
Marine Climatological Summaries Scheme
Multi Channel Sea-Surface Temperature
multiple discriminant analysis
Marine Data Bank "UK"
Marine Data Collection Platform
Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System
Meteorological Data Distribution "Meteosat mission"
Millenium Development Goals
Managed Data communication Network Services
Mar del Plata Action Plan
Meteorological Data Utilization Centre "India"
medium-scale data utilization station
Meteorological Data User Station
Multilateral Environmental Agreement"s"
Programme for the Assessment and Control of Pollution in the Mediterranean Region
Mediterranean Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Mediterranean Experiment on cyclones that produce high impact weather in the Mediterranean
Mediterranean GOOS
Marine Environmental Data and Information Referral System
Marine Environmental Data Service "Canada"
Mediterranean Technical Advisory Committee
Mediterranean Action Plan Co-ordinating Unit "under MED POL""UNEP"
Multivariate ENSO Index
Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Centre "UNEP"
Original: French Ministre de l'ducation nationale, de la jeunesse et des sports METEOSAT Exploitation Project
Marine Environment Protection Committee "IMO"
medium-energy proton and electron detector
Southern Cone Common Market "Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay"
microwave electronic self-scanning radiometer
Aviation routine weather report "with or without trend forecast" "code form"
Exhibition of Meteorological Instruments, Equipment and Services
EUMETSAT series of meteorological geostationary satellites
European Meteorological Group "ICAO"
Meteorological Information Link Study Group "ICAO"
Advance telegraphic notification relating to the operation of WWW "code form"
Meteorological Observation and Information Distribution Arrangements for local users "CAeM WG"
Meteorological Operational Satellite "EUMETSAT"
meteorological satellite
movable fine mesh model
Mediterranean Forecasting System Pilot Programme
METEOSAT ground computer system
Main Geophysical Observatory
mechanical ground segment equipment
Mediterranean Hydrological Information System
Message Handling System
microwave humidity sounder
Management Information Base
METEOSAT Information Extraction Centre
"ITU" Master International Frequency Register
Marine Impacts on Lowland Agricultural and Coastal Resources
marine information management
Multilateral Initiative on Malaria
Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions
Multi-frequency Imaging Microwave Radiometer "ESA"
METEOSAT infra-red and microwave sounder
mission implementation plan
Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding
manipulated information rate processor
Meteorological Information System
mission controller "METEOSAT"
Microburst and Severe Thunderstorm "Experiment"
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University
MITIgation of Climate induced natural Hazards
Ministry of International Trade and Industry "Japan"
Marginal Ice Zone Experiment
Meteosat Key Unit
microwave landing systems "ICAO"
maximum length sequence
Martin Marietta Astronautics
mirror motion compensation
mass memory controller
MTN monitoring centre
Mission Management and Control Centre
Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme "formerly: MMAOAP - Marine Meteorology and Associated Oceanographic Activities Programme"
marine meteorological services "WMO"
METEOSAT microwave sounder
Matra Marconi Space
Memorandum of Cooperation
METEOSAT Operations Control Centre "Darmstadt"
model output diagnosis "NWP"
Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment "USA"
moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer
Management Overview of Flood Forecasting Systems
Monitoring and Operational Information Service
Meteorology and Oceanographic Joint International Committee
modular optoelectronical multispectral scanner
Monsoon Numerical Experimentation Group
Monsoon Experiment "WMO"
METEOSAT Operational Programme
Model Parameter Estimation Experiment
meteorological optical range
model output statistics
Marine Observation Satellite "Japan"
Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Management and Organization Study "of the WMO Secretariat"
Meteosat Operational Service for Data Acquisition and Interchange
Meteorological Observing System for Ships "UK"
Meteorological Operational Telecommunications Network in Europe
memorandum of understanding
microwave polarimeter
Meteorological Products Extraction Facility "Eumetsat"
Moving Photographic Experts Group
Marine Pollution Emergency Response Authority
Marine Pollution Emergency Response Support System
Marine Pollution Incident
Maximum Potential Intensity
Marine Pollution Incident Support System
Multi-Protocol Label Switching
minimum quality control
minimum quality control standards
medium resolution
Mekong River Commission Secretariat
Meteorological Research Institute
medium resolution infra-red radiometer
Original: French Ministre de la recherche et de la technologie Multi Router Traffic Grapher
most significant bit
Meteorological Service of Canada
Meteorological Synthesizing Centre - East "or W = West" mean square error
METEOSAT Second Generation
Maritime Safety Information
mean sea-level
mean surface level pressure; minimum sea level pressure
microwave scanning radiometer
message switching system
multispectral scanner
Mobile-Satellite service
multicolour spin scan cloud camera
multispectral self scanning radiometer
multi-satellite support system
mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere radar
microwave sounding unit
mean time between failures
modulation transfer function
main telecommunication network "GTS"
Meteosat Transitional Programme
multifunctional transport satellite "Japan"
Migration to TDCF "Table Driven Code Forms" Steering Group
mean time to failure
Model for the Typhoon Track Prediction
monitor ultra-violet solar energy
manufacturing value added
mountain wave
Multidisciplinary Working Group "AGRHYMET Programme"
Meteorological Watch Office "ICAO"
METEOSAT microwave sounding system
microwave sensor "ESA"
Microwave Water Substance Radiometer
microwave sub-system
nitrogen
nitrous oxide
North Atlantic THORPEX Regional Campaign "THORPEX"
North American Atmospheric Observing System
see UN-NADAF
National Atmospheric Deposition Program
North African Committee "START"
NAFO Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization "Dartmouth, Canada; formerly ICNAF" :
North American Free Trade Agreement
North America
North Atlantic Oscillation
North Atlantic Ocean Stations
National Action Programme "CCD"
National Air Pollution Control Administration "USA"
North American Plant Protection Organization
Numerical Analysis and Prediction System
National Action Plans "CCD"
Network Analysis for Regional Information
"US" National Academy of Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration "USA"
NASA Communications Network
NASA world-wide communications network
National Space Development Agency "of Japan"
nitric acid trihydrate
Network Address Translation
North Atlantic
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Network Analysis Using Generalized Least Squares
navigational aid
Niger Basin Authority "Niamey, Niger"
Nile Basin Capacity Building Network
National Center for Atmospheric Research "Boulder, Colorado, USA"
non-convertible currency
National Climatic Centre
National Climate Data Catalogue
National Climatic Data Center "USA"
non-coded digital facsimile
National Centers for Environmental Prediction "USA"
National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting
National Climate Programmes
National Conservation Strategy
Network Coordination Station
National Coordinating Unit
National Data Centre "CTBTO"
New Development Fund
non-dispersive infra-red gas analyser
Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change
normalized difference vegetation index
Nuclear Energy Agency
North East Asian Region
North-East Asian Regional GOOS
noise equivalent differential temperature
Numerical Experimentation Group
NIMBUS-E microwave spectrometer
New Partnership for Africa's Development
National Environment Research Council "UK"
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
National Environmental Satellite Service "USA"
National Early Warning Unit
Nested Fine Mesh Grid
National Greenhouse Advisory Committee "Australia"
Non-governmental Organisation Liaison Service
nested grid model
non-governmental organization
National Hydrological Service"s"
National Institute of Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Sciences
newly industrialized countries National Ice Center
Nansen International Environment and Remote Sensing Centre "St Petersburg"
Nile River Basin Hydrological Cycle Observing System
NASA meteorological R & D satellite
Newly Independent States
night-time marine air temperature
National Meteorological Centre
National Meteorological and Hydrological Service"s"
National Meteorological or Hydrometeorological Service"s"
National Meteorological Services Agency "Ethiopia"
National Meteorological Training Institutions
National Meteorological Telecommunication Network
Network News Transfer Protocol
nitrogen dioxide
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration "formerly ESSA"
National Oceanographic Centres "IGOSS"
National Oceanographic Data Center "IGOSS"
Northern Hemisphere Climate Process Land-Surface Experiment
North American Aerospace Defence Command
North Pacific Experiment "IOC"
National Ocean Service "NOAA" Network Operations Support Plan nitrogen oxides
North Pacific Data Buoy Advisory Panel
NOAA Profiler Network
National Professional Officer
national points of contact
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
National Professional Project Personnel
National Research Council
National Radiation Centre
National Reference Centres
New and Renewable Sources of Energy
NASA scatterometer "Sat."
National Science Foundation
New Sun Foundation
National Snow and Ice Data Center
NASA Support Plan
National Soils Policies
National Solar Terrestrial Programme
Nuclear Safety Standards
numerical weather prediction
National Water Research Institute "Canada"
National Water Resources Information Centre
National Weather Service "USA"
US National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway
integrated ozone mass deficiency
Overall Assessment of Desertification
Organization of American States "Washington DC, USA"
Office Automation System
Organization of African Unity "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia" "from 2002 AU African Union"
on-board computer
on-board data handling
Organizing Committee
Ocean Affairs "Division, WMO"
Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre "UNEP"
Operating Consortium of ASDAR Participants
operation control centre
OCEAN Personal Computer Project
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs "formerly DHA" : Oil Companies International Marine Forum "London, UK"
Original: French Organisation commune de lutte anti-acridienne et de lutte antiaviaire "Afrique" Ocean Climate Observing System
official development assistance
Overseas Development Administration "UK" Ocean Data Acquisition System
Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa
ozone depletion potential
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development "Paris, France"
Office Foreign Disaster Assistance "US"
oceanic general circulation model
Office of Global Programs "NOAA"
hydrosyl "atmospheric cleaning agent"
Operational Hydrology Programme
Operational Hydrology Report
Original: French Regional Hydrological Observatory for Western and Central Africa
Operational Hydrological Reference Basins
Integrated Operational Hydrology System
Ocean Heat Transport Experiment Organization of the Islamic Conference
Original: French International Organization of the Francophonie
Original: French International Organization of Legal Metrology
Office of Internal Oversight Services "UN"
WWW Operational Information Service
Latin American Energy Organization "Quito, Ecuador"
outgoing longwave radiation
Operational Linescan System "DMSP"
Office of Marine Geology "USA"
Ozone Monitoring Instruments
Ocean Mixed Layer Experiment
low resolution omnidirectional radiometer
Original: French Senegal River Development Organization Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sngal Office of Naval Research "USA"
Order of Magnitude
Ocean Observations Panel for Climate
Ocean Observing System Development Programme
Ocean Observing System Development Panel
Open Programme Area Group
Open Programme Area Group "OPAG" on Data Processing and Forecasting Systems "DPFS"
Open Programme Area Group "OPAG" on Integrated Observing Systems "IOS"
Open Programme Area Group "OPAG" on Information Systems and Services "ISS"
Open Programme Area Group "OPAG" on Public Weather Services "PWS"
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries "Vienna, Austria"
Operational Programme for the Exchange of weather RAdar information
Omega Positioning Location Equipment
operational meteorological information "code form"
Oil Pollution Preparedness Response and Cooperation "Convention"
Office of Project Services "UNDP"
Observatories and Research Facilities for EUropean Seismology
optical remote sensing of the land
Original: French Office for Overseas Scientific and Technical Research
oral rehydration therapy
Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
Observing System Experiments
Operations Support Group
open systems interconnection "CCITT"
Ocean Science in Relation to Non-Living Resources "IOC-UN/DOALOS"
Open Shortest Path First
"Joint CMM-IGOSS Ad Hoc Group" Ocean Satellites and Remote Sensing
Office of Space Science "USA"
Sahara and Sahel Observatory
Observing System Simulation Experiments
Office of Space Tracking and Data Systems
International scientific and technical organization on gliding "Toulouse"
ocean station vessel
Observing System "Division, WMO"
operations and technical applications "IGOSS"
ocean thermal energy conversion
Offshore Weather Panel
ocean weather ship
ocean weather station
Operational WWW Systems Evaluations "AF-Africa; NA - North Atlantic"
Programme Area
Pacific
Policy Advisory Committee "Eumetsat"
Plan of Action to Combat Desertification
Pacific Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Pan American Climate Information System
Comprehensive Pacific Rainfall Database
Polar Acquisition and Control Subsystem
Pan American Climate Studies Sounding Network
Pan-African Conference on Sustainable Integrated Coastal Management
Pan-African Development Information System "formerly Pan-African Documentation and Information System"
Pan-African Documentation and Information System Processing and Archiving Facilities
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
Perception and Assessment of Global Environmental Change "HDP"
Past Global Changes "within IGBP"
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
Pan-American Health Organization "WHO"
post adjustment index
Original: French
peroxyacetyl nitrate
Pan African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water
Priority Actions Programme "UNEP"
precision approach radar
photosynthetically active radiation
Performance Appraisal Report
Programme to Address ASEAN Regional Transboundary Smoke
Performance Appraisal System
Pacific Transport of Heat and Salt
playback
Pacific Basin Development Council P planetary boundary layer
1" Personal Computer 2" Program Computer Printed Circuit
PC-based Gridded Interactive Display and Diagnostic System
polychlorinated biphenyl
Procurement and Contracts Committee "WMO"
"Executive Council Panel of Experts on" Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification Research
Pan-Caribbean Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Project
pulse code modulation
Programme for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison precipitation point data bank
product dissemination facility
portable document format
Pacific Decadal Oscillation Index
power distribution unit
primary data user station "METEOSAT HR Data"
phase encoding
primitive equation "model": Australia
Primary Environmental Care
payload electronic module
Precipitation Enhancement Project "WMO"
peak envelope power "telecom"
Printing and Electronic Publications "Section, WMO"
Pacific Equatorial Ocean Dynamics Experiment
Programme for the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Perfect Forecast
platform on-board data handling
platform power distribution unit
power flux density
pulse frequency modulation
Original: French multimission platform plate-forme multimission Precision Filter Radiometer
Programme Group on Ocean Processes and Climate
Operation "PHARE" - Poland and Hungary: assistance for economic restructuring "CEC" "TERMIUM" PHARE
precipitation index
Original: French photo-interprtation assiste par ordinateur prior informed consent North Pacific Marine Science Organization
Pacific Islands Development Program
Upper-wind report from a land station
Upper-wind report from a mobile land station
Upper-wind report from a sea station
Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes
Programme for International Polar Oceans Research
Precision Infrared Radiometer
Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic
Principal Investigators' requirements
proton induced X-ray emission
picture element
Permanent Joint Technical Commission for Nile Waters
payload
Project Leader
payload power distribution unit
Plata River Basin Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Personal Locator Beacon
phase-locked loop
Programme on Long-Range Forecasting Research "WMO"
Platform Test Procedure
phase modulation
probable maximum flood
Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project
Programme on Medium- and Long-range Weather Prediction Research
pilot MTN monitoring
port meteorological officer
Principal Meteorological or Oceanographic Center
pressure-modulated radiometer
photomultiplier tube
Project Management Unit "PUMA"
pseudo noise
Original: French Programme national d'tude de la dynamique du climat Payload Operations Control Centre
IOC/UNESCO Programme on the Physical Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean
ESA Polar Orbit Earth Observation Mission
polar-orbiting environmental satellite
Partnership for Observations of the Global Oceans
Mid-ocean dynamics experiment "USSR"
USA/USSR experiment, follow-up to the USA MODE and USSR POLYGON experiments
Pilot Ocean Monitoring Study
Persistent Organic Pollutant
Post Office Protocol
precise orbit positioning satellite
Pacific Ocean Region
potential participant
perfect prognosis
parts per billion
pre-processing centre
polar platform
plan position indicator
perfect prognosis method "NWP"
parts per million
precision preprocessing
Polluter Pays Principle
purchasing power parity
Point-to-Point Protocol
purchasing power parity/Gross National Product
precise positioning service
probabilistic quantitative precipitation forecasting
Precision Range and Range Rate Equipment
Pilot Regional Centre
Preliminary Regional Experiment for Storm-scale Operational and Research Meteorology
Regional Andean Programme for Risk Reduction and Disaster Prevention
pulse repetition frequency
pulse repetition interval Original: French Programme de recherches interdisciplinaires franais sur les acridiens du Sahel "acridologie oprationnelle, Universit de Montpellier"
Original: French
Programme rgional de renforcement institutionnel en matire de recherches sur la scurit alimentaire au Sahel "CILSS" Printing "Unit, WMO"
Field Projects Procurement and Contracts "Unit, WMO"
Pilot Radiation Observation Experiment
Open Programme Area Group on the Provision of Meteorological Information Required by Civil Aviation "formerly Working Group on the Provision of Meteorological Information Required by Civil Aviation "until CAeM-XII""
PRedictability and variability Of Monsoons and the agricultural and hydrological ImpactS of climate changE
Original: Spanish Programme for Modernization of Water Resources Management "Mexico"
PRediction Of climate Variations On Seasonal to interannual Time-scales "European experiment"
polar stratospheric cloud
Programme Support Costs Publications Sales and Distribution "Unit, WMO"
Permanent Service on Fluctuations of Glaciers "ICSU"
payload support hardware
"air" pollution standard index
phase shift keying
Programme on Short- and Medium-Range Weather Prediction Research
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level "an ICSU databank located at the Bidston Observatory, UK" "IAPSO-FAGS"
paralytic shellfish poisoning
Priority Soundings Stations
public switched telephone network
Panel on Tropical Cyclones
pressure, temperature, humidity
Weather Prediction Research and Tropical Meteorology "Division, WMO"
precipitation time-series
provisional technical secretariat
ARGOS platform transmitters terminal
pressure, temperature, humidity "sounding"
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Publications Production "Division, WMO"
Prediction in Ungauged Basins "IAHS"
Preparation for the Use of Meteosat Second Generation "MSG" in Africa
Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act
permanent virtual circuit
Programme on Very-short and Short-range Weather Prediction Research
Programme on Weather Prediction Research "WMO"
pressurized water reactor
Public Weather Services
Public Weather Services "Division, WMO"
Public Weather Services Programme
Franco-Spanish Pyrenes Experiment
quality assurance
Quality Assurance/Science Activity Centre
Quality Assurance of Spectral Ultraviolet Measurements in Europe "project"
Quasi-Biennial Oscillation
quality control
Quality Control of Automated Systems
Quantified Emissions Limitation and Reduction Objectives
qualification model
Quality Management Framework
Quality Management System
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation
quantitative precipitation forecasting
quadriphase shift keyed
qualification results review
research and development
radio-telegraphy
radar altimeter
Regional Association "WMO"
Remote Acoustic Electronic Sounder
Risk Assessment Tools for Diagnosis of Urban Areas against Seismic Disasters "IDNDR project"
Report of ground radar weather observation "code form"
Regional Office for Africa "WMO"
Regional Area Forecast Centre "ICAO"
Regional Analysis and Forecast System over Northern China
Regional Acidification Information and Simulation "IIASA" Rutherford Appleton Laboratory "UK"
Regional Office for the Americas "WMO"
Regional Atmospheric Modelling Systems "CSU"
Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Advanced Meteorological Satellite Demonstration Interpretation System
Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific "WMO"
Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service ATOVS" Regional Associations Working Groups on Hydrology
rotation airborne scatterometer
Regional African Satellite Telecommunication Project
Radio-Acoustic Sounding System
regular budget "WMO"
results-based budgeting
Regional Basic Climatological Network
Radiation Balance Climatology Project "WCRP"
River Basin Organizations
regional basic synoptic network "WWW"
return beam vidicon
Regional Centre for Limited Area Modelling in Central Europe
Radio Corporation of America "USA"
Rescue Coordination Centre
Regional Climate Change
Regional Climate Centre
Regional Activities and Technical Cooperation for Development "Department"
Radiation Climatology Data Project
Regional Central Environmental Pollution Laboratory
remuneration correction factor "UN"
Regional Commodity Forecasting System
reaction control module
Regional Computer Network
Regional Climate Outlook Forum
right hand circular polarisation
reference climatological station
Regional Co-ordination Unit
research, development and demonstration
relational database management system
Regional Dobson Calibration Centre
regional DCP
radio direction finding
Regional Drought Monitoring and Early Warning Centre "at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia"
Research and Development Programme "WMO"
Research and Development Project reference climatological stations
Regional Environment Information Management Project for the Central Africa Region
Resource Management "Department, WMO"
Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea
Resident Representative "UNDP"
Original: French radar d'tude du spectre d'une surface par analyse circulaire Original: French Rseau europen de transmission d'information mtorologique "par satellite" Regional Early Warning Unit
radio frequency
radio frequency chart
Requests For Comments
radio frequency distribution unit
Registry and Archives "Unit, WMO"
Relative humidity
Regional Hydrological Adviser
Regional Haze Action Plan
Regional Hydrological, Meteorological and Climatological system
Regional Hydrological, Meteorological and Climatological Information System
Regional Hydrological Representative
Regional HOMS Reference Centres
rain intensity
River Basin Modelling, Management and Flood Mitigation "EU"
Regional Instrument Centre
Research In Global Change in the Mediterranean: A regional Network
Routing Internet Protocol
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth "Japan"
Regional Lead Centre for Monitoring
regional meteorological centre "see RSMC"
Regional Meteorological Data Communication Network
Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology
Regional Marine Meteorological Programme
rate measuring package
root-mean-square
root mean square skill score
Regional Meteorological Training Centre "WMO"
Regional Meteorological Telecommunication Network
Resource Mobilization Unit "WMO"
responsible national oceanographic data centre "IODE"
Responsible National Oceanographic Data Centre for Waves
radio occultation
Regional Office for Africa "UNEP"
representative organizations for a country "ARGOS"
Regional Operational Centre
relative operating characteristic
RMDCN Operations Committee
Upper-level temperature, wind and air density report from a land rocketsonde station
Upper-level temperature, wind and air density report from a rocketsonde station on a ship
Route forecast for aviation "code form"
Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration
Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment "UNEP"
report of observations/samples collected by oceanographic programmes "IOC"
Radar Ocean SEnsing
radar observation of vegetation and soils
Radar Ocean Wave Spectrometer
Regional Programme
Regional Pyrheliometer Comparisons
Research Programme on Land Surface Processes "IGBP-WCRP" revolutions per minute
"Repeat" message " regional radiation centre "
regional research centre
rate reduction mode
Rolling Requirements Review
radiosonde data set
Remote sensing center
Regional Standard Group
Regional Spectral Model
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre "WMO"
Regional Seas Programme "UNEP"
Remote Sensing Preparatory Programme
return signal simulator
Response strategy Working Group "IPCC WG N 3 "Riswig""
real time
Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre
"retard" message
Regional Telecommunication Hub
roll tilting mode
Real Time Monitoring Centre
radioteletype broadcasts
runway visual range
Regular World Days "of IGY"
Responsibility Zones
scientific and technical
stretched VISSR
solar array
Special Assistant "WMO"
Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary-General "WMO"
Special Assistant to the Director "WMO"
Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary-General "WMO"
Satellite Active Archive
South-Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Original: Spanish Health Watch and Warning System "Cuba"
Scientific Advisory Committee "of UNEP"
Science Activity Centre
Special Analysis Centre for Monitoring Scientific Advisory Committee "ACMAD"
Scientific Advisory Committee on Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment
Special ALPEX Data Centre
Southern African Development Community "formerly SADCC"
Southern Africa Hydrological Cycle Observing System
Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference
Satellite distribution system for information relating to air navigation "ICAO"
SADIS Operations Group
solar array drive mechanism
Satellite Application Facilities "EUMETSAT"
South African Fire Atmosphere Research Institute
South African Committee "START"
SafetyNET service "INMARSAT"
Space Agency Forum on the International Space Year Scientific Advisory Group
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment
Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management "led by UNEP" UNEP" "
South American Low Level Jet Experiment
Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II
stratospheric and mesospheric sounder
Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management "University of Georgia"
Original: French
special area processing centres
synthetic "or false" aperture radar
maritime search and rescue
Second Assessment Report
Report of satellite clear radiance observations
Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum
Report of synoptic interpretation of cloud data obtained by a meteorological satellite
synthetic aperture radar fast delivery processor
SAR Processor with Memory
Standard and Recommended Practices
SAR Repeater
search and rescue satellite
Special Assistant to the Secretary General "WMO"
South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences
Satellite Activities "Office, WMO"
Southern African Transport and Communications Commission "SADC" ""Sateck""
United States domestic telecommunication satellite of RCA
Satellite Communications Agency "US Army"
Report of satellite remote upper-air soundings of pressure, temperature and humidity
Report of satellite observations for wind, surface temperature, cloud, humidity and radiation
surface acoustic wave
South African Weather Bureau
standard bus coupler
Standard Basic Executing Agency Agreement
Subsidiary Body for Implementation "FCCC Conference of the Parties"
Senior Budget Officer "WMO"
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice "FCCC"
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice "CBD"
solar backscatter ultraviolet instrument solar and backscattered ultraviolet "spectrometer"
spacecraft
scanning microwave spectrometer
Special Climate Applications Programme "WMO"
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research "IUGS"
Scanner for Earth's Radiation Budget "ESA"
scanning microwave scatterometer
satellite calibration centre
Space Communications Center
spacecraft control center
Satellite for the Collection of Data
system critical design review
Study of Critical Environmental Problems
Special Committee on the Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
Standing Conference of Heads of Training Institutions of National Meteorological Services
SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric Cartography
satellite cloud information chart
surface composition mapping radiometer "high resolution"
Southern Cone Ozone Project
Sub-committee on Oceans and Coastal Areas "ACC"
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment "IUGS"
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research "IUGS"
Special Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Scientific Committee on Water Research "formerly COWAR" "ICSU"
selective chopper radiometer
SADIS Cost Recovery Administrative Group
South China Sea Monsoon Experiment
sulphur-coated urea
Sub-Committee on Water Resources "UN/ACC" "see also ACC/SCWR"
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Sustainable Development Scenario
Satellite Data Service Division
WMO Staff Development, Training and Learning Strategy
secondary data utilisation centre "USA"
secondary data user station
small-scale data utilization station
Programme on Sustainable Development of Water Resources
South East Asian Centre for Atmospheric and Marine prediction
South-East Asia Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
shipboard environmental "data" acquisition system
Soviet programme of close-spaced repeated oceanographic observations
Safe Environment Fund
Scientific Evaluation Group "CONA-WMO"
Stockholm environment institute
Space Environment Laboratory "USA"
space environmental monitor training seminar
Sustainable Enterprise Network for Climate Change Exposure
Seasonal Equatorial Atlantic Experiment "USA"
ship earth station "INMARSAT"
Second European Stratospheric Arctic and Mid-latitude Experiment
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
Severe Weather Exchange "Centre"
Synoptic report of bearings of sources of atmospherics
Detailed report of the distribution of sources of atmospherics by bearings for any period up to and including 24 hours
Space Frequency Coordination Group
Synoptic report of the geographical location of sources of atmospherics
Statement of Forest Principles Secretary-General "WMO"
Study Group on Communication Techniques and Protocols "WG/TEL"
Steering Group on Radio Frequency Coordination "CBS" "formerly Study Group on ..."
Second generation central station "Meteosat"
Sub-group on Data Representation and Codes
Standard Generalized Markup Language
Second generation receiving station "Meteosat"
Sub-group on Sea Ice
software help for application, research and education "project"
standard HRPT archive request product
TOGA's Southern Hemisphere Drifting Buoy
Report of surface observation from a sea station
Special High Level Council
seasonal to interannual "forecasts"
International SI unit system
synchronization and imaging converter "EUMETSAT, METEOSAT"
Original: Spanish Central American Integration System
Swedish International Development Authority
Small Island Developing States
Significant
Significant weather chart
Format for the archival of sea-ice data in digital form
significant weather
Sea Ice Numerical Experimentation Group
Surface Indian Ocean Dynamic Experiment
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Shuttle Imaging Radar
satellite infra-red spectrometer
Standing International Road Weather Conference
Statistical Interpretation Systems
Strategic Implementation Team "CEOS" GEOS" International Society of Aeronautical Telecommunications "Paris, France"
Sistema de vigilncia da Amaznia Amazonia Surveillance System "Original: Portuguese"
Senior Legal Adviser "WMO"
Senior Liaison Officer "WMO"
surface layer of the ocean
side-looking radar
Second Long-term Plan "WMO"
service module
structural module
satellite meteorological centre
SOO Management Committee
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Study of Man's Impact on Climate
Seasonal Model Intercomparison Project
sub-optimal maximum likelihood estimator
Special MTN Monitoring
Specialized MTN monitoring centres
scanning multi-frequency microwave radiometer
synchronous meteorological satellite
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
systems for nuclear auxiliary power
Simple Network Management Protocol
System of Operational Buoys in the Atlantic
specialized oceanographic centre "IOC"
Southern Ocean; Programme Group for the Southern Ocean
Southern Oceanic Circulation
see SCOCA
Satellite Operations Control Center
Satellite Ozone Data Assimilation "project"
sound detecting and ranging
sound fixing and ranging "long-ranging technique using the sound channel and underwater floats"
Statement of Guidance
Southern Oscillation Index
Original: French Solidarits agricoles et alimentaires International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea "IMO"
ship of opportunity "IGOSS XBT"
Ship-of-Opportunity Programme "IGOSS"
IGOSS Ship-of-Opportunity Programme Implementation Panel
SOOP Operations Guide
special observing period "GARP experiment" South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
Ship Observations Team
Software Office for WMO Exchange of Resources
Sounding of Ozone and Water Vapour in the Equatorial Region
Special Programme for African Agricultural Research "Washington"
Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate
Schools of the Pacific Rainfall Climate Experiment
South Pacific Commission "Noumea"
Specialized Product Centre
Report of monthly means for an oceanic area
South Pacific Bureau for Economic Co-operation "Suva, Fiji"
spectrum analysis
Aviation selected special weather report
Special equipment concerning typhoon recurvature and unusual movements
South Pacific Forum
Solid Precipitation Measurement Intercomparison "WMO"
Strategic Planning Office
solar proton monitor
suspended particulate matter
summary for policymakers
Special Projects Office
Test Earth Observation Satellite "France"
Support for Policy and Programme Development
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Scott Polar Research Institute
Support Services "Department, WMO"
System-Wide Performance Test "CTBTO-WMO" - "CTBTO" WMO" " scanning radiometer Steradian
Space Research
Surface Radiation Budget
Surface Reference Data Center
Original: French Space Imagery Receiving Station "Toulouse" station de rception des images spatiales Snowmelt Runoff Model
Special Service Agreement
WWW System Support Activity
Sub-Saharan African Hydrological Assessment Project
single sideband "transceivers"
Scientific Steering Committee on UV Measurements "Commission for Atmospheric Sciences "CAS""
spin scan cloud camera
Scientific Steering Group
Special Sensor Microwave
special sensor microwave imager
Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder
Senior Scientific Officer "WMO"
sub-satellite point
sea surface salinity
sea-surface temperature
stratospheric sounding unit
stratosphere radar
Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee "WMO"
Scientific and Technical Advisory Group
Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel "GEF"
Satellite Telecommunication and Analysis for Region IV
South Tropical Atlantic Regional Experiment
SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training
Scientific and Technical Committee
salinity-temperature-depth
System for Technology Exchange for Natural Disasters "IDNDR"
Solar-Terrestrial Energy Programme
Stratosphere Troposphere Exchange Programme
short-term fellowship
Scientific Technical Group "EUMETSAT" slope tracking loop
Stormscale Operational and Research Meteorology "Programme"
Project on Solar-Terrestrial Physics Meteorological Research
stratospheric warming alert message
Second TCP Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres Technical Coordination Meeting
Support for Technical Service
Steilyturvakeskus "Finland" Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority
Support Group on Agrometeorology
summer
State University of New York
Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer
Switched Virtual Circuit
Surface Velocity Programme "WOCE"
Standardized Verification System
software
shortwave
significant weather chart
Second World Climate Conference
Snow Water Equivalent
Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment "project"
significant wave height
significant weather chart "high level"
Severe Weather Information Centre
short-wavelength infra-red radiometer
Short-range Warning of Intense Rainstorms in Localized systems
significant weather chart "low level"
significant weather chart "medium level"
System-Wide Medium-Term Environment Programme "UNEP"
Social Welfare Officer "WMO"
Severe Weather Sensors
synchronous
SYnoptic Data ARChiving format "for IGOSS data"
Report of surface observation from a land station
Tracking and Data Relay Experiment
Third Assessment "IPCC"
traditional alphanumeric codes
Technical Aspects and Data Exchange "IODE Group of Experts"
terminal aerodrome forecast; aerodrome forecast "code form"
Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean "TOGA"
see TIP
Technical advisory panel on methodologies "FCCC"
Technical advisory panel on technologies "FCCC"
Third Assessment Report "IPCC"
to be defined
to be specified
tributyltin
Tropical Cyclone Committee
Technical Coordinator of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel "WMO/IOC"
technical co-operation among developing countries
Technical Co-operation Fund
Tropical Cyclone Motion Experiment
Technical Co-operation "Department, WMO"
Terrestrial Carbon Observation
Technical Co-operation Programme
Tropical Cyclone Programme "Division, WMO"
TCP Standing Advisory Group
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Typhoon Committee Secretariat
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
Technical Department Table Driven Code Forms
time-division multiplexing
Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
Technology and Economic Assessment Panel "of the Montreal Protocol"
Technical Cooperation Committee for the Promotion of Development and Environmental Protection of the Nile
Technical Conference on Cost-effective Meteorological Instrumentation and Methods of Observation
TECHnology for WAter REsources
Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation
Technical Conference on the Observation of Atmospheric Contaminants
Total Energy Consumption by Population
Technical Conference on Tropical Aeronautical Meteorology
Technical Conference on Tropical Urban Climates
total energy detector
Telecommunications and Monitoring "Unit, WMO"
training, education and mutual assistance "IGOSS"
TEMA Group of Experts for Capacity Building
Upper-level temperature, humidity and wind report from a land station
Upper-level pressure, temperature, humidity and wind report from a sonde released by carrier balloons or aircraft
Upper-level pressure, temperature, humidity and wind report from a mobile land station
Upper-level pressure, temperature, humidity and wind report from a sea station
Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring System
Tata Energy Research Institute
Temperature, salinity and current report from a sea station
trust fund
Tropical Forest Action Plan
Task Force on Measurement and Modelling "EMEP"
task group
temperature humidity infra-red radiometer
THe Observing System Research and Predictability EXperiment
THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble THORPEX"
TIROS Information Processor
Tropical Moored Buoy Implementation Panel "replaces the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Implementation Panel, TAOIP"
THORPEX International Research Implementation Plan THORPEX"
TAO Implementation Panel
Tibetan Plateau hydrometeorological experiment
television infra-red observation satellite "US"
Training Library
Third Long-term Plan "WMO"
thematic mapper "satellite camera"
task manager "WMO"
Thai Meteorological Department
Tropical Meteorology Research Programme "WMO"
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Programme
transfer of knowledge through expatriate nationals "UNDP"
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate
Typhoon Operational Experiment
Topography Experiment
Ocean Surface Topography Experiment
telex-over-radio; teleprinting over radio circuits
Terms of Reference
TIROS Operational System "Sat."
THORPEX Observing System Tests
TIROS operational vertical sounder "Sat."
Total Production of Biosphere
tons per day Technologies, Policies and Measures total particulate mass
Tax Reimbursement Agreement
Training Activities "Division, WMO"
Target for Resources Assignments from Core "UNEP"
TRAnsport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia
Report of marine surface observations along a ship's track
Trade Records Analysis of Fauna and Flora in Commerce "CITES network of offices/IUCN-WWF"
Open Programme Area Group on Training, the Environment and New Developments in Aeronautical Meteorology "formerly: Working Group on Training, the Environment and New Developments in Aeronautical Meteorology "until CAeM-XII""
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
Tropical Urban Climate Experiment
Travel "Unit, WMO"
Technical Summary
time series of ocean measurements
Tethered Satellite System
Technical Support Unit "WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones"
Technical Support Unit "WMO, LSP Department"
task team
Task Team on Quality Control Procedures for Automated Systems
tracking, telemetry and command
transient tracers in the ocean
Task Team on WMO Structure
Tropical Upper Air Data Centre
Television Trust for the Environment "UNEP"
Tropical Wind Energy Conversion and Reference Level Experiment
Third World Network of Scientific Organizations
Tropical Wind Observation System
Tsunami Warning System
Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific
travelling wave tube
travelling wave tube amplifier
travelling wave tube interface unit
TOGA/WOCE XBT XCTD Programme Planning Committee
United Arab Emirates
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite "NASA"
Union of International Technical Association "Paris, France"
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
urban and building climatology
Unified Climate Access Network
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research "USA"
ultra high frequency data collection system antenna
Universal Decimal Classification
User Datagramme Protocol
Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme "UK"
Union of International Technical Associations
United Kingdom Meteorological Office
UK satellite facilities
Unliquidated Obligations
upward looking sonar
see AMU AMU UV Monitoring and Assessment Program "Industry Group"
United Nations "Organization"
United Nations Human Settlements Programme "from 01.01.2002" "formerly: United Nations Centre for Human Settlements - UNCHS "Habitat""
United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990's
United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development "1986-1990"
United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification "see also CCD, ICCD"
United Nations Capital Development Fund
UN Conference on Environment and Development
United Nations Communications Group
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements "also known as Habitat" "from 31.12.2001: UN-Habitat"
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy
United Nations Conference on Desertification
UN Commission on Sustainable Development
United Nations Centre for Science and Technology for Development
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations
UN Development Assistance Framework
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations Development Programme
Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP's Desertification Control Commission
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
United Nations Fund for International Partnership
United Nations Population Fund "formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities"
United Nations General Assembly Special Session
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations Information Centre
United Nations Children's Fund
United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans Affairs
United Nations Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea
United Nations Industrial Development Organization "Vienna"
United Nations Development Fund for Women
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board
Unied Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
United Nations System Liaison Office
United Nations Organization
United Nations Office for Project Services
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
United Nations Staff College
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
United Nations Statistics Division
United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa
Office to Combat Desertification and Drought "1994-2001" "from 2001 DDC" "formerly: United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office, 1973-1994"
United Nations University
United Nations Volunteers
Upper Ocean Thermal "UOT" Data Assembly Centre "DAC" "WOCE"
User Pays Principle
uninterrupted power supply
Universal Postal Union "Bern"
Uniform Resource Locator
International Union of Radio Science
U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation
United States Agency for International Development "Washington DC"
United States Department of Agriculture
US Geological Survey
User Support Organisation
universal time
universal time coordinated
Universal Thermal Climate Index
upper tropospheric humidity
ultraviolet
Ultra Wide Band
Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre
Volcanic Ash Forecast, Transport and Dispersion Model
volcanic ash advisory information in graphical format
Variability of the American Monsoon System
Value-added Networks
Voluntary Assistance Programme
VISSR atmospheric sounder
Volcanic Ash Warnings Study Group "ICAO"
virtual call
Voluntary Co-operation Programme "WMO"
Voluntary Co-operation Programme "Equipment and Services"
Voluntary Co-operation Programme "Fund"
vidicon camera system
VISSR digital multiplexer
visual display unit "terminal"
voice frequency telegraphy
Virtual "distributed" Global Information System Centre
Very High Frequency
very high resolution radiometer "Sat."
Visual and Infrared Imager "ESA"
visual and infra-red radiometer
visible "sat. channel" visible spectrum "approx. 0.5 mm to 0.9 mm"
Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training
visible and infra-red spin-scan radiometer "Sat."
Virtual Laboratory
very-long-base interferometry "astron., used for measuring LOD"
visible and near infra-red radiometer "Sat."
volatile organic compound
Voluntary Observing Fleet
very high-frequency omnidirectional radio range beacon
voluntary observing ship
volume element
Virtual Private Network
Variable Resolution Model
very small aperture terminal
vestigial sideband
VOS Special Observing Project - North Atlantic
Voluntary Separation Programme
very short-range forecast
visible and thermal infra-red radiometer "Sat."
Virtual Training Library
vertical temperature profile radiometer "Sat."
Vessel Traffic Services
waves and winds
World Wide Web Consortium
Climate Data Service for West Africa
World Aerospace Education Organization
World area forecast centre "ICAO"
World Area Forecast System "WMO/ICAO"
World Area Forecast System Study Group "ICAO"
Wide Area Information Server
Wide Area Information Transfer Systems
West African Monsoon
West African Monsoon Experiment
World Agrometeorological Information Service
Wide Area Network
West Asia North Africa
World Association of Nuclear "Plant" Operators
Wireless Application Protocol
World Administrative Radio Conference
Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Programme
Water Resources "Division, WMO"
Report of spectral wave information from a sea station or from a remote platform "aircraft or satellite"
World Bank
West and Central Africa
World Climate Applications and CLIPS "Division, WMO"
World Climate Applications Programme "WMO"
World Climate Applications and Services Programme "WMO"
World Climate Conference
World Calibration Centre
World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme "Division, WMO"
World Climate Data Programme
World Conference on Disaster Reduction
World Commission on Environment and Development
Working Capital Fund
World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development
WHYCOS Coordination Group
World Climate Impact Studies Programme
World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Programme
World Climate Programme "Department, WMO"
World Climate Research Programme "sponsored by WMO and ICSU"
World Climate Research Programme - Oceanography
World Climate System Monitoring Programme
World Data Centre
World Data Centre for Aerosols "Ispra, Italy"
World Dobson Calibration Centre
World Data Centre on Greenhouse Gases
WWW Data Management "Office, WMO"
World Day for Water "see also WWD - World Water Day" WWD World Energy Conference "London, UK"
World Environment Day
weather facsimile "now LRIT"
Western North Pacific Cloud - Radiation Experiment
IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific; IOC Sub-Commission for WESTPAC "short name"
World Food Council "Rome, Italy; ECOSOC"
World Federation of Engineering Organizations
World Food Programme
World Food Summit
working group
Working Group on Cooperation between European Forecasters
Working Group on Marine Observing Systems
Working Group on Data Acquisition and Processing Systems
Working Group on Data-processing
Working Group on Hydrological Forecasting and Applications for Water Management
Working Group on Observations
Working Group on Operational Hydrology, Climate and the Environment
Working Group on Planning and Implementation of the WWW
Working Group on Telecommunications
Working Group on Agrometeorology Related to Extreme Events
Working Group on Antarctic Meteorology
Working Group on Basic Systems
Working Group on Climate Change Detection
Working Group on Climate Data
Working Group on the Commercialization of Meteorological and Hydrological Services
Working Group on Calibration and Validation
Working Group on Data Management
Working Group on Hydrology
GEWEX Working Group on Hydrometeorology Experiments
Working Group on Hydrological Forecasting and Prediction "CHy"
Working Group on Long-term Planning
Working Group on Numerical Experimentation "CAS/JSC"
Working Group on Radiative Fluxes
Working Group on satellites "CBS"
CLIVAR's Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction
Working Group on Tropical Meteorology Research
Open-ended high level Working Group on the Strengthening of the UN System
Working Group on Validation of Information Requirements on Agricultural Crops
Working Group on Weather and Climate Related to Agricultural Production
Working Group on Water Resources
World Health Organization "Geneva, Switzerland"
World Hydrological Cycle Observing System
WHYCOS International Advisory Group
Advance telegraphic notification relating to the operation of the Marine Meteorological Services
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles
Forecast upper wind and temperature for aviation
Western Indian Ocean
Western Indian Ocean Marine Applications Project "WMO/IOC"
World Intellectual Property Organization "Geneva, Switzerland"
WMO Information System
World Meteorological Centre
World Meteorological Day
World Meteorological Organization
WMO Antarctic Activities
WMO Satellite Activities
WMO Space Programme
Weather Modification Programme
World Oceanographic Centre
World Ocean Circulation Experiment "WCRP"
World Ozone Data Centre
World Optical Depth Research and Calibration Centre "Davos, Switzerland"
Wind Observation Through Ambient Noise
World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre
Water Poverty Index
Water Resources Assessment
Worldwide Recurring ASAP Project
Water Recources Application Project
World Radiation Centre
"ITU" World Radiocommunication Conference
World Radiation Data Centre
World Rice Institute World Resources Institute
Programme on Water-related Issues
World Radiation Monitoring Centre "BSRN" "Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland"
World Radiometric Reference
WMO Regional Training Institutes
workstation
wind scatterometer antenna
World Standard Group "of absolute radiometers maintained in the WRC "Davos""
World Summit on the Information Society
WAMEX Scientific and Management Regional Committee
Water supply and sanitation
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
World Summit on Sustainable Development
World Seismic Safety Initiative
Wildlife Trade Monitoring Unit "CITES-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK"
World Tourism Organization
World Trade Organization
World Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre
water vapour
Water Vapour Sensing System
World Water Assessment Programme
World Water Council
World Water Day "see also WDW - World Day for Water"
World Water Development Report
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
World Water Forum
World Wide Navigation Warnings System World Weather Records
World Weather Research Programme
World Weather Watch "WMO"
World Weather Watch Applications "Department, WMO"
World Weather Watch Basic Systems "Department, WMO"
WWW Data Management
World Weather Watch Implementation Coordination
Extended Atlantic Data Coverage Programme
expendable bathythermograph
Operational Programme "B/T" including IGOSS XBT Ship-ofOpportunity Programme
expendable conductivity-temperature-depth probe
eXtensible Mark-up Language
crystal
Zambezi Action Plan

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Arctic Ice Regime Shipping System

Airport Information Service

aeronautical information service

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Associazione italiana di Telerilevamento Italian remote sensing association "Original: Italian"

assembly, integration and test

Asian Institute for Technology

International Association of Conference Translators

Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer

Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization "Safat, Kuwait"

American Language Institute of Georgetown University

Argos Large International Programme

Air Line Pilots Association

Admiralty List Radio Signals

dual frequency radar altimeter

Advanced Learning Technologies

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Amazon River Basin Hydrological Cycle Observing System

Area Meteorological Coordinator

African Ministerial Conference on Environment

African Ministerial Conference on Water

aircraft meteorological data relay

Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System

African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development

Australian Monsoon Experiment

active microwave instrument

Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project

African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis

Aerodrome Meteorological Observing Systems Study Group "ICAO"

Applications of Meteorology Programme "WMO"

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advanced medium resolution infra-red instrument; advanced mediumresolution imaging radiometer

WHO Regional Office for the Americas

American Meteorological Society "Boston, USA"

advanced microwave scanning radiometer

aeronautical mobile-satellite service

advanced microwave sounding unit

advanced microwave sounding unit A

advanced microwave sounding unit B

Air-Mass Transformation Experiment

Arab Maghreb Union

atmospheric motion vector

automated merchant vessel reporting "IMO"

Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System

area meteorological watch

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Air Navigation Commission "ICAO"

Antilles meteorological telecommunications network

Automated Notice System

Automated Navigation System

Air Navigation Services Economics Panel

American National Standards Institute "New York, USA"

Arab Organization for Agricultural Development

West and Central Africa Hydrological Cycle Observing System

attitude and orbital control system