. dam: decameter = 10m
. isopleth == contour line
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. Derecho: a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm associated with
a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms.
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho
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. NOAA
. National Weather Service
--> Divisions:
. National Centers for Environmental Prediction
? MDL: Meteorological Development Laboratory
--> (See below)
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. Acronyms / glossaries:
. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/glossary/
. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/acronyms.php
. MCV: mesoscale cyclonic vortices
. SUBSIDENCE: A descending motion of air in the atmosphere
occurring over a rather broad area.
--> This is too vague, but it's what I've got so far.
. DRYLINE:
. CONUS (NOAA usage) : continental (48 contiguous) United States.
--> OCONUS: Outside of the CONUS.
* MOS: Model output statistics
--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_output_statistics
--> Note: "Most work in the field is done from the [MDL]"...
. GFS: Global Forecast System
--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Forecast_System
--> (See below)
. NAM:North American Mesoscale model
--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Mesoscale_Model
--> "Currently, the NAM is the Weather Research and Forecasting
Non-hydrostatic Mesoscale Model (WRF-NMM) model ... The NAM ensemble
is known as the Short Range Ensemble Forecast (SREF)."
. NGM: Nested Grid Model
--> OBSOLETE (but Wikipedia history is interesting)
--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nested_Grid_Model
. "H7, H5, H3, etc ... refer to height levels in the atmosphere. H7 is the
700 mb level, H5 is the 500 mb level. H3 is the 300 mb level [...]"
--> Found at this VERY USEFUL SITE: http://www.theweatherprediction.com/jargon/
. MDL: Meteorological Development Laboratory
--> http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/
. NDFD: National Digital Forecast Database
. WFS: Web Feature Service
--> E.g., geographical 'features' are 'source code' for a map
--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Feature_Service
. WMS: Web Map Service
--> A standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images
--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Map_Service
.
.
. GFS:
. NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction)...
--> http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/
--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Centers_for_Environmental_Prediction
...hosts:
. The GFS (Global Forecast System) Model
--> http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/gfs/
. The GDAS (Global Data Assimilation System) Model
--> ...
.
.
.
. ECMWF: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
. ECMWF: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Centre_for_Medium-Range_Weather_Forecasts
--> http://www.ecmwf.int/
--> They run the IFS (Integrated Forecast System)
--> Ahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Forecast_System
. CIRA: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, at Colorado State University
--> http://www.cira.colostate.edu/
. AMSU: Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
--> http://amsu.cira.colostate.edu/
. TPW: Total Precipitable Water
--> Loops: http://amsu.cira.colostate.edu/TPW/default.htm