Acronyms
AASHTO - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
AFWS - Automated Flood Warning System
AMS - American Meteorological Society
ASOS - Automated Surface Observing System
ATIS - Advanced Traveler Information System
ATMS - Advanced Traffic Management System
AVCS - Advanced Vehicle Control System
AVL - Automated Vehicle Location
AWIPS - Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
AWOS - Automated Weather Observing System
B/C - Benefit/Cost
BMP - Best Management Practice
CASA - Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere
CCTV - Closed Circuit Television
CD - Compact Disk (data disk)
CDPD - Cellular Digital Packet Data
CMAQ - Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
COMET - Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training
COOP - National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer Program
COOP-M - NWS Cooperative Observer Program Modernization
CRN - Climate Reference Network (NOAA)
CRREL - U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
CWSA - Commercial Weather Services Association
DHS - Department of Homeland Security
DMS - Dynamic Message Sign
DOC - Department of Commerce
DOE - Department of Energy
DOT - Department of Transportation
DPS - Department of Public Safety
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
DSS - Decision Support System
EOC - Emergency Operations Center
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ESS - Environmental Sensor Station
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FHWA - Federal Highway Administration
FMCSA - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
FRA - Federal Railroad Administration
FTA - Federal Transit Administration
FSL - Forecast Systems Laboratory (NOAA)
GFS - Global Forecast System (NWS weather model)
GIS - Geographic Information System
GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
GPS - Global Positioning System
GSD - Global Systems Division (formerly Forecast Systems Laboratory) (NOAA)
HAR - Highway Advisory Radio
HAZMAT - Hazardous Material
HCN - Historical Climate Network (NOAA)
HOTO - FHWA Office of Transportation Operations
ISOS - Integrated Surface Observing System
ISP - Internet Service Provider
ITS - Intelligent Transportation System
ITSA - Intelligent Transportation Society of America
LAPS - Local Analysis and Prediction System
MADIS - Meteorological Assimilation and Data Ingest System
MDSS - Maintenance Decision Support System
MESONET - Meso (small scale) network of meteorological stations
MIT/LL - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Lincoln Laboratory
MM5 - Mesoscale Model Version 5
MMDI - Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative
MODSS - Maintenance and Operations Decision Support System
MOS - Model Output Statistics
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research
NCDC - National Climatic Data Center
NCEP - National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NOAA)
NCHRP - National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NCTIP - National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol
NDFD - National Digital Forecast Database
NERON - NOAA's Environmental Real-time Observing Network
NHC - National Hurricane Center (NOAA)
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOS - National Ocean Service
NSF - National Science Foundation
NSSL - National Severe Storms Laboratory (NOAA)
NSWOS - National Surface Weather Observing System (NOAA)
NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board
NWS - National Weather Service
OCD - Operational Concepts Description
OFCM - Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
OK-FIRST - Oklahoma's First-response Information Resource System using Telecommunications
OLETS - Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
PC - Personal Computer
PFS - Pooled Fund Study
PHMSA - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride
RCTM - Road Condition and Treatment Module (MDSS)
RITA - Research and Innovative Technology Administration
RPU - Remote Processing Unit
RWFS - Road Weather Forecast System (MDSS)
RWFS - Road Weather Forecast System
RWIS - Road Weather Information System
RWMP - Road Weather Management Program (FHWA)
SCADA - Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
SHEP - State Highway Emergency Patrol
STC - Smart Traffic Counter
STWDSR - Surface Transportation Weather Decision Support Requirements
TCC - Traffic Control Center
TIG - Technology Implementation Group (associated with AASHTO)
TMC - Traffic Management Center
TOC - Traffic Operations Center
TRB - Transportation Research Board
TRIS - Transportation Research Information Services
UHF - Ultra-High Frequency
USDA - Department of Agriculture
USDOT - United States Department of Transportation
USCRN - United States Climate Reference Network
UTCS - Uniform Traffic Control System
VAMS - Value Added Meteorological Services
VHF - Very High Frequency
VII - Vehicle Infrastructure Integration
VSL - Variable Speed Limit
WAN - Wide Area Network
WIST-DSS - Weather Information for Surface Transportation Decision Support System
WFO - Weather Forecast Office (NWS)
WMO - World Meteorological Organization
WRF - Weather Research and Forecasting Model
