List of abbreviations in meteorology

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This article lists all abbreviations used and commonly used in meteorology .

Please enter new abbreviations in alphabetical order. Thank you!

See also meteorological terms in German, English, Spanish and French.

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C.

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E.

  • EAW - End of April Warming
  • EC - Enhanced Cumulus Clouds (field of high-reaching Cu's and / or Cb's)
  • ECM - Model of the "European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecast" (ECMWF) in Reading, UK
  • ECMWF - European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
  • ECOMET - Economic Interest Grouping of the national Meteorological Services of the European Economic Area
  • EL - Equilibrium Level ( equilibrium level )
  • EML - Elevated Mixed Layer
  • EMS - European Meteorological Society
  • ENVIRON - Environment
  • ERN - Eastern (east / east)
  • ESTOFEX - European Storm Forecast Experiment, initiative to publish heavy thunderstorm forecasts
  • ESSL - European Severe Storms Laboratory
  • ESWD - European Severe Weather Database, European severe weather database of the ESSL
  • EUROSIP - EUROpean Seasonal to Inter-annual. Prediction ; European seasonal to annual forecast e.g. B. the number of Atlantic tropical storms
  • EWB - European weather report
  • EZMWF - see ECMWF

F.

  • FEW - Few (not very cloudy)
  • FeWIS - Fire Brigade Weather Information System
  • FFD - Forward Flank Downdraft
  • fib - Fibratus (type of cloud)
  • flm - Flumen (accompanying cloud at the bottom of thunderclouds)
  • flo - Floccus (type of cloud)
  • flu - Fluctus (special cloud form)
  • FNMOC - Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography
  • fra - Fractus (cloud type)

G

  • GAW - Global Atmosphere Watch
  • GEM - Global Model of the Canadian Weather Service
  • GEN TSTMS - General Thunderstorms ("normal" thunderstorms)
  • GFS - Global Forecast System (weather model of the American Weather Service)
  • CG - "Cloud to groud" * Erdblitz
  • GME - global model of the German Weather Service
  • GWL - general weather situation

H

  • H - high pressure area, high pressure center (on weather maps) - high pressure (on English weather maps)
  • hum - Humilis (type of cloud)

I.

  • in - Intortus (cloud subspecies)
  • inc - Incus (special cloud form)

J

  • JMA - Japan Meteorological Agency

K

  • KLIS - Climate Information System (German Weather Service)
  • kn - knot (wind force)
  • KONRAD - CONvection development in RADar products
  • kts - knots (wind force)

L.

  • L - Low pressure (low pressure area on English weather maps)
  • la - Lacunosus (cloud subspecies)
  • LAM - Limited Area Model
  • LCL - Lifting condensation level, the height to which an air parcel has to be raised in order to condense out, i.e. the lower limit of the clouds.
  • len - Lenticularis (type of cloud)
  • LEWP - Line Echo Wave Pattern, a certain form of shower or thunderstorm lines in radar meteorology , which indicates increased storm potential
  • LIDAR - Light Detection and Ranging
  • LI - Lifted Index
  • l / m² - liters per square meter (amount of precipitation)
  • LWC - Liquid Water Content (cloud water ), see water content

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N

  • NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • NCEP - National Center for Environmental Prediction
  • neb - Nebulosus (kind of cloud)
  • NHC - National Hurricane Center (USA)
  • NLC - Luminous night cloud
  • NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • NOGAPS - global model of the "Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center" of the USA
  • Ns - Nimbostratus (cloud genus)
  • nsgen - Nimbostratogenitus (mother clouds)
  • NSSL - National Severe Storms Laboratory
  • NWS - National Weather Service (USA)

O

  • OBS - observed / observation
  • op - Opacus (cloud subspecies)
  • OVC - Overcast (closed cloud cover)

P

  • pan - pannus (special cloud form)
  • pe - Perlucidus (cloud subspecies)
  • pil - Pileus (special cloud form)
  • PIREP - Pilot Reports
  • pra - Praecipitatio (special cloud form)
  • PRECIP - Precipitation (precipitation)

Q

  • QFE - measured air pressure on the ground (meteorological station or airfield)
  • QFF - current air pressure in hectopascals (hPa), reduced in consideration of the actual temperature conditions and not the ideal of the ISA at sea level
  • QG - quasi-geostrophic
  • QNH - according to the standard atmosphere at sea level, reduced air pressure at station height (QFE * measured, not reduced)
  • QPF - Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (quantitative precipitation forecast)

R.

  • ra - radiatus (cloud subspecies)
  • RFD - Rear Flank Downdraft

S.

  • SBCAPE - Surface-Based CAPE (CAPE value of a package with the temperature and humidity values ​​on the ground)
  • Sc - Stratocumulus (cloud genus)
  • SCAPE - Slantwise Convective Available Potential Energy
  • scgen - Stratocumulogenitus (mother clouds)
  • SCT - Scattered (scattered cloudy)
  • SEEWIS - Sea Weather Information System
  • SGM - Swiss Society for Meteorology
  • SFC - Surface (Earth's surface) - Often together with SFC VIS, visibility conditions on the ground (flight meteorology)
  • SIGMET - Significant Meteorological Forecast
  • SIGWX - Significant weather - Significant weather phenomena (flight meteorology)
  • SKC - Sky Clear (Aviation Meteorology)
  • SODAR - Sonic Detecting And Ranging
  • SOI - Southern Oscillation Index
  • SST - Sea surface temperature, engl. for temperature of the sea surface
  • SPC - Storm Prediction Center
  • spi - Spissatus (kind of cloud)
  • St - Stratus (cloud genus)
  • str - Stratiformis (type of cloud)
  • SWIS - road condition and weather information system
  • SYNOP - (stem of "synchronous" and "optical") - short for synoptic observation, d. H. a weather report

T

  • TCU - Towering Cumulus, frequently used synonym for high pile clouds (Cumulus congestus)
  • TCWC - Tropical Cyclone Warning Center, see Regional Specialized Meteorological Center
  • T - low pressure area, low pressure center (on weather maps)
  • TAF - Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts
  • Temps - radiosonde ascents
  • Theta-E - Equivalent Potential Temperature (potential equivalent temperature )
  • tr - Translucidus (cloud subspecies)
  • TRY - test reference year
  • TT-Index - Totals-Totals-Index
  • TSTMS - Thunderstorms, engl. for thunderstorms
  • tub - tuba (cloud special shape)

U

  • UKMO - United Kingdom Meteorological Office (Brit. Weather Service)
  • un - Undulatus (cloud subspecies)
  • unc - Uncinus (cloud species)
  • UNEP - United Nations Environment Program
  • USAF - US Air Force
  • UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
  • UTCI - Universal Thermal Climate Index
  • UV index - degree of ultraviolet radiation
  • UVM - Upward Vertical Motion (upward vertical movement)

V

  • ve - Vertebratus (cloud subspecies)
  • vel - Velum (special cloud form)
  • vir - Virga (special cloud form)

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Z

  • ZAMG - Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (Austria)