List of abbreviations in meteorology
This article lists all abbreviations used and commonly used in meteorology .
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See also meteorological terms in German, English, Spanish and French.
A.
- Ac - Altocumulus (cloud genus)
- acgen - Altocumulogenitus (mother clouds)
- AIRMET - AIRman's METeorological Information
- AMDA - automatic meteorological data acquisition system ; z. B. the so-called AMDA III stations , a part-time monitoring network of the DWD
- AMeDAS - Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System
- arc - Arcus (special cloud form)
- As - Altostratus (cloud genus)
- asgen - Altostratogenitus (mother cloud)
- asp - Asperitas (special cloud form)
B.
- BKN - Broken (a broken cloud cover)
- BOLAM - Italian model based on the ECMWF
- BTZ - Education and Conference Center ( German Weather Service )
C.
- CAA - Cold-Air Advection ( cold air advection )
- cal - Calvus (type of cloud)
- CAPE - Convective Available Potential Energy
- cap - Capillatus ( kind of cloud)
- cas - Castellanus (type of cloud)
- cav - Cavum (special cloud form)
- CAVOK - Clouds And Visibility OK (Aviation)
- Cb - Cumulonimbus (cloud genus)
- cbgen - Cumulonimbogenitus (mother clouds)
- CC - "cloud to cloud" cloud lightning
- Cc - Cirrocumulus (cloud genus)
- ccgen - Cirrocumulogenitus (mother clouds)
- CCL - Convective Condensation Level (Cumulus Condensation Level)
- CDO - Central Dense Overcast, a cirrus screen over tropical cyclones
- Ci - Cirrus (cloud genus)
- CIN / CINH - Convective inhibition
- con - Congestus (type of cloud)
- Cs - Cirrostratus (cloud genus)
- Cu - Cumulus (cloud genus)
- cugen - cumulogenitus (mother clouds)
- CVA - Cyclonic Vorticity Advection ( Cyclonic Vorticity Advection )
D.
- DAVA - Differential Anticyclonic Vorticity Advection (differential anticyclonic vorticity advection)
- DCVA - Differential Cyclonic Vorticity Advection (differential cyclonic vorticity advection)
- DD - Dewpoint Depression ( dew point difference )
- Dir - Direction ( wind direction )
- DMC - Deep Moist Convection (deep moisture convection)
- DMG - German Meteorological Society
- DOW - Doppler on Wheels , mobile radar device for researching thunderstorms
- du - duplicatus (cloud subspecies)
- DWD - German Weather Service
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.
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
M.
- mam - Mammatus (special cloud form)
- MCC - Mesoscale Convective Complex, thunderstorm system that meets certain minimum criteria in terms of duration and extent
- MCS - Mesoscale Convective System
- MCV - Mesoscale Convective Vortex
- med - Mediocris (type of cloud)
- METAR - Meteorological Aviation Routine Weather Report
- MET - meteorological / meteorology
- mm - millimeters (amount of precipitation )
- MODES = modular data acquisition system ; z. B. the so-called MODES III stations, a part-time monitoring network of the DWD
- MOS - Model Output Statistics
- MSC - Meteorological Service of Canada
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
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.
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)
W.
- WAA - Hot-Air Advection ( warm advection )
- WBZ - Wet Bulb Zero
- WMO - World Meteorological Organization
- WRN - Western (west / west)
Z
- ZAMG - Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (Austria)