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meteorological Abbreviations

Look through 65 acronyms and abbreviations related to meteorological:

IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
WHO — World Health Organization
RAIII — Regional Association III
IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
ESCAP — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
GOOS — Global Ocean Observing System (IOC, UNESCO, WMO, and ICSU)
GCOS — Global Climate Observing System (WMO, IOC, UNEP, and ICSU)
GAW — Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO)
ECMWF — European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
CAEM — Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (WMO)
CLIVAR — Climate Variability and Predictability program
NWP — Numerical Weather Prediction
CBS — Commission for Basic Systems
SPARC — Stratospheric Processes and their Role In Climate Change
CIMO — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation
GEWEX — Global Energy And Water Cycle EXperiment (WCRP)
CHY — Commission for Hydrology
JSC — Joint Scientific Committee (ICSU, WCRP, and WMO)
CAGM — Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO)
RSMC — Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre
GOS — Global Observing System (WMO and WWW)
HYCOS — Hydrological Cycle Observing System
CAS — Commission for Atmospheric Sciences
KMA — Korea Meteorological Administration
DRR — Disaster Risk Reduction Programme
AMDAR — Aircraft Meteorological Data Acquisition and Relay
RAF — Regional Office for Africa
CCL — Commission for Climatology
CLIC — Climate and Cryosphere
WIS — WMO Information System
RAP — Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific
GUAN — GCOS Upper-Air Network
GEO — Group on Earth Observations
LDCS — Least Developed Countries
RAII — Regional Association II
IMTN — Improved Main Telecommunication Network
GDPFS — Global Data-processing and Forecasting System
APP — Applications Programme Department
JCOMM — Joint Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
ICM — Implementation Coordination Meeting
CER — Cabinet and External Relations Department
WCP — World Climate Programme Department
GTN-H — Global Terrestrial Network - Hydrology
HWR — Hydrology and Water Resources
RAVI — Regional Association VI
MTN — Main Telecommunication Network
WRA — Water Resources Assessment
GPC — Global Processing Centre
IOS — Igoss Observing System