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Appendix 14

GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

ABN Australian Business Number
ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACMAD African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
ADAM Australian Data Archive for Meteorology
ADF Australian Defence Force
ADFA Australian Defence Forces Academy
ADM Assistant Director (Management)
AGO Australian Greenhouse Office
AGSO Australian Geological Survey Organisation
AIFS Australian Integrated Forecast System
AIMS Australian Institute of Marine Science
AMDAR Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay
AMDISS Australian Meteorological Data and Information Service System
AMFS Australian Marine Forecasting System
AMM Australian Meteorological Magazine
AMOS Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
AMS American Meteorological Society
ANAO Australian National Audit Office
ANCOLD Australian National Commission on Large Dams
ANTS A New Tax System
APESMA Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia
ARMCANZ Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand
AROS Automated Regional Operations System
ARR Australian Rainfall and Runoff
ASL Average Staffing Level
AusAID Australian Agency for International Development
AWA Australian Workplace Agreements
AWS Automatic Weather Station

BAS Business Activity Statement
BMRC Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
BMTC Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre

CAL Computer Aided Learning
CAR Civil Aviation Regulation
CAR CSIRO Atmospheric Research
CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority
CBD Central Business District
CDMS Climate Database Management System

CD-ROM Compact Disc - Read Only Memory
CDIRS Computerised Design IFD Rainfall System
CG BAPS Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station
CGCM Coupled General Circulation Model
CLIMARC CLIMate ARChives project
CLIMAT An encoded report of monthly means, totals and extremes from a surface land observing station
CMA China Meteorological Administration
CMB Climate Monitoring Bulletin
CMR CSIRO Marine Research
CMSS Computer Message Switching System
COP4 Fourth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC
COP5 Fifth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC
COSB Central Operations and Systems Branch
CRC Cooperative Research Centre
CRCCH CRC for Catchment Hydrology
CRCSHM CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CVAP Climate Variability in Agriculture Research and Development Program of LWRRDC
CYCA Cruising Yacht Club of Australia

DCP Data Collection Platform
Dial-it Weather information provided through 1196 telephone services
Difacs Digital Facsimile
DMSU Defence Meteorological Support Unit, located in Darwin

EA Environment Australia
ECMWF European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts
EER Environmental Emergency Response
EFB Electronic Field Book
El Niño Extensive warming of the central and eastern Pacific that leads to a major shift in weather patterns across the Pacific (in Australia, El Niño events are linked to an increased probability of dry conditions)
EPA Environment Protection Authority
ERIN Environment Resources Information Network

FAR False Alarm Ratio
FBT Fringe Benefits Tax
FCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change of the UN
FMA Financial Management and Accountability Act
FMS Fiji Meteorological Service
FMS Financial Management System
FRIEND Flow Regimes from International, Experimental and Network Data, a UNESCO-sponsored Asian Pacific Project
FSEP Forecast Streamlining and Enhancement Project
FWCC Flood Warning Consultative Committee
FWOC Fleet Weather and Oceanographic Centre of the RAN
FY Feng-Yun satellite series of China

GASP Global Assimilation and Prediction System
GCOS Global Climate Observing System
GLOBE Global Learning Observations to Benefit the Environment
GMS Geostationary Meteorological Satellite series of Japan
GNP Gross National Product
GOOS Global Ocean Observing System
GSAM Generalised Southeast Australia Method of PMP estimation
GSDM Generalised Short Duration Method of PMP estimation
GSN GCOS Surface Network
GST Goods and Services Tax
GTS Global Telecommunications System of WMO
GTSM Generalised Tropical Storm Method of PMP estimation
GUAN GCOS Upper Air Network

HF High Frequency radio
HMS Hydrometeorological Service of Vietnam
HOMS Hydrological Operational Multipurpose System of WMO
HPCCC High Performance Computing and Communications Centre, jointly operated by the Bureau and CSIRO
HRM Human Resources Management

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
IEA International Energy Agency
IFD Intensity-Frequency-Duration design rainfall information
IGOSS Integrated Global Ocean Services System
IHP International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO
IMO International Meteorological Organization
INTERFET International Force - East Timor
IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
IOCI Indian Ocean Climate Initiative
IP Intellectual Property
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, of WMO and UNEP
IRIMO Islamic Republic of Iran Meteorological Organization
IT Information Technology

JAFOOS Joint Australian Facility for Ocean Observing Systems
JMA Japan Meteorological Agency

KMA Korea Meteorological Administration

La Niña El Niño's opposite phase (in Australia, La Niña events are linked to an increased probability of wet conditions)
LAPS Limited Area Prediction System
LLWAS Low Level Windshear Alerting System
LMD Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (in France)
LWRRDC Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation

MEP Management Education Program

MESO-LAPS Fine-mesh (mesoscale) versions of LAPS
Metadata Data about data
Meteogram A graph of selected weather variables derived directly from the latest output of NWP models
Metra A subsidiary of MetService
MetService Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
MGA Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysical Agency
MGA Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts
MIS Management Information System
MMS Malaysian Meteorological Service
MOFs Model Output Forecasts
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MSLP Mean Sea Level (surface) Pressure
MTSAT Multi-functional Transport Satellite

NAA National Archives Australia
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the USA
NASDA National Space Development Agency of Japan
NCC National Climate Centre
NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction of the USA
NEC Nippon Electric Company
NEPM National Environment Protection Measure
NGS National Greenhouse Strategy
NMGU National Media Graphics Unit
NMHS National Meteorological and Hydrological Service
NMOC National Meteorological Operations Centre
NMS National Meteorological Service
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NWOC Nowra Weather and Oceanographic Centre of the RAN
NWP Numerical Weather Prediction

OASITO Office of Asset Sales and IT Outsourcing
OEB Observations and Engineering Branch
OGO Office of Government Online
OIP Operational Improvement Program
OLR Operating lease rentals
OPAG Open Program Area Group of the WMO Commission for Basic Systems

PAA Project Atmosphere Australia
PAYG Pay As You Go
PBS Portfolio Budget Statement
PC Personal Computer
PMP Probable Maximum Precipitation
PNG Papua New Guinea
POD Probability of Detection

QMS Quality Monitoring System

RAAF Royal Australian Air Force

RAFC Regional Area Forecasting Centre of ICAO
RainMan An agrometeorological software package
RainQC A system to monitor the quality of daily rainfall totals
RAN Royal Australian Navy
Rapic Radar Picture Display
RASS Radio Acoustic Sounding System
Resolution 40 of the Twelfth World Meteorological Congress for free international exchange of basic meteorological data and products
RFC Regional Forecasting Centre
RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
RMS root mean square
RPL Recognition of Prior Learning
RSMC Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre of WMO
RT Real time
RFT Request for Tender
RTH Regional Telecommunications Hubs

SAMU Sydney Airport Meteorological Unit
SBSTA Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC
SCO Seasonal Climate Outlook
SES Senior Executive Service
SES State Emergency Services
SILO Project to provide Web access to a range of agrometeorological data
SitesDB Sites (metadata) Database
Slatyer I 1996 Report of the Review of the Operation of the Bureau of Meteorology, by Prof Ralph Slatyer
Slatyer II 1997 Report on Capturing Opportunities in the Provision of Meteorological Services, by Prof Ralph Slatyer
SOC Special Oceanographic Centre of IGOSS
SOCOG Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
SOI Southern Oscillation Index
SOE State of the Environment
SREP South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
SST Sea Surface Temperature
SSU Special Services Unit
SVS Standard Verification System of WMO's World Weather Watch

TAF Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
TAR Third Assessment Report of the IPCC
TARS Turn Around Ranging Stations
TBRG Tipping bucket rain gauges
TC-LAPS Tropical Cyclone version of LAPS
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCWC Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres
TITAN Thunderstorm identification, tracking, analysis and nowcasting
TLAPS Tropical LAPS
TTS Text to speech

UN United Nations
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNTAET United Nations Transitional Authority for East Timor
UTC Coordinated Universal Time, equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time
UV Ultra-violet radiation

VAAC Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre
VCP Voluntary Cooperation Programme of WMO
VHF Very High Frequency

WAFC World Area Forecast Centre of ICAO
WAFS World Area Forecast System of ICAO
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WATIR Weather and terminal information reciter
Weather by Fax Weather information provided through Telstra's Infofax service
Weathercall Weather information provided through the 1900 telephone service
Web World Wide Web
WMC World Meteorological Centre
WMO Region V South-West Pacific
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WSO Weather Service Office
WWRP World Weather Research Programme of WMO
WWW World Weather Watch Programme of WMO

XBT Expendable Bathythermograph

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