12. AcronymsΒΆ

Abbreviation

Explanation

aa

Aerosol-aware

API

Application Programming Interface

b4b

Bit-for-bit

CCPP

Common Community Physics Package

CF conventions

Climate and Forecast Metadata Conventions

CPP

C preprocessor

CPT

Climate Process Team

CSAW

Chikira-Sugiyama convection with Arakawa-Wu extension

DDT

Derived Data Type

dycore

Dynamical core

EDMF

Eddy-Diffusivity Mass Flux

EMC

Environmental Modeling Center

eps

Encapsulated PostScript

ESMF

The Earth System Modeling Framework

ESPC

Earth System Prediction Capability

FMS

Flexible Modeling System

FV3

Finite-Volume Cubed Sphere

GF

Grell-Freitas convective scheme

GFDL

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

GFS

Global Forecast System

GSD

Global Systems Division

HEDMF

Hybrid eddy-diffusivity mass-flux

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

IPD

Interoperable Physics Driver

LSM

Land Surface Model

MG

Morrison-Gettelman

MP

Microphysics

MPAS

Model for Prediction Across Scales

MPI

Message Passing Interface

MYNN

Mellor-Yamada-Nakanishi-Niino

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NEMS

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Modeling System

NEMSfv3gfs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Modeling System using FV3 dynamic core and GFS physics

NGGPS

Next Generation Global Prediction System

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRL

Naval Research Laboratory

NSST

Near Sea Surface Temperature ocean scheme

NUOPC

National Unified Operational Prediction Capability

OpenMP

Open Multi-Processing

PBL

Planetary Boundary Layer

png

Portable Network Graphic

PR

Pull request

PROD

Compiler optimization flags for production mode

REPRO

Compiler optimization flags for reproduction mode (bit-for-bit testing)

RRTMG

Rapid Radiative Transfer Model for Global Circulation Models

RT

Regression test

RUC

Rapid Update Cycle

sa

Scale-aware

SAS

Simplified Arakawa-Schubert

SCM

Single Column Model

SDF

Suite Definition File

sfc

Surface

SHUM

Perturbed boundary layer specific humidity

SKEB

Stochastic Kinetic Energy Backscatter

SPPT

Stochastically Perturbed Physics Tendencies

TKE

Turbulent Kinetic Energy

TWP-ICE

Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment

UML

Unified Modeling Language

UFS

Unified Forecast System

VLab

Virtual Laboratory

WRF

Weather Research and Forecasting