(H-SAF) PROJECT PLAN - Version 2
(H-SAF) PROJECT PLAN - Version 2
(H-SAF) PROJECT PLAN - Version 2
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H-<strong>SAF</strong> Project Plan 2.0, October 2007 - Update PP-2.2, 10 April 2008 - Definitions and Acronyms Page 14<br />
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System<br />
GPM Global Precipitation Measurement mission<br />
GPS Global Positioning System<br />
GRACE Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment<br />
GRAS GNSS Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding (on MetOp)<br />
GRIB Gridded Binary<br />
GTS Global Telecommunication System<br />
HAS Hydrology Assimilation Suite<br />
HBV Hydrologiska Byrans Vattenbalansavdelning (hydrological model)<br />
HEC-HMS Hydrologic Engineering Center’s Hydrologic Modeling System<br />
HIRLAM High Resolution Limited Area Model<br />
HIRS High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (on NOAA and MetOp 1/2)<br />
HMS Hungarian Meteorological Service<br />
HR<br />
Hit Rate<br />
Hron-NAM Hron and Nedbør-Afstrømmings Model (hydrological model)<br />
H-<strong>SAF</strong> <strong>SAF</strong> on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management<br />
HYDRO Preliminary results of Hydrological validation<br />
IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (on MetOp)<br />
ICD<br />
Interface Control Document<br />
IfIN<br />
Institute of Integrated Natural Resources (University of Koblenz, Germany)<br />
IFOV Instantaneous Field Of View<br />
IFS<br />
Integrated Forecast System<br />
ILR<br />
Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management (Un. of Giessen, Germany)<br />
IMWM Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (of Poland)<br />
IPF<br />
Institut für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung (of TU-Wien)<br />
IR<br />
Infra Red<br />
IRM Institut Royal Météorologique<br />
ISAC Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima (of CNR)<br />
ITU<br />
İstanbul Technical University<br />
JPEG Joint Photographic Expert Group<br />
KOM Kick Off Meeting<br />
LEO Low Earth Orbit<br />
LIS<br />
Lightning Imaging Sensor (on TRMM)<br />
LM<br />
Local Model<br />
LSA-<strong>SAF</strong> <strong>SAF</strong> on Land Surface Analysis<br />
LST Laboratory of Space Technology (of SYKE, Finland)<br />
LST Local Solar Time (of a sunsynchronous orbit)<br />
MARF Meteorological Archive and Retrieval Facility (of EUMETSAT)<br />
MARS Meteorological Archive and Retrieval System (of ECMWF)<br />
MetOp Meteorological Operational satellite<br />
METU Middle East Technical University (in Turkey)<br />
MHS Microwave Humidity Sounder (on NOAA 18 and 19, and on MetOp)<br />
MIS Microwave Imager/Sounder (on NPOESS starting from NPOESS-2) (formerly CMIS)<br />
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br />
MMS Modular Modeling System<br />
MOBIDIC MOdello di Bilancio Idrologico DIstribuito e Continuo (hydrological model)<br />
MODIS Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (on EOS Terra and Aqua)<br />
MP<br />
Modelling Platform of the IMWM (hydrological model)<br />
MPE Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimate<br />
MSG Meteosat Second Generation<br />
MVIRI Meteosat Visible and Infra Red Imager (on Meteosat up to 7)<br />
MW Micro Wave<br />
NASA National Aeronautical and Space Administration (in USA)<br />
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization<br />
NIMH National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (of Romania; now NMA)<br />
NMA National Meteorological Administration (of Romania; formerly NIMH)<br />
NMC National Meteorological Centre<br />
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Agency and satellite)<br />
NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
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