ANETZ |
Swiss network of automatic meteorological stations |
CIG |
Coordination and Implementation Group |
CAT |
Clear air turbulence |
CETP |
Centre d'Étude Terrestres et Planétaires |
CLB |
Constant level baloon |
CNES |
Centre National d'Étude Spatiale |
CNR |
Consiglio Nationale delle Ricerche |
CNRM |
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques |
CNRS |
Centre National de Recherche Scientifique |
COAMPS |
Coupled Ocean and Atmosphere Prediction System, US Navy |
DFG |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
DIAL |
Differential absorption lidar |
DLR |
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt |
DWD |
Deutscher Wetterdienst |
ECMWF |
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
EC-RPN |
Environnment Canada, Recherche en Prevision Numeriqe |
ENEL |
Ente Nazionale Energia Elettrica |
ETH |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
EUMETSAT |
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
ELDORA |
airborne Doppler radar system |
ISAO-CNR |
Istituto per lo Studio dei Fenomeni Fisici e Chimici della Bassa e Alta Atmosfera, Bologna |
GIETH |
Institute of Geography, ETH |
GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
GOP |
General Observing Period |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GTS |
Global Telecommunication System |
ICG-CNR |
Istituto di Cosmo-Geofisica, CNR, Torino |
IFA-CNR |
Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera, CNR, Roma |
IGP |
International Governing Panel |
IMK |
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (joint institute of University and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe) |
INDOEX |
Indian Ocean Experiment |
INSU |
Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers |
IOP |
Intensive Observational Period |
IPA-DLR |
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, DLR-Oberpfaffenhofen |
IROE-CNR |
Istituto di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche, Firenze |
ISIATA-CNR |
Istituto per lo
Studio dell'Inquinamento Atmosferico |
JRC |
Joint Research Centre, Ispra |
LA |
Laboratoire d'Aerologie |
LAMP |
Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique |
IACETH |
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH |
LMD |
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique |
LSEET |
Laboratoire de Sondage Electromagnétique de l'Environnement Terrestre |
MADD |
Module d'Acquisition De Données (automatic weather station, supplied by solar cells) |
MAP |
Mesoscale Alpine Programme |
MDC |
MAP Data Centre |
METAIR |
Swiss private company |
METEOSAT |
Meteorological Satellite, EUMETSAT |
MF |
Météo France |
MOC |
MAP Operation Centre |
NASA |
U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCAR |
U. S. National Center for Atmospheric Research |
NOAA |
U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
NSSL |
National Severe Storm Laboratory |
NWP |
Numerical Weather Prediction |
PBL |
Planetary Boundary Layer |
PO |
Programme Office |
POC |
Project Operation Centre |
PV |
Potential Vorticity |
RASS |
Radio Acoustic Sounding System |
RONSARD |
French Doppler radar |
SABL |
Scanning Aerosol Backscatter Lidar |
MeteoSwiss |
MeteoSwiss |
MeteoSwiss-AER |
Aerological and remote sensing section, MeteoSwiss |
MeteoSwiss-ENV |
Environmental meteorology section, MeteoSwiss |
SOP |
Special Observing Period |
SSC |
Scientific Steering Committee |
SYNOP |
report of a surface observation of a land station |
UKMO |
United Kingdom Meteorological Office |
ULF |
Upper Level Feature |
WIND |
Wind Infrared Doppler Lidar |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
WP |
Wind Profiler |
ZAMG |
Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Austria |
