Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Atmospheric Research Center Acronyms

• PPP — Parallelizing PreProcessor
• PPS — Public Products Service
• PPS — Physical Plant Services
• PPS — Pulses Per Second
• PPS-PODS — Precise Position System- Precise Orbit Determination System
• PPTV — Parts Per Trillion (by Volume)
• PPU — Peripheral Processor Unit
• PRAIRE — Polarization Radar Illinois Rainfall Experiments
• PRAIRE — Polarization Radar Illinois Rainfall Experiments
• PRC — People’s Republic of China
• PRC — People’s Republic of China
• PRC — Inc.
• PRCM — Paleoclimate Reconstructions of Climate Modeling Observatory
• PRE-AWIPS — Preprototype AWIPS
• PRE-STORM — Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM
• PRE-STORM — Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM
• PRECIP — Processing of Emissions By Clouds And Precipitation
• PRECIP — Processing of Emissions By Clouds And Precipitation
• PRECP — Program On Nonlinearity of Acid Precipitation Process
• PRECP — Program On Nonlinearity of Acid Precipitation Process
• PRECP — Processing of Emissions By Clouds And Precipitation
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• PRIMO — Problems Related To Ionospheric Modeling And Observations Project
• PRMS — Precipitation Runoff Modeling System
• PROBE — Portable Remote Observations of The Environment
• PROFS — Program For Regional Observing And Forecasting Services
• PROM — Programmable Read-Only Memory
• PROPHET — Program For Research On Oxidants
• PRT — Pulse Repetition Time
• PRT — Platinum Resistance Thermometer
• PRUDENCE — Prediction of Regional Scenerios And Uncertainties For Defining European Climate Change Risks And Effects
• PSA — Pressure Switch Assembly
• PSA — Problem Statement Analyzer
• PSA — Public Service Announcement (radio/TV Term)
• PSAC — President’s Science Advisory Committee
• PSC — Geomagnetic Pulsation
• PSC — Polar Stratospheric Cloud
• PSC — Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
• PSCN — Program Support Computer Network
• PSCNET — Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Network
• PSE — Polar Sunrise Experiment
• PSI — Pounds Per Square Inch
• PSI — Plan Shear Indicator
• PSIA — Pounds Per Square Inch Absolute
• PSID — Pounds Per Square Inch Differential
• PSIG — Pounds Per Square Inch Gage
• PSN — Piano Spaziale Nazionale
• PSOS — Profiler Surface Observing System
• PSPT — Precision Solar Photometric Telescope
• PSU — Pennsylvania State University
• PUP — Principle User Position Workstation
• PV — Potential Vorticity
• PVC — Polyvinyl Chloride
• PVC — Permanent Virtual Circuit
• PWV — Precipitable Water Vapor
• PXBT — Expendable Bathythermograph (water Dropped Temperature Device)
• PYI — Presidential Young Investigators
• QBO — Quasi-Biennial Oscillation
• QC — Quality Control
• QCMS — Quality Control Monitoring System
• QG — Quasi-Geostrophic Analysis
• QJRMS — Quarterly Journal of The Royal Meteorological Society
• QNH — Quasi-nonhydrostatic Model
• QPF — Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting
• QPF — Quantitative Prediction of Precipitation
• QSO — Quasi-stellar Object
• R — Rayleigh
• R — Roentger
• R&D — Research And Development
• R&D — Research & Development
• R-Z RELATIONSHIP — R = Precipitation Rate
• R-Z RELATIONSHIP — R = Precipitation Rate
• R/T — Receiver/Transmitter
• R/T — Reciever/Transmitter
• RA — Radio Antenna
• RA — Radio Active
• RA — #Raleigh Number
• RAAF — Royal Australian Air Force
• RACOON — Radiation Controlled Balloon
• RADARSAT — Radar Satellite
• RADEX — Radar Experiment
• RADM — Regional Acid Deposition Model
• RAF — Research Aviation Facility
• RAFS — Regional Analysis And Forecast System
• RAG — Resource Accounting Group
• RAID — Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
• RALI — Resource And Land Information
• RAM — Random Access Memory
• RAM — Responsibility Assignment Matrix
• RAM — Research Application Module
• RAM — Rad Academica De Mexico
• RAMOS — Remote Automatic Meteorological Observing Station
• RAMS — Random Access Measurement System
• RAMS — Remote Aerosol-Mapping System
• RAMS — Regional Atmospheric Modeling System
• RAND OR RAND — Research And Development
• RANN — Research Applied To National Needs
• RAOB — Radiosonde Observation
• RAOBS — Radiosonde Observations
• RAP — Research Applications Program