.. _Acronyms:

*************************
Acronyms
*************************

.. table:: 
   :widths: 20 80

   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | Acronyms       | Explanation                                       |
   +================+===================================================+
   | AOML           | NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological  |
   |                | Laboratory                                        |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | API            | Application Programming Interface                 |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | b4b            | Bit-for-bit                                       |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | CCPP           | Common Community Physics Package                  |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | dycore         | Dynamical core                                    |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | EDMF           | Eddy-Diffusivity Mass Flux                        |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | EMC            | Environmental Modeling Center                     |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | ESMF           | The Earth System Modeling Framework               |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | ESRL           | NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories           |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | FMS            | Flexible Modeling System                          |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | FV3            | Finite-Volume Cubed Sphere                        |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | GFDL           | NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory        |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | GFS            | Global Forecast System                            |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | GSD            | Global Systems Division                           |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | HTML           | Hypertext Markup Language                         |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | LSM            | Land Surface Model                                |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | MPI            | Message Passing Interface                         |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | NCAR           | National Center for Atmospheric Research          |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | NCEP           | National Centers for Environmental Predicction    |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | NEMS           | NOAA Environmental Modeling System                |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | NOAA           | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | NSSL           | National Severe Storms Laboratory                 |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | PBL            | Planetary Boundary Layer                          |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | PR             | Pull request                                      |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | RRTMG          | Rapid Radiative Transfer Model for Global         |
   |                | Circulation Models                                |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | SAS            | Simplified Arakawa-Schubert                       |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | 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                          |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | UFS            | Unified Forecast System                           |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
   | WM             | Weather Model                                     |
   +----------------+---------------------------------------------------+