Acronyms

A

AAE

Ångstrom absorption exponent

AAF

ARM Aerial Facility

ABE

Aerosol Best Estimate

ABRFC

Arkansas Basin River Forecast Center

ACI

aerosol-cloud interactions

ACRF

ARM Climate Research Facility

AERI

Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer

AIE

aerosol indirect effect

AIIE

Airborne Icing Instrumentation Evaluation

AIRS

Aqua Advanced Infrared Sounder

AMF

ARM Mobile Facility

AMS

Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

AMS-SMPS

Aerosol Mass Spectrometer-Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer

AOD

Aerosol optical depth

AOS

Aerosol Observing System

APS

aerodynamic particle sizer

ARCTAS

Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites

ARRA

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (can be shortened to "Recovery Act").

ARSCL

Active Remotely Sensed Cloud Locations

ASAP-MS

atmospheric solids analysis probe mass spectrometry

ASD

Analytical Spectral Devices

ASP

Atmospheric Science Program

ASSIST

Atmospheric Sounder Spectrometer for Infrared Spectral Technology

ATML

Atmospheric and Terrestrial Mobile Laboratory

B

BBA

biomass burning aerosols

BC

black carbon

C

C5H8

isoprene

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation

CAM

Community Atmospheric Model

CAM-4

NCAR Community Atmospheric Model Version 4

CAM-5

NCAR Community Atmosphere Model

CAM-MAM

PNNL Modal Aerosol Model

CAPS

Cavity Attenuated Phase Shift

CAPT

CCPP-ARM Parameterization Testbed

CARES

Carbonaceous Aerosol and Radiative Effects Study

CBG

Chebogue Point (Canada)

CBH

cloud base height

CCN

cloud condensation nuclei

CCPP

Climate Change Prediction Program

CCSEM

computer-controlled scanning electron microscopy

CCSP

U.S. Climate Change Science Program

CDNC

Cloud droplet number concentrations

CERES

Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System

CESD

Climate and Environmental Science Division

CFSR

Climate Forecast System Reanalysis

CHAPS

U.S. Department of Energy’s Cumulus Humilis Aerosol Processing Study

CHARTS

Code for High Resolution Accelerated Radiative Transfer with Scattering

CINC

cloud ice number concentration

CINDY2011

Cooperative Indian Ocean Experiment on Intraseasonal Variability in Year 2011

CLASIC

Cloud and Land Surface Interaction Campaign

CLOWD

Clouds with Low Optical Water Depths

CLWG

Cloud Lifecycle Working Group

CMAQ

Community Multiscale Air Quality

CMBE

Climate Modeling Best Estimate

CMCS

connected MCS

COPS

Convective and Orographically Induced Precipitation Study

CPMA

Centrifugal Particle Mass Analyzer

CPOL

C-band polarimetric radar

CRD-AES

Cavity Ring Down Aerosol Extinction Spectrometer

CRM

cloud-resolving model

CRS

Clouds and Radiative Swath

CSRM

cloud-system resolving model

CTM

chemical-transport models

CVF

Cloud Vertical Fraction

CVI

counter-flow virtual impactor

D

DDR

diffuse-to-direct ratio

DESI-MS

desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

DLH

Diode Laser Hygrometer

DMF

Data Management Facility

DOAS

Differential optical absorption spectroscopy

DOC

dissolved organic carbon

DOP

dioctyl phthalate

DOS

dioctyl sebacate

DPV

diesel-powered vehicles

DSD

drop-size distribution

DYNAMO

Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)

E

E-AIM

Extended Aerosol Inorganics Model

EC

elemental carbon

ECMWF

European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting

ECPP

Explicit-Cloud Parameterized-Pollutant

EDX

energy disperse X-ray spectroscopy

EGA

evolved gas analysis

EGF

ethanol growth factors

EnKF

ensemble adjustment Kalman filter

F

FSSP

forward scattering spectrometer probe

FTS

Fourier transform spectrometer

G

GA

Genetic Algorithm

GChM-O

Global Chemistry Model driven by observed meteorology

GCM

General Circulation Model  (no longer in use)

GCOS

Global Change Observing System

GCSS

GEWEX Cloud System Study

GF

growth factor

GFS

global forecast system

GISS

Goddard Institute for Space Studies

GMST

global mean surface temperature

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

GPM

Global Precipitation Measurement

GPV

gasoline-powered vehicles

GVAX

Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment

GVRP

G-band vapor radiometer profiler

H

HGF

hygroscopic growth factors

HOA

hydrocarbon-like organic aerosols

HOM

Holmes Moss (UK)

HR-ESI/MS

high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

HSRL

High Spectral Resolution Lidar

HTDMA

Hygroscopic tandem differential mobility analyzers

I

I-VOC

intermediate-volatility organic compounds

IASI

Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer

IMPACT

Integrated Massively Parallel Atmospheric Chemistry Transport model

IN

ice nuclei

ISCCP

International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project

ISDAC

Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign

IWC

ice water content

IWP

ice-water path

L

LACIS

Leipzig Aerosol Cloud Interaction Simulator

LaRC

Langley Research Center

LBNL

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

LED

light-emitting diode

LES

large eddy simulations

LLNL

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

LRT

long-range transport

LWC

liquid water content

LWP

liquid water paths

M

M-PACE

Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment

MAC

mass specific absorption coefficient

MADRID

Model of Aerosol Dynamics, Reaction, Ionization and Dissolution

MASE

MArine Stratus Experiment

MATCH

Model for Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry

MBL

marine boundary layer

MC3E

Midlatitude Continental Convective Cloud Experiment

MCM

Master Chemical Mechanism

MCS

Mesoscale convective systems

MEX

Mexico City

MFRSR

Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer

MILAGRO

Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations

MIRAGE

Model for Integrated Research on Atmospheric Global Exchanges

MJO

Madden-Julian Oscillation

MM5

Mesoscale Meteorology model version 5

MMCR

millimeter wavelength cloud radar

MMF

multiscale modeling framework

MOSAIC

Model for Simulating Aerosol Interactions and Chemistry

MPL

micropulse lidar

MWR

Microwave Radiometer

N

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NCEP GFS

National Centers for Environmental Prediction Forecasting System

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPF

new particle formation

NSA

North Slope of Alaska

NSF

National Science Foundation

O

OA

organic aerosols

OC

organic carbon

OCO

Orbiting Carbon Observatory

OOA

oxygenated organic aerosols

OTDMA

organic tandem differential mobility analyzers

P

PAS2000CE

Photoelectric Aerosol Sensor

PBL

planetary boundary layer

PCASP

Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer Probe

POA

primary organic aerosol

POM

primary organic matter

PTI

Photo-Thermal Interferometer

PWV

precipitable water vapor

PYE

Point Reyes, CA

Q

QMOM

quadrature method of moments

R

RDP

Research and Development Project

REDDIC

Retrieval of Entrainment and Droplet Density In Cumulus

RegCM

Regional Climate Model

RH

relative humidity

RHUBC

Radiative Heating in Underexplored Bands Campaigns

RSP

research scanning polarimeter

RSS

Rotating Shadowband Spectroradiometer

RVS

Riverside, CA

S

S-VOC

semi-volatile organic compounds

SAL

Supercontinuum Absorption Lidar

SAS

Supercontinuum Absorption Spectroscopy

SBM

spectral bin

SciDAC

DOE’s Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing

SCM

single-column model

SEARCH

Study for Environmental Arctic Change

SEM

scanning electron microscopy

SGMM

self-generating master mechanism

SGP

Southern Great Plains

SMCS

separated MCS

SMPS

scanning mobility particle sizer

SNR

signal-to-noise ratio

SOA

Secondary organic aerosols

SP-AMS

Soot Particle-Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

SP2

Single Particle Soot Photometer

SPARTICUS

Small Particles in Cirrus

SPL

Storm Peak Lab

SPLAT

Single Particle Laser Ablation Time-of-flight mass spectrometer

SPLAT-II

second-generation Single Particle Laser Ablation Time-of-Flight mass spectrometer

SSA

single scattering albedo

SV-OOA

semi-volatile OOA

SVOC

semi-volatile organic compounds

SWACR

scanning W-Band ARM cloud radar

T

TDCIMS

Thermal Desorption Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer

TEM

transmission electron microscopy

TOA

top-of-atmosphere

TRAC

Time-Resolved Aerosol Sampler

TTL

tropical tropopause layer

TWP

Tropical Western Pacific

TWP-ICE

Tropical Warm Pool-International Cloud Experiment

U

UHSAS

Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer

USGCRP

U.S. Global Change Research Program

V

VAP

value-added products

VOC

volatile organic compounds

VOCALS

VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere Land Study

VOCALS-Rex

Variability of the American Monsoon System (VAMOS) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study Regional Experiment

W

WACR

W-band ARM Cloud radar

WRF

Weather Research and Forecasting

WRF-Chem

chemistry version of the Weather Research and Forecasting model

WWRP

World Weather Research Programme