Please research any of these that catch your attention and the cross-references, too. Some of the acronyms listed are followed by a "?" to indicate that we don't yet know the long-form. If you know the long-form of those that are missing, or if you know other acronyms that should be added to this list, please let us know.
AEC |
Atomic Energy Commission |
AF2025 |
Air Force "Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025" .pdf document (requires Acrobat Reader - free download) |
AFW |
Air Force Weather Organization |
AFWA |
Air Force Weather Agency |
AFB |
Air Force Base |
AFCCC |
Air Force Combat Climatology Center |
AFCWC |
Air Force Combat Weather Center |
AFGL |
Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
AOR |
Area of Responsibility |
APTI |
Advanced Power Technologies Inc. an American defense contractor which was acquired by BAE Systems Inc. in March 2003. It was renamed BAE Systems Advanced Technologies |
ARCO |
Atlantic Richfield Company |
ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency (became DARPA in 1972 & again in 1996).
ARPANET eventually grew into the Internet
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AWN |
Automated Weather Network |
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C4ISR/T |
Command Control Communications Computers Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance Tacking |
CERN |
European Organization for Nuclear Research |
CFR |
Council on Foreign Relations |
CINC |
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COMINT |
COMmunications INTelligence |
CONUS |
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COSEPUP |
Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
is a joint unit of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of
of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine
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CPMOHU |
(ENMOD Treaty) Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Other
Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (1977)
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CWT |
Combat Weather Teams |
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DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DDR&E |
Defense Director of Research & Engineering |
DMSP |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
DOC |
Department of Commerce |
DOD |
Department of Defense |
DOE |
Department of Energy |
DOEOSBER |
Deptartment of Energy Office of Science, Biological & Environmental
Research - Climate Change Research Division
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ELAT |
Electrificacion Local de la Atmosfera Terreste (Mexico) |
ELF |
Extremely Low Frequency |
ENMOD |
Environmental Modification Techniques |
EPT |
Earth Penetrating Tomography |
EW |
Electronic Warfare |
55 SWXS |
55th Space Weather Squadron |
FNMOC |
Navy Fleet Numerical Meteorology & Oceanography Center |
FOA |
Field Operating Agency |
FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
GWEN |
Ground Wave Emergency Network |
GWIP |
Global Weather Intercept Programs |
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HAARP |
High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program |
HQ AFWA |
Headquarters Air Force Weather Agency |
HQ USA/XOW |
Headquarters United States Air Force Director of Weather |
ICBM |
Inter-continental Ballistic Missile |
ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
IDA |
Institute for Defense Analyses |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (below under UN) |
IRI |
Ionospheric Research Instrument (HAARP’s radio transmitter array) |
JASON Group |
Independent scientific advisory group that provides consulting services to the U.S. government on matters of defense science and technology. (Established in 1960) |
JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
LBNL |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MITRE Corporation |
Nonprofit federally-funded R&D company (did EIS for HAARP) |
MOS |
Manual Observing System |
MWS |
Miniature Weather Sensors |
NAS |
Naval Aerological Service |
NAF |
Numbered Air Force (operations) |
NASA |
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
SUCCESS Subsonic Aircraft: Contrail and Cloud Effects Special Study (1996)
AEAP Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Project
GISS Goddard Institute for Space Studies
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NEXRAD |
Next Generation Weather Radar (Joint System Program Office) |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
NMOC |
Naval Meteorology and Oceanographic Command |
NTS |
Nevada Test Site |
NOAA |
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
National Severe Storms Laboratory (Norman, Oklahoma)
National Hurricane and Experimental Meteorology Laboratory (Miami, Florida)
NOAA’s Research Facilities Center (Miami, Florida)
Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado)
Wave Propagation Laboratory (Boulder, Colorado)
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (Princeton, New Jersey)
Air Resources Laboratories (several sites around the country)
National Weather Service
National Environmental Satellite Service
Environmental Data and Information Service
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NSF |
National Science Foundation |
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ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
OS – 21 |
Observing System 21st Century |
O-T-H |
Over The Horizon (radar operation) |
OWSs |
Operational Weather Squadrons |
PCGCC |
Pew Center on Global Climate Change (est 1998)
BELC Business Environmental Leadership Council (mainly Fortune 500 companies)
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PCT |
Pew Charitable Trusts |
PCMDI |
Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison |
RARE |
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (after Finn Ronne) |
RADAR |
Radio Detection & Ranging |
SIGINT |
SIGnals INTelligence |
STT |
Small Tactical Terminal |
TACMET |
Tactical Meteorological Observing System Modification |
Trilateral Commission |
Supports global governance |
TWR |
Tactical Weather Radar |
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UAAF |
United Action Armed Forces |
UN |
United Nations
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (1500 international scientists)
UNEP UN Environmental Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
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Raytheon |
Large US Defense contractor |
WMAB |
Weather Modification Advisory Board |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
WFA |
World Federalist Association - supports global governance |
WSEG |
Weapons System Evaluation Group (est 1947) |
WSR-88D |
Weather Surveillance Radar 1988 Doppler |
Thanks to Department of Defense Weather Programs document Weather Warfare by Jerry E. Smith
