NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System
NOS
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Network Operating System
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NOTAM
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Notice to Airmen
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NOW
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Short Term Forecast
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NPOESS
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National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
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NPW
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Nonprecipitation Warning
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NRC
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National Reconditioning Center
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NRS
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NOAAPORT Receive System
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NSH
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Nearshore Marine Forecast
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NSN
|
National Stock Numbers
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NSOF
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National Satellite Operations Facility
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NSSDA
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National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy
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NSSL
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National Severe Storms Laboratory
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NTE
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Not To Exceed
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NTP
|
Notice to Proceed
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NWE
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NextGen Weather Enterprise
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NWEC
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NextGen Weather Evaluation Capability
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NWP
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NextGen Weather Processor
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NWP
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Numerical Weather Prediction
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NWR
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National Weather Radio
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NWR CRS
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NWR Console Replacement System
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NWS
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National Weather Service
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NWS/OST
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NWS Office of Science and Technology
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NWSHQ
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NWS Headquarters
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NWSTC
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NWS Training Center
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NWSTG
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NWS Telecommunications Gateway
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NWWS
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NOAA Weather Wire Service
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NWX
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National Weather Summary
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O&M
|
Observations and Measurements
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OAR
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NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
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OASIS
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Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
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OAV
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Other Aviation Products
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OCIO
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Office of the Chief Information Officer
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OCONUS
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Outside Contiguous United States
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OCS
|
Offshore Computer System
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OCWWS
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Office of Climate Weather and Water Services
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OFA
|
Offshore Aviation Area Forecast
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OFF
|
Offshore Forecast
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OGC
|
Open Geospatial Consortium
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OI
|
Operational Improvement
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OJT
|
On the Job Training
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OMB
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Office of Management & Budget
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OMO
|
One Minute Observations
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OOS
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FAA Office of Operational Systems
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OPC
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Ocean Prediction Center
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OPeNDAP
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Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol
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OPMET
|
Operational Meteorological
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OS
|
Operating System
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OS&T
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Office of Science and Technology
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OSGi
|
Open Systems Gateway Interconnect
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OSIP
|
Operations Services Improvement Process
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OST
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NWS Office of Science and Technology
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OT&E
|
Operational Test & Evaluation
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OWL
|
Web Ontology Language
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OWS
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OpenGIS Web Services
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PAT
|
Performance Acceptance Test
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PBL
|
Product Baseline
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PC
|
Personal Computer
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PCA
|
Physical Configuration Audit
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PCSA
|
Provider Cube Service Adaptor
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PDD
|
Preliminary Design Document
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PDR
|
Preliminary Design Review
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PE
|
Physical and Environmental Protection
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PHP
|
Hypertext Preprocessor
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PIR
|
Pilot Report & Urgent PIREPS
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PIREP
|
Pilot Report
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PKI
|
Public Key Infrastructure
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PL
|
Planning
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PMD
|
Prognostic Map Discussion
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PMP
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Program Management Plan
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PMR
|
Program Management Review
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PNG
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Portable Network Graphics
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PNS
|
Public Information Statement
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PNT
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Position, Navigation, Timing Services
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POES
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Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites
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PPBES
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Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System
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PPL
|
Parts Provisioning List
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PRC
|
State Pilot Report Collective
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PS
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Personnel Security
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PTR
|
Problem Tracking Report
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QA
|
Quality Assurance
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QC
|
Quality Control
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QICP
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Qualified Internet Communications Provider
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QMS
|
Quality Management System
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QoS
|
Quality of Service
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QPF
|
Quantitative Precip Forecast
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R&D
|
Research & Development
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RA
|
Risk Assessment
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RAL
|
Research Application Lab
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RAMP
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Radar Acquisition and Mosaic Processor
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RASP
|
Regional ADAS Service Processor
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RDA
|
Radar Data Acquisition
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RDBMS
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Relational Database Management System
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RDF
|
Resource Description Framework
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Reg/Rep
|
Registry/Repository
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REST
|
Representational State Transfer
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RFC
|
River Forecast Center
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RFI
|
Request For Information
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RFP
|
Request for Proposal
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RI
|
Reference Implementation
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RIDGE
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Radar Integrated Display with Geospatial Elements
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RIM
|
Registry Information Model
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RMP
|
Risk Management Plan
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ROC
|
Radar Operations Center
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ROM
|
Rough Order of Magnitude
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RPCCDS
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Radar Product Central Collection Dissemination Service
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RPG
|
Radar Product Generator
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RS
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Registry Services
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RSS
|
Really Simple Syndication
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RTMA
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Real Time Mesoscale Analysis
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RTVS
|
Real Time Verification System
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RUC
|
Rapid Update Cycle
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RVR
|
Runway Visual Range
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RWI
|
Reduced Weather Impact
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RWS
|
Regional Weather Statement
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SA
|
System and Services Acquisition (SA)
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SAF/AQI
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Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the AF for Acquisitions
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SAML
|
Security Assertion Markup Language
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SAO
|
Surface Aviation Observations
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SAP
|
Security Accreditation Package
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SAS
|
Single Authoritative Source
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SAS
|
Supportability Analysis Summaries
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SAT
|
System Acceptance Test
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SAW
|
Aviation Severe Weather Watch
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SBN
|
Satellite Broadcast Network
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SC
|
System and Communications Protection
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SCMP
|
Software Configuration Management Plan
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SCS
|
Selected Cities Summary
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SCS
|
Sensor Control System
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SD
|
Situational Display
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SEC
|
Systems Engineering Center (NWS/OST)
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SEL
|
Severe Local Storm Watch & Watch Cancellation Message
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SensorML
|
Sensor Model Language
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SES
|
Senior Executive Service
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SFD
|
State Forecast Discussion
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SFP
|
State Forecast
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SGL
|
Rawinsonde Observation Significant Levels
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SGW
|
Plain Language Significant Wx Forecast
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SHEF
|
Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format
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SHN
|
Surface Ship Report Non-Synoptic Time
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SHP
|
Surface Ship Report Synoptic Time
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SI
|
System and Information Integrity
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SIA
|
System Ingest Adaptor
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SIG
|
International SIGMET
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SIGMETS
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Significant Meteorological Information
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SIPs
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SWIM-Implementing Programs
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SLA
|
Service Level Agreement
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SLOSH
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Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes
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SME
|
Subject Matter Expert
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SMF
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Smoke Management WX Forecast
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