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Appendix F Abbreviations and Acronyms
Pages 68-69

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... F Abbreviations and Acronyms ABL atmospheric boundary layer AGCM Atmospheric General Circulation Model A-L-O atmosphere-land-ocean AM2 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Atmospheric Model 2 AMS American Meteorological Society AO Arctic Oscillation ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement BASC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate CAM Community Atmosphere Model CCM2 Community Climate Model-2 CCSM Community Climate System Model CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability CO2 carbon dioxide CPT Climate Process and Modeling Team CRM Community Regional Model CRYSTAL- Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus LayersFACE Florida Area Cirrus Experiment DMS dimethyl sulphide DNS direct numerical simulation DYCOMS-II Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus Experiment 68
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... APPENDIX F 69 ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ENSO El Niño-Southern Oscillation GCM General Circulation Model GCSS GEWEX Cloud Systems Study GEWEX Global Energy and Water Vapor Experiment GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory GISS NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies IR infrared ITCZ intertropical convergence zone LES large-eddy simulation NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF National Science Foundation NWP numerical weather prediction OBL oceanic boundary layer ONR Office of Naval Research PBL planetary boundary layer QBO quasi-biennial oscillation Re Reynolds number RICO Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean Experiment SOLAS Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study TES Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer TKE turbulent kinetic energy TWP-ICE ARM's Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment
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