Glossary

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Abbreviations

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Ag Agriculture
Assoc Association
AVG Average
BI Burning Index
Btu British thermal unit
B/W Black and white
C Celsius
CAFO Confined animal feedlot operation
CDD Cooling degree-day
CDT Central Daylight Time
CHIL Wind chill
cm Centimeter
DEG Degree
DEWPT Dew point
DIR Direction
ERC Energy Release Component
ET Evapotranspiration
ETos Short Crop Evapotranspiration Reference
ETrs Tall Crop Evapotranspiration Reference
F Fahrenheit
FL Flame length
FM 1-hour Dead Fuel Moisture
FW or FWI Fractional Water Index
ft Feet
HDD Heating degree-day
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
HEAT Heat index
IC Ignition Component
ID Identification
in Inch
IR Infrared
J/W² Joules per meter squared
KBDI Keetch-Byram Drought Index
km Kilometer
LSPDATE Last effective spray date
m Meter
MAX Maximum
min Minute
MIN Minimum
MPH Miles per hour
MSL Mean sea level
NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetative Index
OK Oklahoma
OKC Oklahoma City
OFDA Oklahoma Fire Danger Advisor
PALT Sea level pressure
PRES Station pressure
RAIN Rainfall since 0000 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time/6:00 PM CSTD)
RELH Relative humidity (1.5 meters/5 feet)
RH Relative humidity
s Second
SC Spread Component
SRAD Solar radiation
STN Standard atmospheric pressure
TAIR Air temperature (1.5 meters/5 feet)
TA9M Air temperature (9 meters/30 feet)
TDEW Dewpoint temperature
TB05 Bare soil temperature (5 centimeters/2 inches)
TB10 Bare soil temperature (10 centimeters/4 inches)
TR05 Soil moisture (5 centimeters/2 inches)
TR25 Soil moisture (25 centimeters/10 inches)
TR60 Soil moisture (60 centimeters/24 inches)
TR75 Soil moisture (75 centimeters/30 inches)
TS05 Soil temperature under sod (5 centimeters/2 inches)
TS10 Soil temperature under sod (10 centimeters/4 inches)
TS30 Soil temperature under sod (30 centimeters/12 inches)
UTC Universal Coordinated Time
W/M² Watts per meter squared
WDIR Average vector wind direction (360° circle where north is 0°)
WMAX Maximum wind speed (10 meters/33 feet)
WS2M Average wind speed (2 meters/7 feet)
WSPD Average wind speed (10 meters/33 feet)
WVEC Average vector wind speed (10 meters/33 feet)
WV Water vapor
Wx Weather

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Acronyms

AMS Agricultural Marketing Service
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ARM Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
ARS Agricultural Research Service
CAPS Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
CART Cloud and Radiation Test bed
CIMMS Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
CPC Climate Prediction Center
CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
DEQ Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
EPA USA Environmental Protection Agency
FSA Farm Service Agency
JAWF Joint Agricultural Weather Facility
NAM National Weather Service North American Model
NASS National Agricultural Statistics Service
NCEP National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NCDC National Climate Data Center
NFDRS National Fire Danger Rating System
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRCS National Resource and Conservation Service
NSSL National Severe Storms Laboratory
NWC National Weather Center
NWS National Weather Service
OCES Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
OCS Oklahoma Climatological Survey
ODA Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
OSU Oklahoma State University
OU University of Oklahoma
RD Rural Development
RMA Risk Management Agency
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USFS United States Forestry Service
WAOB World Agricultural Outlook Board
WFO Weather Forecast Office
WWCB Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin

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