Observing System Acronym
Global CO2 Flux Measurements Fluxnet
Global Historic Climate Network Precipitation Stations GHCN Precipitation
Global Historic Climate Network Temperature Stations GHCN Temperature
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) Buoys GODAE Buoys
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) Profile GODAE Profile
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) Ships GODAE Ships
Global Remote Automated Weather Stations RAWS
Global Surface Network GSN
Global Upper Air Network GUAN
NASA-Aerosol Robotic Network NASA-AERONET
NOAA Fisheries-Economic Data NMFS Economic Data
NOAA Fisheries-Ecosystems Surveys NMFS Ecosystems Surveys
NOAA Fisheries-Fish Surveys Fish Surveys
NOAA Fisheries-Fishery Dependent - Commercial Statistics FIS
NOAA Fisheries-Habitat Assessment Habitat Assessment
NOAA Fisheries-Living Marine Resources and Ecosystem Surveys LMR Surveys
NOAA Fisheries-Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey MRFSS
NOAA Fisheries-National Observer Program National Observer Program
NOAA Fisheries-Protected Resources Surveys Protected Resources Surveys
NOAA Fisheries-Sociocultural Data Sociocultural Data
NOAA Research-449 MHz Wind Profiling Radar ETL-449 Radar
NOAA Research-ARL-Atmospheric Dispersion Measurement System Atmospheric Dispersion
NOAA Research-ARL-Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment GEWEX
NOAA Research-ARL-Portable Air Surface Exchange System Portable Air
NOAA Research-Airborne Ocean Color ETL-AOC
NOAA Research-Airborne Ozone Lidar ETL-Ozone Lidar
NOAA Research-Atmospheric Integrated Research Monitoring Network ATDD-AIRMoN
NOAA Research-Boulder Atmospheric Observatory ETL-BAO
NOAA Research-CMDL AEROSOL System CMDL-AERO
NOAA Research-CMDL Stratospheric Aerosol CMDL-STRAT-AERO
NOAA Research-CMDL-Atmospheric Baseline Observatories (5 manned, continuous operation facilities) OBSERVATORIES
NOAA Research-CMDL-Ozone: Stratospheric Ozone STRATOZ
NOAA Research-CMDL-Ozone: Surface Monitoring Network (12 sites) OZONE-SURFACE
NOAA Research-CMDL-Ozone: Surface Ozone SFCOZ
NOAA Research-Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases CMDL-CCGG
NOAA Research-Citizen Weather Observer Program FSL-CWOP
NOAA Research-Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometer CMDL-DOBSON
NOAA Research-ETL-5MM Scanning Radiometer 5MMSR
NOAA Research-ETL-8mm Polarimeter 8MMP
NOAA Research-ETL-Airborne Aerosol Lidar ABAEL
NOAA Research-ETL-Cband Radar (ETL Ron Brown) RHB Cband Radar
NOAA Research-ETL-Depolarization and Backscatter Unattended Lidar DABUL
NOAA Research-ETL-Dual Channel Radiometer DCR
NOAA Research-ETL-Ground Based Scanning Radiometer GSR
NOAA Research-ETL-Hughes Radiometer HR
NOAA Research-ETL-Integrated 915 MHz Wind and Temperature Profiling Radar Array IWPOS
NOAA Research-ETL-Land Flux Measurement System LFMS
NOAA Research-ETL-Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observing System MABLOS
NOAA Research-ETL-Mobile Atmospheric Observing Platform MAOP
NOAA Research-ETL-Mobile Cloud and Precipitation Profiling Radar SPROF
NOAA Research-ETL-Mobile Cloud and Precipitation Profiling Radar (SKYWATER) SKYWATER
NOAA Research-ETL-Peacewing Peacewing
NOAA Research-ETL-Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer/A PSR/A
NOAA Research-ETL-Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer/CXI PSR/CXI
NOAA Research-ETL-Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer/S PSR/S
NOAA Research-ETL-Portable GPS Rawinsondes Rawinsondes
NOAA Research-ETL-Portable Meteorological Towers PMT
NOAA Research-ETL-Radiometrics Mailbox Radiometer RMR
NOAA Research-East Tenessee Ozone Study ATDD-ETOS
NOAA Research-FSL Radiosonde FSL-RADIOSONDES
NOAA Research-Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations PMEL-FOCI
NOAA Research-GPS Water Vapor Sensor FSL-GPS-Water Vapor
NOAA Research-Ground-based Remote Icing Detection System ETL-GRIDS
NOAA Research-Halocarbons and other Atmospheric Trace Species CMDL-HATS
NOAA Research-INEEL Mesoscale Meteorological Network ARL-Mesonet
NOAA Research-IOOS Argo Profiling Floats OAR IOOS Argo
NOAA Research-IOOS Drifting Buoys IOOS Buoys
NOAA Research-IOOS Global Sea Level Network IOOS-GSLN
NOAA Research-IOOS Ocean Reference Stations IOOS-STRATUS
NOAA Research-IOOS Ships of Opportunity IOOS Ships of Opportunity
NOAA Research-IOOS-Arctic Observing System IOOS-AOS
NOAA Research-IOOS-Ocean Carbon Networks IOOS-OCN
NOAA Research-Infrasonics Program ETL-Infrasonics
NOAA Research-Integrated Surface Irradiance Study ARL-ISIS
NOAA Research-LIDARS (HRDL) ETL-HRDL
NOAA Research-LIDARS (MOPA) ETL-MOPA
NOAA Research-LIDARS (OPAL) ETL-OPAL
NOAA Research-LIDARS (Teaco) ETL-Teaco
NOAA Research-Mobile Scanning Hydro-Radar ETL-NOAA/D
NOAA Research-NOAA Portable Cloud Observatory (Mobile) ETL-Portable Cloud Observatory(Mobile)
NOAA Research-NOAA Portable Cloud Observatory (Stationary) ETL-Portable Cloud Observatory(Stationary)
NOAA Research-NOAA/K 35GHz Scanning Cloud Radar ETL-NOAA/K Cloud Radar
NOAA Research-Ocean Acoustic Monitoring System PMEL-HYDROPHONE
NOAA Research-Oceanographic (Fish) Lidar ETL-Fish Lidar (FLOE)
NOAA Research-Platteville-915-profiler ETL-Platteville
NOAA Research-Precipitation Profiling Radars AL-Precipitation Profiling Radars
NOAA Research-Profilers (METEOROLOGICAL TOWER) ETL-METEOROLOGICAL TOWER
NOAA Research-Profilers (RADAR) ETL-RADAR
NOAA Research-Profilers (RASS) ETL-RASS
NOAA Research-Profilers (SODAR) ETL-SODAR
NOAA Research-Profilers (SONIC) ETL-SONIC
NOAA Research-Profiling Radar-Cooperative Agency Profilers FSL-PROFILING-RADAR-CAP
NOAA Research-Regional Atmospheric Monitoring and Analysis Network ATDD-RAMAN
NOAA Research-Solar and Thermal Atmospheric Radiation CMDL-STAR
NOAA Research-Surface Radiation Budget Network ARL-SURFRAD
NOAA Research-Tethered Aerostat Radar System ETL-TARS
NOAA Research-Water Vapor Dial ETL-Water Vapor Dial
NOAA Research-Wind Profiling Radars UHF (AL) AL-WIND-PROFILING-UHF
NOAA Research-Wind Profiling Radars VHF (AL) AL-WIND-PROFILING-VHF
NOAA Research-Windprofiler Ron Brown ETL-Windprofiler RB
NOAA Satellites and Information-Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DMSP Satellite
NOAA Satellites and Information-GOES I/M Winds GOES I/M Winds
NOAA Satellites and Information-Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite NOP GOES NOP
NOAA Satellites and Information-Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R GOES R
NOAA Satellites and Information-Ionosonde IONOSONDE
NOAA Satellites and Information-Marine Optical Buoy MOBY
NOAA Satellites and Information-National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System NPOESS
NOAA Satellites and Information-National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project NPP
NOAA Satellites and Information-POES Satellite POES AVHRR
NOAA Satellites and Information-QUIKSCAT QUIKSCAT
NOAA Satellites and Information-U.S. Climate Reference Network USCRN
NOAA's Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing System (CREIOS) CREIOS
NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations-NOAA Aircraft NOAA Aircraft
NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations-Research Ships NOAA Ships
National Ocean Service-Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services CO-OPS
National Ocean Service-Coastal Change Analysis Program CCAP
National Ocean Service-Continuously Operating Reference Stations CORS
National Ocean Service-Hydrographic Surveying HYDRO
National Ocean Service-National Current Observation Program NCOP
National Ocean Service-National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Monitoring Program SWMP
National Ocean Service-National Marine Sanctuary System-wide Monitoring Program SWIM
National Ocean Service-National Status and Trends NST
National Ocean Service-National Status and Trends Mussel Watch Program NST MUSSEL
National Ocean Service-National Water Level Observation Network NWLON
National Ocean Service-Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System PORTS
National Ocean Service-Shoreline Shoreline
National Weather Service-Airborne Gamma Radiation Snow Survey Program GAMMA
National Weather Service-Automated Surface-Observing System ASOS
National Weather Service-COOP Observing Stations COOP-Observing
National Weather Service-Coastal-Marine Automated Network MAN
National Weather Service-Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis DART
National Weather Service-Fisher and Porter Gaging Stations FNP
National Weather Service-Lightning Detection NLDN
National Weather Service-Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System MDCRS(ACARS)
National Weather Service-Miscellaneous Hydrologic Equipment HMISC
National Weather Service-Moored Buoys BOY
National Weather Service-NOAAs Environmental Real Time Observation Network NERON
National Weather Service-Next Generation Radar NEXRAD
National Weather Service-Profiling Radar-NOAA's Profiler Network Profiling Network (NPN)
National Weather Service-Radiosonde Network RAWINSONDE
National Weather Service-Sierra Misco METXX
National Weather Service-Surface Observatories Regional
National Weather Service-Tropical Moored Array (TAO) TAO
National Weather Service-Voluntary Observing Ships VOS
WCRP-Baseline Surface Radiation Network WCRP-BSRN
World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre WOUDC