Abrevieri

AR – Autoregresiv
AR- MEM – Autoregressive model- Maximum Entropy Method (Model autoregresiv ai  carui parametrii sunt determinati in concordanta cu principiul entropiei  maxime)
ASTER- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
AVHRR – Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
CAS – Commission for Atmospheric Science ( Comisia pentru Stiintele Atmosferice)
CCA  – Canonical Correlation Analysis (Analiza prin Corelatie Canonica)
CLICOM  –  CLImat COMputing Project ( Proiect pentru managementul datelor climatice)
CLIPS –  Climate Information and Prediction Services ( Servicii pentru informare si predictie climatica- Proiect OMM)
CLIVAR – Climate Variability & Predictability ( Proiect OMM privind Variabilitatea si Predictibilitate Climatica )
CNRM – Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques ( Centrul National de Cercetari  Meteorologica al Frantei)
DEM – Digital Elevation Model
DEMETER –  Development of a European Multi-Model Ensemble System for Seasonal to Inter-Annual Prediction ( Dezvoltarea unui sistem de ansambluri de multi modele   pentru predictii  de la sezon la ani )
DKRZ – Deutsches KlimaRechenZentrum ( Centrul de calcul pentru produse climatice al Germaniei)
ECA&D – European Climate Assessment and Data ( Proiect european legat de date si estimari climatice)
ECHAM– European Community  Hamburg ( Model de schimbare climatica realizat de  Comunitatea European si Centrul de calcul climatic al Germaniei)
ECMWF– European Centre for Medium Weather Forecasts ( Centrul European de Prognoze  ale Vremii pe durata medie)
EEOF – Extended Empirical Orthogonal Function ( Functii Empirice Ortogonale Extinse)
EFFS – European Flood Forecasting System
ERS – Earth Remote Sensing (satellite)
ENSO – El Nino – Southern Oscillation ( El-Nino- Oscilatia Sudica)
EOF – Empirical Orthogonal Function ( Functii Empirice Ortogonale)
ERA40 –  ECMWF 40– year Re-Analysis ( Analiza pe 40 de ani a datelor, realizata de  Centrul European de prognoze  ale vremii pe durata medie)
EUMETSAT– European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Organizatie Europeana pentru Exploatarea Satelitilor Meteorologici)
FFT  – Fast Fourier Transform ( Transformata Fourier rapida)
GCM – General Circulation Model ( Model de Circulatie Generala)
GIS  – Geographic(al) information system(s);
GOES –Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (NASA)
IAMAS – International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences ( Asociatia Internationala de Meteorologie si Stiinte Atmosferice)
ICTP – International Centre for Theoretical Physics ( Centrul International pentru Fizica  Teoretica)
IPCC- Intergovernmental Panel o­n Climate Change (Organizatie Internationala  asupra Schimbarilor Climatice)
IUGG– International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (Uniunea Internationala de Geodezie si Geofizica)
IRS – Indian Remote Sensing (Satellite)
LRF– Long Range Forecasting ( Prognoza pe Lunga Durata)
MEM– Maximum Entropy Method ( Metoda Entropiei Maxime)
MERIS – Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
MOS – Model Output Statistics ( Statistici ale produselor date de un model)
MPI – Max-Planck -Institut fur Meteorologie  ( Institutul Max Planck de Meteorologie de la Hamburg, Germania)
MODIS – Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
NATO  – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
NOAA  – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)
NAO –  North Atlantic Oscillation ( Oscilatia Nord Atlantica)
NCEP – National Centres for Environmental Prediction (Centre Nationale pentru Predicta  Mediului)
NWP – Numerical Weather Prediction ( Prognoza Numerica a Vremii)
OMI– Organizatia Meteorologica Internationala
OMM – Organizatia Meteorologica Mondiala
PP– Perfect Prog ( Prognoza Perfecta)
QBO – Quasi-Biennial Oscillation ( Oscilatie cvasi bienala)
RegCM –  Regional Climate Model ( Model climat regional)
RA VI – Regional Association VI  ( Asociatia regionala VI ,  cuprinde tarile   membre OMM in general din Europa)
RMSE– Root Mean- Square Error (Eroare radacina medie patratica)
QDO – Quasi-Decadal Oscillation ( Oscilatie Cvasi-Deceniala)
SOI– Southern Oscillation Index ( Indexul Oscilatiei Sudice)
SPOT – Systeme Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre (satellite)
SST – Sea Surface Temperature ( Temperatura apei la  suprafata marii)
SSTA – Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly ( Anomalia temperaturii Apei la suprafata marii)
UKMO– United Kingdom Meteorological Office  ( Oficiul Meteorologic al Marii Britanii)
WCRP– World Climate Research Programme ( Programul de Cercetari Climatice Globale)
WMO -World  Meteorological Organization (OMM)