NMQ Verification System (QVS) Tutorial
Appendix A : Acronyms
- BB_TOP
- Top of the bright band from the BB algorithm
- BB_BOTTOM
- Bottom of the bright band from the BB algorithm
- CPC
- Climate Prediction Center 24 hr gauge analysis
- CREF
- Quality-controlled composite reflectivity derived from the 3d grid
- CREFH
- Height of the reflectivity pixel used in CREF
- ETP
- Echo top height
- ETP18
- Echo top (18 dBZ)
- HADS
- Hydrometeorological Automated Data System
- HGT0C
- Height of the 0C level from the RUC model
- HSB
- Hybrid scan blockage
- HSR
- Hybrid scan reflectivity
- HSRH
- Hybrid scan reflectivity height
- HYDRO_EST
- NWS Hydroestimator product
- MEHS
- Maximum expected hail size
- MREF3D31L
- Mosaic reflectivity 3 dimensions with 31 levels
- MSL
- Mean sea level
- NCEP
- National Centers for Atmospheric Prediction
- OK_MESO
- Oklahoma Mesonet
- POSH
- Probability of severe hail
- PCP_FLAG
- Flag for each grid point denoting validity of the precipitation
- PCP_TYPE
- Flag for each pixel denoting stratiform or convective precip
- Q2
- Next-generation QPE and very short-term QPF
- Q2_GAUGE
- Gauge-only analysis using spatial quality control
- Q2_ALLGAUGE
- Gauge-only analysis using no quality control
- Q2RAD_HSR_GC
- Gauge corrected HSR
- QSRAD_HSR
- Radar-based QPE derived from hybrid scan reflectivity
- Q2RAD_HSR_RATE
- Water equivalent precip rate derived from the HSR
- Q2RAD_HSR_<X>H
- X hour accumulation
- RUC
- Rapid Update Cycle model
- SATELLITE_IR
- GOES satellite infrared cloud-top temperatures
- SHI
- Severe hail index
- STAGE4
- NWS Stage IV hourly and 24-hr precipitation analyses from NCEP
- TSFC
- Surface temperature from the RUC model
- UNQC-CREF
- Un-QCed CREF
- VIL
- Vertically integrated liquid
- VILD
- VIL density
- WBT
- Surface wet-bulb temperature from the RUC model
