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Acronyms Related to Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics

Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics Acronyms
Acronym	Term
ARC2	Africa Rainfall Climatology Version 2
CHIRPS	Climate Hazards Center InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data
COF	Climate Outlook Forum
CV	Coefficient of variation
ECMWF	European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting
ENSO	El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EOS	End of season
ESRL/PSD	NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Physical Sciences Division
EWX	Early Warning Explorer
FEWS NET	Famine Early Warning Systems Network
IOD	Indian Ocean Dipole
IPC	Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
IRI	International Research Institute for Climate and Society
ITCZ	Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
MJO	Madden-Julian Oscillation
NDVI	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NMME	North American Multi-Model Ensemble
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA CPC	NOAA Climate Prediction Center
RCOF	Regional Climate Outlook Forum
RFE2	Rainfall Estimates Version 2.0
SD	Standard deviation
SIOD	Subtropical Indian Ocean Dipole
SOS	Start of season
SPI	Standardized Precipitation Index
SST	Sea surface temperature
UCSB	University of California, Santa Barbara
USGS	United States Geological Survey
WPG	West Pacific Gradient

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The Famine Early Warning Systems Network is a leading provider of early warning and analysis on food insecurity. Created by USAID in 1985 to help decision-makers plan for humanitarian crises, FEWS NET provides evidence-based analysis on approximately 30 countries. Implementing team members include NASA, NOAA, USDA, USGS, and CHC-UCSB, along with Chemonics International Inc. and Kimetrica.
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