.. _Acronyms:

Acronyms
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   | Abbreviation   | Explanation                                       |
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   | ESMF           | The Earth System Modeling Framework               |
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   | FMS            | Flexible Modeling System                          |
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   | HTML           | Hypertext Markup Language                         |
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   | JEDI           | Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration    |
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   | JCSDA          | Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation      |
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   | MPI            | Message Passing Interface                         |
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   | NOAA           | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   |
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   | OpenMP         | Open Multi-Processing                             |
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   | UCAR           | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   |
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   | UFS            | Unified Forecast System                           |
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