| Acronyms | Explanation |
|---|---|
| AOML | NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| b4b | Bit-for-bit |
| CCPP | Common Community Physics Package |
| dycore | Dynamical core |
| EDMF | Eddy-Diffusivity Mass Flux |
| EMC | Environmental Modeling Center |
| ESMF | The Earth System Modeling Framework |
| ESRL | NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories |
| FMS | Flexible Modeling System |
| FV3 | Finite-Volume Cubed Sphere |
| GFDL | NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| GFS | Global Forecast System |
| GSL | Global Systems Laboratory |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
| LSM | Land Surface Model |
| MPI | Message Passing Interface |
| NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| NCEP | National Centers for Environmental Predicction |
| NEMS | NOAA Environmental Modeling System |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NSSL | National Severe Storms Laboratory |
| PBL | Planetary Boundary Layer |
| PR | Pull request |
| RRTMG | Rapid Radiative Transfer Model for Global Circulation Models |
| SAS | Simplified Arakawa-Schubert |
| SDF | Suite Definition File |
| sfc | Surface |
| SHUM | Perturbed boundary layer specific humidity |
| SKEB | Stochastic Kinetic Energy Backscatter |
| SPPT | Stochastically Perturbed Physics Tendencies |
| TKE | Turbulent Kinetic Energy |
| UFS | Unified Forecast System |
| WM | Weather Model |