Glossary
A
AAD Australian Antarctic Division
AAGE Australian Association of Graduate Employers
ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ACCESS Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator
ACCESS-Fire a fire prediction version of ACCESS
ACCESS-S a seasonal prediction version of ACCESS
ACT Australian Capital Territory
ADF Australian Defence Force
AEMO The Australian Energy Market Operator
AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time
AFAC National Council for Fire and Emergency
AMBLS Automated meteorological balloon launching systems
ANAO Australian National Audit Office
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
API Application Programming Interface
APS Australian Public Service
APSC Australian Public Service Commission
ASO Administrative Service Officer
AWRA Australian Water Resources Assessment
Australis the Bureau’s supercomputer
AWS Automatic Weather Station
B
BARRA Bureau of Meteorology atmospheric high-resolution regional reanalysis for Australia
BOM Bureau of Meteorology
BOMIdeas Bureau’s online research community
BMTC Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre
C
CARES Compensation and Rehabilitation Employee Services
CEO Chief Executive Officer
cm Centimetre
CORE Online training to engage staff and improve cultural awareness
CO Carbon Dioxide
COSPPac2 Climate and Oceans Support Program for the Pacific
CPA Certified Practising Accountant
CRM Customer relationship management
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CSS Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme
Cth Commonwealth
D
DCB Departmental Capital Budget
DMSU Defence Meteorological Support Unit
E
EA Enterprise Agreement
EPMO Enterprise Project Management Office
ESCI Electricity Sector Climate Information
F
FAICD Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
FBT Fringe Benefits Tax
FLARE Flash Flood Advisory Resource
FMA Floodplain Management Australia
FOI Freedom of Information
FOI Act Freedom of information Act 1982
FRR Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Financial Reporting) Rule 2015
FTSE Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Services and Engineering
G
GPS Global Positioning System
GSO General Service Officer
GST Goods and Services Tax
H
Ha Hectares
HF High Frequency
HOA Head of Agency
HPC High Performance Computing
HR Human Resources
HRS Hydrologic Reference Station
HS&E Health, Safety and Environment
HSR Health and Safety
I
IAGDP Indigenous Australian Government Development Program
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICT Information and Communication Technology
IDAHOBIT International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia
IMO International Maritime Organization
IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of UNESCO)
IOTWMS Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System
IPS Information Publication Scheme
ISO International Organization of Standardization
IT Information technology
ITO Information Technology Officer
ITIL Informational Technology Infrastructure Library
IWK Indigenous Weather Knowledge
J
JATWC Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre
JWGFVR Joint Working Group on Verification on Forecast Research
K
kl kilolitre
km kilometre
KPI Key Performance Indicator
kWh kilowatt hour
L
LGBTIQ+ People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or otherwise sexually or gender diverse
LIS NASA land information system
M
MBA Master of Business Administration
METAREA geographical sea regions for coordinating the transmission of meteorological information
miPDS Employee Performance Development Scheme
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
N
NAIDOC National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATA National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
NFWIWG National Flood Warning Infrastructure Working Group
NMHS National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPS Net Promoter Score
NSW New South Wales
NSW OEH NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
NT Northern Territory
NWP Numerical Weather Prediction
NZ New Zealand
O
OceanMAPS Ocean Modelling, Analysis, and Prediction System
OPA Official Public Account
P
PAES Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
PGPA Act Public Governance, Performance and
Accountability Act 2013
PGPA Rule Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014
PhD Doctor of Philosophy
PO Professional Officer
POMS Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome
PSLGM Pacific Sea Level and Geodetic Monitoring Project
PSPF Protective Security Policy Framework
PSS Public Sector Superannuation Scheme
PSSap PSS accumulation plan
Q
Qld Queensland
R
R&D research and development
RAAF Royal Australian Air Force
Rainfields 3 a tool that provides real-time quality- controlled rainfall estimates and forecasts
RPV6 Research Plan 6
ROBUST A program to increase resilience of critical business functions
RS Research Scientist
S
SA South Australia
SafetyNET Inmarsat satellite service
SAROM South Australian regional ocean model
SES State Emergency Service
SES Senior Executive Service
SIA Strategy in Action
SDG Sustainable Development Goal
SSM Strategic Success Measure
STEM Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
T
Tas Tasmania
TAOCCC Trial Automation of Observations at Cairns, Canberra and Coolangatta
TC tropical cyclone
TO Technical Officer
TR Trainee
TSP Tsunami Service Provider
U
UK United Kingdom
UM Unified Model
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
US United States of America
UV Ultraviolet
V
Vic Victoria
W
WA Western Australia
WHS Work Health and Safety
WHSMS Work Health and Safety Management System
WIRADA Water Information Research and Development Alliance
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WWMIWS Worldwide Met-Ocean Information and Warning Service
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