SEDRIS Acronym List
 

SEDRIS encompasses the environmental domain, which is described using its own unique definition of terms. To ensure a common understanding of acronyms, definitions of these domain specific acronyms are provided below.


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ACC Area Control Centre
ACS Airfield Control Station
ACT
Advanced Concepts and Technology
ACTD
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
ADRG ARC Digitized Raster Graphic
ADS
Advanced Distributed Simulation
AGL Above Ground Level
ALP Articulated Loading Platform
ALSP
Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol
AMG
Architectural Management Group
ANDES Ambient Noise Directionality Estimation System
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AOI
Area Of Interest
APAP Approach Path Alignment Panel
API
Application Program Interface
AR Authoritative Reference
ARC equal Arc-second Raster Chart
ARCP Air Refueling Control Point
ARIP Air Refueling Initial Point
ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Centre
ASAPS Advanced Surveillance Acoustic Prediction System
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASEPS Automated Signal Excess Prediction System
ASNE
Air and Space Natural Environment
ASNM Arctic Storm Noise Model
ASPM Acoustic System Performance Model
ASTRAL ASEPS TRAnsmission Loss
ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATF Abstract Transmittal Format
ATS Air Traffic Service
ATZ Air Traffic Zone
AVLB Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge

BIIF
Binary Imagery Interchange Format
BPV
Battlefield Planning and Visualization
BRDF Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
BUFR
Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data
BV
Battlefield Visualization

C3I
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
C4I
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
C4ISR
C4I Surveillance and Reconnaissance
CADIZ Canadian Air Defense Identification Zone
CAD/CAM

Computer Aided Design / Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAE
Computer Aided Exercise
CASS Comprehensive Acoustic Sonar Simulation
CATT
Combined Arms Tactical Trainer
CAVOK Ceiling And Visibility O.K.
CAX
Computer Assisted Exercise
CBS
Corps Battle Simulation
CCA Continental Control Area
CCB Configuration Control Board
CCTT
Close Combat Tactical Trainer
CD-ROM
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CGF
Computer Generated Forces
CH Clay, High-plasticity
CIG Computer Image Generator
CL Clay, Low-plasticity
CLOD Continuous Level Of Detail
CMMS
Conceptual Model of the Mission Space
CMY Cyan Magenta Yellow
COLREGS international REGulationS for avoiding COLlisions at sea
COM

Convergence Of the Meridian

COMNAVFE COMmander, NAVal Forces Europe
COMNAVPAC COMmander, NAVal forces PACific
CONUS CONtinental United States
COTS
Commercial Off-The-Shelf
CS Coordinate System
CT
Coordinate Transformation
CTA ConTrol Area
CTDB
Compact Terrain Data Base
CZ Control Zone

DAFIF Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
DANES Directional Ambient Noise Estimation System
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DBDB Digital Bathymetric DataBase
DBGS
Data Base Generation System
DDDS
Defense Data Dictionary System
DEM
Digital Elevation Model
DEW Distant Early Warning
DEWIZ Distant Early Warning Identification Zone
DEWMIZ Distant Early Warning Military Identification Zone
DFAD
Digital Feature Analysis Data
DFDD
Data Format Design Document
DIF
Data Interchange Format
DIGEST
DIgital Geographic information Exchange STandard
DII/COE
Defense Information Infrastructure / Common Operating Environment
DIS
Distributed Interactive Simulation
DMA
Defense Mapping Agency (see NGA)
DMAFF
DMA Feature File
DME Distance Measuring Equipment
DMSO
Defense Modeling and Simulation Office
DND Department of National Defence
DoD Department of Defense (US)
DRM
Data Representation Model
DSI
Defense Simulation Internet
DSS

Designated Spatial Surface

DTAD
Digital Terrain Analysis Data
DTED
Digital Terrain Elevation Data

EA
EDCS Attribute
EAC
EDCS Attribute Code
EAL
EDCS Attribute Label
EC
EDCS Classification; Equidistant Cylindrical
ECA Equidistant Cylindrical Augmented
ECC
EDCS Classification Code
ECL
EDCS Classification Label
EDCS
Environmental Data Coding Specification
EE
EDCS attribute Enumeration
EEC
EDCS attribute Enumeration Code
EEL
EDCS attribute Enumeration Label
EG
EDCS Group
EGC
EDCS Group Code
EGL
EDCS Group Label
EHF Extremely High Frequency
ELF Extremely Low Frequency
EO
EDCS Organizational schema
EOC
EDCS Organizational schema Label
EOL
EDCS Organizational schema Label
EQ
EDCS unit eQuivalence class
EQC
EDCS unit eQuivalence class Code
EQL
EDCS unit eQuivalence class Label
ERM Earth Reference Model
ES
EDCS Unit Scale
ESC
EDCS Unit Scale Code
ETRS European Terrestrial Reference System
EU
EDCS Unit
EUC
EDCS Unit Code
EUL
EDCS Unit Label
EV
EDCS attribute Value characteristic
EVC
EDCS attribute Value characteristic Code
EVL
EDCS attribute Value characteristic Label
EXCIMS
EXecutive Council In Modeling and Simulation

FAA Federal Aviation Administration (US)
FACC
Feature Attribute Coding Catalogue
FACS
Feature Attribute Coding Standard
FANM Fast Ambient Noise Model
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FEPE Finite Element Parabolic Equation
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FIC Flight Information Centre
FID
Feature IDentifier
FM Fan Marker
FMI
Feature Model Instance
FORACS Fleet Operational Readiness Accuracy Check Site
FOV
Field of View or Vision
FSS Flight Service Station

GC Gravely Clays
GCA Ground Control Approach
GCC
GeoCentric Coordinate System
GCI
Geocentric Celestial Inertial coordinate system; Ground Control Intercept
GCS
Global Coordinate System
GDC
GeoDetic Coordinate system
GDEM Generalized Digital Environmental Model
GDF
General Database Format
GEI
Geocentric Equatorial Inertial coordinate system
GIS
Geographic Information System
GM
GeoMagnetic coordinate system; Gravel Mixture
GMI
Geometry Model Instance
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GP Gravels, Poorly-graded
GPS
Global Positioning System
GRAB Gaussian RAy Bundle
GRIB
GRIdded Binary format
GSE
Geocentric Solar Ecliptic coordinate system
GSM
Geocentric Solar Magnetospheric coordinate system
GTDB
Generic Transformed Data Base
GTRS GeoTile Reference System
GW Gravels, Well-graded

HAT
Height Above Terrain
HF High Frequency
HFOV
Horizontal Field Of View
HLA
High Level Architecture
HSV Hue Saturation Value
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

IALA International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
ICAM
Interactive Computer Aided Manufacturing
ICW IntraCoastal Waterway
ID IDentifier
IDEF1x
Icam DEFinition language, version 1 eXtended
IDZ IDentification Zone
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFR Instrument Flight Rules
IG
Image Generator
IGN

Institut Géographique National (France)

IHO International Hydrographic Organization
I/ITSEC
Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference
ILS Instrument Landing System
IMO International Maritime Organization
INR INformation Region
INS Inertial Navigation System
INZ INformation Zone
IR
InfraRed
ISO
International Standards Organization
IT Information Technology
ITD
Interim Terrain Data
ITR
Inter-Transmittal Reference
IU
Image Understanding

JMCDM Joint METOC Conceptual Data Model
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSIMS
Joint SIMulation System
JTA
Joint Technical Architecture
JTASC
Joint Training, Analysis, and Simulation Center
JTC Joint Technical Committee
JWARS
Joint WARfare System

LANDSAT LAND SATellite
LCAC Landing Craft Air Cushion
LCC
Lambert Conformal Conic PCS
LCCA Lambert Conformal Conic Augmented
LF Low Frequency
L/MF Low/Medium Frequency
LOD
Level Of Detail
LORAN LOng-RAnge Navigation
LOS
Line Of Sight
LSR
Local Space Rectangular coordinate system
LTP
Local Tangent Plane coordinate system
LTSE Local Tangent Space Euclidean

M Mercator
M&S
Modeling and Simulation
M&S CO Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office (US DoD)
MA Mercator Augmented
MAD Magnetic Anomaly Detector
MALSF Medium intensity Approach Light system with Sequenced Flashers
MALSR Medium intensity Approach Light System with Runway alignment indicator lights
MARVEDS
MARitime Virtual Environment Data Specification
MATZ Military Air Traffic Zone
MCAC Military Common Area Control
MCG&I
Mapping, Charting, Geodesy, and Imagery
MEL
Master Environmental Library
METOC
METeorology and OCeanography
MF Medium Frequency
MH Micaceous silts, High-plasticity
MIL
Man-In-the-Loop
MIP Multum In Parvo (many in a small place)
ML Micaceous silts, Low-plasticity
MLC Military Load Classification
ML-CL Micaceous silts, Low-plasticity; Clays, Low-plasticity
MLS Microwave Landing System
ModSAF
Modular Semi-Automated Forces
MODTRAN Moderate resolution Transmittance (atmospheric radiation transfer)
MP Map Projection
MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group
MRTDB
Model Reference Terrain Data Base
MRSTDB
Multi-level Routing Support Terrain Data Base
MSEA
Modeling and Simulation Executive Agent
MSL
Mean Sea Level
MSRR
Modeling and Simulation Resource Repository

NASM
National Air and Space (warfare) Model
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
NDB Non-Directional Beacon
NGA
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NIMA
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (see NGA)
NITFS
National Imagery Transmission Format Standard
NRL
Naval Research Laboratory
NTC
National Training Center
NTF

Nouvelle Triangulation Français (France)

NURBS Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline
NVG
Night Vision Goggles

OAML Oceanographic and AtMospheric Library (U.S. Navy)
OBRS

Object Binding Rule Set

OCA Oceanic Control Area
ODALS OmniDirectional Approach Lighting System
ODAS Ocean Data Acquisition System
OEA
Ocean Executive Agency
OGIS
Open Geographic Information Systems
OH Organic clays, High-plasticity
OIS Obstruction Identification Surface
OKTA (corruption of octal, meaning one-eighth)
OL Organic clays, Low-plasticity
OM Oblique Mercator
OMA Oblique Mercator Augmented
OMEGA Optimized Method for Estimated Guidance Accuracy (VLF navigation system)
ORM Object Reference Model
ORMT Object Reference Model Template
OTW Out-The-Window

PAPI Precision Approach Path Indicator
PAR Precision Approach Radar
PCS
Projected Coordinate System
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
POL Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants
PR Prescriptive Reference
PS
Polar Sterographic PCS
PSA Polar Sterographic Augmented
PSM
Portable Space Model
PT PeaT (highly organic)
PTDB
Paradigm Terrain Data Base
PVASI Pulsating Visual Approach Slope Indicator
PVD
Plan View Display

QNH atmospheric pressure (Q) at Nautical Height (aviation)

RACON RAdar transponder beaCON
RAIL Runway Alignment Indicator Lights
RAM Range-dependent Acoustic Model
RANDI Research Ambient Noise DIrectionality
RCI Rating Cone Index
RCN Royal Canadian Navy
RCS Radar Cross-Section
RD Reference Datum
REIL Runway End Identifier Lights
RF Radio Frequency
RGB Red Green Blue
RMSE
Root Mean Square Error
RT Reference Transformation
RTI
RunTime Infrastructure

SAF
Semi-Automated Forces
SAI
SEDRIS Application Interface
SAM
SEDRIS Associates Meeting
SC Sandy Clays
SCR
SEDRIS Change Request
SCRCCB
SEDRIS Change Request Configuration Control Board
SDBF
SIF Data Base Facility
SDK
Software Development Kit
SEDRIS
follow this link
SEE-IT
Synthetic Environment Evaluation - Inspection Tool
SHF Super High Frequency
SI Système International d'unités (International System of Units)
SIF
SSDB Interchange Format
SIF++
SIF data pre-processed for compiling into the derived databases
SIGNI signs and SIGNals on Inland waterways
SIMNET
SIMulation NETwork
SLF
Standard Linear Format
SM
Solar Magnetic coordinate system; Sandy Mixture
SOED Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
SP Sandy, Poorly-graded
SPOT Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre
SRA Special Rules Area
SRF Spatial Reference Frame
SRFS Spatial Reference Frame Set
SRFT Spatial Reference Frame Template
SRM
Spatial Reference Model
SRZ Special Rules Zone
SSALF Simplified Short Approach Lighting system with sequenced Flashing lights
SSDB
Standard Simulator Data Base
SSM SRF Set Member
SSN SunSpot Number
STF
SEDRIS Transmittal Format
STOL Short Take-Off and Landing
STOW
Synthetic Theater Of War
STOW-A
STOW - Army
STOW-E
STOW - Europe
SUA Special Use Airspace
SW Sandy, Well-graded
SWM
Solar Wind Magnetospheric coordinate system

TACAN TACtical Air Navigation
TAI

Temps Atomique International (International Atomic Time)

TAPPS Towed Array Performance Prediction System
TDB
Terrain Data Base
TDF
TOWAN Data Format
TE
Topocentric Equator coordinate system
TEL Transporter-Erector-Launcher
TH
Topocentric Horizon coordinate system
TIN
Triangulated Irregular Network
TM
Transverse Mercator PCS
TMA Transverse Mercator Augmented
TNT TriNitroToluene
TOWAN
Tactical Oceanography Wide Area Network
TRCV TRi-Colour VASI
TROPO
TROPOsphere scatter
TSS Traffic Separation Scheme
TVASI "T" VASI
TZ Traffic Zone

UCDM
USIGS Conceptual Data Model
UFAC
User-defined Feature Attribute Codes
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UK United Kingdom
ULF Ultra Low Frequency
UML
Unified Modeling Language
UMT Universal Metric Time
UPS Universal Polar Stereographic
UPSA Universal Polar Stereographic Augmented
URN Universal Resource Name
US United States of america
USCS Unified Soil Classification System
USGS United States Geodetic Survey
USIGS
United States Imagery and Geospatial System
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USWMS Uniform State Waterway Marking System
UTC Universal Time Coordinated (or Coordinated Universal Time)
UTM
Universal Transverse Mercator PCS
UTMA Universal Transverse Mercator Augmented
UVA UltraViolet A
UVB UltraViolet B
UVC UltraViolet C

VASI Visual Approach Slope Indicator
VCS
Vertical Coordinate System
VFR Visual Flight Rules
VHF Very High Frequency
VLF Very Low Frequency
VOR VHF Omnidirectional Range station
VORTAC VOR and TACAN
VPF
Vector Product Format
VRF
Vector Relational Format (DIGEST VPF)
VRML
Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VSTOL Vertical and Short Take-Off and Landing
VTOL Vertical Take-Off and Landing
V&V
Verification and Validation
V&V and A/C
V&V and Accreditation and Certification

X3D
eXtensible 3D
XML
eXtensible Markup Language

WARSIM
WARfighters SIMulation 2000
WGS-84
World Geodetic System - 1984
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WW World War
 
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