| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMS | Scalable Modeling System |
| NAE | National Aeronautical Establishment |
| SESAME | Severe Environmental Storms And Mesoscale Experiment |
| MBONE | Multicast BackBONE |
| PAR | Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| OSTIV | Organization Scientifique Et Technique Internationale Du Vol A Voile (conferences) |
| AP | Anomalous Propagation |
| D/RADEX | Digital Radar Experiment |
| TD | Thermal Dissociation |
| PDM | Pulse Duration Modulation |