| Acronym | Meaning |
| PDW | Preliminary Design Walk-through |
| GCEC | Global Change And Ecological Complexity |
| BSD UNIX | Berkeley Software Distribution UNIX |
| GKS | Graphic Kernal System |
| MICRO-SCALE | N/A |
| IEE | Institute Of Electrical Engineers |
| AC | Area Coordinator |
| PRAIRE | Polarization Radar Illinois Rainfall Experiments |
| PSIG | Pounds Per Square Inch Gage |
| ASCII | American Standard Code For Information Interchange |