| Acronym | Meaning |
| WSFO | Weather Service Forecast Office |
| NMIMT | New Mexico Institute Of Mining & Technology |
| SMSC | Shared-Memory Supercomputer Systems |
| GN AND C | Guidance |
| ESN | ECS Science Network |
| NOWRAD | National Operational Weather Radar |
| TAO | Tropical Atmosphere Ocean |
| IFC | Intensive Field Campaign |
| FSTC | Foreign Science & Technology Center |
| JICA | Japan International Development Agency |