| Acronym | Meaning |
| PE | Payload Executive |
| NAO | North American Oscillation |
| NDTE | North Dakota Tracer Experiment |
| MCS | Mesoscale Convective System |
| ACM | Advanced Conventional Munitions |
| Z | Reflectivity (Lenschow) Or Reflective Factor (FOF) |
| ATMS | Advanced Traffic Management System |
| CART | Cloud And Radiation Testbed |
| DAB | Defense Acquisition Board |
| RAMS | Remote Aerosol-Mapping System |