| Acronym | Meaning |
| TAS | True Air Speed |
| LBA/TRMM | Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment In Amazonia/Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| WSFO | Weather Service Forecast Office |
| MODD | Meteorological And Omega Data Digitizer |
| DME | Distance-measuring Equipment |
| AXBT | Expendable Bathythermographs Air Dropped Temperature Device |
| DIMES | DIstributed MEtadata System |
| GEMINI | General Mesonetwork Interpolation Interface |
| NURE | National Uranium Resource Evaluation |
| ANS | Autonomic Nervous System |