| Acronym | Meaning |
| TB | Terabytes |
| IST | Instrument Support Terminal |
| HRM | High Rate Multiplexer |
| NIGEC | National Institute For Global Environmental Change |
| LATAS | Laser True Airspeed System |
| ALE | Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian |
| TKW | Turbulence Kinematic Energy |
| ADAACS | Affiliated Distributed Active Archive Centers |
| MODAC | Meteorological Observation And Data Assimilation Center |
| AFB | Air Force Base |