| Acronym | Meaning |
| NOSC | Naval Ocean Systems Center |
| APIP | Aircraft Produced Ice Particles |
| DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
| PAGE | Program For The Advancement Of Geoscience Education |
| WWW | World Weather Watch |
| TEXMEX | Tropical Experiment Over Mexico |
| ABB | Asea Brown Boveri |
| AREA | File Format Used For Graphic Images By The McIDAS Application |
| NPAS | Network Planning And Analysis System |
| ASP | Alarms And Shutdown Process |