| Acronym | Meaning |
| PRECIP | Processing Of Emissions By Clouds And Precipitation |
| TERAFLOPS | Trillions Of Arithmetic Operations Per Second |
| OBS | Organizational Breakdown Structure |
| CDF | Common Data Format |
| JMRNSC | Joint Meteorological Rocket Network Steering Committee |
| HAILSWATH | South Dakota Hail Studies |
| ADB | Apple Desktop Bus |
| IR | Infrared |
| TRW | Thundershowers |
| CAPE | Convective Available Potential Energy |