| Acronym | Meaning |
| HESS | Health |
| ML | Mesa Laboratory |
| RO# | Rossby Number |
| AFWL | Air Force Weapons Laboratory |
| AICC | Adiabatic Isochoric Complete Combustion |
| CAC | California Administrative Code |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
| OLR | Outgoing Longwave Radiation |
| ARW | Advanced Research Workshop |
| MWO | Mt. Washington Observatory |