| Acronym | Meaning |
| HARP | Hawaiian Rainband Project |
| IMAGE | Institute For Mathematics Applied To The Geosciences |
| DB | Division Burden |
| GCTE | Global Change And Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| RDF | Radio Direction Finding |
| DMS | Data Management System |
| NWS | National Weather Service |
| DSRS | Data Storage And Retrieval System |
| FFDCA | Federal Food, Drug, And Cosmetic Act (US) |
| GTE | Global Tropospheric Experiment |