| Acronym | Meaning |
| EPC | Environmental Forecast Center |
| MCBE | McIDAS Broadcast Evaluation |
| PASE | Polar Air-Show Experiment |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard |
| ASP | Advanced Study Program |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| WAS | Whole Air Sampler |
| FE | Front-end |
| DOMONIC | Johnsten Island Experiment |