| Acronym | Meaning |
| RW | Rain Showers |
| ATLANTA-ANARCHE | Atlanta Aerosol Nucleation And Real-time Characterization Experiment |
| MCCS | Mesoscale Convective Complexes |
| AEW | Airborne Early Warning |
| SSM/T | Special Sensor Microwave Temperature |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer |
| ADDE | Abstract Distributed Data Environment |
| PPO | Profiler Program Office |
| EOPM | Electro-optic Phase Modulated |
| BIT | Binary Digit |