| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIFM | Practical Improved Flux Method |
| CAPE | Convection And Precipitation/Electrification Experiment |
| SRC | Science Research Council |
| ZWA | Zonal Wind Anomaly |
| OASC | Office Of Advanced Scientific Computing |
| RAG | Resource Accounting Group |
| PEATMOS | Primitive Equation And Trojectory Model Output Statistics |
| AREA | File Format Used For Graphic Images By The McIDAS Application |
| BDU | Bus Data Unit |
| UCARIP | UCAR Intellectual Property |