| Acronym | Meaning |
| T.P. | Tropical Platform |
| DSN | Defense Switched Network |
| PIXE | Proton Induced X-ray Emission |
| TRANET | Tracking Network |
| AWSMSC | Air Weather Service Master Station Catalog |
| SEAD | Secretary Of Energy Advisory Board |
| TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| MARS | Meteorological Airborne Radar Data System |
| OAR | Oceanic And Atmospheric Research |
| WG/NGWR | Working Group For Next-Generation Weather Radar |