| Acronym | Meaning |
| TWC | The Weather Channel |
| ASHRAE | American Society Of Heating |
| HIAPER | High-Performance Instrumented Airborne Platform For Environmental Research |
| AWDP | Aviation Weather Development Program |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| AWDS | Automated Weather Distribution System |
| AP | Administrative Procedure |
| AWDL | Aviation Weather Development Laboratory |
| HRD | Hurricane Research Division |
| ASDAR | Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay |