| Acronym | Meaning |
| VOR | Visual Omnirange |
| NAILS | NCAR Airborne Infrared Lidar System |
| ALADIN | Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument |
| OWWS | Office Of World Weather Systems |
| FTS | Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| ORR | Operations Readiness Review |
| FORTRAN 77 | N/A |
| WORD | Web Outreach Redesign And Development |
| SSB | Soaring Society Of Boulder |
| FPS | Foot-pound Second System Of Measurements |