| Acronym | Meaning |
| BAMEX | Bow Echo And Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) Experiment |
| WGS84 | World Geodetic Survey 1984 |
| WIND II | Wind Imaging Interferometer |
| PIN | Power Input |
| PPS | Public Products Service |
| DIA | Direct-interaction Approximation |
| MASI | Middle Atmosphere Science Initiative |
| PPTV | Parts Per Trillion (by Volume) |
| SAVE | Stratospheric Aerosol Validation Experiment |
| NWSTC | National Weather Service Telecommunications |