| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAI | Sudden Auroral Intensity |
| AWEA | American Wind Energy Association |
| STRATCOM | Stratospheric Composition Experiment |
| GPS-IPW | Global Positioning System-Integrated Precipitable Water |
| IDNHR | International Decade Of Natural Hazard Reduction |
| PNA | Pacific/North American |
| GCM | General Circulation Model |
| DUDFCD | Denver Urban Drainage And Flood Control District |
| MAPR | Multi-angle Profiling Radar |
| MRI | Mesoscale Research Initiative |