| Acronym | Meaning |
| WISPIT | Winter Icing And Storms Project (WISP) Instrumentation Test |
| ASOS | Automated Surface Observing System |
| SCM | Solar Constant Monitor |
| PNA | Pacific/North American |
| SEM | System Element Management |
| NCHPC | National Consortium For High Performance Computing |
| UMIST | University Of Manchester Institute Of Science And Technology |
| SDVR | Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval |
| MODS | Mission Operations And Data Systems |
| SMS | Scalable Modeling System |