| Acronym | Meaning |
| WATS | Wide Area Telecommunications Service |
| GISST | Global Sea Ice And Sea Surface Temperature |
| OR | Operational Research |
| POISE-98 | POlarimetric Instrument For Solar Eclipse-98 |
| EOC | EOS Operations Center |
| BE | Best Estimate |
| DOA | Department Of Agriculture |
| PRE-STORM | Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM |
| SWCP | South West Cooperative Program |
| MCBE | McIDAS Broadcast Evaluation |