| Acronym | Meaning |
| CARS | Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy |
| LACTOZ | N/A |
| PHIGS | Portable Hierarchical Image And Graphic Standard |
| ELP | Equipment Loan Program |
| WISP | Winter Icing And Storms Project |
| TRIP | Thunderstorm Research International Program |
| DOC | Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| BI | The Brookings Institution |
| GCSS | GWEX Cloud Systems Studies |
| NAOPS | North Atlantic Ocean Prediction Systems |