| Acronym | Meaning |
| IAU | International Astronomical Union |
| B | Bit |
| BASC | Board On Atmospheric Sciences And Climate |
| AISEC | Army Information Engineering Command |
| O-LAPS | LAPS Ported To The University Of Oklahoma To Support VORTEX |
| MESONET | Mesoscale Network |
| BMDO | Ballistic Missile Defense Organization |
| TRIP | Thunderstorm Research International Program |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |
| MAB | Meteorological Applications Branch |