| Acronym | Meaning |
| OMEGA | Operational And Prediction Multi-scale Environmental Model With Grid Adaptivity |
| ACEC | American Consulting Engineers Council |
| SEC | Securities & Exchange Commission |
| HRV | High-resolution Visible |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| HRS | High-resolution Data Service |
| AWDS | Automated Weather Distribution System |
| M | Mega |
| ESCP | Earth Sciences Curriculum Project |
| NEWS | National Extreme Weather Systems |