| Acronym | Meaning |
| MWISP | Mt. Washington Winter Icing And Storms Project |
| NEXUS | Next-generation Upper-air Sounding System |
| TDM | Time Division Multiplex |
| DAT | Digital Audio Tape |
| RGSP | Review Of Geophysics And Space Physics |
| EPOCH | European Program On Climatology And Natural Hazards |
| HDLC | High Level Data Link Control |
| PAN | Peroxyacyl Nitrates |
| ISLSCP | International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project |
| TCAS-II | Traffic Alert And Collision Avoidance System |