| Acronym | Meaning |
| FTS | Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| PLDS | Pilot Land Data System |
| WFO-ADVNCED | The Key Element Of The WFO-Advanced Program Is The Forecaster Workstation Used To Demonstrate Many AWIPS Functions In Support Of The Modernized NWS Weather Forecast Office Operations |
| ADTF | At Depth Test Facility |
| M | Mach |
| OLR | Outgoing Longwave Radiation |
| GWC | Global Weather Center |
| ULTRIX | UNIX-based Operating System For Digital Equipment Corporation Computers |
| ROTATE | Radar Observation Of Thunderstorms And Tornadoes Experiment |
| HRV | High-resolution Visible |