| Acronym | Meaning |
| FGGE | First GARP Global Experiment |
| OFDA | Office Of Foreign Disaster Assistance |
| CBLCBNM | Central Bureau Of Nuclear Measurements |
| DWS | Dropwindsonde |
| IFOV | Instantaneous Field Of View |
| NSSFC | National Severe Storms Forecast Center |
| KB | Kilobyte (s) |
| ATS | Application Technology Satellite |
| VIMHEX | Venezuela International Meteorological And Hydrological Experiments |
| USACE | United State Army Corps Of Engineers |