| Acronym | Meaning |
| BEMC | Boulder Emergency Management Center |
| AIP | American Institute Of Physics |
| NLTE | Non Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium |
| AFCCN | Air Force Chief Scientist |
| ELP | Emission Line Polarimeter |
| AWACS | Airborne Warning And Control System |
| EMEX | Equatorial Monsoon Experiment |
| ASIS | American Society For Industrial Security |
| STEPS | Severe Thunderstorm Electrification And Precipitation Study |
| MCV | Mesoscale Cyclonic Vortex |