| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOE/SR | DOE Savannah River |
| NEXUS | Next-generation Upper-air Sounding System |
| DECAFE | Dynamique Et Chimie De L'Atmosphere En Foret Equitoriale |
| IA | International Angstrom |
| WSFO | Weather Service Forecast Office |
| MIMD | Multiple Instruction Multiple Data |
| LPARL | Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory |
| ISUSS | Integrated Surface And Upper-air Sounding System |
| NEWS | National Extreme Weather Systems |
| ACOS | Advanced Coronal Observing System |