| Acronym | Meaning |
| GAPEX | Ground-based Atmospheric Profiling Experiment |
| AFAP | Artillery-fired Atomic Projectile |
| ATC | Adiabatic Toroidal Compressor |
| SID | Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance |
| ZDR | Differential Reflectivity |
| Z-R | Relationship |
| FPS | Fast Packet Switch |
| LSD | Large-scale Dynamics |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| ODP | Ozone Depletion Potential |