| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABL | Airborne Laser |
| SSCE | Surface Ship Cloud Effects Project |
| OPENDAP | Open-source Project For A Network Data Access Protocol |
| VTD | Velocity Track Display |
| ISS | Information Support Services |
| PDF | Probability Density Functions |
| GC-AED | Gas Chromatography-Atomic Emission Detection |
| TROMEX | Tropical Meteorology Experiment |
| TRIP | Thunderstorm Research International Program |
| BFPQ | Block Floating Point Quantizer |