| Acronym | Meaning |
| OAR | Office Of Atmospheric Research |
| NPI | NEXRAD Product Interface |
| WVR | Water Vapor Radiometers |
| BCS | Boeing Computer Services |
| HDLC | High Level Data Link Control |
| INSAT | Indian National Satellite System |
| FX-ALPHA | FSL X-window AWIPS-Like Prototype For Hydrometeorological Applications |
| IHOP 2002 | International H2O Project 2002 |
| ARPS | Advanced Regional Prediction System |
| KB/S | Kbits/s |