| Acronym | Meaning |
| DQ | Director Of Quality |
| AFESC | Air Force Engineering & Sciences Center |
| RAMS | Regional Atmospheric Modeling System |
| RAID | Redundant Arrays Of Inexpensive Disks |
| SOI/MDI | Solar Oscillations Imager/Michelson Doppler Imager |
| DAS | Data-Acquisition System |
| TRIP | Thunderstorm Research International Program |
| BMI | Battelle Memorial Institute |
| ACVC | Arms Control Verification Committee |
| EM | Evaluation Model |