| Acronym | Meaning |
| NICI | Negative Ion Chemical Ionization |
| AXBT | Air-Deployed Expendable Bathythermographs |
| RPS | Ranked Probability Score |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| QPF | Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting |
| MSIS | Mass Spectrometer And Incoherent Scatter |
| FOB | Free On Board |
| FCST | Federal Council For Science And Technology |
| EDUCOM | A Consortium Of Industrial Organizations And University Computing Administrators |
| NARE | North Atlantic Regional Experiment |