| Acronym | Meaning |
| PRE-STORM | Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM |
| IGC | International Geophysical Cooperation |
| ORB | Object Request Broker |
| SPACE | Satellite Precipitaion And Cloud Experiment |
| NYSERNET | New York State Educational And Research Network |
| MSS | Mass Storage System |
| SVHS | Super Video-home System |
| IWRS | Improved Weather Reconnaissance System |
| FRG | Federal Republic Of Germany |
| NFCR | Narrow Cold-frontal Rainbands |