| Acronym | Meaning |
| NEC | Nippon Machines |
| HRDL | High-resolution Doppler Lidar |
| APG | Aberdeen Proving Ground |
| SIPI | Scientists' Institute For Public Information |
| FLD | First Level Destination |
| BAMEX | Bow Echo And Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) Experiment |
| BART | Bay Area Rapid Transit |
| CCM5 | Community Climate Model 5 |
| PSA | Pressure Switch Assembly |
| APR | Aberdeen Pulsed Reactor Facility |