| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAID | Redundant Arrays Of Inexpensive Disks |
| APRM | Average Power Range Monitor |
| NOHRSC | National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center |
| ISLSCP | International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project |
| LITE | Lidar In Space Technology Experiment |
| SAO | Surface Airways Observation |
| FWHM | Full Width |
| K | A Symbol For Planetary Wave Number |
| OECD | Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |