| Acronym | Meaning |
| MASI | Middle Atmosphere Science Initiative |
| CAST | Chinese Academy Of Space Technology |
| CARD | Citizens Against Radioactive Dumping |
| MESONET | Mesoscale Network |
| WEAP | Weather Education And Awareness Project |
| NAC | NCAR Administrators Committee |
| BD | Blowdown |
| HALIFF | N/A |
| SPANDAR | Space Range Radar |
| GIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |