| Acronym | Meaning |
| MADER | Management Of Atmospheric Data For Evaluation And Research |
| CCP | Clouds In Climate Program |
| PDS | Platform Data System |
| POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface For Computer Environments |
| DOPLID | Doppler Lidar |
| NQS | Network Queue System |
| B | Byte |
| NPI | NEXRAD Product Interface |
| CCPR | Coherent Cloud Physics Radar |
| PASJ | Publications Of The Astronomical Society Of Japan |