| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSC | Scientific Steering Committee |
| SWARS | Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting Station |
| FL2 | Second Flight Model |
| AFESC | Air Force Engineering & Sciences Center |
| SCDUG | Scientific Computing Division Users Group Scelming |
| CE | Combustion Engineering |
| DBZ | Decibles |
| TING | Thermosphere-Ionosphere Nested Grid Model |
| AWDP | Aviation Weather Development Program |
| ET | Evapotranspiration |