| Acronym | Meaning |
| R | Rayleigh |
| EPOCH | European Program On Climatology And Natural Hazards |
| ACRS | Advisory Committee |
| PRAIRE | Polarization Radar Illinois Rainfall Experiments |
| SHF | Super High Frequency |
| ARGOS | French Satellite-borne Data Relay And Platform Location System |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| AWDAAS | Automatic Weather Data Acquisition And Archiving System |
| ASRL | Atmospheric Science Research Laboratory |
| AASM | Advanced Air To Surface Missile |