| Acronym | Meaning |
| PRECP | Processing Of Emissions By Clouds And Precipitation |
| MOS | Model Output Statistics |
| GGI | GPS Geoscience Instrument |
| W-Z RELATIONSHIP | W = Precipitation Content |
| NASCAS | NAS Committee On Atmospheric Sciences |
| AMU | Aqueous Makeup |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| ADDE | Abstract Distributed Data Environment |
| EG&G | Inc. |
| WG/NGWR | Working Group For Next-Generation Weather Radar |