| Acronym | Meaning |
| ARPS | Advanced Regional Prediction System |
| AAM | Airborne Activity Monitor |
| OIRTD | Office Of Industrial Relations And Technology Development |
| IFREMER | Institut Francais Re'checche Pour L'Exploitation De La Mer |
| GIMMS | Global Inventory And Monitoring And Modeling Study |
| NWS | National Weather Service |
| AOM | Annual Operating & Maintenance |
| EMEX | Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment |
| DPMB | Defense Programs Management Board |
| SIR | Shuttle Imaging Radar |