| Acronym | Meaning |
| KB | Kilobit(s) |
| FLOWS | FAA/Lincoln Laboratory Operational Weather Studies |
| AXBT | Expendable Bathythermographs Air Dropped Temperature Device |
| ALOHA | Airborne Lidar Observations And Hawaiian Airglow |
| O AND E | Operations And Equipment |
| SOLAR-B | N/A |
| T.P. | Tropical Platform |
| ARPS | Advanced Regional Prediction System |
| MAMS | Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor |
| MRI | Mesoscale Research Initiative |