| Acronym | Meaning |
| DD+ | Domestic Data Plus |
| GAT | General Aviation Transponder |
| LSU | Louisiana State University |
| MAPS | Mesoscale Analysis And Prediction System |
| STP | Standard Temperature And Pressure |
| AMIE | Assimilative Mapping Of The Ionospheric Electrodynamics |
| WSO | Weather Service Office |
| HEIFE | Heihe Basin Field Experiment |
| EON | 10 To The 9th Years |
| RDAS | Reflectivity Data Acquisition System |