| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIMBUS | Networked Information Management Client-Based User Service |
| LCL | Lifting Consdensation Level |
| JASON | Group Of Physicists At Stanford That Study Various Projects And Are Funded By Government Defense Money |
| IT | Information Technology |
| FNAL | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| PSU | Pennsylvania State University |
| F | Frequency |
| APD | Advance Planning Document |
| RI | Research Institute |
| SWE | Snow-Water Equivalent |