| Acronym | Meaning |
| FICS | Facility Information And Control System |
| AL/APD | ALO Advance Planning Division |
| DIRP | DOE Internal Review Panel |
| ACEP | DOC Advisory Committee |
| MLT | Magnetic Local Time |
| JOI | Joint Oceanographic Institutions |
| PRAIRE | Polarization Radar Illinois Rainfall Experiments |
| TWC | The Weather Channel |
| ALAP | As Low As Possible |
| PEM | Pacific Exploratory Measurements |