| Acronym | Meaning |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard |
| ICO | Initial Operating Capability |
| EMO | Environmental Management Office |
| MCV | Mesoscale Cyclonic Vortex |
| NFCR | Narrow Cold-frontal Rainbands |
| GCMG | Global Climate Modeling Group |
| OI | Optimal Interpolation |
| RRWDS | Radar Remote Weather Display System |
| DBSS | Directed Balloon Sounding System |
| WATOX | Western Atlantic Ocean Experiment |