| Acronym | Meaning |
| LOE | Level Of Effort |
| AUSPEX | Atmospheric Utility Signatures-Predictions And Experiments |
| CCM | Community Climate Model |
| DNS | Direct Numerical Simulation |
| IDNDR | International Decade For Natural Disaster Reduction |
| APA | Administrative Procedures Act |
| RPG | Radar Products Generator |
| FT | Fourier Tachometer |
| AWACS | Airborne Warning And Control System |
| ASASP | Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer |