| Acronym | Meaning |
| MASDIS | Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System |
| STORM-FEST | STORM Fronts Experiment Systems Test |
| DPFC | Defense Program Field Council |
| AEROCE | Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment |
| NEM | NWP Explicit Microphysics |
| GEMPAK | General Meteorological Package |
| DQA | Data Quality Assessment |
| KPNO | Kitt Peak National Observatory Arizona |
| IA | International Angstrom |
| IRI | International Research Institute For Climate Prediction |