| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASTERIX | French Acronym For ELDORA |
| FLD | First Level Destination |
| UMIST | University Of Manchester Institute Of Science And Technology |
| WSP | Winter Storm Program |
| AP | Attached Payload |
| VIRGS | VISSR Image Registration And Gridding System |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| ER | Electrical Resistivity |
| SAM | Subsynoptic Advection Model |
| AMR | Adaptive Mesh Refinement |