| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALS | Advanced Launch System |
| HAILSWATH | South Dakota Hail Studies |
| NEPH | Nephelometer |
| AVARS | Aircraft Vertical Accelerometer Reports |
| SERI | Solar Energy Research Institute |
| NDVI | Greeness Index From Satellites |
| PAM | Portable Automated Mesonet |
| ECU | Environmental Crimes Unit |
| SLR | Satellite Laser Ranging |
| AWP | Aviation Weather Program |