| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAILS | NCAR Airborne Infrared Lidar System |
| EOL | Earth Observing Laboratory (formerly ATD) |
| ARMAR | Airborne Rain Mapping Radar |
| DAF | Data Acquisition Facility |
| ATSR | Argonne Thermal Source Reactor |
| DSS | Data Support Section |
| CCM3 | Community Climate Model Version 3 |
| LT | Local Time |
| MOVIE.BYU | Colored Movie Software Produced By Brigham Young University |
| LANTEX | Lantau Experiment |