| Acronym | Meaning |
| FFS | Flight Facilities Survey |
| IDEAS | Instrumentation Development And Education In Airborne Science |
| GIS | Geographic Information Systems |
| LC | Inductance-capacitance |
| DAESRA | Denver Area Employees Service And Recreation Association |
| SAWRS | Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting System |
| SIR | Shuttle Imaging Radar |
| ACME | Airborne Carbone In The Mountains Experiment |
| NCMRWF | India's National Centre For Medium Range Weather Forecasting |
| UT / LS | Upper Troposphere/ Lower Stratosphere |