| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACM | Association For Computing Machinery |
| MELTER | Mesosphere/ Lower Thermosphere Explorer |
| IEEE | Institute Of Electrical And Electronic Engineers |
| TDM | Three-dimensional Time-varying Mesoscale Model |
| ACEC | American Consulting Engineers Council |
| BLPS | Boundary Layer Profiler System |
| MODD | Meteorological And Omega Data Digitizer |
| GCP | GEWEX Continental-Scale Project |
| ONERA | Office National D'Etudes Et De Recherches Aerospatiales |
| MRN | Meteorological Rocket Network |