| Acronym | Meaning |
| GWE | Global Weather Experiment |
| UIL | Upper Interval Limit |
| ATOG | Abnormal Test Procedure Operator Guidelines |
| O AND E | Operations And Equipment |
| MARC | Middle Atmosphere Responses To Changes |
| NFCR | Narrow Cold-frontal Rainbands |
| THORPEX | The Observing System Research And Predictability Experiment |
| FSDR | Final System Design Review |
| DARRRE | DAR3E |
| NGO | Non-Government Organizations |