| Acronym | Meaning |
| LAPS | Local Analysis And Prediction System |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
| DADS | Data Archive And Distribution System |
| BIT | Binary Digit |
| DRI | Desert Research Institute |
| MESONET | Mesoscale Network |
| VIMHEX | Venezuela International Meteorological And Hydrological Experiments |
| MWO | Mt. Washington Observatory |
| ERTD | Environmental Research & Technology Division |
| BIP | Balloon-borne (instrument) Platform |