| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECMRWF | European Centre For Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
| ABM | Antiballistic Missile |
| SUDS | System For User Editing And Display Of Soundings |
| ITS | Instrument Technical Specification |
| VEMAP | Vegetation And Ecosystem Modeling And Analysis Project |
| RPI | Rensselaer Polytechnec Institute |
| NSSP | National Severe Storms Project |
| AHERA | Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act |
| AWG | American Wire Gage |
| OSL | Orbiting Solar Laboratory |