| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIMROD | Northern Illinois Meteorological Research On Downbursts |
| ATRAP | Alliance For Transportation Research |
| EDRS | European Data Relay Satellite |
| S/N | Signal-to-noise Ratio |
| UCLA | University Of California At Los Angeles |
| ARG | American Resources Group |
| AO | Air Overseas |
| EMC | Environmental Modeling Center |
| PRE-STORM | Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM |
| SEE | Solar EUV Experiment |