| Acronym | Meaning |
| NBDRC | New Building Design Review Committee |
| ASME | American Society Of Mechanical Engineers |
| DFDR | Digital Flight Data Recorder |
| DOPLIGHT | Doppler And Lightning Program |
| TEXMEX | Tropical Experiment Over Mexico |
| SMMR | Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| DDC | Defense Documentation Center |
| MCV | Mesoscale Cyclonic Vortex |
| HVPS | High-volume Precipitation Spectrometer |
| TCS | Thermal Control System |