| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISWS | Illinois State Water Survey |
| SAC | Strategic Air Command |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| DA | Drift Angle |
| PPMV | Parts Per Million By Volume |
| SPIRES | Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System |
| OPTRAN | Optical Test Transmittance Model |
| AOML | Atlantic Ocean Meteorological Laboratory |
| ASTEX/MAGE | Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment/Marine Aerosol And Gas Exchange |
| ACN AWIPS | Communication Network |