| Acronym | Meaning |
| PRE-STORM | Preliminary Regional Experiment-STORM |
| ARSR | Air Route Surveillance Radar |
| NCF | Network Control Facility |
| MCC | Mesoscale Convective Complex |
| PSOS | Profiler Surface Observing System |
| NORPAX | North Pacific Experiment |
| AWGWC | Air Force Global Weather Center |
| DDB | Delayed Direct Broadcast |
| ECOD | Export Control Operations Division |
| AMS | Aerial Monitoring/measurement System |