| Acronym | Meaning |
| URC | University Relations Committee |
| RAF | Research Aviation Facility |
| CAL/VAL | Calibration/Validation |
| NREL | National Resource Ecology Laboratory |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corporation |
| NDARB | North Dakota Atmospheric Resources Board |
| LDR | Linear Depolarization Ratio |
| AWN | Aviation Weather Network |
| TB | Terabits |
| GAARS | Global Atmospheric Aerosol And Radiation Study |