| Acronym | Meaning |
| RMC | RAF Management Council |
| AIDA | Archive 1 Data Analyzer |
| PDM | Pulse Duration Modulation |
| BART | Bay Area Rapid Transit |
| SAM | Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(ies) |
| QNH | Quasi-nonhydrostatic Model |
| ITPR | Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer |
| DOE/NV | DOE Nevada Operations Office |
| RMC | Regional Meteorological Center |