| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSSP | National Severe Storms Project |
| AMRR | Army Material Research Reactor |
| SCAMS | Scanning Microwave Spectrometer |
| DDS | Domestic Data Service |
| NEM | NWP Explicit Microphysics |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| DCA | Data Collection Assignment |
| EED | Exposure Evaluation Division |
| PGGA | Permanent GPS Geodetic Array |
| HPPI | High Performance Parallel Interface |