| Acronym | Meaning |
| AA | Activity Area |
| FAME | Florida Area Mesoscale Experiment |
| IGU | International Geographical Union |
| WORM | Write Once |
| DCP | Data Collection Platform |
| CCN | Computer-to-computer Network |
| BAMS | Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society |
| DRGS | Direct Read-out Ground Station |
| OC | Operational Capability |
| UPO | UCAR Projects Office |