| Acronym | Meaning |
 | RIDGE | Ridge Interdisciplinary Global Experiment |
 | NAWPG | National Aviation Weather Products Generator |
 | AMD | Alpha Activity Median Diameter |
 | DODP | Department Of Defense Programs |
 | BAMS | Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society |
 | HWCI | Hardware Configuration Item |
 | BIT | Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1) |
 | ABV | Auxiliary Building Ventilation |
 | SPC | Storm Prediction Center |
 | AVARS | Aircraft Vertical Accelerometer Reports |