| Acronym | Meaning |
| DEWS | Doppler Electronic Weather Sensor |
| ABC | Accelerator-based Conversion |
| ODP | Ozone Depletion Potential |
| ACARS | ARINC Communications And Relay System |
| NAILS | NCAR Airborne Infrared Lidar System |
| SUDS | System For User Editing And Display Of Soundings |
| CCM1 | Community Climate Model 1 |
| ESID | EOSDIS Systems Interface Document |
| AMS | Automated Meteorological Station |
| PSCNET | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Network |