| Acronym | Meaning |
| SDM | Scientific Data Management |
| AHS | Automated Highway System |
| NNF | Non-NSF Funded |
| BAE | British Aerospace |
| ILI | Instrumentation And Laboratory Improvement |
| IIWG | International Investigator Working Group |
| LPARL | Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory |
| IRC | International Research Council |
| PACE | Precipitation Augmentation For Crops Experiment |
| BAMEX | Bow Echo And Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) Experiment |